Newspaper Page Text
Page 2
j THE COVINGTON NEWS 5
= 1 18 — 122 PACE STREET, COVINGTON. GA. — 302C9 J
“ I BELMONT DENNIS
2 | Editor and Publisher
*
LEO S. MALLARD
Z Assistant to Publisher
•
■ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
Z NEWTON COUNTY ।
: AND THE
3 CITY OF COVINGTON
a
Citizenship Sunday Pinpoints Christian Failures
Glance through all the calendar designations
for the year and none can be more important
than January 9th as Christian Citizenship Sunday.
Christianity isn’t concerned only with heaven.
It also has the responsibility of bringing heaven
to earth. It means Christians going out from
their sanctuaries to become involved as citizens
in their government.
Count on your fingers, or maybe your thumbs,
the number of dedicated public servants. Most
serve for selfish reasons. But, the trouble goes
back to Christian citizens who refuse to so much
as cast a ballot.
Count on your fingers, with fingers to spare,
the number of citizens who are as quick to accept
jury service as they are to win exemption from
service.
These are the elementary aspects of citizen
ship. We skip over them with little if any thought
of individual responsibility. We refuse to tie our
negligence into the alarms that sound about us.
Government staggers because of bloc voting,
organized protests and the like. The selfish
minority rules because of the indifferent majority.
We are perilously close to the point of no return
and it is because Christians refuse to accept
responsibilities of citizenship.
(From Georgia Development News)
Recently we attended a stimulating give-and-take
discussion session at which plant location spe
cialists of several nationally known companies and
top industrial development specialists debated a
thorny problem. Succinctly put, this involves
whether companies making plant site investigations
should keep their identities completely under wraps.
Some fairly sound reasons were expressed to sup
port each side. Basic to any review of the pro
blem is the recognition that policies set down by
one individual company will not necessarily conform
to the pattern adopted by other firms in the same
industry line or to generally accepted location
procedures.
A prime reason for secrecy on ts«? part of many
companies is a desire to kee^ptfrsonnel in existing
plants located in other parts of the country from
being upset or disturbed by the prospect that the
opening of a new facility might jeopardize their
own jobs. This is particularly applicable to
situations where a company does not regularly
open new plants or where it may operate several
obsolete or antiquated facilities.
Another equally impelling reason, especially for
companies in the consumer goods field, is th at when
one location is selected, then perhaps as many as
ten others must be rejected. This presents the
major public relations problem of avoiding an
tagonism or prejudice against the company and its
products on the part of by-passed communities.
Other considerations include an intent to prevent
competition from knowing of the expansion or plant
removal, at least until the location is selected and
Profit Motive
There’s an experimental project going on at the
National Training School for Boys in our Nation’s
capital that we think bears watching. Although
this is, in fact, a reform school for dropouts
and delinquents who have run afoul of the law, the
boys’ progress there in getting an education
provides food for thought for educators. We there
fore call it to the attention of the National Education
Association.
To stimulate interest in reading, the boys are
given exciting books to read, such as a James Bond
novel, instead of the saccharine-sweet soliloquies of
Dick and Jane in their neat little house at the corner
of Dull and Pleasant Streets. The same idea of
providing a stimulus for learning is followed
in other subjects. One young man who said he
found his classes at school “back home” dull and
boring, and who had flunked math, completed an
algebra course at the Training School and scored
9(Xr on his final test His explanation; ‘‘ In regular
school you get bored, but here you know if you’re
not doing something you’re not going to get anything
for it”
What he was talking about was the profit motive,
which is the key to the school’s success. What the
students “get” for scholastic achievement is points,
computed in dollars and cents, with which they can
buy whatever they choose from a variety of things.
Rising prices bedevil great numbers of American
families. Inflation has cut deeply into the dollar’s
purchasing power and continues to cut. Yet,
there are essentials that all of us buy which can
be regarded as bargains today. And one of them
is food.
A publication of an eastern food chain system
tells the story. In 1912, the average family had
an income of sll a week and spent 40 per cent
of it for food. Today, that average income exceeds
$125 and only $25 of it goes for good—and it is
more and better food.
Comparisons with other countries are revealing
too. The American worker’s food bill runs to
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge grew up in Georgia.
His illustrous father, Eugene Talmadge, former
Governor of Georgia and one of the greats in
Agriculture surely let some of his talents “rub
off’ on his fine son.
His son followed in the Father’s footsteps in
agricultural fields, and in the State Capitol, as
Governor of this State.
Senator Herman Talmadge has represented his
State of Georgia, in Washington, as it should be,
"1 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
— Published Every Thursday —
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Single Copies .10
Four Months. $2.20
Eight Months __s3.4o
One Year . $4,00
points out of Georgia-Year —$5.00
Plus 3% Sales Ta/
Why Such Secrecy?
Food Is A Bargain!
Sen. Herman Talmadge Honored
(Best Cuvet age; Nuws, f ictures, and Features)
The number of drug addicts grows so rapidly
some advocate restrictions be taken off narcotics.
The number of alcoholics zooms and we build
hospitals for cure without thought of curbing liquor
sales. The movies disgrace themselves with
their advertising--and presumably with their films.
In short, the moral level is just an inch above
the gutter and maybe not that far. Any wonder,
then, that the marriage mills thrive in Georgia’s
border counties and the divorce rate disgraces
the marriage vows.
The crime rate threatens the very future of
government--up 58 per cent since 1958 and growing
six times as fast as the population. There is a
serious crime every 12 seconds; a murder, as
sault to kill, or forcible rape every two and one
half minutes.
Anti, maybe more alarming than the mounting
rate is the fact 43 per cent of all crimes against
property are by youngsters between the ages of
10 and 17.
Even the optimist cannot find a statistic for
comfort as he looks about. Evil dominates because
good people forsake their responsibilities as
Christians and as citizens.
Give attention to Christian Citizenship next
Sunday--and in all other days of the year. . .
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
construction initiated. Finally, anonymity offers
some protection against the time-consuming and
often fruitless experience of listening to the claims,
and sometimes wild assertions, of many com
munities that may go so far as to result in dele
gations camping in the company’s reception room.
On the other hand, without identifying itself,
the company cannot expect to get complete local
attention. Many exisiting firms in the new location
under consideration naturally enough would be
reluctant to give intimate and personal descriptions
of operating conditions without complete knowledge
of the source to which such information is being
channeled.
At some point in the plant investigation negotia
tions, local leadership must know who and what
is involved; otherwise, the full cooperation ano
assistance which is so often a requisite will not
be forthcoming. Moreover, the unwillingness or
reluctance of site-seeking firms to take full-time
industrial developers into their confidence is a
direct blow at the professionalism claimed by prac
titioners in this field. In truth, most full-time
developers are quite competent and, with just a
little effort and some imagination, can usually
identify even the secretive industrial prospect
if they are so inclined.
As in many other hotly debated aspects of in
dustrial development policy and procedure, the
problem of identifying a company’s interest and
role in plant site investigation offers a middle
ground. It is one that depends on the mutual
confidence demonstrated on both sides. This
area of exchange can continue to grow so long
as that confidence is not misplaced.
The stock in trade includes soda pop and candy,
but it also includes such things as the privilege
of using the library, learning to play chess, or
starting a new and different course. Most gratifying
to the directors of the project is the fact that se
many of the students, on their own and without
prompting, forego some of the sweets they have
earned in favor of new courses and library
privileges.
Now we’re not suggesting that this same system
should be used or that it would work in conventional
schools. But we think it does demonstrate that
the old slogan, “Learning has its own rewards,”
applies only after Jhe student has himself learned
that fact from experience, not just because his
teachers or his parents tell him so. Education
for its own sake, or going to school for no other
reason than to get a diploma, is almost certain
to become dull and boring to many students. An
education of this sort is likely to be superficial,
as educators resort to novelties and gimmicks to
hold the interest of their captive audiences, and try
to hold them in school.
Education and learning are, in fact, two different
things. Education is what schools and teachers
try to impart, but learning can only be experienced
by the student — at which time it does, indeed,
provide its own rewards.
about 19 per cent of his earnings. In England,
the figure is 29 per cent; in France 31 per cent;
in Italy 45 per cent—and in Russia, a staggering
53 per cent!
The productive power and efficiency of the
American farmer must be given much of the
credit for this. But other factors play a major
role as well. That is the case with American
retailing. Working on the mass distribution prin
ciple, typical retailers operate at a profit that is
almost unbelievably low. The chain store public
ation points out that the average family spends
$1,170 a year for its food—and the average retail
profit on that sum is just sls. Yes—food is really
a bargain.
and we wish to add our word of Congratulations to
the Progressive Farmer Magazine, for selecting
Senator Talmadge as “1965 Man of the Year in
Service to Georgia Agriculture.”
This presentation ceremony was held at the Cotton
Producers Association Office in Atlanta. Many
former recipients of this fine award were on hand
for this presentation, including Georgia’s Senior
Senator in Washington, and former Governor of
Georgia, Richard Russell, who had received a
similar award about two years ago.
MABEL SESSIONS DENN’S
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
iilxj • —
POUH WEEKLY LESSON FOK
K Sunday School
The Basis of Belief
Devotional Reading: Psalms
19.
Memory Selection: Jesus an
swered him, “Blessed are you,
Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and
blood has not revealed this to
you, but my Father who Is In
heaven.” Matthew 16:17.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
n Faith Be Certain?
Young People-Adult Topic:
The Source of Our Faith.
Religion, like everything else,
mi it have a foundation. Belief
in the death, resurrection, and
ascension of Jesus constitutes
1 rlnclpal part of this founda-
'... There must be repentance,
righteousness, and good works,
but these all rest on a basis of
belief.
What turned the world upside
down In the early Christian era
was the proclamation of apostles,
disciples, and preachers every
where that a man named Jesus, a
teacher of profound truth who
lived In what we today call Pale
stine, had been crucified, had
risen from the dead on the third
day, had remained with his dis
ciples for forty days, and then had
ascended Into heaven. Without
this profound announcement
Christianity would have been a
form of teaching only—a philo
sophy—not a world religion.
The crucified, risen, and as
cended Lord turned everything
Christ taught Into a gospel, or a
message of good news. This man
Jesus had overcome death both
for himself and for others.
Before we can understand the
origin and incredibly rapid
spread of Christianity throughout
the Roman world during the first
three Christian centuries, we
must get well in mind that there
was a basic teaching which made
this all possible. Jesus Christ
Several Changes Noted In
New Social Security Laws
“Medicare” was not the only
change made in social security
by the 1965 amendments to the
social security law. E. L. Rawls
social security district manager
In Atlanta, stated that while
“Medicare” was a major change,
there were other Important
changes In the 1965 amendments.
Mr. Rawls said that one such
change, of Importance to many
workers, Involved “tips”. He
stated that tips under certain
.conditions will be considered,
wages beginning January 1,1966,
and must be reported for social
security purposes from then on.
To many people, this will mean
higher social security benefits
at retirement, In case of dis
ability, or for their survivors
if they should die.
To be Included as wages, Mr.
Rawls stated, tips must amount
to S2O or more in one month
while working for any one em
ployer. Mr. Rawls said that
under the new amendments, the
individual is required to make
a written report of his cash tips
to his employer at theendofeach
month if they total S2O or more.
The employer is responsible for
reporting regular wages as well
as tips to the Internal Revenue
Service.
He Is also responsible for
withholding social security tax
on both wages and cash tips
reported to him. If regular
wages are not enough to cover
the social security tax, the em
ployee may give the employer
funds for this purpose. If the
|| Report To People Os Georgia '
BY GOV. CARL E. SANDERS
Next week, on the second Tues
day In the month, the Georgia
General Assembly will again con
vene under the golden dome of the
Capitol In Atlanta. The delibera
tions and decisions of these
men—representatives of all peo
ple throughout Georgia—will af
fect each and every citizen of our
State.
Under the United States form
of government and that of Geor
gia, a government with each of Its
three branches serving as a check
on the other, the legislative
branch Is responsible for making
the laws under which we live.
The elected representatives of
the local people express the
wishes of the majority of their
constituents to provide the best
possible government.
In the past, Georgia’s General
Assemblies have faced tough de
cisions and have acted resolutely.
The 1965 session of the General
Assembly was faced with a major
challenge, that of reapportioning
the House of Representatives to
more effectively represent the
majority of Georgia’s citizens.
Altering the composition of the
House was difficult for many
members of this body for in so
doing, they were writing them
selves out of a position of leader
ship in State Government.
But the time had been reached
for reapportionment, and the
Courts so decreed. Your repre
sentatives faced the challenge be-
Hymn singing in many small
Protestant churches is due for
a change, a professor of sacred
music at Emory University says.
John R. Crawford believes many
hymns currently used are inapp
ropriate. Many are overly sent
imental and are egocentric be-
had triumphed over death. God
had put Upon him the seal of his
divine approval. That same Jesus
was now ascended and glorified
in heaven, and with him, through
faith, his followers could have a
continuous and vital relationship.
Thomas, one of the twelve dis
ciples, was a man noble in every
aspect of his life. Unfortunately
his name has become associated
with doubt. Bible readers often
forget that after he had raised
Lazarus from the dead, Jesus
proposed to return again to Jud
aea, but his disciples sought to
dissuade him, saying, “Master,
the Jews of late sought to stone
thee; and goest thou thither
again?” When Jesus could not be
moved in his determination Tho
mas, called Dldymus, said to his
fellow disciples, “Let us also go,
that we may die with him.”
A disciple might declare that he
loved Jesus so much th at he would
be willing to die for him, but to
propose that they actually walk
into the arms of death, as Tho
mas did propose, revealed cour
age and devotion of the highest
order.
But despite all his good quali
ties Thomas was a man funda
mentally beset with doubt. There
appears to have been with him
always the haunting fear that the
whole Christian movement was
a delusion. Furthermore, he was
the type of man who could not
readily believe what others told
him. He must see for himself.
Why Thomas was not with the
rest of the disciples when Jesus
made his first appearance to them
as a body, we do not know. But
he was not there; and when
he joined the others they
were full of excited de
clarations about having seen
Jesus. This was precisely the
type of testimony Thomas could
not accept. “I must see for
employer Is not able to collect
all the social security tax due
on tips by the end of the 10th
day after the end of the month
in which the tips were reported,
the employee will be required—
to pay any remaining tax directly
to the Internal Revenue Service.
If the employee reports his tips
late, he will be liable for a
penalty.
The employee should keep a
daily record of his tips to assist
him in completing his written
report to his, employer., , The
employer is required to keep a
record of tips reported to him
also and must Include wages and
tips on the employee’s W-2 form.
Mr. Rawls suggested that em
ployees check their social se
curity record from time to time
to be sure they are receiving
credit, for all their earnings.
Any social security district of
fice will provide a postcard form
to use in requesting an earnings
record summary.
Mr. Rawls stated that for
further information about tips
or any questions concerning
social security, a person may
telephone, write, or visit the
nearest social security office.
The Atlanta social security office
is located at 275 Peachtree
Street, N. E.; the telephone num
ber is 526-6461.
For information about social
security taxes and reports em
ployees are required to make
to their employers, get in touch
with the District Director of In
ternal Revenue.
fore them and they drew a bold
new plan.
The 1966 General Assembly
will also be confronted with diffi
cult decisions. This will be an
entirely new Legislature, so far
as legislation is concerned.
Many members will be newly
elected, but the majority are sea
soned lawmakers. The spirit
of urban and rural cooperation
which has prevailed throughout
the State during the last three
years enabling our State to move
forward so rapidly will continue
in 1966, I am certain.
Georgia has come a long way
during the past few years. We
have progressed in many areas.
We have accomplished much. We
shall continue to develop and pro
sper.
At the second session of the
General Assembly, at high noon
on January 11,1 will deliver the
annual State of the State Address.
At this time I will lay before the
Legislature the plans and goals
of this, the last year of my Ad
ministration.
I have said that this will not
be a Lame Duck Administration.
Our State cannot rest on its
laurels if it is to remain a lead
er of the South, and I hope that
you will follow closely the pro
ceeding of this General Assembly
and express your opinions to your
Representative, your Senator,
and to me. By so doing, you too
will be playing a vital role in the
future well-being of Georgia.
cause they place the emphasis
on man instead of on Christ and
his passion. He cites songs
like “I Have a Savior Pleading
for Me” and “My God and I”
as examples of inappropriate
hymns.
** * *
myself,” he said In substance.
‘ 'Except I shall see in his hands
the print of nails, and put my
finger Into the print of the nails,
and thrust my hand into his side,
I will not believe.”
Christ’s first appearance had
been on the first day of the
week, which we have come to call
Sunday. Eight days later (pro
bably the following Sunday, for
that would make seven full days
and part of an eighth) Jesus came,
the doors being shut, and stood in
the midst and said, “Peace be
unto you.” This was the custo
mary salutation with which people
greeted friends in those days.
“Then said he (Jesus) to Tho
mas, Reach hither thy finger, and
behold my hands; and reach hither
thy hand, and thrust it into my
side; and be not faithless, but
believing. And Thomas answer
ed and said unto him, My Lord
and my God.”
Thomas is both a noble and an
Important figure. Tradition has
it that he labored in Parthla and
Persia. Even India claims that
Thomas labored there as a mis
sionary, and there is a place
near Madras known as St. Tho
mas’ Mount. Certainly after the
resurrection of Jesus, Thomas
was both a firm believer and
one whose life was completely
devoted to service in Christ’s
kingdom.
Furthermore, we must re
member that in saying, “My Lord
and my God,” Thomas gave Jesus
an exalted station to which his
very earliest disciples raised
him only after deep consideration
and transcendent spiritual ex
periences. We believe today
that Jesus Christ is divine, that
he is the coming into human life
of God’s purpose and presence.
Our minds are not fully able to
comprehend the nature and extent
of deity, but we do know that all
of God we can understand and
use was in this man Jesus.
Jesus brings God to us and
takes us to God. His presence
causes the beginning in our hearts
of a divine quality of life which
we are confident will abide
throughout eternity.
— THE GEORGIA
—BY GLENN McCULLOUGH.
Executive Manager
ATLANTA — The Georgia
General Assembly will convene
Monday, January 10, for a 40-
day session in which the spot
light of public interest will be
focused on the newly-apportioned
House of Representatives.
Will the new House, in which
the cities wield great power for
the first, time, be different in
political direction from the
chamber so long dominated by
the rural counties? And if so,
in what ways? These are the
questions which press and public
will be asking.
Surely the House is quite dif
ferent in composition from the
House that met in Atlanta in
January, 1965. It will contain
23 Republicans as compared with
only six in the last House. Eight
of its members will be Negroes,
the first of their race to sit
in the chamber since Recon
struction days. Seven of them
will be from Fulton County and
one from Muscogee.
One of the Fulton Represen
tatives will be a Negro woman,
Mrs. Grace Hamilton, the first
of her sex and race ever to serve
as a Georgia legislator.
Os the 205 House members,
132 served in the 1965 Legis
lature, which will provide a core
of training and experience.
♦* * *
Os the 73 other members, 10
have served in the House before,
but not during the last session.
Attorney-General Arthur Bol
ton has ruled that the House is
an entirely new body, despite
the fact that some of its mem
bers did not have to run for
reelection last spring. There
will be no “carry-over” bills.
All the House officers must be
elected on the first day of the
session. All committees must be
newly-appointed.
Governor Carl E. Sanders’
known wishes as well as private
polls among the House members
make it possible to forecast the
officers with virtual certainty.
Speaker George T. Smith of Grady
County is scheduled for re
election. So is Speaker Pro
tem Maddox Hale of Dade County.
Representative George D. Bus
bee of Daugherty County will
step up to the position of ad
ministration floor leader, va
cated by Mr. Bolton when he
became attorney-general. Mr.
Busbee will be replaced as as
sistant floor leader by Rep. J.
Robin Harris of DeKalb County,
regarded as one of the rising
young men in the House.
The urban flavor of the new
House is shown in a change in
the favored committees to which
Speaker Smith is being asked to
assign new members. In former
years there were more requests
for places on Agriculture and
Natural Resources than any
others. This year banks and
banking and insurance are lead
ing the list.
What do members of the pre
sent House do in private life?
As usual, attorneys lead the list
with 65. There are 18 insur
ance men, 12 bankers, 10 real
tors and three newspaper editors.
Other members represent a wide
variety of businesses and pro
fessions.
** * *
Sources close to Governor San
ders, who will deliver his State
of the State message Tuesday,
January 11, foresee a lively ses
sion this year.
Etu? Uy I
Irving G. Rudolph
As we embark upon a new year
there are few words more chal
lenging and filled with promise
than the Apostle Paul’s familiar
appeal to the Christians in Rome:
“I appeal to you therefore, bre
thren, by the mercies of God, to
present your bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and acceptable to
God which is your spiritual ser
vice.”
To live our lives through out
this New Year in sacrificial ser
vice In a manner that would be
acceptable to the God of Love
and Truth and Justice - cer
tainly this Is something to which
every person of good will would
aspire. Yet, like so many of our
New Year resolutions such as
pirations soon fail and we find
ourselves slipping back into the
same o’d patterns we had hoped
to break away from and improve
upon.
Perhaps the reason for our
repeated failure to live up to
our highest aspirations is sug
gested in the Apostle’s next sen
tence: “Do not be conformed
to this world but be transformed
by the renewal of your mind. ..”
Unless we are satisfied with our
lives just the way they are (cer
tainly no one has the right to be);
if we want to live a better, more
meaningful and helpful life (and
certainly all of us should); then it
stands to reason that we must
somehow change our present pat
tern of living. We must climb
out of our well worn rut. We
must undergo some kind of trans
formation. The Apostle suggests
hyonii Klenn
Says..
Happy New Year, and cheer
up! With all this talk about
God being dead, and the hor
rible headlines in every news
paper about crimes, wars and
men orbiting the earth, and flying
to the moon, I had almost gotten
to where I was ready to join
the old prophet under the juniper
tree!
The Lord didn’t exactly say
to me: “What are you doing here?
Get up! I have still 7,000 who
have never bowed the knee to
Baal! ”
He sent one of my grand nep
hews for me and took me to a
family reunion Christmas gat
hering, and among the whole
crowd there was no drinking,
profanity, or indecency!
Then on Sunday morning I went
to Sunday School, and attended
a class taught by one of these
grand nephews. This class was
composed of men of middle age...
business men, serious men. Each
one of the class had his own
Bible. Some of those books were
old and worn, showing that Sun
day was not the only day they
were used.
^Science
Topics^
ri —
A DRAMATIC decline in the
incidence rate of 10 of the 12
infectious diseases called “kill
er” maladies was recorded dur
ing the last decade. According
to the Health Insurance Institute,
there were 35,592 cases of par
alytic and non-paralytic polio
reported ten years ago, and only
431 cases last year. Diphtheria
and typhoid fever are approach
ing the vanishing point and mea
sles, encephalitis, brucellosis,
meningococcal infections, tul
aremia, tetanus and typhus fever
are on the decline. The U.S.
Department of Health points out,
however, that hep; titis, strepto
coccal sore throat and scarlet
fever had a higher rate of inci
dence in 1963 than in 1953.
VISITORS at the New York
World’s Fair can check the na
tion’s present consumption and
future needs for key mineral and
water resources via a “tote
board” in the Federal pavilion.
Revolving numerals on the clock
metered board provide a con
tinuous tally. Scientists say that
present-day Americans require
greater amounts of natural re
sources, over their life span,
than the totals previously used
by all mankind. . .NEW DIMEN
SIONS have been added to the en
during fascination of gold with
exotic space-age uses such as
gold-plated communications
satellites and now, reports Na
tional Cylinder Gas, Chicago, the
precious metal is finding unique
applications in the welding in
dustry. Not to look at but to look
The Governor is expected to
offer a supplemental approp
riations bill calling for about
$18,500,000. Os this $4,000,000
wiH be constitutionally ear
marked for highways. Public
schools and the university sys
tem will share about $7,000,000.
There also win be a large slice
for mental health institutions.
Governor Sanders is expected
to offer about 40 to 50 admini
stration measures, according to
his aides. Mostly these wiU
push forward programs already
started, but some are new. He
will, for example, ask for in
creased powers for both the
to us that this kind of life im
proving transformation will come
only with the renewal of our minds
.the constant renewal of our
minds.
Unfortunately this is the last
thing that many of us are willing
to do. Too often we are unwilling
even to change our minds a little,
let alone renew them. And yet
this Is why so many get so little
out of life. This is why one year
seems to many people much like
another. This Is why many people
grow older but no wiser. Instead
of living each new year as a new
experience, with new opport
unities and challenges they
simply live the same old year
over and over again. But if
we would live a new and better
year each year, indeed, if we
would live each day as a new
and better day we will do it only
by what Paul means when he
speaks of the constant renewal
of our minds.
The old thought patterns of
selfishness and pride, the rutted
attitudes of resentment and pre
judice that have kept us squeezed
so long in the molds of the world
must be overcome by the constant
renewal of our minds. We need
not be afraid of change and re
newal. But the renewal of our
minds must of course have di
rection and purpose. It must be
God-oriented. If the renewal of
our minds is to make our lives
more meaningful and helpful,
more acceptable to God then our
minds must be renewed in order
to “prove what is the will of
God, what is good and acceptable
and nerfect.”
On the wall was hung the name
of the class, “Steadfast”. As
I sat there and listened to the
discussion of the lesson on
Niamiah, and heard emphasis
placed on the fact that he and
his associates, worked each in
front of his own house, and built
with one hand while carrying his
weapon of defense with him, and
the idea was applied to our day
with the necessity of each per
son building his or her daily
life and doing it according to the
instructions in the Book that
furnished his weapon of defense,
as well as for his work. I
was brought up on my haunches,
so to speak, and given to under
stand that in our great land God
has more than seven thousand
standing steadfast for Him, and
proclaiming even in their bus
iness houses that God still lives
and governs this world.
So , let us take courage and
stand steadfast, knowing that God
is never in a hurry. With Him
a thousand years is as a day.
And He will set all things straight.
So, stand STEADFAST!
through. A coating of metallic
gold on the face plates of wel
dor’s masks give a clearer view
of the work and reduces eye
fatigue by filtering undesirable
light rays from the fiery welding
arc.
CONFORMITY isn’t always
bad, say psychologists. A Uni
versity of Michigan study points
out that although the word “con
formity” has an ugly ring these
days — suggests mediocrity--it
is part of the process of “civiliz
ing” and “socializing.” Con
formity, say the experts is a by
product of the processes of mass
production, mass distribu tio n,
mass communication and a mas
sive society. . .SPARK CHAM
BER is the name of a new kind
of “gamma ray” telescope being
used by Case Institute physicists
to explore radiations of outer
space. It is designed to count
the gamma rays in cosmic radi
ation and indicate the direction
from which they come. Object
of the study is to find out whether
the rays come from specific
astronomical bodies.
CZAR IVAN may have been Ter
rible because of an aching back,
says a Soviet anthropologist who
studied the infamous 16th cen
tury Russian emperor’s bones.
Ivan’s skeletal structure indi
cates he had a disease that make
it difficult to stand or bend over
and may have been responsible
for the towering rages which
made life miserable for his sub
jects.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
and the State Patrol as part
of a “war on crime”.
There will be some House
support for raising the sales tax
from 3 to 4 per cent, but it will
not have administration backing
and, has little chance of passage
in an election year.
Unlike the House, the Senate
will be a continuing body, its 54
members being the same as those
elected in 1964. Senator Julian
Webb will continue as admini
stration floor leader and Senator
Harry C. Jackson as president
pro-tem.