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Church College Has Several
Basic Responsibilities
By SIDNEY S. TATE
Admissions Office,
LaGrange College
Parents and students are ask
ing what more the church college
has to offer than a state school
to be more expensive. One can
reply, "Nothing, tangible.” Any
one can receive a good education
at a state college, if he wants
an education badly enough. What
the church college offers is the
“plus” of the cross of Christ.
There are several basic re
sponsibilities which the church
college has. First is to provide
quality liberal arts education.
To do so, the college must de
mand that students meet cer
tain standards for admission.
Competition is keen and the pace
is faster than ever before. The
student who lacks the background
or has neglected to apply him
self in high school may be re
jected. This is regrettable but
necessary.
In providing a quality liberal
arts education it is important
to apply certain guidelines to
achieve and to maintain the cli
mate where students may excel
and be challenged.
Dr. Mark Van Doren, while
speaking on the campus of a
church cc’lege in Louisiana,
summed up these guidelines best
when he said; "In the age
Hugh Steele Is
Officer In
Insurance Group
ATLANTA—The Georgia As
sociation of Mutual Insurance
Agents announces the election
of the following new officers and
directors which were installed
at the 29th Annual Convention
of the Association at the Marr
iott Motor Hotel, Atlanta, Geor
gia; John T. Chosser, owner
of John T. Chesser & Company,
Augusta, president; Bobby L.
Murphey of Bobby L. Murphey
Insurance Agency, Inc., Mill
edgeville, vlie president; direc
tors, John E. "Gene” Fuller of
Preferred Insurance Agency, De
catur; Mrs. Betty Greene ofWm.
Worth Williams Insurance Agen
cy, Macon; W. H. Rauschenberg,
Jr., of Oberdorfer Insurance
Agency, Atlanta; Lee Spelr of
The Spelr Insurance Agency,
Forest Park; J. Hugh Steele of
Steele-Prescott Agency, Coving
ton.
Installation was made by Wil
son H. Flock, Kingston, Pa.,
president of the National Assoc
iation of Mutual Insurance Agen
ts.
Receiving the coveted "Mr.
Mutual Agent” award for 1966-
67 was Bobby L. Murphy, Mill
edgeville. Mr. Murphy was sel
ected from among the indepen
dent Mutual insurance agents
throughout Georgia for the title,
and becomes a candidate for the
"Mr. Mutual Agent of America”
title in national competition at
the NAMIA Convention in St.
Louis, Missouri in October.
The independent Mutual insur
ance agents selected H. O.
"Chick” Phillips as recipient
of the "Fleldman of the Year”
for 1966-67 award. Mr. Phil
lips represents the Pennsylvania
Lumbermens Mutual Insurance
Company.
Outgoing president, Lee Spelr,
Forest Park, received a special
Past President’s Citation, which
was presented by Wilson H.
Flock, president of the National
Association of Mutual Insurance
Agents.
A FEW QUESTIONS
TO ASK THE PRINTING SALESMAN
When the person selling Printing, Stationery, Sales Books,
Business Forms, Office Supplies, and so on solicits your
business, here are a few questions he should be able to answer
to your satisfaction:
Does his firm pay wages to employees who live, pay taxes,
and do business in your community?
Does his firm contribute anything to local worthwhile
causes, churches, community drives, and charitable purposes
in your Community?
Does his firm give newspaper space every week free to
churches, schools, civic organizations, Boy and Girl Scouts,
4-H, FFA, and FHA, Woman’s Club, Rotary and other clubs
in your Community?
Does his firm publish frequently articles showing the ad
vantages of trading with home merchants and businessmen in
building up your Community?
Does he grant you every favor that you would reasonably
expect from your home newspaper in publication of news
items concerning you and members of your family?
Is he reliable and can the quality of his merchandise
stand inspection?
If not - Call 786-3401
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of automation and cybernation
as well as in the face of re
volutionary social change, one
need not try and educate people
for changing times, but reather
teach the unchangeables. . .The
most important person in chan
ging times is not the ready fol
lower of changes, but the per
son of unchangeable values.” In
being more specific about curri
culum for such teaching, he em
phasized the Bible, Shakespeare,
the Greek philosophers, and clas
sical authors and poets.
“Christian Higher Education”
is different when the quality li
beral arts education seeks to
teach the unchangeables.
The church college, secondly
must provide education in an en
vironment where people count.
With the increased emphasis on a
college degree, all colleges are
becoming more crowded. Thus
there is less time for the in
dividual student. Many insti
tutions are using computers for
recording grades and keeping
up with students. The intrinsic
worth of the individual is lost
when a student is reduced to a
number. A church college must
constantly seek to make higher
education God - centered and
person-oriented.
Students ought to feel that they
are participants with the faculty
in the search of truth and faith.
This can exist only where people
count as in a “Christian com
munity” of acceptance and under
standing.
"Christian Higher Education”
is different when quality liberal
arts education is offered in an en
vironment where people count.
Thirdly, the church college
must prepare students to serve
the world. A Methodist bishop
once said, “The concern of the
whole man and the whole world
must be captured for Christ.”
This is the age of speciali
zation. It is Increasingly dif
ficult to find a general practi
tioner in any area. But despite
the expanded compartmentalizing
of life, it is the "whole” man
who really matters. The age
of science encourages techni
cal skill and research. Such
ability and knowledge is of little
value until it is related to the
whole person and the whole world.
"Christian Higher Education”
must include curriculum re
quirements which provide cul
tural and aesthetic experiences
as well as technical and literary
knowledge.
In the spirit of Christ, grad
uates of a church college are
prepared to demonstrate to ot
hers their knowledge and ex
perience of God’s supreme re
velation of himself in Jesus
Christ.
Unlike the state college where
religion remains an elective, the
church college emphasizes relig
ion, focused on the plus of the
cross of Christ.
Yes, "Christian Higher Educa
tion” is different.
NEWTON FHA
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ing project and the girls met
some of our special FHA and
Home Economics VIP’S in per
son.
Fifteen members attended the
Southeastern Fair on October
Ist from the Newton FHA. They
rode a bus to Atlanta and spent
an exciting day riding the huge
rides and stuffing themselves
with cotton candy, candy apples,
and corn dogs.
There were many exhibits
which were enjoyed by all. Among
Mrs. Rumph Is Commended At Depot
ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT—Mrs. Grace Rumph, a native of Covington,
is commended by Lt. Col. Edwin F. Harlan, Comptroller, Atlanta
Army Depot, for work improvement suggestion which has been adopted
by the Depot. Mrs. Rumph attended Covington High School and Georgia
State College for Women, and is employed at the Depot as accounts
maintenance clerk. Her children are W. E. Rumph, Jr., Tampa; and
Mrs. David E. Spradling of San Francisco. Her sister is Mrs. B. C.
Chapman of Covington. (U. S. ARMY PHOTO).
one of the most interesting ones
was the FHA exhibit which had
as the theme "21 years of Pro
gress.”
Our FHA organization Is
twenty-one years old. The State
FHA and FFA presidents were
Introduced at a special program
planned for us at noon. Despite
the cold, rainy weather the spirits
of our FHA’ers was not damp
ened.
The Newton FHA is proud of
its members and the way they
are participating In all the pro
jects the club undertakes. We
hope this will be the best year
in the history of our organi
zation. We have lOu members
this year.
99% Os Servicemen
Now Have Gl
Insurance Plan
More than 3,075,000 members
of the Armed Forces of the United
States, about 99 percent of those
eligible, are covered under the
newest of the G. L insurance
plans, the Servicemen’s Group
Life Insurance,
This was revealed in a report
by the Veterans Administration,
which administers the insurance
program for the armed forces.
The report showed $70,980,000 in
death claims have been paid out
under the program which went
into effect September 29, 1965.
At the rate of $2 a month for
SIO,OOO worth of insurance, ser
vicemen have paid $52,497,334 in
premiums. The Government con
tributes $1.20 monthly for each
$2 paid by the servicemen.
This annual report covering
the first nine months of the plan
also notes death claims totaled
7,114. Defense Department fig
ures as of June 25, show 4,014
deaths were in connection with
the conflict in Viet-Nam.
Servicemen are automatically
covered by the G. I. insurance
unless they indicate in writing
that they do not want the poli
cies.
Under a second provision of the
law, beneficiaries of servicemen
who died since January 1, 1957,
and up to midnight September 28,
1965 may receive up to $5,000
in a death gratuity.
Beneficiaries may be named
by the serviceman and payment
may be made in a lump sum or
in 36 equal monthly installments.
4
Zip Code Cards
Will Aid Mail
Service Program
Residence in Newton County
wilt be offered an opportunity
to ZIP Code their mailing lists
during October, Postmaster
Callaway announced today.
Letter carriers will deliver
"no postage needed” cards to
each of the county’s postal res
idential delivery stops beginning
October 10, the postmaster said.
The cards will have blanks for
addresses used most often, but
for which individuals do not know
the proper ZIP Codes.
This is a good time to get
the ZIP Codes missing from
your lists. This Christmas,
ZIP Code will be as important
as shopping and mailing early
for the efficient and on-time de
livery of the record-breaking
avalanche of mail expected in the
pre-holiday weeks.
After filling in the street num
ber, city and state, the cards
are to be mailed back to the
postmaster. Post Office per
sonnel will add the proper ZIP
Codes and return the cards to
the sender.
President Johnson has pro
claimed October 10-15 as "ZIP
Code Week” to promote greater
usage of ZIP Code.
Only addresses, not names of
correspondents, should be listed
on the cards, the postmaster
said. ZIP Codes represent de
livery areas for the postal ser
vice, not Individuals.
Georgia Newspapers
Shows Circulation
Gain In Past Year
ATLANTA Georgia news
papers, weekly and dally, made
a circulation gain of 58,521 dur
ing the last 12 months, the new
Georgia Press Association dir
ectory shows. Present com
bined curculation is now 1,443,
380.
During the last year 35 news
papers converted from letter
press to offset printing, repre
senting a gain of 56 per cent for
a total of 97 which are now printed
by offset. There are 117 news
papers equipped to run color.
Some 60 per cent of the news
papers made extensive plant and
equipment expansions, spending
$4,947,921 for new, modern fac
ilities.
The increase in advertising
rate was nominal and well under
the percentage increase in cir
culation, making newspapers an
even better advertising buy in the
12-month period, beginning Octo
ber 1.
The new directory features a
four-color cover of a motoring
family vacationing in Georgia,
and contains 64 pages of data
on newspapers and economic
statistics on each of Georgia’s
159 counties.
Hot Dog Sole
Was Tremendous
Success, Sat.
PORTERDALE — The Wes
leyan Service Guild of the Julia
A. Porter Memorial Methodist
Church had a rousing success
with their first Hot Dog Sale on
Saturday, October 1, 1966 on the
Square in Covington.
The sale began at ten o'clock
despite the inclement weather
and was a "complete sell-out",
according to the church’s pas
tor, the Rev. A. J. Bruyere,
who assisted the following Guild
members: Mrs. Thomas Gunn,
Mrs. Travis Johnson, Mrs. Doris
Penn, Mrs. Juanita Cagle, Mrs.
Ophelia Sheppard, and Mrs. Hen
ry Berry.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Senator Murphy To Speak At
Callaway Fund Raising Dinner
Plans are being finalized for
what is termed "one of the lar
gest fund raising dinners ever
held in Georgia on October Bth
at 8:00 P.M. at the Dinkier Plaza
Hotel in Atlanta.
Dinner chairman, Dillard Mun
ford, said California Senator
George Murphy will be the speak-
Luke Lassiter
Is Named To
Ins. Committee
Luke R. Lassiter, Executive
vice-president of Cotton States
Insurance Companies, has been
appointed to the Legislative
Steering Committee of the Nat
ional Association of Mutual In
surance Companies.
In making the appointment,
NAMIC’s President Elect, Fred
W. Benson of Sheldon, lowa, ex
plained that this committee will
provide counsel and guidance to
the Association’s staff in the in
creasingly important area of leg
islation.
The Association represents
1,133 mutual Insurance compan
ies located in all parts of the
country.
Lassiter attended a planning
session of the committee in Des
Moines, lowa on September 29th
and 30th. He Is also scheduled
as a speaker at the Associat
ion’s 70th Annual Convention In
New Orleans, October 16th-19th.
A native of Newton County,
Lassiter was graduated from the
University of Georgia , taught
school In this county prior to
joining Cotton States as an agent,
and has been in his present
job as Executive vice-president
for thirteen years. Luke, his
wife, Jane, and son Mike still
make their home in Covington.
Mike is attending the University
of Georgia.
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er at the SIOO a-plate affair to
raise funds for gubernatorial
candidate Howard H. (Bo) Call
away’s campaign.
"This dinner will draw inter
ested citizens from the entire
State of Georgia,” Munford said.
He continued, "We expect this to
represent a monumental effort
on behalf of Bo Callaway.”
Munford called Senator Mur
phy "one of the really outstand
ing Senators in the Country to
day.” He said, "Senator Mur
phy is a tiuly dynamic person
as evidenced by his defeat of
former Presidential News Sec
retary Pierre Salinger for the
Senate seat in 1964.”
"We are very excited about
having a man of Senator Mur
phy’s calibre join us in our
effort for Bo Callaway,” Mun
ford said.
Murphy was born in New Ha
ven, Conn., and studied engin
eering at Yale University. He
is married and is the father of
two children. His son, Dennis,
will accompany him to Atlanta.
A former motion picture actor
and Chairman of the California
Republican State Central Com
mittee, Senator Murphy went to
the Senate with a broad back
ground of civic, industrial and
governmental service. He is a
member of the Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare and
the Public Works Committee.
Munford said Justus Martin
of Atlanta is ticket chairman
for the dinner and Mrs. Joe
Jones is serving as arrangements
chairman.
Attend.
Sunday
Barbecue Friday
NCHS Cafeteria
The Newton County Hospital
Auxiliary is sponsoring a beef
and pork barbecue to be held at
the Newton High Cafeteria from
5 p. m. to 8 p. m., on Friday,
October 7, which is the night
of the Newton County High School
Homecoming Game.
Tickets may be purchased from
any member of the Hospital Aux
iliary. Take-out plates are also
available.
3 New Members
Join Covington-
Newton C. Os c.
Three new members were wel
comed into the Covington-New
ton County Chamber of Com
merce Monday at the organizat
ion’s October meeting at the Teen
Can building. Gerry Wendel of
the Mobil Chemical plant in Cov
ington; Douglas Morgan, newly
appointed manager of Allen’s
5 & IO? Store; and Tom Bailey
of Colony Realty Company, Cov
ington, were introduced by Phillip
Cohen at the meeting.
The chamber did not have a
guest speaker on the program
Monday. President Grady Cole
man called for committee re
ports as the main items for the
program.
E. G. Lassiter spoke briefly
about the start of the local cam
paign on behalf of the Covington-
Newton County United Fund.
Marion Piper of the building com
mittee then reported that the
C. of C. office would soon move
to the building formerly occupied
by Grady Hubbard’s State Farm
Insurance business at the corner
of Lee and Washington streets.
In the absence of Ray Reece,
local manager of Southern Bell
Telephone Company, President
Coleman gave Reece’s report as
to the status of Covington enter
ing the Metro Dial System which
proposes to connect Covington
and Atlanta without a long dis
tance charge. Mr. Reece not
ified Mr. Coleman that repres
entatives of Southern Bell would
meet with the directors of the
C. of C. on Oct. 31 and at that
time rates, areas, etc. would be
discussed. Mr. Coleman said
that some 558 new telephones
were installed in Covington dur
ing the year 1965 and that more
than 400 had been installed In
the first nine months of 1966.
Sam Ramsey gave the report
for the Downtown Merchants
Committee of the C. of C. Mr.
Ramsey and Mr. Coleman dis
played drawings of an "idea” as
to the beautification and con
structing a mall-plaza for the
public square of Covington. The
drawing, which was made from a
Land Use Plan of the city, show
ed that parking area for some
256 cars could be utilized under
ground if the plan comes to fruit
ion. Mr. Coleman said that
parking spaces for 63 cars are
now available around the square.
Mr. Ramsey said that a meet
ing of Downtown Merchants and
property owners and Interested
citizens would be held in the near
future at which time the prob
lems of all will be discussed
openly.
During the meeting it was an
nounced that Secretary Charles
Strickland had resigned that post.
Mrs. Marion Britt will be the
new secretary-treasurer for the
organization.
Visitors at the meeting in
cluded: Fred Penick and Harvey
Ford of the Mobil Chemical Com
pany; Rev. Marion Mobley, pas
tor of the High Point Baptist
Church; and Rev. Owen Kellum,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Covington.
The average investment of per
sons buying U. S. Savings Bonds
through the payroll Savings Plan
is $24 per month.
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At the end of July, 1966, the
total amoung of U. S. Savings
Bonds outstanding exceeded
$49,798 million.