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THE COVINGTON NEWS
St B 8 TS R 535
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor and Publisher
B e
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Mobil Chemical’s Plastics Division,
County’s Newest Progressive Pariner
All Newton County pauses this Friday and Satur
day to salute Mobil Chemical’s Plastics Division
as it holds its plant dedication in Covington, This
fsiant plant, which is our newest industrial citizen,
part of Mobil Oil Corporation, a world-wide
enterprise. ;
We welcome this plant and its people to Newton
County’s industrial family and extend our hand in
friendship as well as in business, Our area will
soon feel the economic impact of Mobil’s indus
trial transfusion, Os equal importance to Newton
County is the boost our cemmunities will receive
from the citizens that Mobil will bring into our
midst,
We of Covington and Newton County are grateful
to Gerald R, Wendel, plant manager; Lynn E, Max
well, personnel manager; Louis F, Courchaine,
financial ard distribution manager; and wWilliam F,
Brigs:, plant engineer; for the personal interest
that they have shown in the business, civic, cultural,
and social activities in our area. You have indeed
become neighbors and friends and we are happy
to have you here,
The open house that you have planned will im
press the people and appeal to them as the opening
of another door of opportunity here at home for those
who will take advantage of the positions that your
Reason Why? Recent doings in Darkest Africa
have been puzzling. Restless natives abduct for
eigners, burn down buildings owned by governments
they dislike, notably the U, §, A., carve up political
opponents and abscond with any national funds that
might be lying around,
But now there’s a clue to the reason for all
these happenings, In a study recently made by
Dr. Henry R. Cassirer, the American chief of
UNESCO’s program for educational use of mass
media, he has come to the conclusion that Africa
is experiencing a ““cultural renaissance,’’ and this,
he says, can be credited to the influence of radio
and television. Considering what’s on the air in
this country and how it affects many of those who
subject themselves to it, we think the doctor may
be right. And now we understand Africa better,
Who Bugs Whom? We confess that it ‘‘bugs’’
us that the opinions and pronouncements of the
Junior Senator from New York, Boston and Vir
ginia, Bobby Kennedy, rate such raptattention in the
picture mafazmes and TV commentaries,
Maybe it’s really Robby himself who bugs us,
as he does others. J, Edgar Hoover, for example,
Recently Bobby came out witha statement absolving
himself from the use of wiretaps when he was
“Why Did It Happen To My Baby?”
This heartbreaking question comes from the
lips of 700 new mothers every day in our nation,
Each is the mother of one baby in 16 who is born
with a serious birth defect,
More than 250,000 American babies are born
every year with these defects, At least 2,900,000
Americans are mentally retarded because of birth
defects. Every year, birth defects destroy more
life than cancer and si'roke combined,
Can we do anything to stop this terrible toll?
Something can and is being done - thanks to your
support of the March of Dimes,
Back in 1910, there were probably few witnesses
when a bolt of silk was lugged aboard one of the
first Wright biplanes at Dayton, Ohio. This cargo
was flown to Columbus, a few miles away. Those
who did witness the event probably had little notion
of what they were seeing--the sowing ofa seed that
would one day grow into the modern air express
service, In 1919, a giant English bomber was hired
to fly a 1500-pound air express payload from New
York to Chicago, and finally air express was in
augurated as a regular service in 1927, Thus,
from the seed of an idea, air express became a
national institution,
Air express packages are now carried over the
entire domestic network of the participating air
lines, It links some 4500 airport cities. Through
the coordinated REA Express surface network
many thousands of off-airline cities and towns gei
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Medical teams at March of Dimes Treatment
Centers can repair the bodies and save thelives of
many children who were beyond help only a few
years afi). Almost 80 per cent of all birth defects
can be eated, and in many cases corrected, by
modern medicine, Prompt and accurate diagno
sis and treatment can prevent many birth defects
from crippling a child for life,
The more you help - the more the March of
Dimes can help. Give to the March of Dimes
to help fight birth defects.
How ldeas Grow
company has open, Those with sightinto the future
can see the expansion of your plant as you grow
and prosper in the Southeast,
Plastics have brought about a revolution in the
habits of the people of our society, We fully realize
that in 1967 the uses of plastic products that we
know are minor when compared with the techno
logical advancements in plastic products and the
new uses that will be found in the years ahead.
Therefore, Covington and Newton County look
to Mobil Chemical’s Plastics Division as another
important section of the industrial and economic
backbone of this area as we continue to grow
with a bright and prosperous outlook, We join
hands with you to build a stable and progressive
economy in a county that is finding its place in
the industrial transformation of the once rural
South,
We wish for Mobil Chemical’s Plastics Division
unprecedented growth and prosperity in our fertile
area which is open for industrial cultivation. Your
location in Covington has helped renew the faith,
hope, and aspirations of our people in their beloved
New{on Countv and its future in our space age
economy, We congratulate you on your dedication
and open house and we look forward to working
with you in service to Newton County,
Attorney General, and since this served to make
Mr. Hoover the patsy, the head of the F.8.1L re
fused to take it lying down, Said Mr, Hoover:
““All wiretaps utilized by the F,8,1 have always
been approved in writing, in advance, by the Attorney
Genaral, . .Mr, Kennedy, during his term of office,
exhibited great interest in pursuing such matters,
and, while in different metropolitan areas, not only
listened to the results of microphone surveillances,
but raised questions relative to obtaining better
equipment. . ,F. 8.1. usage of such devices, . .was
obviously increased at Mr. Kennedy’s insistence
while he was in office. . ,”’
Bell-Bottom Cows. The Naval Academy at Anna
polis, Maryland, is going out of the dairybusiness,
It has been operating its own dairy farm. The
most roceit count was 377 cw,‘,zfiz calyes,
four bulls, 97 buildings and 45 civilian employees.
The General Accounting Office thinks the farm will
sell for about $1,750,000 and that the Navy will save
an estimated $63,863 a year by buying its milk
from commercial dairies,
If, like us, you groan, ‘‘Holy Cow! How long has
this been going on?’’ . . ~ the answer is, since
1910, Fifty-six years, at $83,803 a year. Man,
that’s a lot of milking of you know who.
the benefits of air transport,
Underlying air express and the reason for its
steady growth is the express company itself--
an outgrowth of an enterprise that beghan with a
man and an idea, The man discovered that people
had a use for a special expedited package-carrying
service, It was his idea to fill that need. The
descendant of the company he originated in turn
pioneered air express and carries on its business
over a vast network of more than 3006000 miles of
surface routes serving more than 20,000 commun
ities throughout the United States, Canada and
Puerto Rico, Air express is coordinated with this
gigantic surface transportation network, operating
24 hours a day, Some 10,000 daily flights carry
air express, After regular mail, express has top
priority over all other cargo. It is said that giant
oaks from acorns grow. It seems they also grow
from an idea and a bolt of silk,
MABLE SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
Sunday School
THE MARKS OF A CHRISTIAN
Devotional Reading: Psalms 1
Memory Selection: Why do
you call me “Lord, Lord,”” and
not do what Itell you? Luke 6: 46,
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Marks of a Christian,
Young People - Adult Topic:
The Marks of a Christian,
“Os course ’m a Christian,
Why do you ask? I belong toa
church, I pay my dues, I at
tend church regularly and be
lieve the Bible from cover to
cover, Doesn’t that make me a
Christian?”
The answer is ‘‘No,”” These
things are all factors of the Ch
ristian life, but they are not the
Christian life itself, For the
glory of our faith resides largely
in the fact that it is a religion
not of outward form but of in
ward goodness and submission to
the will of God. A person may
conform to every pious custom;
he may be unremitting in his
church attendance, in his zeal,
in his defense of gospel truth—
and yet not be a Christian,
For there are certain marks
of a Christian, and it is to those
marks that we give our attention
today.
The marks of a Christian are
twofold — inner disposition and
outward acts, Belief is a very
important and necessary factor
in the Christian life, Paul and
Silas were asked on one occas
fon, ““What shall I do to be sa
ved?” and their reply was: ‘Be
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved, and
thy house” (Acts 16:30-31), Peo
ple who maintain that Christia
anity is only a matter of be
havior are not reflecting the
teachings of the gospel when they
take such a position, Jesus Ch
rist lived and had his ministry
among men, and what he said and
did, what happened to him in the
form of crucifixion, resurrec
tion, and his ascension into
heaven are facts of such impor
tance that we would not have a
gospel if we did not know, be
lieve, and try to avail ourselves
of the spiritual power inherent
in these overwhelming events,
The word ‘“blessed’’ is a bib
lical word, It means more than
merely happy. Jesus seldom used
the word ‘‘happiness’”’ in his
preaching, He used a vastly
more significant word, namely,
‘““blessed,”” Happiness denotes
that form of satisfaction which
comes from a pleasant arrange
ment of life’s circumstances,
Blessedness, on the other hand,
signifies a happiness identified
with high moral character,
Happiness' is characterized by
a sense of contentment and self
ici Does A New Industry Meun?%
Since the Mobil Chemical Company’s new
plastics division plant is formally opening to
morrow (Jan., 13) it is noteworthy to point
out the importance of the economic impact
of a new industry on a community, and what
it can mean socially, industrially and finan
cially.
The following statistics are worth repeating
since the local Mobil plant now employs 100
people:
New industry cominginto a community means
even more than just so many new job op
portunities, It is estimated that 100 new
industrial workers in a community means
359 more people; 100 more households; 91
more school children; $710,000 more personal
income per year; $229,000 more bank deposits;
97 more passenger cars registered; 165 more
workers employed; 3 more retail establish
ments; and $331,000 more retail sales per
year,
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There’s a lot of joy and glad
ness in the world if we find it,
take it and share it, We can’t
hide it nor hoard it. If we have
it, to keep it we must share it
with those about us, The Chris
tian, above all others, enjoys a
peace and joy that makes his
heart go out to others, and makes
him want them to know and share
his joy.
Jesus told his disciples about
this experience before He
left them. In John 14:27 He
said: ‘‘Peace I leave with you,
my peace I give unto you: not
as the world giveth, give I unto
you. Let not your heart be trou
bled, neither let it be afraid,”
When the time of His departure
was near, He tried toprepare His
disciples for the shock, but they
could not understand any more
than we today can understand
our sorrows, He said to them
“It is expedient for you that I
go away; for if I go not away,
the Comforter cannot come; but
if I depart, I will send Him unto
you.ii
Today we can understand that
when Jesus was here in human
form He could be in only one
place at a time, It was only
after His body was removed, that
His Spirit could come, and un
hampered by the flesh, be pre=
sent every where at the same
time,
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satisfaction, Blessedness em
phasizes primarily a sense of
God’s approval founded upon the
fact that we as God’s creatures
have submitted ourselves to the
Divine Will,
Jesus had a great deal to say
about rewards. He did not—as
many people think — disdain
rewards and consider them un
worthy and beneath one’s highest
regard, Rather he made a dis
tinction between earthly rewards
and heavenly rewards, Jesus
literally turned prevailing moral
conceptions upside down. Many
of the things the world holds of
value the gospel of Jesus Christ
holds to be of inferior worth
and sometimes of no value atall,
Jesus lived among a people most
of whom knew bitter poverty.
Instead of commiserating with
these people Jesus bade them be
of good cheer. Moral character
is ruined more often by wealth
than by poverty. It is miser
able to be so poor that one has
to live from hand to mouth and
never, perhaps, know the satis
faction of any abundance, But
when we see the multitudes which
have been dragged down into
degradation and death by their
worldy advantages and wealth,
we can understand what Jesus
meant when he said: ¢‘Blessed
be ye poor; for yours is the king
dom of God.,’”” Hunger is a sore
affliction, and it is a scandal
indeed that in a world teeming
with fertility and fruitfulness
millions of God’s children never
have their desire for food fully
or even adequately satisfied,
Sorrow is an agonizing ex
perience, but Jesus pointed out
that very often sorrow leads to
self-examination, reliance upon
God, faith in His promises to such
an extent that frequently the very
valley of the shadow of death
leads out to still waters,
Hatred and persecution are
circumstances which men avoid
—and should try toavoid—ryet the
very fact that people who want
to do the right thing often find
themselves ostracized, hated,
and derided leads more often
than we could think possible to
rejoicing, true happiness, and
blessedness,
There is nothing long-faced
about the Christian religion,
When people are truly Christian
at heart they have a peace which
passeth all understanding, They
know the joy which the worldl
ing can never experience,
‘“Rejoice ye in that day,’’ said
Jesus, ‘“and leap for joy: for,
behold, your reward is great in
heaven: for in the like manner
did their fathers unto the pro
phets,’?
God is Spirit, and wants men
to worship Him in Spirit, and in
truth., They who do this, ex
perience the spiritual communion
with Him that brings Joy and
gladness that cannot be explained
to those who know it not,
Continuing in His effort to
prepare them for His separation
from them, He said: ‘“Ye shall
be sorrowful, but your sorrow
shall be turned to joy. ..and your
heart shall rejoice, and no man
taketh your joy from you.’’ ¢‘Hi
ther to ye have asked nothing
in my name; ask and ye shall
receive, that your joy may be
full’’,
Let us be Joyful Christians,
xox N %
Nobel Prize winner in phy
sics, Dr. William Shockley asked
in a speech recently: ¢¢Can it
be that our humanitarian welfare
programs have already sel=-
ectively emphasized high and ir
responsible rates of reproduc
tion to produce a socially, relat
ively unadaptable human strair?
Such a possibility, which in prin=-
ciple need not be racially select=-
ive, can extrapolate inour grand=-
children’s time 50 years from
now to a five-fold increase in
relief burden as the segment of
our own population on relief in=
creases from one person in 25
to about one in five,”
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December 28, 1966
Dear Sir:
I want to take this opportunity
to thank you for publishing as
you did the remarks about the
Bibb in your paper of December
22nd, together with the observat
ions made by the Macon Tele
graph in its issue of December
sth,
Your interest in our company
is appreciated and these publica
tions help us to communicate our
policies and practices to our
employees and friends,
With best wishes for a Happy
and Prosperous New Year, I re
main
Sincerely,
Robert Train
Bibb Mfg, Co.
Macon, Ga,
Jan, 3, 1967
Kind Company:
Thank you very kindly for your
service, We can’t dowith out our
good county paper, I prize it
very highly,
Mrs, Velicia Tuck Cown
Dear Editor:
With our best wishes for 1967,
it is a pleasure to report that
1966 has been a redletter year for
support of the world’s needy
children by the American press.
By the time clippings about
UNICEF passed the 30,000 mark
we lost track of the grand total.
Many more flowed into our of=
fices during the end of December.
Thanking the publishers, edi
tors, editorialists, staff writers,
photographers and all other
members of the vast journalistic
family who contributed their time
and talent to promoting a better
understanding of the Nobel Peace
Prize -winning United Nations
Children’s Fund has become a
physical impossibility.
May the satisfaction of having
earned the gratitude of millions
of children and mothers be their
well deserved reward.
Yours most sincerely,
Victor de Keyserling
Director of Information Ser=-
vices
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On Medicare
‘“Some claims for reimburse
ment under the ‘¢doctor bill”?
insurance part of ‘‘Medicare’”’
are being delayed in Georgia be
cause claim forms are not being
fully completed,” John H, Ingle,
District Manager of the Atlanta
Social Security Office said today.
Under the supplementary med
ical insurance part of ¢‘Medi=
care’ a beneficiary may be re=
imbursed for 809 of the total
of the reasonable charges on
medical and doctor bills above
$50.00. No reimbursement may
be made on the first $50.00 of
covered medical bills each cal=
endar year.
Reimbursement may be made
in either of two ways, but in
each case a claim must be filed
with the insurance company (The
John Hancock Insurance Company
in Georgia), (1) Thepatient may
pay his doctor bills and file claim
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Georgia’s legislature has vo
ted 182 to 66 in electing Lester
G, Maddox as Governor over
Republican Howard ‘‘Bo’’ Call
away., Governor Maddox hasbeen
sworn in and the time of healing
for political differences faces the
people,
As our Democratic process has
functioned in the past, so will
the people turn their concentra
tion toward future progress for
Georgia rather than the harass
ment of the individual in office,
The Representatives of the people
have spoker and the eyes of the
people of Georgia and the nation
are focused on the man who went
to the people and overcame every
conceivable stumbling block to
reach the Governor’s office.
The race is over and Governor
Maddox will be in office for four
years, Let all Georgia unite
under his leadership to move
Georgia forward for the pro
sperity of our people,
TESTING
President Johnson told the na~-
tion in his State of the Union
message Tuesday night this was
““‘a time of testing throughout the
world,”
As Americans we enjoy living
in the most affluent society ever
created by mankind, In such a
position we find ourselves and
our nation tested at home and
abroad. Our President, be we
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Liue By
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By James E, Luke,
Pastor
The Newton Methodist Circuit
Covington, Georgia
One January morning several
years ago, I heard the radio
announcer remark, ‘’Now a pub=-
lic service announcement from
my favorite school teacher, our
Miss Brooks.’”’ Eve Arden
(radio and television’s our Miss
Brooks) startled me with, ‘‘Now
is the time when you are break
ing your New Year’s resol=
utions,’”” and T muttered surely
not just three weeks after mak
ing them. But after more thought
ful reflection I had to 6 agree
that frequently our fine resolut
ions are quite early brushed
aside, forgotten or trampled
overs
Three weeks ago this column
dealt with the value of personal
inventory, last week our God
given ability to think was em=-
phasized and today we suggest,
in the words of Paul, that you,
¢«prove all things; hold fast that
which is good,” I Thessalonians
5:21.
According to Charles M,
Crowe, a certain theatrical pro
ducer always asked the same
question of every playwright who
sought his opinion about a new
manuscript. It was the simple,
yet probing question, ¢¢How’s
Thursday, January 12, 1967
Governor Maddox In:
President Johnson’s Talk;
Powell Clipped
BY: LeoS, Mallard
Democrat or Republican, be
lieves our nation is in a position
to meet the tests as we strive
for harmony and peace both in
this country and abroad,
Let us tighten our belts to
meet the challenge of these tests,
Let us know that we can favor
the end results of his programs
and yet be alert and sometimes
critical of the administrative
procedures that govern these
programs, Let us know that the
effects and good derived by man
kind by these far-reaching pro
grams must begin with the inte
grity of every man, woman and
child in America,
POWELL
Congress has, atleast tempor
arily, refused toseat Adam Clay
ton Powell, This action is just
ified in my mind, not because he
is a Negro, but because he isa
man who has bred corruptionand
dishonored the office entrustedto
him., He may not be the only
Representative or Senator who
needs to be held accountable
for their actions, Others may
well be caught if a good ‘“house
cleaning” is carried out,
Corruption on the part of any
Congressman should be challen
ged by our Congress and strict
er policing of its membership
should be provided in order to
protect the people. @
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your second act??’
The truth is that many of us
get off to a good start, in writing
a play or building a career or
living a life. The first few
years we are so sure of oursel=
ves. We have high ideals. The
future looks promising. We can’t
wait to show what we can do.
This may get us through the
first act. But there is always
a second act. Some of our plans
fail to materialize. Our good
intentions come to nought. Un
foreseen events jolt us, and things
don’t turn out as they should.
We are tempted to take short
cuts and are lured away from the
straight and narrow path.
It is then that we need to know
how important it is to hold fast
to that which is good. For itis
the goodness that comes from
God that gives to life substance,
stability, and staying power. We
have plenty of smart people, edu~
cated people, rich people, clever
people. We need more good
people. We need men who are
honest and upright, truthful and
unselfish, pure of heart and clean
of mind,
It is true that goodness some=
times seems to take a beating.
But it has its own deep and
abiding satisfactions. Christians
must be unafraid and unashamed
to stand up and be counted as
good men, God’s men.