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Covingtonians Have Developed
Automobile Theft Alarm System
(Editor’s Note: The follow
ing article appeared In a recent
issue of The Atlanta Journal.
Two Covingtonians instrumen
tal in developing and marketing
the device are Jesse L. Mc-
Cord, of the Inter Industries
of Lithonia, and W. H. Hawk
of Covington Furniture Com
pany).
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By TED SIMMONS
Associated Press Writer
Auto thieves beware. The ear
splitting siren you hear when
you jump that switch may be
heralding your entry into the
local lockup.
It will, at least, if a new auto
theft-prevention device Is as suc
cessful as Its three Atlanta de
velopers hope.
The computerized mechanism,
demonstrated here Tuesday, is
both "burglar-proof and cus
tomer-proof,” says Jesse L. Mc-
Cord, one of the developers.
By customer-proof, he means
there’s no way for the auto own
er to goof and trigger the siren
accidentally, thereby creating a
panic in a crowded shopping cen
ter parking lot or disrupting
church services on a quiet Sun-
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day morning.
And the real beauty of it,
McCord and his associates said,
Is that the device can be in
stalled on new cars easily with
less than S2O worth of equip
ment.
The cost will be a little high
er for installation on older mo
dels but will still be much less
than for any theft-prevention sys
tem now on the market, they said.
McCord, W. H. Hawk and Carl
Heinle Jr. of an Atlanta-based
research, development and man
ufacturing firm plan to show the
system to Detroit auto manufac
turers within the next few days.
Before that they will demon
strate it for U. S. Assistant Atty.
Gen. Fred M. Vinson Jr., who
has urged car makers to build
theft-deterring devices into their
models at the factory.
Vinson said last week the gov
ernment may take mandatory ac
tion in that area if manufacturers
do not act voluntarily.
Heinle, Hawk and McCord think
their system, developed over a
period of more than five years,
is the answer to the problem.
Briefly, the device works like
this:
Upon leaving his automobile,
the owner locks it with his key
in the normal fashion, thereby
arming the system. As soon as
the key is turned and the sys
tem armed, two short signals
I are bounded on the sounding de
vice.
If the owner has failed to
lock all doors on the car, no
signal is given. The owner is
alerted. He finds the unlocked
door and locks it.
Thereafter, the car is one big
siren booby trap. If the trunk
is pried open, the siren screams,
If the hood is lifted, sirens. If
a window is broken and the swit
ch is jumped—the common met
hod auto thieves use to start the
ignition—more sirens. And if
tire thieves jack the car up—
you guessed It; sirens.
The only way to stop the alar
ming sound effects is to unlock
the car door with a key, or cut
the battery cables. And of cour
se, if the battery cables are cut
thieves are going to have a hard
time making off with the car,
unless they came equipped with
a tow truck.
Actually, in Tuesday’s demon
stration the developers used an
ordinary auto horn for the sound
device. They will have to get an
okay from law enforcement offic
ials before they can use the high
audio directional siren they want.
Neither Heinle, McCord nor
Hawk contend that their gadget
will eliminate auto thefts. As
Hawk put it:
Perfect Attendance List At
Porterdale School Is Announced
PORTERDALE — Earning a
perfect attendance rating for the
first semester of school is a
real accomplishment and stu
dents are congratulated for this
achievement. Their names are
listed with their teachers and
grades as follows:
Mrs. Luke Fuller, Ist grade:
Marcie Almond, Christy Curtis,
Pam Dooley, and Terri Knight.
Mrs. Wallace Scarborough, Ist
grade: Brenda Jackson, Kelvin
Middlebrooks, Robert Nelson,
Renee Penn, Wanda Poteet.
Miss Elizabeth Willis, Ist
grade: Angle Cross, Teresa
Floyd, Mary Glass, Brenda Har
riss, Tina Rogers, Penny
Strange, and Kenny Wise.
Mrs. J. W. Loyd, 2nd grade:
Mike Cook, Mike Hayes, Pam
Johns, Danny Mooney, Randy
Morgan, Mark Ogletree, and
Gwen Willard.
Miss Sue Thompson, 2nd grade:
Joey Bonner, Tim Hailey, Johnny
Henderson, Ralph Hilliard, Ricky
Jackson, Tommy Morgan, Lee
Smith, Butch Stanton, Sheila
Treadwell.
Mrs. Alma Patterson, 3rd
grade: Rena Caoes, John Glass,
Mark Harper, and James Mit
chell.
Miss Lucy Robinson, 3rd
grade: Dwayne Bonner, Bonnie
Cheek, Wendell Floyd, Danny
Herring, and Karen Patterson.
Mrs. Byron Paden, 4th grade:
Deborah Curtis, Mike Herring,
Kenneth Morrell, Richard Nel
son, Jill O’Kelley, Jimmy St
range.
Mrs. Douglas Robertson, 4th
grade: Steve Dodson, Wayne
Durden, Wayne Garner, Wanda
Goss, Barbara Mitchell, Janice
Penn, Randy Rowe, Sarae
Wiggins.
Mrs. Bruce Deese, Sth grade:
Diane Cheek, Larry Cheek, Ricky
Gl Insurance
Dividends Due
During 1967
Veterans holding G.I. Insur
ance will be paid s2ll-milllon
In dividends during the year 1967.
The announcement of the dividend
payments was made today by
William J. Driver, Adriinlstrator
of Veterans Affairs.
World War II veterans will be
paid $196-mllllon over the twe
lve-month period beginning Jan
uary 1. All dividend payments
will be made on the anniversary
date of the policy, Driver said.
This is the same procedure
followed in 1966. There are
4,222,000 World War II veterans
who have retained their G.I. In
surance and will receive divid
ends. Driver said the average
payment would be about $46.
In addition to these dividends,
196,000 World War I veterans
will receive sls-mlllion in divid
ends. Their average payment
will be $76. They will also be
paid on the policy anniversary
date.
World War II veterans re
ceived their first dividend pay
ment In 1950, and a dividend
has been paid each year since
that date.
The total dividend will be
slightly lower this year than
in 1966 mainly because 200,000
Guy Sharpe To
Speak At First
Methodist Sunday
Br
On Sunday morning, February’
5, at 11 o’clock the First Metho
dist Church will celebrate Lay
men’s Day. The guest speaker
for the morning worship service
will be Guy Sharpe of WAGA-TV
in Atlanta, where Mr. Sharpe is a
staff announcer and weatherman.
He is a graduate of LaGrange
College and has a knowledgeable
background In theology and
church music.
Mr. Sharpe is a member of
the Park street Methodist Church
in Atlanta where he serves on the
Official Board and teaches a
married couples class. He and
his wife, the former Virginia
Bradley, sing in the choir of
their church.
The theme for Laymen’s Day
in the Methodist Church this year
is "Every Man's servant." one
statement concerning this theme
declares that "the new and re
volutionary idea is that the or
dinary (church) member, because
he is a servant of his fellowmen,
begins to have a program in the
world, and the pastor becomes his
helper In order to increase the
value and probable success of
the program." Mr. Sharpe will
be speaking to the Idea that for
God’s sake and for man’s sake we
are servants—everyone—for the
betterment of others.
The First Methodist Church
extends a cordial invitation to
the entire community to hear Mr.
Sharpe, a practicing Christian
layman and well known televi
sion personality, this coming
Sunday morning.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Davis, Russell Johnson, Virgil
Long, Holly Lunsford, Cindy
Massey, Mike Presley, Keith
Reynolds, Dennis Willard.
Miss Mary Trippe, sth grade:
Oscar Coady, Wayne Crowe, Gary
Jackson, and Karen Mathews.
Mrs. Lillie Mae Morris, sth
grade: Michel Bruyere, Kathy
Daniels, Wayne Hailey, Sue He
well, and Ronnie Vining.
Miss Martha Ramsey, 6th
grade: Ricky Cason, Rickie Cor
ley, Nancy Crowell, Bill Fincher,
Randy Hall, Kathleen Head, Linda
Herring, Nan Herring, Eve Hig
ginbotham, Lena Ingram, Juanita
Long, Marty Lunsford, Steve Mc-
Gee, Ray Middlebrooks, Sherri
Ogletree, Denise Plunkett, and
Vickie Watson.
Mrs. Bryant Steele, 6th grade:
Connie Daniel, Mike Hodges,
Ricky Johnson, Steve Jackson,
Wayne Johnson, Terry Massey,
Janice Norred, Kathy Patter
son, Mel Savage, John Tomlin,
and Faith Wiggins.
Miss Pauline Hardman, 7th
grade: Kim Blankenship, Cathy
Canup, Katrina Crowe, Susan
Crowell, Faye Garner, Teresa
Layson, Berlene Mitchell, Ted
Piper, Jane Polk, Kevin Price,
Lamar Sorrells, Harold Stapp,
Paul Stevenson, and Mary Wells.
Miss Alice Riddle, 7th grade:
Patricia Crowe, Denise Evans,
Stanley Moore, Joe Patterson,
and Tim Singley.
Julius Johnson, Bth grade:
Glynn Clegg, Ricky Cordell,
Tommy Halley, Judy Herring,
Annette Long, Cathy Lowery,
Billy Mooney, Larry Motes, Ray
dene Pollette, Judy Savage, Ron
nie Savage, Marcia Wells.
Mrs. Exie Perkins, Bth grade:
Debbie Lunsford, Barry Mat
hews, Bobby McGee, and Cathy
Walden.
fewer policies are eligible for
dividends. In 1966, $209-mill
lon was paid World War II vet
erans and $15.2-mlllion waspaid
World War I veterans.
Cotton calico, chintz, ging
ham, madras, and muslin all
came from India originally.
Lewis Stationed
In Mississippi
Edward Gary Lewis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward O. Lewis of
Porterdale, has just completed
six weeks of basic training at
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
and is now stationed at Biloxi,
Mississippi.
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