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Thursday, February 9, 1967
Georgia Vets Service Is Available
ATLANTA—The Georgia De
partment of Veterans Service
will assist any veteran, or his
dependents, In obtaining bene
fits provided under existing vet
erans’ law, Pete Wheeler, the
department’s director, said to
day.
These programs provide for
those Injured during their ser
vice careers; veterans totally
disabled, not the result of mili
tary service, and with small
incomes; the widows and child
ren of deceased veterans; and
dependent parents and disabled
veterans requiring hospitalizat
ion. World War 11, Korean War,
and Post-Korean veterans are
also eligible to apply for Vet
erans Administration assistance
in home-buying. Approximately
125,000 Georgians are eligible
for educational training under
the new GI Bill which was ef
fective June 1, 1966, and ap
proximately 5,000 are in train
ing at the present time.
None of these benefits is grant
ed automatically; each must be
applied for by the veteran, his
widow, child or children, or his
dependent parent.
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The Department of Veterans
Service operates field offices
throughout the state, and our field
office managers visit the state’s
159 counties on a regularly sch
eduled basis, Mr. Wheeler said.
The department’s field mana
gers, all long experienced in
veterans’ law, will explain these
programs and discuss eligibility
with any veteran, or his depen
dent and then assist them in pre
paring, filing, and prosecuting
the claim through the Veterans
Administration, Mr. Wheeler
said.
“We Invite all Georgians to
take advantage of this state-pro
vided service, at no cost. Our
field managers will be happy to
explain veterans’ programs at
any time,’’ he said. Nearest
Department of Veterans Service
Field Office is at the Courthouse.
Its manager is Mrs. Ty Cason.
MOONLIT
DRIVE-IN
CONYERS. GEORGIA
Thursday-Friday
February 9 and 10
"DO NOT DISTURB"
Rod T«ylo- ’•’d Doris Day
Color
Saturday. Feb. 11
Tony Russell-Helga Line
Massimo Serato-Gerald Tichy
"THE SECRET 7”
Color
Also
Leslie Nielsen-Judi Meredith
Mark Riehman
"DARK INTRUDER"
Sun., Feb 12
Jean Soberg-Honor Blackman
Sean Garrison
"MOMENT TO MOMENT"
Technicolor
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Melvin Allen
Sales Manager
Wood-Dickinson
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Melvin Allen
Melvin Allen has recently been
named Sales Manager of Wood-
Dickinson Furniture Company.
Mr. Allen is a native of Newton
County and has been in sales work
for the last 18 years; thirteen
of which have been in the furnit
ure business.
Mr. Allen and his wife Mary
live at 206 N. Dearing St. They
have two children; Sandra, who
is a Freshman at Georgia Wo
man’s College, Milledgeville
and Randall, who is a Freshman
at Newton County High School.
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church, Golden Fleece
Lodge #6, and is serving as
President of the Covington Lions
Club this year.
McDonough Is
Nominated For
Engineer Award
John J. McDonough, retired
chairman of the Georgia Power
Company, has been nominated by
the Georgia Society of Profess
ional Engineers for the National
Society of Professional Engin
eers’ 1967 NSPE Award.
The award is presented each
year to ail engineer who has made
unusual and sustained contribut
ions to the advancement of his
profession or has performed a
lasting service toward the bet
terment of mankind.
The first of these awards was
presented in 1949 to former
President Herbert Hoover. Other
winners Include such outstanding
men as Charles F. Kettering
and Walker L. Clsler.
Mr. McDonough, who retired
from Georgia Power in 1966,
served almost 40 years in the
electric utility industry. He was
graduated from Georgia Tech in
1923 with a degree in mechanical
engineering. From 1923 until
1927 he taught mathematics and
coached at Savannah High School.
He began his career in the
electric utility Industry In 1927
as assistant to the manager of
the Georgia Southern Power
Company, a predecessor of the
Georgia Power Company. He was
elected a vice president of Geor
gia Power in 1940 and in 1951
was named executive vice presi
dent.
He was elected president in
1957 and became chairman of the
board in 1963. Since June, 1966,
he has been an executive associ
ate with the architectural and
engineering firm of Finch Alex
ander Barnes Rothschild and
Paschal.
Atlanta! Will They Ever Complete It!
By Preston Stevens, Jr.,
A. I. A.
North Georgia Chapter
A dear little lady from Vir
ginia once told me, “Atlanta! -
a lovely place if they will ever
complete it! ’’
This comment is from a state
which developed in a slow and
orderly fashion and largely has
a “completed” look to it. At
lanta in contrast has not had time
to develop in an orderly manner,
at least not lately. Like many
cities Atlanta is having a build
ing boom and much of this is hap
pening downtown. But the cities
of Virginia are not safe from the
problem of indiscriminate build
ing and should be on the alert
to see that new growth follows
a well ordered plan.
Last week we talked about
what happens when downtown be
comes rundown and congested.
When It is no longer easy or
desirable for many people to
use, then shopping centers and
office buildings begin growing
up in neighborhood areas that
FEBRUARY 7th - 13th
"On my honor I will do my best - -
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
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To help other people at all times; JR
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mentally awake, and
morally straight." SB^rv^V a
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MR t z community, and to their leaders, too.
During Boy Scout birthday week, Feb-
& £ . ruary 7th to 13th, we are proud
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vfc* . f honor of Scouting . . . that
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z world. Best wishes, Boy Scouts, and may
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you ever “Strengthen America s Heritage.
We Salute the Scouts of Our Area
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COVINGTON
THE COVINGTON NEWS
are convenient. But, the center
of a populated area has very
special purposes and cannot be
allowed to die. For Instance,
it should be the operating base
for visiting businessmen and as
such can support good hotels
and restaurants. A large con
vention facility near down
town with auditorium and exhib
ition hall can attract thousands
of people to the city. Museums
and theaters can find no better
location than downtown. All these
uses are in addition to the gov
ernmental facilities which nat
urally are found there.
Cities can destory themselves
by letting the natural processes
of evolution take over. It is
absolutely necessary that some
controlling influence take over
and plot the orderly development
of any city. But a number of
well meaning groups all working
independently do little to help
the situation.
Atlanta is a good example of
this latter situation. Atlanta
called itself a beautiful city for
so long that it became overcon-
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fident. Several years ago local
leaders began to awaken a few
at a time to see the mess that
was being made because of in
adequate planning. Groups rush
ed in to try and help. Ladles
organized a landscaping group
for downtown. Businessmen for
med an association to preserve
and Improve one declining sec
tion of town. A plan for re
lighting a thoroughfare was un
derway.
Another plan was set forth to
make a gracious boulevard out of
another main street. The local
architects, the utility companies
and even the oil companies got
into the act. But without anover
all guiding hand there was no
overall progress. The adjoining
town of Decatur became im
patient, prepared a proper mas
ter plan and is now well along
in carrying it out. At last a
central organization - Central
Atlanta Progress, Inc. - has
been formed to coordinate the
orderly development of Atlanta
and channel the existing projects
appropriately.
John Jarvis Elected Yaraab
Commander Shrine Patrol
John Jarvis, local owner and
operator of the Buttercup Bakery
on the square in Covington, has
been elected commanding officer
of the Yaarab Temple Shrine
Patrol.
In assuming the duties of Cap
tain of this unit, Mr. Jarvis will
be responsible for the precision
drills put on by the Patrol In
various parades and Shrine fun
ctions.
As one of the largest Units
in the Atlanta Shrine Temple,
the Patrol plays an Important
part each year at the Annual
Shrine Circus. The circus is
the means of raising funds for
the continued operation of Shrine
Crippled Children’s Hospitals
and Burns Institutes located in
different parts of the country
and the support of local charit
ies and activities of the Shrine.
Mr. Jarvis has been a regular
member of the organization for
seven years and has been pro
moted through the ranks to his
John Jarvis
present position by election of
the membership. The Patrol
membership is comprised of
members of Yaarab Temple who
are interested in military type
drill, colorful uniforms, and a
desire to further the cause of the
charitable operations of the Ma
sonic Order, from which all Shr
iners originate.
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