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THE COVINGTON NEWS
lit - 122 PACE STREET. COVINGTON. GA. 30209
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor and Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
"Values To Hold — Worlds To Explore”
Girl Scouts of America could have chosen no
theme more pertinent than their Triennium Theme,
"Values to Hold - worlds to Explore”. For Girl
Scouting years of 7-17 are their formative years,
which must be lived in an era of a veritable ex
plosion of fantastic developments in areas of educa
tion, outer space, beneath the sea, transportation,
communication, and every other field of science and
research. The worlds they have to explore are in
deed legion.
With the ever expanding opportunities these
worlds present Girl Scouts as homemakers, career
women and mothers of tomorrow, have the commen
surate responsibility of "Values to Hold”. And
this responsibility is what Girl Scout leaders de
dicate themselves toward training girls to cap
ably accept.
Girl Scouting, organized in Savannah. Ga., by
Juliette Gordon Low, March 12, 1912, this week
marks its 55th anniversary. There are over 3 1/2
million Girl Scouts in the U. S. and its possessions;
and, an overall total of 18 million in 49 other coun-
The demands that we stop bombing North Vietnam
are very loud these days. Yet for the first time
in this century military installations, industrial
complexes, harbors and supply depots which have
automatically been bombing targets, are off lim
its. The port and docks at Haiphong still stand
untouched.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy wants us to stop
bombing.
Secretary General U Thant wants us to stop
bombing.
Ho Chi Minh wants us to stop bombing.
Mao Tse-tung wants us to stop bombing.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson wants us to stop
bombing.
Senator Mike Mansfield wants us to stop bombing.
Senator J. William Fulbright wants us to stop
bombing.
That’s an impressive array of names, listed,
we hasten to note, in order of insistence on
stopping the bombing, and not in any order of
unimportance.
In Vietnam are some men from this com-
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tries. The Northwest Georgia GS Council of 23
counties, of which Newton is a part, represents
some 23,000 Scouts. Mrs. Michael Witherspoon
is the local Neighborhood GS Chairman. Newton
Girl Scouting owes its beginning to Misses Eliza
beth and Mary Paine, who organized a troop with
24 members, 40 years ago. They followed the GS
ManueL but did not affiliate with the national Coun
cil until many years later.
The challenge faced by American womanhood to
day has never been greater. Girl Scouting pre
pares young girls for the ever more demanding
roles they must fill in business, and the home
were, as mothers, they are guardians of Ameri
ca’s moral and physical strength.
During Girl Scout Week, March 12-18, it is a pri
vilege to salute our Girl Scouts and their leaders,
who are striving toward their maximum potential
in those cherished, "Values to Hold”.
About The Bombing
dox, Chicago. Previously, work
ers cut the flashings with scis
sors —a long and costly pro
cess. Now the products are
dumped Into a “tumbler,” frozen
MABLE SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associata Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
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munity sons and husbands of subscribers to
this newspaper.
In Vietnam, also, are several dozen good and
resourceful news reporters. Dozens of others
have visited Vietnam and talked with the men
fighting the war.
We’ve seen no dispatch from any accredited
American correspondent in Vietnam that;
— any private,
— any corporal,
— any sergeant,
— any lieutenant,
— any captain,
— any major,
— any coloneL
— any general,
fighting the enemy, face to face and hand to hand,
has said that we should stop the bombing of North
Vietnam’s supply routes.
We’ve had no letters from any of our local
men saying “Stop the bombing.”
And this is to tell the men in Vietnam from our
town that we’re against stopping the bombing—until
they tell us to declare otherwise.
with an injection of CO2 and tum
bled in the barrel-llke machine
until all the flashings, brlttledby
the cold, have broken off.
OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
Sunday School
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THE COMPASSIONATE
SAVIOUR
Devotional Reading: John 17;
1-11
Memory selection; For this
reason the Father loves me, be
cause I lay down my life, that
I may take it again. No one takes
it from me, but I lay it down
of my own accord. I have power
to lay it down, and I have power
to take it again. John 10:17-
18a.
We are often annoyed by the
term "original sin” or by the
statement that the human race
is under moral condemnation.
Yet, as soon as we open the
Bible we are confronted with
the statement that in the begin
ning God created a perfect world.
"And God saw everything that
he had made, and, behold, it
was very good” (Gen. 1:31).
Yet why should we be annoyed
when confronted with the state
ment that we and all that have
ever lived—excepting Jesus him
self have sinned and come short
of the glory of God? We know
our own failings. We look upon
the sin of the world, the Increase
in crime, riots, wars, dishonesty
at times in trade and Industry,
Immoral conduct in circles where
we would least expect to find it.
The Bible begins with the as
surance that man is a sinner.
He Is a fallen creature. But
from the first chapter of Gen
esis to the last chapter of Rev-
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H. Z. Stuart, manager of ex
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offices will improve the coverage
of the four states in Phelps Dod
ge’s “expanding mineral explo
ration efforts.”
The Nevada offices are opera
ted by the Phelps Dodge Explo
ration Corporation, a wholly own
ed subsidiary of Phelps Dodge
Corporation.
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elation there Is the progressive
disclosure that God has not left
man in his Imperfect and sinful
state. He has been working to
extricate him from his sin. In
some cases this sin is a bog in
which men flounder and appear
any moment to be in danger of
disaster. For others it is a ser
ies of stumbling stones—some
times not very large but always
large enough to be threatening.
Man cannot save himself. No
matter how much he may set
himself to good works, these good
works cannot in themselves save
him. He is saved by a spiritual
force, namely, the grace of God.
God reaches down in any number
of ways, touches the individual
heart, and tries to awaken it to
the realization of its Imper
fection.
He does this supremely and
with divine effectiveness in and
through Jesus Christ, the Com
passionate Saviour.
"And he came out (from the
last supper of which he was par
taking with his disciples), and
went, as he was wont, to the
mount of Olives; and his dis
ciples also followed him.”
What must have been the Mas
ter’s emotions—and turbulent
emotions, we can well imagine—
on that significant and tragic
night! Whether he had known for
many years that he was the
Divine Messiah we do not know.
But certainly he was now aware
of his significance.
He was that one whom God had
called to be the Saviour both of
Israel and of the world.
Our Lord was a man of prayer.
And Immediately the thought str
ikes us that if he needed prayer
—he who was by his very nature
closer to God than any mere
human could ever be—how much
more do we need it. He prayed
on that occasion until the sweat
rolled down over his brow “as
it were great drops of blood
falling down to the ground” (Luke
22;44). There appeared unto him
an angel, strengthening him in
his agony.
Note his instruction to the dis
ciples; "Pray that ye enter not
into temptation.” How many ot
her things he might well have
prayed about, but Instead he
prayed that they be spared temp
tation. ‘
“Lead us not Into temptation,
but deliver us from evil” run
the familiar words of the Lord’s
Prayer. God never tempts us,
but He allows us to be tempted
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and thus tried and strengthened.
We pray that God will make the
temptation experience as easy for
us as possible.
We believe Jesus to have been
a Divine Being, yet he was also
very decidedly a human being.
On one side of his life he was
as human as any of us, save
that he lived his entire life thr
ough without sin (Heb. 4:15).
He knew precisely what he was
confronting, namely, the most
degrading form of death known to
his generation and one that was
also immeasurably painful.
Don’t Delay
Medicare Filing
“Don’t delay filing for medi
care if you are within three
months of your 65th birthday,”
Mr. John H. Ingle, social se
curity district manager in At
lanta, pointed out. “This advice
applies to all those who are ap
proaching 65 even though they
may plan to continue working
full time,” Ingle said.
The enrollment period for
signing up for the doctor bill
Insurance part of medicare Is a
7-month period beginning 3 mon
ths before the month you reach
65 and continuing for 3 months
after you are 65. Ingle stres
sed, however, that medical in
surance coverage can begin with
the month of your 65th birthday
only if you file your application
in one of the 3 months before
you reach 65.
An Important point that Ingle
emphasized is that you don’t
have to retire to enroll for medi
care. In fact, when you do file
you may be surprised to learn
| Layona Glenn
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letters, telegrams, phone-calls,
both local and long-distance!
I would like to send a per
sonal, hand written, note of tha
nks to each and every one of
you. This being physically Im
possible, I am resorting to the
alternative of asking permission
of our good editors to turn my
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By Charles E. Bennett, Jr.
Pastor
Mansfield Baptist Church
There is a legend of a soldier
of the Middle Ages who hated the
Bible and all Godly things. He
grew so adament in his defiance
that he determined to test the
power of the Christian’s God.
He marched to the battle field,
fully armed for battle. He threw
down his glove as a challenge.
He looked up into the heavens
and cried angrily, "If there is
a God, I defy you to enter mor
tal combat. If you exist, put
forth your power of which your
followers make such a boast.”
As he spoke a piece of paper
fluttered above his head then
that, because of new and more
liberal provisions that started in
1966, your present earnings may
permit you to receive partial
social security cash benefits.
The concluding advice by Ingle
is to visit your Atlanta social
security office at 275 Peachtree
Street, N. E. three months before
you celebrate your 65th birthday.
By filing promptly for medicare
and for any monthly cash bene
fits, you will be protecting your
self.
colum this week into a note of
personal thanks, and asking each
friend to consider this a per
sonal note of appreciation and
gratitude for your love and con
sideration.
To each one of you let me
say: A thousand thanks. And,
as Paul said when he was help
less to repay his friends for all
their loving kindness, “My God
shall supply all of YOUR need
according to His riches in glory
by Christ Jesus.”
Yours sincerely and gratefully,
Layona Glenn
Thursday, March 16, 1967
fell at his feet. Upon It he
read these words, “God is love.”
Though it is only a legend
it tells a wonderful truth. God
does love us even though we might
challenge Him, mock Him, ig
nore Him or deny Him. But,
one might ask, "When do I do
those things?” We challenge
Him by living our own selfish
ways when He provides a beaut
iful plan for a blessed life, we
mock Him by displaying affec
tion and giving attention to every
conveiveable man-made concoc
tion rather than to Him. We
ignore Him by giving our time,
our energy, our native ability,
our resources to advance many
causes other than His. We deny
Him by living lives which coin
cide to the rules of the world
and refuse to live according to
His commandments.
in spite of all we do which
disappoints God, He loves us still.
His love is such that it shines
brightest when we realize that
He loves us even though we are
totally undeserving of it. We
have done nothing, accomplished
nothing, achieved nothing to earn
or deserve His love, yet He
loves us. While we yet lived in
the midst of damning sin, God
sent His Son to die for us that
we might be saved eternally
from our sin.
The theme of the Bible is
“God Is Love.” We see it in the
deliverance of His people. We
see it in the provision for His
chosen. We see it in the guid
ance of the faithful. We see It
in the Institution of His church.
We see it best in His revelation
through Christ.
The gift of God’s son to the
world best signifies His love
for us. Only He could give the
maximum gift. Only He could
provide the maximum opport
unity. Only He could exert the
maximum effort to demonstrate
His love.
It is doubtful that we shall
ever experience a piece of paper
fluttering to our feet upon which
is written, “God is love.” But
we can find it written on the
pages of His Word, in the days
and death of His Son, In the
scrolls of the heavens declaring
throughout eternity, “God is
love.”