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THE COVINGTON NEWS
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BELMONT DENNIS
Editor xnd Publithor
LEO S. MALLARD
Aitistant to Publither
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
As cries for “negotiations” with the enemy in
Vietnam become more strident, an examination
of “How Communists Negotiate” may be re
warding. Such was the title of a book published
several years ago in which Admiral Turner Joy
recorded his experiences as head of the UN Com
mand Delegation at the Korean Armistice Confer
ences for ten months.
For beginners, here is a quote from one Com
munist mouthpiece at the Conference: “You said
that in the last war Japan was defeated as a result
of blows inflicted by your naval and air forces ...
Your forces fought Japan for nearly four years
without being able to defeat them. It was only by
the Soviet Army that a crushing blow was dealt
and Japan was finally defeated.”
Here is how Admiral Joy described his exper
ience: “Communists have two techniques with
which to deal with the truth. One: they deny it.
Two: they distort it. . .When their attempts to
avoid agreements tending to restrict them are not
entirely successful, and their efforts to reduce
the magnitude of agreements they intend to dishonor
have been pressed as far as possible, the Com
munists then seek to retain a veto on all the mach-
Proposals are before Congress to broaden medi
care. Those who have steadfastly opposed the
adoption of all-out government medicine in the
United States prophecied that medicare would prove
to be but the first move in that direction. Their
prophecy is being borne out. If and when medi
care is expanded, its basic defects will be ex
panded also. It covers millions of people who
are self-supporting and do not need to have the
government—which means younger people—pay
for their hospitalization and other health care
costs. Since medicare is operated and controlled
by the federal government, it lacks the flexibility
of state-administered programs to meet specific
needs. These are two of medicare’s faults.
In the words of the president of the American
Medical Association in testifying on medicare
before a congressional committee, "We believed,
and we continue to believe, that the program would
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Unenviable Distinctions
We Believe
MABLE SESSIONS DENNIS
Asiociat* Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Atsociote Editor
Entered et the Bolt Office
et Covington, Georgia, as
mall matter of the Second
Class.
inery of enforcement of agreements.. .Throughout
the long arguments over the exchange of prisoners
of war, the Communists engaged in every nefar
ious practice known to them. They lied; they
blustered; they became vindictive; they welshed;
they twisted, distorted, and denied truth; they de
layed; they threatened.”
Admiral Joy was appointed Superintendent of the
U. S. Naval Academy before the armistice negot
iations were completed. His parting shot: “It
has become increasingly clear ... that any hope
that your side would bring good faith to these
meetings was forlorn indeed.. .”
General Mark Clark completed the negotiations.
Os the final agreement, General Clark said: “I
gained the unenviable distinction of being the first
United States Army commander in history to sign
an armistice without victory.”
The U. S. cost of the Korean War was about
$lB billion. The cost of maintaining troops at the
“truce line” since July 1953 has been nearly
$7 billion. The truce has been violated contin
uously.
Let us impose no “unenviable distinctions” on
General Westmoreland in Vietnam.
be unpredictable, but extremely, expensive. We
believed, and continue to believe, that it would
prove to be an administrative nightmare. . .We
believed that the degree of government control
inherent in the bill was not compatible with good
medicine and that the quality of medical care
eventually would suffer. On the basis of even
brief experience, we are now more sure of it
than ever.. .We believed, and continue to believe,
that proponents of the program would return time
and time again to ask for its expansion until one
day, unless curbed by public opinion and the Con
gress, the program would become a full-fledged
system of government medicine for all citizens
of every age. We have found no valid reason for
changing our beliefs. . .We still believe medicare
is unwise legislation and is not in the public
interest . .” Medicare needs a systematic
checkup.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
Sunday School
THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH
Devotional Reading: Ephesians
2: 11-22.
Memory Selection: The hand of
the Lord was with them, and a
great number that believed turned
to the Lord. Acts 11: 21.
Intermediate-Senior Topic: A
New Church at Work.
Young People-Adult Topic: A
Growing Church.
The Church of Jesus Christ was
born on the day of Pentecost. At
that time God used Peter as his
minister. After that the Apostle
who had been commissioned to go
forth and witness preached so ef
fectively concerning Jesus of Na
zareth that the Holy Spirit came
upon his listeners, and about th
ree thousand persons were added
to the original disciples and be
lievers.
Then followed In due course the
conversion of Saulof Tarsus, who
had with great Intensity perse
cuted the Christians following the
martyrdom of Stephen. God con
verted Saul and gave him a new
name. He became Paul, and his
conversion marked one of the
greatest days In the history of the
Church.
With God all things are
possible, and He Is able to make
a sinner do a right-about-face.
Equally Important was the con
version of Cornelius, who was a
Gentile centurion. However, the
spiritual transformation in Cor
nelius and a few of his relatives
was not enough to convince men of
the fact that the Gentiles were of
fered the fruits of the Christian
life and that they were to be re
ceived without any reservations.
Jewish Christians were not yet
ready to accept Gentile converts.
They were not ready for the es
tablishment of a Gentile Chris
tian church. They did not see
that the Church would be a grow
ing institution which would in
clude all men. Though the es
tablishment of the ecumenical ch
urch was definitely In the mind of
God, men had to be prepared to
accept the fact that Christ had
died not only for the Jews but
for the Gentiles as well.
Very often our ideas do not
coincide with those of God, and
In order to do his will we must
enlarge our perspective.
It had been said that “the blood
of the martyrs is the seed of the
church.” The establishment of
the church among the Gentiles
came about because of persecu
tion. “Now they which were
scattered abroad upon the per
secution that arose about Stephen
traveled as far as Phenice, and
Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching
the word to none but unto the
Jews only.”
The church has often flourished
most when she has come under
the fires of affliction, for per
secution has never extinguished
the sparks of faith. Rather, it
has fanned those sparks into vi
brant flames of conflagration.
Many of the Christians became
refugees, and these seemed to
have been scattered everywhere.
With them they took the gospel
of Jesus Christ. But their pr
eaching was limited at first to the
Jews only. However, because of
their number there were many
who spoke Greek, and It was na
tural that eventually in their wit
ness their words would fall on
the ears of other Greek-speaking
non-Jews. As they witnessed,
these non-Jews came to learn of
Jesus the Christ and of his a
toning work upon the cross. They
became informed of the forgive
ness of sins which our Lord had
purchased on Calvary —a for
giveness which he accomplished
for all men, not simply for the
Jewish people.
It seems logical that the city
of Antioch was a natural place
for the birth of Gentile Chris
tianity. We are told that It was
the third largest city in the Roman
Empire. History records that It
was a place noted for Its refine
ment and culture. Logically it
was suited for the expansion of
Christianity in the Gentile world,
and the minds of men In this city
of prominence were philo
sophically prepared for receiving
this new religion.
Lt. E.H. Pratt, Jr.
Participates In
Fuel Area Raid
According to an Associated
Press release from Saigon, Ist
Lt. Everett H. Pratt of Covington
was one of two Georgia pilots
who took part in a U. S. Air
Force bomber mission that suc
cessfully attacked North Viet
namese fuel storage areas north
west of Dong Ho Sunday.
The other pilot was Maj. Owen
C. Davis Jr. of Franklin. The
pilots reported the F4c Phantom
fighter bombers destroyed three
fuel storage areas and two trucks.
They said they also saw four
smaller explosions and numer
ous fires.
Legion Receives
Families Addresses
Newton County American Le
gion Post 32 is continuing to
seek the names and addresses
of parents and wives of Newton
Countians who have served or
presently are serving In Viet
Nam.
Families of 21 servicemen
have already notified the Legion.
Servicemen now serving who have
families that have notified the Le
gion are: Kenneth Biggers, Ken
neth W. Bradford, Hubert W. Dig
by, Grady H. Hamonds, John
Hicks, John W. Hunt, Howard F.
Jarrett, Jr., John G. Johnson,
Michael H. Lott, Charles Mills,
Jr., Paul D. Mobley, Tommy G.
Norwood, Durward T. Savage;
Edward Henderson, John R. Th
ompson, Thomas E. Treadwell,
Bobby Lee Ward, William B.
Watson, Melvin Ray Whaley, Em
mett Ronnie Williams, and Ja
mes W. Henderson.
The parents and wives of the
men serving in Viet Nam should
mail this Information to; Newton
County Post 32, American Le
gion, P. O. Box 310, Covington,
Georgia, 30209.
The post has requested that
parents and wives addresses are
all that is needed by the local
veterans organization. The ser
vice man’s address Is not needed.
Mrs. Leo Mallard
The Covington News
Covington, Ga.
Dear Mary,
Thank you so much for the
beautiful write-up on the Morning
Coffee held In our honor. You
certainly Included everything, to
the small details, so that as my
memory falls, I can refer to your
article In my scrapbook and re
live the occasion once again.
Also thanks to the paper for
the wonderful coverage they give
the 4-H Club work. I shall miss
those fine boys and girls having
been their faculty sponsor for
several years.
Sincerely,
Lois Gray
I LOVE YOU DAD
Mamie Ozburn Odum, Poet Laureate of Newton County
Dear Dad, today I would like to say
I love you more and more each day;
I love you for your years of toll
And lessons taught me of the soil.
Your struggles to provide for me,
And for each blessing given free.
I love you dad, for gifts unseen
And your father-shoulder on which to lean;
Your firm, yet gentle touch of hand
.And the magic way you understand.
Thanks for patience kind and strong,
For the way you straighten out the wrong!
Yes, dad, I love you for your smile,
And prayers of thanks at evening tide,
Good things you taught I hold in store
These gifts and many, many more!
Os all the blessings I have had,
One of the greatest is you, dear Dad.
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Alcoholism, The
Three Phases
Article #2 of a continuing dis
cussion complied and written by
The Rev. Tom White and The
Rev. George Home.
** * A
Today’s article has as Its pur
pose the providing of a checklist
and the showing of the various
phases of alcoholism.
The early stage or phase of
alcoholism generally occurs on
the average during the years from
20 to 30. The most outstanding
sign In early stage is what is
called a blackout or a memory
blank after relatively moderate
drinking. The drinking may be
heavier than Is customary, but
still not be regarded by friends
or family as too unusual.
In the early stage too, one
starts sneaking drinks, and gulp
ing the first drink. Also, there
begins an unwillingness to dis
cuss one’s drinking, and quite of
ten this is because of a guilty
feeling about it. Too, if one
is going out for an evening, the
person quite often does some pre
drlnklng drinking. But, the most
important thing to note is the
memory blank or blackout, and
their frequency.
The middle phase is most Im
portant, because here Is where
the addiction begins, and this
happens on the average between
the ages of 25 and up to as high
as forty. The most Important
sign is the loss of control. . .
once begun, it becomes all out
. . .the drinker cannot stop until
every available or obtainable
drop is gone. All sorts of rea
sons are used to drink and to
excuse the drinking. At this
stage the person senses dis
approval, which makes him an
gry and the person becomes very
hostile to anyone who gets in
the way. Shame drives the per
son to periods of remorse, but
the need overcomes this. At
this stage eating Is neglected
and sexual drives decrease. Too,
the supply of alcohol Is protect
ed jealously and the person be
comes an artist at hiding it.
Most waking moments are spent
in thinking about how and where
to get a drink. The person drops
friends or loses them. . .quits
jobs or is fired from them,
and so feels that the whole world
hates them. Because the per
son’s thinking is so alcohol cen
tered, he or she considers leav
ing, running off to another place.
All other Interests. . .family,
job, friends, church become of no
Importance. In this stage too Is
generally the first hospitalizat
ion, and quite often numerous
meetings with the law. Financial
problems mount and If there are
young children in the family, this
is when emotional damage be
gins. Thoughts of suicide occur
and unintended' accidental death
becomes a real possibility. Tr
eatment and help Is now mandat
ory to save job, family and health.
The third phase is marked by
completely Irrational drinking
with no excuses offered, and it Is
often continuous. The person
“has” to drink, has to have
that morning drink. Here there
Is shown real lowering of moral
barriers.. .drinks with anybody,
loses, at times, almost complete
control and care of the self. Also,
the person’s thinking is confused,
and is quite often just not able
to think. In spite of the need
to drink, it makes the person
violently sick, and it now takes
less and less to do the job.
Along with this occurs all sorts
of fears that the person is un
able to define and speak of; but
at the same time the person has
vague religious desires, i reat
ment at this point is most diff
icult since life has lost much of
its original promise and purpose.
Too, here It Is that Irreversible
brain or liver damage now be
comes possible; but besides this
physical damage, there is the
possibility of the lost family and
the inability to get or hold a job,
(Continued on 5)
Hub Drived n
Reopens Tonight
The HUB DRIVE IN THEATRE,
located seven miles East of Cov
ington, at the intersection of
Highways 12-278 & 11 (known as
THE HUB) has been renovated
and re-opens tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Harper,
the new operators, have had sev
eral years experience operating
drive-in theatres and are plan
ning on operating THE HUB in
a first class manner. They in
tend to bring only those pictures
that appeal to the general public
to the screen. Many will be
first run in the area, having
had runs only in Atlanta, Aug
usta, Macon and other key Cit
ies.
The snack bar will be as mod
ern as it can be and will serve
those items that are the most
popular to patrons of drlve-in
Rev. Sydney Whiteman
North Covington
Methodist Church
Where Are Your Investments?
“Do not lay up for yoursel
ves treasures on earth, where
moth and rust consume and where
thieves break in and steal, but lay
up for yourselves treasures in
heaven” (Mathew 6:19-20 RSV)
When Jesus made this state
ment it is obvious that he had
more In mind than just money
and the Investment of money. To
be only concerned with the ma
terial things of this world would
have been to negate all that He
had been teaching in the Sermon
On The Mount. We are told by
scholars that He had several mat
ters in mind which He had been
teaching. Praying, and fasting
In secret, were ways of laying
up treasures in heaven as well
as almsgiving.
We can’t overlook the impor
tance of God’s word in respect
to handling of life’s goods. Two
things are at stake here. The
matter of security and the mat
ter of Integrity.
We cannot deny the security
consideration. No matter how
hard you try, you cannot guaran
tee, nor can you be guaranteed,
thai your earthly possessions will
not slip from you. If your hoard
is in costly fabrics, the moths
may ruin It. If It Is In buried
or hidden gold, the thieves may
find It and steal it.. .But on the
other hand if your Investments
are in the Kingdom of God they
are changed Into spiritual values
or securities of which you can
never be robbed. . .We are told
of a first century king, Monoba
zus, that some of his advisors
came to him and reproached him
for giving too liberally to the
poor. To which he replied: “My
fathers gathered treasures upon
earth; I in heaven.. .My fathers
gathered them into a place over
Layona Glenn
Says . . .
Hi! Folks, Here 1 am back at
Wesley Woods once more, after
a most enjoyable and memorable
trip to Scarritt College at Nash
ville, Tenn., with Mrs. Jennie
Jenkins, mother of Chief of Pol
ice, Hon. Herbert Jenkins, of
Atlanta, to try to keep me str
aight. She did a marvelous job
In training him up, but I’m afraid
she started too late with me at
101! However, she had plenty
of assistance all along the line
for at Scarritt the President,
Dr. D, D. Holt and his disting
uished wife took us In hand In
their own private home, and dir
ected our going out and our com
ing in.
On the night of June Ist. the
Annual Meeting of the “Alumni
Association” was held in the big
dining hall, after a delicious din
ner was faultlessly served.
Miss Roma Kupp, President
of the Alumni Association, call
ed the meeting to order and pre
sided over a well carried out
program, during which I was
presented as the First and only
graduate of the Bible Depart
ment, of the Scarritt Bible and
Training School, in 1894. (The
“Training” referred to the
training of nurses in the Hospital
then connected with the school.)
Though small, this hospital
was most efficiently directed by
Miss Emma D. Cushman, who
later went as a Presbyterian
theatres, such as hot dogs, chill
dogs, hamburgers, chili bur
gers, pop-corn, hot sausages,
french fries and a variety of
cold drinks and candies.
The first show starts at dark
each night, seven nights a week.
Miss George Gets
Thereby Degree
Carolyn May George of Cov
ington received the bachelor of
science in physical therapy de
gree from the Medical College
of Virginia at graduation exer
cises In Richmond on Saturday,
June 3.
Dr. R. Blackwell Smith, Jr.,
president of the College, award
ed degrees to 355 persons who
graduates from Medical College
of Virginia’s eight schools:
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,
nursing, physical therapy, hos
pital administration, medical
technology and graduate studies.
The College, founded In 1838,
has a total student body in excess
of 1500.
A 2/C James Clark
Now In Viet Nam
A2C James R. Clarke, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Clarke of
Route 2, Covington, left May 23,
for Tan Son Nhut, Viet Nam,
where he has been assigned to the
F.M.S. group,
Clarke is a graduate of Colum
bus, Ohio High School in the class
of 1965 and was an honor grad
uate from the school of Electrical
Technicians at Chanute AFB, Il
linois.
Airman Clarke’s father Is a
retired Army Master Sergeant.
Thursday, June 15, 1967 g
which the hand of man has po-B
wer; I Into a place over whichß
man’s hand has no power. Theyß
gathered Gold, I gather souls;B
they, for this age, and I, for theß
age to come.” Monobazus wasß
a wise man. . .If it is securityß
of investment that we crave, I
then let us Invest in what wing
go on yielding profits long after ■
all the banks on earth have dis-1
appeared, amidst the ruins of the ■
rest of the world.
But Investments involve an-H
other matter, says our Lord. I
They involve integrity as well I
as security. “For where your I
treasure Is, there will your heart I
be also”. We can read this]
verse and just take the top mean-1
ing which is, what you invest I
in has an attraction for you, I
that is to say, it is interesting I
and excites you. . .But we can I
read this verse in such away I
as to get to the depth of the |
meaning of It and that is, that I
your “Heart,” your character, I
shares in the consequence or fate
of your investment. The Christ
ian who puts his money and en
ergy into Kingdom values will
grow a royal soul. . .However,
the opposite Is tragically true.
The Christian who Invests his
wealth and strength in perish
able things will become spirit
ually moth - eaten and im
poverished. In some sense his
character will share the fate of
his fading wealth.
The theological professor was
right who told a group of preach
ers: “If you have a miser and a
drunkard in your congregation, be
more concerned for the miser
than the drunkard. Both are great
sins, but drunkenness is a sin of
the flesh, while miserliness is a
sin of the heart.”
Motheaten, impoverished, de
teriorated souls - that’s what you
have where men make their prin
cipal Investment in goods that
cannot outlast the wreck of
worlds.. .Friend, Where is your
investment?
Missionary to Turkey, and, fol
lowing the close of the Ist. World
War, was associated with Hon.
Herbert Hoover In planning re
hibllltation. But that is another
story that would require a book
to tell!
On this evening (June Ist.) I
spoke to the Alumni Association.
As the members were seated
there at their tables, while I
stood before two microphones,
one connected with a tape re
corder, and the other to carry
my voice to the length and bread
th of the room, to people that I
couldn’t see! Only by the ap
plause could I know that they
were hearing me! This rather
cramped my style! for I like to
have my audience out in front
of me, so I can see their faces,
and so realize their reaction to
my words. However, judging
from the applause, my voice
carried to them.
The next day, June 2nd., I at
tended the Commencement exer
cises, and saw 72 graduates in
their mortar-boards and gowns
as they received their diplomas,
and were invested with their
colorful hoods.
ft was a far-cry from the day
in 1894 when Scarritt’s first dip
loma was delivered to “Yours
truly” in a simple ceremony
in old Central Methodist Church
in Kansas City, Mo. Four nur
ses received their diplomas at
the same time.
Since that time there has never
been a year that the number of
graduates has not Increased, as
thousands of dedicated young peo
ple has received preparation for
life service and gone out to the
uttermost parts of the earth to
carry the message of salvation
to a hungry world, till we can
truthfully say that the sun never
sets on the Alumni Association
of Scarritt, as its members “at
tempt great things for God, and
expect great things for God.”
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