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LINKLETTER HONORARY GEORGIA COLONEL —
Georgia's Governor Lester Maddox (r.) presents TV
star Art Linkletter with a commission as an honorary
lieutenant colonel on his staff. Linkletter and Wilson
Harrell (1) a native of Alma, Ga., called on Maddox to
tell him of the establishment of Harrell Farms, a new
frozen poultry processing enterprise in Gainesville
owned by the Harrell Corporation of Westport, Conn.
Linkletter is a director and Harrell is president of Har
rell Corporation, a world-wide marketing organiza
tion.
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are one year older. .and June
18th was it again. Sunday, .if
you please! That ‘‘little” Sis
ter, never forgets. . .and so it
was Father’s Day also on the
18th, . .So, with no help, and
it God’s Day. . .we all went to
Church and Sunday School in
the morning. .That afternoon she
made a wonderful dinner. The
lawn and trees were beautiful
with the breezes tossing the lacy
elms back ‘n forth to keep us
cool and the magnolias shedding
their beauty and fragrance. The
huge redwood table and benches
were placed, and the table was
covered with an exquisite Birth
day Cloth. . .made of the beaut
iful papers they make, these
days, with many designs on them
. . .the center piece was not
flowers. . .but a beautiful Birth
day Cake with roses and all the
trimmings. .and only a few can
dles (she couldn’t afford to buy
the right number. .the cake might
not have held them). . .then be
side it was everybody’s favorite
. « «a square pound cake iced
in chocolate with two pairs of
tiny men’s shoes in the center
. « «Happy, Father!s Day. .and so-.
mething ?e .Was it golf sticks
or candles? At any rate Little
Bubba and Lisa had the time of
their lives. .It's a strange thing
what LOVE can do! No grand
mother, wife or sister ever gets
too tired to do everything for her
loved ones. Then there were
beautiful Birthday and Father’s
Day cards to be read. . .Bubba
had to help open packages—bea=
utiful gifts.
Monday moining a tooth was
giving me fits. . .I dashed up to
my dentist and you know what?
He did not have to pull that
tooth. .nothing wrong with it. It
was a loose bridge pinching when
I'd chew. .and so help me I've
been chewing a lot these last
few days. Blessings do come
in disguise!
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Then at home I opened all
my wonderful birthday cards
from YOU, and You and you.
all my sweet friends. .Sunday
School Class, etc. There is
NOTHING so rewarding as ‘‘The
Tie That Binds,’”” our hearts in
Christian Love and Friendship.
Thank each one of you until I
can do so personally.
Yes, and who do you think I
ran smack into right at the den
tist’s door. .Brother Edgar Call
away. . .‘“Uh Huh! Where were
you last night you were not at
Church?’ I never thought to
tell him how nice it was to be
missed in that great sea of peo
ple! I just said it was my birth
day and the only time Sis could
have it and attend to teaching her
class and attending morning ser
vices. Alright then, . .you were
NOT there to ‘‘Sing-er-long=-with
MITCH!’ . . .Oh thank you sir. .
1 do believe you read the Office
Boy’s Column! Well, our Educat
ion-Music Director is a Real
rejuvination for our church. .
and I know he’ll scuse the office
boy from callin’ him ‘‘Mitch”, .
*cause he does a better work in
a better place than our great
song leader THE Mitch. Gospel
songs and Christian education!
I know my Pastor and congregat
fon will join me in extending an
invitation to all to come and visit
with us. . .and all, not affiliated
with any church, to come and
join us in our Church Home and
_ activities. .especially do we urge
all. Ba) within our commun=
ity whp?gave not moved your
letters here to COME! Join
Us! Our Summer School is a
Big Success this year. .but
here’s that broom. .and you know
my REAL Job is. .*‘JEST SW=-
EEPIN' UP”.
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LAWN MOWING HEIGHT
The mowing height of the lawn
mower should vary during the
cutting season, according to Troy
Keeble, Cooperative Extension
Service horticulturist, During
the early part of the growing
season, lawn grasses are cut
quite low, As temperature in=-
creases, the mower cutting hei
ght should increase,
Maddox Has His
Own Idea About
®
A Great Society
ATLANTA, (GPS)—Gov. Les
ter G. Maddox has his own idea
of what a Great Society should
and should not be -- and it very
definitely doesn’t jtlve with the
Johnson administration concept.
In a recent speech to the East
man Lions and Rotary Clubs,
the governor expressed these
views:
“I am convinced that any soc
ety which fails to teach the in
dividual self-reliance is rottenat
the core. The kind of a Great
Snciety we are looking for is not
the kind which makes it great
for the power-mad and vote
mad political opportunists who
are in power in Washington.
“It is not the kind of Great
Society which would make bums
out of citizens who should --
and could -~ otherwise be a suc
cessful and contributing part of
our society. It is not the kind
of Great Society which would
give us a one-world govern=
ment and a whole world enslave~
ment.
“1t is not the kind of Great
Society which would steal away
our independence and replace it
with dependence upon federal dol
lars and someone else doing the
jOb
“t is not the kind of Great
Society which would make rub
bish out of the United States Con
stitution and destroy the prin
ciples of individual freedom wh
ich all true Americans hold so
dear. It is not the kind of
Great Society which would teach
men not to be able to do anything
on their own.
“It is not the kind of Great
Society in which the men in
power in Washington say -- as
Secretary of the Interior Stuart
Udall once said -- ‘out-dated
mythical patriotism must be en
ded.’
“It is not the kind of Great
Society that says no to God, no
to liberty, no to constitutional
government, no to states rights
and no to patriotism.
““This is not the kind of Great
Society that I want, that youwant,
and that any man, woman or child
who loves America wants, We
all know there never has been a
Great Society without liberty,
without individual freedom, with
out constituticnal government,
and without God.”
On the other side of the coin,
this is what Gov. Maddox said
he thinks a Great Society should
be:
“The kind of Great Society
that we want -- indeed the kind
of society we demand -~ is the
Great Society that Jackson, Jef
ferson, Adams, Washington, Hen
ry, Hale and MacArthur lived
and died for. The kind of Great
Society we want is a society of
freedom. :
‘““The kind of Great Society
that we want is the society that
says no to Communism, no to
socialism, no to mounting feder
alism, no to tyranny and no to
lawlessness, and no to those
persons who seek to destroy
the principles of freedom upon
which this great nation was foun
ded.
‘““The kind of Great Society we
want must be built from the gro
und up instead of from the top
down. The kind of Great Soc=-
ijety we want must begin right
here in Georgia -- in the com
munities, towns and cities thr
oughout our great state.
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GROUND WAS BROKEN on June 18 for the new church building of Richards Chapel Methodist Church in
Covington, Shown left to right are: Clarence Hollingsworth, E, S, Hollingsworth, Mencer Hollingsworth,
Rev. W, A, Perry, Sr,, John B, Blackshear, Jr., Rev. L, A, Flanigan, Supt, R, W, Moore, and Johnny
Blackshear, Sr,
Ground-Breaking Service Held
Sunday For Richards Chapel Church
A long cherished dream came
true for the congregation of the
Richards Chapel Methodist Ch
urch, Covington, Georgia on last
Sunday, June 18, 1967 when the
members and friends joined in a
procession going from the old
church to the plot of ground
where the new church is tobeer=
ected,
Pastor, Rev. W, A, Perry,
Associate Pastor Rev, L, A, Fl
anigan and District Superinten=-
dent of the Atlanta East District
of the Georgia Conference The
Reverend R, W, Moore, led the
procession, being accompanied
by the building committees, tr
ustees the acolytes and the con
tractor, Mr, Lincoln Jones, fol
lowed by the senior choir singing
¢¢We Are Marching® and follow=-
ed by the coingregation, The
procession ended on the highest
peak of the ground where thenew
church building is to be erected
and where Zround-breaking ser=
vice began with District Super
intendent Moore leading the ser
vice which was joined by the con=
gregation,
The pastor, Rev, Perry spoke
very briefly stating that this
ground - breaking service cli
maxed many long hopes, wishes
and aspirations of the congre
gation of the Richards Chapel
Methodist Church, Then he pre
sented the District Superintend
ent - The Reverend R, W, Moore
who also spoke briefly commend=
ing both the pastor, building com=
mittees, Trustees and the entire
congregation for their venture
of faith, their much labor and
‘toiling for having made this long
cherished goal of erecting a new
edifice a reality to the glory of
God, He also pledged to them
his 100 per cent coo
and support during thepe :gtt\lxg'xl
constructing of their new ch
urch,
Pastor Perry then presented
the contractor Mr, Lincoln Jo
nes whu had been awarded the
responsibility of building the ch=-
urch, Mr, Jones in speaking
stated that he would do his up
most by God’s nelp and the co
operation of the building com-
THE COVINGTON NEWS
mittees, Trustees, pastor and
all others concerned to build a
church on this sight for which
the members of this congre
gation as well as unborn genera
tions could justly be proud, He
further commended them for ha=
ving carried on a smooth and
harmonious negotiation and paid
a special tribute to Pastor Perry
for having so adequately led the
congregation to this point,
Mr, Johnny B, Blackshear, Jr,
Ch, of the Official Board and
Building Committee received the
shovel from acolyte Babband sp=-
aded the first shovel of earth
after which he presented it to
Pastor Perry who also spaded a
shovel of earth, then was the
shovel passed to the following
persons who also spaded a sho=
vel of earth: District Superin
tendent The Rev, R, W, Moore;
Mr, Mencer Hollingsworth Pre
sident of the Trustees; Mr, Eu
gene Hollingsworth Co-chairman
of Fund Raising Committee; then
to Mr, Clarence Hollingsworth
of the Building Committee whoin
turn passed it to the contractor
i —————————————
John Williams
BANGOR, Maine—John J, Wil=
liams, son of Mr, and Mrs, John
J, Wwilliams of 327 S, Decker Ct.,
Scranton, Pa,, has been promoted
to airman first class in the U,S,
Air Force,
Airman Williams is a missle.
equipment specialistat Dow AFB,
Maine, He is a member of the
Strategic Air Command which
maintains America’s combat
ready intercontinental missile
and jet bomber force as a det
errent to threats against this
nation,
The airman is a 1963 graduate
of West Scranton High School.
His wife, Sylvian, isthedaugh
ter of Mrs, Kaflg:& Glover of
79 Kenduekeay, or, Maine,
Mrs, Williams® father, Rufus
Maxwell, resides in Covington,
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Mr, Lincoln Jones,
Mr, Flanigan a special guest
from the White Chapel Metho~
dist Church, Countyline charge
gave some interesting remarks
concerning the Richards Chapel
Church after which the services
were concluded by Superintendent
Moore giving closing remarks
and the Benediction,
The date of the dedicatorial
service of the new church build=-
ing will be announced at a later
date,
Pastor Perry also wishes to
express his appreciationand pro=-
found gratitude to the building
committees, Trustees, Official
Board and the entire congrega
tion of the Richards Chapel Met
hodist Church and contractor Mr,
Lincoln Jones for their unself=-
ish gifts and untiring efforts for
which they have so generously
given to make this epoch of our
building program a success.
¢We wish to thank Mr, Mur
phy our photographer for his
professional “service in making
the pictures of these services,”
a church official stated,
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STAR Students,
e o
Teachers Visit
®
Warm Springs
WARM SPRINGS, Ga.~~Geor=
gia STAR Students and Teachers,
who recently ended their tour of
Georgia at the state-owned Ro
osevelt’s Little White House and
Museum here, were enthusiastic
about what they saw and the many
fine receptions they received.
One of the most impressed
was J. P, Rudolph, of Atlanta’s
Westminister School for Boys,
a 1967 STAR Teacher, who wrote
to Frank W, Allcorn, Jr., exec=-
utive director of the famous cot=
tage:
“As a former infantryman who
was stationed at Fort Benning
when the President died, I, per
haps much more than our young
students, had a stronger emot=-
ional reaction to what I saw
and heard at the Little White
House.
“You and your commissionare
certainly to be congratulated on
the wonderful way in which the
buildings and materials have been
kept up and displayed. Every=
thing has been done in good
taste, and I am proud to be a
Georgian when I see how well
our state can operate such an
important shrine,”
And Mrs. Mozelle Christian,
manager of the Travel Council
and Education Department of the
State Chamber of Commerce,
who planned and directed the tour,
also wrote:
1 pelieve that we truly over=-
whelmed the STAR Students and
STAR Teachers with what
Georgia has to offer the visitor.
‘“You continue to run a ‘first
class’ attraction, and Pm per=
sonally pleased every time I
visit there that the standards
remain high and that you are
continually adding to make things
better. . I like the taped com=
mentary and feel that this will
serve as a tremendous educate
ional tool.””
The Little White House and
Museum are continuing to set
new records for number of visi=
tors coming from everywhere,
and with schools closing and
summer vacations beginning,
even greater numbers are ex=
pected.
Warm Springs is easily rea=
ched by paved highways from all
directions. It is located about
70 miles southwest of Atlanta
and 35 miles northeast of Col
umbus, Ga., on U, S, 27 Alt,
and State 41 and 85W, Ample
free parking and picnic tables
are available, with a snack bar
and gift shop and clean rest
rooms convenient. Open every
day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
until 6 p.m., on week-ends only,
during June, July and August.
A st sl AR
STAMPED OUT
with the use of agricultural
lime, Georgia farmers are ma=
king progress toward eliminat
ing acid soils, long a limiting
factor to maximum crop pro=
duction in the state, Cooperat=
ive Extension Service agrono=
mists report that the use of
agricultural lime set a record
in 1966,
Herman Talmadge
ONE READS A GREAT DEAL these days about some of
the behavior and misbehavior of American youth. Perhaps never
before in recent history has this generation been so thoroughly
discussed. analyzed. and laid open for public examination.
And. judging from much of what we see and hear, we are
lead to believe that this is another “lost generation.” a totally
confused and misguided bunch of young men and women.
1 for one do not believe that this is so. Certainly, some of
the conduct of today's youth leaves much to be desired, and the
growing crime rate in the { 7-tc-25 age group is cause for concern.
But I feel that this is not truly representative of the over
whelming majority of our young people today. who are far more
interested in self-improvement, in education. and in making mean
ingful and lasting contributions to their local communities and
their nation than they are in fast cars. alcohol. and hallucination
producing drugs.
I feel that most of today’s youth stand tall and walk straight,
have a great deal of courage and integrity and an abiding faith in
themselves. their country and their God.
* * *
AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE of what I mean can be
found in the participation of Georgia high school students in
helping to raise money for the construction of schools in under
developed nations abroad. as part of the Peace Corps school-to
school program. :
This is just one example, but 1 think it typifies the best of
American youth, and demonstrates that they are interested, dedi
cated. and hard-working young adults who are busy using their
God-given talents to improve themselves and their fellow human
beings. :
I recently was honored to be present for the presentation of
$1,050 to the school-to-school program. and it occurred to me
that most of our young people neither have the time nor the
inclination to fill up the streets and march up and down in all
directions under various silly and un-American slogans.
Os course, they don’t make headlines but they are there in
great strength. It was interesting to note that some news stories
on the school-to-school check presentation were virtually buried
while other articles on “hippies” and the like got much more
prominence.
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Talmadge Urges
4-Nation Study
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Os Middle East
ATLANTA, (GPS)—U. S. Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge said in
Atlanta that the United States,
along with the other major pow
ers, should ‘‘take a leading part
in establishing a firm policy
for a permanent peace in the
Middle East.”
Calling for a ‘‘council of the
four major powers,”’ the senator
declared that ‘‘peace and tran
quility in the Middle” East must
be preserved and tensions re
lieved. The flames of unrest
fanned by Colonel Nasser andhis
Arab cohorts must be extinguish
ed, not just temporarily but for
all time,”
Sen. Talmadge was principal
speaker at the Benjamin J. Mas
sell Memorial Awards dinner.
The award was presented to At
lanta business and civic leader
Isidore Alterman, which the sen
ator said was a ‘‘well-deserved
tribute to a great man.”’
Asserting that ‘it must be
made crystal clear that Israel is
not going to be driven into the
sea,” Talmadge declared that
“‘permanent stability must be
guaranteed by the great powers,
acting in unison and with deter
mination to assure peace, and
to enforce the peace.”
In urging positive collective
action, the Georgia senator told
the gathering that a council of
the four major powers, ‘‘speaking
for the international community,
could formulate the kind of firm
policy that is so badly needed,
and that has been so sadly lack
ing in the past ten years.”
Such action, ‘“‘backed up by the
certainty of enforcement,’” would
end the fighting and restore peace
to the Middle East, he said.
He expressed approval of the
ceaxe fire order by the U. N.
Security Council and said ‘‘fur
ther action’”” must include the re
assignment of the U, N. Emer=-
gency peacekeeping force to the
area.
Sen. Talmadge criticized U.N.
Secretary General U, Thant for
making ‘‘a grievous and reckless
mistake in ordering the with
drawal of the peace force’.
Assailing President Nasser for
“platant saber-rattling,” Tal
madge said Nasser’s demand that
the U, N, peace be withdrawn
‘‘at this crucial time was the
height of insolence. And for
U. Thant to acquiesce so read
ily and hastily, apart from any
decision of the U. N. General
Assembly or Security Council,
was the height of folly.”
He said ‘‘what we have seen
taking place since the withdraw
al of the peacekeeping force fur=
ther demonstrates how appease
ment only leads to more ag
gression, when you are dealing
with a high-handed dictator like
Nasser.”
Sen. Talmadge also called on
the major maritime powers to
‘“‘make it clear, strongly and
without hesitation, that the Gulf
of Aqaba belongs to everyone
as an international waterway and
it will be kept open to all nat
ions that wish to use it.”
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MILK MONEY
The total investment on Geor=
gia’s dairy farms is $224 mill=-
ion, Dairy producers in Georgia
increase the state’s economy by
$57 million annually, according to
John Williams, dairy marketing
specialist with the University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service,
Thursday, June 22, 1967
Billy Armistead
USS MC KEAN (DD-784)
(FHTNC)—Machinist’s Mate Se
cond Class Billy J, Armistead,
USN, son of Mr, and Mrs, Ed
Armistead of Route 1, Oxford,
returned to Long Beach, Calif,
aboard the destroyer USS Mce
Kean after spending more than
six months in the Western Pacie
sic as a member of the U, §,
Seventh Fleet,
While with the Seventh Flenfi
stroye wved as a searg
%!%fli?escue &mfll‘%‘m the Gulf
of Tonkin,
The destroyer fired over 4,000
rounds of 5-inch ,38 caliber am=
munition in support of allied for=
ces in Vietnam,
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Causes Os Fatal
Traffic-Wrecks
Cited By Patrol
ATLANTA (GPS) — What are
the leading direct causes of fa
tal traffic accidents in Georgia?
They are: (1) Head-on col=-
Msions; (2) cars that ran off
the road, and (3) lost control
of the car,
These three causes accounted
for well over half of Georgia’s
traffic death toll during the first
five months of 1967, according
to a State Patrol report releas
ed by Col. R,H, Burson,director
of the Georgia Department of
Public Safety,
Os the 608 traffic fatalities re
ported during the 5-month period
¢head-on collisions’” accounted
for 142 deaths, ‘‘ran off road’”
for 127, and “lost control’’ for
72--a total of 341 lives lost,
‘lt is plain to see that these
explosive, death-dealing smash
ups are the result of foolhardy
driving -- improper passing,dr
iving too fast for conditions and
failure to keep the car under
control,” Col, Burson observed,
“It’s a horrible, violent way
to have to die, But it doesn’t
have to happen that way. I
drivers will just -make up their
minds to obey our traffic laws--
not merely state and local laws
but common sense rules of dri
ving=--most of these tragedies
could be averted, It is squarely
up to the individual behind the
wheel, and we appeal to him not
to become a potential murderer,”
More than half of the people
who lost their lives in Georgia
traffic mishaps during the 5-
month period were 31 years ofage
or younger--a total of 310, Os
these, 226 were in the 16-31
age group, The highest of all
was age 19 which recorded 28
deaths, Next came ages 18 and
20, each of which registered 19
fatalities, while 16 and 17 year
olds came third with 17 deaths
each,
Weekends still claim the most
traffic victims, Saturdays were
recorded as the worst day of the
week for these fatal accidents, cl
aiming 150 lives, Sundays came
second with 100, and Fridays
third with 95, Wednesdays reco
rded 81 fatalities, Thursdays 69,
Mondays 65, and Tuesdays 48,
R ei i s
MORE EGGS
Hens on Georgia farms pro
duced an estimated 418 million
eggs during April compared with
387 million a year earlier, ace
cording to the State Crop Report=
ing Service, Layers on hand in
April totaled 21,679,000,