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COMMENTS
Congratulations Legionnaires
We heartily congratulate the local American Le
gion Post 32 upon a job well done in sponsoring the
annual Newton County Fair, in session this week at
Legion Fair.
A county fair is one of the few remaining bits of
typical Americana in today’s Space Age. Perhaps
no other single project so stimulates community
spirit and unifies efforts, as the old fashion "Coun
ty Fair”. Rural and urban citizens join in attrac
tively exhibiting the fruits of their endeavors;
and often are amazed at the finished proof of the
industry, initiative, development and program of
their own community. Civic pride is rekindled;
and one gains a deeper appreciation of the contri
butions of his fellow-citizens, and of the privilege
of being a part of such a community.
Legion Commander Charles C. Smith, and overall
Fair Chairman Ed Hunt were gratified that every
“Head - Heart - Hands - Health ”
There are some 2 1/2 million 4-H-Club mem
bers throughout our 50 states. Four Extension
Service Agents and 86 Local Leaders guide Newton
County’s over 1600 4-H-Club members. These
youngsters conduct multiple projects from elec
tricity to farm management; from canning to home
beautification, and all phases of agriculture and
livestock production.
In our present day eruption of "beatniks”,
"hippies”, and frustrated juveniles, it is gratify
ing to have the privilege of paying tribute to the
bona fide young Americans, who "look to the Rock
from which they were hewn”. These 4-H Clubbers
know where they are going. They "Learn by doing”
that life has a definite purpose; and that reaching
the goal means hard work and dedication to the
task. They learn that integrity is just as vital a
factor in the performance of tasks, as it is in
their moral and social committments.
They have accepted and appreciate the basic
fact that you get out of a project, a vocation, or
life itself, the sum total of what you put into it.
So we proudly salute 4-H-Club Members, their
Extension and Local Leaders, as they steadfastly
assume the responsibility of "Making the Best
Better” in “A World of Opportunity.”
What Rural America Can Do
Since its early days, our nation has periodically
faced a crisis in its cities. And, since the early
days, the root cause has been the same.. .people
flocking to the cities in search of something bet
ter. . .people leaving areas of little opportunity in
search of fulfillment for themselves and their
children.
In earlier times, the people came from over
seas. Nearly all of them came from the land which
no longer provided them with a living. Today the
people who fill our cities in search of a better
life. . .nearly 600,000 of them a year., .come from
our own country-side, nearly all of them from the
land which no longer offers them a living. The
fact is, as Secretary of Agriculture Orville L.
Freeman and other informed government officials
have noted, that 70% of our nation’s population is
crowded into one percent of our land. . .many of
them crowded into space covered by brick and mor
tar and macadam, over-laden with smog-filled
air. . .treeless, flowerless, hopeless.
They are the victim of a quiet revolution in
agriculture which no longer needs the labor of
large numbers of human beings to produce the
vast quantities of food and fiber we provide for
the world. They are today’s landless immigrants
who formed our city ghettpes and slums of genera
tions past.
The people of rural America^ and America’s
rural electrics, believe this view of the past
and of the present contains the seeds of our
future. . .a brighter, more productive future for
the people of the cities and the people in the rural
areas. We believe it is time we use one of our
nation’s greatest assets. . .our uncrowded country
side. . .to help solve the problem which concerns
us all. Rural America boasts more than space.
It has fresh air and sun and sky and water. It
has room for kids to run barefoot through grass
Free Press Means Much
Newspaper Week! October 8 to 14. Probably
the most impressive way for the public to learn
what newspapers mean in their daily lives would
be to have no papers printed during Newspaper
Week—but tins is not practical.
The hometown paper is the living record of
what happens in the thousands of communities ac
ross the land—marriages, births, deaths, social
activity, politics, school news, legal notices, ad
vertised products to inform customers, world news,
everything ttiat enables the U. S. citizen to be fa
miliar with the latest devices and products by which
he enjoys the highest living and information stand
ards in the world.
But over and above these material blessings, a
free press, which is the background of free speech,
is the average man’s guarantee of personal liberty,
religious freedom and protection against political
and judicial persecution. Dictators are afraid of a
free press, hence they have a controlled press.
The people read only what their rulers wish them
THE COVINGTON NEWS
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MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Editor and Publiihor
LEO S. MALLARD
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
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available booth space was filled in the exhibition
building, and regretted that some requests for
booths could not be met.
Outstanding exhibits of Home Demonstration,
4-H, FFA, Community, School^ Food, Commercial
and other booths made a decision for first place
difficult for the Judges. A modern midway and an
added attraction of Georgia wild life, staged for the
first time here, by the State Wildlife Service,
. make Newton County Fair a splendid “family-fun”
f venture.
We, as a community, are indebted to Legion
Post 32, Chairman Ed Hunt, County Agent and other
. Extension Agents, as well as numerous exhibitors
who have gone all out to assure the success of the
I annual Newton County Fair.
, Let’s go to the Fair!
These are the 4-H’s upon which the world’s
i largest youth organization bases its program of
i character and citizenship development.
A 4-H Clubber pledges "My Head to clearer
thinking; My Heart to greater loyalty; My Hands
• to larger service; and my Health to better living”.
I Their motto is, "Make the Best Better, for my
Club, my Community and My Country”; and the
overall 4-H Theme this year is "A World of Op
portunity”.
■ As the nation observes National 4-H-Club Week,
Sept. 30 - Oct. 7. Newton County takes pardonable
; pride in the fact that one of her native sons, Dr. G.
Claude Adams, was Georgia’s founder of the 4-H
--; Club Movement
In 1905, Dr. Adams organized the original" Boys’
i Corn Club” in Newton County. Only one other
i similar club had been founded a short time prev
iously, in Macoupin County, 111. The Newton County
Club rapidly expanded into other phases of agri
culture, including vegetable, livestock^ arts, cann
ing and crafts clubs, in which girls also enrolled.
■ Through the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, the U. S.
Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture
t was established and became the sponsor for 4-H-
Club Work.
covered with early morning dew, hills covered
with snow for sleds and skis, fields for people
and dogs to romp in.
And it has more. In the towns and villages
of rural America there are uncrowded streets
and sidewalks. There is electric power and
transportation. There are good roads to bring
the products 6f hard-working people to the great
market places. What rural America lacks are job
opportunities. Os the nearly 14 million new jobs
created in our country in the past 15 years, few
were created in rural areas. Yet polls say half
our population would like to live and work in
rural areas.
We believe that unless we bend our efforts
to the development of rural America, we will
fail to solve the problems of our cities. Unless
we stem the tide of migration from the country
to the city that puts more and more people into
less and less space, we will have ignored our
greatest asset in meeting one of our gravest
problems.
We must start now to develop job opportuni
ties, adequate hospitals and medical facilities,
better schools and theaters and libraries, better
water and sewer systems, and improved public
services and facilities for industry in our rural
areas. With them, rural America can meet the
job hunger of its own people. It can provide
the space and living room city people so desper
ately seek.
The nation’s rural electrics view with optimism
the efforts of our nation’s leaders to restore
the balance between rural and urban America.
We pledge our support and the continuation of
our unstinting effort. We invite the participat
. ion and cooperation of all people concerned about
the future of our country, regardless of where
[ they live. There is, after all, only one nation,
. and we are all part of it.
to read. Try imagining if you can. what it would
। be like to live in a country where an editor dared not
l print a letter criticizing the political party in power,
and where an editor feared to express an adverse
opinion. Think of what a free press really means to
' you—life, freedom from political oppression, li-
berty and the pursuit of happiness under our Con
[ stitution.
The United States Office of Education reports
i that federal contributions in grants to all levels
of educational institutions increased from $2.3
billion in 1964 to $6.1 billion in the fiscal year
i 1966.
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“To let oneself be bound by a duty from the mo
-1 ment you see it approaching is a part of the integrity
■ that alone justifies responsibility.”
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OCR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
Sunday School
AMOS: GOD’S SPOKESMAN FOR
JUSTICE
Devotional Reading: Psalms
76.
Memory Selection: The Lord
GOD has spoken; who can pro
phesy? Amos 3:8.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
When You Must Speak Out.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Amos: God’s Spokesman for
Justice.
Last week we began a new
quarter of lessons on the ge
neral topic "Messages from the
Prophets.” After the general
introduction of the previous les
son we begin today four lessons
from the prophecy of Amos. Then
will follow messages from Hosea,
Micah, and Malachi. These are
representative of the so-called
"Minor Prophets,” so designated
chiefly because the books they
wrote are much shorter than
those of the "Major Prophets.”
It Is appropriate that we be
gin with Amos, since he is th
ought to be the first of the pro
phets in scripture who put his
message in written form.
The name Amos means "bur
den” or "burden bearer.” There
Is a Jewish tradition that he got
his name because he was heavy
of speech. The general opinion
among scholars Is, however, that
he was a bearer of the burden
of his prophecy.
Since the time of the prophecy
of Amos goes back to the first
half of the eighth century before
Christ, It seems remarkable that
this relatively unlearned prophet
had such a clear Idea of the unity
and transcendence of God and
such “advanced” Ideas on social
justice.
The writings of Amos are mar
ked by (1) a deep sense of the
righteousness and nearness of
one great Holy Being, Almighty
God, (2) the relation of God to
his people and their relations
STATEWIDE SURVEY CONTINUES
ON GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Georgia has been given the
"go-ahead” to continue a state
wide survey to determine one of
the state’s major problems—how
to rid Georgia of garbage and
junk.
The State Health Department
announced today that the U. S.
Public Health Service has gran
ted $27,286 to continue a state
wide survey to evaluate the pro
blems and methods of solid waste
storage, collection and disposal
in Georgia communities. Data
from the survey, which began
in Sept. 1966, will also be used
to develop a long-range plan for
better garbage elimination ser
vices.
According to W. Scott Sprinkle,
director of the Health Depart
ment’s General Engineering/
Sanitation Service, the federal
grant will be matched by $39,103
In state funds. He also said that
$11,806 Is being carried over
from last year’s grant to bring
the total to $78,195. He added
that the funds are allocated for
use through August 31, 1968.
The health official said that
the Georgia survey Is part of a
national project being carried out
by the U. S. Public Health Ser
vice.
“We began our survey In Geo
rgia last year,” Sprinkle said,
“with an original state-federal
grant of $60,567. At that time
we selected 36 representative
counties to gather Information on
how they were handling the waste
disposal problem. But, with this
new grant, we will begin to survey
all Georgia communities with a
population of 5,000 or more. This
data, from some 58 communities,
will be combined with the original
Information obtained from the 36
counties. In some cases, we will
go back to a surveyed county to
get more detailed information.”
Sprinkle said that he expects
the survey to take about two more
years in order to obtain complete
data on the problem In Georgia.
"The survey Information, when
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NEWSPAPER THEME OFFICIALLY ENDORSED—Governor Lester Maddox (right) has proclaimed
the week of Oct. 8-12 Newspaper Week in Georgia, observing National Newspaper Week. The go
vernor accepted an oversized logo of the theme from Glenn McCullough, manager of Georgia Press
Assn, and chairman of the national week this year, with the comment, “Newspapers really do get
things done and as governor, I extend my thanks to all Georgia newspapers for the part they play
in advancing progressive programs of our state.”
to one another In accordance with
God’s will, (3) the coming judg
ment in case the people do not
repent and bring forth works
worthy of repentance, (4) a pro
mise of future restoration.
The call of Amos for social
justice is Indeed a timely warning
for our day. While it is quite
true that Christian churches have
been taking a greater part In
movements to alleviate social
Injustice and meet the needs of
' humanity, there is still much to
do in social and race relations
i where Christians should cer
tainly lead Instead of following
■ with halting steps.
; At the time when Amos brought
i his message there was prosperity
, in both Judah and Israel. How
> ever, this had brought little or no
I help to the common people. The
I upper classes had managed to
’ reap the fruits of prosperity for
i themselves. As their temporal
' goods increased, however, so did
■ their selfishness and pride and
• luxury and oppression of the poor.
It is possible that the basic
s message of Amos may be re
vealed from a passage in the fifth
■ chapter, verses 21, 23, and 24.
! We translate as a paraphrase,
i God says:
' I despise and loathe your feasts,
i I take no pleasure in your solemn
t assemblies.
i What I want Is not your offerings
or sacrifices.
' Take away the noise of your
t hymns.
: I will not listen to the tunes of
t your harps.
t Instead let justice roll like a
’ mighty river
I And Integrity like a stream that
I never falls.
Thus we see that Amos lays
stress on a God of universal
s justice and ethical human rela
! tlonships as a basis for true
r worship. This is indeed a ti
• mely message for us after some
s twenty-eight centuries.
i completed and analyzed, will be
used to develop a statewide solid
’ waste plan. The data will also
be sent to the Public Health Ser
l vice for use in their nationwide
study.
"Georgia, as well as other
states, has a waste disposal pro
blem,” he said. “We have gotto
do something about this problem
now, or we are going to be, 11-
. terally, ‘up to our necks In gar
bage dumps.’ Garbage and junk
not only create a health problem
i by furnishing homes and food for
I germ-laden Insects and animals,
but these garbage dumps give a
community a permanent eye -
sore.”
, Sprinkle said that one of the
major disposal problems Is what
’ to do with "big junk” such as old
i automobiles and discarded hou-
l sehold appliances. He said that
t there is always a problem of dis
posal with any item made of me
; tai, glass, plastic or wood.
I The disposal of “common”
garbage from household kitchens
, is not as much a problem as
t with the storing of It on the home
i premises and later collection,
t Sprinkle stressed that this was
the foremost problem in the state
at this time.
He pointed out that the proper
, collection and disposal of any
I garbage or junk is the respon-
> slblllty of local authorities. “It
> takes the cooperation of all the
i people to properly dispose of
> garbage and junk,” he added,
; "and, it takes money.” Collect-
' ion and disposal programs are the
i third largest expenditure for a lo-
s cal government.
, “Technically, we know how to
I rid our communities ofthe'com-
; mon’ garbage, but disposing of
I certain waste products from
> some types of Industries Is still
1 a problem that needs working
; on.”
I
> He pointed out that a major
, problem In waste disposal cen
। ters around Industries using ag-
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Porterdale PT A
Has First Meet
of School Year
The September meeting of the
Porterdale Parent-Teacher As
sociation was held In the school
cafeteria on Thursday evening,
September 21. The meeting was
called to order by President,
John Blankenship. The Rev.
Harold Lyda, pastor of the Jul
ia A. Porter Memorial Metho
dist Church, opened the meeting
with prayer.
Jerry Aldridge, Principal, in
troduced his faculty and Mr. Bl
ankenship presented officers of
the PTA.
Miss Mae Hardman announced
a School of Instruction to be held
at the Woman’s Clubroom on
Tuesday evening, September 26,
at seven-thirty o’clock. Mrs. Ro
bert Burall, Tenth District Di
rector of the Georgia Congress
of Parents and Teachers, Inc.,
will lead the session to which
all officers or PTA members in
Newton County are urged to come.
Mrs. George Sullivan announc
ed that she is taking subscrip
tions for the Parent Teacher ma
gazine and feels that every home
should use it.
Mrs. Lois Jackson advised that
anyone desiring to work with the
Carnival keep it in mind for
October 28 in the Porter Gym
nasium.
Mrs. Tom Johnson advised
that she is selling memberships
and would like to have every
home represented.
In the grade count Mrs. Geor
ge Ramsey’s first grade and Mrs.
Douglas Robertson’s fourth grade
tied with most votes in the John
Porter Building. Miss Pauline
Hardman’s seventh grade had
most votes for the Pearl Taylor
Building.
Mrs. Jerry Aldridge introduc
ed the guest speaker, Dr. Fran
ces Ross Hicks, Professor of
Psychology at the Georgia Col
lege in Milledgeville. Dr. Hicks
gave a very inspiring speech in
regard to the importance of a
child’s development in the home
as well as in the school.
Following adjournment punch
and cookies were served by the
executive officers and PTA
chairmen.
riculture and textile products.
He also said that saw dust piles
are hard to dispose of. "We
could burn the saw dust,” he said,
“but that just creates more air
pollution, another health pro
blem.”
Sprinkle said that the survey
will help to point out where the
major industrial problems are
and that with this data, these
problems could hopefully be con
trolled.
He said that in conjunction with
the survey, a statewide “advi
sory committee,” is now being
formed to assist and advise the
State Health Department in plan
ning of new solid waste disposal
programs for the state. The
council will be composed of re
presentatives from all phases of
Industry and commerce, educa
tional and training groups, local
governments, various Area Plan
ning Commissions and the public
in general.
Sprinkle said that statewide ac
ceptance of the problem will de
pend greatly on Informing the
people of the problem and the
health hazards connected with it.
And that it will also require ade
quate financing from all levels
in government.
“Correct and efficient solid
waste programs are as vital to a
community as electricity, water
services and fire and police pro
tection," Sprinkle said.
HEALTH CARE PROJECT
Dr. Thomas F. Sellers and
Dr. William H. Marine of
Emory’s department of preven
tive medicine and community
health will be directors of a mo
del health care project financed
by a $2.2 million grant from the
U. S. Office of Economic Oppor
tunity. Teams of doctors, nur
ses and others are to take me
dical services Into the commun
ity in south Atlanta, serving 22,-
000 poor persons.
Georgia ranks 13th among the
50 states in number of trucks
registered.
r i
By Mrs. Robert I. Burall |
Tenth District Director
Georgia Congress of Parents J
and Teachers |
There are still a few commun
ities in which Parents and Teach
ers have not found ways of pool
ing their resources, for the bet
terment of children and youth.
However there are ways to work
together.
A school will be as good as
the people of the community de
sire and are willing to support
no better. Support will come only
when the people understand the
school, when they have a voice
in shaping its polices, and when
parents and teachers work to
gether as a team.
Various techniques have been
developed to build closer rela
tions between home and school
so that common goals can be
achieved.
Personal conferences between
Individual parents and teachers
By
E. Owen Kellum, Jr.
Pastor, First Methodist Church
Not long ago I talked to a mi
nister who told of being called
at 3:00 A. M. by a young man
in high school whom the mini
ster knew. The boy called the
name of another student known
to the minister saying they were
in a little dive downtown. The
other boy was drinking and cau
sing trouble. The boy on the
phone wanted the minister to
come down and help him with his
friend. When the minister got to
the place, the boy who had called
met him on the sidewalk. It
seemed that the other young fel
low had begun to throw things,
and the police took him away.
They went to the police station,
talked to the desk sergeant, and
after a bit, he let them take the
boy home. They carried him
between them to the car, for he
was so weak and sick he could
not walk. They drove to his
home in one of the lovely re
sidential sections of the city.
Every light in the house was on;
it was four o’clock in the morn
ing. They carried the boy to the
door, rang the bell and waited.
In a moment the boy’s father
opened the door — hts father,
gray-haired and distinguished—
his father, too drunk to know it
was his own boy they were bring
ing home. That same father was
a respected member of the com
munity and active in his church.
And we wonder what is behind
the delinquency of some of our
otherwise fine young people. If
such families really trust in God,
they have done little to demonstr
ate it.
We could point out that at the
present rate one out of every
four marriages in a given year
is headed for the divorce courts.
We could point out that 60 per
cent of all the crime in the Uni
ted States is being committed by
young people below the age of 21.
According to one report, there
Layona Glenn
Says . . .
Men say the world has gone
berserk, and no one knows which
way to turn for relief and rest.
The first phrase of this sen
tence is pretty well true, for
instead of obeying God, as he
ordered Adam to subdue the ea
rth, and the earth’s creation,
and set up the kingdom of God,
visible and tangible here on this
globe and subduing the forms of
nature here at hand; man has
used his God-given powers to
try to do God’s work, and conquer
space, leaving undone the work
at hand, of perfecting and sub
duing this earth.
God had the power to have
destroyed Adam and all of his
works, but He could not do this
without outraging the power with
which Hehadendowedhim,of free
will and choice! So, He left
Adam free to try out his scheme,
and to find out, by experience,
that he could not rule this world
successfully without God. This
neglect of his duty has resulted
in me mess in which man now
finds himself. A state of anarchy
SCHOOL LUNCH
PROGRAMS ARE
BIG BUSINESS
ATLANTA — The National
School Lunch Act was passed
in 1946. Now, 21 years later,
the school lunch program has
grown into a billion-dollar food
business.
School officials buy most of the
food served in the lunchroom—
from Institutional suppliers, wh
olesalers, processors and retail-
Thursday, October 5, 1967
Is an excellent way to build mu
tual understanding, but not at
a PTA meeting. Most schools
welcome these personal confer
ences when made by appointment.
Report cards provide a good op
portunity for parent and teacher
to get together for a conference.
School-sponsored meetings of
larger groups of parents and
teachers can be helpful, too, in
building better relation, but the
Organization of a PTA as a unit
of the National Congress of Pa
rents and Teachers is the best
and quickest way to get com
munity-wide interest and action.
When parents and teachers put
their heads together, concern for
children soon turns into action.
Their efforts produce not only
better schools but better, heal
thier neighborhoods as well.
By
occurs in America during a 24
hour period 33 brutal murders.
The same report states that a
major crime Is recorded every
18.9 seconds. There is a mur
der every 40 minutes, a sex
crime every 22 minutes, a rob
bery every 5 minutes. The cost
of crime is over sls million
and rising; it is more than we
spend on our churches and sc
hools combined. There are over
4 million active known criminals
at work in America. We could
go further to point out that the
American people spend more on
chewing gum than they give to
God, that the liquor bill of Am
erica is eight times what we give
to any form of organized religion.
Two out of every three of all our
alcoholics, according to the Yale
Institute of Alcoholic Studies,
began their drinking while they
were teen-agers. We could quote
the results of a survey taken a
few years ago in an outstanding
high school, a school not basic
ally different from ours. Tenth,
eleventh, and twelfth graders an
swered questlonaires anony
mously. If we are to believe
their answers, 40 per cent, that
is 2 out of every 5 of those stu
dents had gone the limit in pro
miscuous sexual conduct.
It appears that there are tat
too many individuals, far too
many families that are not really
putting their faith and belief and
trust in God. The only hope we
dare have is in the living God.
Only God is worthy of our praise
and devotion. Too many today
have substituted penicillin for
prayer; too many have substitu
ted fertilizer for faith; too many
have substituted the welfare state
for the church. Yet, there will
always be hope so long as there
are those who truly believe that
the Lord is our rock and our
fortress and our deliverer. What
about you? Do you really trust
in God? Let us say with the
psalmist, “In thee, O Lord, do
I put my trust; let me never be
ashamed.”
on every hand, and the inability
to control what he has put in
motion. So, man has brought up
hiccuping on the brake, not know
ing which way to turn; from the
human standpoint, hopeless!
But with GOD all things are
possible; and His patience and
love are infinite, so through His
Son, Jesus Christ, He sends out
the invitation to all men;
"All things are delivered unto
me of my Father: and no man
knoweth the Son, but the Father;
neither knoweth any man the
Father save the Son and he to
whomsoever the Son will reveal
Him. Come unto ME, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you, and learn
of me; for I am meek and lowly
in heart; and ye shall find rest
to your souls. For my yoke
is easy and my burden is light.”
Matt. 11:27-30.
Here is the gracious invitation!
Shall we accept it? Or, will
we turn away without hope?
ers in their own communities.
In addition, the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture’s Consumer
and Marketing Service contribu
tes other foods to the schools
to meet nutritional needs.
The NSL Act was set up to
sa."eguard the health and well
being of the nation’s children
and to encourage the domestic
consumption of nutritious ag
ricultural commodities and ot
her food.
Good health for children has
been good business for the food
and related industries. And as
the number of children attend
ing school grows, there are nea
rly 20 million this year, the food
business involved in the lunch
programs will also grow.