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As we enjoyed the Football Banquet, served by the
young ladies of our school, we rejoiced that we had
such capable young people. The foodprepared in the
school’s kitchen was perfectly delicious. The tables
decorated with loving hands, carried out the Christ
mas motif.
When program time came our fine Coaches, some
who grew up on this Newton County High School
Team, were bubbling with excitement over the fine
records of these young men.
There was no invited speaker. OUR boys spoke
for themselves. You could have heard a pin drop
in that huge hall, during their talks. They expressed
their gratitude for having played on the team; told
how they learned to have more respect for their
teammates; how they learned to give and take, and
in fact how they became men.
Old Man Winter Is Here
The Indians lived close to nature. They mea
sured time by the leaves on the trees and the snows
in the winter. They did not need to look at a cal
endar to see on which day winter was due to arrive.
If they had had any bills to pay they would have
calculated the due date by the phase of the moon.
The ways of the Indians had their virtues.
In case you have not noticed the leaves falling,
winter is just around the corner. The calendar
tells us it arrives on December 22—at 8:17 AM,
EST. There are many pleasant tilings about win
ter, even in the coldest climes. One of the best
is the Christmas Season, when there seems to be a
Another Hoover Commission
Many years ago, the Hoover Commission saved
taxpayers millions of dollars by pinpointing waste
ful or unnecessary federal spending. Representat
ive Wilbur D. Mills, chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, has repeatedly expressed alarm
over uncontrolled government spending. He now
calls for a new Hoover-type Commission to make
sweeping reviews of domestic spending programs,
old and new. He points out that whenever a new
President has been elected “. . .a new program
is enacted and added on top of the programs of
other Presidents. . .” The result has been soar-
That Government Publicity Is Costly
In March of this year it was reported that the
Federal Government is spending upwards of $425
million a year on its public information and public
relations programs. That figure, it is revealed, is
more than double the combined outlay for news
gathering by the two major US news services, the
three major TV networks and the 10 largest new
papers in the country. There are 6,858 Federal
employees spending full or part time as writers,
editors, and public information “specialists.”
Members of the Congress and the representa
tives of the press, radio and TV in Washington
are hit with a daily blizzard of government hand
outs and position papers. In short, the Federal
Government’s public relations arm is far and away
the most vigorous lobby in the nation’s capital.
Indeed, it outdistances all other lobbies combined.
Yet, Title 18 of the United States Code Annot
ated has a very precise provision relating to pre
cisely such lobbying. It reads:
“No part of the money appropriated by any
enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of
express autiiorization by Congress, be used di
rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal ser
vice, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter,
printed or written matter, or other device, inten-
In the United States we, mere than most ot
her peoples, tiave been blessed with vast and
fertile lands. They have been bountiful in yi
elding food and fuels, clothing and shelter, min
erals and mountainous harvests of all the thi
ngs our people have required.
But, many Americans have accepted the bo
unty and beauty of the land without recognizing
the burdens we impose upon it We live in a
time of mushrooming population; sprawling ci
ties, superhighways, airports, parking lots, sea
shores and scpnic monuments, wilderness areas
and parks are encroaching upon the nation’s
productive land at a fantastic rate.
This year, again, there are quarrels between
tiie productive users of our land, and those who
prefer that more land be set aside for recre
ational, esthetic and cultural purposes. No one
questions the conviction and dedication of those
who wish to preserve wilderness areas, estab
lish parks and protect the scenic grandeur of
our country. But the stark reality is that the
thousands of products which our forests yield
for our people are of tremendous national sig
nificance, too. Growing trees and harvesting
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Your Editor would like to state that all Newton
County is justly proud of them in every respect.
They should get their College Education, and there
may seemingly be greener fields in which to settle,
but we would like to impress upon them right now,
there is noplace better than Newton County to return
to, and make your home among those who know you
for your own true worth. Your churches need young
men and women like we now have in our Teams,
Band, and, in fact in all Newton County. Resolve
now to return here after College, and in your pro
fession, give of your best to the County and Town
that loves you for your own true worth.
We chose Covington and love it and its fine people
more and more, during our residence of thirty-six
years.
spontaneous renewal of faith and hope. And when
the holidays are over, and we have entered the new
year with renewed strength, there is the crowning
consolation that each day the sun rises a little
earlier and sets a little later; and when the first
spring days arrive, we think of the long winter
just past, and life becomes twice as sweet. That
is one of the virtues of winter. It makes you ap
preciate spring.
Meanwhile, as the days grow shorter, is it
going to be a mild winter or a tough one? Cap
ricious old man winter has confounded the ex
perts and the almanac more than once.
ing costs, as well as duplication and overlapping
of manifold federal programs.
One question that Representative Mills believes
should be considered by his proposed invetigative
commission is, “Whether state governments, and
private enterprise, should take over some of the
chores Washington does. . .” As far as many mil
lions of citizens are concerned, the answer is al
ready plain without the help of a commission. The
trend toward centralized government and govern
ment in business threatens both economic and po
litical liberty—and should be reversed now.
ded or designed to influence in any manner a
Member of Congress, to favor or oppose, by vote
or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by
Congress, whether before or after the introduc
tion of any bill or resolution proposing such
legislation or appropriation; but this shall not pre
vent officers or employees of the United States
or of its departments or agencies from com
municating to Members of Congress on the request
of any Member or to Congress, through the proper
official channels, requests for legislation or ap
propriations which they deem necessary for the
efficient conduct of the public business.
“Whoever, being an officer or employee of
the United States or of any department or agency
thereof, violates or attempts to violate this sec
tion, shall be fined not more than SSOO or impri
soned not more than one year, or both. ..”
And then there is this sentence in Title 5 of
the United States Code Annotated: “.. .No money
appropriated by any act shall be used for the
compensation of any publicity expert unless spe
cifically appropriated for that purpose.”
It seems to us that there may have been some
violations of the U. S. Code in Washington. Maybe
6,858 violations.
them in an endless cycle is an absolute essen
tial if our country is to prosper and grow.
It is elemental that trees require land. It
is equally obvious that this is one national re
source which can be replenished* by forest re
generation. This is not true of petroleum or
minerals, for example. When these resources
are depleted they are gone forever. The re
plenishment cycle for our forests can be ac
complished only if sufficient land is provided
for the regrowth process.
Yet, if the Congress were to pass, in their
present forms, just those bills which the Se
cretary of Ulterior has put forward this year
to establish new Federal parks and trails, the
impact upon our timberlands would be catas
trophic, so seriously would they reduce the na
tion’s opportunity to grow trees, harvest them,
and replant.
It is the land itself which is the priceless
natural resource of our nation. It can never
be enlarged. Given access to the land we can
grow trees forever. Denied the land, we cannot.
It lias been said that “a tree is a miracle of
God.” But even a miracle requires growing space.
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
LEO MALLARD
Advertising Manager
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington Georgia as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
KEEPING LIFE’S COVENANTS
Devotional Reading: Psalms
34: 11-16.
Memory Selection: Have we
not all one father? Has not one
God created us? Why then are we
faithless to one another? Mala
chi 2:10.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
When I Am Responsible.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Keeping Life’s Covenants.
A covenant is “an agreement
between two or more persons
or parties.’’ This lesson deals
with covenants, and the scripture
passages are taken from the Book
of Malachi.
The name “Malachi’’ means
“messenger.” There are some
who believe that the name was a
title, for certainly this Malachi—
last of the Minor Prophets and
the last figure whose writings are
Included in the Old Testament—
was a messenger of importance.
He pointed out God’s special love
for Israel, the fact that the
people were dishonoring God by
the presentation of blemished
offerings and by their intermar
rying with the heathen and putting
away their Jewish wives In so
doing.
It was Malachi’s contention
that God was preparing the way
for his coming into human life
with a suddenness and Importance
that would shake the foundations
of society. The divine entrance
into human affairs would purify
Jewish religious life of the dross
by which it had become conta
minated.
Malachi delivered his proph
ecy some four hundred and fif
ty years before Christ. He had
an important and burning mes
sage to deliver to a nation which
had become spiritually insensi
tive and was guilty ofbackslidlng
In matters of faith and practice.
The Jews are referred to a
number of times in the Old Test
ament as "a peculiar people.”
This does not mean peculiar in
the sense we use the word to
day, namely, strange or queer.
It designates and emphasizes the
fact that God had set aside the Je
wish people for a definite and very
important purpose. In fact, the
Jewish people have had placed
upon them the most Important
function ever given to any race,
namely, to reveal to mankind the
Social Security Report Needed
Social security beneficiaries
who work should report this pr
omptly. John H. Ingle, District
Manager of the Atlanta Office,
today offered this word of ad
vice to beneficiaries in this ar
ea, “Earnings of SISOO or less
will ordinarily not affect receipt
of monthly checks - benefits will
continue throughout the year.’’
However, he did issue this war
ning to avoid a possible overpay
ment in benefits during a year.
“Earnings in excess of SISOO
a year will result in a loss of
some, or all, benefits for that
year. Thus, when a person who
is receiving social security be
nefits starts to work, this work
should be reported promptly if
they expect to earn over SISOO
for the year.’’
According to Ingle, a number
of overpayments have been cau
sed in recent months by a mis
understanding as to when to re
port. So many beneficiaries
think they should wait until the
SISOO is reached and then re
port the earnings. Often times
it’s too late then, for the bene
ficiary is already overpaid. Na
turally this works a hardship
when the person has already spent
the money and is required to
pay it back.
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will, character, and purpose of
Almighty God. This makes them
a raceof tremendous importance.
They have endured persecution
and dishonor through the ages and
have survived in away that has
astonished every generation.
Today they are still leaders,
particularly in business and in
matters pertaining to culture.
Much of the world’s wealth is,
and always has been, in their
hands. Many of the great musi
cians, artists, and literary fig
ures have been of this race.
Throughout the Old Testament,
God had made plain through the
teachings of the prophets that
the Jewish people were to be
separated from the other peo
ples of the world and their blood
line kept pure. They were not to
intermarry with other tribes.
Throughout the centuries God
had been revealing Himself th
rough these people, and they
were being prepared for an ul
timate disclosure which we Ch
ristians believe took place In the
life, teachings and ministry of
Jesus Christ.
It is the Christian contention
also that Jesus fulfilled in his
teaching, ministry, death, and
resurrection the disclosure of
Himself which God had begun
when He called Abraham out of
Ur of the Chaldees.
Today’s lesson deals with the
dishonor into which the people of
Malachi’s time had fallen, parti
cularly the priests. Since the
Jews’ return from Babylonian ca
ptivity in the year 538 B. C.
there had been ups and downs
in the moral of the people and
their ardor for things religious.
Malachi — perhaps himself a
priest—was particularly offend
ed by the fact that worshipers
often brought polluted bread to the
altar and offered lame and sick
animals in sacrifice. Would
you dare to make such gifts to
the governor? he asked. Would
he be pleased to accept such
gifts? Do you not see that it is
vastly worse to make such bl
emished offerings to the Most
High God?
Here and throughout the les
son runs the theme that the only
acceptable gift to God is the best
we have. Anything less than the
best dishonors him. The greatest
gift we can give him is, of course,
the gift of ourselves.
When a person reports that he
is working, the benefits will be
stopped for the necessary number
of months based on what he ex
pects to make for the year. In
gle emphasized that it’s easier
to stop and start checks than it
is to pay back money which was
not due. At the end of each year
an adjustment will be made bas
ed on the actual earnings.
Ingle urged any beneficiary
with questions about when and
how to report earnings to call
or write or visit the Social Se
curity Office in Atlanta at 730
Peachtree Street, N. E. That
office is open until 7:30 p. m. on
Monday of each week for the con
venience of persons who cannot
call or visit during regular office
hours of 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Telephone 526-3161.
** * *
During the first year of the
1966 Veterans Readjustment
Benefits Act, fiscal year 1967,
469,000 Post-Korean Conflict
veterans and servicemen re
ceived educational assistance at
an overall cost of $251.6 mil
lion. The Veterans Administra
tion estimates that 604,600 will
take advantage of the program
during 1968 at a total cost of
$520.3 million.
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Dear Editor;
With the population of Newton
County steadily increasing, the
Newton County Jaycees have seen
the need of building a Youth Cen
ter. As most of you know, we
have been planning for over a year
to build such a Youth Center. We
have made progress, slowly, but
surely. It takes time, patience,
and determination to continue to
ward our goal.
The Bibb Manufacturing Com
pany has seen the need of such a
facility and have graciously sup
plied 5.2 acres of land on Brown
Bridge Road on which to build the
Youth Center.
Mr. M. B. Shaw, Superintendent
at Porterdale, acting on behalf of
the Bibb Manufacturing Company,
presented the deed to the land to
Wayne Hunt, Chairman of the Bui
lding Committee for the Jaycees.
The donation of this land has
given us a great step forward to
ward making the DREAM of a
Youth Center a REALITY.
The Newton County Jaycees
wish to thank the following mer
chants, companies and Indi
viduals for their donations to the
Youth Center Project:
Bibb Manufacturing Company,
Buck-N-Kld Laundromat, Cl
assic City Beverages, Inc., Di
etz’s, Davis Realty, Du-Gro Fro
zen Foods, Mrs. Hugh Harris,
Henson Furniture Co., Hunt’s
Household Goods, Mr. Warren
Klrkus, McGuire Motor Co., Pa
trick Feed Co., Southern Disc
ount, U. S. Service Station, Tri-
City Cleaners, Mr. W. M. Winn,
Jr.
We do appreciate your Interest
and promise to do our very best
to make our county a better place
in which to live and raise our
children. The citizens of Newton
County have always met the needs
of the county before, and the
Jaycees are asking others to con
tribute so that this vital need for
a Youth Center can be met.
Wayne Hunt
Chairman Building Committee
Newton County Jaycees
Nearing 65?
If So, Contact
Your SS Office
“Be sure to contact your So
cial Security Office 3 months
before age 65,” warned John H.
Ingle, Manager of the Atlanta
Social Security office.
Ingle pointed out that it was
vitally Important for every per
son approaching age 65 to file
an application with Social Se
curity. This is true even if
they have never worked under
social security or have no plans
to stop work now. In either
case they are still eligible for
the Medicare provisions of So
cial Security.
An application must be filed
to obtain the protection offered
under the hospital and medical
insurance provisions of Social
Security. A person filing his
application 3 months in advance
of his 65th birthday month is
assured that his protection will
begin when he is 65. If he de
lays, this Important coverage
will not take effect at the time he
is 65
"It’s doubly dangerous to wait
beyond your 65th birthday,” cau
tioned Ingle, “because there is
only a 3-months’ period after
that to obtain medicare cover
age.” A delay beyond this per
iod may mean that you would have
2 years before the opportunity
to enroll came again. In some
cases the right to coverage under
Medicare may be lost forever.
Ingle again urged all persons
to contact their Social Security
Office as they approach age 65.
He noted that the office here in
Atlanta is open until 7:30 P. M.
on Monday evenings for the con
venience of those who cannot get
In to the office during regular
working hours.
It’s been a busy week friends
. . .no profound thoughts of wis
dom or lunacy have stirred my
mind. . .the wife is fine and so
is our new baby boy!
Judson Dean “Jud” Mallard
weighed 6 lbs. 4 ounces when he
arrived Tuesday morning at 8:17
a. m. Needless to say, we are
thankful to God and pleased be
yond words about our new addi
tion.
The boys now have the girls
outnumbered two to one at our
house. Our oldest, “Bubba”,
3 1/2 is delighted; Usa, 19 mon-
John B. Tate Pastor
Allen Memorial Methodist
Church
As we attempt to make this
Advent season meaningful our
minds quickly pick up the mini
stry of John the Baptist. (You
remember, of course, that Eliza
beth, the mother of John, was the
cousin of Mary, the mother of Je
sus). For he considered his task
to be a preparation for the Mes
siah.
So since Advent is a time of
preparation for the coming of
the Christ Child it is important
that we look at this character
“who had his raiment of camel’s
hair, and a leather girdle about
his loins; his meat was locust
and wild honey.”
Read again the third chapter
of the gospel of Matthew and cat
ch the passion for righteousness
and his call to repentence: “the
voice of one crying In the wild
erness, Prepare ye the way of
the Lord, make his paths st
raight.” John the Baptist was
self-effacing. He stood in the
noble tradition of Israel’s prop
hets. He should have been proud
of his heritage. But perhaps
his greatness lay In the fact
that he recognized that his bap
tism of repentence was not en
ough. He said: “I baptize you
with water unto repentence; but he
that cometh after me.. .shall bap-
Layona Glenn
Says . . .
In answer to requests coming
from as far apart as Alaska and
Australia I am presenting this
week a reprint of my meditat
ions on the value of TIME as
considered on my 100th birth
day. I hope others will pardon
the repetition:
“A hundred years is a long
time in anybody’s calendar, and
I am amazed as I think how our
Lord has allowed me to share
in so much of His most precious
gift to mankind, for I consider
TIME the most valuable thing
that God gave to the world. HE
considers It so important that
He deals it out one second at a
time, and every thing and every
creature on earth must SHARE
that second.
The king on the throne Is gr
anted no more of it than the
prisoner in the dungeon. The
millionaire in his mansion is
given no more of It than the
poorest beggar on the street.
"Judwh 'Jtyod
Soon the Christmas spirit will
be the prevailing one in our
homes, school, and Community.
** * *
Benefits for more than 94 mil
lion veterans and dependents of
veterans are administered by the
Veterans Administration. In
cluded are more than 1500 widows
and children of Civil War ve
terans, two Indian Wars veterans
and approximately 250 depend
ents, more than 10,000 Spanish-
American War veterans and
50,000 dependents, more than a
million World War I veterans and
almost 600,000 dependents, 1.7
million World War II veterans
and a million dependents, almost
250,000 Korean Conflict veterans
and 150,000 dependents.
*4 * *
Half of the physicians in the
U. S. receive some part of their
training in the Veterans Admin
istration, the largest medical
complex in the world.
Thursday, December 14. 1967
ANOTHER
CUB REPORTER
By: Leo S. Mallard
ths, doesn’t seem to mind for
she seems certain she can hold
her own.
Grandmother and Granddaddy
Mallard are having the “wild ex
perience” of their life keeping
the kids this week. All is well
that ends well and we have high
hopes that the grandparents will
survive the “Indians.”
Barbara hopes to come home
Friday or Saturday from Georgia
Baptist Hospital and settle things
back to normal. I’ve been kee
ping the highway “hot” to Atlanta
. . .Good Luck world, you’ll have
to take care of yourself this week.
Sy
tlze you with the Holy Spirit and
with fire.” (Matthew 3:11) The
role of John the Baptist was to
use his insights, and his very
life, to point to the endless line
of sin which was so apparent in
the history of Israel and offer
the opportunity to turn the future
into an endless line of splendor.
Maybe you will accept the role
for yourself of a modern John the
Baptist and point to one whose
birth we celebrate in a few days.
What does it mean today for the
church to prepare God’s way in
the wilderness? What does it
mean for us to become a waiting
people, the community of the de
sert, repentent and obedient? We
would much prefer a tradition
and a program, a religion to keep
us company.
But, like John the Baptist, we
are becoming increasingly sus
picious that our baptism of water
is not enough. There is One who
stands in our midst whose shoes
we are not worthy to unfasten.
In our uneasiness we are waiting
and seeking. So far we have
found nothing and our hands are
empty.
However, among us stands the
One who has found us. One who
was born In a stable, died on a
cross, and holds us in his hands
forever! His name is Jesus.
We must be ready, for he may
surprise us by his coming.
The scientist is given no more
than the idiot. It can neither
be bought nor sold. Even the
most generous soul cannot give
It away. The miser cannot hoard
it. The chemist In his laboratory
has no more of it than the boy
flying his kite. The bird sing
ing on his leafy perch has as
much of it as the farmer sow
ing his seed or following his
plow. The richly attired so
ciety leader has no more of It
than the poor seamstress who st
itched her laces. The president
of Harvard must share it with
the most Ignorant bushman of
the African veldt. The most
noted evangelist must share it
with the vilest sinner. The wise
man and the clown must share it
alike.
This Instant is yours, and it
is mine. What will we do with
it?
We can only use it or lose it!
Which shall It be?
By Mrs. Robert I. Burall
Tenth District Director
Georgia Congress of Parents
and Teachers
To Christians, the world over,
December is synonymous with
Christmas. It Is a season of
great joy and gladness, a time
for children to learn the bless
edness of giving as well as re
ceiving. I think most families
are drawn closer together by the
spirit of love, that Christmas
always brings with Its coming.
Surely It is the season for shar
ing with those less fortunate than
we, a time for ministering to
the lonely, the sick, and the
aged.
We must always remember our
PTA endeavers are child cen
tered and never disregard our
PTA policies, no matter how
eager we are to reach our goals.
Above all let us not forget the
child who came to earth to bring
peace, joy, love, and light into
our lives.
Let* s use this Christmas sea
son as a time for really strength
ening our homes and the lives
of our children, for giving them
a deep feeling of HIS presence
that they might have a guiding
faith to help them grow into
maturity.