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COMMENTS
This motto of Boy Scouts of America, in effect
since this great organization’s founding in 1910
by W. D. Boyce, in Chicago, symbolizes Scout
ing’s purpose. The high ideals of its extensive
program are geared toward a boy’s mental and
moral, as well as physical development, so that
he may indeed “Be Prepared" for his role in
life.
As we join in the observance of Boy Scout
Week February 7-13, we review with pride the
part Newton County Scouters have played in the
growth of the Atlanta Area BSA, composed of 13
counties with a 25,000 plus membership. The
first local Scout Troop, with 11 charter mem
bers, was organized in 1912 bv the late School
Superintendent Count Gibson. Now a part of
Newton-Rockdale District, Atlanta Area BSA, which
has a membership of 750 boys with 365 Adult Lead
ers in 34 units, Newton County has 520 Scouts
of the total number enrolled.
The caliber of local Scout Leaders is evi-
Georgia-Retrospect And Prospect
On February 12, Georgia will mark her 235th
birthday.
It was on February 12, 1733 that General James
Edward Oglethorpe and his little band of colonists
seeking a new life in a new world, plied their way
up the Savannah River in the small, 200 ton ship
"Anne" which had brought them from England.
The moss-draped trees, the mocker’s carefree
song, the verdant vegetation all lent promise to
the culmination of their dreams.
Heaven seemed to smile upon this philanthropic
venture sponsored by Gen. Oglethorpe and the Board
of Trustees for the Colony of Georgia. When they
anchored near a high bluff. 18 miles from the sea,
the band of Yamacraw Indians watching their landing
proved friendly. Moreover, Mary Musgrove, half
breed wife of a renegade English trader, spoke
English; and a treaty was soon effected with the
Yamacraw Chief Tomo-Chi-Chi.
This sturdy little band of some 114 souls pitched
tents, cleared land and founded Savannah in Georgia,
13th and last of the original colonies. Its charter
and objectives promoted policies of general welfare
for all colonists. Education was early recognized
as a prime requisite in utilization of natural re
sources, maintenance of democratic institutions
In a Christian nation such as ours concern for
the deprived is proper and expected. Indeed, it
is the history of our people that concern for the
deprived has prompted generosity admired by the
entire civilized world.
Within our own borders, however, concern for the
deprived has waned. And the deprived are grievous
ly in need. Federal funds and projects have not been
enough. Appropriations and budgeted bounties have
not done the job. There have been commissions and
authorities. Experts have been empanelled. Yet the
plight of the deprived in our country grows worse,
not better.
Who are these deprived?
The woman whose purse is snatched from her hand
in the street
The merchant whose cash register is emptied wh
ile he is held at bay.
The teenage daughter of a neighbor who is depriv
ed of her virginity, by force.
The homeowner who returns to a house from whi
ch the TV, the radio, the silverware and the piggy
bank have been stolen.
Medical Purposes And Principles
from the day it was founded in 1847 by physicians
who were concerned with the status of healthcare in
the United States, the American Medical Association
has been the representative of the medical professi
on in the United States. The founders of the Associ
ation stated that its purpose was “to promote the
science and art of medicine and the betterment of
public health.” This phrase has epitomized the
high purposes of the medical profession. But
many have felt the statement is so general that
it lias led to confusion.
The AMA has now adopted a new statement set
ting forth in the clearest terms possible, says it
is the continuing purposes of the AMA to foster the
advancement of medical science and the health of
the American people through the following means:
1. By encouraging the advancement of medical
knowledge, skills, techniques anddrugs; and by ma
intaining the highest standards of practice and health
care.
2. By creating incentives to attract increasing nu
mbers of capable people into medicine and the other
health-care professions.
3. By advancing and expanding the education of
physicians and other groups in the health-care field.
4. By motivating skilled physicians who have the
art of teaching to apply themselves to developing new
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MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Editor and Fubliihar
LEO S. MALLARD
Aniitant to Publiihar
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
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“Be Prepared”
i and economic growth. Thus, Georgia became the
first state in history to accept responsibility for
; public education. The Constitution of 1777 provided
; that "Schools shall be erected in each county and
supported at the general expense of the state as the
। Legislature shall hereafter point out and direct’’.
Subsequently, in 1785, the University of Georgia
became the first state university in the nation.
1 There is in our heritage recognition and re
verence of God and His Laws; acceptance of others
and their beliefs. Jews, Salzburgers, Moravians
and other oppressed groups found religious free
dom here. There is the stamina of courage and
faith; the indomitable spirit and philanthropy of
Oglethorpe; the pride of accomplishment by one’s
own efforts.
Today our population exceeds 4 1/2 million,
and Georgia is conceded to be out in front of the
nation’s fastest growing areas. We are on the
threshold of phenomenal growth and expansion. Our
agricultural, industrial, commercial and scientific
progress has far surpassed the most fantastic
dreams of those first stalwart Georgians.
But, let us remember that their dreams were
not built on gold and greed; but, on integrity, and
love of God and their fellowman. May we preserve
this great heritage for those who come after us!
The Deprived
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denced in the impressive number who have with
) in recent years received the Silver Beaver, Scout
ing’s highest leadership award. Among these re
cipients are: John L Alford, C. D. Ramsey, Jr.,
Burrus B. Snow, Homer F. Sharp, B. C. Crowell,
George B. Hutchinson, M. Bernys Shaw, Frank
Meadors, S. J. Morcock, E. G. Lassiter and How-
ard Brooks. Tribute was also paid the local
Scouting Program in the location in 1960, of Bert
Adams Scout Reservation in Newton County, on
Jackson Road, where over 10,000 Scouts and their
leaders camp each year.
Current Newton-Rockdale District Leaders are
District Scout Executive Roger Zuercher; District
' Committee Chairman Sam Ramsey; District Com
missioner John Burson; and the following Organi
zational and Extension Chairmen: Howard Brooks,
Charles Burnett, Ted Stroud, Leo S. Mallard, Dr.
James Purcell, Bill Hoffman, Carlos Meyer, all
of Newton County; and Oscar Boozer of Conyers.
The taxpayer whose family automobile has been
stolen.
The jobholder who has had a knife or a gun jam
med into his ribs a block from home, is mugged
and beaten and robbed.
The vacationing family who returned to find the
house stripped of even the furniture.
These are the deprived in our land. The really
deprived. They outnumber the deadbeats on welf
are, the poverty program sponges and the black
power marchers by ten to one.
Our police have been cowed into docility toward
those who deprive us. Our courts have pampered
those who deprive us. Our politicians have been
nauseating in their pandering to pressures-and
votes.
We are the deprived-we who pay the taxes, we
who suffer pain and loss-of property and even life.
And the time has come to tell the judges, the
police, the politicians, and Washington, that you
don’t aim to be deprived any longer.
If you are one of the deprived, start making noi
ses. Loud. You’ll be heard.
generations of excellent practitioners.
5. By fostering programs that will encourage me
dical and health personnel to serve voluntarily in the
areas of need for medical care.
6. By developing techniques and practices that wi
ll moderate the costs of good medical and health ca
re.
7. By seeking out and fostering means of making
all health-care facilities--physicians* offices, hos
pitals, laboratories, clinics and other--as efficient
and economical as good medical practice and atten
tion to human values will permit.
8. By combining the utilization of the latest kno
wledge for prevention and treatment with the vital
healing force of the physician’s personal knowledge
of and devotion to his patient.
9. By maintaining the impetus of dedicated men
and women in providing excellent health care by
preserving the incentives and effectiveness of uns
hackled medical practice.
10. By maintaining the highest level of ethics and
professional standards among all members of the
medical profession.
11. By proving leadership and guidance to the me
dical profession of the world in meeting the health
needs of changing populations.
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
A..oci«t« Editor
LEO MALLARD
Advorti.ing Manager
Entered at the Po.t Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Clan.
OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOK
Sunday School
THE TRUE BREAD
FROM HEAVEN
Devotional Reading: Matthew
7:7-11.
Memory Selection: I am the
bread of life; he who comes
to me shall not hunger, and he
who believes in me shall never
thirst. John 6:35.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
What Really Satisfies?
Young People - Adult Topic:
Life’s Hunger Satisfied.
In these days when on every
hand we are hearing about the
world’s hunger and need, and
when countless agencies and or
ganizations are seeking to alle
viate physical suffering, there
is a parallel need to present
the subject matter of this less
on.
The lesson topic speaks for
itself: "The True Bread from
Heaven."
In the earthly ministry of our
Lord we find that the Master
was everywhere concerned about
the plight of man. He was well
aware that man needs daily food,
clothing, and shelter, yet he com
forted man by saying that our
heavenly Father knows that we
have need of such things. He
had Illustrated the Father’s care
of his children by pointing to the
birds who do not sow or reap
or gather into barns (Matt.
6:25-28). Likewise he gave the
example of the flowers of the
field that are clothed by God.
Jesus chided man mildly by re
minding us that God knows all
about our daily physical requi
rements, and that He meets them
one by one.
The best advice that Jesus
ever gave us is illustrated by
his words, "I am the bread of
life.” He meets our physical
need of daily bread, but he also
offers his followers spiritual tr
uth. On this we must depend.
The ideal Christian should al
ways be concerned for the bo
dily needs of men, but he must
never neglect their spiritual re
quirements.
The background of today’s les
son (John 6:1-35) finds its set
ting as many from the multit
ude of five thousand that had been
fed by the miracle of the loaves
and fishes sought to follow Jesus.
It deals with the day after this
marvelous incident. Jesus had
departed by boat into Caperna
um. The disciples for* Some
reason had chosen another rou
te.
Impressed by our Lord’s teac
hing and miracles, the crowd
used whatever boats were avail
able and crossed the sea to find
the Master. There he was, as
BAND BOOSTERS MET TUESDAY
The Band Boosters Club met
Tuesday evening, February 6, at
the Teen Can building with Troy
Puckett, president, presiding. He
welcomed everyone and presen
ted Alan Mitchell, Minister of
Music at the First Baptist Ch
urch and Publicity Chairman of
the Band Booster Club, who was
in charge of the program for
the evening.
The Primary Choir of the First
Baptist Church, under the direc
tion of Mitchell, presented a mu
sical program, with the group
singing '‘America”, “O My Soul,
Bless God the Father”, “O Come,
Let Us Sing Unto The Lord”,
“In Our Choir”, “Marching To
Preteria”, and “We Are Young
Musicians”. During the pro
gram Mitchell demonstrated the
music, materials and methods
used when working with child
ren in this age group in the
field of Music Education. The
members of this choir range in
age from 6-8 years. This gr
oup and the Junior Choir of the
church recently participated in
the Church Music Clinic with
both choirs receiving Excellent
ratings.
During the business meeting
two new instruments were pre
sented to the Blue Rambler Band
by the Band Booster Club. A
bass clarinet and French horn,
two of the instruments too ex
pensive for individuals to pur
chase, were presented to the
MEMBERS OF THE Primary Choir of the First Baptist Church are shown at the Teen Can when they pre
sented a musical program Tuesday evening for the Band Boosters Club program. The group is di
rected by Alan Mitchell.
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they had expected, and so they
addressed him "Rabbi" (teac
her) and said to him, "When
earnest thou hither?" Jesus per
ceived their true motive and
responded, "Verily, verily, Isay
unto you, ye seek me not be
cause ye saw the miracles, but
because ye did eat of the loa
ves, and were filled." At this
point he cautioned them, "Labor
not for the meat that perisheth,
but for that meat which endureth
into everlasting life, which the
Son of man shall give unto you.”
Our motives are always keen
ly perceived by God, and He is
aware of the fact that often we
seek satisfaction from material
blessings when it would be bet
ter for us to answer our inner
craving for spiritual happiness.
The spokesman for the multi
tude pointed out to Jesus that
their fathers had been fed with
manna in the wilderness. They
attributed that miracle to Moses
but Jesus found it necessary to
correct their false impressions.
"Moses gave you not that bread
from heaven," said the Master,
"but my Father giveth you the
true bread from heaven." "For,”
he continued, "the bread of God
is he which cometh down from
heaven, and giveth life unto the
world.” This elicited from the
multitude a plea, "Lord, ever
more give us this bread."
Jesus makes “the bread of
God” attractive and appealing
as man senses that his deep
est need is not for material
bread, but for spiritual sus
tenance.
The crowd’s request for "this
bread" brought forth from Jesus
the confirmation that he is the gift
of God and thus the bread of life.
He sought to show man that he is
to the soul what bread is to the
body, for he nourishes spiritually
and supports all of life. He is
indeed the staff of life for men’s
spirits.
Jesus’ response is in propor
tion to man’s cry for spiritual
food. "Give us” issues into Ch
rist’s estimate of himself. “I
am the bread of life: he that
cometh to me shall never hun
ger; and he that believeth on me
shall never thirst.”
Our daily requirement of food
is not more important than our
daily need to have the hunger of
soul satisifed and the thirst of
spirit quenched.
"I am the bread of life" is
our Lord’s answer to the des
perate cry of mankind. We
must come to him as he calls,
"Follow me", and we must be
lieve on him if life is to have
spiritual satisfaction.
band.
Rucker Ginn, chairman of Ways
and Means committee, outlined
plans for the upcoming sale of
candy by the Band Boosters and
band students. James Bell ex
pressed appreciation to those
housing students at the time of
the recent Tenth District Ju
nior High Band Festival. Basil
Rigney, Band Director of the
Blue Ramblers, presented the
itinerary for the Blue Ramblers
trip to Washington the latter
part of March, when they will
play in the Cherry Blossom Fes
tival,
7-Million Employees
Due For Salary Raise
WASHINGTON—Some $2.3 bil
lion in increased wages will go to
roughly 7,260,000 employeesasa
result of the February 1 Federal
minimum wage changes, the De
partment of Labor has announced.
The workers benefiting directly
from these increases during the
next year are among the lowest
paid in the United States.
An estimated 5,958,000 work
ers in employment covered by
the Fair Labor Standards Act
prior to the 1966 Amendments
who are earning less than the
new minimum wage of $1.60 an
hour will be boosted to that
rate. An additional 1,302,000
workers brought under the Act’s
coverage by the 1966 Amend-
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JidiM "Jo
January 31, 1968
Dear Editor
I am writing this letter to the
Town Council and to the people
of Newton County.
I live out of town now but Cov
ington is my home in heart and
mind. I have heard that the Town
Council wants to cut down the
trees on the square and this
upsets me very much. Why sh
ould there be such a waste?
Those trees have stood many
more years than this Town Coun
cil and it’s Councilmen. They
serve a good purpose, enjoy
ment for the citizens and a sym
bol of the past. An era we have
never seen only remember. If
you wish to erase the memory
of fine Southern traditions why
not remove the old respectable
homes and the memorial to the
Confederate Soldiers?
I make my plea to the citizens
of Newton County to back the
trees and stop the Councilmen.
Once gone they cannot be re
placed.
I ask that Councilmen to think
and leave them. Modernize but
please do not destroy.
Thank you,
Donna Ragan Garcia
MotfiiaJ
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Patients Admitted During the
Week of January 28th thru Feb
ruary 4th, 1968;
Rodney Loyd, A. B. Mask, R.
W. Chancey, Henry O. Carr,
Mrs. Patricia Wilson, Mrs. Na
nolene Moyers, Mrs. Patricia
Bennett, Mrs. Martha Thurman,
Mrs. Ina Tanner, Charles Rut
ledge, Jr., Albert James Mid
dlebrooks, Mrs. Barbara Cook,
Mrs. Clara Glanton, Mrs. Flo
rence Wilkinson, Mrs. Judy Bag
ley, John R. Barrington, Dorothy
Palmer, June Bentley, Bonnie
Johnson, Lenora D. Jefferies,
Ted Bates, Mrs. Elsie Crowe,
Dewey Crenshaw, Mrs. Lois Bl
ackwell, Carol Sargent.
John Howell, Mrs. Nancy Fin
ley, Mrs. Bertha Dial, Mrs. Sa
ra Sue Harville, Reba Reagan,
Thomas F. Yarbrough, Shirley
Taylor, Mrs. Betty Hewell, Ja
mes Scott Wilson, Billy S. Ba
tes, Julian B. Watts, Jessie Kn
ight, Brenda Bailey, Mrs. Hazel
Hood, Ernest Lee Middlebrooks,
Jimmy E. Harwell, Geneva Ellis,
Jack Digby, Wilbur Jones, Cl
ara Martin, Judy M. Livingston,
Alcie C. Harper, Thelma
H. Meeks, James M. Parnell,
Rena P. Thompson, Marian Day.
Sharon Burnette, Annie Duf
fle, Mary Durden, Patricia Ann
Brewer, Willie Eva Leslie, Ric
hard Leverett, Sara Lackey, Je
anette Garlington, Alfonzo Gl
over, Robert Pritchett, Mrs. Br
enda Stanford, Martha Freeman,
Miss Emma Jean Head, Eva Cun
ningham, Ollie Mae Kelly, Emma
Willie Nelson, Mrs. Shirley Pe
terson.
Patients Remaining the Week
of February 4th, 1968:
Mrs. Patricia Ann Bennett,
Mrs. Judy Bagley, June Bentley,
Ted Bates, Mrs. Lois Blackwell,
Mrs. Ruth Black, Franklin Bl
ack, Miss Cecilia B. Branham,
R. W, Chancey, Henry O. Carr,
Mrs. Barbara Cook, Dewey J.
Crenshaw, Mrs. Elsie Crowe,
Miss Bertha Dial, Jack Digby,
Mrs. Eva Gardner, Mrs. Clara
Glanton, Mrs. Hazel Hood, Mrs.
Artha Hall.
Mrs. Lyda Sue B. Hall, Mrs.
Lenora D. Jefferies, Columbus N.
Jordan, Luther Kitchens, Rodney
Loyd, Richard Leverett, Clara
Martin, Mrs. Nanolene Moyers,
Albert B. Mask, Mrs. Willie
Emma Nelson, Robert Pritchett,
Richard Savage, Mrs. Martha
Thurman, Mrs. Ina Tanner, Mrs.
Rena Thompson, Stewart Thomp
son, Mrs. Patricia Wilson, Ju
lian B. Watts, Miss May Wh
eeler, John R. Wilkerson, Mrs.
Minnie Woodruff, Charles Wil
liams, Thomas F. Yarbrough.
Eva Cunningham, Annie Duf
fie, Mary Durden, Alfonza Gl
over, Mrs. Ollie Mae Kelly, Sh
irley Peterson.
ments and earning less than $1.15
an hour will receive a hike to
that rate.
The $1.60 rate applies to 33,-
052,000 workers mainly in man
ufacturing, transportation, wh
olesale trade, large retail stores,
finance, insurance, and real es
tate.
SENATOR PENNINGTON
At Th* Capitol
The Georgia General Assembly
returned after a hard working
"recess" to a full schedule this
week.
The topic uppermost on the
minds of many of the members
was the matter of impeachment
proceedings being considered ag
ainst two members of the State
Pardon and Parole Board. Be
fore this matter could come to a
vote in the House, one of the
members resigned. This act
ion will allow that member to
draw approximately S7O0 per mo
nth in retirement.
Senator Brooks Pennington, of
Madison, Georgia, when asked to
comment on the situation said he
felt "the impeachment hearing
should have proceeded.
“So many serious questions
have been raised that those ac
cused should either be given the
opportunity to clear their names
or, if guilty, should be exposed
and punished. The matter of pub
lic trust is a great responsibility
and should not be taken lightly,
either by public officials or the
public itself.”
Senator Pennington went on to
state that he thought the ruling
that a person impeached would
still be eligible to draw retire
ment was ridiculous, that "any
one proven guilty of malfeasan
ce in office should not be entitled
to the benefits of faithful service
and should only be able to draw
out the money they had paid in."
He called for an investigation
of this procedure and recommen
ded a change in the state retire-
THE LEGISLETTER
By Glenn McCullough
(Executive Manager GPA)
The resignation of Pardons and
Paroles Board member J. W. Cl
axton, expected to occupy a good
bit of attention of the House this
week, did not quell the uproar
over impeachment proceedings
because Republicans and some
Democrats were appalled to learn
that Claxton, who resigned under
fire, could still be eligible for
retirement pay. Across the hall
the Senate was expected to sc
rutinize carefully the qualifi
cations of Dr. William Dyer,
Moultrie chiropractor named to
replace Claxton, because of his
employment as a consultant by
Honeywell, Inc. which recently
sold the state one half million
dollars worth of computer eq
uipment. Dyer has served as
a member of the State Litera
ture Commission and is a long
time friend of Governor Mad
dox.
In the meantime the House
Appropriations Committee con
tinues to study the Maddox bud
get and some charged they have
in effect put a "freeze” on it
deliberately delaying reporting
to the House so as to hold it
through the Senate appropriation
recess. James H. "Sloppy”
Floyd, chairman of the Appro
priations Committee of the
House, says there is no rea
son the Senate could not con
duct its study of the budget be
fore the House acted.
Last week the Senate passed
an amended version of the con
troversial bill liberalizing Geor
gia’s abortion laws but the mea
sure ran Into some trouble in
the House, which approved the
original bill last year. It author,
Rep. Dick Starnes of Rome, feels
that a House-Senate conference
committee will be able to work
out the difference.
Two antl-obscenlty bills pas
sed both houses during the week
and now only await the governor’s
signature to become law. One
cuts some of the red tape bind
ing solicitors who wish to pro
secute against smutty books and
magazines and the other outlaws
obscene telephone calls.
The House passed several bills
affecting the state’s election
laws, including one that would
Layona Glenn
Says . . .
Hail! and how are “y’all?”
I’m back in circulation once
more, though a bit the worse for
Oxford RA’s
Officers
Elected
The Royal Ambassadors of the
Oxford Baptist Church held an
organizational meeting Wednes
day, January 31, at 6:00 P.M.
The meeting consisted of elect
ing the officers and forming fu
ture plans.
The following were elected to
serve as officers for the year
1968: President, Mike Mason;
Vice President, Olin Me Micheal;
Secretary - Treasurer, Billy
Reagan; and Athletic Chairman,
Terry Johnson. Others attending
the meeting were Alton Mason,
Billy Strickland, Scott Hubbard
and Larry Rowe. The boys also
enjoyed a game of football.
ment law.
The week continued to be a busy
one for the Senate Agriculture
and Natural Resources Commit
tee, of which Senator Pennington
is Chairman. They passed thr
ought the Senate four bills and
resolutions to aid the plight of the
Georgia, Tobacco Farmer, re
commended to the Senate the pas
sage of the Surface Mining Law,
which will regulate surface min
ing—and more importantly—the
reclamation of land after the
mining operation has moved on—
in the State.
Agriculture Committee mem
bers conferred several times du
ring the week with representat
ives of and delegates to the Geor
gia Poultry Federation in an ef
fort to see what their problems
were and what legislation might
be needed to solve these pro
blems.
A pleasant moment for all her
fans was the visit to the Governor
and General Assembly of Grand
Ole Opry Star "Minnie Pearl”,
a very gracious and charming
lady who announced to one and
all that she was “Glad to be
here and so proud I could come."
As a member herself of the
poultry industry, Miss Pearl was
in Atlanta to attend the Poultry
Federation meeting along with
over 7,000 delegates throughout
Georgia to promote Georgia
Poultry, called by Senator Pen
nington “Georgia’s Number one
Agricultural Industry, and Geor
gia Poultry is Number one in the
Nation."
force the Republican party to pay
a nickle-a-name tax when using
the nominating petition route to
get a candidate’s name on the
general election ballot. The
House minority leader and other
GOP legislators charged that
measure and some others are a
“deliberate attempt to gut the
Georgia Republican party.”
The House gave its approval
to a sweeping revision in the ju
venile code of Georgia but did
not change the adult-juvenile di
viding line from 17 to 18. The
proposals would give additional
legal rights to accused juveniles.
The “Implied consent” bill cl
eared a House committee. The
measure, which forces motorists
to submit to a blood or breath
test when suspected of driving
under the influence of alcohol,
is regarded by traffic safety
people as the key to their leg
islative hopes this year.
A Senate committee appro
ved a bill requiring unanimous
consent of the three Pardons and
Paroles Board members before
paroling a felon. One member
objected on the grounds that ap
pellate courts don’t require un
animity and a floor fight was
expected this week.
Early this week the Senate
heard a plea from the Institu
tions and Mental Health Com
mittee that “Immediate steps”
be taken to build a $6-million
educational complex for child
ren at Central State Hospital at
Milledgeville. This same com
mittee has been investigating all
of the state’s mental health fa
cilities during the present ses
sion of the General Assembly.
Several weeks ago members of
this committee visited the hos
pital in Milledgeville and inspec
ted facilities there for 597 under
aged patients. They were visibly
touched by what they saw —
especially by the 147 children
who are living in adult wards at
the hospital. The Health Depart
ment has stated that $1.5 mil
lion would be needed to Insure
separate quarters for the '■hild
ren, and the committee Is asking
that this amount be found to op
erate the proposed complex for
children during Its first year.
wear! Am able to sit up and
take nourishment, if I can get
it, after an eight-day bout with
“Flu”. Nobody knows just how
to appreciate good health till it
“Flies the coop”, and leaves
you wondering just what happen
ed! I have my own particular
treatment for the prevention and
cure of a cold, and it is infal
able if taken properly, and at the
right time; but I got careless and
failed to observe the rules, AND,
next thing I knew, I was down
and out! It cost me an eight-day
fight to get back on even keel,
and start back on the up grade.
However, I have accomplished
this with the help of the good
Lord, and my good friend, Mrs.
Jennie Jenkins, who stood by me
as a truly faithful friend. So
now I am on the up-grade once
more, and hope soon to be able
to say that my illness is really
a thing of the past.
So, here’s hoping this finds
you all feeling as well as it lea
ves me.
I thank thee, Lord! and Pr
aise be to Thee!