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COMMENTS
Educational Responsibility
The knowledge explosion combined with popula
tion growth adds up to a job for our educational
systems that in its scope and size beggars the
imagination. To an increasing degree, indivi
duals already established in a career or profess
ion find it necessary to return to colleges and
universities to take refresher courses or attend
seminars to keep up with new developments in
their own fields or in newly developing but re
lated areas of knowledge.
With all this change and all the pressure to
provide technical, job or profession - related
training, educational institutionscarry the increas
ingly vital burden of imparting an appreciation of
the hundreds of years of struggle against tyranny
which Western civilization endured before the rea
lity of individual liberty was realized. Technical
excellence will mean little in terms of human hap
piness unless people in the United States under
stand and defend their own economic system and
institutions of representative government. Mr.
John E. Swearingen, chairman of one of the na
tion’s major oil companies considering the demands
Their average life span is 43 years, compared
to more than 70 for America’s over-all population.
They have twice as much influenza and pneumonia
in proportion and seven times as much tuberculo
sis. They suffer widely from an infectious eye
disease -- trachoma -- all but unknown to the
average American.
At the same time, and by no mere coincidence,
their unemployment rate verges on 50 percent;
their average family income is at the poverty
level of $1,500 a year; and 90 percent of their
housing is substandard. This is a true picture —
not of some remote nation in an underdeveloped
area, but of a group within the United States -
the 380,000 Indians and Alaskan natives.
These facts, vaguely known but generally disre
garded by most people, were re-emphasized at a
conference of the Association of American Indian
Affairs, held in New York. Dr. Howard A. Rusk,
As a test driver for Chevrolet, Paul Awrey
has logged almost a million miles in the past
two decades.
So how does he relax after a day of 200 miles
or more over the loops and straightaways at
the General Motors Proving Ground near Milford,
Mich.?
He takes a little drive in his own car—
“pleasure” driving that adds up to about 25,000
“off-duty” miles a year, all within Awrey’s
special set of safety rules.
Obviously, safe driving is of prime concern,
and as an experienced, expert professional he
is well-qualified to pass along the procedures,
attitudes and habits which he and his fellow test
drivers feel distinguish the safe, skilled motorist.
On the eve of another major holiday and ac
companying heavy traffic, here are the observa
tions and suggestions of these men;
“Safety is much a matter of courtesy and
patience.”
“First thing I do when I slide behind the wheel
THE
CHATTER
...EOX...
them to be the best officer yeti
It seems we have only Republi
can papers in Atlanta, that can
not join hands with a Democrat
elected, to help make the State,
giving them their livelihood, and
it’s officers to succeed. The Ed
itors of the Atlanta papers, have
men who have been our friends
for many, many years. . .Ralph
McGill has been a guest in our
home on many occasions. . .1
remember how he’d drop in with
Carolyn Carter, our friend from
Montezuma. . .and loved our
“Black-eyed Peas’’ on New
Years days.
Gene Anderson hails from the
part of the State where our Grand
father hailed. . .and was a law
yer. . . and Judge. . .and where
A. B. lived. . . .Adel, Georgia.
We have many friends there,
and we feel very close to him,
and appreciate the fine work
he has done. . .Jack Spaulding
and wife are Press Convention
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LEO S. MALLARD
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Speaking Os Poverty
Test Driver Gives Tips
friends, and we are fond of them
. . .but their Children. . .OH!
OH*. They are our pride and joy!
Our Convention would not be
complete without them. . . .and
what wonderful parents they are
. . . Jack Tarver and Margaret
. .. are friends, .in fact we )ove
every one of these people on
the Journal and Constitution. .
but they don’t always pull with
the Governor and officers Geor
gia elects.
When you are in Rome “fell
ers” you don’t always have to do
as Rome does. . .but you can’t
break Rome to pieces, no mat
ter how hard you try. . .nor can
any group but this is your
home State now, and ours, .we
believe in and strive to help ev
ery elected official do a good
job. YOU did not elect them?
Well, nobodys slate is always
elected. . .but God does have a
hand in many things and we do
believe He shows us when we
are right and when we are not!
. . . the more we join hands in
striving to assist our elected
Officers, at Home and in State
affairs, .the better our entire
country will be. One for all,
and all for the group elected will
certainly, through prayer, in
stead of slander, make this a
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which will be placed on education, has commented,
“As costs go up, the federal government assumes
an ever larger degree of control over the opera
tions and direction of the teaching institutions —
private as well as public —by virtue of its con
trol over the major sources of funds for educa
tion. . . .Given the combination of resources,
idealism, and determination, we have it in our
power to reshape the world for the better on a
scale which can dwarf previous efforts. Whether
we do this or something entirely different is likely
to be determined before the end of this century,
and the course taken by our educational insti
tutions is going to exercise a powerful effect on
the eventual outcome.”
To preserve the freedom of education, it will be
vital that state and local governments, private
individuals, business and industry expand their fi
nancial support and maintain their influence in
shaping educational facilities and goals to safe
guard the heritage of the U. S. and meet the needs
of students of all ages who will hold the future of
the U. S. in their hands.
noted writer on medicine, summed up the conier
ence’s main conclusions in these words:
. .that increased preventive medical services
and improved environmental conditions hold the
key to improved health for American Indians and
Alaskan natives.
It has already been shown that the situation
can be improved by an increased investment of
effort and funds where they will do the most
good. Dr. Rusk pointed out that the condition of
the Indians and Alaskan natives, deplorable as it is
today, was much worse a dozen years ago before
responsibility for Indian health was transferred
to the U. S. Public Health Service. An increased
appropriation in 1966 helped combat the trachoma
problem. But there is a vast need for further
effort While Indian health presents some spec
ial problems, experts in the field believe they
can be overcome.
of a car is press the brake pedal and check
the hand brake. An important part of safe motoring
is good equipment - wipers, tires, windows and
especially the brakes.”
"I imagine I’m driving three cars; the one
ahead of me, the one I’m in, and the one behind.
That way I can anticipate the actions of the other
two cars and can control my own better.”
“Just plain selfishness is a leading cause of
accidents. We lean backwards at the Proving
Ground to follow the rules and to give the other
driver a break.”
“Safety demands constant attention to three
areas—the road ahead, the rear view mirror
and the instrument panel, especially the speed
ometer.”
“Careful planning is important for trips of
any distance. When a motorist is pushing a
little too much, he’s asking for trouble. It
is easier and safer to aim for a steady speed
with regular rest stops.”
better State and world In which
to live. Now this is just the
opinion of ONE "OFFICE BOY”
. . .If you can’t whip urn’, . .
then Jine urn’ ... .each one of
us welcomes good constructive
criticism so lets make the State,
in which we live and draw our
livelihood from, a State that has
been so good to us, the best one
in the Union!
We are not paid to express
our opinion. . . we may be fired
. .but let’s join hands and help
our elected officials to do the
best ever. We have County, Ci
ty and State officers we some
times feel are not the ones we,
personally, would have voted for
. .but why hurt your state with
the picture we make, with our
Newspapers intimations. Let’s
wash up our antagonistic atti
tudes, and get down to coopera
ting. . .and lending a helpful hand
where needed. . .We always have
a few in City, County and State
that were not our choice, but they
are just as much YOURS as if
you voted for them.
Opps! Here comes that broom.
I must remember my job is jest
. . . ."SWEEPIN’ UP!”
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
THE STORY OF JOB
Devotional Reading: Job 19:
23-29.
Memory Selection: For the
moment all discipline seems
painful rather than pleasant; later
it yields the peaceful fruit of
righteousness to those who have
been trained by it. Hebrews
12:11.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Job under Fire.
Young People-Adult Topic:
Job under Fire.
What is to be our attitude
toward the unknowable?
The chances are, of course,
that we shall remain in ignorance
of much of the universe round
about us. This is true in the
physical realm. It is also true
in the spiritual, although the Bible
does disclose to us such infor
mation as it would seem best
for us to know for the growth
and salvation of our souls. But
still vast areas of reality re
main definitely unknown to us.
The Book of Job, as we have
reminded ourselves formerly, is
a didactic (teaching)poem, some
what, as certain scholars be
lieve, in the form of a drama.
Certainly it attempts to investi
gate one of the most dramatic
situations of life, namely, the
reason why the righteous are so
often called upon to suffer. The
conclusion of religious thinkers
some thousands of years ago,
that suffering is always the re
sult of sin, is just too naive
to explain this complicated and
baffling question. Sin does, in
deed, bring suffering, and it can
be further said that a large per
centage of the world’s suffering
comes from sin. But certainly
not all of it.
The righteous do suffer at
times, and their wails and ques
tionings sound above the turmoil
of the centuries. “Why did this
happen to me?” “Think of the
people who deserve to suffer and
do not.” “After all my devo
tion to God and my service in
his behalf, why should this cat
astrophe come upon me?”
The Book of Job is an Old
Testament attempt to answer the
important question of one aspect
of human suffering. Chirst’s
death on the cross was the com
plete answer. Much of the wis
dom literature (and the Book
of Job falls in this category)
deals with teachings which re
semble the teachings of Christ
and his apostles.
The word Satan means Adver
sary. Satan is that being, hostile
to all goodness and a continual
opponent of God and man. He
aims at all times to undo the
Layona Glenn
Says . . .
While the English language was
being formed why didn’t people
confine one phonetic sound to a
certain letter, or combination of
letters? Each letter should carry
at most two sounds, the long,
and short sounds, which could
be indicated by the contiguous
letters, for instance
a- as in ate
a- as in at
Instead of that we have the
long a sound produced by ei,
as in eight; weight and ey, as
in they, prey. In addition to
these there are half a dozen
other modifications of the sounds
of the letter. “I” is twisted
to sound like “U” as in bird,
or e in marine.
All of the vowels suffer simi-
Talmadge Files
For Re-Election
To U. S. Senate
ATLANTA (GPS)—U. S. Sen.
Herman Eugene Talmadge, who
has served in the Senate since
Jan. 3, 1957, has qualified as
a candidate for reelection to
that office in this year's election.
In qualifying, the 54-year-old
junior senator, who served as
governor of Georgia from 1948
to 1955, Issued the following
statement:
“The people of Georgia have
honored me on two occasions
with the highest executive office
in the state, and with two terms
in the United States Senate. In
the governor’s office and In the
Senate, it has been my sole
purpose to serve all the people
of Georgia, whatever their cal
ling or station in life, to the
best of my God-given abilities.
“When I was elected a sena
tor from Georgia in 1956, and on
my reelection in 1962, I pledg
ed to keep faith with the people
of our state, and to do Geor
gia’s will in Washington. I pledg
ed also my allegiance to sound,
constitutional government that
would serve the best interests
of all the citizens of our great
state and nation.
“This was mv mandate from
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work of God, seeks to lure hu
man beings into sin, and en
deavors to persuade them to re
ject God’s gracious offer of sal
vation. Satan operates, however,
only with God’s permission. Evil
though he is, he fits into the
picture of redemption, for without
him there would be no moral
trial, and without such trial there
would be no moral and spiritual
growth.
Even Jesus was tempted by
Satan, and his one historic temp
tation was followed by others.
The writer of the Epistle to the
Hebrews declares that he was
tempted in ail points like as we
are yet without sin (Heb.4:ls).
Many modern thinkers (some
even among professional theolo
gians) scoff at the idea of a
personal devil. That, they claim,
is part and parcel of naive ages
of ignorance and superstition.
Their claim is that we know
better today. But do we? Temp
tation is undoubtedly personal,
just as salvation comes to us
through the grace and power of
a personal God.
There is certainly something
gnawing at our souls, and most
of us are aware of this. We
believe this to be—and the Bible
confirms our belief—a personal
evil influence. Satan, the Ad
versary, is still an important and
terrifying evil force working to
undermine our peace and sal
vation.
In the first chapter with which
this remarkable Book of Job
opens, we learn that there was
a man who lived in the land of
Uz, a perfect and upright man,
“and one that feared God and
eschewed evil.” He had seven
sons and three daughters. He
had been prosperous. Seven
thousand sheep, three thousand
camels, five thousand yoke of
oxen, and five hundred she asses,
along with a vast household of
servants and retainers, made
him indeed the greatest man of
the East. The sons of Job
spent much of their time feast
ing in their houses, inviting their
three sisters to join them.
The biblical desciption is one
that shocks most conceptions of
social justice but it fitted per
fectly into the thought and as
pirations of antiquity.
At last came an evil day.
Satan, the Adversary, appeared
before the Lord, and when the
Most High praised Job, Satan
gave the cynical answer that,
to use a modern slang phrase,
he knew on which side his bread
was buttered. Take away his
living, declared Satan, and you
will see how truly faithful this
paragon of virtue actually is.
lar modifications.
In dictionaries the diacritical
marks indicate the different val
ues given the letters, but these
marks are not carried in the
ordinary printed page, so the
casual reader has none of these
necessary helps.
No wonder that English is
classed as about the most diffi
cult language to be learned.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could
have a remodeling of our language
into a really phonetic tongue?
Wouldn’t our school kids be
relieved of a lot of hard work.
I imagine it may be done some
day. If and when that time comes
our youngsters will have as much
difficulty deciphering the litera
ture of our time as we do trying
to read Chaucer.
the people. In all humility and
with gratitude to the people for
affording me this opportunity, I
have kept this mandate.
“My almost 12 years exper
ience and seniority in the Sen
ate, and high-ranking member
ship on the important committees
of Finance, Agriculture and For
estry. and the Joint Economic
EjRW
♦ MRS. ROBERT I. BURALL
TENTH DISTRICT DIR.
♦ GEORGIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS
♦ AND TEACHERS
School will soon be closing
its doors for the summer, but
PTA Units should never close
their hearts and minds to the
work that must go on. There
are many things to do during
the summer months. It is the
best time to plan a School of
Instructions, to continue pro
gram plans, bind year’s PTA
magazines for bookshelf, and
above all make plans to organize
a new PTA if your school is
without one. Your children will
be the benefactor of a closer
home-school relation.
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Dear Mrs. Dennis,
I told you that if I ever got a
chance I’d drop you a line.
I don’t know what to think of
our country now. It looks like
people just don’t think too much
of what opportunities we have.
The war in Viet Nam is not
enough, they have to fight in the
streets at home.
Here is a poem that was written
by a Marine that was killed in
Viet Nam.
We are the men who stand alone,
Twelve thousand miles from
home.
Our hearts are empty of all
but blood,
Our bodies are covered with
sweat and mud.
This is the life we choose to
live
A year or a lifetime is what
we’U give,
You’ll never know what it’s like
to be here,
You with your parties, girls and
beer.
Have a ball without half trying,
While over here men are dying,
Burn your draft cards on a march
at dawn,
Plant your signs on the White
House lawn,
Shout out “Ban the bomb”,
And “There is no war in Viet
Nam”.
Pop some pills, roll in the sun,
Simply refuse to carry a gun,
There is nothing else for you
to do,
And I’m supposed to die for
y0u.....
(Marine Pfc. James Payne killed
in Viet Nam on April 1, 1968)
This is a poem of so many
servicemen today. We are hav
ing to fight for people that don’t
care if this country even exists.
Here in California something
is happening though. One of the
biggest religious movements in
the country is going on, on Col
lege Campuses. People and stu
dents are turning to the real
answer of our problems, Jesus
Christ.
I want to say to everybody it’s
time to wake up. I don’t believe
that we will last too much longer
unless we do turn to Christ.
Sincerely,
H. B. Adams
Address:
Henry B. Adams, 7M SN
BE/E Div. 6073 SCC
Class 1G 17 NTC
San Diego, Calif. F. 92133
Dear Sir;
Will you please help me to lo
cate some of my "long lost” kin?
I feel that they should be living
somewhere in Georgia, but I’m
just not sure exactly where. All
of my earlier attempts to locate
them have been fruitless - your
paper is my only hope.
This is all that I know; my
great-great-great grandpa, Da
vid Johnston (1768-1841) marr
ied Rebekah Neal (1771-1812) on
Nov. 24, 1789. They lived in
South Carolina, but they later
moved to Georgia. They had 10
children: Jabez, Arthur, Shad
rach, Ezra, Obedience, Eliza
beth, Jonathan, Patience, Reb
ecca and Thomas.
I only have knowledge of one
of the 10 children, Thomas John
ston (1810-1876) married a Miss
Shockley in Georgia, but they la
ter, moved here to Pike County,
Alabama. Surely out of 9 other
children I must have kin some
where in Georgia!
I know that David Johnston is
buried at the old Johnston ceme
tery near Williamson, Ga. I
also know that one of his grand
sons, Thomas Ezra Johnston
(1846-1929) was born at Forsyth,
Ga.
Will you please print my qu
ery in your paper. Perhaps
some descendant of the above
will see it. Thank you for read
ing my letter.
Respectfully,
John Johnston
Box 111
Brundidge, Ala. 36010
Committee of Congress, will en
able me to be an even more
effective and influential spokes
man for our state and nation
in the Congress.
“It is my sincere desire to
continue to serve Georgia and
As parents and teachers we owe
this to our future leaders of
America. Together we can train
a child more intelligently by co
operating and working to give the
child the highest advantages in
physical, mental, social, and
spiritual education.
Make use of the summer
months. Keep your PTA Officers
informed ano up to date on Cri
tical issues that affect all child
ren and youth within your com
munity. Everyone benefits from
a good and active PTA.
A CBS special report on tele
vision Tuesday night entitled
“Hunger In America” touched
me deeply as a human being
and shamed me as an American.
As an over-nourished Ameri
can with plump, healthy children
I watched in disbelief and sym
pathy and was angered in general
at a nation, a government, and
a people that could allow inno
cent women and children literal
ly starve and die from diseases
brought on by malnutrition.
In this section we immediate
ly associate the Negro with po
verty and some rebel at the
thought of “helping those who
won’t help themselves”. Most
people realize that even in this
section, in many cases, there
are few ways for impoverished
women and children with no in
come to “help themselves.”
However, I was glad to see
that this program didn’t just
dwell on the poverty of one
race. It started with a look
at the Mexican - Americans in
the slums in San Antonio, Tex
as; then a look at hunger among
the Navaho Indians on the desert
in Arizona; next the plight of
the share croppers who live in
the shadow of aristocracy and
wealth in Virginia, just 25 miles
from Washington, D.C.; and a
case of a Negro family that is
typical in Alabama.
No column can come up with
solutions that agencies of the
government and thousands of
organizations on local levels
have not been able to solve.
But, a column can stir concern
for the less fortunate in the hearts
Charles L. Moody
County Line Baptist
WHAT THE PREACHER
2 Tim: 4:2-Preach the word;
be instant in season, out of sea
son; reprove, rebuke, exhort with
all longsuffering and doctrine.
When he had introduced him
self to a new family, the lady of
the house asked the minister,
"And do you work anywhere?”
Later that evening the same cler
gyman was told by a man with
whom he was talking, “You pre
achers sure have a soft job. I
have never seen a preacher do
a lick of work!” The story is told
of a minister’s son who was as
ked, "Where does your father
work?” “Oh,” he said, "he doe
sn’t work. He’s a minister!” Oc
casionally, at the clsoe of the
morning service, some jovial
chap will roar to his pastor,
“What a job! Only a couple of
hours a week! Pretty soft-now
you can loaf till next Sunday!”
Many laymen do not have the
least idea of the varied tasks
of the man in their pulpit, or
what is expected of a twentieth
century minister of the gospel.
Ministers are seen only a few
hours a week by the majority of
the congregation. It is natural
for them to wonder how and where
their minister spends his time.
Too many native Christians have
the impression that the minister
Charles Reynolds Vice-Chairman
Southern Univ. Gov. Association
Recently selected as Vice-
Chairman of the Southern Univer
sities Student Government Asso
ciation is Charles O’Neil Rey
nolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J.
Reynolds, 6181 Floyd, Covington.
Mr. Reynolds is a junior at
the University of Georgia
majoring in political science and
is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha
social fraternity. At Middle
Georgia College, he was a mem
ber of Phi Beta Lambda, the
Baptist Student Union, Who’s Who
Among Students in American
Junior Colleges, the Mid Georgia
Players, and the Georgia Youth
Council. He has also served as
Treasurer of the Student Senate,
and President of the Student Body
at Middle Georgia College.
SUSGA exists as a communi
cations link between the colleges
and universities of the south.
It enables the student leaders of
the member schools to ex
change ideas and experience pro
viding for the mutual benefit
of each institution. As a non-
America in these most critical
and difficult times, and I announce
my candidacy for reelection to
the United States Senate in the
Sept. 11 Democratic Primary.
“I repeat my pledge again
today. So long as lam privileg
ed to serve in the Senate, I will
exert all my time and energy
in behalf of the State of Geor
gia and our nation to preserve
and strengthen government by
all the people and for all the
people.
“We have made great pro
gress in Increasing opportunities
in all areas of social and econ
omic endeavor — in jobs and in
income, in health and education,
in housing, and on the farm.
That progress must continue.
“I humbly ask your continued
support and confidence.’’
Thursday, May 23, 1968-
Hunger
In America
By: Leo S. Mallard
of those of us who place value
on human life.
When 10,000,000 Americans,
most of them innocent children,
go to bed hungry and some with
only water in their little sto
machs, every night in America,
it makes a fat fellow like me
want to vomit from the shame
of indifference shown by our
present day society toward peo
ple who don’t have food to eat
themselves or feed their babies.
It’s a sin for this country
to try to feed the world and
let our own go hungry -be
they hungry because they can’t
help themselves, because the
father of a family can’t work,
can’t find work at a subsistence
level for his family, or is just
plain too sorry to work, or be
cause there is no father.
A child’s stomach does not
know the reasons why, but only
that there is no food to stop
the pain. A man that can’t
shed tears and try to do some
thing to help feed hungry child
ren is no longer a man—he
has become an affluent animal.
Equality as it is proposed to
day will never come. There
will always be the rich and
poor, but starvation in this coun
try can be wiped out. America,
the land of opportunity, still ex
ists for those able to take ad
vantage of Her opportunities,
but hungry people have no hope
and for them opportunity does
not exist without help in the form
of food, training, and jobs that
can at least pay for the nec
essities of life.
is lazy, that his work is easy,
that he has a "soft job.”
One excellent method a min
ister may employ to help educate
his flock as to his activities is
to present regular reports. Such
reports may be given weekly,
monthly, quarterly, semi-an
nually or annually, depending up
on the requirements of his
church, or his won wisdom. Most
pastors present an annual report
at the close of the church year
where it is likely to be buried
among the reports of other of
ficers and organizations.
Not all churches demand a re
gular report from their minister.
It is'however, a good practice for
the minister to follow. Congre
gations are interested in being
informed as to what their leader
has done and is doing. In fact,
the congregation deserves to
know. It also is a good pro
cedure and a healthy discipline
for the pastor to check up on
himself in this way. He needs
to analyze himself periodically
to determine if he is doing a
well-rounded job of ministering
to his people, and if he is bring
ing the greatest possible spir
itual enrichment to the congre
gation he serves.
Every minister ought to be
willing to acknowledge his ac
countability to the congregation
that pays his salary, even .though
a true assessment of his work
is made only in heaven.
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policy making and non-leglslatlve
organization, it exists solely to
serve the students of the south
and does not assume a role of
supervision.
The Chairman, Neal Wade of
Samford University, Is the pre
siding officer at the Annual Con
ference and co-ordinates the ac
tivities of SUSGA between Exe
cutive Council from each state
where there are member schools.
Presently there are ten chair
men, each selected by member
schools in their own state. The
Executive Secretary, Dean David
Collins, Assistant Dean of Stu
dents at Memphis State Univer
sity, is appointed by the Exe
cutive Council and supervises
the activities of the central of
fice.
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