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COMMENTS
The Nation Shocked
A prayer of gratitude swept over the nation as
the news flashed that Senator Robert F. Kennedy
had survived surgery to remove a would be
assassins bullet. Six neurosurgeons had labored
for over three hours to save the young pres
idential candidate’s life, after he was gunned down
in Los Angeles, following his victory speech,
in California’s Democratic Primary, which gave
him a substantial lead over opponents.
Still shocked by the fact that such a wanton act
count happen a second time, and in the same fam
ily, in America - “Land of the Free’’, the pop
ulace keeps asking “Why?” For the Kennedy
Family, hearts are filled with sympathy and a
sense of apology. A family of great intellect,
deep convictions and extreme wealtli, which could
be selfishly used to assure them a life of luxury
and ivory tower existence. Instead, they chose to
dedicate these blessings toward, “Not what your
country can do for you, but, what you can do for
your country.” This creed of the late President
John F. Kennedy is a quote from his inaugural ad
dress. Not quite five years ago, on Nov. 22,’63,
Physical Fitness Has Its Reward
Vice President Humphrey recently cited facts
and figures which should send every American run
ning to the nearestsportsclubor YMCA, or at least
jolt him out of the easy chair in front of his televi
sion set.
Speaking to the new President’s Council on Phys
ical Fitness and Sports, of which he is Chairman,
Mr. Humphrey reported that:
* 1 of every 2 American adults is overweight,
according to estimates by the American Medical
Association;
* 50% of America’s college students - young men
and women in their late teens or early twenties -
fail to meet accepted physical fitness standards;
and
* The average American youngster spends 10
hours watching TV for every hour he spends in
supervised sports or physical activity.
As away of getting Americans of all ages to be
Excessive Speed Is Top Killer
Excessive speed continues to reign supreme as
the number one killer on America’s highways.
Exceeding the speed limit, according to the annual
highway accident booklet released by The Travelers
Insurance Companies, accounted for nearly 40
percent of the 52,200 highway fatalities in 1967.
Statistics in the booklet were compiled from reports
by state motor vehicle departments.
The vice monarch, reckless driving, was re
sponsible for approximately 15 percent of the
deaths.
Other major factors involving actions of drivers
resulting in deaths and injuries include not having
tiie right-of-way, driving off the roadway anddriv
ing on the wrong side of the road. Almost one
third of the drivers involved in fatal accidents
were under 25 years of age.
More than 9,500 pedestrians marched themselves
to the grave in 1967. The most common causes
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Square with American Legion officials. Front row, left to right: Jim Gainer, Luke Odum, Sammy
Ozburn, Glenn Hudson, Pete Carter and leon Hughes. Back: Edgar Wood (left), Newton County Post
32 American Legion Boys State committee chairman and Post 32 Commander Charles Smith. Sponsor
ing organizations of these candidates at Boys State include: Covington Kiwanis Club, Covington Rotary
Club, Mansfield IJons Club, Post 32 American Ijegion, Covington Elks lodge, Golden Fleece Masonic
Lodge No. 6.
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In our present day boosted
freedom from soothsaying and
superstition, we have forgotten
or thrown aside some of our old
time sayings that were interest
ing if not factual.
Here is one on the day of the
week on which a child is born:
‘‘Monday’s child is fair of face.
Tuesday’s child is full of grace.
Wednesday’s child is a child of
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an assassin’s bulletts found their mark to cut short
the life and career of the nation’s youngest presi
dent.
Was this cowardly act, or the more recent at
tempt on Senator Kennedy’s life prompted by a
sick mind; a ne’er-do-well whose resentment of
others’ success finally flared into hatred precipi
tating murder? Or was it just another step toward
complete disregard for the laws of God and man -
“handwriting on the wall” foreshadowing the decay
from within of our nation??
A few months prior to president Kennedy’s as
sassination, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover sounded
a grave warning that “unless the public becomes
more concerned about the current trend of lawless
ness, the U. S. faces a major breakdown in social
and moral law, and law enforcement.”
How much longer do we propose to control riot
ing, burning, looting, assassinations and other
crimes with powder puffs? How much further down
the Road of Violence shall we continue toward the
Point of No Return?
Only a strong nation long remains a free nation.
more active and fit, the Vice President has sug
gested that we convert our schools into neighbor
hood recreation centers. Specifically, he is asking
all communities to keep open their school sports
facilities - the gymnasiums, swimming pools, tennis
courts, tracks, and playing fields - this summer.
To us, Mr. Humphrey’s request makes excellent
sense. America has nearly SIOO billion invested
in its schools, yet most communities operate them
at capacity only 8 hours a day, 180 days a year.
Communities which already employ the approach
recommended by the Vice President report that it
costs only a few dollars per capita to cover the
cost of staff, equipment, maintenance and other
operating expenses. That’s cheap compared to the
cost of duplicating the trained leadership and exten
sive facilities which our schools employ only part
time.
of death was crossing between intersections, walk
ing on rural highways, crossing intersections
against signals.
This grirn report has one bright corner. The
total number of deaths was 300 below the number
killed in 1966 and the number of injuries was
down by some 200,000.
However, Travelers President, Sterling T. Took
er said, “After all, the deaths of more than
52,000 people and the injury of 4,000,000 others
in one year is small cause for rejoicing, even
though it represents some improvement over
another year. Comparisons are odious unless
they afford some ultimate betterment of the human
condition.”
He urged caution on the part of every traveler
to “bring him and others on the road safely
to the next stage of our journey”.
woe.
Thursday’s child has far to go.
Friday’s child is loving and giv
ing.
Saturday’s child must work for
a living.
But the child that is born on the
Sabbath day
Is Blithe and bonny and good and
gay.”
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will come to you, with His Help.,
if you Believe on Him, Serve
Him, and let Others see Him
through your blessed example.
God really helps those who
strive to help themselves! You
will find that the presidents, and
owners of some of the largest
corporations in the U. S. did
not get to go to College. They
did dedicate their lives in God’s
service, and let others see Him
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\ OUR WEEKLY LESSON ]
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THE GREATNESS OF GOD
Devotional Reading: Psalms
148.
Memory Selection: Then Job
answered the Lord: "I know that
thou canst do all things, and
that no purpose of thine can be
thwarted.”
Intermediate-Senior Top
ic: Job Responds to God’s Pow
er.
Young People-Adult Topic: The
Greatness of God.
I n the famous Shorter Cate
chism occurs the question,‘‘What
is God?” and the answer given is,
‘‘God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal,
and unchangeable in his being,
wisdom, power, holiness, justice,
goodness and truth.”
As a man-made definition, this
has impressed the Intervening
centuries since it was first fra
med as a fairly adequate descrip
tion of something that defies des
cription. Os God’s greatness, his
Immensity, his complete know
ledge and adequacy there can be no
doubt. He is the Creator of the
universe, its sustainer, the
source of its life, the director
of its course. Exert our minds
to the limit and we find that the
idea of God is still beyond com
prehenson. Jesus declared that
no man hath seen God at any
time (John 1:18), and he added,
“The only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father,
he hath declared him.”
It would be naturaly in a book
dealing with the subject matter
found in the Book of Job that the
matter of God’s greatness would
be set forth. Job’s friends had
a neat and easy explanation for
suffering. It comes always, they
said, from sin. This Job denied.
He was willing to admit that
most suffering comes from sin,
but not all suffering. The right
eous also suffer; and it was the
contention of Job that although,
like all his fellowmen, he was a
sinner, the suffering, loss, and
pain which had come upon him was
far in excess of any sin he had
committed.
The figure of Elihu is intro
duced to show that God often sends
suffering upon people to try them
and thus strengthen their char
acter.
But God has the last word in
the Book of Job. He is highly
displeased with Job’s “com
forters” who have come, not to
comfort Job, but to try to get
him to confess that the hideous
circumstances which had beset
him were due to his wickedness.
God makes no comment on the
opinion of Elihu regarding the
disciplinary character of suffer
ing, from which we may conclude
this is - frequently, if not always
- the reason why the righteous
suffer.
But Job had been almost as
Recreation Program Set
For 8 Areas In County
The newly-created Newton Co
unty Recreation Council has
okayed a nine-week recreation
program for eight areas of the
county under the guidance of
Cousins High School football co
ach Gilbert Turman. The pro
gram will involve softball and
basketball for youth in the age
group 10 through 19.
Some 24 teams in three lea
gues in both softball and bas
ketball will be organized at Sp
ringhill, Mansfield, Nelson Hei
ghts, Needmore, Short Street A
rea, Oxford, Sand Hill, and Har
ris Town. Community leaders
have already been named by
through them. They did apply
themselves in night study, var
ious courses, or to College at
night, when they made enough
to pay their way, and God makes
that possible for those who BE
LIEVE on Him and serve FBm
first. We are betting on our
boys and girls wherever they
are! Happy Days ahead is our
wish for you!
We shall miss many of our
Emory College students who gra
duate this year, but hope we will
see them occasionally at Emory
University.
We are very proud of the work
our City Officials are doing to
widen the streets of Covington.
This is a great step forward in
not only beautifying our City,
but making travel safer and bet
ter in every way. Our hats are
off to you!
We are worried about the care
lessness of our young people
who play ball over by the Lib
rary. . .not just the players,
but every boy and girl who goes
Special Agent
Os FBI Speaks
Guest speaker for the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club meeting to
day (Thursday) at 1 p.m. at
the Teen Can will be Frank V.
Hitt, Special Agent in Charge
of The Atlanta Office of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation
(FBI).
Kiwanian Johnny Prescott is
the program chairman for the
week and he will introduce the
speaker.
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foolish as his traducers, and God
had a few withering words for
Job.
It is with these words that our
present lesson chiefly deals.
“Then the Lord answered Job
out of the whirlwind. . .” Anci
ent peoples -particularly the He
brews — associated wind and
spirit together. We recall in the
accounts given in Acts 2 of the
coming of the Holy Spirit upon
the early Christian believers that
“there came a sound from hea
ven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where
they were sitting.” (Acts 2:2).
And this was a whirlwind -
not a gentle, pleasant breeze, but
a whirlwind. The chief lesson
we get from this circumstance Is
the reminder that God often
speaks to us out of whirlwinds.
He does, to be sure, speak to us
In seasons of quiet. His pre
sence is often made manifest in
periods of meditation. But it is
also true that God sometimes
speaks to us out of a whirlwind.
It had been something of this
sort that had devastated Job’s
properties and brought the house
down upon his children. So often
it has happened that God’s voice
has been heard above the tur
moil of some whirlwind. People
faced with trouble have suddenly
found God. Others experiencing
sorrow have discovered in that
devastating experience a conso
lation that they would probably
never have achieved through any
other means.
“Who is this,” continued the
Lord, “that darkeneth counsel
bv words without knowledge?
Gird up now thy loins like a man;
for I will demand of thee, and
answer thou me.” Job, by his
defense and expostulations, had
cleared up none of the mystery of
his suffering, Elihu had made
a contribution, but Elihu’s con
tribution, plus the contention of
Job’s friends (which had a mea
sure of truth in It), that suff
ering is the result of sin, still
left considerable knowledge on
which neither Job nor anyone
else was able to throw light.
As a matter of fact, Job had
simply darkened counsel “by
words without knowledge.” He
had made matters worse rather
than better. There was some
truth In what his friends said,
namely, that suffering is the
result of sin. Elihu’s words
about discipline and growth had
their value also. But Job was
left without much defense.
Now gird up your loins like
a man, said God to Job, for I
have a few questions to ask
you. The implication was that
since he knew so much, Job could
undoubtedly answer these ques
tions with ease.
God, the Almighty Being, would
address these questions to a
mere man and see how he fared.
Coach Turman and they are as
follows: Jimmy Thomas, Joh
nny Cobb, Melvin Clark, Winston
Kelly, Nehemiah Durden, Harris
Barnes and Wayne Vason. These
are volunteers for the program
and will not receive any pay,
Turman stated.
Classifications for play in the
leagues will be midgets, jun
iors and seniors. The bas
ketball program will be con
ducted at the Cousins School
gymnasium, and the softball
games will be played at the Nel
son Heights field.
Turman also said that an adult
over there. You can trail them
from their homes, for they come
out eating candy bars, crackers,
bought cake bars, and what-have
you, tossing the boxes, papers and
tinfoil from them, right down
in somebodys walk, the side
walk or street by it. We know
they do not realize what a mess
this makes, for the City, and
for residents. We know they
would not do this if it were
called to the attention of par
ents, who do not see this litter,
with about a hundred or more
boys and girls in that section
every day, all throwing every
kind of paper on the sidewalks,
in yards, lawns and streets. We
all love our young people, and
we KNOW they would not do this,
if it were called to their atten
tion. That’s all they need for
they wiU want to help make our
city one with uncluttered streets.
Our beloved “Miss Georgia”
(Vining), as she is lovingly known,
is in our City, her old home
town, visiting her children. Os
course you know who brought her
here: NOne other than that fine
son of Margaret and Herbert
Vining. . because this was a very
special occasion when he, and all
his classmates, graduated from
Ficquett School. . Congratulat
ions!
Opps. .Here’s that broom, I’ll
grab it, and get to my "SWEEPIN’
UP”.
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than one number, see your social
security office. Otherwise, you
may not get all the social security
payments due when the time
comes to claim them.
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Newton Schools Launch Exemplary
Program For 1968-69 First Graders
A system-wide program de
signed to help next term’s first
graders get off to a good start
in school was launched on May
22 when Dr. Lavinia R. Wood
and her staff of aides tested the
incoming first grade children at
the Mansfield School. An in
tensive test schedule which pro
vided this service for all next
year’s beginners at each of the
Newton County elementary
schools, on publicly announced
dates, will be concluded this
afternoon, June 6, at the E. L.
Ficquett School when the last
group of youngsters experience
the initial screening phase of the
new program.
From this early testing Dr.
Wood will identify the children
that need help to be successful
in first grade. Triose who can
profit most from eight weeks
special training will be given an
opportunity for this new exper
ience. One hundred eighty child
ren will be selected for a pre
school or readiness program.
It will begin on June 13, and end
on August 9, with July 4 and July
5 as holidays.
At the earliest possible date,
letters will be sent to parents
of children selected for this op
portunity to strengthen their
readiness for success in school.
Retail Sales
Here Up 13.2%
First Quarter
Retail sales in Georgia during
the first quarter of 1968 totaled
$2,008,456,000 as compared to
$1,730,128,000 during the same
period last year, an increase
of 16.1 per cent, a Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce survey
showed Monday.
Chamber Executive Vice Pre
sident Walter T. Cates noted
that sales tax data compiled in
the survey reflects two major
changes from previous report
ing procedures. Chain store
sales, he said, are now more
accurately shown in each coun
ty’s totals, and excise taxes are
now included as part of the 1968
retail sales.
Only four counties—Glascock,
Pickens, Schley and Long—re
corded decreases in sales over
the previous period.
Taxable sales in Georgia;
county estimates by calendar
quarters of business are based
on Georgia Department of Re
venue data for adjusted gross
sales tax amounts. These fig
ures exclude out-of-state pur
chases, which relate to use tax
amounts, and they indicate place
of sale rather than consumer
buying power by place of resi
dence.
Newton County sales were
13.2% above the same quarter
period a year ago. In 1968
the first quarter sales were
$8,494,000, as compared to the
1966 figure of $7,503,000.
recreation program will be car
ried out at the Cousins gym and
at the Nelson Heights center. Ed
ucational, recreation and histor
ical tours will be conducted
during the summer for parti
cipants.
Turman said that the league
play in the two sports would start
during the coming week. There
will be tournaments held at the
end of the program. Cousins’
basketball coach Jimmy Wright
will aid Turman in the program.
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The letters will be sent from
the office of Superintendent J.W.
Richardson. All parents who
receive these letters are urged
to make necessary arrangements
of family summer plans to en
able their youngsters to par
ticipate in this exemplary pro
gram.
Other uses of the early test
ing will be to provide parents
and teachers with an understand
ing of each child’s strengths
and weaknesses. Those children
who need extensive readiness will
be identified for the teachers
for the regular school session.
This service will enable teach
ers to know more about their
pupils from the beginning of the
term.
WORDS TO LIVE BY
E. Owen Kellum, Jr.
Pastor,
First United Methodist Church
In writing to the Church at
Rome, the Apostle Paul said,
“Don’t let the world around you
squeeze you into its own mold,
but let God re-mold your minds
from within, so that you may
prove in practice that the Plan
of God for you is good, meets
all His demands and moves to
wards the goal of true maturi
ty.” In other words, don’t let
yourself be forced into a plan
which is not good for you. Here
we have the picture of some
outside power squeezing us into
a mold or plan which it chooses
rather than the plan God has cho
sen for us. These forces which
would squeeze us into a mold
are terribly strong today.
One of these forces is ma
terialism. This is the outside
force which says to us, “Plan
your life so that you can get
the most money or rewards out
of it. Never mind the laws of
decency, or right or wrong, or
the things called friendship or
love. This force makes men
climb to the top even if they have
to step on others to do it. The
chief concern in life is money
or the things money can buy.
The weight of a good conscience
can be tossed aside if there is
to be some gain made by doing
so. Human lives can never know
the meaning of life nor the plan
of God if they become squeezed
into the mold of materialism,
into the life of things.
A second mold the world would
squeeze us into is the mold of
majority. This is the mold that
makes us believe that anything
is all right if a majority be
lieves it is all right. “Every
body is doing it” becomes the
standard of truth and right.
Scarcely will a person dare to be
original or different because that
will ruin his chances of success
or popularity.
Yet much of the history of all
that’s noble and good has been
written by the minorities. In
the early days of America demo
cracy was far from popular. The
vast majority of the world be
lieved it was atheistic, immoral,
and dangerous. Yet a small min-
Thursday, June 6, 1968
The eight weeks pre-school
program, an ESEA Title I Por
ject, will be provided by staff
of local classroom teachers and
teacher aides under the super
vision of Mrs. H. L. Entrekin,
Sr., Early Childhood Education
Specialist, who is completing her
first year as a member of the
Newton County Professional
Staff. Mrs. Entrekin will re
ceive assistance from Dr. Wood,
Newton County’s Education Spec
ialist and Director of the 1968
ESEA Title I Summer Porgrams,
M. D. Mcßae, Coordinator of
Federal Projects; Miss Louise
Reeves, Curriculum Director;
and several guest consultants
who will work with specific phases
of this new project.
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ority in our original colonies be
lieved in it and fought for it.
Today we all accept it.
There was a time when Chris
tians were a tiny minority. But
they didn’t believe that the major
ity was right and gave their blood
to support their beliefs. Today
we worship in freedom because
we had men who were brave
enough to live with the minority.
It takes courage to be one
against many. It takes moral
character to stand against the
crowd on our own convictions
and hold to them. Yet for all
who would ever know the plan
of God for their lives there must
be the willingness to go alone if
necessary against all the world.
A third mold the world imposes
upon us is the mold of motion.
This is the mistaken idea that
everything is all right as long
as we are doing something or
going somewhere. The older
you get the more you are shaped
by the world of motion. We be
come so busy going somewhere
that we have no time to look
at our destination. This is the
danger of being molded by the
world about us.
Paul says, “Let God re-mold
your lives from within, so that
you may prove in practice that
the plan of God for you is good
. ..” Instead of letting the world
around you squeeze you into its
mold, let God plan your life from
within. Let God inside your minds
and he will help you plan your life.
The world will squeeze you into
its mold and by the time your life
is hardened into this mold another
will be in fashion. But then you
will not be able to change. Let
God mold you from within and
show you gradually his plan for
your lives. Then we can know
the sheer joy of living for some
thing far greater than material
ism, the majority, or mere mo
tion.
Only as God works in our minds
are we really free human beings.
As long as we allow the changing
world around us to mold our lives
we are not free. We are crea
tures of our environment and cir
cumstances. We are slaves. We
are less than human. But when
we feel the re-molding power of
God in our lives breaking loose in
us then we are truly free human
beings. This is the only truly
practical plan for a human life.
And each of us is able to prove it.