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Local Population Tons Heavier
What the average Newton Co
unty resident should weigh, for
proper health, and what he does
weigh are two quite different
things, it appears.
Under the standards recomm
ended by medical authorities, the
local population Is tons over
weight. It has been accumulating
much of the extra poundage during
the last decade or two.
The problem is a general one.
Estimates place the number of
Americans who are overweight
at about 40 million, or one out of
every five persons.
Their annual outlay for reduc
ing pills, for medical treatments,
for special foods and the like, in
their quest for slimness, comes
to more than $370 million, it is
estimated.
On the basis of national studies
on obesity, conducted by the
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Public Health Service, the
Department of Agriculture and
others, the average man in New
ton County tips the scale at about
five pounds more than his father
did at his age. Assumed is that
the national rate of change app
lies locally.
What it adds up to, for the
6,210 males in the local area
over age 21, is some 31,050
additional pounds, or around 16
tons.
As to the women, they have
been putting on weight, also, but
not to the same extent. Because
Thorne Tells
C Os C About
Educa. Plan
Ren Thorne, a former resident
of Covington and Oxford, now re
tired from Georgia Military Col
lege at Milledgeville, told the
Covington-Newton County Cham
ber of Commerce members Mon
day that an education plan is be
ing formulated for adults of the
county who did not finish ele
mentary school. He said the plan
is under the direction of the
Newton County School Board and
Su pt. J. W. Richardson.
Col. Thorne formerly was re
gistrar at Emory-At-Oxford Col
lege. He and his family have re
cently moved back to Newton
County.
He expressed confidence that
the school program for persons
who needed further schooling in
order to secure jobs in local in
dustries, would be ready to func
tion in January of 1969.
Chamber President Hugh St
eele had charge of the program
Monday at the Teen Can. The
minutes of the November meet
ing were read by S. J. Mor
cock. Cxie visitor was present,
Mrs. Alline Burton of the First
Citizens Bank of Covington.
they are more concerned with
clothes and fashions than men
are, when style dictates the sle
nder look they proceed to diet
and reduce.
Despite their greater concern
with weight, they are about four
pounds heavier, on average, than
their mothers were at their ages.
For the 7,090 women in New
ton County over 21, the overall
Increase amounts to 28,360 po
unds.
The statistics show that women
in the 18 to 24 bracket have gone
from 112 to 117 pounds in the
Registration Provisions
Under The 1968 Gun Law
Atlanta - Detailed procedures
for registering machine guns,
sawed-off shotgun, sawed off
rifle, silencer, deactivated war
trophy and other destructive de
vices were announced today by
A. C. Ross, District Director
of Internal Revenue for Georgia.
The Gun Control Act of 1968
requires that weapons and de
vices of this type must be regis
tered with the Internal Revenue
Service by December 1.
Mr. Ross said that copies of
Registration Form 446" are av
ailable at Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and other IRS offices.
The forms are prepared in
three copies, two of which should
be mailed to the Director, Al
cohol and Tobacco Tax Division,
Internal Revenue Service, Wash
ington D. C. 20224. The third
copy may be kept by the owner
of the firearm or destructive de
vice.
Firearms or destructive devi
ces should not be brought to an
IRS office to be registered, Mr.
Ross said.
Under the new law all firearms
and destructive devices requiring
registration must be Identified by
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last 20 years and that those be
tween 25 and 34 have gone from
127 to 134.
Between 35 and 44 the change
has been from 138 to 142 and,
for those between 55 and 64,
from 145 to 150. Only in the
45 to 54 group has there been a
drop—2 pounds.
What is a person to do about
his weight? The experts main
tain that the best way to cut
down and to keep at the proper
level is to step up physical act
ivity and to make a permanent
change in eating habits.
a serial number. If a firearm
or device does not have a serial
number, the owner should phone,
visit, or write the nearest IRS
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax office
and number will be assigned.
After obtaining the number,
the owner is responsible for aff
ixing it to the firearm or device
before completing the regis
tration form. Additional infor
mation may be obtained by con
tacting the nearest Alcohol and
Tobacco Tax or other IRS office.
Cake Sale Sat.
The Alpha Tri-Hl-Y win have
a cake sale on Saturday in front
of the Court House. Cakes win
be on sale at 9 a. m. and pro
ceeds from the sale win go to
World Service Pledge for Y Club
work.
Production of red meat in Ge
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ants totaled 32.8 million pounds
during July, according to the
State Crop Reporting Service.
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CHRISTMAS MUSIC filled the air at the Covington Meadows Shopping Center Mall Friday evening when
the Christmas tree was Ut. The Brass Section of the Newton County Blue Rambler Band is shown above
rendering a Christmas Carol during the event. Santa Claus will be at the Center from now until cnrtst
mas each day from 3 p. m. until 7 p. m., and all day Saturdays from 10 a. m. until 7 p. m.
State Highway Dept. Opposes
Hearings That Delay Road Work
ATLANTA —Georgia’s State
Highway Board went on record to
day opposing the U. S. Department
of Transportation’s proposed new
regulations for public hearings on
both location and design of all
Federal-aid projects.
Their opposition took the form
of a resolution, unanimously ap
proved, In which the Board re
quested, “That the Federal High
way Administrator be notified (by
wire) to take appropriate actions
Immediately to withdraw and can
cel the proposed regulations on
Public Hearings and location and
design approval to protect the fu
ture of highway transportation in
Georgia and the United States.”
The action was prompted by a
Porterdale RA s
Honor Mark Stubbs
The Porterdale Royal Ambass
adors held their regular meeting
Tuesday night, November 30, with
a party following honoring Mark
Stubbs, who has gone to Texas
to make his home with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clack Stu
bbs. Mr. Stubbs will enter So
uthwestern Seminary at the be
ginning of the next quarter to
study for the ministry.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Tommy Johnson and
the boys gave the RA pledges.
Tony Clark read the 100th Psalm
and Mark Stubbs closed the mee
ting with prayer. At the meeting
the week before a Bible, engraved
with his name, had been presen
ted to Mark by Billy Skinner,
RA Leader.
Members of the RA’s present
for the meeting and enjoying the
party with refreshments fol
lowing were Jimmy Strange, Alan
Wood, Brad Lunsford, Keith Rey
nolds, James Mitchell, Kent Cl
ark, Dwight Digby, Gary Gil
strap, Tony Clark, Ricky Luns
ford, Jimmy Smith, Tony Moony
and Ronnie Gilstrap. Leaders
were Frank McGee, Billy Skin
ner, Brice Lunsford, Tommy Jo
hnson and A. L. Hinton.
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11
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poisons and pointed objects, are
major household hazards when
they’re available to small chil
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ing safety-cap bottles
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report to the Board by Highway
Planning Engineer, Leland Veal,
outlining the many instances
where the proposed procedures
could cause interminable delays
In building roads.
Assistant Attorney General
Richard Chambers also told
Board members the Attorney Ge
neral’s office had advised that
the, "Proposed regulations are
contrary to and beyond the intent
of the Federal law and are con
trary to the laws and Constitution
of the State of Georgia.”
Federal law formerly required
that a public hearing be held con
cerning the location of a Federal
aid project where it directly af
fected a municipality. The High
way Act of 1968 required another
public hearing on the design of
the road and, according to Emory
Parrish, Executive Assistant Di
rector of the Highway Depart
ment, the proposed implementing
procedures issued by the Depart
ment of Transportation "Would
permit any objector - Informed
or uninformed; directly or even
indirectly affected—to cause un
told delays by the very fact of
his objection.” They require
that each objection be adjudi
cated in Washington and, con
ceivably, by Federal courts.
The new regulations are also
public hearings on design incas
es of Interstate projects where
“location hearings were held
(and locations approved by the
Bureau of Public Roads) over
three years previously.
Board members also reaffirm
ed their support of the Highway
Department’s “unbalanced” bud
get requiring $42,000,000 more
than anticipated revenue and en
dorsed the 2<? per gallon Increase
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Mayors’ Motorcade
To Milledgeville
Set Dec. II
For the past nine years ar
ound Christmas Time, Mayors
from towns and cities throughout
Georgia have travelled to Cen
tral State Hospital bearing gifts
donated by citizens of their res
pective towns for the mental
patients at Milledgeville and in
recent years for patients at
Gracewood State School and Hos
pital near Augusta, and South
western State Hospital in Tho
masville.
The annual Mayors Motorcade
to Milledgeville Is now in its
tenth year and will be held on
December 11 at Central state
Hospital.
On the evening prior to the
Motorcade, at 8:00 on December
10, a Christmas Tree Lighting
Ceremony will be held at the
Governor’s Mansion. The pro
gram will last until 8:30 and
will feature the lighting of the
tree by the Governor to comm
emorate the Motorcade to Mill
edgeville on the next day, and to
show Georgia’s mental patients
they are not forgotten.
Georgia Municipal Association
and the Georgia Association for
Mental Health, are sponsoring
the Tree Lighting Ceremony and
the Motorcade. Gifts taken to
Milledgeville will be distributed
among patients at Central state
Hospital, Gracewood State School
and Hospital and Southwestern
State Hospital.
Every city is being asked to
collect gifts for distribution to
the State’s mental patients.
An Individual or special group
In Covington wishing to contri
bute gifts should contact the may
or’s office for further details.