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ARMED FORCES NEWS
Thelmon Webb
VIETNAM (FHTNC) Dec. 13-
Marine First Class Thelmon L.
Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Em
mitt L. Webb of 3218 West St.,
Covington, Ga., is celebrating
Christmas in Vietnam this year
as a member of the First Ma
rine Division.
Since 1966, First Division Ma
rines have been serving in Viet
nam during the Christmas holi
days. Their mission then was the
same as it is now: train the
South Vietnamese armed forces,
conduct operations against the
communist guerilla infrastr
ucture and help the people of
South Vietnam build a strong
democratic nation.
While Americans are giving
thanks for the blessings of the
ebbing year, more than 25,000
men of the First Marine Division
will be standing guard, conduct
ing patrols and engaging the en
emy, bringing the people of South
Vietnam one step closer to real
izing the true meaning of Christ’s
birth: “Peace on earth, good will
toward men.”
Larry Lassiter
USS SANDOVAL (LPA-194) at
sea (FHTNC) Dec. 21 - Ship’s
Serviceman Seaman Larry E.
Lassiter, USN, of Covington, Ga.,
is serving onboard the amphibi
ous transport USS Sandoval, a un
it of Task Force 140 for the man
ned flight of Apollo 8.
Sandoval will be stationed in
the Eastern Atlantic near the Ca
nary Islands, along the first re
volution ground track of the spa
cecraft to recover the astronauts
should there be a lunar vehicle
malfunction prior to orbital in
sertion.
After the Apollo 8 spacecraft
is committed to a lunar mission,
Sandoval, homeported at Norfolk,
Va„ will be released to carry out
normal fleet operations.
NEWS from votir I
PHARMACIST/
By Lanier Hardman
The only known preventative
for poison ivy is the ability to
recognize the plant and avoid
it — this is sure to work.
However, avoiding poison ivy
is sometimes
not easily acc
omplished, be
cause this
plant grows
everywhere fr
om Canada
down into Mex
ico.
It simply po
isons you when
the leaf has become bruised,
and the oily secretion of the
plant comes in contact with the
skin. (There are people, how
ever, who are naturally im
mune to the poison).
There are many good soot
hing lotions available to keep
down the discomforts of the
rash — we carry many of
these in our store.
If you have been exposed to
the plants—wash all exposed
parts with laundry soap and
water, wash especially bet
ween the fingers.
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Lester Owen by
USS GUADAL CANAN (LPH-7)
at sea (FHTNC) Dec. 21 — Navy
Lieutenant Lester S. Owenby,
son of Mrs. James L. Owenby of
Route 3, Covington, and husband
of the former Miss Mary Morris
of College Park, is serving as a
crewmember with Helicopter An
tisubmarine Squadron Three, a
unit of Task Force 140 for the
manned flight of Apollo.
Flying the SH-3D “Sea King”
helicopters, HS-3 will fly from
the amphibious assault ship USS
Guadalcanal, 380 miles East of
Cape Kennedy, Fla., to recover
the astronauts should there be a
launch vehicle malfunction. A
secondary mission will be to re
cover camera capsules ejected
approximately three minutes af
ter lift-off. Tbe cameras are
programmed to photograh se
paration of the first and second
stage rocket boosters.
Each helicopter will carry a
three - man swim team from
Underwater Demolition Team 21
to assist in camera recovery.
Helicopter Antisubmarine Sq
uadron Three, assigned to Air
Antisubmarine Warfare Force,
Atlantic, will return to home base
at Norfolk, Va., when this mis
sion is completed.
William Anderson
QUI NHON, VIETNAM (FH—
TNC)-Army Staff Sergeant Wil
liam H. Anderson, son of Rev.
Carl H. Anderson, Millard Street
Congregational Church, Chicago,
111., was assigned Oct. 30 to
company A near Qui Nhon, Viet
nam, as a noncommissioned tr
ansportation officer.
His wife, Dorothy, lives at
Lakeview Est., Conyers, Ga.
Robert T. Parker
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM
(AHTNC) - Army Private Robert
T. Parker, 19, son of Mrs. Alice
C. Parker, 4143 Odum St., Cov
ington, Ga., was assigned Nov. 23
to the 182nd Ordnance Detach
ment of the Ist Logistical Com
mand In Vietnam as an ammuni
tion records clerk.
Earnest Griggs
SAN ANTONIO—Airman Ear
nest L. Griggs of 1305 Emory
St., Oxford, Ga., has been gra
duated at Brooks AFB, Tex.,
from the training course for U.
S. Air Force preventive medi
cine specialists.
Airman Griggs, whose studies
included disease control and
accident prevention, is being as
signed to Mac Dill AFB, Fla.,
for duty with the Tractical Air
Command.
He is a graduate of R. L.
Cousins High School, Covington,
Ga.
MODERNIZED “TEPEE”
According to the Southern Pine
Association, the wood A-frame is
a modernized version of the an
cient Indian tepee.
The A-frame structure is for
med by diagonally erected lum
ber beams converging at the roof
apex under a sweeping canopy of
wood roof decking. Since outer
walls and roof are one and the
same, the system is simple and
economical.
A-frames are used for a va
riety of buildings ranging from
stately churches to modest vaca
tion homes. The system offers
an ideal medium for jointly utili
zing the high strength and attrac
tive appearance of pre-shrunk
Southern Pine lumber.
Liberalized Post-
Korean GI Bill
Now In Effect
Veterans separated from ser
vice after Jan. 31, 1955, were
reminded today by the Veterans
Administration that they are now
entitled to one and one-half mon
ths of educational assistance —
up to a maximum of 36 months—
for each month of military ser
vice.
A. W. Tate, Manager, Atlanta
Veterans Administration Re
gional Office, said that a law
which went into effect Dec. 1
liberalized the previous Post-
Korean G. I. Bill limit of one
month of educational assistance
for each month of service for
veterans with at least 181 days
of service, Including some after
Jan. 31, 1955.
Another provision of the law
which went into effect Dec. 1
grants veterans with at least
18 months of continuous ser
vice after Jan. 31, 1955, who have
satisfied their military obli
gation, the maximum of 36 mon
ths of educational assistance ent
itlement.
Thus, for example, a veteran
who may have entered service
before the official end of the
Korean Conflict (Jan. 31, 1955),
but had only 18 months of Post-
Korean service, will still be able
to get four academic years of
VA educational assistance.
Unchanged by this new law
is the amount of educational assi
stance which a veteran may re
ceive. Currently, a single vet
eran taking full-time institutional
training Is paid $l3O a month
by the VA. The amount of add
itional allowance he may receive
depends on the number of his
dependents.
Post - Korean veterans have
eight years from the date of
their separation from service to
complete training under the third
generation G. I. Bill.
Some Post-Korean veterans
have earned entitlement to edu
cational assistance under more
than one VA program — the
Korean Conflict G. I. Bill as
well as the current measure, for
example. Previously they were
limited to aggregate benefits of
36 months. Now, however, under
the new law which went into effect
on Dec. 1 they will be entitled
to aggregate benefits of no more
than 48 months.
The VA especially urged Post-
Korean veterans who did not re
turn to school because they could
complete only a couple of years of
college under the old formula —
one month entitlement for each
one month service — to contact
their nearest VA office.
GI Insurance
Dividends Due
In January
There are 78,587 Georgia Wo
rld War I and World War II vet
erans holding G. I. insurance
policies will receive $4,691,800
in dividends during 1969, A. W.
Tate, Manager of the Veterans
Administration regional office in
Atlanta, announced today.
Beginning Jan. 1 dividends will
be paid on the anniversary dates
of the policies, Mr. Tate said.
Nationally, VA will pay out
$236 million in dividends in 1969
to approximately 4,250,000 vet
erans holding National Service
Life Insurance (NSLI) and Uni
ted States Government Life In
surance (USGLI) policies.
This is sl3 million more than
the 1968 dividend payment of
$223 million, Mr. Tate explained.
The VA regional office
manager said that the 75,851
World War II veterans in Geo
rgia who hold NSLI policies will
receive 4,438,300 In dividends
In 1969.
Nationally, NSLI dividends in
1969 will total $2lB million, with
payments averaging about $53
to 4,100,000 World War II vet
erans.
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Covington, introduces Santa Claus to the Mobile Christmas program
at the Strand Theater, Saturday.
v News Notes From /
£ Mrs. Wilbur Jones X
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis are
visiting their children Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Davis and family
of Dahlonega for a few days.
♦* ♦ ♦
Mr. James D. Hays is a pat
ient In Newton Co. Hospital. His
many friends are wishing for him
a quick and complete recovery
and hope he can return home
soon.
♦* * *
Deepest and sincere sympathy
is extended to the family of Mrs.
John (Fannie Mae) Lazenby who
passed away at the home of her
son, Mr. Julius Lazenby last
week.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hays spent
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.H. L.
Harwell of Redan.
♦* * *
Mrs. Tommy Betts will enter
Newton County Hospital on
Thursday for a tonsilectomy.
** * *
Mrs. Joe Marks is a patient
in Newton County Hospital. We
extend to her best wishes for a
speedy recovery.
♦♦ ♦ *
Mr. J. W. Jones and Lynn
visited friends at the Westbury
Nursing Home on Sunday p.m.
** * *
We are glad to have Mr. and
Mrs. Don Abbott and family move
into our community, we want
to extend to them a hearty wel
come.
♦* * *
The A. E. Hays family gath
ered at the Cabin at “Lazy
Acres” for their annual Christ
mas get-together on Wednesday
(Christmas Day).
** * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones
and Lynn attended the annual
Christmas get together at the
home of Mr. S. L. Vaughn on
Sunday.
** * *
Mrs. Starr Jones and Marlon
had as their dinner guest on
Christmas Day, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
bur Jones and Lynn, Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Hays, Eddie and
Vicki, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wood,
Jr., Troy, Jim and Kristie, Mr.
S. L. Vaughn.
** * *
The Community was saddened
to hear of the sudden passing of
Mr. G. F. Neal of Newnan on
Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Greer, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Whelchel visited Mrs. Neal on
Sunday p.m. The Neal’s were
former residents of this comm
unity. Short funeral services
will be held on Tuesday in New-
Class Replaces Light Fixtures
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PAUL HACKETT and Ronald Smith, students In the Electrical Con
struction Class at Newton County High School, are shown repairing
Fluorescent light Fixtures in a project of the class.
TKE COVINGTON NEWS
nan, with interment to follow in
Garden City, Ala.
** * *
Mrs. Jimmy Hays, Eddie and
Vicki visited Mr. Isom Mathis
at the Westbury Nursing Home
at Jenkinsburg on Sunday.
** * *
Among the visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Morgan during
the holidays were, Mr. and Mrs.
Lanier Morgan of Millen, Ga.
Patients Admitted during the
week of December 16th thru De
cember 22nd, 1968:
Mrs. Rosemary Tribble, Annie
Mae McCurdy, Ethel Switzer,
Betty Jean Hawkins, Nat Turner,
John S. Masdon, Jo Ann Vining,
Bertha L. Mann, Levie Johnson,
Ann Christian, Jewel Nichols,
Martha Jean Smith, Jerry M.
Hooper, John Pearson.
Marian E. Day, Garland B.
Bailey, Pamela Blackwell, Linda
Hodges, Herbert C. Daniel, Ruby
S. Knight, D. M. Johnson, Bar
bara S. Johnson, Hollie S. Vaughn,
Deanne Gilgram.
Homer Sharp, Laura Mayes,
Mrs. Peggy Batchelor, Charles
W. Byrd, Lucy C. Callaway,
Grace Taylor, Ilene Ellis, Tim
othy M. Bentley, John E. Dick
ens, Christine Malcom, Ruby Jo
hnson, Mrs. Virginia Brooks, El
bert Madden, Jessie E. Ivey,
Clara Ruth Almon, Emily Tatum,
Pat S. Scarbrough.
Mary Terrell, Margaret Us
her, Lizzie McKinnon, Vickie
Baynes, Kenneth Morgan, Tim
othy Morgan, Larry Sanford, Be
ssie Mae Williams, Willie'Lewis
Johnson, Ralph C. Jones, Bennie
Hammonds.
Patients remaining the week of
December 22nd, 1968:
Mrs. Berta F. Astin, Mrs.
Peggy Batchelor, Timothy M. Be
ntley, Charles Byrd, Leon Canup,
Mrs. Ann Christian, John E.
Dickens, Deanne Gilgam, Mrs.
Betty Jean Hawkins, Jerry M.
Hooper, Ruby Johnson, Ruby Kn
ight, Roy King, Annie Mae Mc-
Curdy, Bertha L. Mann, John
Masdon, Laura Mayes.
Mrs. Sally Morgan, Mrs. Je
wel Nichols, Lena Ray, Rommie
Ray, Thomas Reed, Homer Sharp,
Frances A. Smith, Norman Smith,
Lewis D. Sosbee, Ethel Switzer,
Emily Tatum, Miss Grace Tay
lor, Nat Turner, Joann Vining,
Annie B. Whitley, John W. Wr
ight.
Webbie Freeman, Levie John
son, Willie L. Johnsop, Buck Li
ndsey, Margaret Usher, Bessie
Mae Williams.
ATLANTA - Two specially
marked license plates for Geor
gia veterans will be available
when automobile tags go on sale
across the state on January 2,
State Veterans Service Director
Pete Wheeler announced today.
One is the free “Handicapped
Veterans” or HV tag granted to
certain severely disabled veter
ans who lost limbs, use of limbs
or eyesight as a result of their
military service. All eligible
Hospital
Notes
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Watching, Waiting In Viet Nam
WAITING — S/Sgt. Edward Hollingsworth stops in his tracks after spotting enemy
activity on Hill 1208. Sergeant Hollingsworth of Atlanta, Ga., is serving with Com
pany A, Ist Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) which was
operating 16 miles south east of Phu Bai.
Special License Plates For Vets
Army Scientists Develop Food for Space Hights
NATICK, Mass. (ANF)—
U.S. astronauts can eat
tasty, nourishing meals in
space as a result of a long
and successful research pro
gram being conducted at the
U.S. Army Natick Labora
toratories here.
Space flight places unusu
al demands on food prepara
tion, packaging, storing and
serving. Since early 1961,
Natick scientists and food
technologists have been
meeting these challenges in
support of the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration by developing—
and frequently providing —
foods suitable for space
flight.
One of the most sophisti
cated techniques for food
preservation now under
study at Natick is a special
kind of dehydration called
freeze drying. This method,
which results in significant
weight reduction, has become
an important factor in pro-
your sheriff. My special thanks to the County officials
who have served so well and cooperated with me in
the interest of our county, during my tenure in office.
It has been my pleasure to serve you and my county
to the best of my ability during the past 20 years, and
upon retirement I pledge my continued interest and
support.
Sincerely yours,
Tom M. Bates
Retiring County
Commissioner
veterans, including Vietnam, are
entitled to the free HV tag. Ser
vice connected disabled veterans
applying for the free HV tags
must have proof of eligibility
from the Veterans Administra
tion.
The other plate is the new
“Disabled Veteran” tag avail
able to veterans who meet the
same disability requirements as
the handicapped veterans. How
ever, the DV tags must be pur-
viding high-quality space
foods.
Freeze drying, a process in
which food is freezed and
the water is removed as ice
crystals by vacuum, appears
to be suitable for all types
of meats, fruits and vege
tables. This makes it possi
ble to supply a greater vari
ety of properly preserved
foods.
Also, freeze-drying results
in substantially better taste
than some other dehydration
methods. When water is add
ed (a process called rehydra
tion), the product closely re
sembles the original product
in flavor, texture, shape and
size.
Through years of research,
Natick’s food experts have
made available a wide vari
ety of foods for planning as
tronauts’ menus, from bacon
and eggs for breakfast to
beef pot roast and shrimp
cocktail for dinner.
But, during the flight of
To The People
Os
Newton County;
I would like to express my thanks
to the people of Newton County for
your support and allowing me to
serve you for 16 years as County
Commissioner and for 4 years as
Thaisday, January 2, 1969
chased at the cost of regular pl
ates. Veterans who are disabled
from causes other than military
service may apply for the DV
tag. Proof of eligibility from
the VA o r a doctor will qualify
the nonservice connected vete
rans for the DV tag.
Both plates are red, white and
blue with their individual letter
ing. Application for both plates
must be made through the vet
erans’ county tax collector
who will in turn forward the re
quest to the State Revenue De
partment for issuance of the pl
ate.
APOLLO 8, scheduled for
later this month, the three
man space team will have a
menu that is tentatively less
varied than the one provid
ed this fall for the APOLLO
7 astronauts.
This occurs because
APOLLO 8 will cover a
shorter time period and the
three men will eat the same
meals. During APOLLO 7,
menus were prepared to suit
the individual preferences of
each man.
This wide latitude in menu
preparation is a major indi
cation of the success of Na
tick’s space-age food re
search. Among the rehydra
table foods that will be part
of the APOLLO 8 menus are
the following:
Beef and gravy, spaghetti
and meat sauce, chicken sal
ad, beef hash, chicken and
gravy, chicken and vegeta
bles, ham and applesauce,
fruit cocktail, peaches, tuna
salad, corn chowder, potato
soup and pea soup.