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COMMENTS
It is that season for making and breaking New
Year’s resolutions. This year we’re approaching
the problem differently. We’re going to suggest a
few resolutions for others, knowing full well that
they will not make firm resolves of this kind them
selves.
Be it resolved by:
Harold Stassen—not to run for any political
office;
George Romney—-to avoid using the word brain
washed*
Eugene McCarthy—to attend a few sessions of
the Senate-
Mrs. Lester Maddox—not to run for Governor
of Georgia;
Mayor Daley—-not to host any political con
ventions;
Frank Sinatra — to stay single;
Mayor Lindsay—to go on strike;
Mayor Yorty—-to stay in town:
Greetings! And A Tax Increase
One of the first things that will greet every
working person with the dawn of the new year
will be an increase in social security taxes.
Social security payment deductions from wage
and salary checks will rise to 4.8 per cent of
earnings up to $7,800. This means that any
employee with earnings of $7,800 will pay $374.-
40 in social security taxes. Employers will
pay an equal amount. Thus, the total tax take
in the name of “social security” will reach
nearly 10 per cent of taxable payrolls. Near
ly 10 per cent of every dollar up to maximum tax
able earnings will go to the federal govern
ment to pay tor social security and medicare—
as much as $748.80 per employee. And more in
creases in this tax are coming in the years
ahead. By 1987, it will amount to 5.9 per cent
Buckle up that belt and live! For years we’ve
been told that one way to assure longer life is
to tighten up the belt a notch and keep trim by
lighter eating habits. We now know that by cin
ching up that safety belt in an automobile, ser
ious injury or death may be averted in the event
of a crash.
Forty-six years ago, famed race driver, Bar
ney Oldfield, introduced seat belts to racing
cars. Today, no race driver would consider
wheeling onto the track without fastening his belt.
It wasn’t until 1949 that the first factory in
stalled belts were available in passenger cars.
But they didn’t make much of an impact It
took until 1963 for major automobile producers
to install the belts in the front seats of all 1964
model passenger cars. By 1965, they were in
stalled front and rear.
But motorists are a pretty secure breed of
people. They feel collisions can’t happen to
An AP dispatch from Austin, Texas, reports
the federal budget director has indicated that
estimated government spending for farm-price
supports has increased by S7OO million for the
fiscal year that began July 1. Similar estimates
say costs of public assistance and medicaid may
go up by S3OO million.
In order to carry out the economy mandate of
Congress when the surtax bill was passed, these
increases must be offset by cuts in federal
spending elsewhere. Another AP dispatch, this
time from Washington, D. C., reports that as an
economy measure the Navy is laying up 50 ships,
including a nuclear submarine and a number of
The concept of avoiding friction with the Soviet
Union calls for refraining from making ourselves
more strong militarily, since doing so would mo
tivate the USSR to increase its military might. The
concept calls for competing with the Soviets in
friendly fashion and increasing trade, thereby en
couraging the people behind the Iron Curtain to
seek a better standard of living.
If you wonder what would be necessary to acc
omplish an equality that would end envy in this
standard of living area, here is what Richard M.
DeVos, President of Amway Corporation, reported
to his sales representatives: we would have to
abandon three-fifths of our steel capacity, two
thirds of our petroleum production and 95 percent
of our electric output. We would have to destroy
two of every three hydro-electric plants, and use
only a tenth of our present volume of natural gas,
We would need to tear up 14 of every 15 miles of
paved highways, and two of every three miles of
railroad tracks. We would have to scrap 19 of
every 20 automobiles and trucks, and destroy 40
million television sets. There will be some who
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New Year’s Resolutions
Your Life Is At Stake
Butter Ahead Os Guns
On Avoiding Friction
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Dr. Spock—to try picketing in Hanoi;
U Thant-to say one nice thing about the United
States;
Gen. DeGaulle—to buy a Volkswagen;
Yul Brynner—to let his hair grow;
Allan Ginsberg—to shave his;
Bill Buckley—to use less formidable words;
Senator Dirksen—to comb his hair.
Adam Clayton Powell—to stay in Bimini;
Tiny Tim—to take voice lessons;
Every College President — to expel every
troublemaker;
Heidi — to stop abusing those big football
players;
Bob Hope—to be able to spend Christmas at
home;
Rev. Billy Graham—the same;
Secretary Kennedy—to speak only of paper
gold.
each for employee and employer.
A little pamphlet issued by the Associated In
dustries of Alabama, entitled “Another Chunk
Out of Your Check,” explains why social secu
rity costs are increasing so rapidly. There
are two main reasons. One, a great number of
people are now getting benefits which come to
more than the taxes they and their employers
have paid into social security. Two, Congress
has changed the law many times to (a) add
rhore groups to the program, (b) make it easier
to get benefits, (c) increase the benefits, and (d)
add medicare. Each change costs both employees
and employers more money.
So remember, among those who will be first
to greet you in the new year will be the tax col
lector.
them. They claim discomfort or restriction in
regard to safety belts. They will risk a slit
face or a fractured skull rather than risk wrink
ling a pair of trousers or a pretty dress by the
use of safety belts. And the belts really don’t
wrinkle clothes that much!
Statistics show that travelers are 35 to 60
per cent safer using safety belts. But a survey
showed that while some two thirds of the cars
checked were equipped with the belts, only 38
per cent reported “always” using them in local
traffic. And despite the fact that more than
half of all injury-producing automobile collisions
happen in urban areas, and three out of four
traffic deaths occur within 25 miles of home,
the motorists still reserve use of safety belts for
the long trips.
What odds do you like to have in your favor
when you gamble?
World War II support vessels. It is also de
activating eight air squadrons. The Army has
abandoned plans to activate an Infantry Division
at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Although defense officials say the economy
program will not affect war needs in Viet Nam,
the prospect of a billion dollar rise in spending
for farm subsidies, public assistance and medicaid,
while cracking down on the Navy and Army may
well encourage our enemies in Asia to increase
their belligerence, both at the conference table
and in Viet Nam. A nation that appears to put
butter ahead of guns in time of war is headed for
trouble.
think that smashing that many television sets
wouldn’t be entirely bad, but it all sounds like a
distinctly lower standard of living to us.
Detailing our standing on competition with the
whole world, Mr. DeVos points out that although
we have six percent of the world’s population and
seven percent of its land surface, we own 71 per
cent of all the automobiles in the world. 56 percent
of all telephones, 60 percent of all radios, 29 per
cent of all railroads, 83 percent of all television
sets, and 90 percent of all bathtubs. This nation
produces 59 oercent of the world’s steel, 46 per
cent of its electric power, 50 percent of its oil,
56 percent of its corn, 42 percent of its cotton,
33 percent of its coal, 31 percent of its copper
and 38 percent cd its iron.
It occurs to us that a whale of a lot of fric
tion went into accomplishing those production fi
gures—the friction of spirited competition which
our system of government encourages.
It might be that if the Soviets were permitted
more competition friction among themselves they
would produce more of the things they envy in
the free world societies.
LEO MALLARD
Advertising Manager
Entered at the Pott Office
at Covington, Georgia, at
mail matter of the Second
ClattA
OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
MINISTRY ON THE SABBATH
DEVOTIONAL READING:
Mark 1:35-42.
INTERMEDIATE-SENIOR TO
PIC: Focus on Persons.
Memory Selection: The Son
of man also came not to be serv
ed but to serve. Mark 10:45.
YOUNG PEOPLE-ADULT TO
PIC: What Is This New Teach
ing?
Last Week we studied the topic,
“The Beginning of the Good
News.’’ The word “gospel”
means “good news.” When
spelled with a capital letter the
word means one of the four ac
counts of the ministry of Jesus
with which the New Testament
opens (Matthew, Mark, Luke,and
John). When spelled with a
small letter, “gospel” means the
sacred message itself.
Jesus brought into the world
the best news mankind had ever
heard, namely, that God was
ready, if they repented, to for
give men’s sins and to confer
upon them the blessing of eter
nal salvation.
Our Lord’s ministry consisted
of teaching, preaching, and heal
ing. Apart from his religious
significance, this man Jesus
stands out as the greatest per
son ever to have appeared in
human history. He lived, not
at the center of world affairs,
but decidedly on the periphery.
He had only the equivalent of a
grade-school education. Ap
parently he lived his life with
in a radius of fifty miles from
his hometown, Nazareth, and was
executed along with two crimi
nals when he was in his early
thirties. Yet time has been dat
ed from the birth of this man.
Even the adherents of the great
non-Christian religions refer to
him as “His Excellency Jesus.”
What made him so great? His
teachings are unsurpassed. He
undoubtedly performed a veri
table multitudeof miracles, heal
ing all sorts of diseases and
bringing the dead back to life.
Why, then, was a man who liv
ed such a distinguished and use
ful career brought to his death?
Because he defied the establish
ed religious-political authority
of his day. Had he worked un
der the supervision of the scrib
es and Pharisees and with their
consent, they would no doubt
have been proud of him. But
he defied them.
One of his acts of defiance
was that he presumed to heal
on the Sabbath day. The re
ligious leaders of that day con
sidered healing a variety of work
and therefore a violation when
performed on the Sabbath.
The importance of authority in
matters religious can hardly be
overestimated. When authority
is false or tyrannically exer
cised, religion becomes a bane
to men’s existence. But men
must assure themselves, and if
they are religious teachers, as-
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Recently I had the opportunity
of visiting some of those who for
merly lived here in Wesley
Woods, but are now “Shut-Ins”
elsewhere.
Everyone with whom I spoke
remembered with pleasure the
time spent here and asked to be
remembered to their old friends
here.
Wesley Woods is a grand old
place. Those who have enjoyed
Its blessings look back upon it
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sure the world, that they have
authority for the beliefs they
hold and the course of action
they put into operation.
The scribes and Pharisees of
our Lord’s day ruled with a
high hand. The common people
feared them and held them in
awe. Secretly, however, most
of the common people despised
these pretentious, hard and
overbearing leaders.
In the teachings of Jesus the
common people discerned a new
note, and it was veritable music
to their ears. This plain, sim
ple carpenter from a country town
“taught them as one that had
authority and not as the scriber.”
Furthermore, he defied the
church leaders of his day, open
ly criticized them in scathing
terms, and on many occasions
made them appear ridiculous be
fore the masses.
It is only natural that the
leaders reached the conclusion
that this peripatetic teacher
would have to be dealt with and
dealt with severely. If his in
fluence grew, he would take over
the rule of things and they would
be left discredited, with their sta
tus destroyed and in some cases
with their “business” ruined al
so, for many of these church
leaders maintained the booths
and stores which surrounded the
temple.
Nazareth had been our Lord’s
home since childhood. Caper
naum now comes to be his se
cond home and the city from which
his activities are directed. No
wonder the people were aston
ished when they heard him speak;
and when he followed his words
with miracles, they were ready
indeed to believe that this was
God’s Messiah sent for the re
demption of his people.
The scribesand Phariseeshad
authority and exercised it with
firmness and arrogant pride.
Then came this simple, under
standable man from the despised
village of Nazareth and he both
defied the church leaders and
spoke with authority never be
fore manifested.
No wonder the scribes, Phari
sees, and other religious leaders
were astounded, shocked, anger
ed, and goaded into taking ex
treme measures.
In the synagogue at Capernaum
there was a man “with unclean
spirit.” The people of that day
believed that all disease—espe
cially mental disease of any kind—
was caused by the presence of
unclean and evil spirits. The
afflicted man in the synagogue
at Capernaum appeared to have
been in the grasp of these de
monic beings.
We note with amazement that
the unclean spirits recognized
Jesus. “Let us alone,” they
cried. “What have we to do
with thee, thou Jesus of Naza
reth? art thou come to des
troy us? I know thee who thou
art, the Holy One of God.”
with pleasure. The very men
tion of it caused faces to light
up with Interest as I talked to
those former residents.
We now have available lovely
cards carrying colored pictures
of this home. lam sure the of
fice can furnish the addresses of
these former residents. So lets
cheer up these old friends by
sending them cards of greeting.
I think our Lord would said: “Do
this in rememberane of ME.”
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Covington, Georgia
January 6, 1968
Mrs. Belmont Dennis, Editor
The Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mrs. Dennis,
Today I saw a whole town
weep and felt the same stunned
grief that every man, woman and
child in our county felt over the
untimely death of George B. Hu
tchinson.
He was such a vital and ir
replaceable part of EVERY ph
ase of our community life. He
was the heartbeat and the pulse
of E. L. Ficquett School—a warm
and safe feeling to every student
there, a gratefully acknowledged
blessing to every parent. He
was actively involved in what
ever our young people were do
ing, wherever they were doing
it. How many countless scouts
over how many countless years
did he camp with, take on trips,
teach, encourage, inspire? How
many civic jobs did he do so faith
fully and so well? What will his
church do without his endless
service in her behalf? What an
ache to have that golden voice
stilled!
This wonderously gifted man
was so talented, yet so modest
and unassuming, he just quietly
and efficiently did a better job
on everything he did everyday
than anyone else in the world
could have done. You expected
him to; you knew he’d do it
right. Like all great men, he
was a gentle person, a caring
man - things mattered - people
were important. He wore the
same face for every man. He
lived his faith. He lived with
honor, with integrity, with sin
cerity. He was busy all his life
serving others. He was the prin
cipal of a grammar school in our
not-too-big town. Maybe not too
many people outside a few coun
ties knew him - yet, as men go,
he was one of the GIANTS of
our community. What a legacy
to leave his son - I know he
will walk tall and proud in his
father’s footsteps! He left his
mark on all of us - we’ll have
to do something about service
to others now.
I have heard that the students
at E. L. Ficquett School plan a
George B. Hutchinson Memorial.
And this day I have heard many
people express the wish that they
could have a part in honoring
Mr. Hutchinson in some special
memorial for him at Ficquett.
Several of these people were
former Ficquett students, and I
am sure that EVERY student
who attended Ficquett would like
to share in a George Hutchinson
Memorial - as well as just peo
ple who were privileged to call
him friend. I am writing this
as an appeal to the students
and faculty at E. L. Ficquett
School to please let former Fic
quett students and friends of Mr.
Hutchinson - ALL who want to
share in honoring this great and
good man - please let it be our
privilege to have a part in his
memorial at Ficquett - the only
right place for a memorial honor
ing him.
Sincerely,
Margaret Faulkner Vining
(Mrs. Herbert H. Vining)
December 29, 1968
Covington News
Covington News
Dear Sir,
It is hoped that you will pub
lish this letter so that these th
oughts can be shared with your
readers.
On the way home to Lyons,
Georgia to spend Thanksgiving
with my folks, I had serious car
trouble. By chance I was direc
ted to Walker Harris’ place of
business. They provided hours of
labor and assistance—the mec
hanics and staff stayed overtime
on a Saturday, a lovely lounge
for my wife to wait in, every
courtesy, and, In my opinion,
no more than a minimum fee.
My most sincere compliments
to your city for having a fine man
such as Walker Harris for your
mayor, shop manager Red Pul
lin, and a fine staff as citizens.
Most of all my heartfelt thanks
to everyone who helped.
Sincerely,
Jack H. Stanley
Chief of Police
Martinsville, md.
46151
Ideal Form Os Conservation
Since the American people are
increasingly dependent on trees
for pleasures and necessities of
life, flexibility is paramount in
forest management.
The broader the range of human
needs that can be served by each
forested acre—the greater the
variety and volume of products
that can be derived from each
harvested tree—the better oft
the nation will be.
Such are the objectives of mu
ltiple-use tree farming and in
tegrated forest products manu
facture as practiced by timber
industries in the twelve Southern
Pine producing states.
Most of this region’s 47 mil
lion acres of tree farms are of
the multiple-use variety. With
this thrifty and highly versatile
form of forest management, the
raw material for different pro
ducts is grown on the same land
which also provides recreational
and scenic benefits.
Pulpwood is gleaned largely
from the periodic removal of
small or defective trees to give
Few men in life gain the love
and respect of those with whom
they come in contact as did
George Hutchinson. Few men,
when they pass on, will be miss
ed in a community as will this
giant man of character and in
volvement.
His life was Invested in this
community—her children and ad
ults. He was involved in every
aspect of civic, religious, and
cultural life in his town.
As an educator he quietly tau
ght, guided, and inspired child
ren during their formative years.
He instilled knowledge in young
minds by making the process ex
citing; he guided young thoughts
into constructive actions with
more patience than most mothers;
and his quiet manner and res
ponsible activity inspired many
youngsters to follow his living
example of character, the mark
of all great men.
In an age of indifference Ge
orge Hutchinson “cared” for his
fellowman, especially the little
children. He took time to un
derstand their feelings, to minis
ter to their needs, to nurture
their growth in body and mind
as a friend and as a principal.
As a Scouter he helped to
“round out” many boys as a
counselor, camper, committee
man, and district leader. His
name was synonymous with the
Boy Scout program in the At-
Words To Live By
By Rev. Sydney Whiteman
North Covington
United Methodist Church
Matt: 18:1-4 “At that time
the disciples came to Jesus, say
ing, ‘Who is the greatest in
the Kingdom of Heaven?’ And
calling to him a child, he put
him in the midst of them, and
said, 'Truly, I say to you, un
less you turn and become like
children, you will never enter the
Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever
humbles himself like this child,
he is the greatest in the King
dom of Heaven.”
Jesus never failed to call a
spade a spade. In this reveal
ing question and His subsequent
answer we get the feeling that
He is speaking to us in the twen
tieth century, and Indeed He is.
He tells His disciples that un
less they turn from the direc
tion in which they are headed,
they will never reach the King
dom. He told them that they
BY MRS. ROBERT I. BURALL
TENTH DISTRICT DIR.
GEORGIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS
AND TEACHERS
The other day I was asked to
explain PTA Preschool Service.
It occurred to me perhaps there
are others interested in this
phase of our PTA.
Preschool — the first step in
PTA Is designed to serve the pre
school child, his home, school,
and community. It reaches out
to members who have preschool
ers of any age, or expecting to be
come parents.
If organized as a unit of the
PTA family, it has the privil
eges, and fulfills the objects, of
any PTA unit in the State Con
gress. This committee can be
a vital and constructive influence
for children’s welfare by planning
programs that develop recogni
tion of the importance of the ch
ild’s early years, and under-
the elite sawtimber specimens
sufficient room for straight,
healthy growth. Hie sawtimber
harvest—from which lumber and
plywood are made—is always
more than replaced by oncoming
crops of trees.
This same frugality carries
on to the mill. Many Southern
Pine lumber producers are equ
ipped with debarkers and chip
pers which permit conversion of
slabs, edgings and other leavings
of the saws to pulp chips for
paper mills.
The South provides 60% of the
nation’s total pulpwood output
for newsprint, rayon clothing,
food andbeverage containers, pa
per napkins and towels and other
products. And much of the mat
erial comes from thinnings of
the forest and leftovers from
lumbering.
This helps explain why the So
uth has been able to accommodate
a sizeable expansion of forest
Industry in recent years without
interruption of a steady build
up of the timber resource.
/
Thursday, January 9, 1969
George B. Hutchinson
By: Leo S. Mallard
lanta Area Council....he was a:
Silver Beaver.
Kiwanis meant a great deal'
in the life of George Hutching
son, and he was always mean-:
ing a great deal to the Cov-:
ington Kiwanis Club. Most im-:
portant to him here was his work:
as chairman of the Boy’s and;
Girl’s Committee which he head-:
ed for many years. He was;
president of the club in 1962.:
George Hutchinson lived his:
religion every day and he par-:
ticipated in all the activities of:
the First Methodist Church. His;
golden tenor voice sang praises:
to his God and ministered to :
the hearts of his fellowman each:
Sunday from the choir loft there.:
This man will be no stranger
in the world hereafter....he knew
and served his God, and his God
knew him.
No greater tribute can be paid
George Hutchinson than to say
that he was a devoted family
man. He lived a fine “exam
ple” for his son to follow; he
loved and cherished his wife and
son as only a Christian hus
band and father could.
We, the people of Covington,
mourn the passing of George
Hutchinson, but we thank God
for his life among us in this
community, and the inspiration
that life has been to the many
students, teachers, friends, and
associates who knew and loved
this man.
Moriis |
i
were going in the wrong direc
tion and that unless they “tur
ned” they would never arrive at
their destination. It is the same
in life to-day. We get headed in
the wrong direction and we need
to “turn”. The twentieth cen
tury man seems to be aiming
at the wrong goal. He seems
to be aiming at fulfilment of
personal ambition; the acquisi
tion of personal power, the en
joyment of personal prestige, the
exaltation of self, and these are
the opposite of the Kingdom of
Heaven. To be a citizen of the
Kingdom of Heaven means the .
complete forgetting of self, the ;
spending of self in a life which
aims at service and not at po
wer or personal prestige. So
long as man considers his own
self as the most important thing
in the world, his back is turned
to the Kingdom, and if he wants
to ever reach the Kingdom, he
must turn around and face in
the opposite direction.
standing of children’s needs for
experiences that increase their
security, independence, and ini
tiative. Therefore helping them
to become self-controlled, and
mature citizens.
Education begins very early
for a child. According to re
search, a child has gone fifty
percent of the way in organizing
the thinking patterns that we
call his intelligence by the time
he has reached the age of four.
The PTA can play an Important
part in helping parents of little
children realize the importance
of pre-school guidance. Reading
is a wonderful way parents, who
are a child’s first teachers, can
help by giving him the key to
learning, opportunity, and new
worlds to explore, as well as the
key to understanding the impor
tance of learning.
For the New Year I would like
to answer a question I was asked
the other day. “Why I believe
so strongly in the PTA.” My
answer is quite simple.
I believe it is a part of our
American Way of life. It is de
mocracy in action. We can safe
guard America’s future by meet
ing our children’s needs - in
education, physical, social, emo
tional, moral, and spiritual edu
cation.
I believe Parents, Teachers,
and other interested citizens,
working together, can meet these
needs by strengthening the fa
mily and improving the Com
munity. The family and com
munity often shape each other
and the PTA serves both.
Our PTA goals are good -
not only for America but due to
our highly developed Internat
ional Communication System,
they are good and sound goals for
all the world to follow, and I find
great satisfaction participating in
its activities.
So let’s make a New Years
Resolution - “To be an ACTIVE
PTA member.”