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Editorial
COMMENTS
Youth In Labor Market
When it comes to the younger generation, the
hippies and yippies have been getting most of the
headlines, However, the majority of America’s
youth have been hard at work preparing them
selves to enter the labor market, According to
Finance Facts, a monthly newsletter on con
sumer behavior, published by the National Con
sumer Finance Association, about half of the
young men between the ages of 16 and 21 who
are in the labor force are alsoenrolled in school.
The young ladies are industrious too, with about
one-third of the same age group who are holding
down some type of job also attending school.
Less than three per cent of these young people
An extraordinary letter to the editor appeared
in the Washington Star recently, It was signed
by the president of a District of Columbia bank,
and it spoke of ‘“the serious psychological effect
upon the personnel of banks which suffer armed
robberies,”’
There is a disposition to overlook these human
consequences of crime, In fact bank robberies
seem to prompt even less public anger than other
holdups because the loot is insured and nobody
appears to suffer loss.
But there were two employees in Washington,
D. C. who suffered serious loss, as the letter
reveals:
“‘ln the case of the Rhode Island Avenue Branch
of the National Savings and Trust Company,
a female employee had a pistol pointed at her
head, She went into shock and was out of the
bank three months, hardly able to communicate,
She is now back on the job part time but unable
to fully utilize one of her arms, One of the -male
tellers became ill during the week following the
holdup because of a nervous reaction and did not
return to the bank for more than a month at
}vlu'e? time he had to be assigned to another off
ice.
THE
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and stretch out on the green
grass. . .with a bag of seed
near to toss out so the beauti
ful birds would come down, never
fearing me, to eat the goodies I
had brought.
Then, there is the beautiful
sunset in the far blue yonder.
There is that moon gradually
peeking up, at twilight, pale at
first, but brightening as it sl
owly moves into full view. Soon
the beauty of the earth is brigh
tened by it’s mellow glow. See the
flower beds! What a different
message God sends you through
them, in the twilight, at the end
of a perfect day. All these years
in Washington has made it feel
like home, however, home where
the deer and antelope roam, and
the challenge of cultivating God’s
meadows and fields, watching the
miracle of the birth of fine ani
mals. . .and the growing up of
your children’s children. Ah!
what a heavenly place to rest!
We wish our new President God
speed in bringing peace, that pea
ce we have so prayed for that our
Sons might come home from for
eign fields. Thousands will not
come home for they were killed,
and many bodies not found. . .
many have come home to be bur
ied in the “Family Plot” .. .but
they could not greet their loved
ones and friends, "as planned.
Our hearts BLEED with anguish,
when we look at one of our fine
young boys, in their casket, and
grief stricken parents weeping
over them, We pray that this war
may cease, and we may at long
last develope throughout the wor-
Cotton Essay Contest
The Cotton Essay Contest is
for senior 4«H members, The
essay may be on any subject
relating to the use of cotton but
must not exceed 250 words, The
members may write on such sub
jects as “Why I Like to Wear
Cotton Clothes,”” ‘‘Newand Dif
ferent Uses of Cotton,”” or any
subject promoting the use of cot=-
ton,
The following rules will apply
for the program:
1, Open only to Senior 4-H
THE COVINGTON NEWS
' MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Editor and Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
One Aspect Os Crime
1d ¢‘that Peace which passeth
all understanding.’’
Write your check for the Can=-
cer Fund today and help those
people of your community, who
are going all out to SAVE Ll=
VES (which might be your own),
Easter Seals Campaign is in the
making. . .this money goes for
little crippled children, as well
as adults. There are four great
centers in the State where tr
eatments may be had. . .where you
or your child, maimed, may re
ceive help. . .and be fitted for
braces. . .a Wwheel chair or what
ever your needs may be. Miracles
are being performed in all these
centers. Our dimes and dollars
are needed to help buy this equip
ment, and they will be calling on
you soon. . .SO please save your
dollars. . .for all who have per
fect bodies, and perfect little
ones, should be so thankful that
they will help pay for the little
ones, and older ones who are
unfortunate. “UNTO THE LEAST
OF THESE UNTO ME". ..and we
do not have to tell you that thisis
what our Heavenly Father has
said to you. . .and to me!
Business Men: There is a State
Wide, and Nation Wide Program
for the beautification of everybu
siness house in town. Look at
Hutchins’ Store and get an idea
for your business. . .or paint
yours up in fresh colors be
fore May. Planter of flowers. . .
new store fronts. . .You saw
Madison, Social Circle and ot
hers - pictures of the Miracle
they had wrought in their ¢‘Clean~
up - Paint -up - Remodeling Pro
gram,’ Start Planning to Make
your town a show place. . .Your
Office Boy will help in the job of
«Sweepin’ Up”’.
Members, both girls and
boys.
2, There will be district and
state awards for both girls
and boys.
A, District Awards (Each
Extension District)
Boy — SIOO,OO
Girl — SIOO,OO
B, State Awards
Boy — $200,00
Girl — $200,00
C, A girl or boy may be
both a district and st
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have chosen to drop out of school and the labor
market,
Whether in or out of school, educational att
ainment of the 16-24 year old labor force is
significantly higher now than in 1960, College
enrollment has skyrocketed over the past ten
years, and labor force participation of students
is now the highest since World War 11,
It gives us reason for renewed confidence in
today’s youth, because recent trends show they
are, for the most part, industrious and better
educated than their predecessors, Job hunting,
too, will be easier for them because fewer
youths will be inexperienced when they enter
the labor force on a permanent basis,
Frank A, Gunther, who submitted the letter is
president of a competitor Security Bank, He
wrote after the press had taken notice of the len
ient treatment accorded the two youths who plead
guilty to having robbed the Rhode Island Avenue
bank,
The letter calls to mind another case we heard
about recently—-that of a middle-aged man whohad
been the manager of a store in midtown New York
for several years, Three times in less than two
years he looked into the business end of a pistol
in the hand of a holdup man, The last two holdups
were by the same robber, Our middle-aged
hero decided that three strikes was out and that
he would give up the job he had held for 23 years
and find a safer pursuit,
In his words; ‘‘They caught the holdup man
who did the last two jobs, And do you know,
he did his time and was out of jail before I
landed another job,”’
We very much wish that some judges would
take psychological damage and work-loss factors
into account when adjudging the seriousness of a
crime,
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Ceramics Course
To Be Offered
o
At Brickstore
The Brickstore Home Econ
omics Club will sponsor a cou=
rse in ceramics in the near fut
ure,
The teacher will be Mrs, Sue
Van Santos Atlanta,
Mrs. Van Sant not only excells
in teaching the art of glazing
ceramics, but also in hand paint=-
ing them.
Anyone interested should con=
tact Mrs, Nelle Coggin at 786=
8575,
These classes will be held in
a central location in town,
Porterdale Men’s
Day Set Sunday
Men’s Day will be observed
at the Porterdale Baptist Church
Sunday, January 26. Starting the
day’s activities will be the
Brotherhood Breakfast on Sunday
morning with Terrell Lindsey
giving a short devotional.
Rev. Jimmy Edwards will br
ing the message at the 110'clock
church service and the message
at the evening service at 7:30
will be brought by Lester Hug=-
hes. The Men’s Choir of the ch=-
urch will bring special music
at both the morning and evening
services.
Rev. H, N, Earnest, pastor of
the church, and Wallace Edwards
president of the Brotherhood, ex
tends a cordial welcome toevery
one to attend these services.
ate winner and there
fore could receive
$300,00
3, Essays may be on any sub=
ject promoting the use of
cotton and must not exceed
250 words and must be
typed. ‘
4, Essays are due in the New=
ton County Extension Office
by February 24, 1969,
5. A county may submit as
many essays as theydesire,
6., The essays will be judged
and the winners notified by
March 15,
A, State awards will be
made at the State 4-H
~_ Councll Meeting,-
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
PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND
JESUS
Devotional Reading: Philip=-
pians 2:5-13,
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
When People Misunderstand.
Memory Selection;: When his
friends heard it, they went out
to seize him, for they said, ‘‘He
is beside himself.’”” Mark 3:21,
Young People - Adult Topic:
People Misunderstand Jesus.
The hard, cold fact of being
misunderstood is a cruel fact
indeed.
Our natures are such that man
desires understanding. He craves
it in many ways. Certainly he ex=
pects understanding from his pa=
rents and the members of his
immediate family, To be mis=
understood by those closest to
us is to sense loneliness and
frustration.
Likewise, we yearn for ap
preciation from our teachers and
counselors, We build friendships
with those who display sympathy
to our needs and temperament.
In our chosen profession we aim
to do our job well and share with
employer and other employees a
common goal. There is nothing
that hurts more than to have
our actions questioned, for we
seek fulfillment and satisfaction
from those closely associated
with us. Without it we wither and
die.
Even our Lord was not exempt
from the trials we sometimes
face.
Jesus met his share of disap
pointment, He is pictured in the
Gospels as misunderstood by th=-
ose closest to him. Sometimes
their attitude was conditioned by
the crowd, but just as often
their lack of understanding was
the result of his own words or
actions. Jesus came face to face
with those who disagreed with
him, and it must have been a
hard load for the Son of God to
bear whenever men missed the
point of his deeds or teachings.
Since Jesus faced dissension,
he can sense our pain when we
By Phil DeMore,
Pastor of Salem United
Methodist Church
It will never cease to amaze
humanity how some people know
so much about other people and
their families and know so little
about their own self and their
own family, It appearsthatsome
people enjoy talking about others
but somehow they never see, (or
at least admit) , their own faults,
There seems to be an inborn
desire for some people to gos=
sip about others and these peo
,ple never realize how much they
are lowering themselves by talk=
ing about others,
In the Gospel of Matthew we
read, “Why do you see the speck
that is in your brother’s eye,
but do not notice the log that
is in your own eye? Or how can
you say to your brother, ‘Let
me take the speck out of your
eye,” when there is the log in
your own eye? You hypocrite,
first take the log out of your
own eye, and then you will see
clearly to take the speck out
of your brother’s eye,”
(Matthew 7:3-5 RSV),
There is a legend of a pea=
sant with a troubled conscience
who went to the village priest
for advice, The peasant had re
peated some slander about a
friend and later he had found
that his words were untrue. He
asked the priest what he could
do to make amends, The priest
told the man: “If you want
to make peace with your con~
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Youngster Gets Wheel Chair
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ELKS AIDMCRE HOSPITAL presented a wheel=chair to Stevie
Knight of Covington. Robert Mitcham, Elks Aidmore trustee, is
shown at left with Stevie’s mother, Mrs. Relious Knight, Cov=
ington Elks Lodge No, 1806 has been a generous contributor to
Aidmore Hospital.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
are misunderstood. He knew
firsthand what it means when
others question the sincerity of
our purpose.
His friends missed the point
of his mission, and they were
the poorer for their failure, As
we would expect, his critics took
him to task, for their criticism
was destructive and not construc
tive. So also his family mis
understood, and he had to deal
rather sharply with them.
Jesus. always showed the ma
turity of his character by the way
he dealt with every situation. He
proved himself to be our Elder
Brother.
Perhaps the area of greatest
concern in the realm of being
misunderstood was faced by Je=-
sus when he discovered that this
friends did not sympathize with
him.
In Mark’s Gospel, from which
this lesson is drawn, the biogra
pher gives us the record of se
veral areas where Jesus was to
face opposition. He began with the
fact that Jesus’ friends misun
derstood him. We might imagine
that those whom he called ‘/r
--iend”” would appreciate him, but
frequently they did not.
Mark records that after Jesus
had called the disciples unto him
and had thus gathered about him
self a small group of followers,
twelve in number, lack of har
mony began to develop immedi=
ately in the multitude.
Following the formation of the
band of disciples, they ¢‘‘went
into a house,’ or ¢‘went home’?
(RSV). Mark had already inform=
ed his readers that a ‘‘greater
multitude from Galilee followed
him, and from Judea, and from
Jerusalem, and from Idumea,
and from beyond Jordan; and
they about Tyre and Sidon, a
great multitude, when they heard
what great things he did, came
unto him’* (3:7-8). So once again
when Jesus retired following the
calling of the disciples, the crowd
assembled again, so much so that
they could not even eat. It was at
this point that Jesus’ friends be=
science, you must fill a bag with
goose feathers and go to every
door in the village and drop a
feather on each porch.”’
The peasant took a bag, fil
led it with goose feathers, and
did as he was told. Then he
went back to the priest and ask=
ed: “Is this all that I need
to do?” ¢‘No, that is not all,”
was the answer, ¢‘There is one
thing more, take your bag and
gather up every feather,” The
peasant left, After a long per=-
iod he returned, saying, ¢‘l could
not find all the feathers, for
the wind had blown them away.’’
The priest said, ‘“So it is with
gossip, Unkind words are so
easily dropped, but we can ne=-
ver take them back again,”
Let us look and see what some
people have said about gossips
down through the ages:
George Meredith said a gos=-
sip is ‘‘a beast of prey who
does not even wait for the dea=
th of the victim he devours,”
Augustine had a motto print=-
ed on the wall of his dining
room: ‘‘He who speaks an evil
word of an absent man or wo=
man is not welcome at this ta=-
ble,”
Heywood Broun once related
the story of a mother who told
her children to divide all peo=-
ple into two classes =- friends
and strangers. Friends we love
too well to gossip about; stran
gers we know too little,
¢“So live,” advised Will Ro=
gers, ‘“that you would not be as
hamed to sell the family par=
rot to the town gossip,??
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Mrs. Belmont Dennis
Editor and Publisher
Covington News
Covington, Georgia 30209
Dear Mrs. Dennis:
You will be receiving, under
separate cover, a news release
from Dana Corporation with the
information that S, J. (Woody)
Morcock, Jr. has been named
President of Platka Export.
Platka Export is a wholly =
owned subsidiary of Dana Inter
national of Dana Corporation. Pl=-
atka has world-wide marketing
responsibility for the products of
Dana’s domestic plants and also
markets the products of other
non=-affiliated U, S, manufactur
ers, Dana, as I am sure you
know, is the largest independ
ent supplier of components to
the transportation industry.
I hope this information will
supplement the news release.
Mr. Morcock is a former resi=-
dent of Covington and his parents
still reside there. Should youde=-
sire any further information, pl
ease feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
W. C. McCullough
Manager=-Press Relations
e eS T e SAR
gan to say, ‘He is beside him
self.”
In effect, the friends of Jesus
were saying, ‘‘He must be mad”’
(Phillips translation), or, ‘He
was out of his mind’’ (New Eng
lish Bible).
We thus see that early in the
public ministry of our Lord he
was to discover that his friends
often disapproved of him, The
ordination of the Twelve that
they might be with him in his
mission, and the bestowing on
them of the right to preach and
the power to heal sicknesses,
and to cast our devils (14-15),
so aroused Jesus’ friends that
they found occasion to question
his motives. It could all be laid
at the door of misunderstanding.
They could not, would not, agree
with him.
eA 5 PR TR eRASNAN TI SN
Trucks And Telpak
WASHINGTON — The
trucking industry is the
third largest user of private
line communications serv
ices. In service are 17,350
miles of Telpak supplying
963,000 voice channel
miles of circuits.
NEWTON COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENT
DECEMBER 1968
RECEIPTS
State of Georgia - Grants $ 5,231.26
B, L, Johnson, Tax, Comm, - 1968 County Tax 255,666,42
Fees 12,845,30
D, G, Stephenson, Ordinary - Fines & Forfietures 676,00
Fees 1,424,10
S, M, Hay, Clerk Sup. Court - Fines & Forfietures 2,066,00
Fees 1,372.45
Newton CO, Library- Refund Payerll 203,58
Beer Tax 5,139,30
Henry Odum, Jr, - Fees 3,178,63
Newton Co, Dept, Family & Children Service-Refund 1,342,65
Misc, Stone 178,40
Total Receipts: $289,324,00
DISBURSEMENTS
ROADS DEPARTMENT - Operating Expenses ~ $ 3,482,19
Payroll 7,865.44
Rural Roads 3,825.09
Total $15,172,72
COURTS & MISC, OFFICIALS .
Coroner $ 817,55 .
Justice Peace 78,95
Registrar 71,70
Tax Appraisers 924,07 -
Tax Assessors 511,55
Arbitrators-Co, Property 1,065,00
Court Reporters, Sec., & Sol, Gen, ' 710,13
Juvenile Court 400,00
Misc, 8.38
Total $ 3,857.33
SHERIF F’S DEPARTMENT '
Prisoner Support $ 1,140,33
Operating Expenses 1,349,95
Equipment 2,459,00
Payroll 3,700.57
Total $ 8,649,85
ADMINISTRATIVE
Court House Repairs & Expenses $ 902,70
Operating Expenses 9,249,30
Equipment 1,879,03
1968 Legal Fees 5,000,00
1968 Audit - H, C, Carson, C,P A, 2,950,00
Payroll 2,150,08
Total $22,131,11
FORESTRY COMMISSION $ 1,176,00
NEWTON CO, LIBRARY $ 412,17
NEWTON CO, HEAL'TH DEPT, $ 3,289,00
NEWTON CO, DEPT, FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES $ 4,348.73
PAUPERS $ 80,78
COUNTY AGENTS = EXTENSION SERVICE $ 872,54
ORDINARY OFFICE
Operating Expenses s 47,22
Payroll $ 1,487.,91
Total $ 1,635,183
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE
Operating Expenses $ 419,93
Payroll $ 1,984,28
Total $ 2,404,21 *
TAX COMMISSIONER
Operating Expenses $ 1,066,61
Payroll 2,261,05
Total $ 3,327,66
TOTAL ALL DEPARTMENTS $67,257.23
SCRIPT: ORDINARY $ 252,650
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT 40,00
GRAND TOTAL DECEMBER 1968 DISBURSEMENTS g'fl:m" i
If you want to play ball these
days you must be on a team.
Newton County must become a
part of an area planning commis=
sion if it plans to receive mo=-
ney from the state and federal
government under programs wh=
ere money has already been al=
located and is waiting to be
spent,
The federal governmentand the
state government view problems
this day and time as area pro
blems and they cooperate, and
fund, Area Planning Com=-
missions to deal with these pro=-
blems on an area basis. No lon=
ger does the ‘‘single city or
county problem’ get much at
tention on the stage featuring
area planning,
For what kind of area pro
jects is money available? Well,
you can get money for almost
anything from the federal and
state governments as long as
it’s ‘“‘area in scope’’ — roads,
health services, police training
and equipment under Omnibus
Crime Bill, recreation, plann
ing, special studies, etc.
It’s fast coming to the point
that if Newton County doesn’t
join in and participate in an Area
Planning Commission, she willbe
left out in the cold on monies—
our tax dollars — that could be
used to further develop our coun=
ty and this area in a joint effort.
Now, Newton County caneither
take the lead in the planning of
this area, or, it can buck the
¢¢thandwriting on the wall’”’, Our
county needs to get there ‘firs=
test with the mostest?’? in the de=-
velopment of this area through a
Be enthusiastic iln ail that you
do. If you are not definitely
interested in what you under
take, how can you expect to get
others interested in it?
Everything you undertake is
like a banking account, You can
draw out no more than you de
posit; and every deposit in
creases the amount you candraw
out,
1 have a photographic memory
so I have a habit of jotting down
Thursday, January 23, 1969 -
AREA PLANNING
COMMISSION
By: Leo S, Mallard
planning commission.
In the final analysis, Newton
County will be forced to become
a part of an Area Planning Com=-
mission if it is to get the state
and federal funds that are avail
able and badly needed to helpour
county meet the needs of the
people that our growth, progress,
and prosperity are blessing us
with every day.
In ten years, Newton County
will possibly be the same as Cobb
County is today. Without the gui
dance and funding of an Area
Planning Commission we will
grow in a maze of a mess, and
with such assistance Newton
County can have well planned
and orderly growth into the fu
ture funded with our own tax
dollars turned back to us by the
state and federal governments.
There is no sense in sitting
back and howling about staying
away from the federal govern=-
ment and its red taped funds.
Like it or not, ¢we the people’’
are very much a part of the fe
deral government — we finance
it and all its operations.
Funds gained for Newton Coun=
ty through an Area Planning Com=
mission is our money and it is
needed in our area: Spalding,
Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar,
and Newton Counties.
County Commissioners and
City Councilmen should jumpat
the chance to participate in an
Area Planning Commission. K
they plan to get big state and
federal money in the future they
had better participate. Only the
people stand to lose if they fail
to act positively. oy
episodes as I recall them, Then
when I undertake to write some=-
thing I can draw on this re=
serve if any of the episodes can
be made to fit into the story
I want to produce, i
I call this my ¢‘think tank’’,
and I write down the account of
the happening while it is fresh
in my mind, and can be recor=
ded with enthusiasm, which is
the thing that matters, S