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Covington is fast becoming a real city. It
is growing in leaps and bounds. This is an
appeal to City Fathers to meet with the City
Manager, Mayor and City Officials with one
view in mind.. .That is just this!
We have some of the very finest young people
in America right here within our city, and they
are your very own! They are priceless! And
what are we doing for them in the way of Beau
tiful City Parks, and recreation? We ask you
if they do not deserve this.
When you attend their awards banquets and
see the high rating they have made in every
school endeavor, in City, State and Nation, we
all praise them and are justly proud of them.
They deserve the attention of their City and
County in giving them the best and most beauti
ful parks to be had anywhere. They need many
tennis courts, Swimming Pools, Baseball fields
and you name it. . .they deserve it! They
have made you proud of them, now we know
they have done their best with what they had to
do with. Will we as Citizens of this town deny
Girl Scouts of the U. S. A. will celebrate
their 57th birthday on March 12, 1969, during
National Girl Scout Week--March 9-15. Found
ed in 1912 in Savannah, Georgia, American Girl
Scouting has grown up with the nation. The
theme of the organization for the years 1966-69,
“Values to Hold, Worlds to Explore,” repre
sents values held constant for almost 60 years—
but expressed each day, month, and year in a
modern and timely way.
Today’s Girl Scouts work against poverty and
Among all the manifold environmental problems
besetting our congested planet, there is one to
which the average person gives little thought
trash disposal. When New York City garbage
collectors went on strike, people of that belea
guered community learned something first hand
about the environmental problem of trash disposal.
It is a problem that obviously is not confined to
picking up after the litterbugs who seem to think
the nation’s recreation areas are provided mainly
for the convenient disposal of the family garbage.
It is a problem that ranks with air and water pol
lution as a menace to our environment.
According to The National Observer, “The
nation will dispose of some 350 million tons of
industrial and residential trash this year. . .The
nation’s annual bill for collecting and disposing of
its municipal garbage totals $4.5 billion. . .The
operating budget for New York City’s Department
of Sanitation alone.. .is $139 million larger than
the total state budgets of Alaska, Delaware, Idaho,
or South Dakota.’’
Disposing of trash is more than picking it up
and hauling it away. We are running out of places
to haul it We are outgrowing our city dumps, and
some cities are having to take drastic measures
as a result. San Francisco has approved a plan
to ship the city’s garbage 375 miles by rail to a
desert burying ground. Chicago has developed a
refuse compaction research facility. This
research center will study the best methods of
compressing refuse into solid blocks for disposal.
Philadelphia is another citv that plans to ride
most of its garbage out of town on the rails--1,200
tons to the trainload. It will be hauled 110 miles
to northern Pennsylvania and dumped into
abandoned strip mines.
In the long range, more scientific methods may
be discovered to handle the nation’s trash—or
Mobil Oil’s Paul Kiser Visits Covington Plants
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PAUL KISER (right), Executive Vice-President of Mobil Oil Company, visited the two Mobil Chemical
plants in Covington Friday afternoon. Welcoming the executive were (L to R): Charles Murphy, Foams
Plant Manager in Covington; Mel Cagen, Southeastern Region General Manager; and Fred Kaempffe,
Plastics Plant Manager, Covington,
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them the best to be had?
We need large parks with bridal paths. We
have many who win all kinds of prizes at every
horse show staged, and for their horses. Isn’t
it a shame that they have to ride here at home
down the streets and sidewalks of the town?
Yes, this is PLAIN TALK, and coming from
this one, you know it’s coming from our heart,
for our young people have always come first
within our heart. God has not blessed me with
one of my own, but I claim yours, and how I
do love them!
This is our challenge to you. They cannot
build what they need, you, city Fathers, hold
the purse strings. However, you start this busi
ness, and with their band concerts, and “know
how”..you will find that they can help to a
great extent, 50...
All aboard Citizens of Covington! Let’s wake
up to what we have been denying our young
people who are truly the heart of our lives!
They are our Citizens of tomorrow!
inequality; last year the organization’s National
Board of Directors voted to support the major
goal objectives of the Report of the National
Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. The
3.5 million members express their beliefs--their
values—through service in their own and neigh
boring communities, in schools, libraries, cen
ters, hospitals, parks, or wherever goodwill and
dedication can be useful.
Let’s wish them a heartfelt “Happy Birthday”
during their week.
to slow its accumulation. For example, a “fade
away’’ bottle has been developed that within four
days after it is broken, mixes with the water
in the atmosphere and dissolves into a tiny
chemical puddle. Scientists are also working on
what they call “recycling.’’ In other words,
everything we use will be salvaged and reproces
sed into new materials for reuse. In the view of
one authoritative report, methods of “recycling”
must be developed . .or else man faces the
alternative of a congested planet that has turned
into a polluted trash heap, devoid of plant and
animal life, depleted of minerals, with a climate
intolerable to man.”
As time goes on, and the economics and tech
nology of reclaiming trash progresses, some real
bonanzas may show up in the recycling process.
It has been estimated that the nation could meet
10 per cent of its annual domestic needs for gold
and silver from discarded costume jewelry,
silverware, photographic material and even gold
embossed credit cards.
Again in the words of The National Observer,
“But tin cans, not gold and silver, sparkle
brightest in the researchers’ plans. Tin cans
are actually made of extremely high-quality steel,
and Americans use 48 billion of them a year.”
Finally on the more fanciful side of trash dis
posal, there remains a possibility of shooting
it into space aboard a rocket aimed at the sun.
As one university professor remarked, ”...
the sun would make an excellent incinerator. ..”
An old-time radio news commentator used to
close his program with the words, “what a
world.” It is a reasonably safe bet that most
people today would add a fervent amen to that
commentator’s quaint way of saying “30
for the night.’’
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associato Editor
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THE MEANING OF
DISCIPLESHIP
Devotional Reading: John ISH
II.
Memory Selection: Whosoever
would save his life will lose it;
and whoever loses his life for
my sake and the gospel’s will
save it. Mark 8:35.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
What Price Discipleship?
Young People-Adult Topic: The
Meaning of Discipleship.
Last week we studied thereat
confession which Peter made, de
claring Jesus to be the Christ.
In the Gospel of Matthew we
read that Jesus blessed Peter
for this confession, declaring that
flesh and blood had not revealed
it unto him but the Father in
heaven. “An I say also unto
thee,” continued Jesus, “that
thou art Peter, and upon this rocK
I will build my church; and the
gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. And I will give unto
thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt
bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt
loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven” (Matt. 16:18-19).
Today’s lesson defines discip
leship and indicates that it in
volves complete obedience to God
in faith and love. Nothing may
stand between a Christian be
liever and his loyalty to Jesus.
Any obstacle such as money,
status, power, popularity, con
stitutes an obstruction to en
trance into the kingdom. Jesus
demands our complete loyalty—
otherwise we are not disciples
in the true sense of the term.
Standing at the center of today’s
lesson is an interesting figure.
Matthew refers to him as a
young man (Matt. 19:20). He
came to Jesus “running,” thus
indicating his eagerness to se
cure from this Teacher of Na
zareth some supreme spiritual
gift. He even knelt before Je
sus and addressed him as “Good
Master. . .”
Verse 18 has often baffled
Bible readers: “And Jesus said
unto him, Why callest thou me
good? there is none good but
one, that is, God.”
Did Jesus mean there was any
imperfection in him? Certainly
at the basis of all Christian
teaching is the conviction that
Jesus was sinless; in fact the
only person who ever lived his
life through without once com
mitting a sin. The writer of the
Epistle to the Hebrews declares
that Jesus “was in all points
tempted like as we are, yet
without sin” (Heb. 4: 15).
We appear, in this statement
of Jesus, to be forced to the
conclusion that because of the
way the young man applied this
title to Jesus he was unequal
to his merits and his claims. He
called Jesus “good” in the way
he would have called any emi
nent teacher “good,” whereupon
Jesus seemed to rebuke this
statement of the young man be
cause he was unwilling to be
called “good” in the merely
human sense of the term. We
believe Jesus to be the divine
Son of God, sharing, therefore,
God’s attributes of perfection.
Luke tells us that Jesus “in
creased in wisdom and stature
and in favor with God and man.”
As he grew physically from a
child into an adult every other
aspect of his life appears also
to have experienced growth. Al
though he never sinned, his mo
ral life with the passing years be
came more mature, Jesus learn
ed by Obedience (Heb. 5:8) and
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was made perfect through suf
fering (Heb. 2:10). His spiritual
life was constantly deepened by
prayer, good works, and medi
tation upon the eternal things of
God, Jesus, knowing his position
in the divine hierarchy as God’s
only begotten Son, knew that he
shared God’s goodness, although
as he grew and advanced in
years this goodness in him un
doubtedly matured.
Jesus made it plain, both in
this scene and in all others in
which his teachings were brought
forth, that he considered the Ten
Commandments basic to all mo
rality.
The idea some people have that
one can be religious without be
ing righteous is a delusion and a
snare, for faith and righteous
ness belong together, and one
is never sound or complete
without the other.
Therefore, Jesus inquired first
of all what the young man be
lieved and practiced with re
ference to the commandments.
“Thou knowest the command
ments, Do not commit adultery,
Do not kill, Do not steal, Do
not bear false witness, Defraud
not, Honour thy father and moth
er,” He did not give them in
their regular order but apparen
tly in what he considered the
order of their importance. “And
he (the young man) answered
and said unto him, Master, all
these have I observed from my
youth. Then Jesus beholding
him loved him...”
Here was a man indeed worthy
of Christ’s love. Amid life’s
temptations he had kept faith and
had adhered strictly to the re
quirements of righteous living.
This made him in Christ’s sight
more precious than the posses
sion of any amount of riches.
Christian faith involves some
thing more than keeping the Ten
Commandments, but Christian
faith certainly involves the keep
ing of the Ten Commandments,
and it is not Christian faith un
less this requirement is met.
Faith is the superstructure, but
the building must rest on the
solid foundation of Thou-shalt
nots.
Evil has to be rejected and
thrust aside before one can en
ter into the fullness of salva
tion. We cannot of our own pow
er forsake our sins. God must
give us strength to do this. But
when we acknowledge ourselves
willing to forsake our sins, God
is ready and eager to forgive
our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness (I John 1:
19).
Qcience!
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USE BLUE to make a whiter
white, reports the Holland-Suco
Color Company, Huntington, W.
Va. Blue not only makes white
pigments whiter; it also makes
black pigments blacker.
FOOD made from crude oil
may help sustain India’s hungry
millions in the future, reports
a University of Southern Cali
fornia authority on petroleum en
gineering. Research on extract
ing proteins from crude oils is
being conducted in that country.
He says that if enough crude
oil is found, it may very well
become a partial answer to In
dia’s starvationand malnutrition.
Any one for crude oil curry?
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A TRIBUTE TO OUR
TEEN-AGERS
There they are every morning!
Showing great big grins and di
recting traffic like crazy! Man,
they’re really with it!
If you haven’t seen the fine
job our high school boys are
doing relieving our Policemen by
directing traffic near the schools
both morning and afternoon,
you’ve missed something special.
It brightens the whole day!
Many of us who are on the
“not-to-be-trusted” side of 30
are heard most often complain
ing or criticizing our young
people. However, we’d like you
to know that we do notice, ap
prove of, and appreciate the many
good things you teen-agers do
every day.
Pm telling it like it is, we
really think you’re great!
Mrs. Felton Jones
2-25-69
What Does
"Christ” Mean
BY Dr. David I. Naglee
Religion Department, LaGrange
College
The word, “Christ,” is fami
liar to everyone. Yet, many
people would be at a loss to ex
plain what the word really means.
Most people believe that it is a
personal name for Jesus of Naza
reth. Such a view is under
standable since the Christian
Church has developed the term
into a “name word,” originally
it was not a “name word,” but
a title. As such, it denoted a
unique relationship existent be
tween God and the bearer of the
title. The “Christ” is some
one special with God and in re
lationship with man.
The Bible uses the word
“Christ” frequently. In the New
Testament Jesus of Nazareth is
portrayed as the Christ of God.
The New Testament books were
written in the Koine Greek lan
guage, the “universal language”
of the Mediterranean world in
the time of Jesus. Jesus was
called “The Christos’ ’ mean
ing “The Anointed One.” Ac
cording to the Synoptic Gospels
(Matthew, Mark, and Luke), Je
sus was “anointed”with the Holy
Spirit following his baptism by
John the Baptist. Luke then
has Jesus returning home to Na
zareth where during a synogogue
service he reads from the pro
phecy of Isaiah: “The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me; for he
has anointed me to preach good
news to the poor. He has sent
me to proclaim release to the
captives and recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty
those who are oppressed, to pro
claim the acceptable year of the
Lord.”
Jesus’ ministry of preaching,
releasing spiritual captives,
healing the blind, championing the
cause of the oppressed, and an
nouncing the time when God shall
triumph in love within this world
of ours, becomes the complete
activity of one who is now
“anointed” and set before men
as the “Christos.” He is pro
gressively recognized during his
ministry as the “Christ,” The
disciple, Simon Peter, affirmed:
“You are the Christ! The Son
of the Living God!” This af
firmation of faith has become
essential to Christianity. Chris
tians are firmly convinced that
Jesus is the Christ of God who
uniquely relates God and man,
effecting salvation for men of
faith.
The idea of “The Anointed
One” is also an Old Testament
theme. The majority of Old
Testament books were written
orginally in the Hebrew language.
The Hebrew equivalent to the
Greek “Christos” is “mashiya
ch.” Later this becomes “mess
iah..” “Mashiyach” appears
throughout the Old Testament
more than 35 times. Certain kings
are described as the “anointed”
ones of God. Saul, David, and even
Solomon are spoken of as “mash
iyachim” or “messiahs.” Some
times it refers to priests. The
priests of Aaron are called
“messiahs” in both Exodus and
Leviticus, and Zechariah 4:14
speaks of two priests serving
within the Second Temple as
“ mashiyachim.” Some prophets
of the Old Testament are identi
fied as “anointed ones.” Eze
kiel in 16:9 considered himself
to have been “anointed" by God
for a special ministry. A very
unusual reference to a messiah
is made in Isaiah 45:1 where
Cyrus, king of the Persian Em
pire in the 6th Century B. C.,
is also called a “m ashiyach”
of God.
Acient Judaism had many mes
siahs of differing ministries:
kings; priests; and prophets. But
all were “anointed” by God with
power, wisdom, a n d understand
ing to perform the special minis
try which God required of them.
It is interesting to note that when
the Hebrew Scriptures were tran
slated into the Greek around 282
B.C. in Alexandria, the scholars
who made that translation ren
dered the word “mashiyach” as
“Christos.”
While Christians recognize
this history as being true, they
are persuaded that Jesus the
Christ is superior to all other
messiahs before Him. Heis THE
CHRlST—Prophet, priest, and
King!
NEXT WEEK: “Jesus As the
Son of Man”.
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Until disaster strikes, a
town and it’s people don’t ever
know how well they are prepared
to cope with the situation. Few
towns the size of Covington could
have responded with as much con
structive action on the part of its
people and organizations.
Sunday afternoon, bright and
clear as any winter day, was
blimished with the horror of the
Yellow River Drag Strip
tragedy—an out-of-control “fun
ny car” dragster left the strip
and plowed into a crowd of spec
tators leaving 11 dead, five cri
tically injured, and up to 50 in
jured.
The call came in from a New
ton County Deputy Sheriff at the
accident ■ scene to the Covington
Police Department: “send all
available ambulances, rescue
units you can contact; notify the
Newton County Hospital to stand
by to receive victims; send out
a call for doctors, nurses. . .”
To mention individuals who
responded would be impossible,
but here’s how responsible action
developed. Caldwell and Cowan,
J. C. Harwell, Lackey, and Young
ambulances raced to the disaster
scene. The Newton County Res
cue Squad responded. Police,
firemen, and State Troopers
blocked entrances to Interstate
20 and Highway 278 leaving it
open and directing traffic to New
ton County Hospital. Ambulances
from Conyers and Atlanta answ
ered the call for help.
Off duty doctors and nurses
reported to the hospital—even
several out of town doctors vis
iting here. Hospital Auxiliary
workers responded to the call.
Members of the Newton County
Ministerial Association went to
By Rev. Claud Healan, Jr.
Pastor Calvary Baptist Church
Covington, Ga.
The mountain lake offered cool
relaxation on a hot summer day.
As four friends started to pull
away from the dock in their boat,
the attendant reminded them
“You’ll need life jackets, It’s
the rule. You’ve got to have
them.”
“Don’t need them,” said the
man in the boat impatiently. The
attendant insisted and the man
took them and threw them in the
bottom of the boat. The motor
roared and the boat left the shore.
Reaching deep water but yet in
sight of the dock, the man driv
ing the boat decided to have
some fun and scare the others
with him and he gunned the motor
and made a quick turn. "Hie lake
breeze and the water spray was
refereshing so again he made a
quick turn and over went the boat
and the four people. The life
preservers on the floor of the
boat were thrown beyond reach.
The over turned boat and four
life preservers were found by a
rescue party later. Enough life
jackets to save all aboard but
all were lost.
Physical death under such cir
cumstances is a great tragedy.
But far more tragic is spiritual
death caused when a man, wo
man, boy or girl fails to re
ceive the Lord Jesus Christ as
their Saviour.
Christ said that He came, “to
seek and to save that which is
lost” Luke 19:10. But Christ can
not save the person who is un
willing to be saved from sin. who
Youth Revival March 10-14
County Line Baptist Church
March 10-14, a Youth Revival
will be held at County Line Bap
tist Church, six miles south of
Porterdale on Highway 162. Ser
vices will be held each evening
at 7:30, with the theme “You
Can Have Him”.
Preaching will be led by minis
terial students attending Atlanta
Baptist College. They will be
Ted Moody, Charles Coker and
Billy Daws. Ted is a graduate
of Newton County High School and
a member of County Line Bap
tist Church. He will be preach
ing on Monday night. Ted is also
a talented singer and leads the
youth choir of the church.
Charles Coker is a graduate
of Towers High School in Deca
tur and is a member of Glen
haven Baptist Church. He will
preach on Thursday night. An
acitve member of his church,
he knows the joy of serving a
wonderful Master.
Billy Daws is also a graduate
of Newton County High and a
member of Calvary Baptist. He
is a Christian, and thinks this
is the greatest compliment any
one can pay him. These young
men will give their testimonies
on Wednesday night and a short
sermon on Friday night.
Each night during the revival
a film will be shown dealing with
such problems as dating, popu-
Thursday, March 6, 1969
SUNDAY
AFTERNOON
EMERGENCY
By: Leo S. Mallard
the hospital to help in any cap
acity.
Newton County Sheriff’s De
puties, along with State Troopers,
worked the accident on the
scene — some were already
there, others soon arrived.
The life and death race began
from the scene first in private
cars, pick-up trucks, then am
bulances—the highway to the hos
pital became a race track with
vehicles reaching speeds of up to
120 m.p.h. bringing in the trag
ically torn victims.
At the scene a stunned and
panicky crowd developed into
sightseers and too many helpers
thus hindering rescue operations.
People walked around, in the
way, in shock and disbelief.
Soon after victims were re
moved, panicky family members
started calling the hospital in
quiring about loved ones. The
death toll had reached nine on
arrival within 30 minutes. Hie
emergency rooms at Newton
County Hospital were a madhouse,
yet doctors, nurses, ministers,
Auxiliary members, and num
erous others managed to stay
calm and fight for the lives of
the injured.
On behalf of our shocked citi
zens, the injured, and the race
track officials, drivers, and own
ers, let me take this meager
space to publicly thank the or
ganizations, departments of Cov
ington and Newton County, Fun
eral Homes, State Patrolmen,
and individuals who responded to
the call after the disaster at
Yellow River Drag Strip Sunday
afternoon. All of you served
your fellowman heroically in the
sight of man, and I’m sure, in
the eyes of God. God Bless
You All.
Borbs^o |
does not pay attention to the warn
ings. Just as life preservers,
scorned and tossed where they
were useless, could not save
boaters from drowing, Christ
can not save your soul from
hell if you say “I DON’T NEED
HIM.”
To be saved from sin you
must first realize that you are
a sinner and that only the Son
of God can and will save me.
Then one must be sorry for the
sins committed and must trust
Christ alone to save him. “Ex
cept ye repent ye shall all like
wise perish” Luke 13:5 Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved Acts 16:31.
Turning to Christ means to
turn ones back on the old life
without God. The saved person
committs himself completely to
Christ and follows his com
mandments. “Therefore if any
man be in Christ, he is a new
creature, old things are passed
away; behold all things are be
come new. II Corinthians 5:17.
After a tragedy it is too late to
prevent it. So it is that a man can
not decide his eternity after he
is dead. If he has not committed
himself to Christ he is already
risking spiritual death. To cri
ticize those who risk their phy
sical life invites the question,
“Am I not risking more to face
tomorrow with a soul out of tune
with God and lost.”
There is a time to turn from
reckless and Godless living. The
time to turn to Christ is now. De
lay may be tragic. “Behold now
is the accepted time; behold,
now is the day of Salvation. - II
Corinthians 6:2.
larity and marriage. Special
music will be rendered by the
Calvary Youth Choir, the Bap
tist Tabernacle Youth Choir, Zion
Baptist Youth Choir, County Line
Baptist Youth Choir and a sextet
of girls from the Porterdale Bap
tist Church. Each night prior
to the service a prayer service
will be held at 7 o’clock, led
by Charles Coker.
The Revival is classified as
a Youth Revival, however adults
are also cordially invited and
everyone is extended an invita
tion to attend these services.
Temperatures
K.
Temperatures during the
past week in Covington according
to local weatherman, Jack Chap
man were:
High Low
Wed., Feb. 26th 57 31
Thurs., Feb. 27th 62 31
Fri., Feb. 28th 55 34
Sat., Mar. Ist 52 31
Sun., Mar. 2nd 57 28
Mon., Mar. 3rd 50 33
Tues., Mar. 4th 53 30
Total rainfall for the week
was .18 inch.