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COMMENTS
Home Improvement Time
Just as birds feather their nests in the Spring
of the year, human thoughts also turn to home
improvement as the weather breaks and tempera
tures begin to rise and invite the flowers to show
their pretty faces.
“Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like
home.’’ With this thought in mind we present
to you our annual Home Improvement Edition,
circulated to every home in Newton County, and
hope you will find many helpful ideas, suggestions,
and items to help you around your home as you
begin Spring clean-up, fix-up, remodeling, or
the building of your dream home.
In our modern day “spring cleaning" goes on
throughout the year with the aid of modern appli
ances, but Spring still manages to bring out
the freshening-up spirit in the homemaker, and
in turn she manages to instill the same inspira
tion about the things needing to be done around
the home in the mind of her spouse.
Covington and Newton County are experiencing
a remodeling and building boom as never before.
This area is fortunate to have the caliber of
contractors, building material suppliers, financial
institutions, appliance dealers, and merchants
that she boasts. Few areas are blessed with
the quality of services that we in this area have
We never cease to marvel at the unbelievable
panorama of beauty which spring unfolds in leaf
and bud and blossom, to herald the commemoration
of the world’s greatest event—the Resurrection
of the Christ, which all Christendom celebrates
on Easter.
Nothing could more symbolically bring us the
message of the Risen Christ than the spectrum
of radiant color, which impatiently bursts forth
to robe the barren earth, bush and bough. For
it was from the stygian winter of death that
Christ emerged to bring mankind the “Light of
the World” and Life Eternal.
There are periods in the lives of men and nations
A National Hero Sleeps
General Dwight David Eisenhower, thirty-third
president of the United States, West Pointer, Ca
reer soldier, and national hero has joined his
fallen comrades-in-arms in death.
Like Gen. George Washington, whose greatest
desire was to see war - "The plague of mankind,
banished from the earth” - his love of country
demanded his military prowess in Liberty’s cause.
He returned from World War II the victorious
Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary
Forces, as the most popular national hero at
home and abroad, since General Washington.
Utterly devoid of political ambitions, he be
came president of Columbia University in 1948;
but was again conscripted in 1950, as Supreme
Commander of NATO forces in Europe. He re
fused both Democrats and Republicans when
sought as a presidential candidate, because he
believed that a full-time professional soldier
should not fill the president’s office. Finally,
drafted by the Republican Party as presidential
By John Tate
(Pastor Allen Mem. Church)
EASTER’S MESSAGE
We lose the meaning of Eas
ter if we make it only an occa
sion to attend church and show
off our new spring outfit. Many
of us catch only a glimpse of
the Easter fact then turn again
to the temporary trivialities of
our passing world and forget the
momentary thrill of a chanced
view of hope.
Easter is more than a casu
al mood Induced by blooming
flowers, barren trees budding and
Alleluia choruses. All these are
glorious and wonderful. But there
Is a deeper significance than ap
pears on the surface evidences.
The message of Easter is the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This is central in our Christian
faith. It is the ground on which
our hope for immortality is built.
St. Paul said: "As in Adam all
men die, so in Christ shall all
men be made alive”.
Easter celebrates an empty
tomb and a living Lord whose
presence and power are at work
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
The Message Os Easter
tiuelh
in the world. He walks by our
side when the way grows hard.
He suffers with us when the go
ing is tough. He gives us strength
when our own strength is low.
He dwells in our heart when we
give Him our all. To be sure
we shall' come ultimately to the
valley of death and die, as far
as this earth is concerned, but
when our soul is in Ifls keep
ing we shall rise in Him to live
in the Father’s house.
So let us be strengthened in
our faith now in the presence of
our Risen Christ so that we shall
have fellowship with Him for
ever.
Veterans in college under the
GI Bill will top 600,000 during
this fiscal year, the Veterans
Administration estimates.
Umpires Needed
All persons interested in help
ing the Newton Little League by
umpiring are asked to attend the
Umpire’s Meeting on Thursday,
April 10, at 7:30 at the E. L.
Ficquett School.
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become accustomed to.
We hope that you, our readers, will join the
home improvement ranks this year in an effort
to make your home even more comfortable and
livable for your family. In doing so you will also
be raising the standard of a progressive communi
ty and county that is proud of the face it shows
to those who visit our area.
There is no better advertisement of Newton
County than the pride taken by the homeowners
of this area in their own homes, lawns, gardens,
and general appearance of same. Others like to
live in a community where people “care” about
their own homes and keep them in the best
condition that the family budget will permit.
We take this opportunity to thank the business
people of the county who have helped to make
this third annual Home Improvement Edition
possible through their support of our efforts
to again kindle the flame of pride in our readers
of their homes and their community.
We salute you homeowners and your ingenuity
in making your home a better place to live.
We sincerely hope that you will find this edition
helpful and interesting to you and your family
members.
when lust, greed, war ind hate threaten to shut
out this Light But when unfaltering Faith
breaks through the darkening shadows, the Light is
still there, as It always was and ever shall be.
The Risen Christ admonished his followers,
“Seek and ye shall find’’. He is not to be found
in the tomb, or some distant tomorrow; for He
lives in the now-ness of your life and mine. He
has promised that “Because I live, ye shall
live, also”, not through earthly Life’s little while,
but throughout Eternity.
May we, as a professing Christian Nation,
proclaim the Message of Easter-“ The Risen
Christ” in lives unconditionally dedicated to Him.
candidate, the nation honored him with its his
tory’s largest popular vote.
At the nation’s helm he pursued the same stra
tegy in preserving liberty and peace, that he had
in winning it. He endeavored to keep America
defensively strong; for he was convinced that
only a strong nation could negotiate and co
operate, and that "Weakness could only beg”.
At the age of 70, he was the oldest president
ever to have served whefi he retired in 1961.
In declining health in recent years, President
Eisenhower continued to fight “The Good Fight”,
as the soldier he was.
As he was laid to rest in his native Abilene,
Kansas, wearing his World War II uniform
bearing only three of his many medals - The
Army Distinguished Service, Navy Distinguished
Service and Legion of Merit; the nation paid
heartfelt tribute toGeneralDwightD. Eisenhower,
national hero, who served his country in war and
peace with dignity and courage.
Bible Class
Has Quarterly
Meeting Thurs.
The Open Bible Sunday School
Class of the First Baptist Church
held its quarterly meeting on
Thursday afternoon, March 27.
Preceding the meeting deli
cious refreshments were served
by the co-hostesses, Mrs. Marvin
Johnson, Mrs. Nellie Burton,
Mrs. J. R. Cheek, and Mrs. Pierce
Head.
In the absence of the president
and vice-president the meeting
was called to order by the teacher,
Mrs. A. D. Barnett.
Mrs. Inez Walton brought the
devotional reading from St. John,
Chapter 8. Mrs. J. S. Harris
led in prayer.
The secretary’s report was
given by Mrs. J. R. Cheek in the
absence of the secretary, Mrs.
Barney Mitcham.
Each of the Group Chairman,
Mrs. R. H. Nash, Mrs. Marvin
Johnson, Mrs. Dan Bruce, and
Mrs. A. C. Low gave excellent
reports.
Several items of business per
taining to the class were dis
cussed and the treasurers report
was given by the treasurer, Mrs.
T. D. Trainer.
Mrs. Barnett thanked the mem
bers for coming to the meeting and
also thanked the hostesses for the
delicious refreshments.
The meeting was closed with
prayer.
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
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OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
HE HAS RISEN!
Devotional Reading: Acts 1; 1-
11.
Intermediate-Senior Topic; He
Has Risen!
Memory Selection: Death is
swallowed up in victory. 1 Corin
thians 15:54.
Young People-Adult Topic: He
Has Risen!
In last week’s lesson we saw
Jesus rebuked and crucified. The
religious leaders of the nation
were so hostile that they spared
no effort to bring him to death.
This was largely because Jesus
scorned these men as religious
leaders, denounced them as hypo
crites, performed his ministry
without asking their permission
or securing what we would call
today “clearance.” The scribes
and Pharisees were accustomed
to being deferred to by the people,
who secretly hated these tyrants
with their ostentatious ways and
their proud pretentions of piety.
When a man like Jesus came
along who not only performed
wonderful works but treated the
common people as brothers, the
Pharisees were outraged and the
people elated.
However, the masses turned at
last against Jesus. The leaders,
reasons already given, hated this
teacher from Nazareth and were
determined to bring him to his
death. The people at first listen
ed to him gladly, but they were
looking for a military Messiah
who would free them from their
overlords, the Romans. When Je
sus thrust all such policies aside,
the common people lost faith in
him and joined in crying our for
his crucifixion.
Jesus had died on the cross,
crying with a loud voice, “ Father,
into thy hands I commend my
spirit.” The Gospel of John re
cords his last words as the decla
ration, “It is finished.” The
veil of the temple—behind which
was the Holy of Holies—was
rent in twain from the top to the
bottom, thus signifying that God’s
holy and redemptive power in
Jesus Christ was no longer to be
kept within a small area but was
to go forth and bless the world.
There was a violent earthquake
as Jesus expired. The rocks were
rent asunder. The tombs were
opened, and many bodies o f the
saints that had fallen asleep were
raised. Even the Roman centurion
and his soldiers were shaken by
what they saw, declaring that this
truly was the Son of God (Matt.
27:54). Many of the women who
during his ministry had done what
they could to make his life and
the life of the apostles more
comfortable beheld the crucifix
ion from afar. ■ mong these were
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the
mother of James and Joses, and
the mother of the sons of Zebe
dee.
“Joseph of Armathea, an hono
urable counsellor, which also
waited for the kingdom of God,
came, and went in boldly unto
Pilate, and craved the body of
Jesus.” This Joseph was a mem
ber of the Sanhedrin, challenged
the right of his associates to do
so. Joseph went boldly in unto
Pilate “and craved the body of
Jesus.”
This was a brave act indeed,
for Pilate might well have as
sociated him with Jesus and with
his works and have ordered Jose
ph to be put to death also.
Joseph, along with Nicodemus,
who had come to Jesus by night,
brought a mixture of myrrh and
aloes, about a hundred-pound
weight, and taking the body of
Jesus, bound it in linen clothes
with the spices, as was the burial
custom of the Jews (John 19:40).
The death of the two malefactors
crucified with Jesus had been
hastened by the breaking of their
legs, but this had not been neces
sary in the case of Jesus, for
he was already dead when tne Ro
man guard examined him. Later
the disciples recalled that this
statement about unbroken bones
had been made regarding the
acceptable sacrifice of a lamb
at the altar.
They therefore applied this to
the Lamb of God that takethaway
the sin of the world.
. Why indeed would the. earth not
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quake and the light of the sun be
blotted out for a season? The
most dastardly crime in history
had been committed and this by
the very people who should have
accepted Jesus with gladness as
their promised Messiah.
The end of an old order was
at hand. The world was about to
be illuminated and transformed
by the resurrection.
There was silence over the
Jewish world on the Sabbath (Sat
urday), but when the Sabbath was
passed, certain of the women
came with sweet spices, that they
might anoint the body of Jesus and
prepare it for final burial.
These women arrived at the
sepulchre at the rising of the sun,
and they were anxious as they in
quired one of another, “who shall
roll us away the stone from
the door of the sepulchre? And
when they looked, they saw that
the stone was rolled away; for
it was very great.”
How little do the most loving
and devoted of believers trust the
power and promises of God!
Jesus had repeatedly declared
that he would rise from the dead.
These women, along with a host
of others, had believed Jesus to
be the Messiah, but bow that
glorious dream was at an end.
His dead body lay behind the
stone door of a new sepulchre
which Joseph of Arimathea had
provided. But along with a great
earthquake came the opening of
that door, “for the angel of the
Lord descended from heaven, and
came and rolled the stone from
the door and sat upon it. His
countenance was like lightning
and his raiment white as snow.”
A new day had dawned. We
call it Easter, an ancient word
meaning “dawn.” A new era was
coming in. A new light was being
shed abroad over the earth. A
new hope was to enter men’s
hearts and sustain them through
the stress, suffering, and even the
experience of death.
Cotton Producers
Meeting Monday
AU Newton County cotton pro
ducers interested in knowing up
to date cotton production prac
tices are invited to attend a cot
ton producers roundtable discus
sion on Monday night, April 7,
at 7:30 o’clock at the Snapping
Shoals EMC Building.
Extension Agronomy special
ist, Dr. Jim Miller, will discuss
the latest in“ Weed Control Prac
tices”; Dr. C. R. Jordan will
discuss “Insect Control”; andH.
B. Goolsby will discuss “Mac
hinery for Cultivation and Har
vesting.”
Attend Church. Sunday
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“Father, Into
Thy Hands"
by DR. DAVID I. NAGLEE
Religion Department,
LaGrange College
The Gospels treat the cruci
fixion of Jesus in detail, intend
ing to show his passion and death
as the culmination of his mes
sianic work in its preliminary
stage. The later stage would in
volve the return of the Messiah
to judge and consummate the
Kingdom of God on earth.
The early Church viewed the
passion and death of Jesus as
integral parts of one eschatolo
gical event--an event in which one
age comes to an end and a new
age immediately begins. The
sufferings which led to the death
of Jesus are descriptive of hum
anity in the former age. The
experiences of mankind are those
of pain, uncertainty, loneliness,
despair, and death. In Jesus’
victorious death, however, the old
age died, thus assuring mankind
that the dawn of a new age has
arrived.
This victory of Jesus is best
seen in the seventh saying from
the cross: “Father, into Thy
hands I commend my spirit.”
This is the greatest affirmation
of faith in the New Testament.
It was not a softly spoken fare
well to a few disciples. Luke
claims that it was given when
Jesus “cried aloud.” St. Chry
sostom claims that it was Jesus’
testimony to the whole world
that he was dying “with power.”
No one was taking his life: Ra
ther, Jesus was willfully giving
it up with power. Luke has the
Roman centurion recognizing this
truth and affirming: “Surely
this was the Son of God.”
However, study will reveal this
saying to be an eschatological
prayer. With the exception of the
word “Father,” the remainder
is a direct quotation from Psalm
31:6. In Jesus’ day this verse
was an important part of Jewish
religious life as an eschatological
prayer. For instance, Rabbinic
literature speaks of this verse
as a prayer within the Passover
ritual, a spiritual observance in
which Jews remember God’s
triumph over the wicked Pharaoh
of Egypt, and Moses leading the
Israelites out of an old age of
slavery into a new age of lib
erty. The Jewish family ate the
roasted Passover lamb with bit
tered herbs and unyeasted bread,
and concluded with this prayer:
“Into Thy hands I commend my
spirit.”
The prayer was also used in
the weekly “table-fellowship
meal,” a thanksgiving meal ob
served every Friday just prior to
sundown. The father gave thanks
for the faithfulness of God during
the week, took bread, blessed it,
broke it, and distributed it to the
family. After eating they drank
wine from a common cup, re
membering the providence of God
during the week. Then they
prayed: “Into Thy hands
I commend my spirit.” The old
age, their week of work, came to a
close, and the new age, the Sab
bath of God, began and gave them
rest and refreshment.
This saying was also a bed
time prayer. God has kept one
during the waking hours and will
keep him during sleep. In sleep
the frustrations of body and mind
(the old age) will be ended and
he will awaken in a new age of
strength. Hence he prays: “Into
Thy hands I commend my spirit.”
Jesus’ dying words are of power
and faith. His death is not ex
tinction. It is the end of man’s
old age and thebeginning, through
God’s creative love, of a new age
for man. As a new “Passover
Lamb” he brings spiritual lib
eration to man. In thanksgiving
he offers his life to usher in the
spiritual Sabbath. In the face
of death he accepts the “sleep
of death” as an instrument by
which the old passes away and
all things become new.
Since the death of Jesus, men
do not need to wait until death
to be liberated from the power
of the old age. While they live
they may know the power of the
new age in Jesus Christ. But
this spiritual knowledge can only
come when men are able to pray
in faith: “Into Thy hands I com
mend my spirit!”
Still feeling that the public
has not been made aware of all
the facts about the proposed, and
already passed, Alcovy Water
shed Project it has been interest
ing to read the “Watershed Work
Plan” for the two parts of this
project as prepared by the Up
per Ocmulgee River Soil and
Water Conservation District.
One plan covers the “Cor
nish Creek and Flat Creek Wa
tershed” and the other the “Al
covy River Watershed”, both of
which make up what is com
monly referred to and argued
about as the Alcovy Watershed
Project.
Let’s look at the Cornish
Creek-Flat Creek plan since that
affects Newton County mostly.
It is 76,626 acres in size: in
cludes 38,720 acres in Newton
County; 36,946 in Walton, and 960
in Gwinnett; and extends 31 miles
long with average width of five
miles.
The U. S. Census of Agricul
ture indicates that 61 percent of
the farms in the watershed have
sales of less than $2,500 an
nually. This includes part
time farms and farms where
operators are over 65 years of
Kiwanis Wins
Community
Service Award
Kiwanis International has won
a top award, again this year,
in the annual competition of the
Freedoms Foundation at Valley
Forge for patriotic community
service, according to Bond Flem
ing, president of the Kiwanis Club
of Covington, Georgia. Kiwanis
received a Distinguished Service
Award for its program on Family
Reunion Day, which was held last
August 11 throughout the United
States and Canada for the pur
pose of “reaffirming the family
as the basic strength of society
and the major weapon of its
fight against lawlessness, disor
der, corruption, and moral laxi
ty.” The Distinguished Service
Award is one of the highest ac
colades that Freedoms Founda
tion bestows. This is the nin
eteenth consecutive year that Ki
wanis has been honored by the
Freedoms Foundation.
Kiwanis’ high school service
organization, Key Club Interna
tional, was also honored by Free
domes Foundation at Valley
Forge for its 1968 efforts. Key
Club received The Principal A
ward in the Americana Category
for its 1968 theme, “Understand
ing Through Involvement.” This
theme, adopted by the young men
at their 1968 international con
vention, guided them in their
community and high school ser
vice work during the year. There
are about 3,500 Key Clubs with
a total membership of more than
90,000. This is the twelfth Free
doms Foundation award for Key
Club.
Also winning a top award this
year was Kiwanis’ college group,
Circle K International, which won
a George Washington Honor Me
dal for its 1968 theme, “Con
cern: Disadvantaged Youth.”
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To our friends, we extend Easter greet
ings and good wishes. May the spirit of
Easter inspire us all.
EVANS
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East Square Covington, Georgia
Thursday, April 3,1969
CORNISH CREEK
AND FLAT CREEK
WATERSHEDS
By: Leo S. Mallard
age. Forty-eight percent of the
farm operators work off the farm
100 days or more each year.
The urban areas in the water
shed abound in song insectiver
ous birds and squirrels. The
farming areas have good popu
lations of mourning doves, bob
white quail, cottontail rabbits,
and moderate squirrel popula
tions. The predominately wood
ed areas have the highest popu
lation of white-tailed deer and
raccoon. The streams in the
watershed, except for rock sh
oal areas, are heavily sand and
silt laden.
The estimated average annual
floodwater damages under pre
sent conditions amounts to $14,-
290. The present average an
nual sediment delivered to Lake
Jackson, including that from Al
covy River Watershed, from all
sources is estimated at 37,533
tons. The estimated average an
nual damages from sediment in
the watershed is $54,069.
The installation of the land
treatment measures will reduce
erosion, Increase Infiltration
rates, provide for the orderly re
moval of surface water from up
land fields, maintain producti
vity of the soil and assure the
realization of the greatest bene
fits on individual farms from the
structural works of improve
ment.
The future delivery rate of se
diment at the lower extremities
of the watershed with the project
Installed is estimated to be 6,-
073 tons per year, a reduction
of 28,189 tons from the present
rate of delivery. This will reduce
the sediment being delivered to
Lake Jackson, a Georgia Power
Company reservoir located just
downstream from the watershed
outlet.
It is anticipated that there will
be both losses and gains to fish
and wildlife resources with the
proposed work plan in operation.
The stream fishery habitat will
be adversely affected as a re
sult of channelization.
Wildlife which requires st
reambank habitat, such as squir
rel, wood ducks, etc., will suffer
loss through bank cutting and
timber removal. However, these
losses can be reduced by judi
cious deposition of spoil ma
terials and selective clearing,
leaving the maximum number of
mast-bearing and den trees.
The entire watershed work plan
is too detailed to be carried here,
but these are just a few state
ments taken directly from the
workplan that made common
sense to me in the light of all the
“stories” I’ve heard and read.
According to the plan, a seven
year project, the first three years
will be devoted to land treatment
the next two years will be when
the lakes or water impoundments
are built; and then the last year
to two years, will be when chan
nel is done.
It has been estimated by the
SCS that 95 percent of the silt
will be filtered out by the im
poundments over 60 percent of
the entire planned watershed, and
that although some fish and wild
life will be adversely affected in
the Alcovy River, Jackson Lake
should be clearer than it is
presently and fishing should be
helped rather than hurt.