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Thursday, June 12, 1969
Summer Reading Program Underway
And so what’s new under the
sun? Under The Big Top Vaca
tion Reading Club at your local
Newton County Library. One hun
dred sixty nine boys and girls have
already registered so if you are
not among the number get start
ed today to enjoy the wonderful
world of books.
Do you want to travel to the
land of Oz with Dorothy or visit
Dr. Doolittle at Puddleby-on-the-
Marsh? Maybe you’d like to take
a tei rific, terrifying ride in Mr.
Toad’s new motor car in “Wind
in the Willows”? Or build a boat,
learn Hank Aaron’s baseball
pointers, or enjoy the romance
of “Seventeenth Summer”. All
you need is the right book and
your local librarians will be more
than happy to help you find it.
Recreation, Entertainment, Ad
venture are the Delightful ingre
dients of READING.
There is still time to register
at your local library and pick up
your special Reading Folder.
Keep a record of the library
books you read, in your own hand
writing, and turn it in to your
local librarian by September 2
for a reading certificate.
The Library will also sponsor
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a Junior Reading Club for pre
school children. Parents can en
joy the fun and pleasure of read
ing to their younger children and
a special folder and certificate
is available.
Story Hours will be August
fifth, seventh and eighth from
ten to eleven o’clock. Mrs. Ali
son Roberts of the DeKalb Sys
tem will be with us on August
5. More will be announced about
this later.
So have summer Fun and en
joy Big Top Excitment at your
Newton County Library.
Work For Taxes
“The certainty of taxes for the
middle Income group has become
such a real thing that.... The hard
er a man works and the more he
works, the more taxes he must
pay to support the 8,400,000 A
mericans who are on relief rolls
of one kind or another. All this
while jobs go begging. Welfare
in the United States is increas
ing twice as fast as the popula
tion and there are statsitics to
bear this out,” says the Pro
vidence, Ky., Journal Enter
prise.
Newton Jaycees Installed Officers
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NEWTON COUNTY JAYCEES held their Installation Banquet at Henderson’s Restaurant on Friday
evening, June 6. Officers were installed for the year 1969-70 by Frank Bailey, Georgia Jaycee Pres
ident. Left to right following their installation are Jim Smith, Internal Director; Hugh Moore, Ex
ternal Director; Mike Costley, Treasurer; Fred Harwell, President; Frank Bailey, Installing Officer
and State President; Malcolm Kessinger, Past President; Don Autln, Secretary; Mike Witherspoon,
Internal Vice-President and Jeff Benton, External Director.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
CB Jamboree
Was Successful
The Piedmont C. B. Radio Club
Jamboree was held June 7th and
Bth at Heard-Mixon Community
house.
The grand prize winner was
C. W. Patterson of Atlanta. Mr.
Patterson is 62 years young and
his choice was the color T.V.
There were four trophies given
away and the winners were; Old
est C. B’er-Doc Autrey, Cleve
land, Georgia. Doc is 64 and
has held a CB License since
1958.
Furtherest 10-20, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Miller of Orlando, Flo
rida. Club with the most mem
bers present, Emory Dean and the
Metro C. B. Modulators from East
Point. Horseshoe Trophy, John
Patterson, Swannee and Ben Co
wart, Doraville.
Many door prizes were won by
people attending the jamboree.
These prizes were donated by
the merchants of Newton County
and without their help this jam
boree would not have been possi
ble.
TTie money made from this
jamboree will be used to buy
equipment for the Newton County
Hospital. “We would like to ex
press our appreciation to the
Heard-Mixon Community for lett
ing us use their building and to
each one who took part in mak
ing this a successful jamboree
we say Thank You,” an official
stated.
Members don’t forget the re
gular meeting Thursday night at
the Covington City Hall at 7:30
P. M.
Dr. Jones Gets
Honorary Degree
At Auburn Univ.
Dr. Herman D. Jones of the
State Crime Laboratory received
an honorary Doctor of Laws de
gree from Auburn University
during the school’s recent com
mencement exercises, according
to Colonel R. H. Burson, Direc
tor of the State Department of
Public Safety.
Dr. Jones has been head of the
nationally famous Crime Labor
atory since its inception In 1952.
Commenting further, Colonel
Burson said “It is a distinct
honor for an employee of the
State of Georgia to be so honored
as Dr. Jones has been. This
goes to show the outstanding
quality of personnel within the
Six Flags Sets
Attendance Mark
ATLANTA, Ga. (PRN) -
Six Flags Over Georgia set a
new single-day attendance
record Saturday as 30,862
guests visited the family
entertainment center. This was
the largest daily attendance
for Six Flags Over Georgia in
its three year history and also
topped the record high for Six
Flags Over Texas, Georgia’s
sister park midway between
Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.
The previous all time
attendance high was set last
July when approximately
28,000-guests visited the park.
Angus G. Wynne Jr.,
president of Great Southwest
Atlanta Corporation,
operators of Six Flags Over
Georgia, commenting on
Saturday’s record breaking
attendance stated, “With this
type attendance this early in
Six Flags’ third year of
operation, it proves to us that
Six Flags has become a major
attraction for the Southeast
and we are grateful to the
people of Atlanta and the
Southeast for making this
possible.”
Six Flags will begin daily
operations being open 10 a.m.
until 10 p.m. on June 6. The
park is located ten minutes
from downtown Atlanta on
1-20 West.
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Campers 9 Problems
by DR. ZACHARY TAYLOR, JR.
Economics Department
LaGrange College
The summer camping season Is
upon us. The rapid growth in
the past several years of camp
ing has created some problems.
The congestion of campgrounds
suggests several questions about
behavior and motivation of camp
ers and about the future of this
activity.
Campgrounds which 10 years
ago may have been comfortably
filled, but not to capacity, now
are overtaxed. Such popular
areas as Yosemite Valley have
become so overcrowded as to have
been called in recent years a
“recreational slum.” There are
so many automobiles that both air
and noise pollution are a serious
problem. The crowding of cam
pers so that tent rope crosses
tent rope has created dangers for
vegetation and wild life, and con
cern is being expressed for the
Merced River.
National Park official are be
ginning to try to take action.
The famous “Firefall” has been
discontinued. Plans are being
discussed to limit the number of
campers, the length of stay, the
provision of a shuttle bus ser
vice, and many other means to
reduce the load in the park. One
obviously important question Is
that if use is to be restricted,
how is the use to be allocated?
Presumably, people camp with
some desire to see the outdoors,
and to rest and relax. But in
creasing numbers of campers
stay at their campsites not both
ering to look up at whatever nat
ure provides, talking loudly, and
playing radios or TV’s to all
hours of the night. The motives
Department of Public Safety.”
In confering the LL. D. degree
upon the nationally famous crim
inal Investigator, Dr. Harry M.
Philpott, President of Auburn
University said, “. . .his pro
fessional career Includes teach
ing in the School of Chemistry
at Auburn, research and lecture
assignments throughout the Uni
ted States and other countries,
publications in professional jour
nals, editor and consultant, rec
ognition as one of the early sci
entists in criminology and a lead
er today in this field.”
In addition to the above ac
complishments, Dr. Jones is the
second Georgian to be an honor
ary member of the Medical As
sociation of Georgia and the Ful
ton County Medical Society, Col
onel Burson added.
Dr. Jones also holds the fol
lowing degrees: B. S. Chemistry,
Auburn University; M. A. Chem
istry, Columbia University;
Ph. D. Biochemistry and Path
ology, Vanderbilt University.
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oi these campers might be ques
tioned. Campers used to be known
as helpful and considerate. This
is no longer always true. Drunken
and boistrous behavior, loud
talking and radio playing into the
wee hours show a basic lack of
consideration.
Questions are being asked if
there needs to be some kind of
evaluation of motives to ensure
that those who are interested in
the outdoors and who are trying
to re-create are protected from
the oafs. This is a free society
and if one wishes to be a loud
mouth boor that is his privi
lege, and it is public land open
to all that is under discussion.
But if the freedom to be a jerk
interferes with the freedom to
be contemplative can it be res
trained?
Many lakes used primarily for
recreation have become so
polluted as to be a health haz
ard. Litter and waste disposal
problems are overwhelming some
camping areas.
Campers used to be noted as
law abiding citizens. But as a
group this is not as true as
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NOTICE
HEWTON COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSE
Will Be Required For All Business
Establishments And
Contractors
After July 1, 1969
August 30th Will Be The Deadline
License May Be Purchased At
NEWTON COUNTY
COURT HOUSE
before. In the larger camp
grounds the officials must de
vote a considerable amount of
time apprehending speeders, in
vestigating accidents and car
ing for the injured.
Time was when one could set
up a base camp, go into the
mountains for several days back
packing, return and find the base
camp undisturbed. This is no
longer true. Theft, malicious
vandalism, and other crimes ag
ainst property are becoming more
and more common.
Crimes against the person, as
sault, rape and murder, which a
few years ago would have been
almost unthinkable, are becoming
more and more common. All
these problems are not unique
to camping, but are symptoma
tic of the country as a whole.
However, they do suggest many
questions as to the why and what
can be done, and when it should
be done.
Camping is a great activity,
but some decisions must be made
and some actions must be taken.
Let us hope that we do not wait
too late.
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