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CHURCH OFFICIALS at toe Stewart Baptist Ctarch posed for ^ s /‘^ture
after the annual homecoming service. At ft* front oc the left is anny Mask,
youngest member, and on the right is Mrs. J. S. Mitchell, oldest member present.
Second row, left to right, are: w. M. Mask, deacon; Jenme Farmer, treasurer.
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President Proposes Major Job Safety, Health Legislation
WASHINGTON —President Ni
xon has proposed that Congress
enact far-reaching legislation to
provide safe and healthful work
ing conditions for the Nation’s
working men and women.
“Every year in this country,”
the President said, “some four
teen thousand deaths can be at
tributed to work-related Ind
ies or Illnesses. Because of
diseases or accidents sustained
on the job, some 250 million
man-days of labor are lost an
nually.”
In the last five years, be said,
the number of man-days lost be
cause at job-related injuries has
been 10 times the number lost
due to strikes.
The proposed bill, the Occup
attonal Safety and Health Act of
1965, would protect the workers
by:
— Directing the President to
set up a five-member nat-
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tonal occupational Safety
and Health Board which
would set mandatory saf
ety and health standards.
— Providing for enforce
ment of such standards.
— Building upon advances al
ready made through em
ployer Initiative which
provide safe and healthful
working conditions.
— Assisting the States in th
eir efforts to assure safe
and healthful working c®*
ditions.
Providing for research,
including special probes
Into health problems, and
information, education and
training in the field of
occupational safety and he
alth.
The draft bill covers all em
ployers engaged in a business
affecting interstate commerce.
The bill also states that all
Evelyn Mask, clerk sod Billy Jones, deacon. Back row, left to right, are: Clifton
Mask, deacon; Robie Norman, Sunday school Superintendent; J. W. Gunnell, choir
director; Rev. R. Gordon white, pastor; Joe Parker, deacon; Fred Jones, deacon;
and Edgar Jones, deacoc.
Federal contracts or contracts
involving Federal-assistance,
exceeding $2,500, must contain
a requirement thxat the work to
be done under the contract will
be performed under safe and
healthful standards which meet
any applicable standards set by
the Board under the act, unless
toe contract is being performed
in a State with an approved plan.
Excluded are Federal or State
Governments, small agricultural
employers with less than 500
man-days of labor a quarter,
and noD-agrlcultural employers
with less than three employees.
The bill would also exclude
any class or category of employ
ers over which the National Oc
cupational Safety and Health Bo
ard has by rule declined to as
sert jurisdiction because toe ef
fect on commerce of the em
ployer’s operation is not suf
ficiently substantial to warrant
> the application of the bill’s re
, quirements.
i The proposal provides that em
> ployers who are Involved in inter
-1 state commerce shall comply
i with mandatory safety and health
t standards set by the National
7 Occupational Safety and Health
5 Board.
1 If a situation not covered by
. the Board’s standards arises,
a and the Board decides that a
1 standard should be prescribed,
J the Board must adopt a national
, consensus standard, unless the
s Secretary of Labor or the Sec
. retary of Health, Education and
e Welfare objects.
- Under the bill, the Board may
- determine that a consensus stan
dard needs modifying, but It must
- first give notice to the organi
zation that produced the stan
dard and afford It an opportunity
- to modify the standard.
it The Board must then adopt
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the modified standard unless the
Secretary of Labor or HEW rai
ses objections.
The Secretary of Labor and
the Secretary of Health, Educat
ion and Welfare would participate
in the standard-setting process
by being authorized to question
any standard adopted by the Bo
ard and submit to the Board their
own recommendations for stan
dards.
Whenever one or both of the
Secretaries questions a standard,
the Board will hold a hearing on
the recommendations and objec
tions made by the Secretary.
Willful violators of set stan
dards under the act would incur
civil penalties up to SIO,OOO.
Criminal penalties would be
enforced on those who interfered
with the enforcement or the op
eration of the set statutes of the
bill and those who violated the
record-keeping requirements of
the bill.
Recalcitrant violators of the
proposed act would be subject
to citations for contempt of court
and violators who were govern
ment contractors would face de
barment or contract cancellation.
The Secretary of Labor would
inspect and investigate workpla
ces that are covered by the act.
If the Inspection disclosed con
ditions that are of imminent dan
ger to employees, the Secretary
may seek temporary restraining
order or appropriate Injunctive
measures from a Federal Dis
trict Court.
The proposal also provides
that where State law gives em
ployees significantly greater
protection than the Federal law
the State law Is preserved.
States may also set their own
standards under the bill but must
first submit their plans for stan
dards to the Secretary of Labor
for approval.
The Secretary of HEW would
be responsible under the act for
conducting research, demonstra
tions, and experiments relating
to occupational safety and health.
This information would be used
to develop criteria which will
enable the Board to meet Its
responsibilities under the bill
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Stewart Baptist
Homecoming
Held Sunday
Stewart Baptist Church, locat
ed near Jackson Lake in the sou
thern part of Newton County, held
its annual homecoming service
with dinner on the grounds on Sun
day.
Some 200 members, guests, and
friends were present to celebrate
homecoming at the 62 year-old
church.
The Rev. R. Gordon White,
pastor, preached the morning
message using as his scripture
John 7:37-39. The title of his
message was “The Saving Waters
of the Holy Spirit.”
Stewart Baptist Church was
born of adversity. A malaria
epidemic in Pleasant Grove Com
munity resulted in many of its
residents moving to this section
of the county before the turn of
the century.
They soon began building a
house of worship in their new
surroundings; but, before its
completion it was destroyed by
a windstorm, undaunted, the six
charter members resolutely st
arted another building which was
completed in 1907.
Many remember the 1945 tor
nado which wrought much damage
in Newton County; and again, an
”111 wind” leveled Stewart Bap-
for formulating occupational saf
ety and health standards.
Employee training, education
for safety and health personnel,
and various grants to the States
are also provided for under the
proposed bill.
The effective date for the bill
has been delayed for three years
to permit both Federal and State
Governments to develop stan
dards.
In a letter submitting the bill
to Congress, Secretary of Labor
George P. Shultz urged early
enactment of the proposal.
Children’s Hospital
Film To Be Shown
At Kiwanis Today
The program for today’s
(Thursday) meeting of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club will con
sist of a film concerning the
Scottish Rite Crippled Children’s
Hospital in Decatur. Kiwanian
Greeley Ellis is in charge of
the program today.
Scottish Rite officials will be
at the meeting today and explain
much of the work at the chari
table institution. Alec Dittler,
Chairman of the Board of Trus
tees, and Bill Dodd of the hospi
tal will be present for the pro
gram.
Rev. Jason Shirah, pastor of
the First United Methodist Ch
urch, Columbus, was the guest
speaker at the Covington Kiwanis
Club meeting Thursday. Rev. Shi
rah was one of the main speak
ers at the 141st Salem Camp
Ground meeting during the past
week*
His talk was most timely and
concerned the lunar space pro
gram and the recent trip to the
moon by Astronauts Armstrong,
Aldrin and Collins. Kiwanian
Sam Ramsey was in charge of
the program and he introduced
the speaker.
One of the children’s classes
from the Camp Ground sang three
songs under the direction of Dr.
John Tate, Music Director of
the meeting. The songs were:
“Everyday With Jesus,” Wide,
tlst Church. Services, however,
were still held periodically in
whatever facility was available.
In 1948, Rev. Spinks of Mercer
University came to hold services
in a tent adjoining the church gr
ound. He was so moved by the
ruins of the church in front of
the neatly kept cemetery that he,
with 13 charter members, reor
ganized and Initiated a building
program.
The present church was com
pleted in 1949, and since that time
has born fruitful witness to the
Master Builder and the Kingdom
Work.
Stewart Baptist Church today
is a fully organized church, in
cluding a Brotherhood, which
many larger Baptist Churches
lack. A bulletin board in the
sanctuary is filled with pictures,
articles and letters from the
missionary families which the
membership helps support.
Whatever else the “ill winds”
did to Stewart Baptist Church,
they seem to have embued its
membership with a profound con
ception ofthe transclencyoftime,
and that witnessing means efforts
in every possible area to pro
mote Kingdom Work.
VA Urges Strict
Paperwork For
GI Students
The Veterans Administration
said today it is as anxious as
any campus G. I. to have educat
ion checks arrive on time this
fall, according to A. W. Tate,
Manager, Atlanta Veterans Ad
ministration Regional Office.
The number of payday delays
would be reduced drastically If
veterans and schools will do the
required paperwork. . .and do it
on time, Mr. Tate said.
If the veteran was in college
during the spring or summer se
mester and followed instructions
by returning his Certification of
Attendance at the end ofthe term,
he has nothing more to do before
his checks start arriving this
fall.. .assuming the college reg
istrar follows through and prom
ptly returns his new fall enroll
ment certification to the VA.
Mr. Tate said that veterans
who did not return their Certif
ication of Attendance to VA in
June should do so Immediately.
Veterans who have lost their
Certification of Attendance card
should obtain another one from
the VA office that issued it and
mail it in forthwith.
He added veterans who are en
rolling for the first time this
fall — or who have changed
college or program — must be
certain, that:
1. They have obtained a pro
per Certificate of Eligibility from
the Veterans Administration.
2. They have submitted this
Certificate to the college regis
trar.
3. The college registrar pr
omptly returns the completed
certificate to the VA.
Normally, payment for Septem
ber and October is combined In
the first check mailed to veterans
in November.
Wide Is The ocean,” and “Some
thing Better Than Gold.”
Visitors attending the meeting
were George Ramsey, Jr., Mack
Ramsey, Rev. Charles McGibbo
ney, Walter Partee, Dr. William
Dickey of Houston, Texas, and
Rev. Owen Kellum.
Thursday, August 21, 1969
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their homes, who might pay for
about three trees of this size to
go in front of their home.
Where there is a will there is a
way! Why do I bring this up?
Again and again. The State Wo
man’s Club has all towns in
Georgia striving to make their
town the most beautiful in the
state. It was my LUCK to be
named Conservation Chairman
for YOU. Please everybody, not
only vie with other cities, we
want to make ours the most
beautiful In Georgia. It always
has been one of the MUSTS on
all Garden Tours, etc.! We have
the Colonial Homes..we have the
beautiful new sections of town
with new modern homes. Let
me appeal to the owners of these
homes. Start at one corner of
your property and plant a white,
then a pink dogwood, four to five
toot size (contact every neighbor
and plant the same sizes). Get
your property planted in October!
You have time now to contact
your local florist and buy these
trees in 100 lots..the group of
you resldents..and by Spring you
will have white and pink dogwoods
not only growing but really, they
will be blossoming next spring.
How proud you will be! How
proud your city will be..but Bro
ther! This Office Boy will be
grinning from ear to ear.
Look at those large dogwoods
on Floyd street.. The Kiwanis Club
gave us $35 to buy trees in 1931
or 32.. and we got them at SI.OO
each and planted them from the
Baptist Church out Floyd st
reet.. Many of them are beauti
ful. Some died because they did
not water the ones In front of
their homes..most did».many
were replaced and others were
planted by residents.. Look at At
lanta, "The Dogwood City” of
the South! Even YOU go there to
bask in the Sunshine of their
beauty.. Let’s have Georgia and
other States coming to see the
beauty of our town.zither than
houses!
You just can’t stop me folks!
This is YOUR town..tt is MY
town. We ARE going to make it
a SHOW PLACE...what are we
waiting 0n...? Our State Flower
is the Cherokee rose..many are
calling their orders in. They are
$2.50 each...but we get them in
gallon cans or so..for $1.35 by
taking 100 to be planted in our
yards or in the city..the first
hundred is going fast..you better
call today! Please do not delay
for we will be planting ours
in October or early November.
Call 786-3121.
Alan Mitchell our Choir Dir
ector, wife and baby have gone
to further his education along
this Une. OH HOW we loved
them and that BABY..Wow! Time
to do my “SWEEPIN’ UP.”
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of $325 per year. This is the
same amount of bond that pre
vious city manager’s have serv
ed under.
The Council voted to moder
nize the city employee’s Insu
rance program, at the suggestion
of City Manager Walter Partee,
and added major medical pro
tection to the Insurance pro
gram. The additional insurance
will cost the city $4,172.40 more
than the present insurance pre
mium thus bringing the annual
payment to around $12,000.
City paving and other projects
now underway were discussed
and then the meeting was ad
journed at 9:30 p. m.
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At least 20,000 Americans who
received Labor Department fin
anced on-the-job training In sp
ace oriented projects helped the
astronauts get to the moon and
back.