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fuesdaj evening to
in 0 n that wonderful
the Rotary Chib, when
Hies from Atlanta,
w Barnesvill-\ Ma
on other towns
1 a dozen
[and to see the Pres
si# °y Waites, with his
J h js side, not. only re
inferior this new club
d' a beautiful Bell and
Rotary wheel or em
hefirst, from the Atlanta
^(sst. from the thrill Decatur
hp gl'PR est came
I13CP card beside t-ha-t
Lved Mr. James Por
bcoii . “they said 1 ’
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of dovington . . , he said
LJ. <)o claim him for
To me one of
,
li besiiriful homes in Cov
I !h8 1 of Mrs. Luke Robin
it has many sacred
a happy hours whiled
1: It dinner . in the
M . ,
■on different occasions
mt L Mr. James tells me
louse m which he was
ho«' one of our specia*
)SF.S . . . and he told
m It his rases in Macon
I JOUt the two hundred
[arieties he was experi- well, 1
(1 this year . . .
isppy to have this chit
roses but above all
yellow roses . . . and
iow I could grow them
. . but that was an
subject! He is experimenting
l ^Hdth some new yellow
to let me know how
rut . . . and then across
b!e torn me was lovely Mts.
d w wife of the Presidert
Atlfiia Rotary Club she
Hrg in a black velvet din
pi mined in dainty white
ith 4 rhinestone clip and
that lovely snow white
saucy little black sailor
^■hit.e gardenias on top out of
. and also peeking
unddheath . .. she is a chvm
H 10 know' and to chat
to my right was Rufus
he Atlanta club who was
; ■Hung dinner partner . . .
aero# the table to my left was
Gownor Jake Hams of the
nta Ob... who was the lugh
t, of Lie evening . . I say
because he really did
t up til Ihings . . . may f say he
le hottest’’ speech of the
ling 1 maybe you will not like
way I expressed that . . . yet,
;ou been there and finally
_cry rd the . , . Fire’’ . . . ‘ Fire''
le Mr’s dress in on Lre" . . .
fouri have known and seen
t he*as up making his speech
en tat lovely green dinner dress
biased up in flames
. All,iokes aside (even tno that
he made a wonderful
k lotary Ideals and presented
e ter to our own Dr. Waites,
inner ftkift of but the Club In a gracious
that man did speak
ider Bfficulties . . . just .as they
it tSfire out and he calmly went
his talk . . Rufus Darby
I had my back sllght
turlpd gave a great big sneeze
vi the speaker very calmly stopped
ad »ked at him and said, “God
less won! and on with his talk
^■nothing in all. had it happened the
i^^B was one of
0 Iightful evenings we have
■ a long time ... we were
to see Mr. and Mrs
‘lit Nix from Athens and Mary
.
Mian ay Jones and her husband
■ Frank Jones from Ma
. . .
but from Grev .
on that lovely colonial home
■ on the other side ol
xoing in to Macon, the or.e
■the beautiful picket fence
I . .
I m going to have to steal
hat 1 fence if 1 can -t save enough
IV le buy one and her rose
srd'n .
is °ne of the loveliest you
lav p ver rambled thru and
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["nett ype Demonstration and Cofer
np tt and Cofer announces a
■on.Mration 'of Domino and Ca>
[wion fee milk products Saturday at
s lore with free samples a p d
prices on these advertised
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;r E R Wright, of the Carna
Company, will serve free choc
milk and demonstrate easy
if whipping the irradiated
lf| car
u milk with vitamin D M. M
McMullen, of the Domino Com-
1 |V wi 'l demonstrate
ms various
anno sugars and will serve free
on hot waffles Mr Bennett
r r Bennett and Cofer Co., in
' ,hp Public to
' attend.
advpi-tjs arn .. n * aivins detail’
ar ® elsewhere in this issue. j
Lespedeza responds very favor
ably to phosphoric acid, so if you
hav the money a little acid phos
phat or basic slag will increase
the production of this wonderful
hay crop.
If you have the opportunity to
do so examine a field that was
sown to lespedeza last year and
not turned You will be surprised
see how the lespedeza stubble
prevents erosion.
The winter legumes we have ex
amind show very little top growth
but have an excellent root growth.
Where this is the case a few warm
days will stimulate a very rapid
top growth.
We do not believe the recent
f/eeze did very much damage to
'fruit trees. Some blooms that
were fully opned were killed, but
the buds that have opened since
then seem to be all right.
Be sure to see the kitchen trail
er when it is in your community.
This kitchen is the property of the
Georgia Power Company and is
loaned to the Snapping Shoals
Electric Membership Corporation
New FHA Plan
Now Underway
Meeting; Held by Citizens at
County Court House
Friday.
Details concerning the new FHA
■ 'tier Housing Program to be
launched immediately in Newton
County were discussed Friday night
at a meeting of lumber dealers, ar
chitects, contractors, realtors and
representatives of the Federal Hous
ing Administration.
The meeting was attended by a
number of local people, as well as
representatives of the Federal
Housing Administration and a num
br of members of the building in
dustry The speakers outlined
plans on how local activities can be
tied in with the nation and state
wide movement to stimulate build
ing new homes and the repairing
and remodeling of existing real es
tate property under the New Amend
ments to the National Housing Act
recently passed by Congress.
Plans to be put into effect involve
indirect public contact through lum
ber dealers, financial institutions
and other directly interested
Lumber dealers and financial in
stitutions have been furnished with
information concerning the new
program and are no"' in a position
le develop applications for loans for
hose desiring to repair, remodel or
otherwise modernize their property
s well as those interested in build- >
ing new homes.
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Volume 75
ROTARY CLUB RECEIVES CHARTER
New Uses For
Farm Products
Now Being Tried
AH Farmers May Get Better
Results in The
Future.
We see in the paper* where
chemists will begin work in four
regional laboratories located in
strategic points over the country
in trying to find new uses for farm
products. It we were asked to
make a suggestion as a beginner,
we would suggest investigation of
oxidisation with especial emphasis
on control. Oxidization is the
burning of vegetable matter and
it takes place too rapidly in south
ern soils. A crop of winter le
gumes turned under in our soils in
the spring is absolutely burned
out by ra]I I{ thig burning could
be slowed up then the effect of
the humus matter would be felt
much longer in the soil and
greater returns received
1 his is the season of the year
when we will see another source
of oxidization which is very rapid
—that is the burning of all vege
table matte roff our land in prep
aration for planting. Do not burn
your terraces, sedge fields, woods
and sod land Ofter we burn off
more fertility than w° replace with
the amount of fertilizer placed
under the crop We need to re
tai-d burning and decay rather
than speed it up.
This is written on Tuesday and
the weather is beautiful A few
days like this and we wilt be able
to harrow our grain If possible to
do so wait about top dressing till
the harrow can be used then the
Lespedeza may be seeded im
mediately, We have examined
several fields sown to lespedeza
last year and find a good stand left
after the recent freeze and more
will come with warm weather.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
The Covington Star, Est 1874
VIEWS TAKEN AT ROTARY CLUB CHARTER PR ESENTATION BANQUET Ai PORTERDALE GYM
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Rotary Club charter presentation banquet held at Porterdale Tuesday
evening. (Front row, left to right) Mrs. Howard See, wife of Atlanta
Rotary president; Dr. S. L, Waites, president of the Covington Rotary
Club; Mrs. S. L. Waites; (second row) Robert J. Griffin director;
•James H. Porter, special honor guest from Macon; Spence Ramsey, sec
retary of the Covington Club; Guy Robinson, director and chairman of
the program committee; Milton Brogdon, director.
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Additional guests and charter members were Howard See, presi
dent of the Atlanta Rotary Club which sponsored the local club, and
Master of Ceremonies; Mrs. C. S. Forrester; Rev. Charles S. Forrester,
of Oxford; Mrs. J. O. Porter, Porterdale; Dr. E. W. Exley, Covington;
Dr. A. S. Hopkins, Covington; J. O. Porter, of Porterdale; N. S. Turner,
of Covington.
Many Families in County Given
Aid by Welfare Department
Announcement made today by
James C. Anderson. District Com
modity Supervisor, whose headquar
ters are at 550 Glenn Street, Atlan
ta. Ga.. shows that last month in
Newton County 244 needy families
received surplus commodities hav
ing a total value of $1318.61.
The various surplus foods distrib
uted were bought by the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporation
for the main purpose of helping
farmers by removing the surplus
portions of excessive crops so that
farmers could obtain better mar
kets for the remaining, normal por
tions. After the surpluses are pur
chased, they are given to the State
Department of Public Welfare at
no cost whatsoever to State or local
governments. Clothing distributed
1 as produced by WPA sewing pro
jects.
This county provides storage space
for commodities, and cooperates
with Statee and Federal Govern
ments in the distribution by mak
ing a small monthly remittance in
cash to cover the cast of supplies
needed in the distribution operation.
The State Department of Public
Welfare provides supervisory per
sonnel, and trucks, while WPA fur
nishes labor. *
The value of commodities received
by poor families in this county ex
ceeds a great many times the nom
inal cost to the county.
This program goes a long way to
ward bringing surplus crops and
hungry people together, resulting in
benefits to both farmers and needy
people.
The Newton County Department
of Public Welfare, under the ef
ficient direction and supervision of
Mrs. Donald Stephenson reached
the maximum amount allowed 0\
the State for Welfare purposes
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MA n CH §71939.
this county about six months ago.
New names can be added only in
Ihe place of some person already on
the Welfare Roll or when the state
appropriates more funds for this
purpose.
The amount of money used for
public assistance in Newton County
is allocated to the County Depart
ment by the State Department of
Public Welfare. The Newton County
Department has used the total
amount of money allocated by the
state for old age assistance. Aid
the blind and aid to dependent
dren until more money is appropri
ated for distribution. For this rea
son applicants can now be approved
for public assistance only when a
vacancy occurs among the recipi
ents, caused by death and othe>
reasons. Applications for Public
Assistance are being considered 4n
the order in which they were filed.
In addition to the welfare work,
Miss Williams, department handles
WPA aid to farmers. CCC applica
tions and numerous other govern
ment projects for aid to the needy.
She also aids the Newton County
Red Crass by assisting in direction
of the payment of money to help
needy who can not get help from
the government. 1
R. L. Meador Gets
Veterans' $50 Check
R. L. Meador, better known to his
scores of friends as “JJncle Rufe."
received his first $50.00 check from
the state capitol Wednesday He is
the only living Confederate Veteran
in Newton County and one of the
oldest, citizens, celebrating his 92nd
birthday January 23,
Previously the veterans had been
receiving a $30 00 r. month check but
a recent act of the Georgia iegis..
raised the monthly benefit.
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Other officials and guests at the Rotary Banquet were (front row)
Mr. and Mrs. Abit Nix, of Athens; W. C. MeGahee Sam Dietz, J. T.
McKay W . T. McGuire, all charter members and directors of the Cov
ington Rotary Club. More than 200 members and guests from all parts
of Georgia attended the Charter Presentation Banquet at the James H.
Porter Memorial Gymnasium at Porterdale. The banquet was one of
the largest and most elaborate affairs of its kind ever held in Newton
county.
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Caught by the camera in informal poses at the banquet are Mr. and
Mrs. Spence Ramsey chatting with Mr. Rufus Darby of Atlanta; Mrs.
Relmont Dennis .talking with friends across (he table; James H. Porter,
of Macon, caught as he glanced up, unaware of the cameraman; Dr.
A. S. Hopkins, of Covington, in the midst of “.another sip of coffee.”
N*»-» Phmo by JFu
Kiwanis District
Meeting Tonight
To Be Held at Porter Mem
orial Gymnasium at
Porterdale.
The local Kiwanis Club held its
regular noon meeting at the Delaney
Hotel Thursday noon with President
Nat Turner presiding. V. Y C. Eady
leading the singing with Miss
Fletcher Lou Lunsford at the piano,
The attendance was 95.5 per cent
only Bob Arnold and Chet
Cannon missing.
President Turner called attention
to the Interclub meeting which is
to be held this week at Porterda.e
and requested members to be there
early that they might welcome the
out-of-town guests when they ar
rive. It is expected that approxi-!
mately 300 will attend from this and
other clubs throughout the district,
The program was in charge of Ai
David, who introduced Mrs. R R.
Fowler, Jr., and Jack Neal, who |
gave a most entertaining musical
program, entertaining the club with
solas and duet with Miss Lunsfoid
as accompanist
There will be a 12:30 meeting to
day at the hotel for thase who can
not attend the meeting at Porter
dale tonight. President Turner 1
urges each member to attend on*,
of these meetings
S. S. Meeting at Baptist Church
The Stone Mountain Baptist Sunday School Association
will holds its regular quarterly meteing Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock at the First Baptist church in Covington. This is a
combined meeting of the Northern and Southern Districts of
the Association and all officers and teachers and members are
urged to be present. Th churches of the Southrn District, com
prising Covington Fust and Second Baptist churches, Porter
dale. High Point, County Line, Macedonia, Stewart, Zion, Mt
Zion, Willow Springs and West End Baptist churches arc
especially urged to have a full attendance to greet the visiting
Northern District.
The County’s Greatest Singing
Convention To Be Held Sunday
One of the largest gatherings of
singers in local history is expected
Sunday, March 12, at 2 o'clock P
M.. Eastern Standard Covington
Time when the Newton County
Sinking Convention meets in the
now $75 000.00 Porter Memorial
Gymnasium at Porterdale.
This magnificent building, only
recently dedicated, is a gift of Mi.
James H Porter, of Macon. Georgia
to the people of Porterdale and
Newton County, as a memorial to
his father, Mr. James Oliver Por
ter. the founder of the city of Por -
*erdale
The program has been carefully
arranged in an effort to furnish
ihe maximum amount of pleasure
on this gala occasion The singing
will open promptly at the hour spec
ified with a concert by the Porter
dale High School Band, undei the
efficient direction of Miss Jordve
Tanner, and will be followed with
selections by the Dixie Quartet, of
Atlanta The Salvation Army Band
end soloists of Atlanta, will render
a number of special selections The
Thompson Sisters Vocal Trio, of
Monroe, and Miss Bettye Tribble,
of this city will also furnish var
ious interesting features. Miss Trib
ble should furnish a special inter
e-ting specialty with her unique j
TH!" PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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whistling acts. A number of other
qoartrts and singers have accepted
nvitations to at ter J.
The big singing is being sponsored
by the local organization under the
direction of Aubra L. Sherwood, of
Almon. president, and Ralph Wat
kins, vice-president, Invitations
have been extended to singing as
sociations in the surrounding coun
ties and a large crowd is expected.
The large auditorium at the gym
nasium affords those who attend
plpnty of room M there are 3 . 0(W
seats besides the big area down
stairs.
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Friday morning at 8:30 o'clock. |
rhe- store has teen closed r sev
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Has bjen built in the tear of the
old structure expanding down Hays '
Street to the alley, taking in the
cite formerly occupied by Kennj
Johnson's cafe.
Everything in the store has been
departmentized in a convenient way
to make shopping easier and quick
er Prices have been stamped on
every item
The store has been equippei with
a modern “serv > yourself system ft
is the las word in quick service and
in expected to aid the customer in.
seleeting his food supply at lower
cost. An advertisement i s na nu
merous sp cials appears elsewhere
id this issue. »
Leon Cohen Returns
From Eastern Market
Leon Cohen, manager and propri
et.or of W Cohen Company, re
turned this week from Npiv York 1
where he completed the purchase of
newest goods for spring. Mr Co- J
hen states that quality and appear- . I
anop of goods at these Eastern Mar- ):
kefs arp nperior ro an ymaterial
seen in recent years. He made scv
-re public I nilren-sec while in nrtvp'ni»gf»oyg New York. to th* il
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Nearly 250
Attend Banquet
at Porterdale
Dr. S. L. Waites Receives
Charter, Bell and Gavel
for Local Club.
HOWARD SEE. ATLANTA
CLUB PRESIDENT, IN
CHARGE OF CEREMONY
Large Crowd* of Visiting
Rotarian* Present at
Presentation Rites.
The Covington Rotary Club re
ceived its charter Wednesday night
in an impressive ceremony held at
| the Porter Memorial Gymnasium at
Porterdale.
j Approximately 250 local and visit
ing Rotarians and Rotariannes at
tended the dinner celebrating the
occasion. The .following cities were
Jppr^scntcd, Decatur 7, Marietta 1,
Macon 12. Gainesville 3, Austell 7
Athens 14 . Miliedgevilie 1 , Atlanta
40, Monroe 14. Barnesville 18 and
Waynesboro 1 . making a total of
n 8 visitors
The invocation was pronounced
by Rev. Charles Forrester and the
entire audience then joined in sing
ing “America The visitors were
welcomed by Dr. A. S. Hopkins in
a short and timely address after
which a delicious dinner was served
by the Home Economics Department
of the Porterdale school with the
Girl Reserves serving the tables.
James Porter of Macon, was in
troduced and heartily applauded as
1 the donor of the building in which
I the exercises we\ held. Mr. Porter
expressed his joy at again com ink
home to Porterdale and stated he
1 had been a Rotarian for the past
twenty years.
How'ard Spe. President of the At
lanta Rotary Club, presided during
the evening. He called for the vis
iting clubs to stand and they were
introduced.
Bobby Brooks gave a selection of
two songs which were heartily ap
plauded. The presentation of tha
i ba n and gave i was mad <» b .v ai Fos
ter of the Atlanta ciug. This was
accepted by Dr. s. L. Waites, presi
dent of the local club.
Sam Guy, of the Decatur dug,
presented the club with a large Ro
tary Wheel, the club emblem which
was also received by Dr. Waites.
Guv Robinson introduced the lo
cal Rotarians and their Rotary
annes and their visitors.
The high light of the evening was
the presentation of the charter to
the local club by the Past District
Governor, Jake Harris, of the At
lanta Club. He made a most im
pressive talk interspersing his re
marks with witticisms which made
his talk highly entertaining.
President Waites received the
charter with a few appropriate re
marks, stating he accepted the
charter with a feeling of pride and
responsibility, pledging himself to
work for the best interests of his
club and his community.
Much good fellowship was evi
denced throughout the evening and
the gathering of old friends added
much to the occasion.
'^ ie f°^ owin 8 Kiwanians were
present as the guests of President
s L Waites: Mr. and Mrs. N. S.
Turner, president of local Kiwanis
club; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Porter, im
mediate past president; Dr. and
^ rs ' ^ ^ Sams and Mr. and Mrs.
Belmont Dennis.
The charter membeft of the local
Rotary club are as follows: Dr.
Sidney L. Waites, president; Spence
Ramsey secretary; George Stauf
facher, sergeant-at-arms; Milton
Brogdon, Aubrey Hopkins. Elmer
Exley. Guy Robinson and Robert
Griffin, directors: Members: Mar
riott Bennett, Fletcher Dudley, Sam
Dietz. Hugh King. Walter Megahee,
Wailes McGuire, J. T. McKay, Rob
ert Yancey.