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Kiwanis Committees
Are Named For 1940
By President David
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who was again re-elected as a
member of the city council. Mr.
Norris is Mayor Pro-Tern and the
oldest member from point of serv
ice on the council.
P[“ M A Tfl D HwtLL D 1 ICC F I I
MEET
Kiwanis and Rotary Hold
Joint Meeting at Camp
Jackson with FFA. |
Senator Richard B Russell, Jr., i
was the main speaker at a Christ
mas party which was held at the
FFA Camp on Jackson Lake Tues
day night.
w A. Maddox, Jr., director of
the camp, was master of ceremon
ies and introduced Senator Russell
to the distinguished audience com
posed of the two civic clubs of Cov
ington and their ladies.
The Kiwanis Club and the Cov
ington Rotary Club with their lad
ies attended the affair as a joint
Rotary and Kiwanis meeting. Ap
proximately three hundred people
were present. Many state officers
came here for the occasion.
A delicious dinner was served and
afterwards Senator Russell made a
ver Y interesting speech As one
hearer stated a "typical Russell
speech." This was thoroughly en
Wed as the Senator has the natural
gift of oratory* for which the Rus
se l dan is noted
Pete Donaison. of Tiftonj noted
recreational director, staged a num
ber of very entertaining stunts
which the large party thoroughly
enjoyed. All attending reported an
enjoyable time and voted then
thanks to the genial and efficient
camp director, "Horty" Maddox.
Rivers _ . Appoints
Belmont Dennis ,4.s
Chairman Polio Drive
Governor E D. Rivers, state
chairman of the Georgia Commit
tee for the Celebration of the Pres
idents Birthday has named BH
mont editor of The Cov
!n ^ on News as chairman for New ■
ion County. The celebration will be
lleld as Usua| on January 30th.
Hl1,f ,he mone y raised this year
.. hpld
N and at S,ale trea,mem Headquarters
of G€0r -
lnfantile Paralysis victims, and
half the funds wil1 8« <« the
,Wna ’ Foundation for research, ppi
demic action and assistance to or
U, ” PedlC surg ^ Qns and hospital*.
m wi ” ve an «ounced in the
[[ ear fu ture as to means which will
be Uken 10 raise Ne ' vton County's
ta - Friends a ” d <>f
Pies,d<>ni Roosevelt join in this
worthy cause of helping the crippled
and unfortunate of the state and
Nation.
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Volume 75
DR. S. L. WAITES r* r ELECTED
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J I MeGahee, Pratt And Norris Elected Council men
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The Covington Star. Est 1874
Winners in City Election Last Monday
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Above are pictured the Mayor and two new councilmen who were elected in the city election held
Monday. Left to right, P. W. Pratt, councilman; Dr. S. L. Waites, mayor; and W. C. MeGahee. council
man. R. A. Norris was re-elected to the council,making the third member elected.—News photo.
Held.
GROUP ATTENDED NEW
TRAINING SCHOOL AT
HOME OF PRESIDENT
N. S. Turner, Immediate Past
President, Has Good
Year.
After a meeting of the
and the board of directors in a
training school in preparation for
'^ e Year 1940, the following organ
ization of the Kiwanis Club of Cov.
ington. for 1940 has been released
^ President-elect H A David:
Officers—President. A. H. David;
N. S. Turner, immediate past pres
ident; first vice president, T. G
Callaway, Jr., second vice president
Leo Masten; treasurer, R. R. Fow
ier , j r . ; secretary, W M. Berry,
Boart * of Directors—John . Birch
more. S. J. Morcock. P. W. Pratt, E
B Rogers, E. G. Trammell.
Committees for 1940:
Support of Churches in Their
Spiritual Aims—G. S Roach chair
man; Rev. H C. Emory, Rev. Walk
er Combs. S. C. Candler. Director
in charge—N. S. Turner.
Attendance, Membership and
Classification—J. E Rainey digit
man; T- C. Meadors, J. H. Stephens
Director.in charge—Leo Masten.
Inter-Club Relations R. H
Greene, chairman; R. o M- \r sea q ley, i s. o
A Ginn. Director in cnarge Jonn
Birchmore.
Under-Privileged Child and Voca
tional Guidance — Geo. Cochran, ]
chairman; C. E. Hawkins, Isaac
Robertson Director in charge S
Boys and Girls Work — Herbert
Cohen, chairman; R. C. Guinn, O
C, Harper, Jr Director in charge
E G. Trammell
Kiwanis Education. Laws and
Regulations—C. C. King chairman;
R O. Arnold, A. L. Loyd. Director in
charge—E. B. Rogers.
Finance, House and Business
Standards—J, E. Phillips, chairman;
J. R. Sams R. A. Norris. Director;
In charge—R R. Fowler. Jr.
iams. W D, Ti'avis. Director in,
charge — W. M. Berry.
Program, Music, Reception, and
Achievement Report—Sidney Gates,
chairman; L “" ~ v Y c
Eady, Jack Porter Director in
charge—T. G. Callaway, Jr
Agriculture—W. A Maddox, Jr.,
chairman; E. A King H. G. Smith.
Director in charge—P. W. Pratt
Golden Fleece
Lodge Officers
New Officer* Elected at a
Meeting Held Thursday
Night.
At the regular meeting of
en Fleece Lodge last Monday nigh;
the following officers were
for 1940:
H. F. Meadors. Worshipful Mas
ter; W. P Cooley. Senior Warden;
E. L. Rainey. Junior Warden; J L
Skinner. Senior Deacon; J. E. Rain
ey, Junior Deacon; A M. Bennett.
Senior Steward; Hiram Smith. Jun
i or Steward; L. D Pritchett, Tyler;
A. L- Loyd, Trustee.
E. G Lassiter, Jr., was elected
secretary to succeed Allen Johnson,
who resigned.
After the meeting was over oyster
stew was served and greatly en
joyed by all present.
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Alldl'Cll'S Blllldlllft
The Rogers Store announced this
week that due to the busy season
and their inability to serve alt cus
tomers promptly they have opened
the old Andrews Cafe building
their fruit and candy department.
Thu* will relieve the congealed
di.ion of the store and provide
prompt service to all.
Christmas Carol
Services Held
at Gymnasium
More Than 800 Attend the
Program Given by The
Music Club.
Christmas cam/ services were held
Supt-ay d–ht under the direction
of the Covington Music Club at the
school gymnasium.
More than 800 persons attended
from all parts of thft county am
those jn charge were phased with
the success of this first county
christmas program. Nearly
churc h j n Newton county was rep
resentr , d and large crowds attend
^ f rc>m Covington until the larse
gvmnasium was filled to capacity,
The Emory at Oxford Glee Club
assisted in the musical program
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Destroyed by Fire
The beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs . w by’fl^ln’S Ww'a
tored to Lyons immediately upon
receipt of message Her
were visiting in Florida at the time
the house was destroyed. The home
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no insurance on same
friends sympathize with the family
loss
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the new president and ^ t0 right) Belmont
jinher given by the president to P, a h Greene, chairman Interclub Rela
, t a public affairs; A. H D 'P;, R left to right, J^E.
( publicity and d Regulations; back row, Underprivileged
ol. C ,C. King, chairman Cochran, chairman
Phi i ips chairman Finance, Hous chairman Attendance, Membership and Clas- ’
P , Vocational Gmdance^J. H Rair Ramey , eY cha ' and Girls Work. W.
rhil d and gSy SS Boys - Reception and Achievement.
a. Maddox, chairman Program, Music,
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COVINGTO N, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21 1939.
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Special Christmas Services
Planned for Porterdale Church
Local People
Help The Needy
Various Churches and Clubs
J#in in Drive To ■
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Help Needy.
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Announcement was made this ,
we ek by the local Welfare Office,
under the direction of Mrs. Donald
s^phenson. that the clubs, church
organizations and individuals of
Covington had answered the call
for a Christmas Stocking Fund
Nearly every family in this sec- j
tion needing help will receive aid.
t pj s Christmas in one way or an
other. A few needy families have not
yet received calls from local
7ens ' * >ut; ,llere 15 sun time and
those who have not had the op
portunity to share in this great j
cause should call the Welfare Office
immediately. s
This office is serving free in the
needy i
Millie, and moral poim
ual doubling up In the pa
many families were not reached be
cause those who wanted to help did ]
not know how to locate proper am
the many people who have offered
help to the needy at this time—
Presbyterian Church in That
City Plans Holiday
Program.
With two appropriate Christmas
Services on Sunday- the Presbyter
tan Church of Porterdale will con
tinue its-,celebration of the
sea .on which was begun with the
union service of Christmas
and pageantry last Sunday night,
and continued with the annual
Christmas Tree at the church on
Wednesday night
At the morning worship hour,
following the Sunday School, on
December 24, there will be a ser
vice of Christmas song story and
worship led by the pastor No
room" will be the topic of the ser
mon And the Children's Christmas
story will be. A Little Child Shatl
Them.’’
Following the Young Peoples
meeting, the service at 7:15 Sunday
night will be a candle-light Corn
munion service. The Lord's Supper
will be observed and the whole set
vice conducted by candle-light. An
earnest effort is bring made to get
'"J7ofTe“ hore'lTanTsmT
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night a , 7: 30 o'clock the
ton Methodist Church. The public .
invited to attend
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
Record Established In
City As Voters Turn
Out For The Election
Dr. S. L. Waite* Receive*
A Majority of 73
Votes.
P. W. PRATT LEADS
COUNCIL TICKET
WITH 500 VOTES
R. A. Norris, W. C. MeGahee
Receive Almost Equal
Number Votes.
With the largest number of vot
ers ever voting in a city election, Dr
S. L. Waites defeated Mayor S. A
Ginn Monday in one of the closest
and most ^citing city elections
hp,d in Covington in many years,
Two new councilman P. W Pratt
and W C. MeGahee. were also elect
ed to succeed F. E. Heard and W
; C. Wright, encumbents. R, A. Nor
| ris was reelected to the council for
another.-term. N S. Turner and
Leon Cohen were reelected to the
Covington Board of Education with
i out opposition.
Dr Waites won by a majority of
73 votes in the Mayor's race, re
ceiving a total of 417 votes io Mayor
Ginn’s 344. A total of 751 votes
were cast out of a registration of
j approximately 940, which was the
highest percentage of votes cast In
many years In 1937, there were on
ly 1M votes cast and in 1938 only
about 400, with George Cochran
candidate for council, leading the
ticket with 285 votes.
P. W. Pratt, candidate for the
council this year, led the ticket with
the largest vote for any one can
didate in the city’s history receiv
ing an even 500 votes. R. A. Norris
candidate for reelection ran second
with 411 votes. Mr. Norris was close
ly followed by W C. MeGahee with
only 4 votes difference 407. F E.
Heard ran fourth in the race trail
ing MeGahee by 22 votes, receiv
ing 385 E M. Piper received 310
votes and W. C. Wright 237 votes
All candidates wilt be sworn :n
before the first of the year. The first
meeting in 1940 will be held on the
first Monday in January which is
considered to be the most import
ant meeting of the year. A11 city
employees will be appointed at th ■■ J
time and their salaries set. Th<‘
j Mayor wilt name his committees and
| plans for the coming term will be
1 discussed.
j The various city departments
j which come under the jurisdiction
of the city council are as follows;
Police Department—Chief, assist
ant chief and policemen
Public Works Department—Gen
eral supervisor, electricians and em
ployees in Water Works department
Fire Department—Chief, assist
ant chief, fire truck operators and
firemen
1 Sanitary Department—Inspectors
sanitary workers.
Clerk's Office—City clerk and as
! sistams. if any.
City Attorney's Office — Selection
! of attorney.
City Physician's office—Selection
! of city physician judge
City Recorder—Selection of
for city court.
Mrs. Belmont Dennis
Appointed Chairman
Jackson Day Dinner
Major Clark Howell state chair
{man of the Jackson Day Dinner in
Atlanta on January 8th has named
Mrs Belmont Dennis as chairman
for Newton County. Col. Louis Ar
thur Johnson, assistant secretary of
War, will be the speaker for the
! dinner, which will bring together
the prominent Democrats of the
State
Those desiring tickets are urged
to call Mrs. Dennis at 64 and ask
her to make reservations for them
The tickets will be S25 00 per pla* -
and the money is to so to the Dem
ocratic campaign fund As this is
election year all loyal Democrats
are expected to make a liberal con
tribution to the campaign tund at 1
I this is as pleasant a way as r
be imagined to make the contrib
I tion.
Jackson Day Chairman
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MAJOR (LARK HOWELL
Editor and publisher of the Atlanta
Constitution, who has accepted the
chairmanship fur Georgia of the
state-wide Jackson Day Oinner, to
be held in Atlanta. January 8. 1918.
He announced the keynote of the
dinner will he party harmony and
urged the support of all loyal
Democrats.
COUNTT AGENT
Checks Mailed Out To All
Winners of 4-H Club
Contests.
We take this method of wishing
to the people of Newton County a
merry Christmas and a happy Ns.v
Year. May we all remember that In
the observance of Christmas we are
remembering the birth of our Chris*.
The remembrance of such an event
should be in a Christian spirit with
humility and reverence Sometimes
we forget ourselves and the occasion
of this celebration and make the fes
tivities rather worldly and often
bring sorrow to ourselves and our
friends by the wrong kind of jub
ilation. Let us all enjoy the coming
holiday* around our firesides with
our families with attendance on
Sunday at our various churches.
Take time to remember the sick and
needy and share our spirit and
goods with those who are less for
tunate than we. Drive carefully on
the highways- Observe a Christian
event with a Christian spirit and
on July 4th make whoopee.
This week checks were mailed out
to the winners in the 4-H Cotton
Club for the county. First prize
went to James Henry Dobbs with
a production of 1528 pounds of seed
cotton on eight tenths of an acre;
second prize went to Allen Savage
with a production of 1448 pounds of
seed cotton on an acre and third
prize went to Luke Savage with a
production of 1890 pounds of seed
cotton on one acre The prize mon
ey was offered by the Newton Coun
ty Fair Association, sponsored by
the local post of the American Le
°,ion
A farmer told us this week of sav
ing a house on his farm by having
only one bucket of water available
at the right time. By the use of this
one bucket of water he was able to
temporarily halt ttdz flames til he
could remove the burning articles
from the house. We believe every
farmer should keep a barrel or an
old arsenic can filled with water at
ome convenient location about the
premises. Of course during the sum
mer months oil would, need to be
kept on the surface of the water to
keep down mosquitoes Another
afety measure especially around
tarns and unoccupied dwelling is to
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