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bought for the day: We are
with happiness over the
nun? honeysuckle, , . or
Uti ful Wild
lea plants brought to our gar
by Christine Callahan . . .
, from season to
will blossom
son as a constant reminder of
swee t thoughtfulness of , us.
.
Vington is justly proud of her
;. den Club ... for did she not
one of the loveliest Flower
ie week staged in
ows last ever
rgia a? you entered the
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hall of the beautiful new
nasium the first thing to greet
pve was the stage setting . . .
•ely the bride in the beautiful
dding scene is real . . . but no,
vas the lovely figure from the
jdow of Cohen s she looked
real in her wedding gown . . .
rrowed, of course ... for every
de must have something bor
H, e d ., , we recognize as we go
6 er the beautiful wedding gown
|m just yesterday it seems,
.,,
Sara Clyde Hutchins . . . who
' t been Mrs. R. H. Patterson for
reral years . . . and the veil in
its loveliness proved to be the
L which only a few years ago
Led the lovely face of Sarah
[wards, Umel now Mrs. Godfrey such
... we never saw
huisite E calla lillies in profusion
the courtesy of our own local
list, [nths Mr. Robert Yancey . . .
of planning for a wedding
ne like this for a real bride
lid not have produced a love
t scene . . . and The Office
k wishes to thank every Garden
lib member who worked so
ihfully. and every merchant and
Izen who contributed to the
tcess of this show, in behalf
l Garden Club and its faithful
Bident, Mrs. R. H. Patterson,
k Patterson has served as the
isident for the past four
1 this Flower Show, staged by
i members of the club under
’ direction, brings to the close
administration of which all
'ington is justly proud. The
lav beautiful avhibi.s by the
pens of the town as well as
p members, portrayed the deep
srest, the sweet spirit of co
(ration, the fine spirit of team
A ... of all Covington, from
|ool. j Mayor to the Janitor at the
the beauty of the flower show
. God s own flowers arranged
i loving friends, who worked
[ether in a spirit of love . . .
.
nehow fills my heart with
pksgiving the that we are free to
things we wish and to en
the gifts of our Heavenly
• • • yet , . . in our heart
ks a pain of uneasiness
. . .
" e * aze a ’ ’he beautiful blos
w we look into their hearts
see nothing but love and
luty , . • yet our “neighbors’’
■ lust across the sea?
st . . •
about them ... ? 1 Hate,
!ed, Anger war i
. . . ,
"iers shot and running, bleeding,' torn
shell . looking for
r children ... for their hus
ds * , • sons at the battlefront
O eturn . . . lying i n pools
heir own blood! We shudder
e horror of war of the
’•ess ...
sacrifices made on the
■efields to satisfy the hungry
°c power in one corrupt
P ca ’ ( 'h ourselves in the
h o^°f ^ e ' the night where in we our do peace- not
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.
’ ‘ r ' ai nf cannon where
^ not ! eeI ’he • • of . hun
pang
ful'lv" Y about ere looking We do into not 80
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ns°of s Undreds 0f bleeding
u uman fles h
il iar , U seeking a
jn- ’ • • There is no
Playing 11 1 Voicing ... no wild
There in this great war.
is a ghastly expression
he fa r ° n ‘ eacil mother
sec e expressionless e Uf. u [a f e a * one of stone ...
. . . numb with
theeId tearS! They are fac
end. over there, and the
tion which country
n , e 0h will
dnti'' ’inued ’ ’ ma - v we not, here:
on on P
age Seven)
ans Made For
Cotton
’mmissioner Agriculture
’’’bus Roberts said today
*'! on
° f Nati °nal Cotton Week,
r 1( -25, that Plans have
P'eted been
f or th greatest nation
driv ,V ver conduc ’ed to sell
on “ n o goods and
l( ! for tne stimulate de
Georgia farmer’s
io natioU re ,l ' f! 000
' ' retail stores
ei’tjs-, U U ea r ^ haVe en ” s ’ e| T to
Ming ure cotton goods,
h * gges * s t°res in the
bo cities ,° nf ’ , ne nor ^> t
mo f a Y ast an< east,
ten the f Jear -
js were , ; designers of
^ rip, months ahead,
1
ring out !1PW cotton styles,
tous 'ashion
Urin . 8 these magazines
styles and
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Volume 76
WPA OPENS PROJECTS ?°nyers at 10
PUBLIC
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County School Edition to Be Published Next Week
County Projects Open
To Inspection Week
Of May 20th to 25th
President
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HENRY JENNINGS
Dawson, Ga., was elected pres
ident of the Emory at Oxford Glee
Club for the coming year last Sat
"or^Uoi^YoubgTn. 1
nings has been promient in stu
dent affairs ever since he came to
ttle Oxford campus last year as an
Emor y University' scholarship
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New President
Dawson Student Active In
Many Campus
Affairs.
Henry Jennings, of Dawson, was
elected to serve as the
in 1940-41 of the Emory at Oxford
Glee Club at its annual banquet
held last Saturday night. Mr. Jen
nings if finishing his first year in
college this year and has been very
active in student' affairs, having
h> een a member of the Glee Club
and ’h e Annual staff a debater for
ph i Gamma literary society, and
’ he secretary and treasurer of the
freshman class.
Young Jennings went to the Ox
ford campus as an Emory Univer
sity scholarship winner from his
home district, and he has main
tained his high academic average
there, as evidenced by his record
keeping him on the Dean's list .
Other officers elected to serve
the clin next year are: Bisbee
Laite, Tarpon Springs, Fla., vice
president; Hugh Darden, Jr.,
West Point, secretary-treasurer;
Martin Smith, Gainesville, busi
ness manager, and Jack Burnette,
of Tampa, associate business man
ager.
TAX RETURN NOTICE
Please make your returns
promptly. Books close June 1st,
1940.
J. H. WOOD, City Clerk.
Week Sales Drive
ous home magazines are featur
ing cotton fabrics for summer
curtains and other home decora
tion.
The Cotton-Textile Institute,
Cotton Consumption Council, Na
tional Cotton Council have secured
all this support from American
business.
“All this support is a definite
challenge to us in Georgia who
produce around 1,000,000 bales a
year of America’s 12,000,000 bale
crop and whose own mills now
consume around 1,000,000 bales a
year in making cotton goods sold
the world over,” Commissioner
Roberts asserted. He urged Geor
gia merchants to advertise and
Georgia consumers to buy cotton
goods.
Georgia *nterpria«, Est. 1884.
The Covington Star, 1st 1874.
Warehouse, Sewing Room,
Cannery, Lunch Rooms
Are Projects.
LAKE JACKSON FFA
CAMP TO BE SCENE
OF MONDAY DINNER
Diners To Hear National
Broadcast From
Washington.
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iTrld all ovfr the United States to
inaugurate ••This Work Pnvs ^20 You. Y
Communitv Week" all’WPA Mav projects!
during which J
other than construction jobs, will . n
hold open house to the public.;
This national “week of visiting”!
is the first of its kind ever spon
sored bv the Professional and
Serv ice Protects of the WP4 and
officials are. therefore anvinne f n r'
it to be successful. They cordially
invite the people of Covington
1 p 1 s ' § to - ^ P
iod.
projects be- ,
The following are
ing operated in Newton County:
! Cannery, Oxford; Sewing Room
! and Commodity Warehouse. Cov
ington; and lunch rooms in the
Covington, Palmer-Stone, Mans
field, Starrsville, and Heard
Mixon Schools. The Sewing Room
is located over Cohen’s Store and i
the Warehous€
Wiggly’s.
In order that the public be bet
ter acquainted with what is being
accomplished, this visitors’ week,
May 21-25, has been set aside as
a time during which, it is hoped,
every person will see at least one
type of the work in operation.
During the dinner at the F.F.A.
c arnp there will be good food,
g00 d fellowship, good music, en
tertainment, and information from
’he sponsors concerning what b
being done by the WPA projects
to make Newton County a better
place in which to live. All the din
ners in the United States will be
addressed by a national radio
broadcast originating in Washing
ton, D. C„ on which will appear
movie and radio stars, Mr. Car
mody, of the Federal Wors Agen
cy; Colonel Harrington of the
Work Projects Administration;
Mrs. Florence Kerr of the Profes
sional and Service Division of the
WPA, and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
Tickets to the Newton County
dinner may be purchased from
Boy Scouts or school children for
a very reasonable price.
U. D. C. to Make
Atlanta Pilgrimage
The members of the Covington
Chapter. U. D. C.. will make a
pilgrimage to points of historical
interest in Atlanta next Tuesday,
including a visit to the Confedei -
ate Veterans’ Home.
All cars making the pilgrimage
will meet at the home of Mrs,
Belmont Dennis at 9:45 A. M.,
leaving there at 10 o’clock for
bring- .
Atlanta. Each member is
ing a small gift of jelly, preserves,
fruit, cakes, or cookies to go in
the “Sunhine Basket” for the vet
erans at the home.
The President urges the coop
i eration of all Daughters in mak
ing attendance for the trip one
hundred per cent.
Swimming Pool to
Open at Rainbow
The Rainbow Lake Swimming
pool will open this week-end with
a modern filter system that assures
pure filtered water at all times.
The pool is amply large to take
care of parties or groups and the
management extends an invitation
to visit them at any time day or
| night. the The opening Raibow of their Lake swimming announc
es
1 pool in this issue of The News.
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Pictured above are Newton County's census takers who have just completed their work in this area
The report for the city and county will be announced from the general office for this district as soon as
the various reports of each enumrator have been approved. Pictured above, from left to right, Super
visor from the district office: J. N. Wagner, enumerator for business census; Mrs. J. N. Wagner; Mrs
T. G. Smith. Ernest G. Merck, Jr., Mrs. LaPrade Vaughn, Mrs. George Berry, Mrs. Aubrey Sherwood,
Mrs - Annie Lee Da Y anci Leonard Ray. Others not in the picture are Fred Stokes, Harry Stewart, Dale
Hampton, Mrs. Edgar Sigman, A. S. Hays and A. J. Stanton.—News photo by Arrowood.
Red Cross Asks
County For War
Relief Funds
Norman Davis Sets Newton's
Quota at Five Hundred
Dollars.
An appeal to the citizens of
Newton County for $500.00 to be
used to alleviate the suffering of
men, women, and children in the
new areas invaded by Hitler has
just been received by County Or
dinary A. L. Loyd, chairman of the
Newton County Chapter of the
American Red Cross. The message
came by telegraph from Norman
H. Davis, chairman of the Amer
ican National Red Cross
Mr. Loyd issued the following
statement Wednesday: “The Red
Cross is asking for funds for the
relief of the suffering of women
and children caused by the inva
sion of Holland, Belgium and Lux
embourg. Newton County has been
asked to donate $500.00 for this
cause. If you wish to assist in
this cause you may send your
contributions to A. L. Loyd, chair
man, or Donald G. Stephenson,
treasurer of the local chapter. It
is hoped our people will respond
generously to this worthy cause.”
The text of Mr. Davis’ tele
gram sent from his Washington
offices follows; “With invasion of
Holland, Belgium, and Luxem
bourg the war has entered a phase
which will inevitably and at once
bring widespread and appalling
suffering to millions of
men. women and children. In or
der to inaugurate widespread re
lief measures the American
Cross is at once launching a
paign for a minimum war reliet
fund of ten million dollars. Your
chapter quota is 500.00 dollars.
“Please at once mobilize the
entire leadership of your chapter
and community in order that your
quota may be raised and exceed
ed without delay.”
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, The Works Projects Administration was created
for the purpose of providing employment on useful public
projects in the United States, and
WHEREAS. The said Work Projects Administration has proven
its usefulness by rendering invaluable aid to the various
communities throughout the nation, and
WHEREAS. The week of May 20 to May 25 inclusive, has been
proclaimed “THIS WORK PAYS YOUR COMMUNITY
WEEK” for the purpose of familiarizing the people with
the many benefits of this worthy agency, and
WHEREAS, The people of Covington feel justifiable pride in
the accomplishments of the Works Projects Administration, .
THEREFORE: I. S. L. Waites, Mayor of the City of Covington,
Georgia do hereby proclaim the week of May 20 to May
“THIS WORK PAYS YOUR COMMUNITY WEEK ”
25 as in all the
and urge the people of Covington to participate
attendant features of the occasion.
Local If clfarc
Grants Total
# 135 , 919.44
Benefits received in Georgia
Counties through the State
i partment of Public Welfare in the
i months of January, February and
March, 1940, amounted to $2,601,-
826.17, according to figures made
public by Braswell Deen, Direc
tor of the Department. In New
ton county the total paid amount
ed to $14,145.36.
Looking backward to July 1,
1937, when the State Department
of Welfare was first organized.
Newton County had received by
March 31, 1940, a total of $135,
916.44 from the department. Dur
ing the period total of 932 ap
plications were received, 788 of
which wei'e for old age assistance.
Two hundred eighty-nine of the
total applications were approved,
100 were denied as ineligible or
disposed of for other reasons, and
534 are pending.
During the first year, from July
1. 1937, through June 30, 1938,
Newton County received a total
of $39,908.48. The second year,
July 1, 1^38, through June 30,
1939, this county's total reached
$58,757.37.
So far in the present period,
from July 1, 1939, to March 31,
1940, Newton County has received
$37,250.59 in payments. Disburse
ment is as follows: old age assist
ance, $10,874.50; aid to the blind,
$562.50; aid to dependent chil
dren. $3,634.00: general relief,
$774.07; C. C. C., $10,758.00; and
surplus commodities, $10,647.o2.
From July 1, 1937 to Maich
1940, Newton County residen s
made applications for benefits as
follows: 788 old age assistance, 18
aid to the blind, and 126 families
with dependent children in behalf
of 316 children.
Of the 788 old age applications
made since July 1, 1937, 269 were
approved, 78 denied, and 441 are
pending.
Agricultural
News Given by
County Agent
WPA Health Unit Sponsors
Sanitary Improvements
j-. n p arms
e believe one of the best
things Newton County farmers,
have done in many years is the
installation of sanitary toilets on
their farms. If this were done on
every farm in the county we be
lieve typhoid fever would become
a disease of the past. This project
is sponsored by the health unit of
the WPA and is in charge of Mr.
Guy Parr. Their headquarters is
near the Georgia Depot and any
one wishing to install a sanitary
toilet should see Mr. Parr. There;
is no charge for building and in
stalling the toilet—all the owner
needs to do is furnish the mater
ials. If you do not have lumber
and the other materials necessary
Mr. Parr has a connection through
which he can purchase all neces
sary materials for $12.50. He will
have the toilet built and properly
installed on your premises. A
cheap health protection against!
fever. You know the only way
you can develop this fever is by
eating the germ that has passed
from the digestive tract of a per
son who carries the germ in their
system. This is usually accom
plished by flies getting on food
with the germs on their feet.
The days seem to be hot enough
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Arnold Presides As
Manufacturers Meet
Robert O. Arnold, General Man
ager of Covington Mill and for
many years an outstanding citizen
of Covington, is presiding in his
official capacity as president at
the fortieth anniversary meeting
of the Cotton Manufacturers of
Georgia now in session at Sea
Island, Ga. The meeting started
yesterday and will last through
Friday.
Tonight at the banquet session.
Mr. Arnold, in appreciation of his
year’s service as president, will
awarded a handsome gift to be
presented by Paul K. McKenney,
of Columbus, who was president
of the Association in 1937-38.
Ramsey Furniture
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'The Ramsey Furniture Comp
any, local dealers for the RCA Ra
dio, annouced this week that they
have many models now on display
and invite the inspection of the
people of this section. An adver
tisement may be found elsewhere
in this issue.
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THIS PAPER ISLINGTON'S
INDE£ TO PROSPER#
AND
5c SINGLE COPY
All Schools of Newton
County Represented In
Annual School Edition I
SUNDAY or U B
Many Distinguished People
Attend Impressive
Dedication.
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designating
was dedicated last
geant Newton Chapter of ^ D. A. „ R..
who were assisted by several hun-|
and andVo^T Covington ° and f by a group of'
distinguished Georgians from oth
fo „ ’ ;
M AT Harrison High- ,
tow er and Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick
came over from Thomaston. Mrs.
Hightower is the retiring State
Regent of D. A. R. and is now
vice president general. All Coving
ton will remember the Kilpatricks
and many of their Covington
friends welcomed them warmly,
Mrs. Thomas Mell, the new State
Regent of Georgia, brought with
her from Atlanta Mrs. Bun Wylie,
■ Miss Virginia Hardin and Mrs.
j John Ricer-alL past Regents
National Officers. The Chapter
i was neatly honored by their
ence and felt it a rare occasion in
deed to have with them their re
tiring State Regent and newly-j
elected National Officer, and the
the' i
new State Regent at one and j
same time.
The granite marker put up by
the Briscoe Marble Co., is very
hgndsome and was much admired
Many compliments were paid to
Mr. Tucker who put on it very
careful handwork. It stands on a
slight bluff close to the roadside.
Mr. George Cochran brought over
a bus load of Boy Scouts who 1
drew up in front of the Marker
an d presented the colors AfteL
this Rev. Sidney Gates made the
invocation. He had brought over!
a bus load of young people from
Gum Creek Church, and the chap- !
ter is deeply indebted to him for
his generous assistance. The cer
emony was most colorful and im
pressive and the remembrance of
the beautiful spring day decked in
young green and many flowers,
an( j great blue sky above will
remain with all who attended a
long time.
After introduction and greeting
of National and State D. A. R.
Officers, the Chapter Regent in
troduced the committee for Mark
ing Historic Spots: Mrs. Travis,
Mrs. Mobley, Miss Sockwell, Mrs.
Loyd, Mrs. Harwell and Mi's.
Wright and called upon Mrs. Tra
vis, the chairman of this commit
tee, to tell something of theirj
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Plan Originated by Students
of Covington High
School.
FIRST COUNTY SCHOOL
PAPER PUBLISHED
THREE YEARS AGO
Cost Very Littlfe More Than
Amount Spent on C. H.
S. Paper.
The annual Newton County
Schools edition of the Covington
" - ; be published next week
' v, ' h numerous features, pictures
fnd stones fiom all graduating
m,, The plan, , originated . by Cnvinc
ton students three years ago, has
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lasting and outstanding projects in
’his section of the state. Schools
throughout Georgia * a,-* ^ p
a and, orirJ as the ,, years pass,
’he plan is meeting wrth steadily
increasing favor. The schools in
Monroe and Walton County were
second to sponso’ the plan’and
’hey are meeting with equal sue
cess.
The paper this year will be
printed regular newspaper size in
order to give more space to news
an <i pictures. Each school in the
j county will be given a special
section and all their news will ap
Pc ar ’here. There will be twenty
fiv e news pictures of officials,
graduates, teachers and scenes
from all parts of Newton County,
The various schools represented
in this edition include Covington,
Palmer-Stone, Porterdale, Living
ston, Heard-Mixon, Starrsville,
Mansfield, Newborn and Coving
’ on Mills. The Covington News,
which cooperated with the news
an( f advertising staff of each
school, entertained representaitves
with a luncheon at Andrews Cafe
Monday.
The Covington High School has
been publishing a special school
edition for more than ten years,
but in 1938 the first county school
Paper in history was published,
The 1938 graduating class of Cov
ington worked out the plan with
’he Covington News management
a nd then presented the idea to E.
L. Ficquet, County School Super
intendent. Mr. Ficquett saw the
many opportunities offered and
joined in the project wholeheart
edly. Today, all the schools of
Newton County are being repre
sented in a paper which costs
them very little more than did the
single paper published by the
Covington School,
C. E. Hawkins, superintendent
of the Covington School system,
was one of the first to approve
the plan and assisted in numerous
ways in making the paper a suc
cess through the years. The var
ious superintendents of the con
solidated schools in the county as
sisted in every way possible and
much of the credit is due them.
Harwell Heads Emory Alumni
Campaign For Building Funds
C. Lee Harwell, Emory at Ox-|
ford history professor, has been
made Newton County chairman of
the Alumni Campaign for the
Student Activities Building at
Emory University, it was learned
here yesterday,
Immediate objective of the cam
paign is to raise funds for the
completion of the $400,000 Stud
ent Activities Building on the At
lanta University’s campus. Prof.
Harwell has as his fellow workers
Thomas G. Callaway. Jr., and G.
H. (Buddy) Stone. This commit
tee expects to contact every one
of the 50 or 60 alumni in Newton
County, many of whom attended
Emory when the entire school was
located on the historic old Oxford
campus, within the next two
weeks and solicit their support in
furthering the growth of their al-;
ma mater. !
This campaign is of general in-
terest in liiis section because it is
an integral part of the proposal to
establish a great university center
in Atlanta. Of this program, Doug
las Southall Freeman, outstanding
Richmond, Va., editor, has said;
“The eyes of the nation are upon
this project ... If it fails it means
disaster for education in the
South.”
Present indications are that the
plan will succeed admirably, how
ever. $6,000,000 is Emory Univer
sity’s share of the financial bur
den of establishing the education
al center. The General Education
Board of the Rockefeller Founda
tion has promised $2,000,000 of
the amount, if Emory will raise
the remainder,
So great has been the response
of patrons and friends that all
but about $375,000 of the $4,000,
000 needed has already been ac
counted for in contributions and
pledges.
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