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-Oh yes he will, you know he is
running for office and he wants
mv vote ... he will be here.” But
bless his heart, he finally got there
looking like a million dollars
jrect ,'straight , . . • well groomed like . . .
... he marched a judge
up to President Roosevelt . . .
shook hands like he was an old
neighbor, and said, “Howdy
Frank!” And on he walked . . .
Presidents mean nothing in his
young life of 94 years!
In chatting with a Veteran from
Virginia to our surprise we found
that he not only knew both of our
Grandfathers, who were Captains
in Lee's army, but had their sig
natures in his Scrapbook . . . one
Grandfather we knew . . . but
Unehow [acred it was very sweet and
to us to talk with a com
[ade of the The Grandfather Grandfather we never who
;ne\v
issed our father goodbye when he
s only eleven months old
:as . . ■
■ ■ arched away to battle . . never
.
a return . . . and this was his
1 omrade ... a beautiful white
:ard bent and frail figure
but proud and young in spirit
.,
Yes, he said “Daniel Sessions
Iras my friend. He was killed at
jhancellorsville, Virginia. I have
IS signature in my Scrapbook.”
h sure your old sentimental Of
»AI ce Boy was sitting there in the
reat ball room, with the hundreds
Iff f couples in their beautiful eve
r o ing gowns swirling to the
til . . .
an jusic of the United States Army
fend ... with great tears rolling
fewn my cheeks . . . There was a
Beet and sacred tie binding to
iler the hearts of this veteran
Kgrey, Is and the granddaughter o
itc V and too, when w
|?re ' • ' ;| ng, our other Grand
i Ihei us of how he last saw
as one of his Cap
es aril he served him well . .
3 his last farewell was as Le
on Traveler ... as my Grand
li told of that last parting and
mot a word spoken between the
Gi p [.tears . . • just a warm handclasp
rolled down his cheek
land at this Convention . . . the
Wdr'aughter of this Captain
bed hands with the Grandson
pen ral Lee . . . who was one
lour guest speakers, and told
J of the last farewell of her
V ltdfather and his . . . that wa
[her ten sacred o'clock moment for us.
k Wednesday night
phe paper is going to Press . . .
poss stands with a hammer ov
P? he ad getting these few
fcling words . . . but I must
■ [you r-in-Chief, of our wonderful Com
p Genereal J. F.
Bell, 94 years young, who pre
■ so beautifully over the Con
■on, and who named your Of
Boy Sponsor from Georgia
. .
■fried in that Capacity and it
■a sweet privilege on the
...
■ nening General and Mrs.
VI entertained at a beautiful
r in honor of the Staff, at the
. and we will have to
IU more later about our beau
np home down the Shenan
t l ' ,a "ey ... the Autumn leaves
i £ s 'op in Charlotte to see Ike
iorice Hay and getting
. . .
m time to celebrate our won
Mother’s Birthday with her
to thank the many friends
hvho were so sweet and
\m ptful and on of he hep r birthday while we were ev
'he . . .
Sarah Nunnally, who l.
pughtful, made and sent c
P [garden handkerchief to hei with
flowers . . . each
1V e made a place in the
01 . the
Boss and the Office
5 y being so sweet
|Mul and
of our precious Mother
Ue l°ve you for it bui
tmd my job again is
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SWEEPIN UP
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H Clarke of Route No. 2.
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f °r duty Radiomen.
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Georgia Entemrise. Est. 1864.
The Covington Star Est 1874.
James H. Porter
Gives Building
To Mercer Univ.
(Continued from Page One)
Porta-, became a trustee three
years later.
James H. Porter, born Jan. 24,
1873, grew up at Porterdale close
to his father’s mill and his moth
er’s garden. His love fee flowers
has taken expression in Porter
field, his home near Macon, named
for its rose gardens.
It was through his father, Oliver
S. Porter, that James H. Porter
began his connection with the tex
tile industry. The former, after
serving in the War Between the
States, found himself in a war
stricken land. He returned to Geor
gia and began teaching in Cov
ington. He married Julia Ann Mc
Cracken Camp, who became the
Mother of three sons, John, James
H., and Oliver Willis, and one
daughter, Mary Erin.
Acquiring a little cotton mill in
1870 near Covington, Oliver Por
ter was at thea threshold of a ca
reer destined to make him one of
th leaders in the development of
Porterdale, considered one of the
model mill villages of the coun
try, he intr oduced new machinery
and the practice of diversifying
products of the mill. These meth
ods made business prosperous
from the beginning. In the mean
time, he maintained an interest
in books and in civic and public
affairs.
James H. Porter has aided more
than 200 boys and girls to attend
college and has made numerous
donations to religious and educa
tional institutions.
Last spring he donated $100,
000 to Wesleyan College's cam
paign for redemption of proper
ties of the school. One of Wesley
an's buildings has been named in
memory of his late wife, Olive"
Swann Porter.
The new dormitory at Mercer,
a memorial to his sister, will be
opened for use of co-eds at .the
start of the winter quarter.
Newton Workers
(Continued from Page (5ne)
wre filled during the month, which
was the highest total for any
month this year with the exception
of August. Of this number 6,590
were placements in private em
ployment, bringing all private
placements for the year to 62,
049.
The total of 7,608 initial claims
received during September rep
resented the lowest total for any
month since the beginning of this
program in Georgia. A total of
65,308 cotninued claims received
during the month represented a
decrease of 18.6 per cent from the
total of such claims received dur
ing the preceding month.
Football
(Continued from Page One)
see when the rule is that shoes
(not your own) may be thrown
as far as possible. For the winner.
Exemption, from Freshmen parade
and belt line in Covington Friday
night.
The football schedule as an
nounced by Professor E. J. Brown,
athletic director at Oxford is:
Oct. 18 ______B vs C
_______
Oct. 25 ________ A vs C I
_______
Nov. 1_____ _______A vs B
Nov. 8______ B vs C
Nov. 15------- A vs C
Nov. 19 A vs B
Watch ’em go! Who will be the
champions? May the best team
win!
Annual Fair
(Continued from Page One)
erybody's Day and a pet and dog
show will be staged at 10 o’clock
Saturday morning. Many owners
of pets in this area have entered
and this should prove to be one of
the most interesting features of
the fair.
In the amusement area the Hetb
Shows have placed a midway that
provides every type of entertain
ment. The most outstanding ride
is the “Swooper” being shown
tlvough this section for the first
time. While resembling the old
tyle ferris wheel, it is sensational
lv diff'rent and is receiving much
attention from the fair visitors.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA,
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Miss Betty Fleetwood center, seated, has just been elected Sec
etary-Treasurer of the University of Geeorgia Freshman Class. She
is the daughter of the Hon. Milton Fleetwood, ^editor of the Carters
ville Tribune-News, one of Georgia’s leading weekly papers. Others in
the picture are members of her sorority.
Draft
(Continued from Page One)
-■s to have their names added to
the list of the nation’s manpower.
Each registrant was required to
give his name, address, telephone
number, age in years, place of
birth, the name of the person who
would always know his address,
and the name and address of his
employer. The reverse side of the
card contains vital statistics and
becomes a part of the permanent
record to be kept by the local
Registration Board.
Every man registering received
a certificate of registration signi
fying that he had complied with
the defense law. Each one also re
ceived a booklet outlining in de
tail the various things that make
up a part of the conscription
scheme.
President Roosevelt inaugurat
ed Registration Day with a seven
minute radio talk on compulsory
military training at 8 o'clock A.
M., one hour after registraion be
gan. Senate forged
The United States
the final link in preparation for
the nation's first peacetime con
scription, late Tuesday, when thej
unanimously confirmed the
nation of Clarence A. Dykstra as
director of the draft. The Uni
ity of Wisconsin, president is sched
uled to arrive in Washington to
take the oath of office this morn
ing. yesterday put in
The registration act
force the selective service un
der which the United States plans
to build up over the next five years
a reservoir of nearly 5.000,000
trained men. More than 1,000,000
volunteer registrars worked on the
tremendous task in more than
125.000 registering places.
The law — enacted to "provide
for the common defense by in
creasmg the personnel of the
armed forces of the United States
and providing for its training’ —
ached into virtually every Am
ie distinc
erican home It made no
tion as to race or creed. All elig
ible men m the United States ex
cept members of the armed forces
the reserves, Public Health Sei\
ice, Coast and Geodetic Survey
employees and members of the
diplomatic corps w»'re required by
law to register. of Con
This included members
who had not reached their
gress Senator Rush D-
36th birthday. Senator'
Holt West Virginia, and
designate, Joseph Ball. Minnesota
and 15 members of the House <>
Representatives were among
who registered- Under the
however, they are
exempt from service ions .
they hold office.
Now that the registration is com
p i e te the next big step in the pro
g ra m is the lottery to determine
lPe sequence in which registrant!
for ...
w ill be called up B
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis _
Hershey. executhe officer
charge, said the lottery
probably be held between
ber 26 and November 2.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940
Kiwanis
(Continued from Page One)
Frank Williams, Miss Fletcher Lou
Lunsford, Miss Pratt.
Principal speakers at the con
vention included Bishop Arthur J.
Moore, who speaks here next
week; Bishop O. Knudson; Past
President Kiwanis International;
General Walter A. Harris, Past
Governor Georgia District; Inter
national President Mark Smith,
and others. The United States Ma
rine Band took part on 'the pro
gram.
The Emory at Oxford Glee Club,
under the direction of Professor
Virgil Y. C. Eady, rendered sever
al special numbers Tuesday before
the Georgia Kiwanians who were
in annual convention in Macon.
There were twenty-five boys
who made the trip to Macon. They
were: Henry Jennings, Jr-. Hugh
Wilcox Jack Hightower, Lamar
Hicks, Nicky Bolton, Jack Smith,
Jack Davis, Buddy Irwin, Hugh
Darden, Bobby Stanton, Bill Ross.
Ed Darbies, Larry Haygood, Bob
Moore, W L Norton, Martin
Smith. Bill Hall. Neil Glass, Har
old Herrin, Jack Burnette, Jim ;
Kay. Goodwin Tuck Henry Car- j
ter, V. T. Chen and Jack Reeve.
Professor Smith Harris, who is
assisting with the Glee Club this
year, accompanied the boys on this
the first trip of the year. Mrs.
Katherine Forester was the ac
companist for the club.
John Tucker
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according to various members. Mr.
Tucker, in extending an invitation
to the people of this section states
as fojlows: “You have a cordial
invitation to come worship with
us every first Sunday afternoon
I a nd on the second and fourth
Thursday Evenings when Bro.
Emc«-y conducts Church-Prayer
Services with one of those most
interesting sermons. Lay services
are held the other Thursday eve
nings. Mr. W. P. Odum will be
in charge tonight at 7:30. Com 1 :
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Hobby Club Has
Interesting Meet
The Hobby Club of Emory at
Oxford has been organized re
cently wij,h a full slate of officers
for this scholastic year- The
elected officers are: Claude Van
Sant, president; Ed Groover, vice
president; Jack Davidson, secre
tary and treasurer; and John Bra
selton, chaplain.
With an enrollment of eighty
members, this campus organiza
tion is one of the most popular on
the Oxford campus. It has seven
divisions including photography,
music, sports, Dramatics, collect
ing, model building and mental
science.
At the meeting of the club last
week the photography division had
charge of the program. The actual
development of a film was per
formed before the entire club.
Martin Smith is the reporter
the club. Miss Decora Adlams and
Professor Marion Clark are fac
ulty advisors of the group.
Mrs. Myrtice Moss
Passes In County
Mrs. Myrtice Moss, beloved
J Newton County woman, died Fri
day at « r home near this city.
She was well known and her many
friends deeply regret to learn of
her untimely death.
Funeral services were held from
the Austin’s Chapel Saturday
morning with interment in the
church cemetery. Services were
conducted by the pastor. J. C. Har
well and Son, funeral home, was
‘ n charge.
Mrs. Moss is survived by her
husband, S. S. Moss; father, Joe
Horsley; six daughters, Annie B.,
Lelia Mae, Virginia Sara, Beggy
and Betty Moss, all of Covington;
one sister, Miss Floy Horsley, of
Whitesburg, Ga.; two brothers, Ol
in and Freeman Horsley, of
Whitesburg. The News extends
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Chevrolet Sales
show Sept. Rise
During the first 10 days of the
1941 year, Chevrolet dealers sold
at retail a total of 26,262 new
passenger and commercial cars, it
was announced here today by Wil
liam E. Holler, Chevrolet general
sales manager.
This total, added to the sales
made during the first 20 days of
September, gives a net sales total
for the month of 47,363 units, a
gain of 65.2 per cent over the same
month last year.
Fellowship Group
To Meet Friday
The Men's Fellowship Group of
the Covington Presbyterian
will meet in the Church
basement on Friday eve
ning, October 18th at 7:15 o’clock.
Rev. William C. Sistar will be the
guest speaker with Mr. D, K.
Hicks as song leader. Supper will
be served by Mrs. Tandy Bush
and assisting ladies. This prom
ises to be one of the best programs
of the year and a good attend
ance is expected.
Pontiac Lays Ians
For New Hospital
Construction of a complete new
hospital embodying the most ad
vanced principles of industrial
medicine is underway at Pontiac
Motor Division.
The single story, brick building
will be connected with the Pontiac
personnel offices and, according
to H. J. Klingler, president and
general manager, will allow for
an unimpeded flow of job appli
cants from the interviewing rooms
through th physical examination
rooms and the allied safety, wel
fare and insurance departments.
Tractors have already taken
the place of an estimated 10,
000.000 head of workstock in the
States.
Mrs. J. W. Bagby
Passes At Home
Mrs. J. W. Bagby. wife of the
late J. W. Bagby, died Sunday at
the home of her son, F. F. Bagby,
in the Brick Store community,
where she had made her home
during the past year. She was 86
years of age.
Funeral services were held
Monday from the Brick Store
Church with interment in the
commu «ty cemetery Services
were conducted by the pastor.
Surviving Mrs. Bagby are her
daughters, Mrs. F. H. Landrum,
Mrs. L. P. Lynn, of Atlanta; sons,
A. B. Bagby, of Birmingham, and
F!em Bagby, of Brick Store; sev
eral grandchildren and great
grandchildren. The News extends
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Cooking School
Opens Oct. 24th
Only six days to wait for the
opening session of the Frigidaire
Cooking School, with Miss Kath
leen Crow, at Covington Gym
nasium Oct. 23rd. Other classes
will be held on Oct. 24 and 25.
Major Appliance Company, lo
cal Frigidaire dealers will conduct
the school.
At each session of the school,
a folder containing all the recipes
to be prepared by Miss Crow will
be presented. A complete set of
these miniature cookbooks can be
had by all our readers by attend
ing the school.
Every woman is given an op
portunity to participate in the dis
tribution of the gifts to be award
ed daily.
Miss Crow noted Lecturer and
Home Economist, will demonstrate
and explain novel, time-saving,
and thrifty methods of cookery.
Seniors at P’dale
See Georgia Tech
Defeat Howard
j | Th seniors of Porterdale
High
school saw the Tech-Howard game
in Atlanta as guests of the pres
ident of Georgia Tech.
Miss Maud King, school princi
pal, made a substantial contribu
tion toward the traveling ex
penses of the group.
After the game the students ate
supper in Atlanta, and made the
trip home in gay spirits, singing
and yelling.
Those who attended the game
were Miss Louise Kite, Howard
Brumbaugh, Ralph, Thornton, Eu
faula Lane, Hazel Rollins. Gladys
Daniel, Thelma Oglesby, Lila Mae
Benedict, Bette Bowden, Opal
Kitchens, Pete Day, Hester Swit
zer, Inez McCart, Agnes Harper,
Allene Harper. Frank Ingram,
Franke Waddleton, Bill Statham,
Everet Moody. Don Bumbaugh,
Ben Reynolds, Buddy Bellew, Fer
rell Love, Magnus Beam, and Her
bert Burch,
P'dale Juniors
Plan Election
Presbyterian Juniors of Porter
dale will have their election of
officers in two weeks, it was de
cided at the meeting held this
week.
Miss Emily Chapman told a Bi
ble story and sentence prayers led
by Betty Jean Cason and Betty
Ruth Martin were heard.
A practice drill in finding scrip
ture verses was conducted also.
LODGE NOTICE
The regular communication of
Golden Fleece Lodge, No. 106, F.
and A. M., will be held at the Ma
sonic Hall Friday evening at 8:00
o’clock. All qualified brethren are
fraternally invited to meet with
us. By order of
H. F. MEADORS, W. M.
E. G. LASSITER, Jr-, Sec.
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SECOND SECTION OF
YOUR COUNTY
NEWSPAPER M
Chiropractor
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DR. CHARLES TAYLOR
who has opened chiropractic of
fices in the Star Building.
Office Opened by
Dr. C. M. Taylor
Recently Dr. Charles M. Taylor,
associated with Dr. V. H. Lake,
Atlanta, opened a modern Chiro
practic Office here.
His office, which is located con
ventiently in the Star Building,
contains a modernly appointed re
ception room, and his consultation
office is equipped with two ad
justing tables; a Neurocalometer
instrument, used for the location
of nerve pressure; X-ray labora
tory and specially constructed
reading box for interpreting X-ray
pictures.
Dr. Taylor, associated with D-.
Lake, one of the nation’s outstand
ing Chiropractic doctors in Atlan
ta, is a graduate of the famous
Palmer College of Chiropractic, the
! Fountain Head of Chiropractic,
Davenport, Iowa. After graduating
there he took a post graduate
course in X-ray. Just recently he
-eceived his Ph, C. degree from
the Gate City Chiropractic Col
lege.
At the insistence of patients in
this section a modern Chiroprac
tic Office was opened. This Of
fice is open three days a week,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Dr. Taylor extends a cordial in
vitation to the people of Covington
and this entire section to visit him
in his new location.
Plan Fall Rally A t
Porterdae Church
The Fall Rally of the 4th Dis
trict of the Atlanta Presbytery
Young People’s work, as announ
ced by the President H. Dorsey
Reagan, will be held at Porterdale
Presbyterian Church on October
20, beginning promptly at 4:30 P.
M. (E. S. T.)
In the afternoon session reports
will be given by representatives
from all the leagues, and the pro
gram for the ensuing year will be
discussed informally. The theme
for the coming year’s work, will
b ebased on this thought: “for
Christ and His Kingdom.”
The Rally will be closed by the
Inspirational address which will
be delivered at 7.30 P. M. by the
Rev. Mr. Sistar of the Conyers
Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Sidney Gates
To Preach Sun.
Dr. Sidney Gates will preach in
the Covington Presbyterian
Church on Sunday night at the
seven-thirty hour of worship. His
sermon topic is “The Prodigal Who
Stayed Home.” The sacrament of
the Lord’s Supper will be observed
on Sunday morning, with the pas
tor bringing the Communion M*‘d
itation, “The Price of Forgive
ness.” Visitors are always wel
come to the services of this church.
NUMBER 4 !l
Methodist Leagi
Will Visit Sale
The Porterdale Methodist lea; I
ers discussed plans for a retreal
be held at Salem camp ground 1 ; 1
their meeting this week. They p I
to spend the week-end and w« J I v!
on programs for the coming yi ,
and also have games and enti
tainment. T\hey will have acc Ij
to the hotel.
There will be weiner roast
Saturday night.
Mildred Yancey had charge
the program Sunday night. Sy
Horning introduced Mr. Ziegl
who spoke on Different Kinds
Bravery. Inez McCart discuss
Causes of Lack of Bravery a
Roberta Bailey spoke on How
Overcome Fear.
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Rev. Gates Speaks
At 4 Square Met
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The Rev. Sidney Gates of Co';
ington Presbyterian church w; i
the speaker on the program at tl
Four Square club at Porterdal
Monday night, Oct. 7. His subje !.
was Close Association in the Hon
| and the Community.
Another good program is in stoi
for next Monday. Messrs. Henr
Berry. Ed Chestnut and Willi
Jeffries are in charge of the pro -
gram and are planning to hav
some real old-fashioned strin
1 music ' The attendance was off a
thls meet ‘ ng and a11 members « 1
urged to be present next wek -
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Reserves Have
First Program
The J. O. Porter Girl Reserves
enjoyed their first handcraft pro
gram in the clubroom at Porter
dale Monday night.
The new officers presided at
the meeting. Miriam Cole, retir
ing president, made a short talk !i
in which she told the girls how
much shf .hud enjoyed Ijeiqg their’ .'
president and expressed hope that i
the new officers would enjoy their i
offices as much. I
Mary Adams led the devotional
and Mae Hardeman led in prayer,
Thqn Miss Louise Noyes and Miss
Barbara Davis directed the girls i!
in the handicraft program. The
girls worked on the invitations to
be presented the guests for the
Halloween banquet. The invita
tions are clever novelty ghosts j I
on which the date, time, etc., are
written.
Studehaker Sets
September Record
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Factory sales of Studebaker pas
senger cars and trucks in Septem
ber were the largest for that
month in the history of the com
pany, Paul G. Hoffman, presi
dent of The Studebaker Corpor
ation repotred today. “September
| ceeded sales of new passenger cars ex
those of any month in more
than twelve years or since August,
1928,” Mr. Hoffman added.
Factory sales of both passenger
cars and trucks last month total
led 14,501 units compared with
10,710 in the same month last
year, an increase of 35 per cent.
; WHEN IS THANKSGIVING CFR
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An Atlanta business firm, tired
of speculating on the date when
Americans would carve Thanks
giving turkey this year, recently
wired President Roosevelt to ask
if he had made up his mind on the
date.
Quick as a Hash, Steve Early,
White House secretary, wired back
“Thanksgiving Day this year is
November 21st.”
So mark your calendar, lest you
forget.
Soft vegetables make better
pickles if they are soaked in salt
water over night or until thor
oughly cured.