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STEWART
BY MR*. OMT. FARKim
Mrs. Olin Bohanan was guest
Saturday sfternoon of Miss Mary
Lou Mitcham.
Miss Corine Johnson of Coving
ton, was the attractive guest of
Misses Fannie and Marie Parker
during the week-end.
Mrs. Milton Tarpley and Miss
Erma Tarpley. of Jonesboro and
Mr. J. T. Chambers, of Flovillr
spent Sunday with Mrs. J. J
Kitchens.
Mts. Willie Parker and little
Barbara Parker visited Mrs. Elbert
Parker Monday afternoon.
We are glad to have Mr, and
Mrs. Harvey Bohrnan and family
of Covington and Mr. and Mrs.
Obie Parker, of High Point to
move into our community.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aiken spent
a while Sunday night with Mr.
Bob Mitcham and Miss Mary Lou ^
Mitcham. • .
Mrs. Lester Parker and Miss
Trellis Parker spent Friday with
Mrs. Estelle Fincher.
Miss Fannie Pcrker and her
guest. Miss Corine Johnson of Cov
ington, and Miss Virginia Parker
visited Mrs. Obie Parker Satur
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kitchens and
children, of Covington visited Mrs.
J. J. Kitchens a while Sunday it
ternoon.
Mr. Robert Goins, of Macon vis
ited relatives here Saturday.
Palmer Stone
Sports
By .1. Hope Branham
Palmer-Stone rnd Covington are
scheduled to meet in the second
h:lf games Friday night at Co\
ington.
The Palmer Stone girls won han
dily in the game before Christmas
but the Wildcats of Palmer Stone
lost 13-10.
Covington and Palmer Stone are
close rivals and f good night of
basketball should be played Fri
day night.
The scheduled Mansfield-Palmet
Stone game of last week was post
poned because a large number of
plavers had the flu. This game
will be played at the close of the
season.
Last Wednesday night Royal
Crown's boys’ basketball team was
defeated by Social Circle in a
game played there. Royal Crown
two regulars front
Fridav nicht of this week Royal
Crown s girls go to Lithonia
play H and the boys’ team meets the
strong Grant’s Park Methodist
team in Atlanta.
Screw worm infection is very
serious if allowed to gain a foot
hold in cattle.
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BY MARY LANE
Hello folks. We’ll open the ole
column this week by first telling
,
; the flu victims we’re thinking of
; thsm and hope they’ll soon be well.
About one-third of the population
| here in Porterdaie seems to be ill
j and those who haven’t been strik
en yet are alraid to visit those who
have ’ for lear of 8 ettir >g it. So
! ever y bod y careful and try to
avoid spreading it. The 1« test case
seems to be that of Frankie Wad
dleton. But from what we hear
1 Bette seems to take pretty good
care of him. FLASH. Frances H
1 and Izzie B. seem to be enjoying
each'other's company move th a
[ little here ktely. How about it,
kids? We hear Duna Crowell re
ceived a very interesting letter
the other day. Seems the Police
Dept, had to take care of it. Now
i that your “Woman Hunt” is end
j ed maybe you can rest a while, eh |
Duna? And speaking of mail— j
seems Lorene Hinton h«s been get
ting OVER her share of it. Tell j
him you’re no port of lonely
hearts, Booky. We’ve been miss
ing Miss Stanton who has been ill,
Betty Martin and J. D. ^Jilton are
still at it. They write letters to
each other and still see one another
every day. They say the cross J.
D. presented her Christmas is e
honey! Latest addition at Welau
nee Inn is Carl “Razz” Canup. We
hear that one of the younger cir
cles are breaking him in. We sup
pose that someone will be getting
his number soon. Another new ad
dition at the drug store is Hugh
Herdeman by name, girls. Emma
Lou Wilson has often remarked
how much her grandmother enjoys
our column. We would like to tell
Mis. Freeman it makes us very
happy to know that we bring to
her a little joy each week. Allene
Harper tells me she has quite a
reputation for talking in school.
Even when she isn’t doing the it. talk- Tch! j
ing she gets the blrme for j
Tch! Dub Smith says the seniors J
want a banquet and at present the |
Junior treasure amounts to with about j
$8. Say, what’s the matter you
Juniors? Better get a hustle on
and make a little money. SH won t
£ |ve a very complimentary ban
. c ' uet y °^ know, Preacher Cloud
| says, If anj o os o s
' get on you about writing about
lhem - Mar >'- tell them the Preacher
reads it and likes it . . . So
! there! We had £ few grumblers
| when we first started the column.
Preacher, but there haven’t been
, lately. , ml I hey just A . .
j an y were rying
lo be modest, I think, by saying
^ ^ pub , icity , bu ,
weren t fooling me any.
COULD SOMEBODY TELL ME
why Mae and Carter were seen en
tering Rev. Pittman s house Satur
day fjternoon. SITES OF THE
WEAK SIGHTED AT THE POR
TERDALE VS. LOGANSVILLE
BASKETBALL GAME. Pete Day
lugging her medicine kit and
Kleenex around alter the game,
And honest to goodness, Pete, we
didn’t have your name on our note
! pad. We decided to put this in lat
er. Ernest Bennett—yelling for the
home team and passing his onion
sEfidwiches around. Harold Spray
berry and J. W. Mosteller puffing
away on a couple of stogies. P. S.
J. W.’s didn’t agree with him. Roy
Carter selling candy for the sen
iors and acting quite balmy. Also
checking up on the and Logansyille boy friend
girls. Rena Bowers
enjoying the game. Jack W heeler
shaking hands with all his fi tends
at the game. And it s sure swell to
see you out again and back in tne
old crowd. Jackson. Jack would
like to express his thanks tbl ’ough
this column to all the tolas lor tne
many nice things they did for him
during his recent illness. I he let
'ers, cards, visits and othei re
niembrances were deeply apprec
irted. EAVESDROPPING EVILS.
Tot Goodman (generous soul) has
just loaned Margie Cook a five
cent piece. Says Buddy Cook (the
’■id brother) to Tot. Tot, don i
let Margie have that nickel. She
won’t pay you back.’ We guess
Buddy oughta know. FLASH: Mr
Fd Butler—big (and we mean
Covington Mill
Daylights
By Evelyn Day
This week brings another list of |
flu “victims.” Some of these «re
better, but most are very sick peo
ple. We who are lucky and very
thankful are wishing them a
speedy recovery. Among the sick
are: Mrs.'Artlie Sullivan, Mrs. Al- 1
lie Hamby, the Cannon family
Stinchcomb family, Larry Lord,
Almogene Allen, John and Sher- ! !
mer Alford, Mrs. EtU Hackett.
Mrs. Willie Butler, Mrs. L. C.
Johnson Mickey Johnson, Mrs. W
C. Harris, Dot Harris, Mr. J. F
Merritt. Mrs. Bernice Merritt, Mrs.
Willie Hipps, “Uncle John Henry’’
Niblett, Irene N.blett, Mrs. Conie
Hopkins, Misses Blanch and Pearl j
Aaron, Joel Brown.
Miss Lona Mae Bryan had an
optical operation in Atlanta Tues- |
dry her by eyesight Dr. Grady will Clay. be restored We hope to j
normal.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Potet vis
ited relatives in Union Point Sun
day.
Miss Lillian Keesee-, of Rutledge
spent the week-end with Mr.-and
Mrs. Sam Williams. :
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wagner. Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Wagner and :
son.
Larry, of Thomrston, visited rela
tives here Sunday. j
Religious activities:
Rev. L. E. Anthony will hold
services Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock and Sunday evennig at 7:15.
Please come out ahd help him by
your presence.
Rev. Frank Barfield wishes to
call your attention to last Sunday
mornings church rttendance On
ly 19 remained after Sunday school
for the church services. Rev. Bar
field said he realized there was
a lot of sickness in the community
but there should have been a little
better attendance.
j Mrs. Glenn Jones was unable to j
teach the Kingdom Seekers’ Class
lest Sunday, due to illness. The
girls sincerely regret her illness
and hope she will soon be back for
she is a wonderful teacher.
j The Y. W. A.’s will meet o’clock Friday
j- night, January 17th, at 7:00
-
pig) theatric*] magnate has a new
car Friends in Porterdaie will be
interested to learn of the marriage
of Bert Hewel j to Miss Ella Mae
Se ] lars o{ Columbus. Bert is in
the [j s Almy Service and is sta
tio n ed at port Benning. Young
peop i e don 't iorget to attend B.
y, P. U. Sunday night. New plans
fm . the ye?J , bave been made oul
and an interesting program year
j g £or ecast by your program lead
Cl . Si Mamie Miller lias been elected
. new Bible Readers’ Leader and we
i wan t each one in the Lviion to co
opera te with Mtmie and the oth
er 0 ffi cers> Be tte Bowden is pres
ident.^Izzie Bashinski, vice-presi
denb Mary Adams, secretary and
treasurer. Emma Lou Wilson and
your columnist program leaders,
Migg Mary pgneij, Senior Leader,
Beginning Sunday morning a new
Sundry School young people’s
class will be formed at the Bap
list Church. This class ranging in
ages of boys and girls from 1 6 !
years and up will be called the
Victory Class and will meet in the j
Pastors study. Mr. S. T. Gattis
will be the teacher.
Mr. Russell Braden will be the
Intermediate Boys new teacher.
I LOST ... A Richard Hudnut com
! pact Wine and Gold. Re’urn to 8
Poplar Street. EDITORIAL OI
TH r WEEK (WEAK) So the Ob
server isn’t coming along so well.
That’s too bad. And the reason it’s
too brd is because the stencils,
ink, paper and staples (and also
valuable time that snould be spent
on the Observer) is being used to ,
print basketball programs that get
thrown on the Hoor and tramped
under everybody’s feet. And half
the people don’t Jook at them be
fore trsraping. Our sympathy to j
the who family of her Mrs. recent O. G. Anglin death, j j
mourn
“Granny” as her neighbors called j
nor was a sweet lovable old lady
and her absence is going to be felt
deeply by the many who loved her.
Scoop Statham says he is going
to join the FBI and get to Wash
ington ahead of the seniors.
So long, folks. See you next
i week.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
at the home of Mrs. Tyrus Wood.
a me organization for
fs Ifi years and over.
You are urged to come Fridry
u join this group.
The Bible study club met at the
home of the writer Friday night,
January 10th, at 7:15. Most of the
members were ill, causing a small
attendance. The meeting was op
ened with prayer by Mrs. Rhette
WootJ. A short business session was
followed by roll call and minutes.
The lesson theme was First and
Second Thessolonians. After the
d ,. ’ SCUSS10n ol , ,, thes * books , , a SOC)al .
.
h ° l Was W j th refre ^'
men , ts Ser \' ed by h * h ° s ,™ e
nCX f ‘ m f etlng t wd , ‘ be be,d F " da V
-
n ! gbt ’ J ™T' y 2 * l at the h ° me
° f M i s ’ Es * her
Eavesdropping With Eve v
ThlS ls ° d but U f mak fj
sen ^ : A A certain . young fellow told
US th f e £fe quick T’ ays *
spl ? ad " eWS: U feiegraph
a " d tell-a-woman (espeulaly if
she s writing tor a paper—?)
Was that a mustache we spied
on Tag Simmons’ upper lip?
Doris Childers was the* lucky
girl elected to date Hardy’s boy
friend.
Here’s I, laugh: Marie Rabun
fell off her bed the other cold
ayem!
We think it’s funny—that “T
Model horn” Buck Hilley has on
his V8. It will cause a traffic jam
some day!
Pug McElroy visited the court
house Saturday for a very import
ant piece of paper!!
Ernest Cousen says he nuy love
the girls (for he loves everybody)
but he surely does not flirt with
them!
Latest fad: Mrs. Alford said she
had her nails red to match her
new ear
Mflrgi€ and L w> were holding
around town Saturday.
If you want a good Uugh, per
made Lucille Reynolds to give her
minute talk on “A Cow.”
We just heard:
Santa Claus brought Mr. Glenn ;
Jones a doll with real hair and
clothes to dress it with!
Dena Hightower has named her
‘ “Wheezer,” Why? You’ll have
,
peie Niblett was ca iii ng on a
g r ‘ * ? it , Q g f .
‘: n e J
her Pete i dn ' t
cou
Ret his car star ted.
f'i as h: A wedding was called off
j asl wee k-end due to the flu.
Another flash: Anne and Pug
wi]1 be married Saturday,
Bessie Claudia Wood (she in
£oi . med us to spell it with an A) is
considering donning a nurse's uni
form Best wishes. B. C.
Carrie Dean McDaniel looked
| ike a picture Sunday in her fur
:. cket and that cute red tam!
Congratulations, Tyrus and
Rhette!
Tyrus Wood was elected presi
dent of the Newton County Sing
ing Convention at the singing here
last Sunday and his wife. Rhette,
WES elected secretary-treasurer.
Congratulations, Frances and Al!
Mr. and Mrs. Al Bledsoe are the
proud parents of a baby girl, born
Januarv 13th.at Huson Hospital.
Speflal to our Mavor!________
Thg people of Covington Mills
love botb as doctor 3nd Mayor
There - S onlv one thing cou ld make
them love you more. Since you
hgve tQ make daily visits to the
Vjl | age noWi bave you noticed the
roads you have to travel over?
And can’t something be done about
them? This is not the voice of one
each taxpaying indi- :
girl—but of
vidual of Covington Mills. They |
have requested this and knowing j
re sure you will give it du( i
consideration.
should always be j i
Broody hens
kept out of the laying flock, ac
cording to Agricultural Extension 1
workers.
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