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L oh boy. what a busy week
h. been on the go ev
oss the Office Boy.
hninute and
been right on his heels
has tired to write his us
kpiy ,0 he left his sweeping
Mumn. ,n
re 4 of the office force
mo .ial Day. 1941, is one day
will always stand out in our
try- From time to time we
t we are inclined to forget
nar „ sacrifices made by the
and women of the ‘60’s, but
who was at the Methodist
je Friday morning had
ch last with
ought back to them a
when General Julius Frank
mvell. 95-year-young Nation
ommander-in-chief of the
d confederate Veterans
»ri down the aisle. He made
iking figure in his. uniform
nfederate grey and we could
him. in our mind, as he
ied off so many years age
Ifend a Cause that he knew
In Led the right . . And wer° there \\ e
when he got up
hade a speech that would do
L to any orator, in spite of
95 years . . . ’Nother thing
hade us all happy was “l»i
jtufe [ther Meadors guest. sitting Last up with
honor year,
hber?. he wa= sick on Mo
il Dav and couldn’t take part
L exercises, which naturally
L shadow over the celebra
tor “Uncle” Rufe is Newton
Ivs [bol sole surviving Veteran,
oi those men and women
[will live forever all in our
f And from appear
| “Uncle" Rufe will be back
Ivea r on Memorial Day. a
ate we hope so.
heral Howell came down to
ffice the other day with Boss
[he Office Boy to look the
ove. He caught us peckm
land L. ’,hings", he! “T'can use one
pointing at the
Ljt or er a nd I knew he
onh last week I saw a
he wrote the Offir' Boy . .
prned how forty years,”
p nf i 'b e hunt and peck
|n down pat. then got rheu
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! 1 r L Ce renerlIi'’?rbsit^.wmurh tlnv
Ltlr.^Tet: [dison:
the visit to the Sol
Home; the tea at the G°v-1
'd M r!, 0 n 'and
t " s t ' n.d oxford ' '
nf , thl't 'L ... in nt lb™™ .
d on like the true soldier he j
made us stop and wonder if
imes- think we a“ * Th?Of
Boy will be back next week.
E' qin ’ " ith news - Look 101
he’ll be here.
SWEEPIN’ UP
tarians Hear
leports - ;
on Meet | '
I regular meeting of the Cov
p lay Rotary Club was held
noon at the Delaney Ho
|th Guy Robinson presiding
Lne member, Hensley Floyd
Ibsent.
pport of the District Conven
pv \ President 'reek in Augusta was giv.
Elect W. C. Me
P He told of the various ac
ts there and urged the club
ke a
I f ‘ r representation there next
jHis talk was greatly enjoyed
ePPi eciated. Joe Heard and
iD.etz accompanied Mr. Me
! ’o the convention.
f Benton, of Mansfield,
of Guv Jones, was introduced i
Scorned to the club. He is
>ei o| the Georgia
an d a orominent merchant
5 county.
s-nsfield Man
On Milk Board
flvernor Eugene Tal
zc this week announced
appointment of two new
"bers to the State Milk
bol Board and the reten
nf 1 harles Duncan Di
a s
nr.
( Benton, of Mansfield.
^Printed to take the
f * th< ‘ la’e C. A. Sock
'■ Mr Benton i well
throughout s
th this section
e State as a farmer,
r and
' merchant.
Dunham, Sr., will
**■ Board Member Oscar
Bred. "hose term recently
We ,/ a ( ap P«intments were
a meeting last Mon
f> in the !orm of a long
ter! P “ blir ’’earing,
s elmJ" m which
. 1 hy
a heated in
«f words between
W ""•"Clot "'"inkers of thc Board
Duncan.
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Plans Formulated
For Annual School
I Edition of News
Students’ Supplement to Be
Part of May 23rd I
Edition. i
The fourth annual Newton
County Schoi Edition of the Cov
ington News will be published
Thursday, May 22. according to
an announcement made this week |
As in previous years the edition
will be handled by the members
of the senior classes at the high
schools in Newton County,
Schools taking part are the
Covington High School, coving
ton Mills, Heard-Mixon, Livings
ton, Mansfield, Newborn. Palmer
Stone, Porterdale and Starrsville.
The publishing of a special
school edition has been a major
extra-curricular ESfiStS activity of New- j
7L
was published in 1938 in tabloid
size Every year since that time
it has increased in size and inter
est. Last year the pages were
changed to regular size, sixteen j
pages being published.
Students in the various County
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Volume 77 S^KM! St ffi
annual flower showjere tomorrow
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Confederate Memorial In
Covington Chapter Of
U. D. C. Pays Tribute
To Confederate Heroes
E.A.O. Visitor
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Dr. Bascom Anthony, stalwart
, eteran of the South Geor gia j
Methodist Conference, following a
‘‘ ustom of many yeans. wil1 arrive
at Emory-at-Oxford next week for
a visit. He will speak at the chapel
exercises every morning.
Services Friday Morning at
Covington Methodist
Church.
U. C. V. COMMANDER IS
GUEST OF HONOR AT
COVINGTON EXERCISES
Parade and Luncheon Also
Part of Celebration
Here.
Confederate Memorial Dav was
observed last Friday in Covington
at the Meth
od: , Church in the morning, foi
lowed by luncheon at the Delan
ev Hotel and a parade in the a!
During the dav. Sons, Daughters
aid Children ot the Confederacy
mined with Hoy Scouts, members 1
county the
American Legion and other citi
zens ^ paying tribute to the val
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memorial services was Franklin s
ence of General Julius
Howell, of Bristol. Va.. National
Commander-in-chief of the Unit
Confederate Veterans. The
General was the main speaker at
the Church services and later was
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Registrants' Right to Appeal
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The Newton County Selective
Service Board this week issued
order number ten, ca ling men ,
two white and one colored as re-j
placements for previous calls.
William Adams McCullough and
Marion Elmer Hitchcock, replace
ments for call number five will
report at the Board headquarter*
on ,2 a, 8:30 , n, -
thejf *, ^wiU° be’ 1 " inducted 'Into j
Hudson it rt "'has Qtat Xrmv I other D
been named as the I
alternate for this call.
The Negro inductee. Wilford
Wise will report to the Newton I
rountv JnH Board May 16 at 8:30 a !
rn Will be taken to Fort Ben
ni'nfffor induction. He is a re .
JJe i.„ ment for call number 7 Al
named was Tannis John
son.
He made a striking figure in his
— T ?1 ' m l Confed f ate « re y and
came into contact with him. Sur
^ Sing } y * Ctive and alert for a
of 95 a ^ ars ’ Gene ™>
"" e , a P loglam tha1 would
Si ™ , Jr a?the a endurance of a
T he services Church were
opened by the Pledge to the Unit
"J’ mefs Jommandtr of
Mae Sockwell
then led the Salute to the Confed
erate Flag, and Rev. H. C. Emory
pronounced the Invocation.
The Choir then rendered a group
of southern melodies which in
eluded: Suwanee River, Old Black
Joe, My Old Kentucky Home and
Dixie.
eracy Of** ,llen BwHWJ» welcomed ,h the f Coli, gioup “ l
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an d intr0dcued M ! ador s
sole . surviving Newton County f
Confederate veteran: Mrs J. F.
J? 0 "? 11 ’ ^ ,te ° f ^ mv ' ell:
Carolyn Moore. State President ol
the Ch,ldren of the Confederacy:
Catherine Ramsey, Covington
President ol ’be Children of the
Confederacy, and R. H. Patterson
11. the mascot.
Mrs. J. C. Upshaw, essay chair-,
man for the Covington Chapter, |
then presented prizes to the win
ners of an essay contest, Four
prizes were awarded, two to stud
ents of the Covington Schools and
two to students of schools located
out in Newton County.
Miss Mary Flvelyn Wilson wi
the winner of the prize awarded
for the best essay from a Coving
ton High School student. Miss Wil
son is in the tenth grade. The Cov
ington Grammar School award
went to Miss Emmie Carlton, a
seventh grade student.
The high school award for
schools in the County, located out
side of Covington, went to Miss
Mae Hardeman, a tenth grade stu
dent at Porterdale. The grammar
school award was presented to
Miss Elizabeth McClendon, a sev
enth grade student at the Mans
field school.
The awarding of essay prizes I
was followed by the presentation
of World \#ar Crosses of Military
Service.
Mrs. R. M. Mobley, custodian of
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R 0 U ( a /f Sunday
A t Second Baptist
annual roll call will be . held
The
next Sunday at the Covington
Second Baptist Church at Coving
ton Mills.
All members are urged to attend
and answer to their names as they
are read from the church roll. j
COVINGTON, GEORGUT "*
THl r;S 1 )A Y. MAY 1, 1941.
Service Crosses Awarded On Memorial Day
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World War Crosses of Military Service were awarded two Newton County men at the Confed
erat Memorial Day Services held here last Friday. The presentation was part of the exercises held at the
^* e thod mon ^ DennIS Church P - ublisher In * hc of foreground The News. Mrs. Edmond R. M. Mobley, Jordan, Custodian who received of Crosses, the presenting award, the award to
' second was not pres
ent for the presentation. In the background, left to right, are Carolyn Moore, State President of the C.
° f C ’ General Juhus Franklin Howell, National Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veter
ans > who was bonor gues ’ and principal speaker at the exercises; Mrs. Belmont Dennis, President of
Covm 8 ton Chapter of the U. D. C.; “Uncle’’ Rufus Meadors, sole surviving Confederate Veteran in New
ton Count E' and Mrs. J. F. Howell, wife of General Howeil. R. H. Patterson III, mascot, is standing in
front of Mrs - Dennis.—News photo by staff photographer.
oOV. KlWafl^ailS
Will Have Group
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Apr,1 A * tend , an£e Reported
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MemberS of thc Covington KU
W8nis C,Ub wU1 b * v * their
tu ’’ e made at the regular lun£ heon
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° ay at 1 e Delaney Hotel at
12:30 p. m. It had been planned
to have the picture made at last
Thursday’s meeting but the ab
sence of severatomembers made it
necessary tn nostnnno it
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S, 8 at '-30 o clock *«* at the Hotel
^ a to^tiTjohS y John Shmort Birchmore.
The District Forester from
Gainesville was the guest speaker
at the meeting last week. He told
the Club members that 21 millions
of the 36 millions of acres in the
nited States was covered with
forest. He also pointed out the
necessity of presei\ing this tim
ber land.
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for the best essays submitted in a contest sponsored by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy. The four awards were made at the annual Confederate Memorial
Day exercise held last Friday at the Methodist Church. Two awards, one for high school students and
one for grammar school students were made for students in the Covington Schools and similar awards
w ere made for Schools in Newton County, located outside of Covington. The winners were, left to right.
Elizabeth McClendon, seventh grade student from Mansfield: Emmie Carlton, seventh grade student from
Covington: Mary Evelyn Wilson, tenth grad- Covington student, and Mae Hardeman, tenth grade student
,rom Porterdale. Mrs. J. c. Upshaw, essay chairmaa, w>ho made the awards, is shown on the extreme
right.—News photo by staff photographer.
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Wamt AyVitt
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We ^ seen a {ew * ^
c tton that looked as if they were
, olng to come to a ,tand but the
^ COtto n af
"bowing" f . .
j sJ a V Jam "is a
water so our farmers would
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. bjt f interest
'j a
jn H egai in tbe coun ty Thi
plant looks very similar to sor
ghum and should be planted and
cultivated the same as for sor
’ " hum - Th e main difference is that
1 Hegari i s not as sweet as sorghum
I and has been bred to produce seed
Ihn, yield more grain than
eQrn wben p ] an ted after small I
! * rain - The ^ain may be harx>ested
| by cutting the heads with a knife
by combining. It makes excel- 1
or
j lent feed for poultry, hogs, work :
animals or cows. We believe a
system 0 f farming that calls for a
reasonable amount of oats and
barley during the winter months
and Hegari during the summer will
greatly increase the grain on oui
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SoCCial 8
* Planned by T
OlUrdlPS cnurcues . ,
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i Designed to Increase Interest
And Attendance at
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All the churches in Porterdale
are cooperating in a special effort
to enlist more of Forterdale’s peo
P !e in the work of the Sunday
Schools and Churches, and espe
cially to build up a greater loyal
ty in the worship services. Next
Sunday, has been designated by
a three denominations as ‘‘Come
A warm invitation has been ex
tended everv family and nerson in
the city to attend some Sunday
School and stay for church ser
vices if possible. Each person
tending Sunday School is urged to
c;me prepared to stay for the wor
ship services. A report will
made on the following Sunday as I
to which denomination had the
highest percentage of its Sunday:
School attendance remaining for
Church.
Tables-Mrs. „ J. T R. _ Sams, _ and ,
Mrs ‘ P ’ M ‘ Dearin *‘
Prizes Mrs. J. I. Alford , and „
Mrs ‘ Pat Campbell.
Clean Up-Mrs. Clarence Palm
er and ^ rs - fuming Touc stone.
Judges Luncheon Mrs. J. B.
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Farm Women to
Play Important
Partin AAA Plan
Home Demonstration Agent
Outlines Cotton Stamp
Program.
Housewives on Newton County
farms taking part in the suppde
mentary cotton program have an
opportunity this year to see their
families better clothed and better
fed. Miss Eddye Ross. Home Dem
onstration agent said today.
This program makes cotton
stamps available to farmers who
make a further reduction in their
cotton acreage. These stamps can
be used to buy cotton clothing and
other articles made of cotton. In
addition, participating farm fam
ilies also can qualify for an addi
tional $3 cash payment for pro
ducing more food for home use.
interest™ in^this” JrJgraJ."Tince
they will do much of the family
buying with these stamps and I
w *ii ’ate the lead in meeting the !
looc ' requirements. For this rea
,heir on ‘ ,hey husbands wiU want to Plan with \
to earn the maxi
mum amount of stamps and the
looa payment, and otherwise re
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Covington Garden Club
Will Sponsor Event
10th Consecutive Year
Show Will Be Held in New
Legion Building in
Park.
FUNDS DERIVED FROM
TICKET SALE WILL GO
FOR BRITISH RELIEF
Colored Motion Picture of
Flower Arrangements
To Be Shown.
The tenth annual flower show
.sponsored by the Covington Gar
dPn C ' Ub ’ Wi " be held ,on5 ° n ™
”' e American Legion Hal! Mrs.
K E - Callaway, who is serving as
general chairman the show.
sa,c ’ exhibit "Uld he
open to the public ft om three to
,cn °' clo< ' k " l,h « smil " fee rhalR '
| 1 Tnveri"
Britfsh from theshow to
war relief
, Several special attractions have
been added to this year’s show for
the entertainment of the spectat
ors - A motion picture, in color,
wi " be shown ot lhe flower al *
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beautiful flower is being
y of Jaroes
S of are'urged Covington
Cc " nlv bv
committee in ( . harge t0 pIac e en -
tries in the show and also urged
everyone to attend and see the ex
] hibit^ Free refreshments will be
Judges, as announced by Mrs.
Callaway are, Donald Hastings, of
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Co-chairmen who have assisted
i in arranging for the show are:
Schedule—Mrs. R. O. Arnold
and Mrs. T. C. Meador.
Junior Garden Club—Mrs. E. B.
I Rogers Mrs. Enzer Alford, Mrs. I.
h. Rainwater, Mrs. N. S. Turner.
Decoration—Mrs. Moody Sum
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Staging-mrs. S. A. Ginn and j
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Entries-Mrs. George Cochran
and Mrs George E lllot ■ i
Class.f.cat.on-Mrs, ,. - . R. H. Pat- t
Veteran General
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General J. F. Howell is shown
speaking at the Methodist church
at Confederate Memorial Day Ex
ercises last Friday. The 95-year
old Commander-in-ehief of th«
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NewPostal
Savings Plan
Begins Here
Funds From Sale Will Aid
National Defense
Program
The United States Defense Sav
ings Bond! , nd p osU) savings
Stamps will be placed on sale in
the main Post Office at the open
iug of business this morning, as
America impregnable,
Postmaster E. L. Stephenson,
announced this week that plans
are completed for this community,
( along with thousands of others
from coast to coast, to do its full
part at the opening of the sav
j n g s program.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, in a letter to Postmasters
throughout the country, said that
the help of local postmasters
would be “a real service to the
country”. He transmitted the
thanks of Secretary of the Trea
sury Morgenthau for the help that
local postmasters had already
given in the sale of United States
securities, and also Mr. Morgen
thau’s thanks in advance “for the
co-operation which he knows you
will give to this new effort”.
Defense Savings Bonds which
8° on sa le today, is similar to the
familiar “Baby Bond”, of which
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Auxiliary Plans
: To Be Discussed
The Newton County Post
No. 32, of the American Leg
ion, will meet next Tuesday
night at the American Legion
Hall at 7:30 o’clock for the
purpose of organizing an Aux
iliary.
Mrs, R. G. Vinson and
Hoyt Broun, past State com
mander. will be present to aid
with the organization plans.
A barbecue dinner will be
served.
T. C. Meadors, chairman of
the committee in charge, has
urged a large attendance of
Legionnaires and their wives
in order that plans may be
perfected at once.