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war on our nerves ... or may
we were just plain sick ... we
t like to admit that however
"but at any rate bed it’s and hot weather sin
bve to stay in we
iglv sympathize with all those in
■ colin ty who have to stay in bed 1
k kind of weather . . . and we i
sorter sorry Tor the Office Boy
kself. thls week for he has
L n g to chatter about cept aches
| pams . . or did we eat too
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[ch la s ' week at the Fireman
| policeman Barbecue at Por
ale' Well, it was a swell af
' an( j the barbecue was truly
luthern Style" right . . . wish this we minute had
mote of it
^ Mr a nd Mrs. Pittman enter
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ed the group from Conyers.
Kerdale and Covington ... The
|ce Boy was allowed to go
jh the Boss and did of the we Firemet enjoy i
i all the wives
Policemen were there too .
Lers was well represented al
Uti \ve missed that very inter
L person Mayor H. E. Griggs
L he was well represented how
bv 2 of his councilmen . .
Ene glad he is able to be up and
lit again and trust he will soon
Keeling [tess, fine . . • Mayor S. L.
of Covington, and Mayor
[jvev, of Porterdale, were extend- there
and an invitation was
er L the group to meet in Cov
for the next ‘'Get-together" I
[ [gain we trust we will be able .
if Covington can furnish .
Barbecue as Porterdale and
n Pittman ... „ did Th The T Lion . , s
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b of Conyers is yet just a “Cub" j
' but me! Old Leo is
IS' mv a i ■
taper in size and strength . . . I
the Office Boy and the Boss
grieved that we could not at
the Ladies’ Night affair they
I rm Monday evening . . . we
if and I think the Boss
'ILL,' too because he did not
to go . . . we trust we will get
in check.
icen fly we heard a person, who
jer dreamed that column the Office Boy
p to write a sav . . '
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The Chatterbox’ ... we have a |
p column like that in our local |
pr but it's all a ‘family affair'
L you get so tired of hearing
t me and my mother and my
pv did’ you don’t know what to
. . Gosh! It puts us on the
j f or when one’s shut in we
ft know anythings else to write
Off' Office ' Boy n h did h receive a , letter h
I week which did not rightfully ,
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elorn Column . . . This young
f* wants to know what w’e
lid do in her shoes . • you see I
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is engaged to a certain young;
I.. . that young man is away
[s year's training ... he made !
promise to marry him before
lleft so she would not “date’V
| date other boys other . . . girls and he would but
any ...
N and alack ... he enlisted for
years instead of the one year
Md her . . and has a date
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h' Saturday and Sunday when
is free from camp, with other
I • “I love him, Office Boy.
I have promised to wait for
i am not dating any of my
friends. 1 trusted him and
to keep on trusting him. I
|now twenty-two and he is
fnty.four. Please tell me what
Signed “Brokenhearted. ’
F’ young lady, vi'hat do yoi
)k i merp Office Bov knows
ut LOVE ... I'm like Sonny
f "’hen he gets a spankin' I
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Wbody don’t love me!’ 1 But .. .
(haps it i' a grave mistake to
»mp engaged to a person when
I know they are doing this just
?e P you from going out with
e;r t D seems to me that when
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iy of Covington, is shown mak
the fi s t call after Covington’s
pPtwne system was changed ov
™ Saturday afternoon to mod
lal equipment. Dr. Waiter
' ;s tn Mrs. Homer R Howell
Pla The system was in
beet "''her and the call went
Ngh >n record time.
i I)f THIS INDEX PAPER AND TO PROSPERITY IS CIVIC COVINGTON’5 PRIDE
Volume 77
four YEAR TERM GHHlfi MAJORITY vote
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Emory At Oxford Commencement Held
Dean Mart’
To SpeakT
Graduates
Fir#t Honors Go to Fay
Durham DurK.™ *" d u.
roweii, Jr.
COLLEGE PLAYING HOST
TO VISITING PARENTS
ON OXFORD CAMPUS
Henry Jennings and John
Sandeford Receive
Second Honors.
Thirty-five students of the Jim
ior College and eight of The Acad
emv of Emory at Oxford will or
graduated with appropriate exer
cises this afternoon at four o'clock
in the Allen Memorial Church or
the Oxford campus. Dr. Boyce
Martin, dean of the school of bus
. ^mm,stratum , . . of . _ Emory
university ? ess ;n Atlanta, will delivei
lne baccalaureate oaccaiaureate address add! ess. The j
lsl *' n ^ s P ea k er . one llme a stu -
dent on the Oxford campus, an
Emory alumnus and a prominent
educator, will be presented to the
graduating claves and the visitors
by Dean George S. Roach, who
has bene the Division
at Oxford for the past seven years.
These exercises will bring to a
close a very successful year on the
campus of the 105-year old insti
tution according to all information
obtained. The commencement
program began last Sunday wuen ;
jg pv Mack Anthonv f Americas, to!
brought the graduating sermon
an audience that packed the
church.
At noon today the students will
play host to their visiting parents I
in special program in the Allen
Memorial Church. Speer Burdetie. i
student bodv president will wel
the visitors who will be
mostly parents and close friend-s
Dean r Koach will also ex .
tend wor(Js o( we)eome . C ol. R
M Tuck of Covington, will make
a re for the visiting parents
It was announced at the close
of th> faculty meeting yesterday
afternoon tha , Fay Durham, of
Cedartown will be recognized as
^ ^ honor oraduate of the
, • r- 0 ii eaP Fav in addition to
, • ’'j hieh academic "tudent record, has been
m affairs, particu- .
! *' debating The second
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. Uv ,j ve « a n officer and
m . , f the Glec Club for the !
. , wo vears He has also parti
debatin( r i„ The Acad
ff 1 , h fir , honor will go to !
Th" '. 7 r p H )r of Hazlehurst
Sandeford of Waynesboro! I
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SCENES TAKEN DURING CONVERSION TO DIAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THIS CITY
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The telephone , ’. groundwork for the dial telephone
tiringly for Covington many M and r con. nvers s. They j are shown standing in front
systems in used the new s.vsJenr ^^was^ne^s. ^ t ^ com
of the equipment in
pletely change every telephone in kc™ ^ M Remle
outside lines and cables. ^ y
changes on C. P. * ranKiin, central Office Repair
combination plant man: Foreman nJ
Ashbel, Plant Foreman; A. ' J plant a
man; Travis p] it Supervlsor work on
J. A. Walterson North Georgia Disic
, been handled u t qu , ision of these
this new system has wherever possible and all
f,iw-s have been run unciei gi ‘
men . . section wi ^ taken down The old
poles used in the main -isu be
rapidly as possis e and an sbo s ui d com
phones are oems ------ ia - “ en ...
days. Latest type equipment has been used ana -
pleted in a few ; service.
| should mean much to assure better
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Names as they appear in the above picture.' Academy Graduates,
left to right: Bottom row: Harry Powell, Jr., Owen Youles, Bobby
Stanton, Patrick Sumerour, Harold Whitaker. Pate Williams, John
Sandeford. Candidates for the Junior College Certificate, second row;
from bottom, left to right: Goldye Ween, Joe Conley, James Swint,
Eddie Wilkinson, Bill Speck, Martin Smith, Claud Vansant, Jimmie
Wiltshire, John Braselton, Ben Calloway, A. W. Roberts, Hugh Wil-
Mass Meeting i$
Held I o Explain
New stamp Plan
Plan Goes Into Effect In
Ten Southern States
On June 15.
Approximately . 150 clerks and ,
merchants who will come in con
tact with the supplementary' cot
ion stamp program, designed to
cut down on cotton acreage and
increase consumption of the sur
plus, met yesterday at the Court
House at Noon to hear an ex
plana;ion of how the program
functions.
Belmont Dennis, chairman of
tbe Newton County Cotton
Committee, presided over the
meeting. Explaining that his posi
tion was of an honorary nature,
Mr. Dennis turned the meeting
over to T. L. McMuIlin, county
sgent.
Mr. McMuIlin explained a por
lion of the plan 2nd stated that
it would probably bring as much
as $30,000 into the County. He
then turned the program over
Robert N Foote, ’ area supervisor
of the AAA.
Mr Foote explained the plan
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COVINGTON, GEOR GIA,
£>j a ] Telephones Now
In in* Uperation In in* City
R, M. Sealey Expresses Appreciation At Luncheon For
Cooperation During Installation of
Dial Telephone System
The dial telephone system was:
inaugurated in our city, Satur
day afternoon at 5:30 P. M. with!
appropriate ceremonies with May
or s. L. Waites of Covington and
Mayor H. E. Griggs of Conyers,
making the first telephone calls I
over the dial system.
A number of officials of the
Southern Bell – Telephone Co.
were present and attended a
luncheon at. the Delaney Hotel
prior to the inauguration of the
system. I
Mr. Roy Freeman, North Geor
gi a District Manager, was here
personally to supervise the change
and remained until he was certain
the system was working satisfac
torily.
S R. M. Sealey. local manager
presided during the luncheon and
introduced the guests and the
' speakers. Forty-five citizens of
. Conyers, Covington and
' officials and employees were seat-
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The modern red-brick building above is the new home of the
telephone company in Covington. The company has spared no expense
in making it one of the City's most attractive business structures. In
it is housed the complicated equipment necessary for the operation of
the new dial system, which went into effect last Saturday afternoon.
The grounds around the budding have been landscaped, adding much
the attractiveness of the building. The new buliding, located on the
corners of pioyd and Elm Streets, will also house the business offices
of the telephone company and the garages for storing trucks, cars and
other equipment. The new office building was completed many weeks
ago and for the past several weeks technicians have been busy install
ing the complicated dial sysetem equipment and making the many
necessary tests to assure proper function when the system was changed
over. Little difficulty was experienced following the change and
public has been high in its praise of the new system. Prior to switching
the system over, representatives of the telephone company visited diSl
, 1e i eD h 0 ne subscriber and explained the function of the new
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cox. Third row lrom bottom, left to right: Adair Moore, Troy Ellis, J
Davi d Albritton, Henry Jennings, Pearce Cleveland, Jimmy Kay, Roy
Waller, Paul O'Dell, Chas. Smith, Tuggles Watson, Hugh Darden.
Fourth row from bottom, left to right, Edgar Barksdale, Henderson
Hogg .Miles Mason, William Barker, Speer Burdette, Joe Loadholtes,
Walker Robertson, Robert Chancey, Wingate Penick, Fay Durham,
Jack Burnette. Top row, left to right: Waiter Hosch, Ed Groover,
Jack Davidson, Herbert Abercrombie and James Cobb,
ed in the main dining rcom of
the hotel.
Mr. Sealey expressed hi s plea
slJ p e jn having those present on
this occasion and recited the ex
perier.ce of intailing the '
new s ys
tem He paid tribute to all those
engaged in the work and express
ed appreciation of the cooperation
of the officials of Covington and :
Conyers. He then introduced E. B
Emory, Georgia District Manager
of the telephone company.
M r - Emery recalled he had been
in this same room at a Kiwanis
meeting two years ago as an in
vited guest to discuss the dial tel
ephone system. He said at that
time that it might be possible to
get such a system at an increase
in rate but could promise nothing
definite.
He said that after some discus
sion it was decided unwise to con
vert at an increase in rates and
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Last Thursday telephone company officials, employees. City and;
County officials and prominent citizens gathered at the Delaney Hotel j
to celebrate the completion of dial telephone systems in Covington and ,
Conyers and to prepare for the change-over from the old system to
the new. At the speakers’ t–ble, left to right, are E. C. Houston, Georgia
plant manager; P. B. Izzard, Georgia auditor of the Bell System; Dewey
Hicks, Covington City Councilman; Thomas Callaway, Jr.. Newton
Cou^y Representative; E. M. Emery, Georgia Manager for the Bell
Syst».i; Pat Campbell, State Senator; Belmont Dennis, Editor of the
1 News; William Dean, Representative from Rockdale County, and Hotn
er Brisendine, Rockdale County Commissioner. Also seated at this
table were Dr, H. E. Griggs, Mayor of Conyers and Dr. S. L. Waites,
Mayor ot Covington, who did not the picture. '
appear in .
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Comparatively Light
Vote Passes Seventy
Constitutional Changes
Complete Tabulation Entire
Voting Not Yet
Completed.
OVER TWO MILLIONS
IN BONDS VOTED FOR
INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES
Tax Exemption For Rural
Electrification Wins
By Large Margin.
A small block of Georgia voters
went to the polls Tuesday and
wrought many changes in the
State Constitution. They increased
the Governor’s term of office
d'om two to four years; raised the
jurisdiction of Justices of Peace
made it possible to create hospita
authorities; exempted rural elec
trification projects from taxe
provided a four-year term for the
State School Supeintendent; voted
to advertise and promote the in
terest of the State; provided for
annual session of the Legislature
and made possible bond issue to
taling more than $2,000,000.
All thi s is subject to revision,
| for while earl y tabulations point
to a clear majority tor all the
proposed 70 changes in the Con
stitution, final count may bring
a change. Political observers, how
ever, believe that the only
i in doubt is the annual session
the Legislature.
officials are continuing to
the v otes. The size of the ballot,
j over a yard long and a foot and
a half wide, and the complexity of
| the amendments made 4t extreme
ly difficult for voters and counters
alike.
An unofficial and
count of Newton County gives
: the following resuit of the eight
measures of State-wide interest.
To give Governor and constitu
tional officers four-year term, 441)
| lor and 139 against.
j 0 p rov jc} e four-year
f or these officers, 403 for and
134 against
To raise the jurisdiction of jus
tices of tne peace from cases in
volving $100 to $200, 427 for and
47 against.
To establish a hospital authori
ty in Fulton and DeKalb counties,
353 {or and 44 aga j nst .
T o exempt rural electric mem
bership corporations from taxes,
345 for and 64 against.
To provide a four-year term for
steta school supernitendent, 392 ;
for and 65 against.
To advertise and promote the
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Streets Darkened
In City As Power
Crisis Continues
Twelve Inch Rainfall Is
Needed to Relieve
Situation.
Covingtons _ . , whiteway lights
and display signs remained dark
ened this week as the City
tinues to cooperate with power
su PPly companies in an effort to
conserve electrical current during
the Pi' esent power crisis, bought;
about b y an lncea sed demand on
tbe part of defense industries in
J be Southeast and the lack of lain
,or ,be past sevetal woe s.
The response to a request made
last week by Mayor S. L. Waites
an d the City of Covington for the
people to save current and water
was gratifying. City officials said
this week. At the same time how- ,
ever they urged a continuation of
the plan and warned that the
danger of further drastic curtail- |
ments had not yet passed.
Scattered showers over the State
brought little relief to crops long
standing in excessive heat and
farmers and officials agrede that
it would take much heavier rains I
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Dr. Boyce Martin, Dean of the
School of Business Administration
I Q f Emory University, who will
I speak at the graduating exercises
of Emory-at-Oxford at four o'clock
l this afternoon.
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Cotton Stamps Before
June 15.
The closing date to sign for cot
ton stamps under the supplemen
tary cotton program closes June
15. There is still a large number
of Newton County farmers who
have not signed Intention Sheets
Every farmer should sign one of
these sheets. If for any reason
he piams less than lat year or his
alloted acieage whichever is the
smaller he would then be in line
to secure stamps. But if for anv
reason he fails to sign the mten
tion sheet and then dees not plan;
his acreage he would not be eli
gible for stamps. There are two
hundred Newton County farmers
who have not signed. These farm
ers have had letters and the sheet
mailed to them. It is our opinion
that several of these farmers will
lose money by not' signing.
Screw worms in cattle are
showing up earlier this year than
in the past. Farmers with cattle
in pastures should see these cattle
at close range at least twice pet
week. Screw worms will enter any
break in the skin and are easily
detected due to the fact that their
presence keeps a bloody discharge
flowing from the sore. All flesn
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is shown making the flrst all uV .
er the Convers dia , syitem -j,,,
went into service last Saturday af
ternoon Mayor Griggs pljeeJ »> t
call through long distance 10 s.s
mother in LaGrange. O*