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The passing of ‘'Buddy” Stone
was a distinct shock to your office
boy ... we have known “Buddy”
and the members of his splendid
family since we moved here which
will soon be eleven years He
...
was so active and we can just shut
our eyes and see him playing ten
nis across the street from our
home, at the Turner’s tennis
court . . . He and Robert Fowler,
Jack Neal and his younger broth
er made a splendid team and we
used to envy ‘‘Buddy” his splen
did physique and endurance
. . .
we have known him many years
in a business way and he is the
essence of courtesy and kindness
. . . we do most sincerely sympa
thize with his loved ones in their
great loss ... We spent two happy
days at Emory University Hos
pital last week visiting our friends
the reason they were happy that
although four of our good friends
were there none of them were
seriously ill . . . Nat Turner prob
ably was having the worst time
but he will probably be home by
the time you read this ... He had
a bad timi for a while and finally
had to submit to a blood trans
fusion . . . His “boys” at the mill
were all pouting because they
were not allowed to give their
blood and were real angry at Nat
for not calling on them . . .sev
eral made it known that they were
ready for call should he need an
other transfusion . . . Nat has
endeared himself to the entire
Covington Mills family by his un
failing courtesy and just being
“human” in sympathizing and
trying to take care of all the peo
ple who live in • the mill village
. . . In this way he is following in
the footsteps of his illustrious fa
ther . , . The happiest person
from Covington at Emory was
“Miss Sadie” Branham . . . Al
though she has been there for
over five weeks, her indomitable
spirit is far from being conquer
ed .. . she is getting along fine
and she showed us the proof of
her many friendships . . she has
received over three hundred cards
and one o fa group o fher friends
pesented her with a radio . . . she
asked us to state individually to
every person with whom we con
tact that “Miss Sadie’ sends you
her love . . . she wanted it to be
all-inclusive to every man, wom
and and child in Newton County
. . . As we will be unable to see
each of you personally, we pass
it on to you and you pass it on
to others until the chain is com
plete . . . Mrs. R. M. Mobley is
also resting well after receiving
a broken hip in an accident . , .
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"Trade-At-Home"
Theme Emphasized
In Advertisement
The response of Covington mer
chants to every worthwhile proj
ect in the county in their drives
to raise money is ample proof of
the fact that local merchants de
. serve the patronage of the peo
ple of Newton County.
Local merchants have as their
greatest interest a greater and
more prosperous Newton County.
They are interested in every com
munity in the county and do all
they can to aid in local enter
prises. To have a greater and
more prosperous county, the peo
ple should make every effort to
buy their needs in Newton Coun
ty. Money spent here will stay in
our city and county and we will
have a chance to see it again.
The fact that new enterprises
»re opening in Covington from
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Newton Man Is
U.S. Army Sergeant
Promotions, qualifications . and
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assignments affecting five New- ,
ton County men now serving with
the United States Army were an
nounced this week by Army of.
ficials.
Lubie C. Norman, on duty with
Company B, 39th Training Battai- j
ion at Camp Croft, S. C., has qual- i
ified as an “expert” with a
Springfield rifle, scoring 223 ;
points. Private Norman is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Norman, j
of Route 1, Covington
Julius T. Laseter, serving with ;
the same Company and Battalion,
received a "marksmans rating
scoring 175. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Laseter, 204 N.
East Street. Covington
Officials at Fort McPherson al
so announced this week that WU-j
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FOUR ANNOUNCE CANDIDAS IN CITY RACE
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Power Curtailment Ordered For
DRASTIC REDUCTION TO AFFECT
SIX STATES; ELECTRIC SIGNS
AND DISPLAY LIGHTS DARKENED
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Of Emory Junior College at Ox
ford, who will conduct the morn
ing services Sunday at the War
renton Methodist Church. Dean
Roach, who possesses a dynamic
personality, is a forceful speak
er... His message Sunday will be
heard by a large congregation.
AGRICULTURAL
NEWS BY THE
COUNTY AGENT
Farmer* Urged To Fill
Out Farm Plan Sheets;
1942 Cotton Allotments
To Be Announced
The week of November 10 has
been set aside to get all farm op
erators to execute a Farm Plan
Sheet outlining the anticipated
crops to be grown on his farm in
1942. The Department of Agricul
ture of the United States is ask
ing each farmer in the entire na
tion to execute a plan sheet in
order to determine the amount of
food and' feed crops that will be
produced. This estimate is neces
sary and will be used to deter
mine if we will produce the nec
essary crops to meet the emergen
cy of the National Defense Pro
gram.
Secretary of Agriculture Wick,
ard has called on the farmers of
the nation to produce more of cer
tain vital commodities such as:
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Life In Army and Navy Is Fine Reports
Two Newton County Men Now In Service
Advantages Of Both Branches Are
Pointed Out In Letters To Editor
Two letters received by the Edi
tor of The News, this week, from
Newton County men in different
V-anches of the armed forces say
that nothing is wrong with life
in the army and the Navy and
both young men seem more than
glad to do their part for national
defense.
Hoy Cowan Hill, who enlisted
w Rh the isfavy on June 19, 1941,
js now serv j n g a t the Naval Air
station Trade School at Jackson
ville, Fla., being instructed in the
duties of air ground crews.
His letter follows:
U. S. Naval Air Station
Jacksonville, Florida
October 25, 1941
Dear Mr. Editor:—
I have been reading the Navy
Recruiting ads appearing in The
News with a great deal of inter
est. If you feel that the following
would be interesting to your read,
ers, please feel free to publish it
It may result in great benefit to
some worthy young men in our
community.
„ust about four months ago, on
.June 19th. to be exact, I made
a decision to offer my services to
Uncle Sam. At the same time,
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Mayor Waites Requests
Full Cooperation In
City; Control Office
Placed In Atlanta
Covington’s business section was
l darkened this week as Mayor S.
L. Waites ordered immediate dis
continuance of the use of electric
| ity for sign and show window
| lighting, floodlighting, athletic
fields and theatre marquees in
order to conserve vital power to
insure continuance of defense proj
! ects.
Mayor Waites acted on a man.
datory request made by the OPM
which affects the use of current
in Georgia and six other other
southeastern states.
The text of the Mayor’s order
was as follows.
“From this date, November 3,
1941, the Federal Power Commis
sion orders that all electric signs,
show window lighting and all non
essential use of power and light
ing be discontinued until further
notice.”
A drastic, 30 percent curtailment
of large commercial and industrial
power use in these states was al
so ordered, effective next Mon
day unless heavy rains raise wa
ter reservoirs before that date,
which is not considered likely at
this time.
Pointing out this “blackout” is
ordered and not asked on a volun
tary basis (as last summer), the
OPM announced the setting up of
enforcement offices in the Atlan
ta Federal Reserve Bank build
ing and OPM officials have con.
ferred with officials of the Pub
lic Service Commission and Pow
er company concerning the en
forcement of the “blackout” or
der.
Also, the OPM ordered immedi
ate mandatory poolings of power
by 40 public and privately owned
power companies, including the
Georgia Power Company, so that
a maximum of power will be made
available for defense purposes.
An official of the Georgia Pow
er Company declared that such
sharp curtailment is necessary be
cause of low water levels in the
power lakes and asserted: “We
are praying for rain.”
The power company is prepared
to cooperate 100 percent in the
reduction order, he said.
The 300 percent reduction in
power use will affect the large
users (numbered at 502 customers
in Georgia), unless the heavy
rains come before next Monday,
At this time it is not known
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was equally determined to get in
to a branch of the service where I
might benefit myself.
You guessed it ... I joined the
Navy!
Chief Bankston, Navy Recruiter
at Atlanta, Georgia, gave me some
good advice and I followed it. I
am now at the Naval Air Station
in Jacksonville, Florida, under in
struction for duty with Aviation
Ground Crews,
No, I had no previous experi
ence. Hundreds of Georgia boys,
inexperienced like myself, are here
with me. The studies I am follow
ing may not take me into the
air, but I’ll be on the ground,
“KEEPING THEM FLYING".
Some of these days I’ll be com
paring notes with my friends 1
left behind in Newton County, and
have a hunch many of them will
be saying, “I wish I had joined
the Navy when you did.”
Naturally, a few months from
now, special schooling such as I
am getting may not be so easy
to get in th* Navy.
If this communication should
result in just one more recruit for
thi* Great Navy of Ours, I shall
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Queen Of Hallo we en Carnival
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who last Friday night was crowned Queen of the Halloween
Carnival staged by the Covington Parent Teachers Association.
RAIN FAILS TO DAMPEN SPIRIT OF
I j P.-T. A. HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL HERE
Many On Hand In Spite
Of Bad Weather; Kings
And Queens Crowned
For Schools
Olive Churchill and Walter
Cook, eighth grade students and
Marianne Turner and Black,
fourth grade students walked off
with the honors at the Parent
Teachers Association Halloween
Carnival, held last Friday night
on the Square, being crowned King
and Queen of the high school and
the grammar school.
A cloudy sky and rain kept nu
merous «knst.s and goblins at home
by the fire but enough were on
hand to assure the success of the
venture. There was fun for ail
who attended and P.-T. A. officer
said this week that the carnival
was a success, both from an
amusement standpoint and from a
f.nancia] standpoint.
Rain forced the abandonment
of the plans for a square dance but
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Presbyterians To
Launch New Series
Professor V. Y. C. Eady, of Em
ory-at.Oxford, was present last
Sunday morning at the Porterdale
Presbyterian Church to lead the
singing for the opening of Sun
day School and to help the Pres
byterians inaugurate a new Sun
day School policy the purpose of
which, according to the pastor’s
announcement, is that of putting
variety into the opening exercises
of he Sunday School and making
them always wide-awake, inter
esting, and vitally religious.
This first service Sunday set a j
very high level for future services
to come up to. The attendance was
fine, and the great majority came
on time, were in the auditorium
when the first song was announc
ed, and entered into the service
with hearty enthusiasm.
In planning and putting this
new policy into operation last
week the Presbyterian Workers’
Conference issued an appeal to
every Presbyterian apd every
son with Presbyterian inclinations
Porterdale to help in enlarg
ing the Sunday School and
strengthening its work by giving
'uJl support and cooperation in
‘his new effort, and each was urg.
ed not only to come every Sun
day morning but to come on time
and to come Inside the Audito
rium immediately when opening
bell rings so that all might share
m the inspiration of this vital pe
riod and that its reverential spir
it might not be broken by unnec
essary interruptions.
1 Miss Maud King was respond
I ble for engaging Professor Eady
jfor Sunday's song service.
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Two Rural Routes
Here Are Changed
The re-routing of two R. F. D.
mail routes to provide box deliv
ery for residents of the Coving
ton Mills section was announced
this week by E. L. Stephenson,
Covington postmaster. The new
service, Mr. Stephenson said, will
go into effect December 1.
Rural route 3, the postmaster
explained, will enter the Coving
ton Mill section on Mill Street
and travel along this street to Wor
sham Sheet, turning there and
going south to Wheat Street. The
carrier will cover Wheat Street
from Mill Street back to Church
Street, then going north on Church
Street to East Street, serving East,
Blair, Hopkins and Reynolds
Street, reentering Church Street,
traveling back to Wheat Street,
continuing the present route.
Rural Route 4, which at the
present time goes out Floyd Street
will turn at Mill Street and cover
the Speedway, turning again at
Adams Street and reentering Floyd
Street and continuing the present
route fr< m that point
At tne present time only a few
P atl ons have boxes being seivea
-hese rural routes A sjaaii
perctniage of them aie box hoid
>.'% in the local posi olfice, whi,e
•ne rar.rir.der are ot'ng service t
inrough gun-rat deli- *ry and de_
livery in care of the Covington
Mill.
Anyone living in the affected
area, desiring to be served by the
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6 Licenses Being
Held By Patrol
The Georgia State Highway Pa_
trol this week announced the
names of six persons whose driv
ers Department licenses are of Public being held Safety, at th“ in j |
Atlanta, having been returned by
the Post Office Department.
A Patrol representative stated
that the licenses were mailed by
the Department to the address
given in the application and that
were returned.
The list includes the names of
three Covington residents, two
from Porterdale and one from Ox
urd, as follows:
Albert Frank Dottery, Route 3,
Covington; Ernest Drize Sims,
Route 1, Oxford; Thomas L. Jen
kins, Rural Route, Covington;
Frances Montine Jenning, Coving
ton; Evie Reynolds Atkins, 9 Cot
ton Avenue, Porterdale, and Jas.
Watts Hindman, 4 East Plum
also of Porterdale.
New Reservoir For
City Of Covington
Nears Completion
800 Foot Dam Will
Store Sufficient Water
For Four Month Period
Without Rainfall
Covington’s new water storage
reservoir, located north of the city
on Dried Indian Creek, is rapidly
nearing completion, according to
City Engineer H. O. Whelchel, and
in a few days the gates will be
closed and all surplus water, over
present needs will be backed up in
the 45-acre lake.
When completed the lake will
store approximately 125,000,000
gallons of water, Mr. Whelchel
said, enough lo supply the city,
at the present rate of consump
tion for a period of at least four
and one half months, even though
no rain fell during that period.
Th’e project, built entirely with
city owned equipment and labor,
and engineered by Mr. Whelchel,
required 60 days of grading to
clear the lake bottom and build
the dam, which contains 26,000
yards of earth. The dam is 800 feet
across the top; 12 feet wide at
the top and 160 feet wide at the
base. It was constructed accord
ing to specifications for earth
dams, made by the federal gov.
ernment.
When the project is completed
it will be possible to drive en
tirely around the lake, on
! roadway which is to be
ed. The lake, at the deepest
will be 28 feet deep and
ing to estimates made by the
Engineer, it will be filled to ca
pacity by the last of March, 1942.
A control tower, to regulate the
flow of the water, has been con
structed just off the edge of the
dam. The tower has five gates at
different levels, making it possi
blt to draw the water from the
top of the lake. Water entering
the gates falls through the cone
of the tower and drains out
through two twelve inch pipes.
In actual use the water will go
through the tower and reenter the
creek below the dam, flowing by
gravity to the pumping station,
just north of the city. Future plans
call for pipe lines direct from the
dam to the pumping station. To
protect the structure at times of
extremely high water, spillways
have been laid out on either side
of the dam to care for the over
flow.
The supply stream at the pres
ent time is flowing at the rate
of appriximately 800 gallons per
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Red Cross Roll Call and Membership
Drive Will Open Here Next Tuesday
Community Chest Drive Will be Held
At Same Time; A. L. Loyd Heads Drive
The annual Red Cross Roll Call
and membership drive will open
on a nation.wide basis next Tues
day morning, November 11, and
the people in Newton County will
have an opportunity to take part
in the Roll Call and do their bit
to aid the work of the Red Cross,
A. L. Loyd, County Red Cross
chairman, said this week, The
drive will close on November 27
The organization this year is be
ng called upon to greatly increase
the scope of their work. Beside
the regular disaster and general
relief work carried out every year
the services being rendered to the
thousands of men serving in the
armed forces called for increased
activities and larger expenditures
of money.
For this reason the national or
ganization is making efforts to
double the number of members
in the coming drive. Mr. Loyd says
that the Newton County Chap
ter at the present time has 488
members. This figure is approxi
mately two and one half percent
of the total population of the
county.
“We should have not less than
1,000 members," Mr. Loyd stated
and explained that representatives
from every section of the county
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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DR. S.L WAITES AND P.W. PRATT WILL
SEEK RE-ELECTION; T.C. MEADORS AND
J.B. WEAVER SEEK COUNCILMEN POST
To Speak Here
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BRAYN M. CROSBY
of Hickory, N. C., National As
sistant Chief of Staff of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, who will
address veterans here tonight A
8:00 o'clock at the Legion Hall.
STAFF MEMBER
WILL ADDRESS
LOCAL
Bryan M. Crosby, Of
Hickory, N. C., Will
Speak At Legion Hall
At Eight O’clock
Increased interest in the forma
tion of a local post of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars of the
United States developed here this
week with the arrival of Bryan
M. Crosby, Hickory, N. C., As
sistant Chief of St–ff represent
ing national headquarters in Kan
sas City, Mo.
Mr. Crosby will address a mass
meeting of local overseas veterans
at 8 o’clock tonight at the Legion
Hall. The purpose and program
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States will be ex
plained and plans for a local chap
ter will be discussed.
The organization was founded
! on September 23, 1899, at Colum
j bus, Ohio, by a group of 13 Span
i ish-American War veterans who
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were needed to assure the success
of the Roll Call. “The drive this
year will emphasize the total num
ber of members, rather than large
sums of money,” he added.
In connection with the Red Cross
Roll Call, a local Community
Chest Drive will also be held. Any
amounts in the drive, exceeding
$1.00, will go into the Chest fund,
unless the donor desires the entire
amount to go to the Red Cross.
Fifty cents of each $1.00 Red
Cross membership fee will also
| remain in the county for local re
lief work.
j ! The Red Cross has also an
nounced plans to undertake its
j most extensive first-aid program
> in history_training a nation-wide
| corps of Civilian Defense warP* workers
ls instructors in first
j I aid. Red Cross officials estimated
the project would bring the num
I | her of Red Cross first-aid trainees
! to ,rore than 1 ’ 000 000 for the com
, n g year
j I Courses will emphasize treat
rnent of war gas cases control of
bleeding, transportation of the
I wounded and other first-aid prob
!ems now being experienced in
bombed civilian centers in Europe
and the Or ent. Chairman Norman
j H. Davis of the Red Cross said.
Number 45
Councilman W. C.
MeGahee And R. A.
Norris Won’t Run;
Election Is December 3
Interesting in the forthcoming
City election, set for December 3,
to fill the Mayor’s office and three
City Council posts quickened this
week as two incumber ts, Mayor
S. L. Waites and Councilman P.
W. Pratt, announced for re-elec
tion and two others filed their in
tentions of seeking a place on the
council.
At the same time it was learn
ed that two of the present coun
cil members would not seek re
election. R. A. Norris announced
his intention of retiring from th*
council after many years of serv
ice with that body and W. C. Me.
Gahee stated that he was retiring
due to the pressure of personal
business.
It is not known if any other
candidates will enter the race but
this list includes the names of
those who have filed their
intentions with the city clerk, J.
H. Wood. The closing date for fil
ing is November 19.
Dr. S. L. Waites, who has serv
ed as Mayor of the City of Cov
ington for the past two years, ha*
announced for re-election His ad
ministration has been one of the
oest in the history of Covington
and the city has made great strid
under his leadership. Dr. Waites
has I ren a resident of Covingt >u
f ;r many v *rs and nas ser.ed
nearly every man, woman and
child at one time or another in a
professional way.
P W. Pratt, who is offering for
re-election as councilman, is an
other official of the city who has
made an enviable record. He has
served for several two year terms
and his sane, careful and efficient
work in the city government is
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Five Report Next
Monday For Duly
With U. 5. Army
Five Newton County men will
report at the headquarters of the
County Selective Service Board
next Monday morning in answer
to call number 19 issued by the
Board last week. They will report
at 8:30 A. M. and will be taken
to Fort McPherson, Ga., for in
duction into the regular army for
a period of training.
The list includes the names of
William Calvin Corley, Howard
Usher Chafin, Howell Poik An
derson, Hubert Grady Singley and
John Walton Brown. Alternates
named to replace any man who
fails to pass the rigid army ex
aminations were listed as follows:
Otis Daniel Hay, Radus Colquitt
Newby and Stephen Greene Lowe,
Jr
Elio Humphrey, the only Negro
to report for call 19, will report
to the Board tomorrow morning.
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r,n 'th Named In
EAO Honor Group
Election of five Emory at Ox
ford students to membership in
the Phi Delta Omega Fraternity,
which is composed of outstanding
pre-med scholars, was announced
this week by Professor Henry
Jordan, faculty advisor to the lo-
1 chapter. One of the five, Ed
ward Smith, is a Covington resi
dent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Smith
Membership in Phi Delta Ome
ga is limited to superior student*
who show qualities of becoming
successful physicians in later life,
Others receiving the honor were
Edwin Sterne Albany Elbert Me
Laurv. Wayrross- William Kirkley
Fitzgera’d; and Price Harrod,