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^JEORGIA HOLLISTER, 16, of
Plain*, named by Aseiitant
State Leader Emmie Nel*on at
Georgia's 1941 outstanding girl In
“all around” 4-H homemaking pro
jects, will receive an all-expense
trip to the 20th National 4-H Club
Congress In Chicago Nov. 28-Dec. A.
• » » Her six-year record lists the
handling of 775 fowls, raising a 1J4*
acre garden, which yielded 15,923
pounds of products; canning 4,494
quart s of foods, sewing 101 gar
ment :«, preparing 924 dishes, and
making articles for home improve
ment, and handling baby beeves
ssch year. The girl has won 3110.50
In cash prizes on her exhibits,
bringing the value of her projects
to $5,354.64. » » » She will compete
for one of six $200 scholarships pro
vided by Montgomery Ward, donor
also of her trip. The contest, held
for the 19th year, it conducted in
cooperation with the extension ser
vice to train 4-H girls In home
making.
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Monday afternoon November
the 10th the W. M. S. was held
at church with eight members
present.
President presiding opened the
meeting by all singing “Come,
Thou Almighty King and “O For
a Thousand Tongues. Mrs. S. P.
Potts gave Devotional and pray
er after which Seety. read min
utes of last meeting which were j
approved as read. to Meeting com- was j
then turned over program
mittee a very interesting program I
was given by each of the eight I
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members taking a part.
Dismissed with prayer by Mrs.
John Cunard.
Mr. and Mrs Jewie Cunard,
Mr. Ezra Lee Bates and Mr. and
Mrs. Olen Cunard of Atlanta
spent the week-end with their
parents Mrs Gertrude Cunard
and Mr. Joe Bates.
. Dutch Smith of Gtifftn
Mr. ( am
Mr. Willie Dilbard of HaneyviUe
Alabama spent Friday night with
Mrs. Beckie McClendon.
Ihe guests of Mr. and Mis. kd
gar Cunard Sunday was Misses
Hazel, and Bernice Cunard, Miss
Fleckorey and friends of Atlanta, j
Mr Willie Dilbard of Haneyville I
Alabama and Mrs. John Cunard of
this place.
Miss Mary Stone of Monticello
js spending awhile with Mrs. Ray
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Mrs. Stone guests Sunday after
noon was Mr. and Mrs. Hinton
and baby of Covington.
Mr. Benjamin Jones, Mrs. Loire i
Allen, Mrs. Dozier floyd and
M' ses Lelia Save Hodge and Da
loris Floyd spent Sunday after
noon in Macon. Miss Hodge and
Miss Floyd going down too enter
a business school.
Mrs. Dutch Smith of Griffin
and Mr. Willie Dilliard of Haney
ville Alamaba spent Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cunard
and Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. John Cunard.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Ozborn of
Atlanta spent Saturday night
with Mrs. Lola Hodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Heibeit Corley
Jr. and children of Starrsville
visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Allen
Sunday.
Re\. Brackman of Shady Dale
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Rescued Cat Dies
Under Truck Wheels
It took all Gainesville's fire ap
paratus and all the city’s firemen
to ‘rescue pussy out of the well
here recently, but the hapless Kit
ty lost all her nine lives just the
i me.
No sooner had Sparky Spence
and John Phillip, lured the cat
to the surface with the aid of rope,
basket, and a hamburger, than the
feline dashed across the street in
front of a truck. Pussy will fall
in no more wells.
delivered a very interesting ser
mon at prospect Sunday this be
ing his last message before the
annual conference.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Lewis Sunday were their children
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White Jr.
and son Herbert of Monticello,
Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis
and family of Liberty, Mr. anu
Mrs. Fvel Lewis of Hopewell.
T ic Deacons and the W. M TJ,
officers of Roel Creek Baptist
church held a meeting at the
home of Mrs, Ray Stone Sunday
night November the 16th. _
Mr. Rowland McClendon and
mother Mrs. Beckie McClendon
spent Saturday in Atlanta.
The monthly meeting of the
Jasper County Singing Convention
was held in Prospect Junior High
School building Sunday afternoon
with a large crowd attending.
There were singers present from
Atlanta, Covington, Newborn,
Porterdale. Monroe and Social
Circle. This was altogether one
of the best singings of the year.
Especially was Newton County
well represented.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Ozburn of
Atlanta and Mrs. Lola Hodge j
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Emory Ozburn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White, Jr.,
and son, Herbert, of Monticello,
spent Sunday with Mrs. White’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W
Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. ,T R. Whidby and
Mr. Nevin Whidby of Jackson
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Orell
Aaron Sunday.
Mr. Melvin Ozburn and Mrs.
Emory Ozburn spent Monday in
Covington.
Misses Bernice and Hazel Cun
ard of Atlanta and Mr. Elliott
Cunard of Macon were week-end
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Cunard.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Johnson !
and little son of Monticello spent ;
Sunday with Mrs. Johnson’s par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. King.
Friends of Master Lanier Oz
burn, who has been confined to
his room with rheumatism, will'
be pleased to know that he is im
proving.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Greene and
children of Atlanta and Mr. Glenn
j ones 0 f Covington were dinner
sues ( s 0 f r arl( j j^ rs Venus
^ aron Sunday.
Mr . and Mrs. A. T. King spent
Fnday afternoon in Monticello.
Mr w c DiUard of Haley .
vjlle> Ala t visited relatives here
j as j wee )r Mr. Dillard is a for-!
mer Eudora c j, izeil an d has many
f r j ends and relatives here who
were glad to see him. This was |
^j s fj,. s t v j sd home in 16 years
Mr Melvin Ozburn. who has I
been spending ten days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Oz-|
burn, returned to Shelby, Miss., j
Wednesday
^jj ss Josephine McClendon of
Atlanta spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. How
aid McClendon.
Mrs, Eddie Bolds. Mrs. Corrip
Ozburn. Misses Elizabeth and
Mane Ozburn of Porterdale vis
ited Mrs. Beckie McClendon Sun
dav afternoon
R ev . M. M. Brackman of Shady I
Dale filled his regular appoint
nient at Prospect Sunday. j
Mr. James Johnson of Coving
ton visited Mr. and Mrs. W. O 1
Niblett Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Pat Jeffries and little
daughter, of Porterdale, spent a
few days last week with Mr. and!
Mrs. Clifford Lynch. I
Rev. and Mrs. M. M. Brackman I
and little son. of Shady Dale, i
dined with Mr. and Mrs. W. O. |
Niblett Friday
Mr. Harold Allen and Mrs. Sam
Allen spent Monday with Mr. and!
Mrs, Thomas Bates of Covington.
Mi Floyd Boyd. Mrs. Mary
| Boyd, Mr. Paul Hodges, Mrs. Irene;
j ( wthon and children spent
y in Porterdale
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pr. pet eeding and management
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in the U. S. are shown siudyinq the American- m EfiAns
> built and designed Albion engine, which ie OPM ol.
in active tervlce on Britain* aerial Iron!*.
They will teach maintenance method* to the •in,
g^HA.F. ground lore** on their return.
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protection. Louis* Craver of Denver **e* the
SOLDIERS DESIGN GUNSIGHT—Sergeants Richard MueUer and last of her five son* take their leave
u Maurice Murphy demonstrate the new anti-tank sight th#y de- to loin the U. S. armed forces.
signed from scrap metal and two 85-cent prisms. The sight permits m Ralph. 17 (leit). and William. 18. are
aiming the cannon like a rifle at approaching tanks. 41S0 joining another brother in the Navy.
—NEWS FROM—
StafrwiuI!
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Mrs. J. W. Crowley and little
daughter, Carol, and Mr. Harvey
Crowley, of Atlanta, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cook
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Allen and
daughters, Judith and Nitja Scott,
have returned home from a visit
with relatives in Richmond, Va. ;
Mrs. Pearl Harwell, of Atlanta,
spent several days this week with
friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Mills were
on' (
called to Cairo last Thursday
the account of the death of Mr.
Mills’ father. Their many friends!
sympathize with them in their be- I
rebvement.
Mr. .and Mrs. A. J. Casey, of
Brick Store, were spend-the-day
guests of Mrs. C. U. Skinner and
Mr. Burton Skinner Sunday.
Miss Ann Benton spent the
week-end in Montgomery as the
guest of Miss Emily Meadors.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Parker and
Messrs. Horace and Charles Park
er attended the singing at Eudora
Sunday afternoon.
The many friends of Mrs. A.
Stanton, our primary teacher,
wil1 regret to learn that she is at
Georgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta, |
for treatment, and wish for her
an early recovery. Mrs. Rollins
of Porterdale is substituting for
ber.
Mrs. L. H. Cook is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs, J.
W. Crowley, in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Corley,
and children. \ isited relatives at
Eudora Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Anderson
had as their guests Sunday Mi
and Mrs. W. A. King of Young
Harris. Mrs. D. B. Dixon and son,
Dennie, of Cincinnati, Mrs. Maude
Mays, Miss Bertha Edwards, of
Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. An
derson and family and Mr. J. C.
Anderson. At the noon hour a tur
key dinner was served. The oc
; casion was in honor of Mr. B. J.
Anderson’s birthday.
Rev. add Mrs. O. L. Vickery
and children, Gene and Martha
i . Ann, of Newborn, were spend-the-
THE COVINGTON NEWS
CalcNiALOhV
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Uponsored by
Covington Chapter
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF
THE CONFEDERACY
Note—While the Booker family
over the south is a large one,
few it any came into Newton
county.
In 1790. according to the U. S
Census of S. C., the following y
the name are listed—Abraham,
Alexander, Bird, James.
In 1790, in N. C., Isaac, James,
Joseph and Samuel.
In 1790, in Va.. 46 heads of
families by the name listed,
In 1790, in Md.. Abednego,
Frederick. James, John Sr. John
Jr., and John.
In 1790. in Penn. John Nicholas,
Nicholas, and Phillip Booker,
Note- Large numbers of the
Booker family were located in
Amelia co., Va. at a very early
per od among these were
Ir 1 7-'4, accordi ■ tv ine Arne
!i a co., Va. marriage records
Richard Booker was bondsman
when Elizabeth l^anner married
Wm. Ozborne.
In 1782, in said co., John Bock
er Jr., was surety when Mary
Ford, dan of Christopher married
Thomas Perkins Overton.
l n 1746, in that co., Edmund
Booker married Anna Cobbs.
bondsman Samuel Terry,
In 1749. from the Webb family
James Webb and his wife. Mary
Edmundson .Webb had a son,
John Webb, born to them in
1772 this John married in Es
co.. Va.. Amy Booker, dau
James Booker, Essex co.,
Webb and his wife, amv later
moved to Persons co., N. C. where
Ahv died in 1853
In 1790, according to the
Greene co., Ga deed bcoks, Wm.
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day guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
1 Aiken Sunday. Mr. Vickery filled
; his last appointment here, before
going to Conference. We trust he
will be returned.
t d to note that little
Bobby Corley, who fell and broke
his arm last Saturday, is doing
nicely.
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—NEWS FROM—
HAYSTON
Miss Mary Ida Hays of At
lanta spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Howell Hays.
Mrs. Reber Ivy and children
spent Saturday night with Mrs.
Frank Campbell of Porterdale.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Hays deeply sympathize with
them in the death of their father,
Mr. Wiley Dobbs.
Misses Dorothy Banks, Maggie
Ruth Ivy and Mr. Gene Farrar of
Porterdale were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Tuggle Sunday night.
Misses Ruth Kirkpatrick. Dor
othy Jones, Inez Hooper and Mr.
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Phone 2635 Covington, Ga.
Booker, Richmond Co. Ga. re
cieved a deed from Robert Flour
noy, Wilkes co., Ga.,
In 1789 according to an old law
b k, Wm. F. Booker co., was a
member of the first Ga. General
Assembly which convened in Au
gusta.
In 1825, according to the Ga.
general land lottery drawing Wm.
Booker, a Rev. Sold rew one land
lot in Wilkes co., Ga.,
T n 1825, Wm. M. Booker's or
phans drew one land lot in Wil
kes co., Ga.,
In 1825 John Booker Sr. a Rev.
Sold lot in Wilkes co., Ga.,
In 1825, John M. Booker drew
a land lot in Walton co., Ga.,
In 1819, according to the Hall
co., Ga. deed books, Wm. Booker
owned land in the county.
In 1848, according to an old law
book there was a lawsuit pending
in Troup co., Ga., in which Ann
C. Booker was interested.
In 1853, there was a lawsuit
pending in the Harris co., Ga.,
Superior court in which George
H. Booker was interested.
In 1932, according to a news
item Mr. John H. Booker, 86, died
in West Point Ga. He was a native
{ . « „ ams _ and represent
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Ga.. he represented it m the
Ga. legislature.
He was a Confederate Veteran
and went through the entire war.
While living in Harris co., he
married Miss Helen Riser.
In 1858, according to an old
; book, there was a lawsuit pend
ing in Wilkes co., Ga. in which,
Efford, Simpson, Leroy, and
Richardson Booker were interest
. ed
This ' suU dated back sev eral
; vears t0 lhe wil] and est of
| Richardson Booker dec
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Fred Jones visited Mr. Charlie
Frank Jones of Fort Benning
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jones of
Covington spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Howland.
Mr, and Mrs. E. L. Tuggle and
daughter, Evelyn, visited Mr, and
Mrs. H. H. Burney and family of
Stewart Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Dukes and
children spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Harris.
Mrs. Pearl Harwell of Atlanta is
spending a few days with her
daughter, Mrs. C. F. Hays.
Accoi ding to Extension Service
workers, the farm family should
plan their wtrtng to, electricity in
order to. 1. Get a safe and effi
cient flow of electric current in
the house and on the farm to sat-
isfv present and future needs.
2 . Save time and money involved
in re-wiring, and 3. Locate outlet*
an d switches for the greatest con
venience.
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cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
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