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By THE. OFFICE. BOY
Oh my Gosh! After flirting
with one of our local undertakers
for the past two months, your Of
fice Boy was allowed to sit in one
of the First Aid Classes this week
with that Undertaker. About
fifty-two ladies of Covington
assemble at nine o’clock each
morning, at the Gymnasium for a
Class in First Aid. Dr. Wm. D.
Travis is the efficient teacher
. .
but what that teacher
through! With this many women
so eager to learn all there is to
learn he has his hands full an
swering questions . . . and don’t
think they don’t get him right
down to the spot. They have to
know each and every little detail
. . . You may think it's an easy
task to teach a class of fifty eager
"’omen . . . women who want to
learn to be real doctors within a
period of ten days , , . only two
hours per day . , . Three days
have gone by and they are half
way through that book and only
half the class with books until the
third day ... so how in the world
ate they going to learn half the
book in one day and be ready for
the class this very morning we
don’t know . . . but you watch
them do it . . . Our men and boys
are at the front now . . . some of
them . . . others are in Army
Camps, Officers Training Camps
. . . Naval Air Bases and Navy
Bases ready to answer the Call of
our Uncle Sam ... so why
shouldn't the women of Covington
Continued on Page Seven
Agricultural News
Given By Newton
County Farm Agent
Cotton crop Insurance will be
available to cotton farmers this
year. Application for the insur
ance must be filed with the coun
ty office not later than March 15,
1942. This office expects to have
the necessary information and
forms ready to take application by
February 15, 1942. This will give
cotton growers one month in
which to make application You
wilt be advised as to the exam
date the application and figures
are ready for your individual
farm.
You may insure your cotton crop
for 50 or 75 percent of the actual
average yield. There will of course
be a difference in the premium
rate in line with the percent
selected by the applicant. The
actual average yield to be used
for insurance is a seven year av
erage without any adjustments
8nd is not the same yield that ycur
AAA payments are computed
from. Payments under the AAA
are made from a five year av
erage and may be adjusted for
abnormal crops. The producer
Continued on Page Seven
Kiwanis Club To
Hold Anniversary
The 27th anniversary of Ki
wanis International is being ob
served by the Covington Kiwanis
Club during the week of January
18 to 24, said Virgil Eady, presi
dent of the club, yesterday.
Kiwanis was founded in Detroit
on January 21, 1915. In the
United States and Canada there
are now nearly 2,200 clubs with
114,000 members.
Kiwanians in Covington will
Join with all the other members
from coast to coast in observing
the occasion.
“Charles S. Donley, of Pitts
burg, President of Kiwanis In
ternational, will send a special
message to the local club for its
anniversary celebration meeting,”
said Mr. Eady.
The club's Committee on Ki
wanis Education will be in charge
of the program, Members of the
committe are : Col. C. C. King,
chiarman; Edgar Wood, director
in charge; T. C. Meadors, E. S.
Continued on Page Seven
Pictures Wanted
Of Service Men
The Covington Kiwanis Club
tms ' V rek announced that they de
s ecure pictures of the
xTthe\rmv rnuntv men now serving
Navy, Marines or
ard having
Relatives or friends
PiC John u Ure R Bi r^rrmre^at c 0 the" Delaney '
Hotel in ■
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NOTICE will
The Mayor and Council
pass 3r ' Ord nance regulating
PARKING M M ndav night. Febru
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J. H. WOOD, City
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CITIZENS ASKED
TO REGISTER FOR
DEFENSE WORK
Registration Place* Set
Up at School* in
County; State-wide
Drive Open* Tomorrow
Tomorrow is Civilian Defense
Volunteer Day, when as many as
half a minion Georgia people are
expected to register for voluntary
civilian protection work in cities,
towns and villages in all of the
state's 159 counties, Man and
women, boys and girls, white and
colored people—bookkeepers, me
chanics lawyers, housewives,
stenographers, teachers, high
school and college students, cooks,
maids, truck drivers and all other
types of citizens—will go to places
of registration in their communi
ties as the one-week campaign
gets under way.
The campaign in Newton county
is under the general direction of
State Senator Pat Campbell, chair
man of the Newton County Coun
cil for Civilian Defense, Mr.
Campbell this week issued an ap
peal to the citizens of the County
to register for service, stating that
while many had registered, the
total number was not sufficient
: for the needs,
j ! Chairman Campbell said that
e. L. Ficquett, county school
superintendent and C. E. Hawkins
superintendent of the city system,
Continued on Page Seven
j Junior Defense
Unit Is Launched
j With 40 Members
j
About 40 boys of pre-military
! age attended an organization
meeting of a junior defense unit,
held last Thursday night at the
Legion Hall in conjunction with
a meeting of the regular State
Guard unit.
The boys expressed a desire
for the organization and prelimi
nary plans were laid. Purpose of
the organization as explained by
an official is to serve God and
Country and to train and better
themselves for better citizenship
by observing military discipline.
The group will operate as a mil
j itary unit, meeting each week for
training similar to that given to
the regular Guard unit.
The boys will practice conserv
ation of all vital war materials
an an organized method of col
lecting such items as waste paper,
scrap metals and other items will
be worked out. Funds raised from
the sale of such material will be
used in necessary expenses of the
organization.
The boys’ movement is being
sponsored by the State Guarcf
Unit No. 59, the Covington Ki
wanis Club and the Scoutmasters
of various Boy Scout Troops in
i | the' city.
j Newton Men Given
j
Post Assignments
1 Three Newton County men, re
cently inducted into the United
States Army,at the induction cen
ter at Fort McPherson have been
assigned to Replacement Training
Centers, according to information
received here.
James H. Woodruff and Lewis
A. Madden have been stationed at
Fort Francis E. Warren, in Wy
oming, and Leon F. Thompson has
been stationed at Camp Roberts in
California.
Col. A. L. Sneed, commanding
officer at Maxwell Field, near
Montgomery, Ala., also announced
the promotion of Herbert A
Stokes, of this County, to the rank
of Corporal.
i Five Newton County young men
who enlisted last week in the
‘united States Marine Corps have
been transferred to Parris Island,
S. C., for recruit training.
Several other youths who vol
unteered for the service are ex
‘ pected to complete their enlistment
1 in a short time at the Macon re
j a u.ting headquarter*.
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Georgia Enterpriie. E«t. 1864.
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ized equipment on the Russo-German front. Nazi censors passed
this picture of the impediments faced bv troops.
AUTOMOBILE RATIONING IS PLANNED;
BOARD IS MAKING SURVEY OF NEEDS
Tire Rationing Board
To Control Sale of Car*
And Trucks; Quotas to
Be Set for County.
The temporary prohibition
against sa ! e of new
and trucks wilt be lifted withW
short time, and the sale of these
vehicles placed on a rationing ba
sis under the control of the New
ton County Tire Rationing Board.
Regulations regarding the ra
tioning of autos and trucks have
not yet been issued by the Board,
but the first step will be an esti
mate of how many new vehicles
will be necessary to render es
sential services of the county and
city government.
Under the proposed plan city
and county cars needed to render
essential governmental services
will be allotted first, No cars
privately owned by city or coun
ty officials, even though used on
Continued on Page Seven
Contest Winner To
Receive $25 Bond
Some high school senior in
Newton County will win a $25.
United States Defense Bond and
a free trip to Atlanta, and at the
same time have a chance at a four
year scholarship, it was announc
ed „ ,, this . week , . by Rich s _ 1 epai *
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ment Store, of Atlanta, sponsors
of a unique contest as part of
their 75th anniversary celebration.
Students will prepare essays,
taking as the subject, “The Cit
izen of My County Who Has Made
the Greatest Contribution to the
State of Georgia.” The three best
papers from each school will be
selected by the English teachers of
the school and entered in the con
test. Details may be obtained
from teachers, or from Jessie
Muse, contest director whose ad
dress is Rich s Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Baptist Layman
Is E.A.O. Speaker
In one of the most stirring talks
ever made in the college chapel,
Phil Hamer, leading Baptist lay
man of West Point, Tuesday morn
ing told the students of Emory at
Oxford the story of his life.
In a straightforward, sincere
manner Mr. Hamer spoke of his
early life of sin and final
| demption through the prayers of
1 his dying mether and the
ian influence of a Baptist minister
in Selma, Ala.
j I “For 18 months I was a fugitive
from justice,” said Mr. Hamer. “I
! traveled over Europe and South
America, seeking a peace that
would not ccme. I had tinned.
| Continued on Page Seven
COVINGTON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1942
Newton Women To
Attend Training
Meeting in Athens
A number of Newton County
women, officers and project chair
man of the Newton County Home
Demonstration Council will at
tend a district leader’s training
meeting in Athens tomorrow, Miss
Eddye Ross, Home Demonstration
Agent, said yesterday.
The purpose of the meeting,
Miss Ross said, is to provide
training for the officers of the
local Council and for the various
project chairman,
Atoong those attending are:
Mrs. Harvey Jones—Nutrition;
Mrs. Ross Ellington—Gardening
and Orcharding; Mrs. W. C. Spiv
ey—Dairying; Mrs. T. J. Cook
Poultry; Mrs, G. W. Ramsey—Food
preservation; Mrs. Paul Dytr—De
fense Activities; Miss Kate Cooper
—Emergencies Activities; Mrs. H.
A. Casey—Home Industries; Mrs.
W, H. Corley—Clothing; Mrs. C.
C. Epps—Home improvement and
Landscaping; Mrs. Fred Dial—•
Publicity; Mrs. Hugh Aiken—4-H
Advisor; Mrs. Homer Cook—Rural
Housing and Electrification; Mrs,
Grady Adams—Marketing; Mrs.
L. C. Fincher—Council President;
Mrs. Earl Cooper—Vice President;
Mrs. Fred Dial—Secretary; Miss
j> 0 jjy Haralson— Treasurer,
Miss Ross also announced that
the 4-H Clubs of the County would
meet at 2:30 Saturday afternoon in
!he courtroom to reorganize a 4-H
Council t<r the County.
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TIRE BOARD TO
LIST BUYERS OF
TIRES IN CITY
Applicant* Approved To
Be Published In New*
Each Month; Obsolete
Tires Available.
Names of all persons granted
tires during January will be made
public at the end of the month,
according to an official of the
Newton County tire rationing
board.
Thus far the board has granted
requests for 20 tires and 17 lubes,
and has had to refuse four ve
quests, the official stated, He
added that the board is governed
strictly by the regulations laid
down by national authorities and
has absolutely no discretion in is
suing the certificates. Only per
sons on the eligible list as ap
proved by the national authorities
can receive tires, he added, and
stated that all requests thus far
with the exception of four have
been from persons in this category.
A survey reveals that to date
the Board has issued certificates
covering the purchasing of nine
tires and nine tubes for automo
biles and 11 tires and eight tubes
for trucks. Certificates have also
been issued to cover purchasing of
13 obsolete tires and 8 obsolete
| tubes. These tires and tubes are
\ for si^>s no longer needed and
have been released by the govern
ment. They are not charged
against the quota for the county.
In the event that tires in the
quota limits™ set for the co c
are not used up by the en a of
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| Federal Aulo Tags
j Sell Slowly Here
{
j Survey Reveals
Sale of state license lags for
! cars and trucks is booming but
| the demand for federal auto
stamps is decidedly on the un
enthusiastic side, reports released
by W. L. Joiner, of the State
Motor Vehicle Division and E. L.
Stephenson, Covington postmaster,
revealed this week.
Mr. Stephenson said that only
207 federal auto tax stamps had
been sold and added that there
is no congestion around the
stamp window in the post office.
The federal law requires auto
and truck owners to purchase a
tax stamp for $2.09 before Feb
ruary 1, which will be good until
July 1, when a $5.00 stamp, good
for a year, must be bought.
Georgians apparently aren’t
planning to trade their automo
biles any time soon.
This prediction was borne out
by statistics of the state motor
vehicle division, which sold 14,019
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34TH DISTRICT SENATOR TO COME
FROM ROCKDALE IN NEXT ELECTION
Legiftlation Introduced
By Senator Campbell In
Last Session Assures
Rotation.
Only two counties that supplied
State Senate members in 1941 will
send members to the 1943 body
when it convenes next year. The
system of “rotation”, bolstered by
iegjxltttiun adopted last session by
the legislature, prohibits
of a county's turn to Senate mem
bership, and leaves Fulton, which
makes up a .Senatorial district by
itself, and Walton, beneficiary of
a iocal rule that gives each coun
Continued on Page Seven
Four Square Club
And Night Hawks
Plan Joint Supper
Members of the Four Square
Club and the Night Hawk Club of
Porlerdale, this week announced
plans for a joint supper meeting,
to be held February 1, at 6.30
o’clock in the Porter Gynasium.
Following the supper, a joint
services of the three churches in
Porlerdale will he held with the
public invited. This service will
start at 7:30.
Committees named to complete
arrangements for the supper and
for the church services are as fol
lows:
Serving Committee -H. W. Pitt
man, Will Haddock and Aubrey
Shir wood: Program Committee
Walter Reynolds, C. T, Jaynes and
Hayden Christian; Choir Commit
tee—H. W. Pittman; Ticket Com
mittee Leroy Baiiey; Buying
Committee W. C. Ivy, Henry
Berry and Leroy Hailey; Cooking
Committee- Lee Wheeler, Henry
Berry, J. M. Gates and K. B. Dav
is, and Welcoming Committee— A.
D. Cloud, Guy Pittman, J. H.
Reynolds, Marvin Polk, J. T.
Jaynes and H. L. Abercrombie.
Seven Students At
E.A.O. Join I.R.C.
Seven honor students of Emory
College at Oxford have
been received into the local chap
ter of the International Relations
C'lufc, it ha s been announced by
Professor C. Lee Harwell, head of
the Emory history department and
faculty advisee to the group.
Membership in the Emory chap
ler of I. R. C. is restricted to those
students who are markedly superi
or in academic work and who are
majoring in social science studies.
Receiving the honor were:
Thomas Burdette, LaGrange; Ar
pla.
Emergency Loans
Now Available For
Newton Farmers
Emergency crop and feed loans
fee 1W4‘Z »r* now nvnilHbte in
farmers in Newton County, and
applications for these Joans are
now being received here by W It.
Chambers, field sy.t‘rvisor, of the
Emergency Crop and Feed Doan
Section of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration, it was announced
this week.
These loans will be made as in
the past to farmers whose cash
requirements ure relatively small
and who are unable to obtain from
other sources including production
credit association loans in amounts
sufficient to met t their needs.
The loans will be made to meet
the applicant’s cash needs in pre
paring for and producing his crops,
or in purchasing or producing feed
for his livestock,
Mr. Chambers pointed out that
eligible farmers desiring to do so
might apply now for loans to take
care of their production needs for
the entire 1942 season. Interest
at the rate of 4 percent will be
charged only during the period
the borrower actually has the use
of the funds.
Farmers who obtain loans for
the production of cash crops are
required to give as security a first
lien on the crops financed, or, in
the case of loans for the purchase
or production of feed for live
stock, a first lien on the livestock
to be fed.
Applications are now being
taken in the Grand Jury Room,
Court House, on Tuesdays and
Saturdays by Mrs. Weigel.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
NUMBER 4
BRITISH CHEERED
BY PLANS FOR
AEF VANGUARDS
Warship* Enter Critical
Battle At Singapore;
Reinforcement* Moving
To South Pacific.
Allied warships were reported
shelling Japan’s invasion armies
swarming down the Malay jungle
coast fiO miles north of Singapore
yesterday and the United Nation*
were further heartened by Presi
dent Roosevelt’s disclosure that
“the Yanks ar e coming!” With
A, E. F. vanguards already in
action or en route to far-flung
battle zones.
An official Tokyo broadcast as
serted that Allied warships had
entered the critical Battle of Sing
apore even as Japan's navy minis
ter, Vice Admiral Shigetaro Shi
mada, boasted that the Japanese
navy “virtually commands the
Pacific from Malaya and the
Indies to the west coast of the
United Slates.’* i
On the same exultant note, Pre
mier General Hideki Tojo assert
ed that Japan planned “increas
ingly vigorous operations” in th«
Pacific and would continue fight
j in Uritain K un,il VP,e 1,10 t'mted ‘brought States to their and
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knees."
Japanese front-line dispatches
said battle flags of the Rising Sun
were advancing southward along
Continued on Page Seven
Farmers Asking
Only Fair Price,
Tom Linder Says
Farmers are not seeking more
than a fair price for their products
in the price control bill now pend
ing in Congress, Georgia Com
missioner of Agriculture Tom
Linder declared in a statement is
sued tills week.
"To the general public it looks
like the farmer is asking for 120
per cent of a fair price,” Mr. Lin
der said. “Nothing could be fur
ther from the truth. This is the
fault of the Department of Agri
culture in not fixing parity at
real parity, instead of a fictitious
price, which has no relation to
parity. There is no real relation
ship whatsoever between the price
the farmer is receiving today and
the cost to the consumer of farm
products.”
Commissioner Linder praised a
recent article on the price control
Continued on Page Seven
Hickman Speaks on
Proposed Airport
The regular meeting of the Cov
ington Rotary Club was held
Tuesday noon at. the Delaney
Hotel with President W. C. Me
Gahee in charge.
The meeting was opened with
the song, America,” followed by
prayer led by Hugh King. Presi
dent MeGahee then introduced
; President Virgil Y. C. Eady, of the
j j Covington former member Kiwanis Elmer Club Exley, who and
is now serving in the U. S. armed
j forces. Director Ross Chambers
| announced that club, Carl had Howard,
j member of the been
I called to active army duty and
would leave Sunday.
j president MeGahee member then of intro- the
j duced the new
Rotary Club, the Rev. Henry
Jones, of the Decatur-Oxford dis
j ' his trict. Mr. Rotary Jones button was by presented Charles
new
j Continued on Page Seven
j Plan Open House
I
por Rufe MeadorS
The Manning Bible Class of the
Allen Memorial Church in Oxford
| will hold an open house Sunday
The open house will be held
ipublic is in\ittd to a.tend.