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Grocery Chain To
Observe Founders
Week In Nation
Veteran of three past wars and
committed to a definite role in the
p'-esent world strife, the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Monday. February 2, began the
observance of Founder’s Week.
The company, which was two
years old when the war between
the states broke out and which
continued through Appomattox,
the conquest of Spain and World
War 1, will honor George Hunt
ington Hartford, originator of the
straight line method of distribu
tion.
With the opening of hostilities
between this country and the Axis
nations, the company charted its
course in an open letter to the
American public pledging co
operation in the nation’s effort.
Over the signature of John A.
Hartford, president of the com
pany and a son of the founder, the
A – P pledged itself to continue
efforts to reduce the spread be
tween prices paid the grower and
prices charged the consumer; to
continue to assist farmers and
growers in the orderly marketing
of their products at fair prices; t >
continue the payment of high
wages to employes and the main- j
tenance of good working condit- !
ions; to make every effort to hold j
inventories to the lowest point
consistent with gixid service to
customers, because hoarding, !
whether by wholesalers, retailers,
or consumers .will cause higher !
prices, continue and to to sell make food every at retail effort to at j ;
the lowest margin of profit in the j
history of the retail grocery busi
ness.
L. C. Berry, Superintendent for |
the company in this area, in an- j
nouncing the observance of Foun- j
der’s Week, said “Founder’s
Week this year come at a critical
period in our national life It
comes at a time when not only
planes and tanks, but food, stand
between us and the powers that
would destroy us. We must kee,-.
our people healthy so that they
may prosecute this war with all
vigor and to do this we must make
foods available to all at fair j
prices. Th P A – P. with its sim
piifieri methods of distribution, is
pledged to this course ”
Turpentine producers in Geor
gia account for about 60 percent
of the total gum turpentine and
roam produced in the United
NEWTON COUNTY BUILDING – LOAN ASSOCIATION
Covington, Georgia
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
DECEMBER 31, 1941
- ASSETS - - LIABILITIES -
Cash in Bank..... $ 4,783.19 Advance from Federal
Home Loan Bank • • $ 12,023 01
Loans to Shareholders 105,963.79
Federal Home Dividends Payable ■ January l y 1942 1,407.49
Loan Bank Stock 2 , 100.00
Accounts Payable ... « 65.00
Accrued Interest on Share Loans 14.86
Interest Collected In Advance 6.67
Savings Banks .... 96.92 87.40
Furniture – Fixtures Accrued Expenses ...
- Less Depreciation 285.14 Subscriptions 91,089.93
Payments on Share
Reserve for Contingencies 4,025.38
Surplus . 4,539.02
$113,243.90 $113,^43.90
NEWTON COUNTY BUILDING – LOAN ASSOCIATION
(Our* Advertisers Are Assured of Results)
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ular if all tudges were as at
tractive as Shirlee Patterson.
She aided in selecting “Miss
1942” in a beauty contest at
Venice, Calif.
Letters To Editor
February 1, 1942
Mr. Belmont Dennis,
Covington News,
Covington, Georgia,
Dear Mr. Dennis;
I have greatly appreciated the
Covington News and enjoy hear
ing from my home and county.
I have bef n transferred from
Camp Stewart, Georgia, to Fort
Monroe, Virginia, and would ap
predate it if you would send the
paper here to me.
ippp ( | )e pP( plp of N PW | on coun -
ty [ m sti |j tb j n kj ng of them, but
it wj u bp a lonf? t ime before 1 get
back to Georg j a Also tell the
people of Mansfield to wake up
and get their news in the paper.
Hope to hear from you soon. I
am
Yours truly,
PVT. JAMES T. CURTIS.
Palmer Stone And
Rutledge Split
Double Bill Wed.
Last Wednesday night Palmer
i Stone and Rutledge divided a
double header basketball card at
Palmer-Stone. The visiting girls
took the opening contest 19-16,
and the Wildcats captured the
night cap 33-21, their seventh
straight.
The play of Nellie Harper,
I tiny Rutledge forward, who scored
I j 11, points, was outstanding, Wil- j
Iiams fine defensive play enabled
: Rutledge to halt a threatening
| Palmer-Stone rally.
Jeanette Bellamy, scoring 7 j
points and Margarete Gwinn turn- j
ing in a defensive game were out
standing for Palmer-Stone.
The boy’s game went to the
Wildcats who led all the way. At
the half, the ’Cats were out in j
front, 11-6.
Julian Kitchens, .’Cat center,
topped the winners in scoring with
10 points. C. H. Berry made 7 and
Dewey Cason hit the hoop for 9, j
Rusty Mullin’s fine Rutledge
guard, led the visitors attack with
14 points. Jones also played well
for Rutledge.
Joseph P. Morgan
Dies af Residence
Joseph P. Morgan, well known
local resident, died last Wednes
day at his heme following a short
illness He was 77 years of age.
Funeral services for this beloved
citizen was held from the Starrs
ville Methodist Church Thurs
day afternoon with interment in
the Starrsville community ceme
tery. Services were conducted by
the Rev. J. W. Nichols.
Mr. Moigan is survived b,v his
wife, six childien. J. S. Moigan,
of Rockmart; Mack Morgan, of
Rockmart; Clifford Morgan, of
Hayston, Mrs. M. G. Beam, of
Porterdale, Mrs. V. N. Hawkins.
of Covington; Mrs. R. F. Piper, ol
PorVrdale; one brother, Jim Mor
gan, of Mansfield; 12 grandchil
dren; one great-grandchild. Th?
News extends sympathy to the be
leaved family.
Mr. Morgan was born and spent
his entire life in Newton County.
He was an active member of th'
Methodist Church and was active
in local affairs.
J. C. Harwell and Son, Funeral i
Directors, in charge.
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MACHINES AND MEN ON 1,504 Mil.Ex OF ROAD: A fleet of Ameriran made trucks (top, left) carry supplies
over hundreds of hairpin turns ilowei right) in the Burma Road, non patrolled and protected by American
manned “Tomahawks” (top, right). Map gives an idea of the >.,urney supplies must make: 600 miles by rail from
Rangoon to I.ashio. then 726 miles by truck to Kunming, anu ftnall} 605 mi’es to Chungking, China's war capital.
Burma Road Hums
As Far East War Spreads
uANGOON, • nrronv Burma.-Every O n day .
and every night, the whir of 3,000
loaded trucks hums and re-echoes
over the rocky gorges and deep
ravines .which surround the vital
road bringing supplies from the
democracies of the West to the
heart of blockaded China.
ping mountain ranges and slither
ing through malarial valleys, nar
rowing to 9 feet in some places
and widening to 16 in others, what
was once a caravan route for Chi
nese silk merchants has now
come a 1,500-mile highway con
uecting China with her Allies.
When Japanese invaders seized
ihe China coast in 1937, the Bur
ma Road was only a muddy trail
for mule trains carrying native
oroduce from ana to China. But
Cnina, anticipating severance
from the outside world, had al
ready allocated $2,000,000 for the
construction of a modern road
THE COVINGTON NEWS
. from , , Lashio, terminus of the „ Bur
j
ma railroad, to Kunming, China
j Every county along the proposed
highway was assigned its stretch
of the road. From villages and
towns bordering the old silk route
; poured almost 1.000,000 workers,
men, women and children, bring
ing food, pickaxes, make-shift
shelters. Many of the workers
died from malaria; often mon
soons washed away sections of
J the new road; but the work per
sisted. In two years, 800 miles of
j ! road ridges crossing completed. nine 5.00fl-foot By 1939
were
American-made trucks were car
rying Red Cross supplies and mu
nitions 1,500 miles from Lashio to
Chunking, China’s war capital.
Today, with Japanese forces
spreading fan-wise over the en
tire southwest Pacific area, this
vital link to China from British
Burma is a key in Allied military
fI.argest Coverage Any in the
Local Recreation
Center Enters
Eleventh Year
January was anniversary month
for the local recreation center
which opened January JO, 1932
as Triangle Q Room with three
tables. Today, they have doubled
the number of tables and has been
in continuous operation under
same management. They moved
to present location in 1933 and
brought first exhibition player,
“Prof” Keith, billed as World’s
champion “fancy shooter” Keep
mg a step ahead the first Snooker ,
table was installed in 1934. The
following year the National Bil
liard Program was signed which
was to bring to patrons practical
ly all of the games top-notch per
formers ,_____ ... beginning with Erwin .
Rudolph. Playing on the first
purple cloth in the State of Geor
gia, Mr. Rudolph made a record
run of 156 called balls. Following
this first player came many other
including the ever popular Willie
Mosconi, Welker Cochran. Ora C.
Morningstar, Patsy Natalie and his
14 year old daughter, Miss Wanda
Natalie, Miss Ruth McGinnis,
Woman's Champion, Jay Bozeman,
Babe Cranfield, Johnny Layton,
Clarence Anderson, Jimmy Moore,
Kinrey Matsuyama the Japanese,
Jimmy Caras and Mosconi appear
ing together for two exhibitions,
Joe Procito, The Mystery Man
who played in a mask and robe,
Joe Diehl, champion of the Mid
west, Marcel Camp, World’s
Snooker champion. Chick Sea
hack and many others. Mr. Syl
v ester Livingston, of New York
City, personal representative for
these players is a personal friend
of Mr. Edgar Wood which enables
Covington to secure these players
when many larger cities are un
able to have them appear.
Starting the business with an
idea of maintaining an orderly
and respectable place the repu
tation that the present Uptown
Recreation Center now carries is
completely justified. Remodeling
and enlarging in 1941 the place
now has eight regulation alleys.
one snooker and four pocket bil
Hard tables in addition to modern
equipment for serving soft drinks
to their patrons. Old and young, found j
ladies and men may be
daily recreation. enjoying their favorite form j
of
strategy. With a monthly capacity t
of 40,000 tons, -the Burma high
way has seen an increase in the
transport of military supplies from j
3,804 tons to 17,500 tons in four
months, and this in the face of in
creased raids by Japanese bomb- ;
ers. Planes have arrived at Ran
?0 on to reinforce the American- I
ouilt—and partly American
-nanned—Curtiss P-40’s (or “Tom
. ahawks”) which now patrol the
' road Anti-aircraft
: guns are being
mounted at the two suspension
bridges over the Salween and Me
kong Rivers, and Chinese armies
have taken up stations in Burma.
facing the Japanese forces in oc
cupied Thailand,
Meantime, American engineers i
are working at top speed to com
plete a new parallel Burma-to
Kunming railway which will
triple the amount of materials
now reaching China. This, at last,
will jive China an alternate route
for the arms and equipment
j which she her needs so vitally to car
; ry on long and heroic fight
against her enemy and ours; Ja
pan. *
5. 1942.
Henry H. Jones EAO
| Chapel Speaker
Addressing the students of Em
ory Junior College at chapel Mon
day morning, the Rev. Henry H.
i Jones, superintendent of the De
i catur-Oxford district, declared
that ‘‘wars are inevitable .. , , until
tbe nations of the world accept
the teachings of Jesus Christ.”
i “Christ came into the world to
interpret God to man,’’ said Mr.
i Jones, “and He has shown us
clearly the way of life. The day
shall surely come when all na
tions have the intelligence to ac
cept the principles of Christ.
! When that day comes—and it may
be a distant day-we shal lhave
true peace, a real understanding,
, and a more abundant life »
The speaker urgtd his ligtenPrg
to let Christ come into their in
dividual lives and thereby find
, Quiet. “The man who lets Jesus
hav e first place in his life is not
| afraid. He can face the future
; with a cheerfulness and calm un
j known to others.”
Patriotic Rally Is
Held at Porterdale
The citizens of Porterdale held
a patriotic rally last Sunday eve
ning under the auspices of the
Night Hawks and Four Square
Clubs. A dinner was served to
about three hundred and fifty
men, members of the two club/..
H. R. Christian is president of the
Night Hawks and Bill Ivey is
president of the Four Square
Club.
u H ,,, W Plttman P reslded . , , ovfir the
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meeting and introduced ,he guests.
Short ta lks were made by Dr S.
W a ' tes ’ Sber ' ff Grady Benton,
T L° yd E L F ' cquett J " hn
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Bob Weaver. Sam „ Hay and Bel
mont Denms ;
inspiring religious service
was he,d af ‘er the dinner with
several ladies and children join
,n ^ * de men - All pastors in Por
terdale participated and a com
bined choir furnished the musi#
led by Miss Katherine Medlev.
An offering was taken tor the
Infantile Paralysis drive and
$56.04 was received for this cause.
Rev Pittman preached a master
ful sermon on the theme of “Th*
Greatest Victory in the World.’*
using as his text 1st John 5-4
“This is the victory that over
cometh the world, even our faith.**