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Yes Si r eel I knew I would hear
from some of the “Old Timers”
VVTlP n j w rote that Column in last
weeks paper about “Sleepin’ at the
Font of the Bed.” Under date of
Marc h 1.9th Editor Albert S. Hardy
of the Gainesville ews, sez
“Dear Office Boy” ... I read with
mllC ); interest your column in last
week s News about “Sleepin’ at
the Foot of the Bed.” As a result
j “Stole’' a good portion of it and
u? ed it in my personal column
“So ; Hear” in todays Gaines
ville News, copy of which goes
to your fine newspaper. I took
for granted that your column is
not copyrighted, hence did not ob
tain permission to reproduce that
part of it I used which I hope is
jit right with you. Give my re
gards to your Boss, for whom I
fin € feeling of friendship.”
we immediately asked the
Foss to bring the paper home and
found to our surprise and delight
Editor Hardy had not only
liked our subject and column
enough to cbpy that portion about
[this subject delightful . . . reminiscing but he did some him
very do
w lf . . . Golly! we get so far
from the long ago that it
our old hearts good to just
think about the Good Old Times
we used to have ■ . . Did you ever
to ride with your patents when
you were a kid in a surrey or fine
new buggy with red spokes shin
mg in the wheels? Well we did
and our Dad was a lover of
. . .
horses and kept only the spirited
that ‘‘us Chillun” could not
get near ... he personally drove
two fine, prancing, dancing ones
that picked up their front feet
like the ones the pretty ladies
f the circus now ride . . . (and
you did not know it, when Ye
Boy was a child, the cne
mbition of our life was to ride a
backed white horse like a
lady . . . we wanted a short
skirt of tulle and tights and
stand on this beautiful horse
.»« he went madly around the ring
t the crack of a whip). After
Seeing a circus we received many
spankings for lining all the
straight chairs in the house up
In a long row and prancing on our
toes in stocking feet (and those
’ay Stockings looked very much
[ike tights . . - member them?)
iip and down those chairs waving
knd preciative bowing to our imaginary ap
audience . . . but away
went reminiscing . . . what I
( anted to say was how our Mother
w-uJd fill the carriage up with
ill the children in the neighbor
iood and take us to the country
n a cane grinding . . . good old
Sugar Cane . . . and how we
vould drink cane juice . . . and
lid you ever get you a nice wide
:ane peeling and stand around
lad dip the foam of the nice warm
prup . . . Golly! we did not know 7
P much about germs then . . .
P r 1 KNOW we put those cane
in our mouth . . . and dip,
• • . right back on top of the
of newly made syrup we
:immed with the same peeling
• . but we don’t want to make
xi sick with this Reminiscing
e were just thrilled that Editor
ardv reads our Column he’s
. . .
past President of the Georgia
ress Association, Vice-President
the National Editorial Associa
n and we expect to see him
ational President one O’ these
a>s e4e tong . . and then we
.
?h‘ apply f or a place as Office
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Plans &ta 77 aster Services Here
TWO OPEN-AIR
PROGRAMS ON
PUBLIC SQUARE
Churches, Merchants,
Civic Organizations Are
Successful Cooperating To Assure
Programs.
Plans and preparations for the
annual open-air Easter Services
on the Square and for a Good Fri
day Brotherhood service on Fri
day. April 3, were underway here
this week with the Churches of the
City and the civic organizations
cooperating to make the Easter
services this year the best yet
held,
In past years this Easter morn
ing worship service has drawn
large crowds from Covington and
surrounding communities and it is
expected that a record attendance
will be on hand this year, for the
service starting at eight o’clock,
A committee consisting of S. J.
Morecock, chairman, Belmont Den
nis p E p-m^ey, R Ap Norris,
and E. G. Trammell, of the Cov
j n gton Kiwanis Club is making
j Continued on Page Three
j Aulo Accidents In
County Killed Nine
During Past Year
Automobile accidents in New 7 - j
ton County snuffed out the ljves
nine citizens, according to in
formation released this week by
Major John E. Goodwin, commis- j
sioner of the Department of Pub- j
lie Safety,
This is the largest number of
deaths from automobile accidents
in the past five years and repre
sents an increase of three over
the 1940 record of six deaths. A :
survey of the record for the past
five years shows that in 1937 a |
perfect mark was recorded with
no fatalities: 1938 shows a jump
to five deaths for the year, while
1939 shows a decrease to three
deaths, doubling in 1940, the to
tal being six for the year.
Commissioner Goodwin’s re
port show's that 930 persons met
death on Georgia highways dur
ing the year and 5,753 others were
injured. Of this number, 236 pe
destrians were killed and 390 re
ceived injuries,
Accidents in Georgia cost the
citizens $41,625,000 during the
past year, amounting to more than
$112,000 per day. This is an in
crease of 10 per cent over the
1939 figures. These figures in
' the cost of hospital bills, re
c ) u de
pairs, funeral expenses, loss of
marking time from injuries and
j other items. the record,
In commenting on
Goodwin said:
“Any person who stops to think.
who ponders these appalling fig- |
ures, will be struck with the use- j
■lessness of reckless driving. But
that person will never be able to
see the whole picture unless he |
realizes the suffering that goes
i along with any accident. And this
i suffering, can not be counted in
dollars and cents. The loss of a
loved one who can never be re
placed; the lengthy and costly
' care given to those who survive
i .someone’s recklessness can not be
I fully counted by giving the cost
in dollars; neither can a wrecked
car ever be made perfect again,
and last of all, the person who
causes such a loss, if he is a nor
mal person, can never feel right
with himself again should he by
a reckless or careless moment
cause any such loss. '
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Post ( No. 97 ZJi, f the Veterans of
Foreign wars, me et tomor
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business would be
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wa ter, the tanks continued to roll as this hard-hitting branch of the Army prepares to defehd American shores and perhaps go over and
talte a a f the Japs. The M3 medium tank above takes to the water like a duck. The sergeant out front is directing the tank driver
the best route for crossing the stream .
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Awards Are Given
For Sunday School
Attendance Records
One hundred eleven Porterdale
citizens, last Sunday, received
gifts from James Porter, who each
year presents special awards to
the members of the Bibb family
who have attended Sunday School
for the entire year without a sin
gle absence.
The awards are made to all
villages of the Bibb Company
and this year out of 190 receiv
ing them. 111 were presented to
Porterdale people. Each name on
the list receives his or her choice
of three gifts, a Bible, a book or
a special pin. At Porterdale the
majority preferred the Bible,
Many of those receiving the
gifts this year have won the award
in previous years. The full lis't
of those receiving Bibles is as
follows:
PORTERDALE METHODIST:
Mafy He j en Davis, Joe Parr Davis,
j obn Wesley Prince, Emily Alice
Q a j es Evelyn Cowan. Mildred
, C^cil
jyj ooref Betty Jane Gates,
Continued on Page Seven
26 On Dean's List
For Winter Quarter
Students Sfndents °f of Emorv Emory Junior ju a Col
,ege who earned a place on the
dean's list 'or merit list as a re
*ul‘t of -superior grades during the
winter auarter were announced
yesterday by Dean George S.
Roach, division executive.
Deans list: Charles Adams,
Forrest Beam, James Bennett,
George Brassipgton. Thomas Bur- 1
dett, E. C. Burns, Arthur Carpen
ter, Maurice Christian, Charles
Clark, John Cobb, P. K. Dixon, j
Eugene Drinkard, Harvey Estes.
James Freeman, Fleming Jolley.
Floyd Kirkley, James McCallum,
Tom McLain. Julius Napoles. :
Harris pierce, James Sanders,
Fred Smith, Eugene Spier, Ed
d Tan ner, Evans Winn and
Buck Hall.
Merit lisV BilIy Adams, Louis
Alexander, Tracy Baxter. Walter
Bradbury Henry Carter. Luther
Continued on Page Seven
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
SUGAR SALES HALTED FOR SIX DAYS
PLAN FOR RATIONING ANNOUNCED
One Week Set Aside For Registering;
Allotments Have Not Been Determined
The Office of Price Adminis
tration served notice on Mr. and
Mrs. America last Saturday night,
that they will be unable to get
sugar without ration coupons aft
er April 28 and won't be able to
get any at all for a period of one
week.
All sugar sales in the United
States will be halted at midnight
Sunday School
Group Will Meet
In City Sunday
The Southern Division of the
Stone Mountain Baptist Sunday
School Association will hold its
quarterly ‘meeting at the First
Baptist Church here, Sunday after
noon at four o’clock, according to
an announcement made here.
A special program has been
planned and several musical num
bers will be given by local singers.
Belmont Dennis, superintendent of
the Baptist Sunday School, urged
every Church to make immediate
plans to have representatives here
fo r ® unda >' 8 meetin g
The list of Churches planning to
send representaUves arp; the First
u of Covi t the Coving
MU]s Baptist Church. to th^Por- w
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Arc'll Mt Zion Ba i Chmch
H igh Point Bantiat P Church and
(he Wlllow Sp rin gs Baptist
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TO .
U3ie 9ingerS
Meet Oil SaturdaV J
Organization plans for a weekly
singing group for the Porterdale
Community will be made Satur
dav night at the Porterdale Meth
odist Church, it was announced
this week.
The meeting will start at eight
o’clock and those interested are
requested to be on hand.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942
April 27 for approximately one
week, government officials an
nounced, after setting six days
in April and May for the nation
wide sugar rationing registration.
John E. Hamm, acting chief of
the Office of Price Administra
tion, reported that sugar would
be off the market on April 28
and would not be available to
buyers again until about May 5.
Hamm explained the ban was
ordered as a step preparatory to
sales under rationing, which will
go into effect as scon as the mor
atorium on sales ends.
Earlier, da’tes were fixed for
the national registration—biggest
in the history of the limited States
and involving every man, woman
and child in the country.
Frank Bane, field chief of the
j OPA, announced individual or
family consumers would register
j May 4 , 5 t 6 . and 7 at public ele
Continued on Page Seven
Mansfield Boy Now
In Aircraft Plant
Mansfie id’ s John T. Lazenby en
lists in the battle of production
., ^ . machinist'* helper
j at a .\ ro ^v^R^b^reit Lev
was learned here today.
Announcement of Lazenby’s
i new job ' effective officia,s Apnl *’ waS the
'" ade ,oda - v ' b ? at
Clonal Y outh Administratton’s
res ' dent work experience center
at Chapman Springs, near Atlan
,a where for the past few
.
months the Mansfield youth ha
been a worker in the machine
shop. While actually producing ar
tides for the armed services, Laz
enby has acquired the specific
' skills and sound work habits
| which qualified him for employ
ment with the Martin company.
Young Lazenby i* the son
Mrs. J- T. Lazenby, o^ Mansfield.
and is a graduate of Mansfield
High School. He was described
1 Continued on Page Seven
5c SINGLE COPY
TWO RAIDS SHATTER LINKS IN JAP'S
CHAIN OF FORTIFIED ISLAND BASES;
VITAL INSTALLATIONS DESTROYED
FIRST AID CLASS
OPENS MONDAY
AT PORTERDALE
The vital role the Red Cross is
playing in training the public for
civil defense was pointed out this
week by Col. A. L. Loyd, chair
man of the Newton County Chap
ter, in announcing a series of first
aid classes to be sponsored by the
local chapter beginning next Mon
day night at Porterdale.
The course is designed primarily
to provide first aid instructors for
future courses in the County. It
will be instructed by G. A. Gettys,
field representative of the Nation
al organization.
The course will open at seven
o’clock, continuing until 10 o’clock.
Sessions will be held every night
Continued on Page Three
Monday Night Fire
Damages Newton
Co. Court House
The City Fire Department, this
week answered two alarms, the
first since January 16, one Monday
night that threatened the County
Court House and the second, a
grass fire shortly afternoon Tues
day.
Tiie fire in the Court House was
discovered about 11 oclock Mon
day night by an employee of the
NEWS, while on the way home.
He summoned the City police, who
in turn called the Fire Depart
ment.
When the firemen reached the
scene it was found that the flames
had apparently started in the of
fice of the County Agent J. W.
Scoggins, burning through the ceil
ing into the office of Otis Nixon.
' County Clerk. It Is believed that
a defective flue started the blaze.
Fire damage was held at a min
imum but water and smoke did
considerable damage to the two
rooms. The entire damage did not
exceed $500. and repairs are al
ready underway.
Tuesday's grass fire was on Wil
liams Street and was brought un
der control without property loss.
I | Former Canadian
| Is Rotary Speaker
The regular meeting of the Cov
ington Rotary Club was held Tues
day noon at the Delaney Hotel
with President W. C. McGahee
in 'charge.
Ross Chambers reported on the
District Meeting at Macon next
week and urged all members to
attend if possible. Ross was also
chairman of the Anniversary
Ladies Night and named commit
tees for the arrangements. Those
, named were Sam Whatley, Luf
.
king Dance and Henry Jordan
! j Kenneth Harris was named chair
man of the meals committee.
The me club ciud thep men voted vo _ . to send , a a
wire to former Rotary member
Lieutenant Exley who is now in
J* b,r ^ hda v thls He ww>k celebrates H ^ry
-
Jones then suggested that the club
P 08 * a S 1 8 u a t the Georgia depot
j intersection directing traffic to
Atlanta. H. O. Whelchel ,wa s ap
pointed to investigate the matter.
Sam Whatley was in charge of
th « program and introduced Mr.
Thom, formerly of Canada, and
now a resident of Emory-at-Ox
ford. He made a most interesting
talk on the Canadian people and
their government. He also gave
the connedtion between Canada j
and Britain and told yby they
entered the war so quickly at the
(side of the allies.
U. S. Considering
Greater Cotton
ACfCdGC 111 1942
Cotton ginnings in Newton
County continued to show a large
decrease over the figures for the
same period last year, according
to a report released by L. H.
Cook, special agent for the Bureau
of Census of the Department of
Commerce.
The report reveals that 6.096
bales of cotton were ginned in the
County from the crop of 1941 prior
to March 1, 1942. This is 5,134
less bales than was ginned in the
County up to the same date last
year, the 1940 figure being 11,230.
It appeared this week that the
Agricultural Department may
make an eleventh-hour appeal to
cotton farmers to help avert a
threatened shortage of vegetable
oils and consequent consumer ra
tioning of cooking fats, shortening,
margarine and other related food
products.
Quick action appeared imminent
yesterday as a result of a depart
ment survey showing that farmers
may not meet the Government's
production goals for peanuts, one
of the crops on which it had pin
ned hopes for vegetable oils to off
set foreign supplies cut off by the
! war.
Shortly after the attack on Pearl
Harbor, the Department asked
! peanut farmers to plant about
5.500.000 acres. The department’s
report on farmers' planting plans,
indicate . ,. . prospective ..
however a
acreage of only 4.150.000.
disappointed, officials
1 Continued on Page Seven
Pud . 8 e Confined
In Dog V S Hospital M
p„dge, “The Boss of Covington.’.
was seriously and perhaps critical
| y injured Tuesday while running
to the City Police car to answer
a fire alarm.
The Chow dog was struck by
a passing automobile. Jack
Wright carried him to a local
veternarian and later to Huson
Hospital where X-rays were made.
When his condition seemed no bet
Wednesday. Belmont Dennis,
NEW'S publisher, accompanied by
Mr. Wright, carried him to a De
oatur Hospital, where every effort
is being made to save his life.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
NUMBER 13
Marcus Island Attack
Carries War To Japan’s
Home Waters For First
Time.
The United States Navy knock
at Japan’s front door recently
planes from an aircraft car
rier dumped 12 tons of high ex
plosives on installations at Marcus
Island, 990 miles southeast of
Tokyo. Reports of this action
were released yesterday for the
first time.
Eight days previously, it now
can be revealed, a U. S. naval force
delivered a crushing blow at in
stallations on Wake Island, which
the Japanese had captured from
heroic American marine defenders.
Naval authorities believed the
two raids shattered, for some time
at least, links in Japan’s chain of
fortified island bases extending
southeasterly from Tokyo to the
Marshall Islands, Nippon’s eastern
outposts. <
The attack on Marcus Island—
only a stone's throw from Tokyo
as distances are measured in the
vast area of the Pacific—carried
the war into Japan’s home waters.
It gave Tokyo and Yokohama
their first taste of black-out jitters
and was expected to divert a por
tion of Japanese material and man
power from other vital areas in
the Southwest Pacific.
Only American losses were one
plane in each attack.
A hard-hitting combination of
cruisers, destroyers «nd bombing
planes for 32 minutes blasted
Japanese military establishments
on Wake—scene of the U. S. Ma
raines’ historic stand in the early
days of the war—and nearby Peale
and Wilkes Islands early Tuesday
morning. February 24 (February
Continued on Page Seven
Newton Farmers
Hear H. L. Wingate,
Farm Bureau Head
Approximately 250 Newton
County farmers were on hand yes
terday at the Court House to hear
an address delivered by H. L.
Wingate, of Pelham, president of
the Georgia Farm Bureau Federa
tion.
Mr. Wingate’s visit to the City
was part of a membership cam
paign, launched by the Newton
County Farm Bureau. He told hia
audience that the Farm Bureau
was a ‘‘service, educational and
legislative” organization, not en
gaged in buying or selling any
commodity, interested only in see
ing that the farmers received a
fair income for their products.
He pointed out the high incomes
that industry and labor are re
ceiving today, especially those in
war industries. In every instance,
he said, industry is getting ths
cost of production, plus a profit.
Labor, he continued, is now rs*
Continued on Page Seven
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