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Countv Rubber Salvage
fhard P W. Pratt is really
to get the coopera
te peopie of our county
said it didn’t seem so im
gt fir st until the President
appeal over the radio artff
s about three
tan receiving
an d four telegrams a day
•)e Sam honestly and truly
lbber and just must have
h one means or another
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sands of tons of this vital
terial is hid away in our
its and garages and stor
eg We just must go
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Let lbber” "Everything that Looks
and turn it over to
L stations to be used in
■ustries . . . There is no
[that this rubber will be
tires for pleasure riders
Lre [where also certain that it will
we need it most. . .
Ltt stated that this may
Birect bearing on the win
[losing of the chances war and we
bt take any . . .
k rubber for your country
L that you are doing your
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forget to remember the
4 Celebration at Salem on
.,, Ma jor Guinn has pro
L an outstanding program
[ may be sure—we want
[pointed State Miltary . The Band Georgia will
[red throughout that day
h boy, they will be worth
hd hearing ... Did you see
bapers where their direc
k Taylor, had been called
ly service and has frozen
e of the band and the in
ks he owned for the dura
These young ladies were
bed and they immediately
|r help and were supplied
p instruments . . . These
re a new name now . . .
the “Georgia Girls Victory
[, and they have new uni
id many new members . . .
in 125 strong . . . Would
[this July 4th celebration
in . . . No, I’ll bet you
... not for the world . . .
is not ail . . , There will
jiuous action from 10:00
h the morning until 6:00
m the evening with the
lard Units and Boy Scouts
, Four H youths in action
but not least Di. Louie D.
one of Georgia's leading
i .. There will be a bar
noon with only a small
prge and much fun and
for all in this big Pa
lelebration . . .
sometimes last summer,
le Boy had quite a time
Sake and much was said
tlanta Papers about this
Now comes another
>ry from Beth Williams,
hitman Free Press in a
"This Weary World.”
h lch an interest in this
isiness since the Office
Sparate plight, we carry
ham's story below or at
t of it;
»)t to decide women don't
ch Take last Sun- ;
tmoon f’instance The j
[man ■he and i were sitting
porch , enjoying life, :
t° ^e birds admiring
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15 Licenses
On Sale Here
licenses for the - 1942-’43
re on sale in Newton
the of A. L. Lloyd,
ln (he Court House,
ldilf e Director Zack D
bounced.
they cost $1.25 for r–si
:ludin g ail service men
s,a *e who are stationed
1 anc l are sold :’ in each
0 ut-of-state resi
oO .*5.25 for a season li
for a 30-day license
for one which is good
her uon who do not!
hse are 1) those under 1
1 a Be and (~) those
[in the who
fidcnce county of their
bait, a ud only use
! for Cravey expressed ap
the cooperation giv
Nation hy fishermen
ie Past season
* al and said
«S for s '*ch support
K eS rVat
' on Program
non' f d °? by the Wild
L a '' n( ' he declared.
L* ., mlerest and help
je a nr i V r en the and tbe P ub ~
ad that ’> most part ’
1 also that
,, reports from
n ditions state indicate
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on , ’ r ‘ge Seven;
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RUBBER SCRAP; P. W. PRATT, SALVAGE CHAIRMAN
URGES CO-OPERATION OF NEWTON COUNTY CITIZENS
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Catherine A. Hinton, employee of the TrUst Company of Georgia
and sister of Sergeant Hubert Hinton (inset), both natives of Newton
County, was overjoyed last week when she learned that her brother
was alive and well after receiving no word from him since January.
Sergeant Hinton had charge of the ground crews that keep American
planes in the air, during the victorious Midway battle. The victory
was won on his birthday and he stated that “it was the happiest birth
day I ever had.”
NEWTON COUNTY YOUTH IN PACIFIC j
HAD "BEST BIRTHDAY" IH BATTLE
Sugar Available
At Local Board
For Home Canning
Although sugar is scarce, New
ton County home canners cannot
afford to let fruit that can be
canned or otherwise saved go to
waste this year, Eddye Ross,
County Home Demonstration
Agent, points out.
A. M. Campbell, chairman of
Newton County Rationing
Board announced this week that j
five places had been designated
the County where ap
may be made for sugar
canning purposes. They are:
School, Porterdale,
eard-Mixon School, Oxford
Mansfield.
In answering the following
she explains the new
of rationing sugar for
canning and gives ways foi
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Will Meet
Next Sunday
Final preparations were being
this week for a record at
here Sunday when sing
from neighboring counties
in Covington for the Twelve
Singing Convention.
Bill Cox, head of the Newton
Singing Convention, wdio
arranging for the visitors, sai
the meeting would be he d
the American Legion Hall,
at 10:30 A. M.
Outstanding singers from e\et>
will be on hand and Cov
citizens are invited to at
and take part in the interest
ing program that has been ar
Those planning to attend are
requested to bring a basket
lunch which will be spread on the
at the noon hour.
^Th« Ooriogton Star, J£,t.1874. 1864.
Sgt. Hubert Hinton, j
27 Years Old, Counted !
United States Victory
As Real Gift. |
“It’s the happiest birthday I
ever had,” 27-year-old Hubert Hin
ton, native of Newton County said,
refering to the United States vic
tory over the Japs in the decisive
battle of Midway Island.
Sergeant Hinton, who had
charge of the ground crews at
Pearl Harbor that kept ’em flyin’,
celebrated his birthday on the day
of the battle and according to news
dispatches considered the victory a
real gift.
Back in Atlanta his sister, Cat
herine A. Hinton, was overjoyed
when she learned that he was safe
for it was the first word that she
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Agricultural News
By County Agent
June 15th through June 30th
every person in the United States
is being asked to collect scrap
rubber. Any gasoline filling sta
tion will take the rubber giving i
you one cent a pound.
4-H Club members are urged
to help in this drive. An extra
trip to town is not necessary, just
collect the material and carry it
to the most convenient place
when you are making another
trip.
For the past few weeks I have
mentioned boll weevil control but
this insect cost Georgia farmers
$ 24 000,000 a year, A constant
, hold the
fight must be waged to
weevils damage down.
Early poisoning pays well as a
few weevils destroyed nor will
keep hundreds or thousands from
infesting our fields later. t Dust
or mop but do one or the other.
If you do not have a dusting
machine a flour sack may be used
as a shaker or by removing the
bottom of a tin can and covering
it with a piece of thin muslin
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Royal Visitor at White House
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President Roosevelt entertained his first king since the visit of the
British royal family in 1939 when King George II of Greece, right,
stopped at the White House.
Basis For Future Gas
Rationing Will Result
From Campaign To
Secure Old Rubber.
Each unit on gasoline rationing
cards became good for six gallons
of fuel Monday as filling stations
throughout the country became
depositories in a gigantic scrap
rubber collection campaign which
some believe may allay the war
shortage effect on motorists.
The increase from three to six
gallons per ration unit was or
dered to bridge the period be
tween June 30 and July 15 when a
permanent gasoline ration plan
will be inaugurated by the Office
of Price Administration.
But those who have used all
their units will have to put their
cars in the garage for the next 30
days unless they can prove they
need additional fuel for business
purposes, Joel Dean, chief
OPA’s fuel ration branch, an
nounced from Washington.
Meanwhile a survey of the
State ration area showed that
the first month of gasoline ration
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Kiwanians To See
Motion Pictures
On Thursday of this week the
Covington Kiwanis Club will fea
ture at its luncheon program an
entertainment of local talent. This !
talent — some Kiwanians, some ;
Kiwaniannes — will be shown in
the movies and “will see them
selves as they are,” said Frank j
Williams, program chairman. j
“While some of them,” warned Ki
wanian Williams, “will be glad to
see theipselves, others may be sad
to see themselves on the scren.
But all of them will be entertain
ing, no doubt, to the Kiwanians,
We’re going to laugh with them
and at them,” added Kiwanian
Frank Williams,
The local club isr this month fini
shining- the half-way mark in the
present years' activities. To date
every committee chairman has
submitted a written monthly re- j |
port of the activities of his com
mittee. This fact has gained fa- j
vorable notice both from the Geor- In-j j
gia District and from Kiwanis
ternational.
Especially noteworthy is the re- j
cent report of W. A. Maddox, Jr.,
Chairman of the Committee on In- j
ter-Club Relationship and Citizen- j
ship, which tells of sending one j
fifty four cards or other |
communications to Newton Coun
boys in service with the armed i
forces. These cards are written i
weekly by members of the club
the luncheon hour.
“This service,” reported Chair
Maddox, “is no trouble to the
and each Thursday it
a genuine pleasure to place
the tables cards that have been
to our armed men; and
the spirit in which the members
the club accept this activity is
remarkable.”
i BIBB COMPANY STUDYING PLANS FOR
j HEALTH INSURANCE FOR
j EMPLOYEES
Policies Would Cover
Sickness or Accidents
For Every Worker At
j Small Premium.
With the paychecks this week
each Bibb employe will be given
a printed sheet of information
about health and hospital insur
! ance, and if enough members of
the Bibb family show that they
would like to have this kind of
protection further investigation
will be made by the management,
looking toward enlarging the com
pany's group insurance program
to include this type of policy, of
ficials announced this week,
For about 25 years. Bibb em
ployees have had the benefit of
group life insurance and during
that time more than a million
dollars have been paid to the
families of departed loved ones.
Health and hospital insurance
provides funds to help take care
of expenses due to accidents out
side of regular employment or due
to sickness, operations, or mater
nity. During recent years the ad
vantages of this type of insurance
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Canning Plant Is
Now In Operation
The canning plant, located at
Oxford, is now in operation for
the current season, E. A. Edwards
vocational teacher at the PalmerU
Stone School, who is in charge of I
the plant announced this week. ;
The plant will be available for
people of this community on Tues- each!
day, Thursday and notice', Fridav of Ed-1
week until further Mr.
wards said
The necessary cans may be pur
chased at the Plant and anyone
using the facilities are expected
to furnish their own fuel and !a
bor for canning
“With a good season for gar-j
den and truck crops, it is hoped
that the people of the community!
will fill niore cans than every be- j
Mr. Edwards said.
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The British submarine Thetis, sunk in Liverpool Bay during a trial run in 1939, was raised and renamed
he Thunderbolt. During a recent cruise she sank two axis submarines and five supply ships, and
saved 43 merchant seamen from death in the Mediterranean.
THUP^OAY, JUNE 18,1942. 5c SINGLE COPY
Newton Farmers
Take Active Part
In Salvage Drive
Newton County farmers,
swiftly to President
appeal for scrap rubber
rallied again this week to
battle-cry -of “Scrap To Siap
Jap”, according to Henry
chairman of the County LI S. D.
A. War Board.
Acting in close coordination
with the State Salvage Committee,
the County War Boards of Geor
gia, bright and early Monday
morning (June 15) launched an
intensive two weeks’ drive for the
collection and sale of scrap rub
ber tucked away and forgotten in
farm homes, barns and elsewhere.
“The plan of collection is
simple,” Chairman Odum said.
“Every man, woman and child is
asked to gather every bit of scrap
rubber and take it to the nearest
filling station or bulk oil company
station. These stations will pay
a penny a pound for it, and will
handle the job of transporting it
to processors. Profits will be di
vided among war relief agencies.”
Old automobile tires hanging
on garage walls, broken fruit-jar
caps, discarded water hose and an
endless \'ariety of other rubber
materials already have begun
pouring into the collection points,
the War Board chairman said, and
indications are that the flow has
just begun.
“ WeVe alread y sla PP ed the
Ja P s with acra P iron ‘ alu “ m
and Wal ' Stan ]P s a " d B° nds ’ P 6
said ' Now le 1 s ^ ln ther f wlth
a blt of rubber , hose and glve , 1
(hem a thorough going-over.
plenty of scrap rubber on
far ms, and when this
ti 1 j s over, we want every bit |
j| j 0 j^ve been moved into Lh
channels. The rubber
situation is critical, and every bit
scrap that we can pour into
war machine will carry us
to a certain victory over
Axis.”
has announced his intention of
entering the race for the House of
Representatives. The sole con
j tender is R. Pat Campbell, prom
j 1 inent attorney w r ho has served in
the House for several terms and
at present is the Senator from this
! District.
The Fourth District Executive
Committee, of which Ne.wton
County is a part, met yesterday
in Griffin and placed the closing
date at two o’clock, July 4 and set
entrance fees at $500. in the con
gressional race.
A. M. Campbell represented
Newton County at that meeting.*
With the qualifying deadline
placed on or around July 1 in
practically every County in the
State, political activity is expect
ed to pick up. Many of the po
tential candidates for State of
fices ar e expected to launch in
tensive drives on July 4th.
NUMBER 25
ARMY BOMBERS SCORE THIRTY-FIVE
HITS ON ITALIAN BATTLESHIPS IN
MEDITERRANEAN CONVOY BATTLE
All American Planes
Reported Safe At Base;
At Least 14 Axis Planes
Destroyed in Fight.
United States Army bombers
alone scored 35 direct hits on two
Italian battleships in one of the
great Mediterranean convoy bat- ’
ties Monday, it was disclosed
Wednesday.
With the battleships ablaze, a
10,000-ton cruiser and two de
stroyers damaged by the joint |
American and RAF onslaught, the
Italian squadron turned and fled
back towards its Taranto base.
The RAF followed up Monday
night and penetrated a smoke
screen to hit one of the battleships
with an aerial torpedo, a Cairo
communique announced.
The Italian naval force never
got into contact with the Tobruk
bound convoy it had set out to
tercept, a British source stated.
The convoy, and another for
Malta, both got through with their
important supplies, although “at
considerable cost,” primarily from
Axis air attacks, said a London
official statement which described
the convoy operation as “a limited
success.”
Major Alfred F. Kalberer, com
mander of the American flight of
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
bombers, described his assignment
as ‘‘like shooting fish in a bar
rel.” At an Allied airdrome in the
Libyan Desert he said Wednesday
that all the American planes re
turned to their bases.
The RAF announced that at
^ ea?r ^ Axis planes were detinite
I ly destro yed in the over-water
fighting and that many more were
so badly damaged they were prob
ably unable to get home.
The four-engined Liberators
were the only American fighting
forces specifically mentioned as
participating in the four-day
struggle to get the convoys
through.
Nothing was said in London to
confirm speculation that United
States warships might have escort
ed the convoys, nor did Italian or
German communiques mention
them. An unofficial German re
port Tuesday said a United States
battleship probably was involved.
The extent of the shipping losses
was not disclosed. (The BBC said
announcement would be withheld
“until their revelation can no
longer help the enemy.”)
In delivering their first blow in
the Mediterranean war Monday,
the American airmen first concen
trated on the Italian battleships,
hitting one 20 times and the other
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Candidates Must j
File By July 1st
Noon, July 1 is the closing date
for candidates to qualify for the
Democratic Primary on Septem- j
ber 9, the Newton County Execu- |
tive Committee announced, fol
a meeting last Saturday.
The Committee placed the en- I
fee for each candidate at
So far only one candidate
Churchgoers in Porterdale are
1 to have the opportunity of wor
shi P in R together at an outdoor
! comrn unity service every Sunday
durinp thp of June, July,
and August, it W'as announced thi!
week. The members of the three
Porterdale churches, Baptist, Me
thodist, and Presbyterian, are
wholeheartedly supporting the ser
vices.
The first Community Church
service will be at 8 p, m., next
Sunday at the lighted softball
diamond adjoining the high school
building. Preparations have been
made for platforms for the band
and choir and seating arrange
ments for the congregation.
A chorus of fifty voices and a
band of forty instruments under
the direction of Miss Jordye Tan
ner and Mr. J. B. Burch will pro
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Candidate
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It. P. (Pat) Campbell
who announced his candidacy this
week as a member of the House
of Representatives from Newton
County. He has served a number
of terms in this branch of the
General Assembly and one term
as State Senator,
Campbell Enters
Race For House
Of Representatives
Hon. R. P. Campbell, member of
the House of Representatives from
this county for four sessions and,
at present State Senator from this
district, this week announced hi!
candidacy for member of the
House of Representatives in the
coming Democratic Primary this
fall,
He ably represented this county
in the House of Representative!
from 1934 through 1940 and in the
Senate in 1941-’42. He has served
on many of the most important
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Killing Pasture
Weeds Desirable
By eliminating weeds that com*
with desirable pasture grasse!
plant food and moisture, farm
can develop a better sod and
more grazing for theif
Mr. James P, Knight of
the Upper Ocmulgee River soil
district said this
This is especially desirable ln
of the need for increased
in the Food-for-Freedom,
Knight say– Woods compete
space, plant food and moisture,
in case of large weeds, shade
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Will Hold
Services