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Oh Mv , after nearly
ths of inactivity due to
and my mother's illness.
last Friday we set sail
go ternational Kiwanis con
,t Cleveland, Ohio . . .
yellow car had not been
ie garage since gasoline
began so it had a full
1S a nd we knew we could
■he states that were not
before that ran out as
bard would not take us
up the seaboard . . . The
to go to Fort Knox, Ken
i business for the Army
ied our car for the first
| it was a grand and
feeling out on the high
n after such a long time
jctically confined to the
We made the trip via
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Athens, Anderson, S. C.,
enville, S. C., and up
ksheville . . and Oh,
6e lovely mountains came
my heart skipped sev
I . . you know I cannot
I anyone my love for the
fc, their majestic beauty
lerene [ stately appearance
a thrill which nothing
pd . . vve kinda have a
.
I of tar on our heels for
In [ those lovely mountains
around Asheville for
jcars and it seems to us
I lives close to one in
luntains for one cannot
bn their serenity and
Bay after day without
Lr Creator with them . . .
I not pass through Ashe
jhout visiting the Bon
and talking with old
here . . . Times change
lime passes changes are j
[all lo.-e things and formerly this in
who were
there . . . very few of
races were still present
blind an ache in our heart
tong such familiar sur
\ , From Asheville we
the French Broad River
ail and on over several
iuntanis into Tennessee
pto Kentucky . . . That
we were in five states
tgia, South Carolina,
prolina, i Tennessee and
. . As we came into
f the Boss began to get
I and to bragging on
|ne state it was and we j
Bur old debating partner,
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fe the Boss and Mrs. j
Both Tennesseans, get to- |
■ a down Waites and Tennessee I have to j
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thjough and the hundreds
■deeds of thousands of
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lis To Report
(invention
vington Kiwanis Club on
of this week will hear
I f the International Con- I
Kiwanis at Cleveland I
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Ihc Convention Kiwnnian ;
I atos that while the Con
ras loo big and too corn
e in its entirety for one
bee m detail, to him an
n? feature of the Conven
a Panel discussion of the
Pf the church and religion 1
Psont world crisis.
r<, P°rt to the club at its
Thursday Mr. Dennis will
d’s eye View of the Con
s a whole and will make
ilai comment on the
discussion of religion
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Volume 78
PUNS COMPLETE FO * c M CELEBRATION
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President Si& ns 5/7/ To All Men
BILL WILL
ALL SINGLE MEN FIRST; PROVIDES
PAY ALLOWANCES FOR DEPENDENTS
Home On Visit
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W. T. Herren, son of Mrs. Eli
zabeth Herren, of this City, and
former NEWS employee, who this
week is visiting friends and re
latives here while on a furlough
from Scott Field, Ill., where he has
charge of the recreation center.
DATE OF BIRTH
TO DECIDE DRAFT I
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CALL FOR YOUTHS
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Youths born on or after Jan- j
uary 1, 1922 and on or before
June 30, 1934, will register next
Tuesday in the fifth count of the
nation’s man power since the Se
lective Service Act was passed in
1940.
Members of the Newton County
Selective Service Board said this
week that two days were being set
aside for the registrants. The men
may register at the offices o* the
Board- in the Turner Memorial
Building, on Saturday of this week,
between the hours of 8:30 A. M.,
and 5:30 P. M., or they may re
gister Monday of next week, in the
Board's offices between the hours
of 7 A. M. and 9 P. M.
National selective service head
quarters diselosed this week that
the 3,000,000 youths, 18, 19 and 20
y ears old who register for the
draft, next Tuesday will be given
their order numbers on the basis
of their birth dates, instead o
bv holding another national iot
tcry.
Draft headquarters, in an offi
cial bulletin, pointed out that 20
year-olds who register on June 30
will that be liable the younger to military registrants s0rvice ’j |
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Ibe Covington Star, Kat. 1874
Georgia Enterprise. K«t. 1854.
Roosevelt Would Have
Authority to Defer Men
Without Regard to Any
Financial Dependency
President Roosevelt Wednesday
signed a precedent-making bill
authorizing deferment of family
men until the reservoir of single
men is exhausted and providing
financial aid for dependents of
service men in the four lowest
ranks.
The allowances to dependents
vary with the degree of family
relationship, providing $50 a
month for a wife with no chil
dren, $62 for a wife with one
child, and $72 for a wife and
two children. Of this, $22 comes
out of the serviceman’s pay check,
and the balance is contributed by
the government.
For the first time in Army his
tory, the policy of preserving es
tablished families in connection
with military service is authorized
by law. Previously deferment of
men with dependents was based
solely on financial grounds.
President Roosevelt will have
authority to defer any or ail men
with wives or children, or wives
and children, living in a “home”
relationship.
The President has power to or
der such deferment without re
gard to financial dependency, and
despit the family allowances
provided in the measure.
While the allowances will be
considered in cases of financial
dependency, they are not deemed
conclusively to be large enough
to furnish sufficient support to
warrant upsetting established fam
ilies.
The act authorizing the draft
ing of married men without chil
dren ahead of those who have chil
dren—when the supply of single
men is exhausted,
The exact way in which the de
ferment policy will be carried out
will be defined before long in a
directive from selective service
headquarters.
The benefit payments to de
pendents will be payable as of
June 1—when the new $50 mini
mum pay scale for service men
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Agricultural News
Given By Newton
County Farm Agent
I spent last week in Macon with
4-H Club members from over the i
entire state. There were 450 boys j
and girls and 150 County Agents I
and Home Demonstration Agents
at this conference. We were there |
as spectators or off to ourselves
at conferences as the boys and
girls ran the main show.
It was a real 4-H conference i
and was conduc ted better than any !
9imi , ar meetjn g i have ever at- -
tended. Boy and girl officers of the i
State 4-H council presided over
all the meetings. These youngsters
real leadership and ability. !
showed
if this was an example of our
future farm leadership we can rest ,
assured that our country will be
in good hands.
Hats off to Sally Cook for being
elected President of the State 4-H
Council. This is a real honor as
the presidency of the council is
the highest office, and is wanted
by every club boy and girl in the
S ate of Georgia. This is going to
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First '42 Cotton Blooms
Brought To News Office
The first cotton blooms of the
1942 crop were brought to the
NEW office this week, two blooms
being brought in yesterday morn
ing. the farm
One bloom was from
of Tom L. Smith- in West New
ton, County, and the other was
farm owned by G. B. Nix
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Members of the State Guard pass along the City streets as part of the Memorial Services held
here recently under the sponsorship of the Ollie Bradshaw' Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The
parade marched through the business section of the City and ended at the west entrance of the
where the memorial service was held at the grave of the late Ollie Bradshaw.
PRESENT CARDS EXTENDED WEEK IN GAS RATIONING;
PERMANENT PROGRAM TO GO IN EFFECT ON JULY 22
War Bond Seal In Upper Corner Will Serve
As Unit; Gas Prices Expected lo Increase
The start of permanent gasoline
rationing in the east was postpon
ed this week from July 15 to July
22 in order to give mdtorists an
extra week in which to organize
car pooling clubs.
The registration of car owners
for new rationing cards also was
delayed a week. The basic. A'
DEADLINE FOR
CEILING PRICE
FILING IS JULY I
A. M. Campbell, chairman of
the Newton County War Price
and Rationing Board, this week ■
reminded all retail business estab
lishments that July 1 was the 1
deadline for filing ceiling prices i
z a rC'=T ng w “ h ,he
The deadline for merchants to ;
list their ceiling prices with lhe
local Board was extended from
June 1 to July 1, but Mr, Camp
bell said that no further exten
sion was contemplated.
Oscar R. Strauss, Jr., Regional I
OPA Administrator this week
also pointed out that groups of
OPA experts are now on tour
throughout the Southeast, meeting
with merchants within a 60-mile
radius of each important business
center.
County Has Two
Stale Guard Units
From absolutely nothing in the
way of a military unit to two
well trained State Guard Ltiits
is Newton County’s record dur
ing recent months
When the army called all Na
tional Guard Units into active
service the Georgia State Guard
was ~ : organized to replace the
Guardsmen on duty with the
army, thus providing protection
for the State should an emergen
cy arise. Such a unit was or
gan.zed :in Coving on
On that nevei-to-be foigotten
December 7 1941 members of the
Covington Unit were on- a field
maneuver when the word came
that the Japs had struck at Pearl
Harbor. What had been more
or-Iess a routine maneuver be
came a grim reality as word pass
ed from man to man that the
United States was at war with the
Nipponese. Since that tinne mem
bers of the State Guard have
spared no efforts in preparin;
themselves for any eventuality.
At the present time there are
two complete companies in New
ton County, under the leadership
0 f Captain John Bob Weaver. One
Combat Infantry Company, rom
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THURSDAY, JUNE 25,1942.
books will be issued July 9, 10 and
11, instead of July 1, 2 and 3, as
originally announced.
In order to extend the present
emergency plan for the additional
week, the Office of Price Admin
istration authorized the use of the
war bond seal in the upper left
hand corner of each card for
ration of gasoline. -
The purchase value of the seal
will vary with the type of card.
Holders of “A” cards will be en
titled to three gallons to tide them
over the interim period; B-l card
holders will be permitted to pur
chase four gallons; B-2 holders,
five gallons, and B-3 card holders,
six gallons.
Filling station attendants
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At EAO Opens _ With .
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With an enrollment closely ap
proximating that of the regular
year, Emory at Oxford opened the
summer quarter classes last week.
Entering college freshmen were
given placement tests Monday and
Tuesday.
Dean George S. Roach, division
executive, announced that Profes
sor Milton Brogden, for several
years principal of the Covington
High School- had been added to the
mathematics department.
sor Mark Watkins, of Vidalia, has
been named head of the biology
department
H. S. Allen, of Oxford, succeeds
Miss Florence Giles as cashier and
bookkeeper, and Mrs. M. T. Clark
succeeds Mrs. C. S. Forester
secretary to the dean. Professor
Earle Taylor, superintendent of the
Bishop schools, will teach in the
University Academy during the
summer session.
Two More Nations Join Allies
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Mexico and the Philippines became official partners in the United
Nations at a ceremony in’Washington, D. C., when Mexican ambas
sador Dr. Don Francisco Najera, left, and Philippine President Man
uel Quezon signed allied document with President Roosevelt present, j
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NEWTON GIRL
HEADS STATE 4-H
CLUB COUNCIL
Miss Sally Cook, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. Homer C. Cook and
veteran 4-H Club member,
to her laurels last week when
legates to a 4-H Club
in Macon elected her as State
sident of the 4-H Council.
Presidency of this group is con
sidered a high honor as this is the
highest post in the State 4-H or
ganization.
Miss Cook, who has been active
j in 4-H work for the J? oast six y vear«
. has won many awards and , honors .
f or outstanding work. She was
awarded two trips to the 4-H wild
life camp and also received two
general excellence awards.
In 1940 she won the State cham
pionship in rifle markesmanship
and the following year she,was the
runnerup. She also has won first
place in rifle shooting and health
in District contests, being one of
four to go to the finals in the
State Health contest. Miss Cook
i was among the Blue ribbon group
j in bread making and has also won
first place in a clothing contest,
LaGranqe Man Is
I 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,
The meeting was opened with
the song ‘America” followed by
1 prayer led by C. C Hamilton.
President MeGahee then introduc
ed Sam Rump, of Atlanta,
j guest of the club.
Thc meeting was turned over to
Charles Forester, program chair- I
man, who introduced S. J. Mor
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
OUTSTANDING SPEAKERS, MUSICIANS
AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE
PART IN ALL-DAY JULY 4 PROGRAM
Tom Linder And Louie
D. Newton Principal
Speakers; Record
Crowd Is Expected
Having stood through three pre
viotts wars, since its founding more
than one hundred years ago. Sa
lem Camp Ground, will again
serve as a meeting place during
time of stress when hundreds of
citizens gather there on July 4th
for a inspiring July 4th celebra
tion.
With an all-day program design
for entertainment as well as in
spiration the July 4th meeting is
expected to attract larger crowds
than ever before. Due to the rub
ber conservation program and
gasoline rationing it is expected
that families who in previous years
have made long motor trips to
distant points will find it advan
tageous to visit the peacful Camp
Ground for a fitting Independence
Day celebration.
An outstanding program has
been planned by the Committee
with such forceful speakers as
Tom Linder, Georgia’s fighting
! Commissioner of Agriculture and
j Dr. Ixrnie D. Newton, prominent
Atlanta minister. The emphasis in
the progra m this year is on youth
and members of Boy Scout, Girl
1 Scout and 4-H Club units will have
| a prominent part on the progrsm.
The 125-piece Gi r i a Military
j will be the highlight of the
program, while State Guard
will add a military flavor to
The program will get
j at 10 A. M., with an
flag raising ceremony in front
the Tabernacle with Boy
and Girl Scouts, taking part along
| with State Guard Units. This will
** foIlowed b y a concert b y the
; Girls Military Band while the
Tabernac]e js being filled
The first part of the indoor pro
gram will be devoted to the Boy
Scouts who will present a brief
program depicting their aims and
objectives. 4-H Club members will
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Drivers' Licenses
Available Friday
At Court House
Members of the Georgia S?ate
Patrol will be in Covington to
morrow with a validating machine
to issue driving licenses for, the
coming year, The machine will
be set up in the County Court
House, and will remain here ah
day.
Licenses for the current year
expire Tuesday of next week and
the bringing of the machine to the
City provides the easiest and most
convenient way of obtaining re
newals.
Applications should be filled
out and taken with the required
lees to the patrolmen on duty with
the validating machine. The
machine will place the required
stamp of approval on the licenses,
saving the applicant the trouble
and delay of having to mail the
application to Atlanta.
While here the patrolmen will
also examine and issue new
licenses to those drivers who have
never obtained one before.
Veterans Foreign Wars
Meet Tomorrow Night
The Ollie Bradshaw Post No.
2776 of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars will meet tomorrow night at
the American Legion Hall, Edward
Hawkins, Post Commander, an
nounced this week.
Mr. Hawkins also announced
that the V. F. W. Post was mak
ing arrangements for a display of
army equipment here on July 4.
He said that regular army troops
from a nearby post would accomp
any the equipment. Complete de
tail* are to be announced later.
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of Atlanta now wears the uni
form of a captain in the U. S.
Army Air Corps. Just commis
sioned, he expects to go on activa
i duty shortly.
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NO RATIONING
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There’s little likehood of civilian
J rationing of cotton goods this year
or next ' Arm y officials testified
I before a congressional congressional committee committee
studying a military appropriation
bill introduced this week in the
House.
Replying to a question by Rep
resentative Starnes (Democrat,
Alabama) of the House Appro
priations Subcommittee consider
ing the bill. Major S. J. Kennedy,
of the Office of Quartermaster
General declared that only large
scale use of cotton as a substitute
for burlap for farm purposes made
rationing a possibility.
Starnes asked the officer wheth
er he forsaw any necessity for
rationing the civilian use of cot
ton products in 1942 and 1943.
considering the requirements of
the Army, sources of supply and
transportation problems.
“The entire military program,
according to a War Production
Board survey made in March, In
dies ted that the entire military
and other defepse requirements
for cotton goods required only a
reasonable portion of the entire
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nation-wide rubber drive by
canvassing her neighborhood and
gathering a wheelbarrow load to
deposit at the nearest Hollywood
gas station.
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