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bt it is all about .'. . and
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lv was adopted by The
[Billie L and A. B. Junior j
ve felt they were all
L [ a part of us . . . we’ve
fun together sharing
Bid joys together . , . but
Le [been Boss and the Office
lost .. . Billie and !
Lin [early the War. .. they vol
in the conflict. We
d of them ... but never
fe home has not been the
I we watch and wait for
|, Kvhen not talking mail much
no comes . .
ly the radio almost all |
en the Japs announced ;
Battleship Washington,
he United States largest
which Bill is stationed,
l through safely to the
cean . . . because you
believe all these reports j
l true, however, and now | i
I from other sources that
hade two trips to Malta
i bombardment . . . right
ick of it . . . but in his
Is of assurance that he is
be says: ‘■Nothing can
o me walking hand in
li God ..." We are thank
le has Christ in his heart
r e were lonely Sunday
Ir a most delightful day
pie of neighbors who also
pons away from home in
pe . . . the ’phone rang j
In I answered a cheery
p, “Hello Mother, this is
jpu p: about and Dad Twelve-thirty stick
londay. I have a plane
fly over Covington at
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I Jurors Are
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d For July
in of Court
'-nine Newton County
b’ere named this week to
jllie fro of Grand Newton Jury Superior for the
Mi opens here next Mon
i the same time 48 men I
Jed the to serve as traverse
v same term.
»mes included on the
fy I Sams, lis t R, are: r. J. Fowler D. Boyd
1 p Jr.,
nn, A. L. Hicks, K. C.
1 i E. F. Hays, H. L. King.
8 ^. J. P. Farr, Overton
I T 0. Black, J. j. Aadms,
W P G- C. Adams, W. C.
w P. Hardeman, H. G.
■ H. o. Whelchel, Roy
D - Bradley, F. J. Stocks,
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M Members
at ’ hp Delaney Hotel the
F Kiwanis Club will hear
of the subject “The
L m War Time” by E. B.
peorgia 8(111 Telephone Manager fc • the
C pMpany. and Tele
I s being aai d and done iir
F Jays c ’oncerning means
punication. especially in
■ »n “alert.”
■ St* LR'one is one indispens
b y which a tie-up is
- between any given
im', a,ea an< I any other
J Potential , aid.
■ that the public as a
i little aware of the great
0 " and
* Telephone organization
■ ■fected Companies
t° give adequate
ng li mes of any emer
PeoaHy one that may
listen enemy air raids,
111 S posts are oc
er y hour of day
Ilian every in
'minformed persons
r suspect,” said Col. R.
,r the Civilian
waking Defense
*hiuetf recently before a
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t. – THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
L 1 INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
z- AND PROSPERITY
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NEWTON COUNTY AIRMAN REPORTED KILLED
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Stare Masonic Leader Speaks At Porterdale
ARNOLD, GRAND MASTER
FOR GEORGIA, DELIVERS MESSAGE
BEFORE TRI-COUNTY CONVENTION
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Ensign A. B. Dennis Jr., son of
Publisher and Mrs. Belmont Den
nis, passed over the city Monday
noon, piloting a Navy plane on a
cross-country trip from Norfolk,
Va., to Atlanta. It is believed
tlj at he is the first Newton County
bo Y to visit the Cit F airplane.
Ensign Dennis spent the night at
his home and returned to Norfolk
Tuesday. Flying time for the trip
was approximately four hours.
6 Newton Students
On EAO Honor Roll
For First Quarter
As a result of supertor scholas
tic work the first half of the sum
mer quarter, forty students of Em
ory at Oxford, six of them from
Newton County, have been named
to the honor roll, it was announc
ed today by Dean George S. Roach,
division executive.
The following received the
honor: George Brassington, Char
les Richards, Dan Bynum, Howard
Chandler, William Chandler, Henry
Coleman, Edward Coleman, Josh
Davis, Eugene Drinkard, Frank
Echols, Harvey Estes, William
Gray, Buck Hall, Carl Harris, Ho-1
ward Harris, Kenneth Harris
Walter Homeyer, Dolph Kennedy, J
Albert Lehmann, Jason Meadors, j
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News Now Going
To Irish Camp
Although the copies of the Cov
in^ton NEWS that he receives are
more than a month old, Pfc. James
r Dav a Newton County youth.
still enfovs Yt reading them.
In a letter written on June ' 18,
which arrived m < ..jLod ,5 "thanks da vs
later, Pvt. Day exp
to Publisher Belmont Dennis an
scription the American to the ArTAu NEWh. He Vide, aoue i
that l at least three Newton coun
ty boys are serving with the army
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back home."
Meet The Enemy’s Planes
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Here is a closeup of . the ship German Messerschmitt, one of which was shot down over
of operations in Europe. U (he Uni1ed states for demonstration purposes. Tins
result with a sish P ht to Field, Ky.
and. along ’ Bowman
Eng i a nd recent Mar Bona a . Carniva i a t
i shot was taken at a
Th« Covington star, fiat, 18/4.
Georgia Enterprise, Eat.
Other State Officials
Also Have Part On
Program; Plan Next
Meeting in Covington.
The quarterly Tri-County Ma
sonic Convention was held at
Porterdale Thursday evening of
last week with one of the largest
representation from all lodges in
history.
C. B, Drennon, worshipful mas- ,
ter of the convention, presided
assisted by the following officers, j
L. H. Rainey, F. Meadors, Senior Warden; E. { j
Junior Warden; E. L.
Almand, Senior Stewart; C. J. El
kins, Junior Stewart; Claude Cas
on, Secretary.
The Porterdale Lodge was host
to the convention and served a de
licious chicken supper with all the
trimmings. Rev. Guy Pittman,
of Porterdale, introduced honor
guests as follows: Pat Campbell
and Belmont Dennis, of Coving
ton; W. C. Ivy, Rev. A. D. Cloud,
H. W. Pittman, of Porterdale.
Music was furnished by members
of the Porterdale band as follows:
Miss Jordye Tanner, Misses
Marion and Doris Findley. The
musicians were introduced by J.
B. Burch.
The Rev. Guy Pittman intro
duced the speaker of the evening,
Zachery Arnold, Grand Master of
Georgia. Mr. Pittman stated that
Mr. Arnold had made the Masons
of Georgia a fine leader and his
work has been -outstanding
throughout the state. He express
ed appreciation to the speaker for
his visit to the Tri-county con- j
vention.
Mr. Arnold made a most in
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Civic Clubs Plan
Joint Picnic At
Oxford On July 29
Picnic plans for the members
and their families of the Covington
Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs were
formulated this week by a com
mittee representing both civic ro
ganizations.
The outing is planned for five
o’clock Wednesday, July 29, on the
Emory at Oxford campus. A four
inning softball game between
members of the clubs will be in
charge of Professor W. L. Dance,
of the Emory faculty. Professor
Virgil Y. C. Eady, president of the
Kiwanis Club, will be master of
ceremonies and in charge of the
group singing,
Jim McKay, of the Rotary Club,
and Joe Vason, of the Kiwanis
Club, will arrange for any special
numbers for the program of en
tertainment. Games and contests,
under adult supervision, will be
provided for the amusement of
young y children.
Dean George S. Roach, head of
Emory ^ at Oxford and prominent
gajrf yesterday a!J the
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of thp school would be
available for the pleasure of the
lunch will
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All smiles after her first ride in a tank at Fort Knox, Ky„ movie actress Jane Withers poses
with the crew, members of the Eighth Armored Division. The Atlanta actress visited the home of
Armored Force as part of the nation-wide campaign to increase the saie of war bonds and stamps.
AIR RAID WARNING PLAN PROTECTS VITAL AREAS
Telephone Workers
1M Per Cenl In
Buying War Bonds
Employees of Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
ha\ : become one of the first large
employee groups in the nation to
attain the goal of 10 percent of
their wages for war bonds, it was
announced this week.
This includes employees of the
Covington exchange and approxi
mately 5,200 in Georgia as l.
whole, including state and general
offices at Atlanta.
To achieve the company record,
99 percent of the employees — or
more than 26,000 telephone men
and women in nine states — are
now purchasing bonds through
the payroll savings plan at the
rate of $3,780,000 a year, accord
ing to R. M. Sealey, manager of
Southern Bell.
The Southern Association of Bell
Telephone Employees whole
heartedly cooperated in the
tary campaign, and its efforts and
the encouragement it gave em
ployees were largely responsible
for the attainment of the goal.
At an informal ceremony held
recently in the Atlanta office of
President James E. Warren, presi
dent of Southern Bell, T. L Lit ,
of Charlotte, president of t e e -
ployee association, was congra -
iated by Mr. Marren on t e r "
operation of the association m
achieving the goal. President War
ren also has presented awards of
achievement to all departments
involved, including several here.
Southern Bell employees have
been buying bonds under the pay
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Gen. Cannon Explains
Functioning Of System
That Has Saved Life
Of England.
Brigadier General Cannon,
recting the First Fighter Com
mand of the First Air Force, which
includes Newton County this week
issued an explanation of the work
of the Air Raid Aircraft Warning
Service.
“It is essential and vital for
understand what raid -
pie to an air
warning is and what.it is
General Cannon said.
“When a warning is sounded, it
means that there is a flight of
planes approaching at some dis
tance from the area in which the
warning is sounded. The warning
simply means that the planes have
bppn located and at the time the
warni i3 80Unded , the planes are
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Agricultural News
Given By Newton
j County Farm Agent
The rain over the county Tues
day will make good crops bet
: {er The crops over the county
arg very good for this time of the
year.
j ^ T . Q Parker below field Starrsville
a mighty good of les
ppdeza j did think it was the
best in the county but I have *een
i come ot j ier field* the last few
| da ..^ that are just as good. The
^ Qf ar , ;d pn lespede7a is pay
off n<JW
The coUon erop is good but t he
I boll weevjl is doing damag e in
.
everv fjojh Most of you heard
; s f ory j a<5 f y ea r about the
mother weevil telling the little
weevils to finish up the short rows
while sue went to town to get the
parity check. This year we had
better hold that weevil under con
trol as there will not be a parity
payment.
I heard yesterday that T. A.
McIntosh lost a good steer due to
blackleg. Every calf under two
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Brickslore Homecoming
Called Off For This Year
The annual Brick Store
coming held annually on the
Sunday in August will not be
j this year due to the war. John
i Whitehead, usually master of
monies each year, died a short
1 time ago at his home in Charlotte,
N. C. Both of these
makes it impossible to hold
i affair.
Newborn Girls
Six Places In
County Contest?
! Newborn girls walked
with three County-wide
beld recently under the
1 sion of Miss Eddye Ross,
Demonstration Agent, winning
P lace * in the three contests.
In the health contest
Aiken, Heard-Mixon, and
Berry, Newborn, tied for
place, with Mary Dean Gaither,
Covington, winning second
In the dress contest
girls took all three places,
Davis winning first place,
Berry taking second place,
Julia Polk winning third place.
The Newborn girls also
two places in the quick bread
test, with first place going
Huanne Aiken, of
with Dolores Davis, of
getting second place and
Polk, also a Newborn girl
third place.
Mrs. Florence Boatwright
Miss Virginia Colquitt served
contest judges.
Forester Talks On
j District Meeting
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The re S' llar meeting of
Covington Rotary Club was
Tuesday noon at the Delaney
tel with President Charles
er in charge.
j The meeting was opened
the song, "America” followed
prayer led by Hugh King.
dent Forester reported on the
nual District Rotary
held in Athens this week. He
ed that very few people
the real meaning of Rotary
| they attend a meeting of
•
i All of the speakers on the pro- 1
| <r r am were men of the highest
type Mr. Forester stated and told
of outstanding remarks made by
some of the speakers. He also told
something about District Gover
nor of Rotary Greer and stated
i that Rotary was lucky to secure
the leadership visit of such Covington a man. this Mr. j
Greer will
week end for a conference with ■
.ocal Rotary leaders.
A report on the special Kiwa
! nis-Rotary joint meeting on the
j last Wednesday in July was given
by Ram Whatley who named a
number of sub-committees to work
, with the two club leaders.
NUMBER 29
LIEUTENANT JACK JONES REPORTED
MISSING IN ACTION IN PACIFIC; > I
WAS FORMER MANSFIELD RESIDENT
Served In Army Past
Four Years; Graduated
From Mansfield High
School.
The horror and toll of war was
brought home with full force to
Newton County citizens this week
with an announcement by Army
officials that First Lieutenant
Jack Jones, of Mansfield, was
j missing in action and was believed
to have been killed. Lieutenant
Jones is the first known Newton
County casuality.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Jones,
long-time residents of Mansfield
community, Lieutenant Jones had
served with the army for four
years. He was 27 years of age.
His early years were spent
that community and he obtained
his education there, graduating
from the Mansfield High School,
For a while he was also a student
in Louisiana Tech.
Upon entering the army he
served with the Air Corps ground
^rvice for three years where hia
attention to Ins duties and his
j n g spirit brought promotion and
an opportunity to attend the West
Point of the air. Randolph Field,
Texas.
He graduated trom that
tute and was commissioned
lieutenant in the Army Air
j At the outbreak of the war
was on active duty and it is
lieved that he saw much
in Alaska area and the
Islands.
Lieutenant Jones is survived
his parents, two brothers.
and Wilbur Jones, and a
Marion Jones, all of Mansfield.
The War Department
tion received by Mr. Jones,
no details as to how his son
his death, or as to the exact
and place. It was dated July 5.
; I P'dale Community
Hard At Work On
War Activities
These are busy days for the peo
pie of Porterdale for every j. indivi
dual jg hard at work at hat
j important job—winning the war.
j Hundreds of young Porterdale men
have been inducted into the armed
i forces and are doing their part,
j Hundreds of others, both young
and old are hard at work in busy
mills manufacturing cotton
terials that will play a big part in
winning the victory. Still others
are hard at W’ork with civilian de
fense and offense work Red
Cross sewing and similiar activi
ties.
Focal point of much of this com
munity activity is the Porter
Gymnasium. On a recent Thursday
afternoon, Miss Barbara
; visited the Gymnasium and
, stor y of what she saw ther tld in
j her own words, gives an interest
ing cr0 ss-section of the
; tie worth-while activities.
s ma ny
The story follows:
“A visitor being conducted
through the Porter
Thursday afternoon would have
been surprised at the various
] tivities being conducted there
one building.
“In the kitchen a group of
en were using the big
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Keesler Field Soldier Endorses
Plan For Send-Off For Selectees
Endorsement of a NEWS editorial suggestion for a proper
and fitting send-off for Selective Service inductees, came this
week from a man well qualified to speak on the subject—a
soldier, Johnnie T. Kennerly, Newton County youth now serving
with the Army Air Corps at Keesler Field, Miss. •
In speaking of the suggested plan for a ceremony for boys
leaving to enter the armed services, Pvt. Kennerly writes:
“In reading the NEWS I came across your editorial, ‘Send
Off For Selectees.’ I think it is a great plan. The boys really
deserve a proper send-off of this kind. When we left there in
May we didn’t get much of a send-off, just another, group off
to camp. I also heartily endorse the Honor Roll plan.”
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District who jn h d d repl
tion of thirtv Newton Cowntv
resentatives to the meet tonight at
Lithonia. Professor R. A. Thorne,
; | registrar of Emory at Oxford, will
be a featured speaker on tonight’s
j program.
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i I Inspects Units Of
j State Guard Here
Major Ralph L. Giatt, regular
army officer, inspected the New
ton County Units of the Stata
Guard at a special drill and meet*
ing last night. Approximately 6T
i members took part.
In a short talk following the in
spection Major Giatt told the men
that should an invasion come the
defense measures would be entirely
up to the members of the State
Guard, around the age of 50. He
pointed out the activities of fifth
columnists in Norway and otrter
countries that have been Invaded
and said that similar occurancea
would take place here unles*
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James Sanders To
Head EAO Debaters
At a meeting of the Emory at
Oxford Debating Club yesterday
James Sanders, of Covington, waa
elected president, and William
Addy, of Senoia, was chosen sec
retary-treasurer. Sanders and
Addy. both members of the col
lege sophomore class, are pro
| minent in all student activities.
Try-outs to select debaters for
a coming tilt with the University
1 of Georgia will be held this after
j n00n ’ according to Sanders. Other
debates for the summer quarter
are being arranged with the Geor
K' a State College for Women in
Milledgeville and Mercer Univer
s *ty > n Macon.
Professor Walton Strozier, head
of the psychology department, is
faculty adviser to the forensic
group.