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I H * ATTER I p, 0 V ♦ ♦ ♦ County .. State , / TKE OFFICE BOY L we could find words | ‘ the feeling h t0 express L ar t this morning . . . you and J are not so j that we can fully w ith others in their e had that less you have -.::r. \ to Others unless you jeans • ,h ^3 erica is ican people cannot be kene d ... this we know there are many thous , ' the vis are filled with bt it is all about .'. . and Lf u s have to be a waken- i pnibs... Ever since The 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 piued on Page Seven) I Jurors Are I 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, tinned on Page Six) 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 > Page Six) t. – THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S L 1 INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE z- AND PROSPERITY 78 NEWTON COUNTY AIRMAN REPORTED KILLED ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ♦ ❖ ❖ ♦ ❖ ❖ Stare Masonic Leader Speaks At Porterdale ARNOLD, GRAND MASTER FOR GEORGIA, DELIVERS MESSAGE BEFORE TRI-COUNTY CONVENTION Flys Over City n ■ % AW> gEs ■ - rAM- Pts f-: , I m,:- % Kdof? ISP ft r C” ■ m ife MWHPWwIl m ,... -si I It. iyigi kui-i 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 (Continued on Page Six) 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 .=a.."«« • ‘snmewhere in Northern Ireland w ... * — back home." Meet The Enemy’s Planes 1 §1 IM ¥ m ; ^1, ifPlll j 2 i-l i ■■ ^ : ’ ;0'' vJ v ? / 1 ' ' v j ' 'C /a v v * m ' M-hich has become the most talked-about airplane in the war as the 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 (Continued on Page Six) 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 ’ of thp school would be available for the pleasure of the lunch will Actress Says The Tank Is Okay 1 j ;p* . ••••>■ % > 7 r i f m m v ji ■ I -■ Mi ' f 1 : ■ • mk £ : •••;' VI - mi: V ■ Wi I?; i :4 . M m . I p-- y 'P yt \ ™ I mm I A I A Li- 2 -iy: m W «n ¥' I ' lil ? \\ -V: ■ iSbi A ¥ Hit:) m m S i m * H <■ t I ■>■:■. ’ A '%■ ■.j*- 11 d ■ m ■ ■ Si*: m > " _ Wfee.. LXtiStES P r " "" ‘ M > ■: w. 'MSSSmjfc. : b - - % . - . - j 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 (Continued on Page Seven) A 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 (Continued on Page Six) 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 (Continued on Page Six) 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 I 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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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.” Lay Leader j A ’:C j 1 j I Dean George S. Roach, division m I ^Leader* ~ 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. j 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* (Continued on Page Six) 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.