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■ Mv oh Me! Along with the
Kauty of Springtime comes sad-
Kss to many homes! Yet, as
K r and shrubs, seemingly dead
■ l'a‘ least dormant, in God’s
Kn season, put forth their glor.
Ku s and fragrant blossoms ....
Ke are reminded that there is
K n such thing as dying .... or
K aUl . . for in God’s own
Eason ’they rise again in all
Keir beauty to shine forth in
Heavenly array . ... “Miss
Kunie” a ' Mrs. Junie Lunsford
■ 0£ e r s was lovingly known to
■1 her friends slipped quietly
Kay to her heavenly reward
K as did precious Mrs. Stone
Knd’dear little “Aunt Nan Hays.”
Ke shall not shed tears! We
Kall'not grieve! Their lives
□ere too beautiful here, and as
Kev go they leave a vacancy
Khich cannot be filled by oth-
Ks . ■ but they live on in the
Kes here . . . they live in the
Keople with whom they have
Kme in contact ... for who
Kuld not be better men and
Komen for just having known
Kem? Rich is our heritage!
Knd heaven is more beautiful
Kth them there! This is not
Qe end but the BEGINNING
and we shall watch the
Kwers each day and God will
King Comfort for He does speak
d rectly to us through the beau-
K He brings to overshadow the
Huds alo.ig life’s pathway.
■ Today comes a letter “Kawas-
H Japan” March 1, 1946 . . .
D>ar Office Boy: I have just
Sceived the January 17th issue
the “News” and after read
g it from front to back It
emed as if I had received
twenty letters from home. In
Ke ‘‘Chatter Box” I found just
■hat I had been wanting to
Kad, for a long time, I think
if every G. I. over here would
Had it he would feel better . . .
H n d Gosh! that thrills the Os-
I fi :e Boy to think we have made
Had the heart of our own G.
” in far away Japan) “As you
[■obably know” he continues
^Khat our mail is not coming
^■rough as it should, but to re
^Kive the “NEWS” is something
H be thankful for. Well news
short tonight so I’ll close hop
to get another issue of the
■EWS real soon. A faithful
^Kder, T/5 James R. Parnell
^■128892,202 Signal Depot Co.
H P. O. 181 c o P. M. San Fran
^Jico, Cal."
■ Gosh! James you make us
h; ppy! and we send you the
1c ze and greetings of all your
fi ends in the old home town.
Bay the Heavenly Father watch
■er you by day and by night
■d bring you safely home to
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pee Outstanding Artists
ii EAO Concert Next Week
I Pianist, Violinist, And Noted Soprano In
5 Fourth Os EAO's Lecture-Artist Programs
IRuby Spencer Lyon, soprano
d associate artists, William
nigmaum and Ejar Krantz,
" be presented in Allen Me
’rial Church at Oxford next
lursday evening in an out
inding concert attraction. The
ogram, which will begin
^mptly at 8 o’clock, is fourth
M the Emory Junior College
■ hist-Lecture Series.
Artist-Lecture Series is a
c service feature of Emory
a Oxford. Citizens of Newton
■ )untv and surrounding areas
■ c invited and urged to partici
■ ite in tire entertainments. Since
th programs are subsidized by
H e college, only nominal ad-
Bpsion fees are charged-
। ■Ruby Spencer Lyon first rose
I B/ a , mc as a s * ;ar Mary"
"JM and other Schubert pro
■ctions. Since leaving the musi-
V c °ntiedy stage, Miss Lyon has
■'^h'd herself to oncerts and
* at work. She was prima donna
■th the Harry Davies Opera
■"’ipany, of St. Louis, for sever
? ' ns, singing leading roles
I m ’ ai ® e tight opera repertoire.
Was soprano with Metro
van Grand Opera quarettte.
IBy ’ • ham Henigbaum Violinist
I I ;i PP e ared as soloist with the
I C ity Symphony Orchestra and
I ■Sicilian Conservatory Or-
I f s tra. He has won numerous
I ® 5 and given recitals in
I ■aaeo and the Tri-Cities. He is
I ■ 'unitr member of the Chicago
^B Orchestra who brings to
music his own warm concep
|.' 1 romanticism. His pro-
I . tone is good, and he
I an unusual equipment
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VOLUME 82
GRAnD jury urges better heaeih facilities for couniy
No Trace Found Os Missing Porterdale Girl
Sheriff Benton
Says Search
To Continue
Intensified Search
Fails To Locate
Ruth Patrick, Os
Porterdale.
No trace has been found of
Ruth Patrick, 12-year-old Porter
dale girl, who has been missing
from her home for the past two
weeks, according to W. G. Ben
ton, Newton County sheriff, who
is continuing a search for the
girl.
Sheriff Benton said yesterday
that he had exhausted every
available lead as to the girl’s
whereabouts but that the search
would continue.
Since her disappearance, law
enforcement officers have ques
tioned dozens of people in an ef
fort to follow the missing girl’s
trail. She was last seen Friday
March 8, in front of the Bankston
Moss Store in Oxford and left
there apparanetly headed for
Dialtown.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louie
Patrick, Porterdale residents,
Ruth was a student at the Porter
dale School. She left home the
morning of March 8 to go to
school. Later that day she visited
the bank here and obtained
money on the pretense that her
father, a painter,’had broken his
foot and that her mother desir
ed the money.
She was unsuccessful the same
day in cashing a check bearing
her mothers name. Since being
seen in front of the Oxford store,
her whereabouts has remained a
mystery.
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EJNAR KRANTZ
In EAO's Fourth Program
and flair in his interpretations.
Ejhar Krantz, pianist, possesses
rare artistic qualities. But few
artists are able to present tneir
interpretions in such perfect
technical and artistic outline as
does Mr. Krantz. He commands
a technique which excels in
clarity and infallibility. Mr.
Krantz is technically well equip
ped, fingers facile and fleet as
the quality of his tone is varied
in color. His phrasing is clean
and precise and the line of his
music never lost. He performs
with eloquence and skill.
The program for next Thurs
day night is one of the highest
quality and at the same time
light enough to entertain the
average audience. Whenever this
trio has appeared, concert lovers
say it is one of the best progiarns
of the year.
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FROM RAGS TO WARM GARMENTS VIA RED CROSS
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MAIMED, CRIPPLED AND ORPHANED by the war, then caught hungry and cold in its aftermath, children in the
city of Linz, Austria, line up to replace their tattered garments with warm clothes made by Red Cross volun
teers and shown being distributed by Miss Helen Nixon, Red Cross worker, of Holyoke, Mass. (.International')
Only II Days Remain To Reach Quota
In Red Cross Campaign. Dendy Reminds
Chairman Urges Newfon County Citizens To
Open Hearts And Pocketbooks For Red Cross
With only 11 days to make good its quota, the citiz
ens of Newton County have turned a cool, if not cold,
shoulder, to the pleas of the Local Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, leaving the mark set as a goal still far
— —— ahead.
Marion H. Allen
Revenue Collector,
Speaks Here Today
Marion H. Allen, collector of
internal revenue, will be the
featured speaker today at the
regular meeting of the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club. Mr. Allen will
be presented by Jack Elliott,
chairman of the program com
mittee.
Widely known in political cir
cles, Mr. Allen is frequently men
tioned as a gubernatorial candi
date in the coming state election-
A lawyer by profession, he man
aged the last campaign for
Senator Richard B. Rusell.
In Milledgeville, his home, Mr.
Allen is chairman of the board
of the Merchants and Farmers
bank, a trustee of the Georgia
Military College, and a member
of the diaconate of the First
Presbyterian Church. He and the
late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt were close friends.
Last Thursday the Kiwanians
heard William D. Ellis, president
of Southern Mills and a past pre
sident of the Atlanta Rotary
Club. Mr. Ellis pointed out that
life is getting better.
“Institution such as slavery,
the leasing of convicts, and duell
ing have given way to a more
humane relationship,” said Mr-
Ellis. “Though progress is slow,
it is sure. The world is definitely
getting better.”
Mr. Ellis was introduced by
R. O. Arnold. Virgil Y. C. Eady
and S. J- Morcock were elected
by the club as delegates to the
Kiwanis International Convention
to be held in Atlantic City, June
9-13. Vice-president Frank Mea
dors presided in the absence of
President George Cochran.
"Our workers have met with
only partial success,” the Rev. M.
B. Dendy, chairman of the local
group, said this week in urging
the citizens of this community to
open their hearts—and pocket
books—to help pay the tremen
dous cost of Red Cross work
throughout the world.
“Os course we are hoping that
by March 30 Newton Countians
will do their part in keeping this
great organization functioning as
a goodwill agent all over the
world and in its planned help
for veterans and disaster vic
tims at home,” Mr. Dendy said
“ Such things cost money and a
lot of it. It is only fair for we
who can to contribute to the
welfare of the many sufferers
whom the Red Cross helps.”
The emphasis of the Red Cross
this year, the first year of peace,
will be on returning veterans,
the many in hospitals, and in the
areas where disaster has struck.
Some of the practical minded
might like to know where some
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Two Will Receive
Star Scout Badges
The Board of Review of the
Newton District, Boy Scouts of
America, held recently in Port
erdale, recommended two Boy
Scouts for promotion to the
rank of Star Scout, one to the
rank of Second Class and recom.
mended merit badge awards for
four others.
Clarence Daniel and Billy
Johnson will receive the badges
of a star Scout at the next meet,
ing of the Court of Awards and
Sammy Moss will move up from
Tenderfoot to Second Class.
Merit badges were recommend
ed as follows: Jimmy Peeler,
Home Repairs; Ide Price, Home
Repairs and Music; Charies
Smith, First Aid, and Russell
Holder, First Aid.
J. I. Alford, district chair
man, was in charge of the Board
of Review.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1946 5c SINGLE COPY
Extensive Athletic
Program Planned
For Porterdale
By BILL STATHAM
Plans for an extensive athletic
program for Porterdale are be
ginning to materialize with the
return of Howad Brumbaugh as
Athletic Director of the Bibb, a
position to which he was re
instated after a tour of duty
with the United States Navy.
A top-notch baseball team,
with mostly veterans, appears
the best attraction. Work to
recondition the Julia Porter
Park already has begun, and the
field should be in excellent con
dition in sufficient time for
spring practice, which isn’t too
far away.
It is expected that Burris
Snow, Superintendent of the
Porterdale Mills, will be avail
able to manage the team. Mr.
Snow has long been active in
all phases of athletics, being one
of the J. O. Porter Clubs lead
ing golfers and supporters.'
Some are enthusiastic in the
idea of . organizing a softball
league, with teams from the
three Mills and various clubs
participating. The veterans of
Foreign Wars will be expected to
field the fastest team, in that
the majority of the more prom
inent players of prewar years
are now members of that organ
ization.
That long standing favorite ।
of Porterdale sportsmen—Golf— I
will take no back seat in the
drive to provide good recrea
tion and fun for sports—starved
citizens who were lacking of his
recreation and entertainment |
during war years.
The course, still in excellent i
shape, will undergo a thorough 1
going-over, under the direction I
of Mr. Snow, who plans to pur- ;
chase surplus army clubs and [
equipment, in an effort to make
the ground game of golf accessi
ble to every citizen who desires
to play. Mr. Snow, a public
spirited citizen, deserves praise
and support as he endeavors to
furnish Porterdale with an ath
letic program available to all
who would compete.
Membership in the club is op
en to citizens of Newton Coun-'
ty at $lO a year. No better |
investment could be made. |
County Officials Asked To
Help Modernize Department
County Finances Reported In Good Shape;
Officials Lauded For Efficient Service
Recognition that the health facilities of Newton
County are not what they should be reached the official
spotlight again this week when the Newton County Grand
Jury recommended “that our county officers cooperate
with state and federal agencies '
to bring to Newton County a
health unit and hospital in line
with other counties which have
modern health units.”
Health conditions were brought
to the attention of the people |
recently when the announcement'
was made that there were more I
than 300 cases of tuberculosis
active in Newton County, plac
ing this county second in the
state in per capita cases.
At present one white nurse
and one colored nurse are the
only employees hired to combat
the tuberculosis scourge. Agi
tation is underway by the Par
ent-Teacher Association, other
organizations and private in
dividuals to qualify the county
for Federal aid. The Grand
Jury action is the first official
step in this direction.
Among other actions, the
Grand Jury recommended that
the county representative intro
duce a bill in the next legisla
ture to pay the Clerk of the
Court for recording veteran’s
discharge papers.
The full text of the present
ments follows:
We, the Grand Jury, drawn
and sworn for the March Term
1946 of Newton Superior Court,
beg to submit the following pre
sentments.
The various Committees ap
pointed to inspect the affairs
of the County have reported.
We find all Narcotic Merch
ants of the County selling ac
cording to law.
The Committee to inspect the
roads and bridges, find that the
same are in good shape so far
as we have been able to ascer
tain.
We have given a casual in
spection of the records of New
ton County Officers, and so far
as we are able to observe, find
that the records are in good
shape and properly kept.
We find that the finances of
the County are in good shape.
We recommend that our Coun.
ty Officers Co-operate with State
and Federal agencies to bring
to Newton County a health unit
and hospital in line with other
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Numerous Improvements Are Underway
On Emory-at-Oxford Campus, Eady Says
A. W. Jackson, School Engineer, Directing
Renovation Program To Modernize Buildings
Improvements on the Emory
at Oxford plant representing
thousands of dollars are now un
der way, according to Dean Vir
gil Y. C- Eady, division execu
tive.
“With funds already on hand
for much new equipment and
renovation,” said Dean Eady,
“only labor and material short
ages can slow down our pro
gram. We are going forward just
as rapidly as we can under the
circumstances.”
In Science Hall last quarter
the chemistry laboratories were
completely equipped with the
latest scientific devices. Hardwmod
floors were laid and fluorescent
lights installed. New tables with
air, gas, and water connections
replaced the old fixtures. Total
costs of improvements in Science
Hall approximate $30,000.
Phi Gamma Hall, century-old
literary society home, is now in
Covington Among
Towns To Gel Units
Os National Guard
Covington is among the 46
Georgia cities tentatively includ
ed in the assigment of National
Guard units, according to an
announcement made this week
by Adjutant General Marvin S.
Griffin. Prior to World War 11,
Covington had no National
Guard unit, but during the war
efficient units of the Georgia
State Guard were in operation
here.
With two infantry regiments
of the Georgia National Guard
to be mustered, along with a
brigade of anti-aircraft, a tank
battalion and a battalion of field
artillery, General Griffin has
outlined the basic policies to be
employed in reorganizing the
Guard as follows:
"The zoning of Georgia to
carry out the War Department’s
general plan for over-all balanc
ed defense of the nation.
“The grouping of units geo
graphically so that regimental and
battalion supervision of training
could be accomplished.
“Where possible to maintain
or perpetuate traditions of old
National Guard organization in
Georgia.
“Place headquarters and units
in areas where adequate officer
and enlited personnel are avail
able and can be readily procur
ed.”
General Griffin is recommend
ing reorganization of the 121st
Infantry with Macon as regi
mental headquarters, and or
ganization for the first time in
Georgia of the 292nd Infantry,
with regimental headquarters in
Atlanta. Covington would have
a company of the latter regiment.
The anti-aircraft brigade will
be formed near the coast and up
the Savannah river valley. The
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process of restoration. Cenicnt
floors have already been laid in
the basement. Work on the up
stairs auditorium will begin
shortly. The lower floor of Phi
Gamma will house the school
shop and provide equipment
storage rooms.
Haygood’ and Pierce Halls arc
to be worked over between
quarters this summer. All rooms
are to be repainted. Roofs and
drains of both dormitories were
put in perfect repair last month.
In due time hardwood floors will
be laid in Pierce, matching those
of Haygood.
Allen Memorial Church is to
be equipped with an electric pipe
organ, main auditorium repainted
and decorated, and rest rooms
installed. Money for the pipe or
gan is in the bank, having been
subscribed last year by students,
faculty members, and citizens of
the town.
All work on the campus and
in the buildings is under the
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Gives Red Alibi
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INSISTING that he had been given
permission to strip Mukden of in
dustrial equipment by a “Big
Three” agreement, Russian Gen.
Kovtun-Stankevitch is shown as h«
talked with American newsmen
just before leaving the embattled
and despoiled city. Protest has been
made against removal of machinery
from the area. (International)
School Officials
In Newton County
Form Association
I
An association to consolidat*
the efforts of Newton County
schools toward better education
in this community was formed
recently in the organization of
the Newton County Principal's
Association.
Mr. C. W. Peacock was elect
ed president and Mrs. W. A.
Carlton, secretary, at the first
meeting. The organization is
composed of the principals of
all the schools, the county sup
erintendent and the attendance
officers of Newton County and
the City of Covington.
Meetings will be held month
ly, following a fellowship sup
per at the Delaney Hotel.
Among problems discussed at
the first meeting were improve
ment of instruction, parent train
ing, school attendance, a con
solidated high school for New
ton County, and an adequate
health program for Newton
County.
Members of the Association
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A. W. JACKSON
Building Modern Plant
direct supervision of Prof. A. W.
Jackson, business manager and
school engineer. Emory Univer
sity in Atlanta is cooperating
wholeheartedly with the Oxford
program.
“We are going as fast and as
hard as we can,” said Professor
Jackson. “When our plans are
carried out, Emory at Oxford will
have as modern a school plant
as can be found in the South.”
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