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tt’hilp moves to stem the ris
tide of juvenile delinquency
’ ie d the attention of social
'.L and public officials
„ coast to coast, at least two
® this week were demon
tnE that constructive acti
■es can aid in preventing and
ving pioblem.
>We have no juvenile delin
"ts among the boys who de
n construct and fly model
Ines” declared John J.
superintendent rd the
troit Department of Parks
J Recreation. And in Amanl-
Texas an organization known ।
Kids Incorporated was pro-
X ci ty.wide athletic com
£s that have cut the num
r of delinquency cases by 70
r cent.
Classes in model plane con
uction are held at several De
■ recreation centers, and a
del aircraft meet, sponsored
the Detroit Free Press, wi
held in May. Winners will
npete in the national meet at
icago in July The park offic
noted that interest in model
nding started m boyhood,
itinue’d through all ages The
.jority of Detroit model-build
। who entered the armed for
b in aviation.
rhe Amarillo project is a co
stive venture, which oper
sg a year-round for boys be
low athletic participation age
the schools. Kids Incorpor
d furnishes coaches, equip
ut officials, awards, and
ices to play foot ball, softball,
seball and basketball. During
P basketball season recently
ncluded, 77 teams of boys
>m 8 to 14 played 480 games
60 days. For the softball sea
n the organization plans eight
igues of 96 teams. Hundreds
boys, who formerly had no
sire for sports, are playing
w because they have been
posed to athletics for the first
ne.
Meanwhile, problems of juven- ;
deliquency in the largest cit
i were considered by Brad-'
rd Chambers, director of New 1
irk’s East Harlem gang sur
y, who told the American
iiiosophical Society in Phila-
Jphia that gangs springing up
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? Newton Youths
iven Seoul Awards
t Honor Court
Nine Newton County youths
ere awarded badges of Second
lass Scouts at a Court of A
ards held last Thursday night
; the American Legion Hall, M.
• Wiley, chairman of the Ad
ancement Committee, presiding.
Jack Daniel, of Troop 226, was i
warded his Tenderfoot badge, I
id seven others received merit |
adge awards.
Second Class badges were pre
nted to: Robert Bowers, of
coop 226, and Jamie Aaron,
atrick Anglin. Teddy Brown, J.
Curry, Dan Childers, Ronal
lliott, Leon Hamby, and James
■ Samons, all of Troop 223, Cov
igton Mill.
Merit badge awards were made
s follows: Purn Brown, Wood
arving; Milford Johnson, Safety
woodcarving, both Scouts
lembers of Troop 223, and Billy
™son, First Aid and Personnal
lealth; Clarence Daniel, Per
onal Health and Scholarship;
wider, Safety; Charles Smith,
•afety and James Martin, Safety,
Hl members of Troop 226.
(pare Stamp No. 49
Good For Sugar
■ Newton County housewives
■^ now use spare stamp No.
■ lfl or ! he Purchase of sugar,
■ A District Price Executive
■5 n Dyer, has announced
■ e new stamp becoming effec
■ e yesterday, May 1, being
for the purchase of five
Wounds of sugar through August
a l so reminded housewives
■ nat spare stamp No. 9 is still
■*’ for canning sugar, but
Kno !? em not to use “this stamp
■d f thf> su ? ar is act ually need
■ n for canning purposes.
■ ^'^'counter prices on
■ 8 e Packs of cigarettes were
■ atfected by last week’s in-
B on cigarettes, Mr. Dyer
■ aine d. The half-cent boost
i- pacl< is effective only on
■e.L . ’■ wo or more packs.
■ 11 Prices were increased as
■„ ' csu “ rising production
■r j? c ’S are tte manufacturers,
added
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NEWT&, COUNTY CANCER QUOTA IS DOUBLED IN FINAL SPLURGE
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Covington Memorial Day Scene
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Pictured at Memorial Day exercises last Friday, sponsored by the Covington Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, are some of those taking part in the program at the Method
ist Church In the back row, left to right, is: Mrs. R. H. Patterson, who presented essay prizes; Mrs.
W C Wright president ol the Covington Chapter; Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder, Memori
al Dav speaker; Mrs. Belmont Dennis, past present of the Georgia U. D. C. Division, and CoL R.
M. Tuck, who introduced Mr. Linder. In the foreground are members of the Children of the Con
federacy, with Oscar Harper 111, on the extreme left; Leo Mallard, Jr B H. Patterson 111, and Sarah
Wright. Sarah Margaret Patterson stands in front of the group. (NEWS Photo-Engraving).
Impressive Ceremonies Here Friday
Marked Memorial Day For Confederacy
Memorial Day At
Oxford Honored
Confederate Dead
Students of Emory at Oxford
and Palmer-Stone School observ
ed Memorial Day at Oxford last
Friday morning with impressive
services at the Confederate ceme
tery on the Oxford campus. The
program was sponsored by the
Oxford Woman’s Club.
Music for the occasion was
furnished by the Emory band, di
rected by Major Godfrey Oster
man. The Rev. Charles W.
Boleyn, pastor of Allen Memorial
Church, offered the invocation.
Prof. William Roberts, history
instructor at Emory, delivered
the principal address. Poofessor
Roberts paid high tribute to the
valor of the Confederate soldier
declaring him to be ‘‘without
peer in any army in any nation,
past or present.”
Proceeding the exercises, the
students of Palmer-Stone School
decorated the graves of the sol
diers with spring flowers. Taps,
sounded by the Emory band,
brought the memorial rites to a
close.
Mr. Austin's Condition
Described As Critical
The condition of Pete Austin,
Covington resident, was describ
ed as “critical” by hospital at
taches late Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Austin was tak'n to an At
lanta hospital earlier this week.
Tom Linder Speaker At
Methodist Church
Services.
Covington paused last Friday
to honor the memory of Confed
erate dead with an impressive
service at the First Methodist
Church, a street parade of school
children, Boy Scouts, and repre
sentatives of civic organization,
and rites at the graves of Con
federate veterans in the City
Cemetery.
Tom Linder, Georgia Commis
sioner of Agriculture, was the
Memorial Day speaker. Mr. Lin
der, a talented and forceful
speaker, impressed the large
audience with the sincerity of
his convictions and his keen in
sight on human nature.
Services at the Church opened
with reveille, sounded by bugler
H. B. Floyd and precessiona)
music played by Mrs. Walter C.
McGahee. The invocation was
given by the Rev. John F. Yar
brough, after which Frank Mea
' dors, commander of Newton
County Post No. 32 of the Ameri
' can Legion, led the pledge to the
Flag. Miss Sallie Mae Sockwell
lead the salute to the Conference
flag.
Mrs. W. C. Wright, president of
the Covington Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, sponsors of the Memorial
Day exercises, extended the ad-
I dress of welcome. This was fol
lowed with musical selections by
a double quartet from the Emory
at Oxford Glee Club.
Confederate widows were pre
sented by Mrs. Belmont Dennis,
past president of the Georgia
Division of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy and Mrs- R.
. (Continued on Page Five.)
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, MAY 2, 1946
Prizes Awarded
In UDC-Sponsored
Essay Competition
Among the highlights of im
pressive Memorial Day services,
sponsored here last Friday by the
Covington Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
was the presentation of essay
prizes to school children in both
city and county schools.
Children from the fifth to
eleventh grades entered the con
test with first place winners in
each grade receiving prizes
which were persented by Mrs. R.
H. Patterson, the Chapters Essay
Chairman.
In the Covington School, Louly
Fowler, Evelyn Lyda, Lavinia
Whatley, and Mary Bell, were
first place winners, with Jean
Christian, Beverly Price, Betty
Thomson, and Joan Dobbs, win
ning first place in the Newton
County Schools.
The complete list of winners, as
announced by Mrs. Patterson,
was as follows 2 winners being
listed in first, second, and third
places:
Covingion Schools
FIFTH GRADE—LouIy Fow
ler, Johnny Vardeman, and
Rachel King.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH
GRADES—EveIyn Lyda, Sarah
Turner, and Janice McMichael.
Honorable mention: LaVerne
(Continued on Page Five.)
Dennis Will Be Candidate
For Ga. Lieutenant-Governor
Pledges Continued Progress For Georgia ’
And More Direct Representation In Senate
Belmont Dennis, editor of the Covington News, has
announced that he would be a candidate for lieutenant
governor in the Democratic primary in July and in the
general election in November.
“For several months,” Mr. Dennis said, “friends and
i organizations throughout the state have urged me to seek
the office of lieutenant-governor. It is because of their
faith and interest in me and because I believe that I can
efficiently serve the people of Georgia in this office that
has decided me to enter this campaign.
“I firmly believe that the people of Georgia will re
. ceive with favor a successful country editor who has his
I finger on the pulse of the public and knows the problems
of Georgia—a man without a political record.”
Mr. Dennis said that the basis of his campaign would
|be more direct representation
for citizens of Georgia in the
State Senate coupled with a
program of continued progress
for Georgia.
Explaining the need for more
direct representation in the Sen
t?, Mr. Dennis said:
“For a number of years my
wife, as President of the Georgia
Division of the United Daughters
nf the Confederacy, and myself,
a; State Commander of the Sons
pf Confederate Veterans, tried
I ‘.o have a measure passed in the
I egislature allowing widows of
I Confederate veterans to use the
facilities of the Confederate Home
I in Atlanta.
I “Each time the measure receiv
| ed favorable action in the House,
‘ but we were unable to have the
j bill even considered in the Sen-
I ate, the President of the Senate
saying that we would have to
have the Governor’s approval be
fore it could be brought before
that body.
“The present legislature pass
ed the measure, but only after
it was approved by the governor
was it allowed to be brought be
fore the Senate. Meanwhile,
over a period of years, a number
of these aged widows had died in
‘old age’ boarding houses, often
from a lack of care they so need
ed and deserved.
“Such legislative methods
should not be tolerated in a pro
gressive state. Should I be given
an opportunity, as lieutenant
governor, to preside over the
Senate, Georgians may be assur
ed that their elected represena
tives will be given every oppor
tunity to introduce and debate
any bill that deals with the wel
fare of the people, without any
one’s approval being required.”
Mr. Dennis said that he believes
a fifty percent increase in teach
ers’ pay is one of the first steps
that Georgia must take in its for
ward march ot progress- He has
long favored such a step and a
recent editorial in his newspapers,
suggesting such an increase, at
tracted state-wide attention and
his stand was commended by
teachers in practically every
Georgia county.
He advocates improved health
facilities to the extent that every
Georgian will have the advant
ages and protection of a modern
hospital, with a functioning
health department in every coun
ty, manned by trained personnel
and provided with adequate
equipment.
“For those who, because of age
or infirmities, are no longer able
(Continued on Page Five.)
Scouters Training
Session Tonight
The second session of a basic
leadership training course for
Boy Scout leaders will be con
ducted tonight at the American
Legion Hall, starting at 6:30
o'clock. The opening meeting
was held last Thursday night
with good attendance.
A course for Cub leaders is
also scheduled at the Hall to
night, starting one hour later, at
7:30 P. M-
At last Thursday's meeting,
members of Porterdale Troop No.
226, demonstrated proper open
ing and closing ceremonies for
Boy Scout Troops. Weaver Marr,i
executive of the Atlanta Area
Council, is serving as instructor.
GLEE CLUB EROM EMORY UNIVERSITY
YEAR'S OUTSTANDING ATTRACTION
Easily the outstanding attraction of the year, the Em
ory University Glee Club opened its 1946 road season here
Monday night at Allen Memorial Church. The program
> was the sixth and last in the Emory Junior College Lec
ture-Artist Series.
!
I Company A Takes
; Tilt With C, 7-6
e In an exciting baseball game
’ at Emory Junior College Friday
- afternoon, Company A defeated
s C, 7-6.
This game proved to be the
best one played this season and
ties Company A and C for the
lead in the baseball league.
Company A, under the 3-hit
pitching of Mike Aiderman, took
an early lead in the game and
maintained it until the end. Only
once did Company C present a
serious threat and that was a
rally in the sixth inning which
netted three runs.
There were a great number of
errors made by both companies
but Company A managered to
make the best of the Company
C errors and turn them into runs.
Company A had 10 hits while
Company C was able to get only
3 hits. Company C was compelled
to use two pitchers, Al Richards
and James Quillian.. In batting
no one single person could be
given special credit except that
a double by “Sambo” Whatley of
Company A and a triple by Dick
Budd of Company C both looked
good. The umpire for the game
was Worsham.
Hundreds Os Georgia Cattlemen Attend
Sale Os Herefords At Clybel Plantation
Total Sales Tuesday Amounted to $23,675;
$1,600 Paid For First Steer Auctioned
“The cattle in Georgia have improved more in the
last five years than in any period I can remember, and
they have improved not only from the standpoint of num
bers but also in quality and grading.’’
That opinion was expressed
Tuesday by W. C. Shepherd,
owner of the wide-spreading
Clybel Plantation between Mans
field and Monticello, at a sale at
his place.
“Five years ago the owners
had to bid at their own auctions,”
J. W. Hughes, owner of the
Hughes Hereford Farm, north of
Roswell on the Crabapple Road,
said.
On the wide green lawn behind
the big white house the women
of the First Methodist Church
served barbecue to the hundreds
of cattlemen from over the State
who had come to bid on the
white-faced Herefords at the
annual sale at Clybel Plantation.
Cattlemen brought their fam
ilies to the big event, babies with
I bottles, boys and girls, mammas;
I and papas; all had come for '
5c SINGLE COPY
In State Race j
al
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BELMONT DENNIS
Candidate For
I Lieutenant-Governor
Director by Dr. Malcolm H.
Dewey, the Emory singers re
ceived repeated applause for
their superb performance. Es
pecially popular with the audi
ence was a group of Negro
spirituals.
The young men arrived on the
Oxford campus Monday after
: noon and were entertained by
' the Emory at Oxford Glee Club-
Monday night they were the
guests of the college at supper.
This Egg Is Big—
From Any Angle!
With the current price of eggs
being what they are, J. B.
Loyd, resident of Route 5,
could make money with just
one of his hens, IF, he could
sell 'em, the eggs, that is, by
the pound.
Ordinarily Mr. Loyd's flock
turns out eggs in the usual
fashion, an egg being merely
an egg, Tuesday however,
things changed! One of his
Barred Rocks turned in an egg
that dwarfs the usual run of
eggs.
Measuring nine and three
eights inches in circumference,
the long way 'round, it weigh
ed a full five ounces. That's a
lot of egg any way your mea
sure it, weigh it, or sell it!
miles around to the big sale and
they all sat there around th;
auction arena entranced by the
auctioneer’s deep guttural mono
logue.
“The reason we are progressing
in Georgia is because people like
Mr. Shepherd and other breeders
of the State have started from
nothing and have brought these
fine registered cattle into the
State, showing us the tremendous
value of Hereford cattle,” said
B. E. Yancey, President of the
Georgia Hereford Association.
“These are the cattle that will
turn Georgia grass into beef and
into dollars in your bank ac
count,” the auctioneer, Col. G. H.
Shaw, said just before beginning'
j the auction- “Why have several
! hundred head of ordinary cattle'
AND PROSPERITY
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
County Sets
Record For
Cancer Work
Mrs. Nesbit Says
Contributions Are
Over SI,OOO Mark;
Workers Lauded.
Whole-hearted response to last-
I minute appeals carried Newton
County well over the top in the
annual dri^j for funds to combat
cancer, Mrs. F. C. Nesbit, chair
man of the Newton County Field
of the American Cancer Society,
revealed this week.
Mrs. Nesbit said that a final
■ check of contributions showed a
total of $1,033.48 turned in. This
was double the county’s assigned
I quota, the quota for this year
! being three times the 1945 quota.
In announcing the results, Mrs.
Nesbit expressed sincere appreci
ation to the volunteer worker!
whose efforts were responsible
for the success of the annual
campaign.
“The work done by such men
as Murray Gardner, Jim Cook,
and Lewis Caldwell,” Mrs. Nes
bit said, “ is responsible for our
success. The list of fine volunteer
workers is too long to give here,
, but I want each and everyone of
them to know that their work is
■ appreciated.”
Contributions this year were
- said by Mrs. Nesbit to be the lar
o gest ever collected in Newton
County for cancer' control work
e and research. '
; Journal Columnist
Speaks Saturday
Ernest Rogers, Atlanta Journal
columnist, will be the featured
speaker here Saturday night at
the annual banquet of the Emory
Glee Club. Hr. Rogers will be
introduced by Dean Virgil Y. C.
Eady.
A graduate of Emory, Mr.
| Robers is widely known in music
and newspaper circles. While he
j was a student at Emory, he
founded the Emory Wheel, com
pue weekly newspaper now in
1 its 27th year.
The banquet, which will bt
I held at the Porterdale gym
nasium at 8 o’clock, will assemble
j over 40 club members and their
I guests. Officers of the club are
Kimbell Price, of Dalton, presi
dent; Fort Fleker, of Dalton, vice
president; William Wicker, of
Miami, Fla., business manager;
Harold Stinson, of Dubin, secre
i tary-treasurer, and William
Bynum, of Clayton, librarian.
when a few Herefords will be
more valuable?”
The first steer “Letston,” was
bought for $1,600 by J. H.
Hughes, owner of the Hughes
Hereford Farm,
The total sales of the auction
amounted to $23,675. The aver
age price for the bulls was $430
and the price paid for the cows
was $677.78.
Democratic Committee
Meets In Gritfin Wed.
A meeting of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of
the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict will be held in Griffin,
Wednesday, May 9, it was an
nounced this week by C. R.
Gwyn, of Zebulon, committee
secretary.
The meeting was called to
formulate plans for a Demo
cratic Primary to name *
representative in the U. S.
Congress and io prescribe
rules and regulations for the
election.
NUMBER 18