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VOLUME 83
Cll, WATER ELECTION SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON JULY 17
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Mrs. Dobbs Wins First Prize In State Show
Judged Best In Class
Os Sack Housedresses
500 Witnessed
H. D. Style Show
Held In Athens
Last Week.
Mrs. James N. Dobbs was
awarded a first prize of fifteen
dollars for the best dress made
from a feed sack at the Home
Demonstration Club's State
Style Revue held last week on
the University of Georgia cam
pus. Mrs. Dobbs modeled a
housedress made of .sack with
trimmings costing 45c.
At the Newton County Home
Demonstration Style Show held
in Covington recently Mrs.
Dobbs, who is president of the
Almon Club and secretary of
the County Council, was award
ed first place, which qualified
her to enter the Athens contest.
Selected as grand prize win
ner of the State show was Mrs.
G. D. Counts, Jr. of Screven
County who received a cash a
ward of S4O. Mrs. Counts model
ed a simple homemade dress de
signed for general wear.
The style revue was conduct
ed by Miss Quinells Mcßae.
Clothing specialists of the Geor
gia Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. More than 500 Home Dem
onstration Club members and
agents throughout the state wit
nessed the show.
Friday the various winners
at the show were honored at a
luncheon in Atlanta which was
given by Davidsons Paxton De
partment Store of that City. Lat
er the winners were the guest of
a broadcast on one of Atlanta J
Radio stations.
Legion Jr. Team
To Play Griflin
Tomorrow In Cov.
The American Legion Junior
baseball team will meet the
American Legion Junior base
ball team from Griffin tomor
row afternoon at 4 o'clock on
the Covington Mill diamond.
Next Wednesday afternoon at
4 o’clock on the Covington Mill
diamond, the Covington Jr.
baseball team will play the
State champions from Thomas
ton. This game should test out
our team.
The ^ovington team has play
ed six games this season " in
ning all six. Their latest victory
being over Eatonton here 1 ues
day afternoon, 24 to 3. They
played Jackson here yesterday.
An American Legion Ju. o:
baseball tournament will b p
played here starting aroi.nd
July 9. All games will be play
ed on the Covington Mill dia
mond.
If you can't attend these
games, tune in on your radio to
WMOC and listen to them.
Come out and see the boys
play and let them know that
the people of Covington are e
hind them.
Cyclone Reported
In Korean County
last Friday
Friday the Thirteenth a cy
clone was sighted in Morgan
County over towards Gadfie>,
but no report of any damage
has been received here. *
It had been raining all tha.
dav in the major part of the
county and it is believed that
the cyclone accompanied the de
luge. .
Observers say that the funnel
shaped dark cloud descendc
fr^m the rain clouds over that
arda.
Five Performers
To Be Presented
Al Rotary Club
A troupe of five outstanding
artists will be featured on the
Rotary Club Ladies night pro
gram which takes place at the
Salem Hotel Tuesday night.
Miss Joyce Donaldson, 15 year
old winner of Major Bowes radio
program and winner of a screen
career with Paramount pictures,
will be featured. Miss Donald
sonwon the Major Bowes contest
at the age of 10 and would have
entered pictures at that time, but
was not permitted to do so by
her parents. She has been
awarded numerous scholarships
and prizes in amateur contests.
She plans to begin her screen
career next summer at the age
of 16 following an offer from
Paramount Pictures.
Miss Charlotte Bishman, tal
ented accordianist and singer,
will be another outstanding
feature. She has had wide ex
perience on the stage and on
civic programs. Atlanta civic
leaders praise her very highly
and is one of the best entertain
ers ever brought to this section.
Miss Beverly Miller, dancing
xylophone player and singer,
will present a most interesting
program. She also comes to Cov
ington highly recommended by
Atlanta civic leaders.
Billy Jacobs, 10 year old pian
ist, will entertain the members
and guests with a series of musi
cal numbers consisting of classi
cal, semi-classical, popular and
boogie-woogie music tied togeth
er in an outstanding show. Billy
has also been offered a movie
contract and his parents are now
considering the offer.
Mrs. Fronida Schneider, di
rector of the group, will also take
part on the program as pianist.
Rotary officials expect this to be
one of the most outstanding
shows of the year in this section.
Hugh M. Harris, president
elect of Rotary, will be installed
as President along with Ther of
ficers of the club by past-District
Governor Abit Nix, of Athens.
Mr. Harris and Mr. Hay worked
together in planning the final
program of the club year. Offi
cers to be instated along with
Mr. Harris are Alvin Rape, Sec
retary; Howard Milligan, Treas
urer; Mark Davis, Asst. Secty.;
Hoke Randle, Recording Secre
tary; Leo Mallard, Scrgeant-at-
Arms; and directors Lewis Cald
well, Murray Gardner, Milton
Brogdon, and Sam Dietz.
A number of former Rotarians
and their wives who have moved
away from Co ington, will at
tend. Many other guests are ex
pected and will be introduced at
ihe meeting.
New Business Opens
This Week In tovingfon
The Furniture Exchange, a new
business in Covington, will open
this week at the building located
at the rear of Covington Auto
Service. This new firm will
carry a complete line of furniture
and will sell outright or ex
change. An advertisement giv
ing full and complete details may
be found elsewhere in this issue.
The Furniture Exchange has
a complete line of house furn
। ishings now on display. They
I have SIO,OOO worth of merchan
^dise and will appreciate your
(inspection. Two soap box deiby
I machines, winners of first and
second place in the sth District
finals in 1941, are on display s;
the Furniture Exchange. sou
| are invited to see them.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19. 1947
Tornado Gives Auto A Bedroom—Not A Garage
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WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BEDROOM shelters an automobile In the above picture, taken after a twister ripped
through norjheastern Ohio and'western Pennsylvania, with Sharon, Pa., as one of its key targets. In fact, the
entire top floor appears to have been toppled over. Some five persons are dead and more than 100 reported
hurt, following the tornado which caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. ("-sternationaP
Leader Institute
At Universily
Next Month
The Leader Training Insti
tute, to instruct club and civic
leaders in community* needs and
leadership will be held on the
University of Georgia Campus
next month.
This is the first annual Lead
ership conference and it is ex
pected to become an annual af
fair. Invitations to attend are
extended to interested parties
in Covington and Newton Coun
ty-
As announced by Dr. Harmon
W. Caldwell, University Pres
ident and Institute Chairman,
the conclave will open sessions
at 9 a. m. Thursday, July 17,
and close with luncheon on
Saturday, July 19. Subjects will
be discussed are:
On Thursday: "Finding the
Community's Needs," "Found
ations for Action," Organizing
the Community,” and "Edu
cation and the Community,” on
Friday: "Government and Gov
ernment Services,” Business--
Industry - Labor,” “Religious
Resources and Opportunities,
"Social Problems and Social
Service,” and “Public Opinion-
Press-Radio-Movies," on Satui
day: "Rural-Urban Relations,”
"Beauty* and the Arts in Com
munity Life,” and "Summary of
Institute Findings.”
Experts in the various fields
to be considered are being se
cured as speakers and consult
ants for the program by Miss
Emily Woodward, Director, Di
vision of Forums, University
System of Georgia. Institute Di
rector, and the Executive Com
mittee in charge of plans.
Designed to give aid to Geor
gians - both youth and adults
who desire to improve and en
large their leadership capacities,
the Institute will bring together
publicspirited citizens from ali
walks of life who feel that de
spite the great progress made
in recent years, even more can
ano should be done to improve
the various phases of commun
ity life in this State. It is
planned as a workshop, a lab
oratory for study and research
in the* problems of civic respon
sibilty and community cooper
ation, and a program to give
opportunities to the individual
to learn, through discussion and
inquiry the basic principles of
community leadership.
As hotel accomadations and
rooms are limited all interested
are urged to register immediate
ly with John D. Salter, Regis
srar, University of Georgia,
Athens Georgia. Mr. Salter will
take care of requests for rates.
There are no registration fees.
801 l Weevil Pesls
Allack Hewfon
Cotion Farmers
A gang of thieves are threaten
ing to steal over $100,000.09 from
thp cotton farmers of Newton
County. The thieves, a large crop
of boll weevils take a toll of
nearly one eighth of our cotton
crop. An intensive control pro
gram can curtail the weevil’s de
velopment and prevent much of
this loss.
Presuare mopping with a mix
ture of calcium arsenate, syrup
and water is the best method of
attack at this time. From 1 quart
to 1 gallon of syrup (depending
on thickness and availability of
the syrup), is mixed with 1 gal
lon of water and 1 pound of cal
cium arsenate. Some farmers
find a mixture of 6 gallons of wa
ter and 1 pound of arsenate can
be used when syrup is not avail
able. Do not mix over a days
supply* of mixture at a time and
it is better to mix only enough
for a few hours. Equipment for
mopping varies from elaborate
store bought outfits to a fruit jar
with a few holes in the top.
The killing of one boll weevil
now is equal to killing thousands
six weeks lated. Control of
weevils not only will increase the
yield of cotton, but will greatly*
improve the grade.
Ben T. Huief Urges
Increased Industry
Throughout Slate
Georgia must increase her
industries in order to avoid
largescale ui employment. was
brought out by Ben T. FJuit.
State Commissioner of labor, in
an address before the Covii.g
ton Kiwanis Club, meeting in the
Hotel Delaney.
That' there are 640 active ap
plications for wark currently on
file at the Gergia State Em
ployment office in Covington
while there are only 56 jobs
available, was given as an ex
ample by Mr. Huit of this need.
The Covington office, whicn
administrats Newton, Morgan.
Rockdale and Walton Counties,
succeeded in placing 68 appli
cants during May, Mr. Huit ad
ded.
While Newton County has
a weekly average of 26 non
•veterans receiving unemploy
ment compensation during May.
the commissioner stated, there
is a total of 27 veterans who are
presently unemployed in ‘he
county.
Mr. Huit also urged those
with skills, including wartime
skills, to keep in touch with the
local War Manpower office in
Covington.
Sam Tribble,
Bunk Hackell
Spoke On WMOC
Last Thursday night, Sam
Tribble, American Legion Ath
letic Officer, and "Bunk” Hack
ett, coach of the American Legion
Junior Baseball Team, were in
terviewed on WMOC’s "Sport
cast".
Many questions pertaining to
sports were asked and answered.
Most interesting of these ques
tions and answers was about the
proposed Athletic Stadium.
All local sport fans are longing
for Covington to go ahead with
stadium. Sam Tribble said that
it would be impossible for Cov
ington to be the host to next
year's Legion baseball tourna
ment unless the stadium was
built by* then. Seems as if Sam
used his influence in bringing
the tournament back to Coving
ton again this summer.
The state director has made it
known that Covington will not
be considered next year unless
the stadium is built. So, the
sports fans of Covin,, on should
get behind this project and push
it Io the limit.
It would be an asset to our
town plus being the playing field
for our teams the year around.
And we all know that we need
an athletic field.
Sam Tribble told the sport fans
that the American Legion Junior
Baseball team will play a num
ber of the state's outstanding
junior learns and that games are
scheduled for every playing day.
“Bunk" Hackett, coach of the
team, was happy* about the suc
cess of his team so far this sea
son. Hackett said that he did
not have any outstanding play
ers, but that all of the boys were
outstanding. He predicted a
bright future for a few* of the
players and felt that they were
heading toward big things.
The local "Sportcast” is heard
each night Monday thru Friday. ।
at 6:45 broadcasting the latest!
sports dope on local sporting
events and scores of the Major
League gam;s and the Southern
League with interviews of local;
sporting figures. Remember. 1
sport fans let's build Covington's
Athletic Stadium.
Thomas H. Tunstall
To Attend ROK (amp
Thomas H. Tunstall, who is
attending the University* of
Georgia and who is an officer
in the University Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps, will re
port to Fort Meade for Cavalry
training during the summer hol
idays.
He is one of fifty-four cadets
who will travel to Fort Mead?
fiom the University.
Needed Changes Caused
By City's Rapid Growth
Robert 0. Arnold
New Alumni Head
Os Universily
Robert O. Arnold, president
of the Covington Mills, was
named president of the Univer
sity of Georgia Alumni Society
for 1947-1948, at the annual A
lumni Day exercises held on
Thursday of last week on the
Athens campus.
Mr. Arnold was graduated
from the university in 1908.
While attending the university*;
he was very active in campus
affairs being manager of the
J Red and Black (University
Weekly), president of the Phi
Kappa Literary Society, and
business manager of the base
ball team.
He was elected mayor of
Athens in 1916, leaving in 1917
to enter the army for the First
World War where he held the
rank of Captain and served over
i seas for six months.
Previously to coming to
Athens in 1932, as treasurer,
i Mr. Arnold was president of
the Hampton Cotton Mills, vicc
। president and general manager
'of the Mallison Braided Cord
. Mills in 1945 upon the death of
Thomas C. Swann.
A member of Kiwanis for 23
| years, he served as president of
I the Athens Club in 1929, is a
i past commander in the Ameri
can Legion and served three
years on the Finance Committee
of the Georgia Division of the
Legion. He is a member of the
First Baptist Church and has
served as superintendent of the
Sunday School.
Besides being president of
Covington Mills he is vice pres
ident of the Progressive Life
and Fire Insurance Companies
of Atlanta, director of the Geor
gia Railroad and Banking Com
pany and a director of the Mo
bile Gas Service Corporation of
Mobile .Alabama.
He is the thirty-sixth presi
dent of the University Alumni
Society which was founded in
1834 and a unique fact is that
Mrs. Arnold served as President
of the Alumni Society of Short
er College and is at present a
Trustee of the college.
WMOC Opened
Madison Sludios
Lasl Monday
Monday morning WMOC open
ed their Madison studios where
they will broadcast programs
daily. It \yill interest you to
learn that the manager of WMOC
believes that this station is the
first 250 watt station to broad
cast from a remote studio of such
great distance.
WMOC has a complete cover
age of the Piedmont area. The
new studios in Madison have
been received with great en
thusiasm and interest by the
Morgan County people. This is
the beginning of WMOC’s Pub
lic Interest Program which will
include, in the very near future,
additional public sc vice pro
grams and broadcasts with in
tense efforts to*have a broadcast
ing studio in Monroe.
Listen to WMOC and you can
live with your community by
hearing broadcasts of interest for
you, your neighbors, and your
listening pleasure.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
System Originally
Built In 1909;
City Outgrew
23 Years Ago.
The Covington City Council
at their regular meeting Mon
day night, voted unanimously ta
enlarge the facilities for purify
ing water.
However as these improve
ments will necessitate a large
sum of money and the issuing
of Bonds the council decided
to put the matter up to the peo
ple of Covington for a popular
vote. This election will be held
July 17 at the City Hall, and all
residents of the city, whether
re gistered voters or not will be
eligible to vote.
While Covington's water sup
ply is plentiful and one of the
best of any city in the country
the purification plant is old and
much to small for the size of the
town. Built for 250.000 gallons
over a twenty-four hour period,
with a 500,000 capacity the city
has been Using it to supply over
j a million gallons over some
twenty-four hour periods.
H. O. Welcher, General Sup
erentendent of Engineering in
Covigton stated that even
though the city was to start
construction of the additional
needed filteration units, the
work coiAd not be completed for
at least one year, and probably
two.
The council plans to use pro
ceeds from the sale of water to
; pay for the needed improve
mennts.
Covington now supplies the
water needs of a number of
small subdivisions and suburbs.
Rotary Presents
Teen-Can Plans
To Cily Council
An agreement to erect the
Teen-Can building at the Acad
emy Springs Park has been pre
sented to the Covington City
council by the Rotary Club. The
new building is being placed on
city property and this agree
ment must be worked out before
any further plans can be made.
Officials of the city council an
nounced Tuesday tljat this mat
ter would be taken up at the
next meeting on the first Mon
daj* in July.
As soon as arrangements have
been concluded with the city.
Rotary will have architects
drawings made. Actual con
struction will not begin before
fall. Present funds which
cmount to approximately $8,090
is not sufficient to pay the full
cost of erection, but Rotary •
plans to increase this amount
through various sources.
Entertainment and recreation
for the teen-agers, however, i>
being planned this summer by
the Rotary Club. The first of
these entertainments will begin
■ early in July.
While Primary
OK In County
Says Herman
In a recent aiticle published
; in The Statesman, Herman Tal»
. madge stated that while under
I the Primus King decision e
. groes may vote in the state's
■ primaries that counties are not
■ regulated by law and never
have been.
Therefore, Mr. Talmadge .-.dd
। ed there is no reason why the
’' various counties cannot hold
white primaries in the elections
■ which .will be held in many
(parts of Georgia soon.
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