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K"' , iust to make us all
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■ a ' \ k a Rose. . .Lookin'
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■ %ue .Oil MY OH ME- ’ ’
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■ f ’a E\ MIGHTY’ CLOSE TO
K Laugh now! Yes smee!
K Keen talkin’ about your
■i. so I'm going to talk
Knurs too! Sure they named
K Who Cnl! "' r DenniSl •
K. really wanted that tirst
■ to 'be Virginia tno. . .(I।
K she did for he. Grand-
E,er Collier did and so did the
Bice Boy. and if we dun t get
K |roU bl P we are going to call
B Sle Virginia MAYBE) An-1
■ fits her alright but then it
K our Virginia too OH. By
K way she the •daugnter of I
Bilham Wade ano Virginia Col-;
K Dennis, of Barnesville. (Bout ।
Ki forget she wasn t mine).
■ Surelv. this “Sunshine Col-1
t as we strive to make it,
K not had too much Sunshine
^fccenth'. . .and as we started the
Kma the sad news came oi
K finding of the body of Mr.
Kilis Lazenby, near the Awova
Ker Bridge, in the swollen
Kaurs of the stream. . .of the
K ne of our dear friend Mn
M H. Harwell, of Oxford. . .Mr.
Rotts, and Mr. Kitchens Surely,
Kain we say, Covingtons New
Kar will begin with the faces of
■any loved ones missing. . . Yet,
K «'e dream of the past, we know
[■nr rich we ere in Goldsn Friend-
Kps , .we realize the blessing
Rhich was ours in having had
Rir lives touch those whose lives
^Kre spent for HIM. . .what a
Kallenge for the New Year!
Rhat we may so live that when
K great Reaper comes to call
HOME we may emulate the
Rve< of those Christian men and
■m of this Community. . .
so live that He may say
|^H>il done thy good and faith
servant.” We pray God’s
■chest blessings upon the sad
■tned hearts of loved ones. . .
Rat they may feel HIS loving
Rreeence and guidance m the i
Rars M readjustment of their:
Rw . at well as ths Challenge
■fl for us to live by.
■ HIGHWAY. . .NEW FOUR
Rane highway. . .from ma-
Mon to Atlanta: why oh
|wHY cant that Highway come
^Brough Covington' Let's get
F^Eirnti k and see just why, for
IS can be connected with many
towns m this way. . . even
^Bally then, four lanes can be
■ is connecting links. . .
Rome on everybody. . .
B*' l lee our Governor, Senators
the entire State about letting
jßcome this way. . .It takes
Ream work, . .plenty of
MT . .AND PLENTY OF PRES
^RRE AND PULL or what have
io lets go after it for
^Ri City, (A? have around 30,-
pR People m this County. . .
») nothing of the people'
trave l this highway from I
^Rijusta, Madison. Social Circle,
|R arisf ield. Conyers, Morgan
Putnam County. Rock
^K* 1( and DeKaib County. . .
SU, ' ‘ on Fellows! Let's go
BKncn^ ethlng whirh Wlll m ean
W^RITY. . Lesser number
|K ° Calhs frnm eaten away high
and roads too narrow for
^Kav Tk V '. lra£flc coming our
^Kh'ui e " say “squeaking
« h ’ > Sets the . , (1 , et >
Kuk .^^'^"ig Wheel" for I
|Ke i' e , " e Slt heie - happy in
^K r [L, e ' est tOWn ln Geor g' a .
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Mgtor e be ’ so far as Cov
jßLims conce,n ed. . .but AH!
tn ,le msglns thei r way
■uutifni^ ( ’ ne of most
91 Genrs',” w o '” hls,oric towns
Kt S n Y, ,nus t think of
■ODY 'i A " Al,< «rd EVERY
■htu S ” ei ' and GET
Krites I'^led a few
^■ovinot,,,. P'oud of in
K <r w . ( ;7'’ d,d not mention
tm L" auess we have
■t '”7 Shops where
Qub. , n „ ' 'lowers, bulbs,
lr on- h.]™ 1 llow ers can be
flKd's th Par ' s o! th * United
W-"l. . "'oncicrful Gift
, Hl| b“auty Parlors
' ' a tors ..'an put
.i at ' our wish
|R .. , '‘Pi’olstermg and
.d7 P '" l,: 'o' line furni
^Rbir :i n ,' rt ;r' ,r ’ ls ’ our paint
IK' 4 '”' '"n co'ering men
bj f . ' 1 our Planters.
IK/ goon i« blessed
IR'wW Hon" IP ' S ' ' men who
men wh i Pasture lands
^B r ' r p attL ° KI < ' w how to raise
■ Newton County
am ous along this
Ne w Va ,
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VOLUME 85
ANNL' MARCH OF DIMES STARTING HERE JANUARY 14
E. G. LASSITER Jr.
New Manager For White’s Enterprises
Covington's Progress In Past Year
Is Reflected In Report For Contest
Last Rites Held
On Tuesday For
G. Hollis Lazenby
Funeral services for G. Mollis
Lazenby, 41-year-old Covingion।
resident, were conducted Tues
day from the First Presbyterian
Church by the Rev. Marshall
B. Dendy, assisted by the Rev.;
Harry Woods. Interment was
in the Covington Cemetery.
Mr. Lazenby, a member of |
the Covington Presbyterian
Church and a valued employee
of Ginn Motor Company for:
about 20 years, drowned in the
Alcovy River Friday. He was
a native of Newton County.
Survivors include his motner,'
Mrs. Willie Lazenby, of River
dale; his wife Mrs. Mary Glea
ton Lazenby, of Covington; a
brother, Burford Lazenby, of
Covington, and two sisters, Mrs.
N. J. Austin, of Denver, Colo, (
and Mrs. Clarence Melton, of
Riverdale.
The NEWS extends sympathy
to the members of the bereaved
family. J. C. Harwell & Son,
funeral directors, were in charge
of funeral arrangements.
Harry V. Moore
Finishes Course
Private first class Harry V.
Moore graduated recently from
the Air Force Communications
School at Scott Air Force Base,
Illinois, it was announced by the
base commander, Brigadier Gen
eral Emil C. Kiel.
Pfc. Moore, son of Mrs. James
T. Moore, Route 5, Covington,
graduated from high school in
Porterdale,and has been on ac
tive duty with the Air Force
since his enlistment September
17, 1947.
Prior to entering the Scott Air
Force Base Communications
। School, Pfc. Moore completed
basic training at Lackland Air
Force Base in Texas.
Dr. Twiggs Preaches
At Oxford Sunday
Dr. L. N. Twiggs will deliver
the sermon at the Oxford Metho
dist Church Sunday morning at
11 o’clock, it was announced this
■ week.
Dr. Twiggs is chaplain at
i Emory University Hospital.
Covington’s progress during the past year was re
fected in the report prepared for Covington’s entry in
the Champion Home Town Contest, sponsored by the
Georgiy Power Company. The scrapbook containing the
report was forwarded to the judges in the rontesrt sev
ed^l months ago. While Covington was not among the
winners, every eitizen ean well be proud of the report,
prepared by Mrs. W. W. Crowe, contest secretary. The
report was as follows:
RECREATION
Believing that youth kt Mie
nucleus of progress, we of Cov
ington are centering our atten
tion on plans in the present and
building for the future.
We are combining our efforts
to build a town with facilities
for wholesome entertainment,
with various opportunities for
earning an adequate living, a
healthful city with attractive
homes, with institutions for
physical, mental and moral de
velopment.
With this as our goal, the
civic clubs have built a recrea
tion center, at a cost of $98,000,
which includes an athletic field
with grandstand, a canteen for
games, dancing and snacks, a
swimming pool with modern fil
ter system and bathhouse, all in
a park of 10 acres, which the
Garden Club is landscaping un
der the guidance of the Univer
sity of Georgia Department of
Landscaping. Individuals and
organizations have contributed
to these projects.
In brief, the money for the
project was raised in the follow
ing ways:
The Kiwanis Club raised their
$50,000 for the swimming and
wading pools, with sun-bathing
area and bathhouse, by direct
donation, subscribed almost en
tirely by Kiwanis members.
The Womans Club donated
$l2O, made by selling a hither
to unpublished book of poems.
The Rotarians gave a harvest
festival for several year^ and
with donations built their Teen-
Can building at a cost of $20,000.
The American Legion spon
sored the county fair, and with
the Legion Auxiliary, had a
food booth, raising enough for
their $25,000 athletic field. The
city, county and Covington Mills
gave some free labor in hauling,
etc.
The Garden Club raised its
$3,000 by giving a tour of homes
and by selling lunches at a
nearby cattle sale. T hey gave
$75 for a prize-winning land
scape plan submitted by stu
dents of the University of Geor
gia, and have begun planting
i shrubs.
During the summer on the
new athletic field, the Legion
: baseball team played before
large crowds, as did the amateur
'Covington Millsteam. Two cm
I ored teams often played at nigT.
Lighting equipment, costing m -
000. made night games possio
, Continued On Page 12
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949
Lassiter Named Manager
Os White's Enterprises
E. G. Lassiter Jr. assumed his!
duties January 1 as general man
ager of White's Enterprises. New
ton County’s largest retail busi
ness which consists of White's;
Department Store, White's Auto
Parts, and White's Tire and Auto!
Supply in Covington, and White’s
Department Store, White's Super
Market, and White’s 5 & 10c
Store in Porterdale.
Mr. Lassiter was born and
reared in Newton County and;
has had fifteen years retail ex
perience in Covington. He be
came associated with White’s in
Covington in 1934. In December,
1942, Mr. Lassiter entered the
nited States Army as a priv
ate. After serving three and
one-half years, he returned home
with a commission of captain in
the Officers Reserve Corps. In
May, 1946, he became manager
of White's Department Store in
Bloodmobile In
Covington For
Day January 13
The Red Cross bloodmobile
will visit Covington Thursday.
Jan. 13, for the purpose of re
ceiving donors.
The mobile unit will be st
the American Legion Hall, and
a staff of doctors and register
ed nurses will be on hand to
assist the local chapter.
One-hundred, twenty-five don
ors are required between the
hours of 11 A. M. and 4 P. M.,
and it is hoped that the people
of Newton County will respond
generously to the call, as the
blood has been available to
many persons in this commun
ity free of charge.
Donors are asked to call the
Newton County Red Cross
Chapter, telephone 2128, and
register as soon as possible.
Legion Sponsors
Dance, Supper
For Newlon Vets
The Newton County Post of
the American Legion this week
revealed plans for a dance for
all Newton County white veter
ans and a supper for members of
the Post as the organization's
1949 membership drive started
rolling.
The dance will be held at the
American Legion Hall Saturday
night, January 29. An outstand
ing orchestra will provide music
for round and square dancing
from 8:30 P. M. to midnight. The
dance is free for all veterans
and their wives or sweethearts,
whether or not, they are mem
bers of the Legion.
The supper, on Tuesday. Feb
ruary 1. will be for Legion
members with 1949 membership
cards. All qualified veterans who
join the Legion on, or before,
that date will be admitted free
lof charge.
Covington, the position he held
at the time of his recent pro
motion.
"I shall make it my job to
ascertain the needs of the people
of this section, who in their con
fidence have made White's En
terprises the biggest retail busi
ness in Newton Count , and then
bring their needs to them with
the best of service and at the
lowest possible price”, Mr. Lass
iter told the NEWS.
Committee Appointments
For Councilmen Revealed
Committee Appointments 2-42-2
Council committee assignments*
for the year 1949 were made at
a meeting of the City Council this
week. The appointments, made
'by E. G. Trammell, mayor of!
Covington, places John Bob
Weaver in the office of mayor!
pro-tem and places each of the
six councilmen as the head of a
committee that carries on the
functions of city government.
The council also named a new
city clerk and appointed the em
ployees of the city for another
year.
Committee assignments were
as follows:
FINANCE AND ORDINANCE
—J. P. Morgan, chairman, and
R. R. Fowler, And J. B. Weaver.
WATER AND LIGHT—R. R,
Fowler, chairman, and T.
Rape, and J. P. Morgan.
STREET—J. B. Weaver, chair
man, and E. E. Callaway, and
H. S. Randall.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS. POLICE
AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS—
H. S. Randall, ehairman, and J.
B. Weaver, and T. A. Rape.
PARKS AND CEMETERY—T.
A, Rape, chairman, and E. E.
Callaway, and J. P. Morgan.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND RE
LIEF—E. E. Callaway, chairman,
and H. S. Randall, and R. R.
Fowler.
The new city clerk is Clyde
Castleberry, a native of Coving
ton, who succeeds John Woo^,
who served the city efficiently
for 18 consecutive years and who
resigned effective January 1. Mr.
Wood is now associated with his
son. Edgar Wood, in the opera
tion of Wood & Company.
Mr. Castleberry attended Cov
ington Schools and during World
War II served in the Army Air
Forces in the Pacific. He was
discharged in 1945 and worked
for the Veterans Administration
until he returned to Covington.
The assistant city clerk is Mrs.
Allene Burton.
E. R. Bouchillon will continue
in the office of police chief, with
Joe Lassiter as assistant chief.
Other members of the city
police department are: Leroy
Henderson. Jewell Gunnells, and
Wendell Kitchens.
No changes were made in the
operation of the city fire depart
ment and Rodney Floyd will
continue as fire truck operator.
A. C. Vining is chief of the
fire department, with C. N. Hill
as assistant chief.
Huanne Aiken On
GSCW Deans Lisi
Miss Huanne Aiken, a Soph
omore at G. S. C. W.. in Mill
edgeville, has been placed on
the Deans list again because oi
her high scholastic record dur
ing the past quarter, according
to an announcement by Donald
H. McMahon, Dean of the Col
lege.
Huanne recently attended a
Methodist Student Conference at
LaGrange where she was elected
chairman of the World Christian
Community Commission and is
now serving on the State Coun
cil of The Methodist Student
movement.
She has been elected as one
two college students to rep
resent Georgia at the Florida
State Student Conference which
will be held in Leesburg, Florida,
in February.
C./ ~
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DISCUSS PLANS—Aubra Sher
wood, Newton County Chair
man for the March of Dimes,
(left) and John Goddard Fourth
District chairman discuss plans
for the campaign.
H. O. Whelchel will continue
' as city superintendent and work
ing under Mr. Whelchel’s super
vision will be: Charles Geiger,
' - klbert Parker, Grady Walton.
Newt Felker, H. O. Whelchel Jr.,
William Moate, Oscar Parnell,
,W. C. Clark, W. T. Cook, and
about 15 Negro employees.
Dr. W. V. Swann was named
again as city recorder, R. M.
Tuck was named city attorney,
and Dr. Clarence Palmer will
I serve as city health officer.
EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM PLANNED
TO INDUCE LISTENERS TO SLEEP
Radio history was made Mon
day night when WMOC, the
Voice of the Piedmont Area,
aired for the first time a 30
minute prograrrf designed to put
the listening audience to sleep.
Heard in the 10:30 to 11 P. M.
time slot, the program features
Channing Cope as “The Sleep
Maker.”
Mr. Cope, Newton County
farmer, known throughout the
nation as “The Sage of Yellow
River,” opens the unique pro
gram with a few brief remarks
that tend to put the listener in
Outstanding Girl
Baskefeers Pla”
In Porter Gym
Athletic director B. C. Crowell
announced this week that basket
ball fans in this section will
have the opportunity of enjoy
ing the outstanding Girls' basket
ball game of the season Satur
day night at 8 o’clock in the
Porter Memorial Gym. in Porter
dale.
The National Champions Cook’s
Goldblume Girls, from Nashville,
Tennessee, will meet the Sports
Arena Blues from Atlanta, the
runncr-up team in last season's
finals played at St. Joheph, Mo.
Cook’s Goldblume team con
sists of six All-American players,
including Mary Jane Mar ' all,
considered by many Sports
writers as the best guard in
Girls Basketball. The Blues are
also loaded with stars.
This will be the first meeting
between these two great teams
this season. The Blues are anxi
ous to redeem themselves from
last season's upset in the finals
of the national tournament.
The Porterdale Athlcti club
boys will open the program at
8 p.rn. against the Atlanta Ram
blers.
All basketball fans in this sec
tion are urged to attend this
outstanding basketball program.
Masonic Lodge Plans
Important Meet Tuesday
The Golden Fleece Lodge will
hold an important meeting in
the lodge rooms Tuesday night
at 7:30 o’clock, it was announc
ed this week.
Paul Yarbrough, worshipful
master, said that several issues
of importance would be discus
sed and all members were urged
to attend.
Newton County Has Quota
Os $2,300 In Campaign
The annual March of Dimes to secure funds to
victims of infantile paralysis and to finance research into
its causes and cures will get underway through Newton
County January 14, according to Aubra L. Sherwood,
Newton County chairman of the drive for 1949. Newton
County’s quota for the campaign -
is $2,300. ’"igured on a statistical
basis this is an average of 12.9
cents per person.
Mr. Sherwood said that plans
for the March of Dimes are i
being completed this week and
that complete details will be I
announced within the next few!
days. He recently attended an
organizational meeting in Griffin
where the overall picture was
placed before county chairman
by John H. Goddard, Fourth Dis
trict chairman.
i In announcing preliminary
! plan® for the March of Dimes, I
Mr. Sherwood said:
“We can’t over-emphasize the
। importance of the March Of 1
Dimes drive. In 1948 alone, it has I
cost 17 million dollars to care I
for infantile paralysis patients.
Os this amount, the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis sent to chapters over six |
million dollars.
“If we are to continue to help
polio victims and be prepared for '
epidemics next year, and con
tinue research and educational
programs, then the March Os
Dimes must be the greatest suc
, cess ever attained in every com
munity.”
a receptive state of mind. He
then moves into a humorous
story and from that into what
he calls his “very best boredom”
—Georgia law dealing with real
estate, the right to own prop
erty, and similar subjects.
Closing the program is a
scripture verse and a full minute
of dead silence, and according
tc Mr. Cope, and those who
heard previews of the program,
if you've followed instructions
and listened, you’ll be asleep at
the end of the half hour.
Mr. Cope, who has had many
years experience in radio work,
has long had in mind a program
for those who have difficulty
sleeping at night, among them—
shutins, who sleep during the
day; the grief-stricken, whose
sorrows make sleep difficult;
those facing a crises in life, and
the insomniacs, who can’t sleep
for many reasons.
Mr. Cope explains that one
ia five persons fall into one of
these groupings and it was for I
this selective audience that “The
Sleep Maker” was planned, al
though the program is proving
of interest to those who have
little difficulty in sleeping.
WMOC, and Mr. Cope, are
anxious to receive the impres
sions of those who have been
listening to the program this
week, in order that the future
of the program might be chart-
Chimes Dedicated
Al Baptist Church
At a very impressive service
at the First Baptist Church last
Sunday night. Jan. 2, the re
cently installed chimes were
dedicated to the memory of the
late J. I. Guinn, who was a
faithful member for about fifty
years, rarely missing a service
of the church during that time.
The following songs, which
Mr. Guinn loved, were sung,
“Face to Face”, “That Will Be
Glory”, “Will There Be Any
StMRS In My Crown”, and
“Sweet Peace, The Gift at God's
Love”. After the song service,
a close friend and advisor ot
the honoree gave the dedicatory
address. The pastor, the Rev.
■Walker Combs, offered the clos
ing prayer.
A memorial plaque was
placed, before the service, on
the back of the pew occupied
(oi so many years by Mr. Gu.nn,
and marked for the occasion
with a bouquet of white roses
ar.d fern.
THib PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
M uEX TO CIVIC PRIDB
ANT PROSPERITY
Year's Report
Revealed By
Savings Group
Several records of perform
ance were broken in >1948 by
the Newton Federal Savings
and Loan Association, it was iw*
j s-rted to members yesterday by
Mr. W. C. MeGahee, president.
He said that assets had reached
a new high of $308,250.32 o*
December 31, that the amount
of money advanced forth«
building of new homes had bee>
the largest amount in the as
sociation’s 20 years’ history, an*
that the net inflow of money
from the community's savers
and investors reached $270,981.22
for the first time.
Reporting for the association’s
20th year, Mr. MeGahee em
phasized the increase of $102,•
482.54 in assets of the associa*
tion. Mr. MeGahee also em
phasized the addition of $2,-
164.06 to reserves.
There were 108 more savings
accounts opened during 1948,
and the association distributed
dividends to 233 persons for the
last six months of the year. The
net gain in savings of the pub
lic for the year was narrowed
by the payment of withdrawals
in the amount of $43,949.24 to
those who were ready to use
the savings they had accumu
l lated during the war yea.'S
when purchasing items were
scarce. Down payments on new
I homes were among the principal
j reasons for withdrawal of funds
I in the assoociation, and repre
sent one of the primary objec
tives of a family's saving pro
gram, it was pointed out.
Expansion of the lending ac
tivities of the association, with
new emphasis on loans to build
new homes, was cited by the
association officer as an im
portant factor in helping solve
the housing shortage here. He
said that 1949 lending would
give precedence to the appli
cants for loans to build low
priced homes, since this is the
basic un-met need throughout
the country.
Mr. MeGahee summed up the
activities of the association in
I helping veterans of World War
II obtain homes. Altogether,
33 ex-servicemen in this com
munity have obtained homes
through the association’s fi
nancing. These loans were
made under special provisions
of the Servicemen's Readjust
ment Act, whose provisions the
Newton Federal Savings and
Loan Assoociation has been
especially active in implement
ing in this area.
Mr. MeGahee said that the
payment record of the veteran
borrowers is especially good,
and that they have shown them
selves to be splendid inheritors
of the American tradition that
the home owner is the best risk
on earth.
“There is no question that the
Newton Federal Savings and
Loan Association will continue
to grow in 1949”, he said. “There
is an almost limitless opportun
ity to serve the home ownership
needs of this community if the
savings of the people come tn
us in sufficient volume to per
mit careful consideration of
every loan application made
with us.”
Baptist Workers Meet
Here January Fourteenth
Ths Workers' Council of ths
Stone Mountain Baptist As
sociation will meet at ths
First Baptist Church in Cow
ington, Friday, Jan., 14.
It is hoped that there xHU
be a good number present
from all the churches in ths
association.
NUMBER 2