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VOLUME 85
DINN ’ fRIDAY NIGHT CLIMAXES GA. WRITER'S CONFERENCE
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Va^ non Bible School Opens Monday Morning
Driver Burned In
Tractor Explosion
L. D. Johnson, of Route 1,
Covington, was treated at Hu
son Hospital Wednesday morn
ing for burns sustained when a
tractor exploded on the T. L.
Hill farm on Route 1. Mr. John
son was severely burned on his
hands and face.
According io witnesses, the
explosion and fire occurred
when an attempt was made to
refuel the tractor while the mo
tor was still running.
North Cov. Plans
Homecoming Day
The North Covington Methodist
Church will observe its annual
Homecoming Day June 19. A
former pastor will bring the mes
sage. There will be special music
for the entire day, and dinner will
be served on the grounds.
All former members, pastors,
I friends, and anyone who would
j like to come is cordially invited
to come. Those who will are asked
to bring a little food to spread for
the occasion.
The Homecoming Day marks
the beginning of the revival at
North Covington. The Rev. Bob
Wilson of Montgomery, Alabama,
will be the preacher for this oc
casion. The Rev. Wilson is widely
known in the Alabama Confer
ence as one of the leading evan
gelists of that area.
Leaders For
Project
Are Listed
Classes To Be
Held Each Day
For Week
Plans have been completed for
the Vacation Bible School, under
the sponsorship and direction of
the Covington Baptist, Methodist
and Presbyterian Churches. The
annual school will be held at the
Methodist Church June 13 to 19
from 9:45 to 11:45 a. m. The grad
uation exercises will be held at
the Baptist Church Sunday, June
19th.
All children between the ages
of 4 and 16 are cordially invited
to take part in the interesting
projects planned.
Mrs. Leon Cohen is the general
superintendent. The department
superintendents are: Mrs. S. J.
Morcock, Beginners; Mrs. W. S.
Cook Jr., Primary; Mrs. Ray
Moore, Junior, and Mrs. C. D.
Ramsey Jr. and Mrs. M. B.
Dendy, Intermediate.
Registration will take place at
9:45 A. M. Monday, June 13.
does surfboard acrobatics. On the right. Meciha Jane Coggins,
Miss Newton County of 19SC. receives the crown from s?a- a
Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hairis the 1949 queen.
(Photo courtesy of Atlanta Constitution)
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1949
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VICE-PRESIDENT ALBEN BARKLEY
Recalls Student Days On EAO Campus
Vice-President Recalls
School Days At Oxford
Alumni And Friends Gather At Oxford
To Hear Mr. Barkley, Former Student
By BILL ALLGOOD
Cal] him what you please: Judge, Senator, Mr. Vice
president, but his grandchildren have decided to call him
“Mr. Veep,” according to Vice
president Alben Barkley himself,
“Mr. Veep,” for short. And,
everybody who heard Mr.
Barkley speak last Satur
day on TEe" "Embry-a t-0 xfor <f
campus decided that his grand
children could not have picked a
better title, for the Vice-presi
dent of the United States is an
amicable, down-to-earth fellow in
need of a less formal title than
vice-president—a name that
would fit a good game of check
ers, and "Mr. Veep” fits well.
Alumni and friends of Emory
at- Oxford, citizens of the Pied
mont area, and other friends of
the vice-president traveled from
near and far to hear Mr. Barkley,
class of 1900 of Emory University,
then Emory College in Oxford,
speak on his first return trip to
the campus since his departure
some fifty-odd years ago.
Mr. Barkley arrived in Atlanta
around noon Saturday from Ken
tucky where he had addressed
the graduating class of the Uni
versity of Kentucky. His trip
from Atlanta to Oxford was
speeded by a three-car State pa
trol escort, the vice president rid
ing in the personal car of Emory
University President Goodrich C.
White, driven by Lieutenant
Johnson of the DeKalb police
force. As soon as the motorcade
hit the Emory-at- Oxford campus,
just before two o’clock, a sub
dued excitement permeated the
crowd that lasted until Mr. Bark
ley left around four o’clock.
After a brief greeting to offi
cials and old school acquaint
ances, Mr. Barkley expressed over
WMOC his pleasure on this his
first return to Newton county
since his student days. Then the
vice-president moved with the
crowd to the barbecue tables. Old
classmates and the friendly cur
ious followed every step that Mr.
Barkley made, but he was able
to finish off a sizeable plate of
barbecue and brunswick stew be
fore he began his “after-dinner”
speech.
The vice-president was intro
duced formally to the crowd by
R. O. Arnold, president of Cov
ington Mills, and a member of the
Board of Regents of the Univer
sity of Georgia.
Mr. Arnold reminded the au
dience that the vice-president had
risen to his present esteemed posi
tion from an infancy in a log cab-
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Golden Fleece Lodge
Meets Tuesday NigM
The Golden Fleece Lodge will
meet Tuesday night at 8 o’clock,
according to Paul Yarbrough,
worshipful master.
The master degree will be con
ferred on three candidates. A
full attendance is urged.
Dr. Archibald Rutledge
Addresses Meeting Tonight
Reception At Bolton Home Today At 4:30
Awards Will Be Made At Friday Dinner
Some of the best-known and most-distinguished liter
ary figures of the South are high lighting the program
of the Second Georgia Writers Conference being held at
Emory-at-Oxford this week. Sponsored by the Georgia
Writers Association in cooperation with Emory Universi-
Announce Plans
For Registration
Os Newton Voters
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Voters of Newton County will
have the opportunity soon to re
register under the provisions of
the registration law passed by the
General Assembly.
The registrars appointed by the
Superior Court met here Tuesday
and announced that registra
tion blanks have been ordered
but that they were not received
in time to begin registration June
1 as formerly planned.
Registrars Harold Dobbs, of Al
mon; Wiley A. Allgood, of Ox
ford. and Overton Lawrence, of
Mansfield, believe that one reg
istration day each week will take
care of the re-registration, for
voters have until May, 1950, to
register under the provisions of
the new law. It is expected that
. registration will be slow during
the first months because many
people expect the law to be
1 changed or declared unconstitu
tional.
The registrars will meet the
first Tuesday in each month to
conduct the testing of persons de
siring to register who cannot read :
or write.
Methodist Plan
For 'Church Night'
“Church Night’’ will be obser
ved here Wednesday, June 15 by
members of the Covington Meth
odist Church.
The members with their famlies
and friends will bring well-filled
baskets and have “dinner on the
ground” at 7 o,clock the group
will retire to the church auditor
ium and hear Dr. Charlie Allen,
of the Grace Methodist Church, in
Atlanta.
Dr. Allen is one of the most ef
fective and sought after speakers
in Atlanta. The Program will con
sume about 45 minutes.
Front Porch Farmer ^I ’ritw Uook
Channing Cope Tells The Masses
OT Kudzu, Fescue, Other Grasses
Our old friend of the land,
Channing Cope, has written a
book.
And, as you might have guess
ed, it’s about the subject he likes
best—grasses.
He calls it “Front Porch Farm
er” and there on the frontispicct
is Channing comfortably en
sconced in a big soft chair, hands
folded peacefully in position to
indicate the picture was taken
before he went on that dial pre
scribed by “Madam Secretary.”
From this position, he surveys
his Yellow River Farm. And from
this position he tells the story
of the land, and of the grasses.
In that easy way Channing has
of writing and talking, this disci
ple of the soil and grasses tells of
his experiments over 22 years in
: bringing back eroded lands—a
story which, thanks to Chan
ning’s experiments, can become
an actuality for others in only
three years.
“^ront Porch Farmer” was
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ty, the conference opened Tues
day evening. June 7, with Har
nett T. Kane, of New Orleans,
making the principal address.
Author of “Plantation Parade,”
“Louisiana Hayride.” “Natchez
on the Mississippi.” Mr. Kane is
one of the best known of modern
Southern, authors.
He addressed the conference
twice Wednesday, speaking in
the morning on “The South in
Fiction” and again at noon on
“This Business of Research". At
the morning session, Mr. Kane
was assisted by a panel composed
of Dr. Archibald Rutledge, dis
tinguished writer; Novelists
Minnie Hite Moody, Evelyn Han
na Sommerville. Marguerite
Steedman, and Medora Field
Perkerson; Mrs. Georgia Leckie,
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New Building
Honors Memory
Os Cpl. Porter
The Porterdale Memorial Build
ing was dedicated recently on the
Darlington campus in Rome, in
memory of Corporal Oliver Wil
'liam Porter, son of Mrs. O. W.
Porter and the late Mr. Porter, of
Covington, who was killed in ac
tion during the recent war.
The $109,000.00 building was
made possible by the generous
contributions of James Porter,
Billy’s uncle, and other friends
of Darlington. Speaking at the
impressive dedicatory ceremonies,
President C. R. Wilcox and Head
master E. L. Wright said that
Billy was the kind of man that
Darlington aspired to help place ■
into society.
The large building will house
a large portion of the school’s
academic activities and is equip
ped with a library, cafeteria, class
rooms, and a completely furn
ished recreational room. The
structure is inscribed: “Porter
fluilding. erected by James H.
Porter as a memorial to his
nephew, Oliver William Porter,
and schoolmates who gave their
lives in World War II.”
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CHANNfNG COPE
Front Porch Farmer At Work
THIS PAPER K COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Cubs Playing
Friday Tilt
Cubs of Porterdale and Cor*
ington meet Friday night in the
first baseball game of the sea
son, according io S. J. Morcock,
Covington Cubrnaster, and A.
G. Grove, Porterdale Cubmas
ter.
The game will be played at
Legion Field, starting at 7 P.M.,
and will be followed by a game
between the Covington Blues
and Ola at 8:15. A portion of
the Cub game will be broadcast,
as will the entire second game.
Business Course
For Veterans
Starts July Ist
A quarter-time business course
in typing' and mathematics,
which is being organized here for
veterans by the State Board of
Education, will start on or about
July 1, C. A. Sorrells, assistant
state supervisor, announced this
week.
Applications for this course
are now being received by Mrs.
Dorothy Cason, manager of the
local Veteran Service Office, and
veterans interested in receiving
this training should contact her
immediately. The course will be
conducted at Covington High
School with classes held six
hours per week. Those approved
for training will receive $30.00,
$26.25 or $18.75 per month from
the Veterans Administration,
based on the number of their de
pendents.
Veterans who have already re
ceived certificates of eligibility
should return these to Mrs. Cas
on in order that the number who
are now ready to start can be de
termined. It will be necessary for
twenty certificates to be on file
in the Veterans Service Office
before the course can be started.
Mr. Sorrells pointed out that
previous plans called for the
course to begin on June Ist, but
that delay in receiving Certifi
cates of Eligibility has resulted
in the postponement.
Announce New Hours
For Veterans Office
New office hours for the Cov
ington office of the State Depart
ment of Veterans Service, located
in the basement of the Newton
County Courthouse, were an
nounced this week.
Monday through Friday, th®
office is open from 8:30 A. M. to
4:30 P. M. The office will b®
closed on Saturday until further
notice.
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