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JAMES UNDERWOOD, on the left, was all smiles last Thursday for the Marietta man found the
treasure hidden in White’s Department Store here in Covington. For several weeks, hundreds of
Newton citizens have sought to locate the mythical treasure, but it was Mr. Underwood who de
cided that it was under the display counter in the front center of the store. It was his first guess
and it won for him $lB in merchandise. Each day at 1:30 P. M., Monday' through Friday, Roy
Jones conducts the Treasure Hunt over WMOC. Store manager Fred Harwell looks on while Cov
ington Police Chief E. R. Bouchillon confirms the hiding place of the treasure from tthe sealed
envelope placed in White’s window at the outset of the hunt. (NEWS Photo)
Ceremony Here j
Launches Seoul
Liberty Crusade
An impressive torch lighting
ceremony was held Monday night
at the Legion Hall to emphasize
the Crusade to Strengthen the
Arm of Liberty, a movement of
the Boy Scouts of America to
preserve and maintain the prin
ciples on which America was
founded.
District Commissioner John Al
ford, in lighting the torches of
Troop Committee Chairman Mar
tin Goode. Committee members
Mell Prather. Walter Harris, and
Carlton Redfern, scoutmaster
Don Wood, assistant scoutmaster
Roy Davis, and the Scouts of
Troop 222, charged each one as
well as the parents and visitors
present to do his best to bring
Scouting to every boy in the
community and to teach by ex
ample the principles on which
Scouting is based.
At the conclusion of the cere
mony, a Board Review was held
and several Scouts were review
ed on applications for merit,
badges.
Plans were made to continue
holding boards of review on the
Second Monday in each month at
7:30 P. M., following the regular
Scout meeting at the Legion
Hall.
Funds Are Sought
For Church Building
Newton County housewives
were asked this week to save
box tops and soap wrappers for
the building fund of the Coving
ton Mill Baptist Church.
Ivory Flakes and Duz box
tops, along with wrappers from
Camay soap, will be redeemed
by a leading soap manufacturer
for eash, the funds going to the
church for its new' building.
The box tops and wrappers
may be left at the Kroger Store
in Covington, or mailed to Mrs.
W. J. Cannon, Covington, Geor
gia.
Dads To M Takes
Dad is going io be remem
bered this year by the Coving
ton Blues who have designated
Saturday night as "Dad s
'Night" at the Legion Field. On
ihe diamond it's the Blues vers
us Forest Park.
Three dads are going to re
ceive delicious, home-made
cakes. The oldest father attend
ing will receive a cake, as will
Revival Services Starts
Sunday At Baptist Church
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THE REV. PENNELL
To Conduct Revival
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Porterdale Cemetery
Cleaning Is Underway
Porerdale families having re
latives buried in the Baptist and
Methodist Cemetery at Porterdale 1
were calld on this week to aid in
a cemetery cleanup project by ।
the City of Porterdale.
Mayor W. C. Ivey said yester
day that the city is cleaning up
the cemetery and called on all
families interested to clean up
their individual lots.
Legion Team Plays
Winder Tonight At 8
Newton County’s Ford-spon
sored American Legion junior
baseball team plays Winder to
night at 8 o'clock at Legion Field.
Winder defeated the locals Mon
day night, 12-8. in a game played
in Winder. It was their third de
feat in the Central Georgia Lea
gue, the Newton team having won
from and lost to Griffin and Jack
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the youngest, the third cake
qoina to the dad with a lucky
number. Details will be given
8 t the box office Saturday
night
Friday night the Blues meet
Ola. This game, oriainally sche
duled for this past Friday, was
postponed because of rein. Both
games get underway at 8:15 p.m.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1846
The Rev. T. C. Pennell, pastor
of the Ingleside Baptist Church,
of Shrevenport, La., will conduct
the annual revival services at
Covington’s First Baptist Church,
starting Sunday, June 19, it was
announced this week.
Services will be conducted at
the church each morning at 10
A.M. anpl each evening at 8 P.M.
through Sunday, June 26. The
Rev. Ealker Combs, pastor, urges
all members to attend and said
that visitors will be given a cor
dial welcome.
The Rev. Pennell is a native
Missourian, having lived in and
receiving his education in Mis
souri schools, graduating from
Southwest Baptist College i n
Bolivar. While a student in South
west Baptist College he preached
in several churches in that area.
His first full-time church was at
Ash Grove, Missouri, where he
served as pastor for six years and
during this pastorate led in the
erection of the beautiful building
of Jhe First Baptist Church. From
Ash Grove Rev. Mr. Pennell
went to the First Baptist Curch
in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and
served as pastor for about one
year.
In March 1929 the Rev. Pennell
accepted the call of the Ingleside
Baptist Church in Shrevenport,
Louisiana, where he has served
twenty years. The growth of this
church under his ministry has
been remarkable. It has grown
from a membership of 309 to one
of nearly 2.600; from a financial
budget of $3,000 to one of $54,000;
from a small frame building to a
beautiful brick auditorium which
seats 1,500 people. The auditorium
was erected in 1942 and today the
church is clear of debt and has
sufficient funds to begin the con
struction of an educational build
ing which is to cost $400,000. This
building will accomodate 1,700
people in Sunday School.
Since leaving Missouri the Rev.
Pennell has preached in practi
cally all the southern states. He
is known throughout the south
(or his fervent evangelistic mes
sages. He has also won the con
fidence of the Baptist leaders of
Louisiaep; d'u’i g the past three
years he f ivrd as President of
the Executive Board of the Louis
iana Baptist Convention, and is
now serving on some of the most
important committees of the con
vention.
Graduation
Is Planned
Sunday Night
Students Will
Present Special
Program
Over 200 children were en
rolled this week in the annual
Daily Vacation Bible School,
sponsored by the BapSst. Meth
odist. and Presbyterian Churches
of Covington, with daily classes
in the Methodist Church.
The one-week project will be
climaxed Sunday night when the
boys and girls of the school hold
their commencement exercises at
the Methodist Church at 8 o’-
clock. An excellent program has
been arranged, according to Mrs.
Leon Cohen, superintendent of
the school.
The processional will open the i
commencement, followed by the
Pledge to the American Flag,
the singing of “America,” the
Pledge to the Christian Flag, the
singing of “Christ For Me,” and
the Pledge to the Bible. Another
song. "The B-I-B-L-F.” will be
followed by the opening prayer
by the Rev. Walker Combs.
The students in the various de
partments will then be presented,
with their teachers, as follows:
Beginners Department, Mrs. S. J.
Morcock; Primary Department.
Mrs, W. S. Cook Jr.; Junior De
partment, Mrs. Ray Moore, and
Intermediate Department, Mrs.
Harry Wood.
Announcement by the Rex-
Harry Wood, an offering for ex
penses of the School, and the
benediction, will conclude the
program. The commencement is
scheduled to start at 8 P. M..
however the students are asked
to be at the church by 7:45.
Assisting Mrs. Cohen are the
Rev. M. B. Dendy, song leader;
Mrs. M. E. Goode, pianist, and the
following teachers:
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey Jr.. Mrs. M.
B. Dendy, Mrs. Harry Wood, Mrs.
Ray Moore. Mrs. R. H. Patter
son. Mrs. H. M. Harris. Mrs.
Paul Dyer, Mrs. Spence Ramsey,
Mrs. E. B. Rogers, Mrs. R. A. Ar
nold, Mrs. W. S. Cook Jr., Mrs.
Mell Bonner, Miss Sara Wright,
Mrs. T. A. Rape, Mrs. Moody'
Summers, Mrs. E. G. Trammell.
Mrs. Oscar Harper, Miss Char
lotte Hicks, Mrs. S. J. Morcock,
Mrs. Donald Stephens, Mrs.
Howard Brooks, Mrs. Harry
Dietz, Miss Caroline Watson,
Mrs. Tandy Bush, Mrs. Fritz
Wagener, Mrs. Hoke Randall,
Mrs. Gordon Turner, Mrs. Lanier
Hardman. Mrs. D. M. Clower,
Miss Sara Turner, Mrs. Hugh
Latham, Mrs. Lee Stephenson.
Mrs. Hugh Wright, Mrs. Brook'
Grier. Mrs. Jack Chapman, and
Mrs. Loyd Lyda.
Hoke Cason Given
Army Commendation
HEADQUARTERS, 315TH AIR ।
DIVISION. FUKUOKA. JAPAN
Hoke S. Cason, of 12061 Auburn
, Avenue. Detroit, Michigan, son
'of Mrs R. L. Cason of Oxford. ]
was recently commended by Col.
Orville Laird, Communications:
Officer of the 315th Air Division
for his contributions to the spirit
of teamwork and high profession
al communications standards ex
isting within his squadron.
Sergeant Cason arrived in Ja
pan in June of 1948, and is pres
ently assigned duties as power
man in his squadron.
Edward G. Snrayberry
Advances In Navy
EdWord Grady Sprayberry,
USN, of 59 Poolar St., Porterdale,
has been advanced to metnlsmith,!
second class, while serving
aboard the dc.— royer tender USS
Yellowstone which is in the Med
iterranean area.
Before entering the Navy, he
। attended Porterdale High School.;
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JAMES H. PORTER
Pictured On Birthday January 30, 1948
Thorne Resigns As
Joins CMC Faculty
R. A. THORNE
Leaving Oxford Post
Hewton Federal
Announce 41st
Dividend Here
•The Newton Federal Savings
and Loan Association, a federal
savings institution has just an
nounced its forty fir«t consecutve
semi-annual dividend.
Organized in September 1928.
as a local, mutual savings insti
tution, for the encouragement of
thrift and home ownership, this
concern has shown a consistent
and conservative growth through
community service.
The Newton Federal is a mem
ber of the Federal Home Loan
Bank System and is insured by
the Federal Savings and Loan in
surance Corporation, an instru
metalitv of the United States Gov
ernment.
The laest financial statement
shows an increase in assets of
nearly fifty percent since Jan. 1
1949.
Directors of the Association are
R. R. Fowler, C. C. King Dr. S.
L. Waites, W. G. Hays. W. C. Me-
Gahee, Dr. J. R. Sams, Hugh
King, and Leon Cohen.
Officers are: W. C. MeGahee.
President, Dr. J. R. Sams, Vice-
President, Herbert H. Vining, Se
cretary Treasurer, and C. C. King
Attorney.
CLASS HOLDS PICNIC
The Intermediate GA’s enjoyed
a picnic and swimming party
Monday night at the Recreation
Center here.
Registrar For EAO;
In Milledgeville
R. A. Thorne, registrar at
Emory at Oxford since 1941, has
accepted a position on the faculty
at Milledgeville. Dean V. Y. C.
Eady, who made the announce
men of Mr. Thornes new appoint
ment, stated that it is his under
standing that Mr Thorne will join
the faculty of G. M. C..in Septem"
ber to work with the present
administration during the year
and take over as president in .
June 1950 on the scheduled retir-j
ment of president Joe Jenkins
who will reach retirement age
Registrar Thorne has been
greatly respected through out
Newton County as a highly effi
cient school administrator at
Emory at Oxford. He has many
local friends who will regret to
learn of his leaving Oxford and
Newton County. While a member
of the faculty of Emory at Oxford
Mr. Thqrne has served several
terms as a member of the town
council and as mayor of Oxford.
He also served on the board of
Stewards of the Allen Memorial
Church. He has been a member
and Vice President of the Coving
ton Ki wan is Club.
Before joining the teaching
staff at Oxford, Mr. Thorne serv
ed as a member of the faculty of
I G. M. C. from 1930 to 1935, and
was dean of the school from 1935
Ito 1941.
The entire staff of Emory Uni
versity including President White
i as well as the faculty, said Dean
- Eady, “regrets to lose so valued
a teacher administrator, and
'Christian gentleman as Mr. Thorn
is. But all of us recognize that in
his new position he will have a
wonderful opportunity to render
a great service to the education
of our youth.”
Charlie b’edy Is
State Game Warden
Charlm Neely, well-known Al
mon man. has assumed duties as
state game warden in three
i Georgia counties.
Mr. Neely, a former game
warden, has charge of Henry,
Newton, and Rockdale counties.
Crash Injures Nine
Th» highway bwiwaen Cov
ington and Conyan wat >ha
icana of another serious ac
cident late Wednesday after
noon.
Two out-of-the-state automo
biles. one from Tennessee, ihe
other from South Carolina,
crashed head-on about one and
half miles this side of Conyers,
near the "Lou Ann" case. Nine
persons we’e injured in the ac
cident, most of them painfully
cut and bruised, but at press
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Native Os
Covington
Died Monday
Bibb Official
Was Noted For
Generous Gifts
James Hyde Porter, beloved
Bibb veteran, benefactor, and
good friend, died in Macon Mon
day, June 13, at 12.25 A.M.
Mr. Porter has been in ill health
for some time, but up to a few
weeks ago he had maintained a
daily habit of coming to his office
at general headquarters of the
Bibb in Macon. He had suffered
from a glandular complication for
several years, but strict obedience
of doctors’ orders and normally
quiet routine had brought him
through many a hard pull. This
last and fatal attack came upon
him several weeks ago, at which
time he entered a Macon hospital.
| James H. Porter was 76 years
old, having been born January
24, 1873, at Covington, the son o£
Oliver S. and Julia (McCrackin*
Porter). He attended Emory Col
lege, and in 1937 Mercer Univer*
sity conferred upon him an hon
orary LL.D, degree. On Decem
ber 18, 1902, he was married to
Miss Olive Swann, who died in
August 1939.
He began work at the old Por
terdale. Mills January 1, 1890, and
when that company was merged
with the Bibb in 1898 he contin
' ued as assistant agent, thus begin
ning a long and useful career with
; the company of which he has him
self become an institution. He
moved to Macon in 1907. He was
I made Treasurer of the Bibb in
' 1910, elected Vice-president in
1912 and served as executive vice
i president from 1927 to 1936, since
’ which time he has acted as vice
| chairman of the board of direc-
tors He was a director of the
Bibb Manufacturing Company,
the First National Bank & Trust
Company in Macon, and the Ma
con Federal Savings & Loan Asso
ciation. He was a long and valued
member of the Bibb County
Board of Education, a trustee of
Wesleyan College, chairman of
the Board of Stewards of Mul
berry Street Methodist Church
in Macon and a charter member
of the Macon Rotary Club. Since
his wife’s death he has lived at
his suburban home at Porterfield,
on the Houston Road, in Macon.
It was here that he was enabled
to indulge in his fond hobby for
flowers, specializing in camellias
and roses.
Throughout his long span of
years with the Bibb, Mr. Porter
showed deep and tangible inter
est in the activities of Bibb people
outside of the mills. The Girl Re
serves, Boy Scouts, Sunday School
and Churches were objects of his
devoted assistance, and his build
ing memorials at Bibb City and
Porterdale have meant much to
the people of these communities.
His gifts to Wesleyan College and
Mercer University have been of
outstanding importance in the
development of these seats of
learning.
One of Mr. Porter’s most far
reaching philanthropies was hil
yearly scholarship award to out
standing graduates of Porterdale
High School in particular and
other high schools in general. He
began in 1926 to advance money
to Bibb children for their educa-
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time it was reported that none
was critically injured, however,
complete examinations in the
Atlanta hospitals, where ell
nine were taken .may reveal
critical injuries.
Evidently, the west bound ve«
hide went out of control and
crashed into the automobile
coming toward Covington. The
two cars were demolished. an 4
mechanics experienced grew
difficulty in separating thi
wreckage.
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