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VOLUME 85
SCHC F THROUGHOUT NEWTON COUNTY OPEN MONDAY
WMOC News Schedule Revised To Provide
Better Coverage For Piedmont Audience
Blues Schedule Two
Games For Weedend
The Covingion Blues meet
Good Hope Friday night at
8-:15 on Legion Field and Sat
urday night they face the
Stewart nine.
The Bluet have topped both
team* in previous tilts this
season. September 10 they
close the current season with
a game to be announced next
week.
Guard Structure
Near Completion
Allgood Reports
Construction on the National
Guard warehouse, near the new
Newton County High School, is
nearing completion, according to
construction personnel working
on the structure. The all-steel
bow-string type roofed building
will be used upon completion for
storage of equipment belonging
to the Heavy Mortar Company.
Newton County’s unit of the
Georgia National Guard. The
unit proposes to use the building
temporarily for training purposes
until a permanent armory is con
structed.
According to Lieutenant Bill
Allgood, commanding officer of
the Heavy Mortar Company, the
unit’s payroll for the past year
exceeded $16,000, and the payroll
for the present fiscal year will
approach $25,000, now that the
unit is almost up to full strength.
There remain only a few va
cancies in the Heavy Mortar
Company. Interested and qual
ified men are invited to attend
the unit’s meeting any Thursday
night between 7:30 and 9:30 P. M.
at the American Legion Hall in
Covington.
Dairymen Atlend
Planning Meeting
Approximately 60 dairymen
and farmers attended a meeting
at the Newton County court
house Monday at 1:30 P. M. *o
hear a discussion of artificial
insemination by Frank W. Fitch.
Plans were made to organize a
group which will use this
modern method of breeding
cattle for faster and surer herd
improvement. It will be neces
sary that at least 1.000 head of
cattle be available before the
program can be instigated in
this area, with Covington as the
central point.
If such a service is started,
farmers and dairymen within a
20 mile radius of Covington will
benefit from it.
Revival Concluded
At Red Oak Church
The Red Oak Church on the
Newton Circuit conducted revi
val services and had its Vacation
Church School the week of
August 7-12. Forty-two children
received certificates in the
Church School.
The Revival was a g^eat
spiritual uplift to the churcn
and community. The Rev, E. W
Carlock, of Porterdale, preached
each evening during the week.
Three members were received
into the church and one infant,
Clara Hamby, wa® baptized. The
Rev. Albert Joiner is pastor.
Mrs. Belmont Dennis
Home From Hospital
The many friends of Mrs. Bel
mont Dennis will be glad to lean,
that she has returned from Emory
University Hospital.
Mrs. Dennis returned to het
home Saturday and is now re
cuperating there. Her man'
friends wish for Mrs. Dennis a
rapid and complete recovery.
14 Scheduled Programs Will Provide
Full Coverage Os Sports And News
MOC, the Voice of the Piedmont, this week added
wo newscasts to its broadcast schedu'e and re-scheduled
n i PrS P rov ‘de better news coverage. At the same time,
Belmont Dennis, WMOC president, said that plans are
Ping completed for complete coverage of sports during
the coming football season. I
Details of the sports coverag° '
are expected to be announced
within the next week.
Under the new schedule, the
early morning news has been
moved from 8:45 A. M. to 7:45
A. M. and a full 15-minute news
cast has been placed «in the 4
to 4:15 P. M. time slot. The
schedule. Monday through Fri
day, includes the following:
7 A. M.—Farm Fair—ls min-
utes of news of especial interest
to listeners in the rural audience,
presented by Leo Mallard,
WMOC farm editor.
7:45 A. M.—Early Morning
News—ls minutes of world,
national. Piedmont, and Georgia
news, presented by S. G. Turner,
WMOC news editor.
8:15 A. M.—News From Rock
dale County—presented from
WMOC's Conyers studin by W.
Thomas Hay, general manager
of WMOC.
8:45 A. M.—News In Brief—
a five-minute summary of head
line news. * presented by Rill
Allgood. WMOC program direc
tor.
9 A. M. -Walton County Newi
—a five-minute news feature,
sponsoed by Georgia Motors Inc.,
of Monroe, and presented by
Rov Jones. WMOC staff an
nouncer.
12 o’clock—Noon News—a 15-
minute period devoted to United
Press news and Piedmont Area
news.
12:30 P. M.—Town And Coun
try—ls minutes of news about
Jasper County, aired by Elva
Stone from WMOC’s studios in
Monticello.
4 P. M.—The Afternoon News
Round-Up—United Press news
from around the world and news
of the Piedmont from the WMOC
newsroom.
6 P. M.—Studebaker’s Five-
Star News—ls minutes of late
news, sponsored by Floyd Motor
Company.
6:40 P. M. —The Sports Review
—five minutes of the latest
sports news from United Press
and the WMOC newsroom, spon
sored by Home Builders Supply.
7 P. M. —Fulton Lewis Jr. —a
15-minute analysis of the day’s
news presented by FL Jr., Wash
ington's top commentator, spon
sored by the Woco Pep Oil
Company and Campbell Lumber
Company.
7:30 P. M.— Gabriel Heatter—
late news and comment by one
of the top newsmen in the Mu
tual Broadcasting System.
7:4s—lnside Sports—ls min
utes of fast sports news and
comment by Joe Comisky and
Mel Allen of the Mutual Broad
casting System.
8:55—Bill Henry—Ace news
man of the Mutual Broadcasting
System in five minutes of the
latest news, direct from Mutual’s
New York newsroom.
The Saturday schedule in
cludes the 7:45 A. M. Early
Morning News—Walton County
News at 9 A. M.—Noon News
at 11:45 A. M.—Town And
Country at 12:30 P. M. and
Studebaker's Five-Star News at
6 p. M. An added feature on
Saturday is a 15-minute news
cast presented by Joseph McCaf
frey, from the Mutual Broad
casting System at 2 P. M.
On Sunday, the Early Morning
News is heard at 8 A. M., with
the Noon News at 12 o’clock.
Other Sunday features, all from
Mutual, are Bill Cunningham
and the news at 2:30 P. M :
I Jimmy Powers with sports news
of the week at ^5:45 P. W
Sheliah Graham ’.'ith Hellywood
news at 9:30 P. M.. and Mu
tual's Twin Views of the News
( at 9:45 P. M.
Officers Named
For Night Hawks
PORTERDALE—The Night
Hawks Club held their regular
meeting August 29, at 10 A. M..
with 45 members present.
After all business was trans
acted they voted on new officers
for the coming year. The follow
ing were elected: Reuben Rut
ledge, president: B. O. Hewell,
vice-president; J. C. McClure,
secretary; Leroy Bailey, treasur
er; Council—J. T. Sprayberry,
James Brooks, and Charles
Knight; House Committee —J. C.
McClure, Leroy Bailey, and Wil
liam Knight, and corresponding
secretary. W. C. Ivey.
After the election the club
presented S. O. Lindsey, retiring
president, with a nice pen and
pencil set for his fine work while
president of the club.
Covington Auto Service Announces
SIOO,OOO Ford Auto Safety Contest
Wendell Crowe, owner of the
Covington Auto Service, Newton.
County Ford dealer, has entered
his dealership in a SIOO,OOO car
safety contest sponsored by the
Ford Division of the Ford Motor
Company. Mr. Crowe is one of 6,-
400 Ford dealers throughout the
nation who has entered his deal
ership in the contest during Sep
tember and October.
Seven hundred prizes totaling
SIOO,OOO will be awarded win
ners of the safety contest. The
prizes are 25 new Fords, includ
ing five Ford trucks; 25 SI,OOO U.
S. saving! bonds, 100 SIOO bonds,
200 SSO bonds, and 350 $25 bonds.
The contest has the support of
the National Safety Council, the
Inter-Industry Highway Safety
Committee and other safety or
ganizations.
Ned 'H. Dearborn, president o!
the National Safety Council, in a
letter of L. D. Crusoe, vice-presi
dent and general manager of the
Ford Division said:
“Certainly every motorist
should check and double check
the mechanical condition of his
car for safety’s sake, and you at
Ford are making such a check
easily available for all drivers
throughout the country.
“And I am sure that this free
check-up and safety contest, with
its attractive prizes, will make
Americans more safety conscious
—it will save lives.”
In order to participate in the
contest, Mr. Crowe pointed out,
motorists must bring their car or
truck, of any make, to the dealer
ship for a safety check at abso
lutely no cost or obligation to the
motorist.
Free checks will be made on
the brakes, steering, headlights,
rear and stop lights, tires, wind
shield wipers, muffler, glass,
horn, and rear view mirror.
Pfc. William Hailey
With Army In Japan
Private First Class William T
Hailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Er Hailey, of 10 Spruce Stree\
Porterdale, is now serving as
company clerk of the 707 Ord
nance Maintenance Company of
the famous “Hourglass” Division.
Hailey is stationed in Camp
Schimiv*)' -mnig. near Sendai,
.'aoan.
The “U orglass” Division no.v
occupies the entire island of
Hokkaido and part of north-un
Honshu island, the 'largest of th>
। four islands that comprise Japan.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 1, 1949
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, J *2^ MOMENTS before the plane carrying President Truman (left)
took off from Washington for Miami, Fla., Maj. Gen. Hany Vaughan
came rushing aboard (right). In view of the recent evidence before the
Senate ‘‘five percenter” investigation, in which Gen. Vaughan’s name
frequently was mentioned, and the President’s appeal for a fair hearing
of the General s side of the story, Vaughan’s presence on the Presidential
plane was considered significant. President Truman was to make a
speech before the Veterans of Foreign Wars. (International)
1,500 Spectators Praise
Rotary Club Derby Day
An estimated 1,500 tire.d, but happy, spectators left
Legion Field late this past Friday night, having placed
their approval on the first Newton County Derby Day
presented under the sponsorship of the Covington Rotary
Cluh. The funpacked program included bicycle races for
The Covington Auto Service
will place an attractive safe
driver reflector insignia on the
car or truck inspected and motor
ists will be given an entry blank
to participate Ln the contest.
The motorist must then com
plete, in no more than 50 addi
tional words, the following state
ment:
“All cars and trucks should be
safety-checked periodically be
cause
A jury of prominent persons
in national safety circles will
judge the winners. Only' one en
try per car or truck may be en
tered. Other details of the con
test are available at the Coving
ton Auto Service.
ID. Bolton Explains To McGill And
Martin Dangers Os De-Fanged Snakes
Admirers of editorial pages
and reptiles, the Atlanta Consti
tution in particular, have three
gentlemen of wit to thank for
several minutes of respite from
Kremlins and Titos, five per
centers, and B-36's.
The gentlemen to wit: Ralph
McGill. Harold Martin, of the
Constitu' m. and L. D. Bolton.
Newton County authority on rep
tiles.
It all began when Harold Mar
tin suggested in his column that
I he extract the fangs from a large
' specimen of rattle snake and
place the snake at the disposal
I of Mr. Martin's cat, Chester Jr.
That's all well and good, but
what Mr. Martin failed to re
member at the titne was that four
pairs of baby fangs are standing
by for the day when somebody
has the bright idea of pulling out
the first fangs. A hazardous sit
uation is thus created for the un
supecting and what Mr. Rolton
wanted everybody to know, a
treacherous situation for fondle s
of apparently harmless rattle
snakes.
Mrs. Bolton reminded Mr. Mc-
Gill of Mr. Martin's folly, in a
telephone conversation and Mc-
Gill's column Monday this week
was the result of Mr. Bolton's ad
monition.
Mr. McGill’s column said in
part:
“Mr. Bolton, who is an expert
on reptiles, ai d. who usually has
one or two in his car. views Mr.
Mrrtin’s plan as fatal, to put it
briefly. The rattlesnake, accord’
| mg to Mr, Bolton, has about four
boys and girls, an impressive
array of special events, and a
baseball game between the Cov
ington Blues and Monroe.
A brief, but interesting, talk
on highway safety, presented by
Sgt. R. L. Crawford, assistant
supervisor of the Safety Educa
tion Division of the Georgia State
Patrol, opened the program.
The sergeant's talk was follow
ed by the bicycle races. Heat
winners among the boys included:
Bobby Capes, Larry , Greer,
Floyd Owens, David Lane, Jim
my Laseter, Jerry Womack, Mar
tin Goode Jr., Buddy Redfern,
Billy Roseberry, Nelson Allen,
Woody Morcock, Paul Hinton.
Jimmy Harris, and Larry Lester.
In the girls’ races, Tommie
Bates and Sarah Wyatt ran a
dead heat in the opener. In the
runoff. Sarah was the victor.
Katherine Polk and Norma Jean
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pairs of spare fangs. They are
folded back neneath a thin mem
brane just behind the ones cur
rently in use. If the fangs are
pulled, e^pn by the most expert
of orthodontists, the wiley old
rattler needs but about 30 min
utes irf which to bring down an
other pair, sharpen them up.
and be ready for business at the
old stand.
“Mr. Bolton say> if Mr. Martin
extracts the fangs of his viper
and beins to fondle it in any imi
tation of Cleopatra or the snake
wo „ pf-ms at Dolly Pond.
Tenn., Mr. Martin is going to get
bit on the brisket, or elsewhere,
and will likely perish to death,
with much rolling of the eyes,
plucking at the covers and such
cries of pain as will frighten all
the deer out of the mountains.”
Floyd Motor Company Is Sponsoring
Studebaker News Over WMOC At 6P. M.
Floyd Motor Company, Cov- i
ington Studebaker dealer, joins
WMOC’s sponsor list tonight at I
6 P. M. when that organization
presents Studebaker News over 11
WMOC, the Voice of the Pied- 1
mont, for the first time. I
i H. B. Floyd, owner, said that <
his firm has long given consid
eration to radio as an advertising 1 (
medium for Studebaker products
i and services. A 15-minute news- 1
I cast was selected as the ideal 1
| program. Aired in the 6 P. M. 11
New High School Io Be
Occupied After Nov. Ist.
Plan Opening Exercises In Coving+on;
ImprQvemen+s Noted In Many Schools
By BILL ALLGOOD
Mixed emotions are disturbing all the school folks in
Newton County. The summer vacation has been fine and
all that, but “it's swell to be getting back to school,” to
quote an enthusiastic fifth grader at Heard Mixon.. .. “But
what am I saying!!'' was his immediate response to his own
statement, thus betraying his
mixed emotions.
What with nine months of
books and teachers, blackboards,
and pens to get in the way of
fishing and baseball, the outlook
is not so bright for some, but
then there is football, basketball,
and whatever spring hazards
which make up Ln large part for
all the fish “that got away.”
The Romans, Columbus, how
to-say-w ha t-and-when, the-square
on-the-hypotenuse, “Give me lib
erty or give me death!”. . .all are
keys to a bigger and better world
which the alert youth of Newton
County readily recognize, and
they know that when the bell
rings to mark the beginning of
school next Monday morning,
those keys are just that much
closp; to being theirs.
Throughout the county schools
will start at 8:45 A. M. Sept. 5.
The opening bell at the Newton
County High School in Coving
ton, as well as the Covington Ele
mentary School, will ring at 8:48
A. M. with students reporting to
their cl^ss rooms at that time. At
nine o'clock on the opening day,
an assembly, program is sched
uled. The Rev. M. B. Dendy will
lead the devotional and new
teachers will be introduced at
this assembly. Parents are invited
to attend.
According to supervising prin
cipal Homer F. Sharp, the cafe
teria will be in operation Mon
day. and lunch will be served.
With the Newton County High
School getting under way, the
cafeteria will have its biggest
year. When the high school
moves to the new building, about
November 1, the job of feeding
students in Covingtqa will be
much easier, according to E. L.
Fiqfluett, county superintendent.
Conservative estimates place
the number of elementary stu
dents in Covington at 400. Ap
proximately 300 are expected to
be enrolled in the high school in
Covington, with that number in
creasing when the high school
moves to the new building and
all the high school grades move
to the central high school. Pres
ent plans are for certain of the
high school grades to remain at
Palmer Stone, Heard Mixon, Liv
ingston, Mansfield, and Porter
dale.
Classes at Palmer Stone in Ox
ford will get underway Monday
at 8:45 A. M.. according to an an
nouncement made this week by
Principal D. E. Norris. Classes
will dismiss at three o'clock in
the afternoon. The lunch room
will begin serving lunch on Mon
day.
In addition to the construction
of the central high school build
ing, several thousand dollars
have been spent on improving
all the school plants in the coun
ty.
Monday promises to he the be
ginning of the best school year
in the history of Newton County,
and Newton Countians may take
justifiable pride that their chil
dren will be as well educated as
can be found anywhere in the
nation, Mr. Ficquett said.
spot, Studebaker's Five-Star
News will be heard Monday
through Friday.
The Studebaker dealer spon
sored the recent bond election re
turns over WMOC. but this is
the firm's first try at sponsorship
of a regular program.
Commercial time for the next
few weeks will -be used to bring
the features of the 1950 Stude
bakers to the attention of the
listening public, Mr. Floyd said.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
NCAA Membership
Drive Is Underway
The Newton County Athletic
Association met Tuesday night
at the school gymnasium and
launched their annual member
ship drive with a minimum
goal of 500 paid memberships.
Various committees were
named by Zig Callaway, NCAA
president, who said that com
mittee lists and other detail!
of the fall athletic program
will be available for publica
tion next week.
Newton 4-H'er
Vice-President
Os State Council
By ANNE LEE
The week of August 16-20 was
a big week for five Newton
County 4-H Club members. This
was the annual meeting of the
Georgia 4-H Club State Council ’
held at Georgia State College for
Women in Milledgeville.
Those five attending were Jane
Greer, who went as past girls’/
vice-president of the Northwest ,’
district; Peggy Clarke, Newton
County Council secretary; Anne J
Lee, Newton County Council -
girls' vice-president, Alton Ew-J
Parker, Home Demonstration *
ing. and Eugene Bates. Miss Julia ;
Agent, and J. W. Scoggins coun-»
ty agent, also attended the meet-*
mg.
While there, we held six dis- *
cussion groups on “Your Oppor- *
tunity as a 4-H Member,” “Com- |
munity 4-H Chib,”- “4-H Club ;
Projects,” “Method Demonstra
tions,” "Ladies and Gentlemen s
Preferred,” and “Special Days.” •
One of the happiest moments *
of our stay came Friday morning J
with the election of state officers*
for next year. Jane Greer, of this »
county, ran for girls’ vice-presi-*
dent, which led to some hot pol-5
iticking from Newton County 4-1
H'ers. Jane won by a wide ma- I
jority and we were all very proud »
of her. Other new officers elected -
were Donald Branyon, Jr., from
Clarke County, president; Ed- ~
ward Johnson, of Chatham, boys' -
vice-president; Joy Lewis, of
Thomas County, secretary: Dar- ’
rell Mosely, of Henry County,
treasurer, and Barbara Young, of
Richmond County, reporter.
Noted speakers with us were
Herman Talmadge. governor;'
Dr. Harmen W. Caldwell, chan-’,
cellor of the University System of
Georgia, and Wright Bryan, edi-,
tor of the Atlanta Journal.
Climaxing our stay was a
beautiful candlelrghting service
in which all 4-H members took
part.
600 Apply For
Insurance Refund
Conservative estimates place
the number of veterans who have
come in the Veterans Service Of* .
fice in the Newton County Court
house, for National Service Life
Insurance dividend applications
at 600.
The Veterans Service Office is
open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. to
assist all veterans in making ap
plication for the dividend.
The Veterans Administration
believes that approximately 16.-
0000,000 veterans will benefit
from the $2,800,000,000 surplus
which is being divided according
to life of policy, age of policy.
holder, and size of premium.
Number 35