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■orcHIDS • • • ^ the citizenr y
■ County for the splen-
■ ' • m which you answered
E, W II in the Polio Drive!
s . .. .. ood, Chairman of
■ tells us that not only
yew ton County meet its
^Kota '".C '' ent over top to
the largest amount
^E r givn in Newton County.
* wonderful to live in a
... h«e the deaf ear is
K vfr turn-d toward a needy
Wneie "kind hearts and
Hn- e people" not only give, but
^KARE • • • and ’ ln inan y cases
■n^r.s sharing ... the size of
■ . JfU value today means we
Hare more than a dollar when
give a dollar » . . but all the
Hj| ars « the world couldn't buy
He warm giow that fills the heart
K^n we make contributions
- small, and remember
H a t. "It is not what we give, but
K, r we share, for the gift with-
K the giver is bare.”
Hbast week was a very special
fur nine to sixteen year old
^Kys! We almost wished we
Here a boy again. There’s
Hmem ng about a uniform, girls,
Hpecmlly those official Boy
■cut Uniforms —a n d what’s
^Koie. there's something about
■ose boys!! The Ideals which
Hs Great Organization stands
Hi strives to instill in the
Hinds and hearts of the youth of
■merica, ai e right behind the
■hurch and Christian Living!
■hen you pm one of these young
■en down, about something you
■iubt, and he sticks up those
■ree pudgy fingers, striving to
Hid down the fourth with his
^Bumb, and snaps to attention.
Hid with a reverent tone, and
that see visions and dream
^■eams, says, ‘‘On my SCOUT
^■ONOK. Mother"!—you know
^Bu have the truth, and nothing
■t the truth. We are happy that
Hr youth has the privilege of
Hc’i training—and we are grate
■> tu the busy leaders who give
■ their time, efforts and means
■ promote this wonderful move
■nt. That goes for the GIRL
■OUTS too ... it is a mystery
those fine young mothers.
^•VKE. not find, time to give to-
Hard this splendid training of
■tie girls.
■ Another fine organization
■hich is being Nationally recog-
H z ^ IXIXI week, is the F. F. A.
H* Vocational Teachers of our
^Bunty are leaders of this group,
Hid are doing a wonderful job
■tlb our Future Farmers of
■menca, who are being better
■*'■«! to meet Ilie changing needs
■ Agriculture, in a profitable
■®ner. There is something so
■together w holesome about these
song of the soil"—no won
theirs is a heritage of clean
■ nas and pure hearts—there is
^Bmething about the soil that
^■mgs is close to God—imbueing
■ Wlth a Faith that all the
^Bphistication of the world will
■ ver be able to taint. CON
■^P^ations! f. f. a. mem-
B" 1 ’ Ait Class is leveling off
■" “ smud ge” stage ... oil
»ints are so convincing and ob
■^ P : especially when you drop
■ blob on your best suit ... but
■ e ' are definitely fascinating.
Ks tells us we must
beauty ln everyday objects
■ • will someone please tell me
■ e re we can find beauty in a
H Ju g"~ d °n't laugh .. .
■« had S et up the loveliest still
Ka ''' dl a daint y rose petal jar
Ehl wnamenta l bird perched
■ ; on a base, when suddenly
■ , “''mgston comes by and
■alee “7 mUCh as a backward
Eixit v u °k?> S an old brown jug
■ del^T! that P^ture
Ent ? loveliness •■ • well,
Els m. \ n ° w ’ something
Be j Would have to be on
■i ttl k de ° f what s inside the
Ei vT n ju «" lo a ny
E> U ' So ’ facin g the fact
Bess vW' 6 hard ^otaier-
K r "nJ <k d j USt better S^Ck to
■ aesthetic” task of ... .
SWEEPIN’ UP,
| ax Agents Here
■ °r 2-Day Visit
I R “P' ‘‘sentatives f rom the office
lev ni'cctor of Internal
■ ''nue ln Atlanta w . u be jn
la . ' oda y and tomorrow
ttion I 'nf P3V t h S With the prep
■come tax ri eiF 1949 federal
h >dX iPturns.
| tl . s '' vi ces will be available
100 r ' h ,IKe at the Covington
■ BAi> ' e between the hours
a m. and 5 p.m.
P° s * Sponsoring
E u are Dance Feb. 18
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l. .ON HIGH SCHOOL CAGERS SEEKING REGIONAL TITLES
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500 Soilmen Expected For Grazing Tour March 1
Mansfield To
Serve B'cue
For Vistors
Soil Supervisors
From Every State
To Attend Meeting
Twelve thousand acres of La
dino clover or crimson clover!
Twelve thousand acres of Ken
tucky 31 fescue grass!
Those green acres grazed by
good eattle will be featured when
farmers and ranchers attending
the annual convention of the Na
tional Association of Soil Con
servation Districts in Atlanta
come here by busses March 1 on
one of the three tours planned
for soil conservation leaders
from all over the country.
The green-grazing-in-February
crops will contrast with the days
when cotton was king in Newton
County. Today many of the cot
ton fields are being used to make
room for pastures that hold and
improve the land.
Plans are complete for up to
500 people to make the tour, said
A. E. Hays, a supervisor of the
Upper Ocmulgee River Soil Con
servation District, and tour com
mittee chairman for the state.
Serving with Mr. Hays on the
committee are the other super
visors o>f the Upper Ocmulgee
River District, which is sponsor
ing the tour: O. W. Price, of Hen
ry County, board chairman; E. H,
Plunkett, of Conyers, secretary;
H. D. Thomas, of Jonesboro; A.
M. Moon, of Monroe; Harrison
Summerour, of Gwinnett Coun
ty, and L. B. Smith, of Jasper
County.
Mr. Hays said the tour will
leave the Atlanta Bus Station at
8:30 A. M. District supervisors,
other farmers, and agricultural
leaders will be “barkers” on the
busses to point out good land use
and soil conservation farming en
route to Newton County.
First stop will be about 10:30
A. M. on the Holly Springs Farm
of L. J. Moore, where pastures
of Ladino clover and Kentucky
31 fescue, Bermuda grass and
crimson clover, and fescue grass
alone will be studied.
Similar grazing programs, in
cluding small grain and crimson
clover, will also be seen at stops
at:
The Green Valley Hereford
Farm, breeders of registered
herefords and producers of qual
ity squabs.
J. B. Spears and Sons, breeders
of registered angus cattle and
owners of one of the largest
commercial beef herds in the
state.
Julius F. Lazenby Farm, with
registered herefords and some of
the best developed pasture lands
in the southeastern states.
These are but a few of the
many interesting sights that will
be seen during the tour.
“All these men are carrying out
a complete soil and water con
servation program with help
from the Upper Ocmulgee River
District, and are well along to
wards completion of the pro
gram,” said tour committee
chairman Hays.
Mr. Hays said that the visitors
will also see water disposal sys
tems of terraces and grassed out
lets, reforestation, woodland
management, farm fish ponds, ro
tations, including winter-grow
ing crops, and other measures
that fit into the complete conser
vation program based on the
needs of the land.
At 12:30 P. M„ the touring
farmers and ranchers will as
semble at the Community House
in Mansfield for what Mr. Hays
said will be “an old-fashioned
Georgia barbecue dinner with
all the trimmings.” The people
of Mansfield are sponsoring the
barbecue.
The tour will leave Mansfield
at 1:30 P. M. and return to At
lanta by the way of Monticello.
Shady Dale, and Newborn, study
ing soil conservation farming en
route.
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PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SECRETARY George G. Ross (right) is shown as be
announced to Washington reporters that President Truman had signed
an executive order invoking the Taft-Hartley law in the soft coal strike.
Ihe Chief Executive took this action when it developed that 400 000
miners were not reporting to the pits. (International Soundphoto)
Coal Shortage
Cuts Railroad
Service Here
The Interstate Commerce Com
‘ mission order to the railroads
1 to cut passenger service 50 per
। cent, in order to conserve coal,
I has affected rail passenger trains
' through Newton County.
According to J. P. Luckey,
I Georgia Railroad agent in Cov
ington, one passenger train each
day has been taken off the
j schedule here. This cut is al
ternated betweent Trains Nos.
1 and 2, Train No. 1 running to
day at 10.30 a.m. and Train No.
2 running tomorrow at 4:20 p.m.,
। alternating on that schedule.
The addition of one diesel
j unit on the Georgia Railroad
■ saved the further curtailment
of passenger service on the road.
The Georgia now has two diesel
units with four trains daily,
two of which are usually pas
senger trains.
G. B. Ivey, agent for the Cen
tral of Georgia in Covington,
however, he stated that the mail
lines of the road have been ap
preciably affected by the cut.
He went on to say that diesel
units have rendered the curtail
ment less serious.
Announce Changes
In Bus Schedules
The Covington Bus Station this
week announced a number of
schedule changes in busses ar
riving and leaving from Coving
ton.
These changes are listed in
detail in an advertisement m
this issue of the NEWS and it
was suggested that this ad be
clipped for future reference.
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Mission Study Is
Scheduled Tonight
The Business Woman’s Circle
and Circles No. 1 and 2 of the
First Baptist Church will meet
at the church tonight at 7 o’clock
for a mission study, it was an
nounced this week.
Mrs. W. E. Thornley and Mrs
Leo Mallard will teach the book,
“The Prophet Os Little Cane
Creek,” by Harold E. Dye. A
full attendance is urged.
Home Ec Lab Now
Complete At NHS
The Home Economics Food
laboratory of the Newton County
High School is now complete,
’ according to Homer Sharp, su
. pervising principal.
Mr. Sharp said that the science
laboratory is practically finished,
| except for the connection of gas
1 lines to the lab tables.
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MRS. ALVA MAXWELL
Dramatic Monologuist
Newton County Farm Bureau Will
Sponsor Corn Contest During 30
By ADRON HARDEN Newton County Agent
The Newton County Farm Bu
reau held a board of director’s
meeting Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 7, for the purpose of out
lining the 1950 program of work.
It was decided that a “do some
thing” program must be adopted.
If the organization is to do for
Newton County what Farm Bu
reau is supposed to, county and
community projects must be
sponsored.
The Farm Bureau is sponsor
ing a Newton County 100 bushel,
one acre corn contest. This con
test will be open to any farmer,
or junior farmer, in Newton
County. Prizes will be set up
later. A banquet will be held
next fall honoring the farmers
growing the most corn. Pictures
will be made each month of the
acres of corn and these slides
will be shown next fall at the
banquet. A corn tour will be
held during the summer, so that
farmers can see what corn grow
ers from other sections of the
country are doing.
Variety Show Set
Tonight At 7:30
The Emory-at-Oxford Glee
Club Variety Show will be pre
sented Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7:30
P. M„ in the Emory-at-Oxford
gymnasium.
John Minter will act as master
of ceremonies. The program
will include a group of numbers
by an ensemble of glee club
members; a trumpet solo by Jack
Haynes; a piano soio by Lee
Neas^; guitar selections by David
Parker and Morris Gaskim;
ukulele selections by Dan Mc-
Donald. a minstrel act by M. R.
Becton, Bob Thompson, Ted
Hodson, and Terrell Tanner, and
selections by the Apollo Club.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1950
Mrs. Maxwell
Guest Artist For i
Music Club Meet
Mrs. Alva Maxwell, well
known dramatic monologuist of
Atlanta, will present a program
at the regular monthly 'meeting
of the Covington Music Club,
which will meet at the Allen Me
morial Church Tuesday evening.
Feb. 21. Mrs. Maxwell’s pro
gram, to which the public is in
vited, will begin at 8 P. M. After
wards, the music club will hold
its regular business meeting.
A native Georgian, Mrs. Max
well attended Young Harris and
LaGrange Colleges. Her special
training included further study
at the Curry School of Expres
sion in Boston. _ She has enter
tained audiences throughout the
South with her monologues, giv- I
ing weekly performances at I
clubs, churches, and civic gather
ings.
President of the Atlanta
Branch of the National League
of American Pen Women, the
humorist is the author of a re
cent book containing her original
monologues. The characters and
incidents in her monologues are
chosen with deep discernment.
She portrays “the garrulous
woman in the doctor’s office who
annoys everyone there with mis
placed sympathy and dire proph
ecies, the poor soul who returns
from a tea with more know-how’
than Emily Post, and the flutter
mg club president who has lost
her agenda.”
Called by many the Cornelia
Otis Skinner of Atlanta, the
monologuist delights her audi
ences from start to finish. Her
performance is characterized by
the naturalness with which she
gives each impersonation. She
can easily shift from a disturbed
club president to a scatter-brain
ed young shopper. Her sketches
ean be enjoyed by young and old
alike.
The Farm Bureau is cooperat
ing with agricultural agencies in
the county in getting result
demonstrations carried out on
pastures, dairy cattle, and corn.
These demonstrations are being
set up in every community in
Newton County.
The Farm Bureau is a service
organization for farm people. Let
every member strive to make
our organizatio* fulfill its pur
pose.
Says Survey Os
Road Is Ordered
The right-of-way survey for
the new highway from Rockdale
County through Covington has
been ordered, M. L. Shadburn,
State Highway engineer, said
Tuesday. He said that L. W.
Verner, chief locating engineer,
has initiated action to get a
crew on the scene for the survey.
Resident Engineer James John
son said later Tuesday that this
crew has not yet started work.
Mr. Shadburn told the NEWS
that the state and federal
governments will co-operate 50-
50 on the oroject, that the county
will have to furnish the right
of-way, and that the tentative
plans indicate that the 150-foot
right-of-way will fall between
the Central of Georgia and
Georgia Railroads in the city
limits of Covington. He said
that federal specification insist
upon a 150-foot right-of-way.
An official of Newton County
said that in the past, right-of
way expenses have not been *oo
high for the county because pub
lic spirited individuals have been
glad to deed their property to
the county for such purposes.
Girls Play Opener Against Campbell;
Boy's Meet S. W. DeKalb In Hapeville
Ihe basketball teams from Newton High School—boys and girls—this week had their
eyes on Region 3-A championships which would give them a chance to compete for the
state championship at a later date. The girls went into action last night (Wednesday) in
the city gymnasium at College Park, meeting the Campbell High School girls. The New
ton boys have another week of preparation before they meet Southwest DeKalb High
School at the Hapeville Recreation Center Thursday night, February 23, at 8:45. Sports
at winning 7he%^^ the Pr ° greSS ° f the NeWt °" teamS ’ give them a to P chance
WMOC has been grafted per
mission to air the games played
by the Newton boys when they
go into action a w’eek from to
day against Southwest DeKalb
Game time is 8:45 with Zig Cal
laway handling the play-by-play
account direct from the Hapeville
Recreation Center.
A win for the Newton boys
in the opener puts them in the
semi-finals Friday night, with
a chance at the Region 3-A
finals Saturday night, February
25.
Teams taking part are: Fulton,
Campbell, Avondale, Chamblee,
College Park, Hapeville, Druid
Hills, and Southwest DeKalb.
All games played by the New
ton boys will be broadcast, the
details as to game time and op
ponents, to be announced next
week, along with Newton’s start
ing lineups.
Mansfield Gets
Certificate For
Home Town Work
The City of Mwnsfield was pre
sented a Certificate of Achieve
ment in the 1949 Champion Home
Town Contest. The presentation
was made Monday night at the
Mansfield Lions Club meeting.
L. M. Shadgett, vice-president
and general manager of the Ath
ens office of the Georgia Power
Company, said in making the
presentation that Mansfield had
made a remarkable showing in
the contest and that the judges
had had great difficulty in mak
ing their choices between the
cash prize winners, of which
there were three, the honorable
mention awards, there being sax
of these in the state, and the
Certificates of Achievement, nine
communities in the state winning
these. \
Mr. Shadgett presented ithe
certificate to A. E. Hays, mayor
of Mansfield, and M. D. Bledsoe,
president of the Mansfield Lions
Club.
Other Georgia Power Company
olficials who were present at the
meeting are Ed Hammond, Divi
sion sales supervisor of Athens;
C. P. Mcßae, community De
velopment representative of Ath
ens; L. D. Cole, district manager
of Madison, and Jeff Armstrong,
manager at Social Circle.
In addition to the presentation
of the Certificate of Achieve
ment, the Lions heard a discus
sion of the 1950 Census by the
assistant district manager Chas.
Robertson and a resume of the
county agent’s work by Adron
Harden.
Plans were announced for a
beard of directors meeting to
night. I,ions President M. D.
Bledsoe urged all members to
contribute to the current finance
drive of the Boy Scouts of
America.
Bond Sales Top
$27,700 For Month
Newton Ccunty has been as
signed a $260,000 quota of sav
ings bonds sales for 1950, ac
cording to information received
here this week.
To meet that quota, Newton
citizens must purchase more than
$21,666 worth of bonds each
month during the coming vear,
it was pointed out.
The report for January shows
the monthly quota exceeded bv
several thousand dollars, totals
for the month being $27,759.
January E bond sales totaled
$15,019, with F and G sales
being $12,740.
Impressive Record
For New ton Cagers
Newton High School basket
ball teams, both boys and girls,
enter the Regional tourna
ments with impressive records
for the current season, a check
of performance records reveals.
Both teams have played 17
games each. The girls have 16
wins to their credit, with a sin
gle loss, while the boys have
won 14 games and lost three.
C And A Teams
Are Tied For
EAO Championship
C Company won a crucial vic
tory over A Company in a con
test staged at EAO Feb. 11. The
score was 47-46.
The lead was swapped
frequently, but neither team
could make a major gain and
hold it long. At the end of the
first half, C led A bv one point,
26-25.
Shortly after the second half
began, three of C’s and two of
A's star players fouled out, but
the game progressed about the
same until a few minutes before
the end when A Company built
up a four point lead. At this
time, Lynn Johnston made two
successive field goals for the C
team to tie the game up at 44-44.
A field goal made by each team,
and a free throw by C ended the
game in C’s favor. Stewart Rob
erts made the winning point for
C Company.
Had A Company won this
game, it would be assured of the
basketball championship for this
season. Now, C and A are tied
for first place and each has an
other game with B Company.
Marks Birthday
With Barbecue
The Heavy Mortar Company,
Newton County Unit of the
Georgia National Guard, cele
brated its second anniversary
Saturday night at the American
Legion Hall with a barbecue.
The guard unit was activated in
February, 1948, under the com
mand of Capt. E. M. Piper.
Capt. Piper went on inactive
duty in the Guard for business
reasons in July, 1949, when Lt.
W. I. Allgood assumed command
of the unit.
Activated as the Cannon Com
pany of the 122nd Infantry, the
unit was re-designated as the
Heavy Mortar Company of the
same regiment in Nov., 1948. The
basic arm of the company is the
4.2 inch mortar which fires a 25
pound shell. 4.2 inches in di
ameter.
The Heavy Mortar Company
has recently moved most of its
facilities from the American
Legion Hall to a warehouse con-
I structed on the property deeded
to the state by the County Board
of Education. Lt. Allgood said'
this week that all activities of
the unit will move to the ware
house as soon as a classroom has
been constructed inside the
building. Further improvement
of the Guard property adjacent
to the Newton County High
School is anticipated.
Guests of the unit at the barbe
cue were Mayor E. G. Trammell,
Covingion, and city councilmen
J. B. Weaver, Jack Elliott, Alvin
Rape, City Clerk Clyde Castle
berry, and Gordon Turner of the
1 NEWS and WMOC.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
The score in the game bet
ween the Newton girls and
Campbell High was not available
at press time. However a win
last night would give the New
ton girls a rest tonight, placing
them in action in the semi-finals
Friday night. Should they win
that tilt, they would move into
the finals Saturday night.
Last-minute diffuculties made
it impossible for WMOC to
broadcast the girl's games from
the College Park gymnasium.
College Park school officials re
fused permission for a direct
broadcast of the games until
it was too late for the necessary
arrangements.
However, arrangements were
made for scores to be telephoned
to the WMOC news room at re
gular intervals and these scores
will be aired just as soon as
available, along with highlights
of the games.
Church Survey
Set For Sunday
From 2 To 6 P. M.
Plans for a church survey
for the Covington area were an
nounced this week, seven Cov
ington churches cooperating to
determine the church status of
each individual.
Between the hours of 2 and
6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, repre
sentatives from the seven
churches, about 100 in all, will
call on every family in Coving
ton, filling out a church census
card for every member of the
family.
Information sought for the
census will include the name,
age, and address of the indivi
dual. Whether or not the in
dividual belongs to a Sunday
School and what Sunday School.
Whether or not the individual
belongs to a church and what
church, along with the indivi
duals local church preference and
denominationtl uerference.
Churches taking part in the
census include: the First Baptist
Church of Covington; the Cov
ington Presbyterian Church, the
First Methodist Church of Cov
ington; the North Covington
Methodist Church, the Calvaiy
Baptist Church, the Covington
Mill Methodist Church, and the
Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Negro Missing
Feared Drowned
Briss Brown, 83-year-old Ne
gro man, of the Snapping Shoale
community, disappeared last
Friday night near the old Snap
ping Shoals Bridge. An un
identified Negro man, called
“Buster,” who lives at one end
of the bridge, said that the old
man left his home at approxi
mately 10 P, M. to return home.
Brown was complaining that
“his heatt was hurting” at the
time he left Buster’s house. Bus
ter told officers that he heard
Brown crossing the bridge and
presumed that he arrived safely
at home.
His disappearance was not
known until Sunday when
Brown's wife returned home
from a trip and missed him.
County Sheriff Tom Bates and
County Policeman Robert Kitch
ens have searched the area, with
no results, nor clues. Concern has
been expressed that the man
might have fallen in the river.
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