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[ T h e situation existing
Lon and surrounding
L |bnut which I have
[ often, has come forci
| {n us. in our immedi-
Lu now! The little
| tf as in an auto wreck
L v afternoon . . . she
Led and suffered under
F nff o f all the sedatives
L tn give her . . . but
I Atlanta with its huge
L there was no place for
L yesterday afternoon at
Lock. She was thrown
L ear, landing on her
I needless to say the
L'ked her out complete-
Lnitiful sight she is with
L all blackened and her
Lie all the way down .to
L ~ her neck so pain-
Ler head simply burst-
Lut worst of all we fear-
Lei blood clot from just
I _ hut. the doctor says
L possible fracture . . .
L torn or something in
Lon pausing all the sleep-
L and nights under
L ... We know of one
■ring on a bed of pain,
I hospitalization and no
■ bed available.
■ before I told you one of
L s nt the Department
Bota went to the Lions
Lspeak in Conyers. They,
Lyers people were seek
|hospital. He told them
Linn had been surveyed
It need was great for a
8.. they could get one
Lis Hill-Burton Act . . .
B survey showed that
■ETON, GEORGIA was the
■ location for this large
B to take care of sur-
L counties. . . . What
Be in Covington done
Betting this hospital . . .
Lat all! The time is
Bus to act. 1 am asking
Lanis Club, the Rotary
I Woman’s Club, the
line County Commission
■ every civic organization
Ld act NOW to get this
B It can be done if you
Bit not speaking now be-
L o' n precious' mother
■e her life on account of
Bird to wait. . . , I have
L for m her mothers,
J lighters, loved ones of
Bhbnrs , . . and you are
•hors . . . my love is for
Btizen of this community
Le.or colored. We need
■' hospital care. ... As
L a bridge to cost $700,-
Li to Jekyl Island this
■ my eyes filled with
■ think of our people not
■ FIRST THINGS FIRST
S a t is a need . . . but
B : ' we put first things
■ see mothers begging for
fction for children. . .
• a mn«t bleeds when I
■ ' I’- cannot make
■" pittance of money
•n carry them thru the
L ■ they stay awake
•.'mg to see h ow ^ e y
V ’heir babies ... we
have to place their
F "’Phunages for adop
■ c "’hmr eyes out the
F !r lives because we -do
| Pnn ugh to help them
■ erp is an answer!
■ God will help us to
■ . f r -'e but want to
F. 'hem the money
I 10 our hands to see
■ " p going to handle
■ n °t your money, it is
■ ' ■ • it is His. ... He
F, fl the least of these
F kiiiely, we can
I 1 sh tn never let hap
l’ Ur aunties the things
■/' happp n in the past ,
1. 1 f ' n d away to
■ ^PHaI. and care for
I ' ’ • " it’s a drive for
F' n , tain •.. or any
I ie campaign goes
■ r : • 1 dare say if the
Ie ci l Ro,ar y and all
■io 5 ' Will take over
Kna atlon ’ our News
■ Put on such a cam-
K r , P mon th as they put
1- inias for the Empty
■ of'tu " * W ' R have our
u n ’ one y t 0 build
K hospital to care for
d will not make
InpV'i' mone y when
■ls an'. without our
■ few c'' * . rnone y spent
■ w ° unties for Liquor
ft n s Pu into a hospital
■ild u' 1 ' ,le in °nth we
g । • • for the State
■ "i cent of the
ft;. U le d?ral govern-
Kllv PS to finish it.
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■ ;^ an ’ a and investi
■^ ' man told me we
■ tho 01 s he asking . .
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/OLUME 86
SW MIGHT OK FOOTBALL WITH 3 WEEKEND GAMES
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oompiete Programs Announced For Artist Series
Drive For
Membership
Is Concluded
Beal Twins Open
Concert Series
On November 28
Mrs. Robert Fowler Jr., presi
dent of the Covington Music
j Club, Homer Sharp, principal of
the Newton County High School,
William Gardner, president of
the Emory at Oxford Student
Artist-Lecture Association, and
I W. B. Baker, faculty advisor for
I the last named organization
I have announced the close of the
| campaign to sell membership
I cards of the 1950-51 Concert Se
; ries. The sponsoring organiza
| tions feel that the campaign has
i met with marked success and
1 are looking forward to a series
■of well-attended concerts, all of
which will be held in the New
ton County High School audi
torium.
The series will begin’ Novem
i her 28 with the Beal Twins,
, identical brothers who are world
; famous due-violinists. January
| 15, Lillian Kallir, 18-year-old
concert pianist from New York,
j will play for ticket holders, and
I February 26, the All Star Quar-
I tet. a well-known group of At
; lanta singers will be presented,
j The series will close April 5
'with the presentation of Mar
garet Stephenson, soprano, well
known in concert and radio.
In addition to the Covington
series, those who have bought
membership cards have the priv
ilege of attending three pro
grams at Jackson. The dates
for these concerts have been set
tentatively as follows: Wednes
day. November 8, Henry L.
Scott, keyboard humorist, will
present an amusing program.
February 8, Hal and Ruby Hol
brook, dramatic artists, will
bring their “Theater of Great
Personalities” to Jackson, and
March 30, Helen Clayton and
Howard Jarratt will close the
Jackson series with a joint song
recital. Clayton and Jarratt are
noted for their productions of
operatic scenes in English.
Those who have not bought
season cards to the Covington
Series, but who wish to attend
individual concerts may pur
chase tickets at the door.
Heard-Mixon F.B.
Meeting Tonight
The Heard-Mixon Chapter of
the Farm Bureau will meet to
night (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock
at the Community House.
Important matters will be dis-
Icussed and all members are
I urged to attend. Refreshments
I will be served.
Services Planned
For Episcopalians
Holy Communion and a wor
ship service will be conducted at.
the Church of the Good Shep
herd (Episcopal) Sunday morn
ing at 11 o’clock.
The Rev. R. W. Blackwelder
will conduct the service in I’hi
Gamma Hall on the EAO campus,
j The public is invited to attend.
Legion Auxiliary Sponsors Sale
01 Memorial Poppies November II
Everyone in Co ington will be
given an opportunity to wear a
I Memorial Poppy in honor of the
head of two World W-rs on
i Poppy Day, Saturday, November
The observance here will be
directed by Mrs. Jack Chapman.
Poppy chairman for the Amen
can Legion Auxiliary. Assisting
Mis Chapman, as district cap
I tains, will be Mrs. Jake Hooten.
J Mrs. Fred Kitchens, and Mrs.
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REPRESENTATIVES of the groups sponsoring the 1950-51 Artist-Lecture Series inspect one of the
posters highlighting the events planned for the current concert series. Left to right is; Homer Sharp.
Mrs. Robert Fowler Jr,, W. B. Baker, and William Gardner
General Election Next Tuesday Will
Decide Fate Os Ga. County Unit System
S' ; By A. L. LOYD
Mrs. Sessions In
Hospital Following
Automobile Wreck ; i
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Two automobile accidents oc-11
curred late Friday afternoon
within the business district of ,
Covington. Mrs. William J.
Sessions received severe head j
cuts and possible internal in- (
juries for which she was hos
pitalized at Emory University '
Hospital Wednesday.
Mrs. Sessions was thrown from
the vehicle driven by Mrs. Leo i
Mallard when it vzas hit by an
automobile driven by a Mr.
Parker at the intersection of
Conyers and Monticello streets. (
Mrs. Mallard escaped injury, as
did the occupants f the Parker j 1
car.
The second accident occurred |
at the street intersection near I
the Public Library in Coving-:
ton. A convertible car, driven |
by Buddy Whitehead, of Coving-1
ton, rammed into a coupe driven ’
by Mrs. Glenn Shropshire.
The Shropshire vehicle over-!
turned, painfully injuring one
of Mrs. Shorpshire's hands. Her
three year old daughter was
not hurt. The Whitehead youth
escaped injury. Considerable
damage was done to both ve- ।
hides.
Traffic Violators
Fined By Recorder
Recorder’s court in Covington
fined three violators of city i
O’dinances this week, according '
to Chief of Police E. R. Bouchil
lon. Two cases were for drunk
en driving and the third for
speeding.
Chief Bouchillon said that his
staff will continue to relentless
ly prosecute traffic violators.
Edwin Smith. Other members of
the Auxiliary will voluntarily
assist in the Poppy sale, as will
members of the Junior Auxil
iary. .
The money given by people
for their Memorial Poppies is
the backbone of the financial
support for the activities car
ried out by the Legion Auxiliary
for the welfare of disabled vet-
erans.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I 1950
Tuesday, November 7, is election day in Georgia and
throughout the nation. The ballot for this election is an un
usually large one. It not only contains the names of all state .
and county officers nominated in the Democratic primary
election held last summer, but also contains 37 amendments
to the State Constitution W’hich ,
have been passed by the General 1
Assembly and are submitted to J
the people for ratification or re- I
jection. Most of these amend- I
ments apply only to some parti- 1
cular county or city and ths peo
ple generally do not know much
about the merits of these amend
ments which have only local ap
plication.
The amendment which has
aroused the most interest is the
one extending the county unit
method of electing our public
officials and making it part of the
State Constitution. This is known
The Justices of the Peace
or election managers should
come, or send, io the Ordi
nary's office Saturday, or
Monday, for the ballots and
election papers, for the sev
eral voting precincts of the
county.
as the county unit amendment
and is number two on the ballot.
Those favoring this amendment
have publicised their reasons
why they think it should be made
a part of the State Constitution,
likewise those opposing this
amendment have given then
reasons why they think it should
not be made a part of the
State Constitution. This amend
i ment proposes a change in our
I fundamental law and everyone
, should inform themselves on this
question.
The election will be held under
the secret ballot law, and each
voter must take his or her ballot
into the voting booth and mark
it the way they wish to vote. In
orde: to vote the ballot for the
Democratic nominees is simple,
simply put a cross in the bracket
at the top of the ballot over the
column which contains the names
of these nominees.
No other candidates names ap
■ pears on the ballot. The consti
; tutional amendments are num-
I bered from 1 to 37. You may
) vote for or against all of these
amendments by putting a cross in
‘the bracket opposite “For” or
“Against” each amendment, ac
' cording- to the way you wish to
vote. You do not have to vote
for or against all the amendments.
i You may vote for or against any
I particular amendment by mark
! ing this particular amendment
.the way you wish to vote. If you
i do not wish to vote for, or against,
iany of the amendments you do
I not have to mark them at all.
Tommy Prather
Is Eagle Scout
Mel Thomas (Tommy) Prather
1 Jr., of Covington, was awarded
[ his Eagle Scout badge in a court
of honor held at the Teen-Can
in Covington Thursday night. 1
Tommy is the son of Mr. and
i Mrs. M. T. Prather, of Coving-
I ton.
He is the fourth scout of Cov
ington Troop No. 222 to be given
the Eagle Scout award in 1950.
' Troop 222 is headed by Martin
Goode, scoutmaster.
The Covington troop was host
Ito the Newton District at the '
court of honor. The scouts put I
on a program of first aid demon- ■
strations and fire building with
flint and steel.
Other Troop 222 scouts who
have been awarded the top Boy
Scout award this year are Thom
as and Roy Davis, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Davis, and Don •
Randle, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sim Randle.
Girl Scouts To
Visit Kiwanians
Troop No. 5 of the Covington
Girl Scouts wil entertain the .
Covington Kiwanis Club today ;
at the Delaney Hotel. The Scouts
will relate the phases of scout i
work and demonstrate several
folk dances for the civic club.
The Kiwanis program is part
of the local scouts’ observance
’ of Girl Scout Week. Other ac
tivities of the scouts this week i
include daily broadcasts over ।
WMOC, attendance in a body at
the Covington Presbyterian
Church, movies and a party this
Saturday, and other helpful
works. These activities include
the Brownie Scouts, a group of
pre-scout agers.
Junior High Squad
Meets Lithonia Sat.
Covington Junior High School's
football team will meet a team
composed of 7th and Bth grade
students from Lithonia.
The game will be played on
.Legion Field here, starting at
110 A. M., Saturday morning. I
Newton Rams Meet Athens Friday Night;
Georgia Bulldog Tilt On Air Saturday
The sports spotlight will be un football again this weekend with the Newton Rams play
ing the Athens High School team Friday night and the Georgia Bulldogs meeting Alabama
Saturday afternoon. Both games will be aired over Radio Station WMOC, along with other
weekend sports features.
Georgia's Bulldogs, unbeaten ;
in six games this season and
still very much in the South
eastern Conference championship
picture, battle always-powerful
Alabama at Birmingham’s Legion
field Saturday.
Bulldog Scout Jim Whatley
reports Alabama will be “tha
strongest, best-balanced team’’
yet faced by the Red and Black
team.
Drake-Wood Furniture Com
pany will sponsor the broadcast
of the Georgia-Alabama game
over WMOC, through the facili
ties of the Georgia Sports Net
work. Air time for the tilt is
2:55.
Other Drake-Wood sports fea
tures on the WMOC airwaves
this weekend include the Foot
ball Prophet tomorrow (Friday)
night at 7:15 and the Football
Roundup Saturday night at 9
P. M.
Georgia showed much improve
ment in its passing game in the
19-7 victory over Boston College
at Boston Friday night, gaining
180 yards cn 13 completions in
24 attempts. The best previous
lerial effort this season came
the game before B. C.—Louisiana
State—when 162 yards were gain
ed on six completions in 10 at
tempts.
The Bulldogs definitely seem
to be strengthening one of their
early season weaknesses—the
passing game, a department in
which Wallace Butts’ Bulldogs of
previous year have set most of
the SEC aerial records.
Senior left halfback Billy Mix
on's 86-yard touchdown run
against Boston College was the
longest run from scrimmage by
a Bulldog back since Johnny
Griffith raced 89 yards against
Furman in 1946. It tied the runs
of the next longest scrimmage
gains by Bulldog backs in SEC
history. Charles Trippi dashed
86 yards against Georgia Tech
in 1942 and Charles (Rabbit;
Smith nan the same distance
against Kentucky in 1945.
Junior T-quarterback Mal Cook,
w'ho completed seven of 10
passes for 93 yards against Bos
ton College, has completed 23
tosses in 37 tries (two intercept
ed) for 377 yards. He’s gained 36
yards rushing ffor a total offense
gain of 413 yards.
Fred McCord Gets
District Sales Post
Fred McCord, of Covington, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McCord,
has been appointed district sales
manager of the New England
; territory for Wamsutta Mills, of
Bedford, Mass., according to Neil
Gearon, vice-president in charge
of sales.
Mr. McCord has been associated
with the mill for the past six
months as a salesman in the
Southern territory. In his new
। post he will be in charge of the
■ New England states and New
, York state, with headquarters in
Boston, Mass.
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COVINGTON LODGE No. 1806 will join in the distribution of
thousands of stickers, pictured above, in a campaign conducted by
t e Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to maintain nation
wide alertness for a long fight against communism and other foes
of freedom.
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Assassination Try
On President Fails
An attempt was made on
President Truman's life yester
day afternoon. Two fanatics,
apparently Puerto Rican rebels,
tried to assassinate the Presi
dent in Blair House, the chief
executive's temporary home
across Pennsylvania Avenue
from the White House. One
of the would-be assassins was
killed, the other badly wound
ed in a swirling battle with
guards. Three White House
policemen were also wounded.
President Truman was un
harmed. He was preparing to
leave his residence for a cere
mony at Arlington Cemetery
when the shooting began.
Dead is Oscar Olliskin. The
wounded man has been identi
fied as Oscar Callazo. His
daughter. Carmen Callazo, de
nied that her father is a com
munist but admitted that he is
a Puerto Rican Nationalist.
Only this week a Nationalist
revolt in Puerto Rica was
broken up by police and Na
tional Guardsmen.
Dedication Os
Church Planned
The Rev. Sidney Anderson,
pastor of the Porterdale Pres
byterian Church, announced this
week that open house will be
held in the new church building
Wednesday, November 8, at 8
P. M. Dedicatory services will I
come the following Sunday, ac
cording to the pastor. Details
of the dedication will be an
nounced next week, Mr. Ander
son said.
Several outstanding leaders
will speak at the short welcom- '
ing service at Wednesday's open
house, the pastor said. Charles
C. Hertwig, President of Bibb
Manufacturing Company, will
welcome the group attending the
service. B. B. Snow, Bibb Agent
at Porterdale, will participate
in the open house ceremonies.
The contractor, the Georgia
Southern Construction Company,
of Macon, will be represented
by L. H. Graham, of Macon.
The Rev. Anderson said that
the public is cordially invited to
attend the open house.
Covington Elks Join Nationwide
Campaign To Battle Communism
Covington Lodge No. 1806,
BPO Elks, will join with lodges
across the nation in the distri
bution of stickers designed to
maintain nation-wide alertness
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDI J
AND PROSPERITY
The Newton High School Raml
travel to Athens tomorrow (Fri
day) night to meet the Athen»
team in Sanford Stadium on the
campus of the University of
Georgia in what promises to be
one of the season's outstanding
football games.
Plans were underway this
week for the largest motorcade
to ever attend an out-of-town
game. Car owners have been
asked to assemble at Newton
High School where Tri-Hi-Y
girls will decorate the automobiles
with the Newton colors.
Promptly at 6:15, the motor
cade will start for Athens, es
corted by the Georgia State
Patrol.
While a record attendance is
seen for the Athens game, White's
Enterprises is sponsoring a play
by-play broadcast direct from
the field for those who are un
able to attend. This will be ths
seventh game aired by White’s
over WMOC, leaving three more
to conclude the current season.
Game time is 8 P. M., with the
White’s broadcast going on the
air at 7:45 for a pre-game picture
from the stadium.
The Rams first loss of the sea
son went to Campbell, a 26 to T
shellacking, Friday night. Ac
cording to Coach Hartwell Wea
. ver, the Newton squad was in
a "flat” period, a condition well
known to football and other sports
fans. A capacity Newton crowd
watched the Campbell spark
plug, Bob Neely make several
spectacular touchdown runs, the
shortest being 54 yards, the long
est 97.
This week’s game with Athens
will be played in the imposeing
Sanford Stadium on the Univer
sity of Georgia campus. It will
be strange surroundings for the
Rams. Athens is rated the strong
er of the two teams. Nonetheless,
Coach Weaver states that this
week is Newton’s best opportuni
ty to beat Athens.
The coach said that the Rams
have had their best week of
practice. The players have hit
i harder and demonstrated their
best aggressive spirit. They ap
pear to be moving rapidly out
of their current “flat,” he re
ported. Don Rogers is still out
of the game, but he is back on
his feet and is expected to be
playing within a week or two.
Bogy Bloodworth’s jaw remains
thoroughly braced.
Athens has a reportedly heavier
team than the Rams, with ons
speedy back. The Classic City’s
aerial attack is rated extra goxi
with good wide and through the
middle ground attacks.
for the long fight against com
munism and other foes of free
dom.
W. C. Ivey, exalted ruler, said
yesterday that the stickers have
been ordered and that upon ar
rival they will be distributed by
members of the Covington Lodge.
Later this month Elks lodges
will hold community rallies to
further the campaign.
The Covington Lodge is hold
ing a regular meeting tonight,
at the Elks Home on Rainbow
Lake. A buffet supper will be
served to members and special
degree work will follow.
Wednesday night, November
a bingo pati,y has been arranged
for Elks and their guests.
Meanwhile, the Covington
Lodge was continuing to receive
I congratulations for the excellent
dance staged October 17j Fea
turing the music of Charlie
Spivak, the dance attracted one
of the largest crowds ever to as
semble here for such an event
NUMBER 44