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L®cal . . County . . State
By THE OFFICE BOY
Winter’s first blast of cold air
is slov ’ i abating and Old Sol is
again warming both the heart
and body. ... The woods are a ,
not of color in their Autumnal
colors which were furnished by I
Old Jack Frost. . . . Slowly the
works of Nature are grinding:
and Fall turning to Winter. . . .
Just as slowly and surely will'
the Winter winds bring on 1
cold. . . . Animals’ furs are
heavier and the blood of man
woman and beast is thickened
to stand the cold which is ap
proaching. ... As one observes
these changes, one cannot but
continue to observe with awe I
Ind reverence the glorious works i
O’ the Great Creator, the Su
preme Architect of the Universe.
The news of the terrible cold
which our boys overseas are
h; ving to endure brings sorrow I
to every heart. . . . Surely those
of you who have boys or loved
ones n Korea will p- -k and i
ship them a Christmas box with
in the next two weeks. ... It
will mean so much to them
lot s all get busy and let them
have an expression of our love
and admiration in the form of
a Christmas box. . . . Edgar
Guest during the last World
War penned the following lines
which describe just what these I
Christmas boxes mean to these
boys overseas:
THE CHRISTMAS BOX
Oh. we hare shipped his Christ
mas box, with ribbons red
tis tied,
And he shall find the things he
likes from them he loves in
side,
But he must miss the kisses true
and all the laughter gay
And he must miss the smiles of
home upon his Christmas
Day.
Me 11 spend his Christmas ’neath
the flag: he'll miss each mer
ry face,
Old Glory smiling down on him
must take his mother's place, i
Ypt in the Christmas box we’ve |
sent, in fancy he will find I
The laughter and the tears of
joy that he has left behind.
Mis mother’s tenderness is there,
his father's kindly way,
And all that went last year to ■
make his merry Christmas
Day;
Me’U see once more his sister’s
smile, he’ll hear the baby
shout,
And as he opens every gift we'll
gather round about.
Me cannot come to share with j
us the joys of Christmas .
Day;
The flag has called to him and
he is serving far away.
Undaunted, unafraid, and fine he
stands to duty grim,
And so this Christmas we have I
tried to ship ourselves to
him.
—EDGAR GUEST
And those of you who remain
»t home we want to caution you '
that there is only six more :
weeks of shopping for you until
Christmas is here. . . . Won’t
you begin now to pick out that
Christmas present carefully!
while the selections are plenti
ful and not wait until the last
minute rush. . . . By doing this
you can select right here at
home the very gift for that
loved one and have it all packed
•way and ready for Christmas
Day. ... By doing this also you ;
will be doing a favor to those
elerks and merchants in our city 1
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University Prexy j
Speaks Here
Dr. O. C. Aderhold, president ~
of the University of Georgia, :
will address the Covington Ki- ;
wanis Club today, according to ‘
W. W. Crowe, elub president.
Dr. Aderhold will be intro- |
luced to the club by R. O. Ar- ।
nold. a member of the State j j
Beard of Regents and a member <
of the Covington Kiwanis Club. '।
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A4rs. Ellen Sessions
Home From Hospital
Mrs. Ellen Sessions, of Coving- 1
ton. returned home this week '
from an Atlanta hospital where
sh° underwent examination and
caie follnr^ng an automobile
accident webk before last in
Covington.
Mrs Sessions received painful
head wounds when she was
thrown from tiie cai in which'
Sho was riding upon its impact |
with another automobile neai
the city poat of he* I
OLUME 86
btN ‘ .l ASSEMBLY LIKELY TO NAME NEWTON REPRESENTATIVE
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dhow ton Shows Increased Dwelling Occupancy
1,077 New
Dwellings In
10-Yr. Period
Population For
Covington Upped
32 Percent
Further evidence of the fact
that the post-war years have
brought a steady increase in
dwelling occupancy is reflected
in preliminary results of the
1950 census of housing recently
taken in Newton County and
just announced by the Atlanta
regional office of the U. S. De
partment of Commerce.
The Census, taken by the Com-
I merce Department’s Bureau of
the Census, reveals that both in
the county as a whole as well as
in Covington, an increase is
shown in the number of dwell
ing places recorded in 1950 as
compared with 1940.
The figures showed that in
Newton County the number of
dwelling places in 1950 was 5,-
<97, an increase over the 4,819
listed in 1940, and in Covington
a gain of from 1,077 in 1940 to
1,584 in 1950 took place.
, The number of dwelling places
I recorded for Covington and
Newton County this year repre
sent an average of 3.3 and 3.5
persons per dwelling place, re
spectively, based upon the recent
census of population issued by
the Census Bureau which gave
the County a total of 20.242 resi
dents this year compared with
18,576 in 1940, an increase of
9 percent, and Covington, 5,176
and 3,900 respectively, an in
crease of 32.7 percent.
The term “dwelling places’’
has been defined by the Census
Bureau as “the living quarters
occupied by, or intended for oc
cupancy by, one household.”
Merrill C. Lofton, Commerce
Department regional director in
Atlanta, has advised residents of
Covington and Newton County
to write his office for copies of
the Census Bureau’s preliminary
release on dwelling places in the
county if they are interested in
receiving them. Only one re
lease will be available to a re
quest, he said. Such requests
should be addressed to the U. S.
Department of Commerce, 418
Atlanta National Building, At
lanta, he stated.
Harwell Funeral
Today Al J P.M.
Last rites for Mrs. J. L. (Pratt)
Harwell, who died Tuesday in
Miami, Fla., after a brief illness,
will be conducted this afternoon
at 3 P. M. from the Starrsville
Methodist Church. The Rev. H
B. Landrum will officiate and
interment will be in the Starrg
ville Cemetery.
A native of Newton County,
Mrs. Harwell spent most of her
life here, but for the past year
she made her home with her
daughter in Miami.
She is survived by a non, J. T.
Harwell, of Miami: three daugli
ters, Mrs. Tom J. Cook, Mrs
Iverson H. Adams, and Mrs. W.
C. Pope, all of Miami, and a bro- j
ther, J. V. (Son) Pickett, of Cov- .
ington.
The NEWS extends sympathy I
to the members of the beraved I
family. J. C. Harwell & Son, ,
funeral directors, were in charge ,
of funeral arrangements.
Golden Fleece Lodge
Meets Tuesday Night
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6. |
F. & A. M.. will hold a called
meeting at the Masonic Hall'
Tuesday night at 7:30 P. M.
The master degree will be
conferred and dinner will be
i served.
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M S™ 1 ?” 1“ * nju ««*>«•. new est hot spot in the Korean war, wounded soldiers of the B S
Bth Cavalry Regiment and their South Korean comrades wait patiently to be removed to hospitals. The intense
enemy drive in this area has eentered attention on the number of Chinese Reds now in action. (International)
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Newton High Rams Meet Avondale Friday,-
Georgia And Auburn Clash On Saturday
White's Will Air
Rams Game Friday
At 7.45 P.M.
The Newton High Schorl Rams
travel to Avondale tomorrow
(Friday) night for their final
road game of the current season
and the Rams will be trying to
get back in the win column after
dropping games to Campbell,
Athens, and Elberton, the latter
by a 21-0 score this past Friday
night at Legion Field.
The Rams enter tomorrow
night’s game with a five-win and
three-losses record and with
most experts giving them an edge
over the Avondale squad. The
final game of the season will be
played here November 23, the
game starting at 2:30 P. M.
For the final out-of-town game,
elaborate plans are being made
for the largest motorcade of the
season. Car owners have been
asked to meet at Newton High
School where Tri-Hi-Y girls will
decorate the cars with Newton
colors. The motorcade will leave
for Avondale at 6:45 P. M,
escorted by a Georgia State
Patrol car.
White’s Enterprises, of Cov
ington and Porterdale, will
sponsor a play-by-play account
of the game direct from the
Avondale stadium, this being the
ninth Newton game’to be aired
over WMOC by White's. Game
time is 8 P. M., with the White’s
broadcast going on the air at
7:45 P. M.
The Newton Rams grid clash
with Avondale finds two teams
with essentially the same sea
son record: Avondale has four
wins, four loses. It’s Newton’s
fourth regional game in the Class
"A’’ bracket. Both teams defeated
Lithonia with about the same
score.
The Avondale backfield is big
and fast, having the size edge on
I the Rams. The Newton foe runs
' from the Notre Dame box. Avond
ale has a tricky passer who usas
the running jump pass. His
squad has about the same offense
used by Elberton. Coach Hartwell
Weaver forecast yesterday that
this week's game should be one
■of the best spectator's game ©f
, the season with the exception
lof the Thanksgiving Day Mon
] roe game.
The Newton Rams added a
feather of a sort to their- hat
when they held the Elberton
eleven to their lowest season
score last Friday night in Cov
। ington, 21 to 0. The Elberton team
was out to beat the underdog
Rams by a overwhelming score.
'Coach Weaver stated that the
Rams played then best game of
•the year against Elberton.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1950
Drake-Wood Sponsors Bulldog Tilt
With Game Starting At 1:55 P.M.
Georgia and Auburn ejash in Columbus Saturdav after
noon in Dixie’s oldest football rivalry. (The BullSogs and
Plainsmen have battled 53 times on th? gridiron, Auburn
| winning the opener 10-0 in 1892. Georgia, however, leads in
the ancient series, 20 victories against. 21 defeats and six ties
City Election
For Council
Posts Dec. 6
Election of three councilman
for the City of Covington will
;be held December 6, according
,to an announcement made this
I week from the city hall. Candi
-1 dates have until noon on No
i vember 22 in which to qualify.
• Candidates were advised to re
i cord their intentions to run
! with the city clerk in the city
; ball. Council posts to be filled
. are presently occupied by H. S.
! Randall, T. A. Rape, and E. E.
I Callaway.
Mr. Callaway stated to the
NEWS yesterday that he intends
to announce for re-election. Mr.
Randall said that he “definitely
will not announce.” Mr. Rape re
; ported that he does not intend
to seek re-election.
The city clerk said that the
i city registration books will re
j main open until 5 P. M., Nov. 28.
! Voters previously registered do
I not have to register again, he
'said.
3 Found Guilty
In Traffic Court
Recorder’s court in Covington
i continues to give stiff penalties
I in all traffic cases, according to
i the city clerk. Monday’s session
I found three cases guilty with
one held over with the addition
|of contempt when the accused
failed to show up for the court.
Police Chief E. R. Rouchillon
| stated again this week that his
I force will continue a close watch
over traffic in the city.
Scout Committee
Meets Monday Night
The Newton District Committee
!of the Boy Scouts of America
will meet Monday night, No
vember 20, at the Delaney Hotel
lat 6:30 P. M., Frank Meaders,
district chairman announced this
' week.
Final plans will be made for
the annual district banquet in
(December and 1951 officers will
1 be elected, Mr. Meadors said.
Since Wallace Butts has been
head coach at Georgia, the Bull
dogs have beaten Auburn seven
times, lost twice and tied once.
WMOC’j play-by-play account !
of the game, aired from the Geor
gia Sports Network direct from
Columbus, will be sponsored by
Drake-Wood Furniture Company,
of Covington, as will the final two
games of the season—Furman,
November 25, and the tradition
al Tech game, December 2.
Air time for the Drake-Wood
broadcast is 1:55 P. M., with the
game getting underway at 2 P
M. For sports fans in the Pied
mont Area, Drake-Wood will air
the Football Prophet tomorrow
(Friday) night at 7:15 P. M., and
Saturday night, at 9 P. M., Drake-
Wood’s Football Round-Up will
be heard.
The Bulldogs Saturday handed
Florida its first shutout of the
season, 6-0, while Auburn rested
with an open date.
Three Bulldogs Ed Greenway,
Lauren Hargrove and Bobby
Morris—returned to action against
Florida after missing several
games with injuries. Greenway,
regular right guard on offense,
had been out with a knee injury
since the Mississippi State game.
Hargrove, regular right half on I
offense, missed the Boston Col- ;
lege and Alabama games with
a sprained ankle. He played only i
four plays against Florida and
did not carry the ball, but is ex- |
pected to be ready for ball-car
rying action this Saturday. Morris,
hard-tackling safety man, was'
sidelined the week of the Nortn ।
Carolina game with a broken 1
jaw. He went down on two kick- j
offs against Florida, making the
tackle once.
Three Bulldog stars will miss
the Auburn game, Richard
Steele, left tackle on defense,
knee injury; right end Dexter
Poss, shoulder injury, and T
; quarterback Billy Grant broken
I leg-
Billy Mixon, the Tifton Tornado
gained 97 yards in 19 rushes
against Florida to boost his sea- I
(son’s rushing total to 525 yaids ।
'in 101 carries already ahead of
■ his 1949 rushing total of Sl7
yards in 121 carries.
Mal Cook, tall-T-quarter back ,
who passed for the touchdown ,
against Florida —- hitting Bob
Walston in the end zone on a ;
5-yard toss—leads Georgia in I
passing with 30 completions in .
52 throws for a net gain of 45d I
yards. Big Mal also has picked up
1 50 yards rushing. ।
Death Os Electee Dan Campbell Leaves
Holder Os Legislative Seat In Doubt
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viir*
duties of their, offices until their
successors are commissioned and
qualified.” A member of the
NEWS staff discussed this sec
tion of the code with Assistant
Attorney General John Houston
at the state capitol yesterday.
Mr. Houston stated that he
could not issue an opinion, either
official or unofficial, in reference
to the matter, but he did state
, that he had discussed the gub
pect with Attorney General
Eugene Gook. Mr. Houston report
ed that it was Mr. Cook’s, and
his, personal opinion that Robert
Stanton, the present New’.o.i
County member of the General
Assembly, should report the fads
of the case to the General As
sembly when it convenes in
January, 1951.
In all probability, the assis
tant attorney suggested, the
General Assembly will be guided
by Section 2-19(11, from Article
3, Section 7, paragraph 1 of the
new Constitution of Georgia,
which provides: “Each House
-; shall be the judge of the election
retu ns and qualification of its
members.”
Asked whether or not Governor
Talmadge could order an election
to fill the vacancy caused by I
Mr. Campbell s death, Mr, Hous
ton pointed out that Mr, Camp j
bell’s death does not represent a 1
vacancy since Mr. Campbell had
never qualified for the offiee I
through the provisions of the 1
new constitution quoted in the
paragraph above. Even though j
the assistant attorney general
did not state that the governor
has no authority to order an
election, he did not point out any j
’ legal authority for the same.
Whethet or not Mr. Stanton
will be permitted to fill the oust
until the next general election ap |
pears to be a matter for the
i General Assembly to decide, ac
cording to the personal opinion I
'of Mr. Houston.
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Yule Seals Are
Placed In Mail
Covington’s Mayor, Godfrey
Trammell, this week asked all
citizens to support the program |
of the Newton County Tubercu- >
losis and Health Association by
buying gener !
ously the Christ
m a s Seals;
which we re !
mailed on Wed
nesday, Novem
ber 15 Stress
ing that “no
home is safe
while there is
a single case of
tuberculosis in
the community,”
Mayor Tram-
Help Fight Tl
IW
Buy
Chrktmos S«ol»
mell joined other Newton coun
ty leaders in urging active sup
port of this, the 44th annual
sale of Christmas Seals,
Mayor Trammell reminded all
citizens that the proceeds from
the local sale finance in its en
tirety the “twelve months a
year’’ program of the Newton
County committee. “Seventy
four cents of every dollar raised
! in Newton County remains here
'to finance the case-finding, ed
ucational and emergency pro
j gr ams.
Mrs. E. S. Rheberg, chairman
jof the Newton County commit
, tee urged every citizen of the
county to buy and use the
1 Christmas Seals. “If anyone
would like to have mor* seals ■
than were mailed to them, or I
should letters not be received, I
they may be obtained by calling
j 2527,” said Mrs. Rheberg. |
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Final Tribute Paid Dan Campbell
At Funeral Services Held Sunday
Final tribute was paid A. M. (Dan) Campbell, 75. life
long Newton County resident and Newton Representative in
the General Assembly, at funeral services conducted from
d Ghurch in Mansfield Sundav afternoon. The
Rev W. 1. Pritchett officiated, assisted bv the Rev. Walket
Combs and the Rev. Gordon -
Thompson.' Interment was in the
Carmel Cemetery at Mansfield.
Mr. Campbell died Friday
i morning in a private hospital
after suffering a heart attack
Stricken about 3 A. M., he was
taken to the hospital where a
second attack at about 9 A. M.
proved fatal.
A native of Newton County, i
Mr. Campbell was a retired rural I
mail carrier. He was a deacon
of the Mansfield First Baptist
Church, a member of the Masonic
Lodge and the Elks Lodge, and
'nf the Veterans of Foreign Warr.
At the outlet of World War H
he served as chairman of the !
Newton County Rationing Board.
He served in the Georgia Legis- i
| lature for two terms as Newton
County Representative and a'
the time of his death he had won
re-election to that post and would
’ have assumed the office at the i
.January term. He was a member ■
lof the Fourth District Democratic
- Executive Committee.
Military rites were conducted
at the graveside by members of
। the National Guard and Veterans
।of Foreign Wars. Members of the
Mansfield Masonic Lodge served
'as pallbearers and formed an
honorary escort.
Mr. Campbel] is survived by a
son, Colin Campbel], of Miami,
Fla.; five daughters, Mrs. Ruh
ard Thomas, of Atlanta; Mrs.
Hermoine Hollis, of West Palm
Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Aubra Shei •
wood, of Oxford; Mrs. J. C.
Lanier, of Miami, and Mrs. Ern
est Merck, nf Covington; a sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Wildman, of Ojus,
Fla.; 17 grandchildren, and one
great giandchiid.
The NEWS extends sympathy
to the members of the bereaved
family. J. c. Harwell & Son,
funeral directors, were in charge
of funeral arrangements.
Rotarians Hear
Talk On Safely
The Covington Rotary Club
heard a talk on safety at its
regular luncheon meeting at the
Delaney Hotel Tuesday. John
McKay, head of the insurance
and safety department of Bibb
Manufacturing Company, dis
cussed the various factors
which contribute to the lessen
ing of accidents and pointed out
how every citizen may mini
mize conditions conductive to
accidents.
Program chairman Murray
Gardner annm need that John
Staton, a highly recommended
speaker from Atlanta, will speak
to the club at its next meeting.
Mr. Gardner reported that
Miss Sophie Papassinesiou, a
native of Greece, will speak to I
the Rota / Club November 28, |
She came to this country as a
Rotary Club exchange student
: to the University of Georgia,
j where she was a Phi Beta Kap
pa when she graduated in 1948
' She speaks several languages,
. including Greek, Arabic, Italian,
French, English, and “Georgian,"
[according to one writer.
NUMBER 48
Guard Unit
Rated High
In Inspection
•
The Heavy Mortar Company,
Newton unit of the Georgia Na
tional Guard, had its annual
federal inspection here Monday
night. Co|nnel Hal Randall, n»-
sistant Inspector General of the
Third Army, with headquarters
at Fort McPherson, conducted the
। inspection.
Colonel Randall commended
the men of the unit, known as the
\ oung Guard, for their spectacu
lar progress in the past year. The
; inspecting officer visited the
company last year as an observer
at its annual inspection.
Visiting the company at the
same time were Lt. Col. E. j.
Mackey, executive officer of the
122 d Infantry Regiment, and the
unit’s battalion commander. The
officers and ranking non-com
missioned officers were hosts to
the inspecting party and local
civic leaders at a dinner at the
Delaney Hotel Monday night.
Wendell Crowe, president, of
the Covington Kiwanis Club,
Moncey Pratt, president of the
Covington Rotary Club, Godfrey
liammel, mayor of Covington
and Lewis Summers, past com
mander of the Georgia Ameri
can Legion, attended the dinner
The| later visited the armory
to witness the company forma
tion, preparatory to personnel
inspection by the inspecting of
ficer.
1 Colonel Randal) stated that the
, Heavy Mortar Company is one
of the strongest companies in the
state in terms of numbers and
morale, as well as training. He
went on to say that the unit s
progress is indicative of whole
hearted cooperation by local civic
and business leaders as well as
J military and ex-military men.
The Heavy Mortar Company
is staffed by Lt. W. I. (Bill) All
good. commanding officer Lt.
A. (Gus) Morgan, executive
. officer; Lts. W. R. (Bill) Giles
and John B. Andrews, platoon
leaders; SF’C's Johnnie H. Steele
and Robert (Pete) Mask, acting
platoon leaders, and First Ser
geant Harold Yarbrough.
Florida Student
On WMOC B’Cast
I I
Each Saturday at 12:15 P. M.
the Emory at Oxford Ministerial
Club broadcasts a devotional
over WMOC. This week Mor
। ris Gaskins, a sophomore from
I^ke Wales, Florida, will be in
। charge of the program. He will
j speak on the subject, "Sins of
Omission.”
Even though the students will
be away for Thanksgiving holi
days next week, Jimmy Thomp.
son, of Athens, plans to present
• program for the regular broad
cast.
It is hoped that these weekly
devotionals will be a source of
inspiration for all who hear
I them