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OLUME?
S r -. ELECTION SEEN 10. NAME NEWTON REPRESENTATIVE
Umpty Stocking Campaign Opening Dec. Uth
Santa Claus Will
Visit Toyland At
Belk's Tonight
Santa Claus will shake the
hand of many children of this
area tonight when he visits the
toyland of Belk-Gallant in Cov
ington, according to Belk man
ager Joe Webb. Mr. Webb said i
that the toy department of his
s^ore will he open tonight
(Thursday) from 8 to 9 o’clock.
At >:3O, “Ole Santa” will broad
cast his interviews ' ’th the chil
dren and description of the
Belk toyland over WMOC.
Mr. Webb announced that
Santa Claus will re-visit the i
Covington Belk store on the aft- ’
ernoons of December 9 and 16.
Beginning Monday, December 4,
Belk’s will sponsor a daily 30-
minute program, featuring let
ters to Santa Zlaus, at 5 P. M.
The Belk manager stated that
letters addressed to Santa Claus, I
re of radio station WMOC,
Covington, Georgia, will be read
over the air by Santa Claus.
At the official opening of the
Belk Toyland tonight, a huge
dol 1 will be given away.
Property Damage Runs High As County
Experience Coldest November Weather
Numerous reports coming to the NEWS office indicate
that the weekend cold accounted for major damages Which
are probably the greatest weather damage for this tinAe of
the year in the history of Newton County. Covington City
, Engineer H. O. Whelchel, reported that the city pumping sta-
tion supplied the greatest
i amount of water in an equal pe
| riod last Sunday night Mr.
■ Whelchel explained that this
tremendous output was due to
■ leaking lines in homes due to
the fre' ze and to faucets left
I dripping to prohibit further 1
; freeze. He went on to say that
| the damage by the freeze was
i the worst he has ever seen in
j his many years of service in
j Covington.
The City Fire Engineer, Rod- I
। ney Floyd, was on the alert the
entire weekend for possible
fires. Most people kept fires
going 24 hours a day to allevi- ‘
ate the cold. The Fire Depart-1
me t had three alarms: two an-!
tomobile fires Saturday with
1 little damage, and a grass fire
, Tuesday with virtually no dam- i
age. The City Fire Department
: urged everybody to be especial- ]
ly watchful during these days
as the possibility of fire had in- |
creased considerably with the .
advent of cold weather and con
! tinned dryn^sr
| Few homes in the County,
escaped with no damage in the ,
severe cold which has been r ted ,
by the local weather observe^
Dr. Sparks Is
Ki wanis Speaker
Dr. George Sparks, president
of the Atlanta Division of th’
University of Georgia, will be ,
the guest speaker at today’s nwel
ing of the Covington Kiwani«
Club at the Delaney Hotel, ac
cording to W. W. Crowe. ,
Dr. Sparks, one of the nations
outstanding educators, will be
introduced by V. Y. C. Eady,
Emory at Oxford dean.
Another outstanding feature of
today's Kiwanis meeting will be
the presentation of a plaque to
the 4-H Clubs of Newton County.
Given by the Kiwanis Club m
appreciation of the community
projects carried out by the 4-H ert- i
the plaque will be presented by
Kiwanian John I. Alford.
Holy Communion For
Episcopalians Sunday
Holy Communion* will be oh
su-ved at the 11 A. M- serv.ee,
l of 11H . Church' of the Good ,
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Th” Rev. L w. Bl ''k ’
ill j mlmt the ” "" d i
I public is invited to attend.
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GORDON'S FERRY BRIDGE outside Bakersfield, Calif., is washed out by
the worst flood in the history of California’s Central Valley. Two small
communities in this section were evacuated and me National Guard was
called out when the raging waters hit a 20-foot level. (International)
the Rev. Walker Combs, as be
। ing the lowest ever recorded in
November in this area. Mr. ■
■ Combs stated that the low tern- 1
perature for Saturday nforning
was 5 degrees above zero. Ssv-
I eral insurance agents in the
area estimated that damages
I will be in the thousands of dol- j
I lars.
Newton Rams Close 1950
Season Defeating Monroe
The Newton County High School Rams wound up their
j fall 1950 football season with a 7-3 score. It is their best
season since the reinstatement of football in the high school
athletic football program three years ago. Last year the Rams
! won four and lost six; the first season’s score was two wins,
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one tie, and seven losses.
According <o Coach Hartwell |
| Weaver, the prospects for next,
I year are exceptionally good, j
' The Rams lose only four players I
this year—Quarterback Blood-!
worth, Halfbacks Rogers and I
Adams, and Left-end Jenkins.,
Bloodworth and Rogers were,
out much of this season with j
injuries. Coach Weaver stated 1
that the Rams should be able I
to fill the vacancies next year
with competent men.
The Coach lauded his men for
their exceptional spirit demon
strated throughout the entire
i 1950 season. Coach Weaveri
' said that the squad demonstrated ’
the best group spirit he had ever ;
witnessed in sports, college, and
I high school. He even rated it
higher than the group spirit he
witnessed among military crews ;
with which he served during j
I World War Two. He praised ,
the marvelous job done by As
sistant Coaches Carlos Meyer I
and James Rogers.
Coach Weaver announced that
next year’s schedule will be a
duplicatirV in reverse of this
1 year’s schedule. That is, this
year’s out-of town games have
been scheduled for home games
and vice versa.
A banquet for the football
squad, coaches and other invited
guests has been scheduled fu
the very near future. Football
, lettermen fc- the 1950 season
will be announced at the ban
quet. Coach Weaver stated that
in reference to the Thank.-;,
mt grid cla-h with Monroe in
I which the Rams defeated the
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1950
A grass fire called out the
Covington Fire Department'
late Wednesday afternoon,
bringing the total alarms to
four since the beginning of
the current cold weather last
Friday night. The fire, in the
vicinity of Harlin’s Grocery
cn the Atlanta Highway, was
quickly extinguished.
It re-emphasized the neces
siiy for increased alertness io
the dangers of fire during cold
and dry weather.
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J Purple Hurricane 19-13, the
! Rams demonstrated “sheer de
termination, real brain-work,
1 and down-to-earth intestinal
I fortitude” rarely seen on the
I high school gridiron.
The heavier and favored Mon
roe team virtually “wore the
Newton squad down to a nub.”
! to quote Coach Weaver.
Annual Scout Banquet
Set For December 14
The annual banquet for adult
■ Scouters and their wives will be
held at 7 P. M., December 14, at
the Porterdale School, according
'to Jim T. Cook, program chair-
I man for the banquet.
Mr. Cook reported that the
Newton District Banquet will
feature a fine entertainment pro
! gram as well as one of the finest
annual reports ever given at the
affair.
Newton Dairyman
Attends Milk Course
One Newton County dairyman
was among fifty who attended the
recent short course in Market
Milk held at the University of
Georgia in Athens last week
J. T. Owens Jr., nt the Jersey
Joy Dairy Farm and the Ideal
Dailies Inc., of Covington, parti
cipated in th<- conference attend
ed by dairymen from all sections
■ |of the slate
WMOC Beast
Is Scheduled
Each Night
Sherwood Directs
Annual Drive For
Rotary Club
The annual Empty’ Stocking
program, sponsored by’ the Cov
[ ington Rotary Club, gets under
’ way Monday night. December .
111, at 7 P. M., according to Ro
i tarian Aubra Sherwood who
. heads the drive committee. The
' opening night’s program will
| originate in the studios of Radio
. Station WMOC. The remaining
programs, which efid on the;
night of December 16. will be I
broadcast from the Covington
gymnasium, the chairman re
ported.
The purpose of the drive this
year will be to spread Christ
mas cheer to old people With no
| means of support and to chil
j dren aged 12 and under, the
chairman said. Applications for
help will be handled entirely
at the Covington Red Cross of
fice, he stated, adding that no
telephone applications for help
will be taken. The closing date
’for applications has been set for
5 P. M., December 18. The Red
Cross office will be open from
9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Monday
through Friday during the De
cember 11-18 period.
The erttertainment feature of
the program is being handled by
Rotarian John Jernigan. The
procedure for donations and en
tertainment bids will be the
same as in the past two years.
Persons wishing to bid a dona- !
tion on a performer’s talent will
call the numbers which are to
be announced next week.
A special school day has been
set for all the schools in the
county, the chairman stated yes
terday. Friday, December lb,
pupils will have the oppor
tunity to bring canned goods
and other gift items to be con
tributed to the Empty Stocking
fund.
Members of the Heavy Mortar
Company will assist in the pro
gram by repairing toys. The
local Georgia National Guard
Company has begun collecting
used and broken toys for repair
and refinishing which will be
distributed as a part of the
Empty Stocking program, Mr.
Sherwood reported. Sergeant
first class Johnnie H. Steele,
guardsman, is coordinating this
phase of the drive.
Branham Circle
Selling Candies
The Addie Branham Circle of
the Oxford Allen Memorial
Church is selling homemade
Christmas candies, according to
a spokesman for the group, Ord
ers are being taken for delivery
at any time, she stated. Proceeds
are to be used for a circle project.
Orders for any size box from
50 cents up can be placed by call
ing 3180, 2726, or 3025.
Yule Decoration
Plans Continued
The Covington Garden Club
project of having the city of
Covington decorated for the
Christmas season moved steadily
ahead this week. A spokesman for
I the group stated that the mer-
I chants and residents of the city
! have promised their wholehearted
cooperation. Concrete plans have
been made by most shop-owners
’for colorful displays and scenes.
City officials report that the
’ park will be lighted not later
| than December 7, with some pos
sibility that the colored lights
will be installed earlier. The
scenes for J.te four sections of the
park are being fabricated and
should be ready for installation
I next week, the spokesman stated.
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CULMINATING a three-year tight to
bring his German bride to America,
James Bates appears overjoyed as
he greets his wife, Charlotte, and
daughter. Gloria, on iheir arrival in
Los Angeles. Bates married Char
lotte in Berlin when he was sta
tioned there as a corporal in the
American Army. (International)
NEWS Shopping
Edition Planned
The annual Christmas shop
ping edition of the NEWS will
be published next week. In
spite pf inflationary trends,
merchants of the Covington
trade area have stocked up a
wealth of Christmas goods
which will sell at prices under
the current market. Shoppers
are advised to watch for this
bigger shopping edition.
The annual Christmas greet
ing edition of the NEWS will
be published December 21.
Present plans call for the tradi
tional colors of red and green
to be used in this beautiful is
sue which will reflect the spirit
of the season.
Newton Cage
Season Opens
On December 9
The! Newton County High
School basketball schedule for
the 1950-51 season was an
nounced this week. The new
gymnasium, completed this year,
will be used for the first time
for spectator’s sports December
12 when the Newton High teams
meet the Griffin High School
boys and girls.
The season’s first game will
on December 9 with Social Cir
cle there.
The games for the remainder
of the season are as follows: De
cember 12, Griffin, here; De
cember 15, Conyers, there; De
cember 16, Jackson, here; De
cember 19, Morgan County,
here; December 21, Monroe,
there; January 9, Hapeville,
there; January 13, Scx'ial Circle,
here; January 19, Griffin, there;
January 20, Druid Hills, here;
January 23, Conyers, here; Jan
uary 26, Monroe, here; January
30, Morgan County, there; Feb
ruary 2, Jackson, there; Febru
ary 6, Hapeville, here, and Feb
ruary 9, Druid Hills, there.
Basketball Clinic
Here December 7th
A basketball clinic will be
conducted at the Newton Coun
ty Gymnasium Thursday night,
December 7, at 7:30 o’clock, it
was announced this week.
Coaches, officials, players, as
well as spectators are invited to
attend. An interpretation of
new rules and rule changes will
be given by Julian Rose, of At
lanta, and Sam Tribble, of Cov
ington.
Voters Should Decide,
House Speaker Declares
Legislative Leader Gives Probable
Procedure In Determining Issue
Fred Hand, Speaker of the House of Representatives o.
the Georgia General Assembly, expressed the personal opinion
yesterday that Newton County will have a special electior
for the purpose of electing a representative. Mr. Hand stated
in a telephone conversation from his home in Pelham, with
a member of the NEWS staff that ~
he personally felt that “the Le
gislature will be reluctant to ex
ercise a choice which should go
directly to the people.”
The speaker had in mind th?
constitutional provision which
provides: “Each House shall be
the judge of the election returns '
and qualification of its members"
and the code of Georgia which
further provides that “all officers
of this state which reside therein
at such places as are designated
by law and discharge the duties
of their offices until their sue- |
cessors are commissioned and !
qualified.”
Some state officials have previ- |
ously expressed the opinion that I
the legislature could seat the
present legislator, Robert Stan
ton Jr., as the Newton County
representative in the 1951-52
General Assembly. Speaker
Hand’s personal opinion sheds j
some light on the probable course j
! of the Legislature.
Stating that he had not discus- :
I sed the matter with other mem
bers of the House, Mr. Hand
suggested that the course of
events brought about by the death
of A. M. (Dan) Campbell, who
died November 10, three days
after he was elected to the House
on November 7, will likely fol
low this pattern:
Mr. Stanton will report the
cricumstances to the Legislature.
The House probably will decide
to leave the final decision to the
citizens of Newton County. The
speaker will report a vacancy
from Newton County to the -
Governor. Governor Talmadge
will issue a writ, announcing the
vacancy. This writ will be tlie
authority for County Ordinary
A. L. Loyd to call a special elec
tion.
Mr. Hand stated several times
in the telephonic conversation
that this was his personal opinion.
He pointed out several cases in
which one or both houses of ‘he ;
General Assembly had assumed
elective powers which they right
fully had, according to their in
terpretation of (he law. Mr. Hand
suggested that the public reaction
to these actions has not always
been desirable. Thus, his con
clusion that the Legislature will
probably declare a vacancy in
this case.
In the event of a vacancy, the
county ordinary must give at
least 20 days notice for a special
election. The General Assembly
convenes January 8. If the le
gislature declares a vacancy on,
that date, the earliest possible
election date will be Monday.
January 29.
Mr. Stanton announced last
week that he would seek to have
the Legislature seat him as the
qualified Newton County rep
resentative under the provisions
of the Code of Georgia quoted
above. He was not available yes
terday for comment on Mr. Hand’s
statement.
Mrs. Fred Harwell
Is Contest Winner
Mrs. Fred M. Harwell, of 108
Middlebrooks Street, has been
notified that her entry was
judged the best among those
submitted by customers of Co-1
lonial Stores' local food market
at 115 E. Square, and will re
ceive as her reward a nationally
advertised Bendix Automatic
Clothes Dryer worth more than
S2OO.
In announcing the local win
ner it was also disclosed that 126 '
other Georgia winners are be
ing simultaneously announced—
one for each of the company’s
stores in the slate. H
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5 Candidates
Campaign For
Council Posts
City Election On
Name 3 Winners
Five candidates are campaign
ing for the three posts on th*
Covington City Council to be de
cided in the December 6 election
These candidates are incum
bents Alvin Rape, E. E. Callaway
I Jr., George Allen, W. T. Greei
Sr. and Monccy Pratt, according
to City Clerk Clyde Castleberry
Mr. Castleberry reported that
almost 1,500 people are qualified
। to vote in the city election. Th*
registration books closed Tuesday
November 28. He stated ’hat
from all appearances there wiL
I be a near record turnout in thu
election.
The post now occupied by Hokt
Randall, who is not seeking
re-election, is one of the three
posts being sought by the fiv^
candidates.
The polls will be open from
7 A. M. to 6 P. M. on election day,
the city clerk reported.
Appeal Is Made
For Toys For
Needy Children
The Heavy Mortar Company,
Newton County unit of the
Georgia National Guard, report!
that conside able progress is be
ing made in the drive to collect
toys for needy children at
Christmas.
Sergeant first class Johnnie
H. Steele, guardsman directing
the drive, states that members
of the “Young Guard” are bring
ing in toys in increasing num
bers. He said yesterday that
several citizens of the area had
turned in toys at the armory.
He urged everyone in the, are!
to cooperate with the National
Guard company in order that
more children may have a mer
ry Christmas.
The toys are to be distributed
in conjunction with the Coving
ton Rotary Club Empty Stocking
program. All used toys turned
over to the military unit will
be repaired by the men of th!
guard company. Several peoplf
1 uve donated new toys, accord
ing to Sergeant Stelle. These are
especially welcomed, the guards
man said.
The sergeant suggested that
the new or used toys may be
turned over to the Heavy Mortar
Company by carrying them to
the armory on the Speedway in
Covington or by calling 3090,
Covington, and making arrange
ments to have them picked up
Sergeant Steele said that the
armory is open daily, Monday
through Friday, from 8 A. M
to 12 noon, and from 1 P. M. tt
j 5 P. M.
NUMBER 48