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We went to New
■.. the wrong time. I’ve
■ ^rrerl about one thing
Kj that is the way this
■•nine looks • • • hut I got
■ ; and it's cold weather.
■ ’ wrinkle up my nose,
■‘stays that way. ... I
■ musta grinned and
■ too . . . anyway . . .
ps e here froze up too, as
[know hv now, we moved
j, Sis and Bud and have
over there to see that
yd! The Ross says some
even pipos had to be re
nt fixed or something
it they also say they were
the first pipes put in for
jn Covington ... so the
<ier pipes will last long
।we live now . . . and I
7 pipes never get. in that
tin . . . and I’m hopin’
t won't freeze up in this
in. ... I know my face
ely, But I don’t mind it
r. The fdler in front of
s the shock . . . and you
I behind it! But every
pass a mirror 1 know I
he free/e had waited un
pt to Florida. Yes, I'm
1’ , . . drearhin’ ... of
me and Jimmie Vaughn
I the gang dpwn at West
Beach. . . . HOW I want
them this minute . . . and
k I’ll stay there when I
sre. and go in the florist
is. ... If Lewis would
me how to grow orchids
does I never would want
le home . . . which re
me . . . on this cold day
tat before long I'm going
( YOU. and the Garden
real treat . . . watch the
for pictures of the most
ul orchids you have ever
..grown by the Vaughns
1 West Palm Beach . . .
Vaughns are Clarence
i'j bi others you know . .
» thing is sure . . . you
joy that West Palm Beach
show all over again with
isn you lead the story and
t pictures.
! on Santa Claus! Hurry
• • Sonny’s in the bed
ie Mumps ... all swelled
luse he can't go to school
he wants Santa to bring
i good report card, and
H else seems to matter!
U still in bed, but doing
■ ■ • she sits up some in
ening for television . . .
e rest of us are having
time just, being together,
from South Georgia tell
ft was storm damage
M - ■ • . .The Uncle’s store
me off . , and hj s pip e <;
Epping tears of cold
ours . . . and when
”tion that place . . . Cecil,
8 ■ • • we have happy
!es . from our very
t childhood of going down
from Americus on the
no cars then ... it
.’MF . every summer
’'fry Christmas . . . it's
’re Mother always called
• • . so we always speak
• s "ch . . . tender memo
" the Grandmother and
• the precious Aunt who
,i 'ay seven years ago .. .
8 ls just a little place in
,ri to you . . , which you
not notice ... if you did
fp look and listen . . .
' the most sacred place
'nrld to us . . . for the
P’ecious Uncle and Aunt
'' s ’ orld lived there. . . .
11 does . . .and the Sis is
,0 take off to spend a
with him before
, ’ a, . . . we want to go
' • an d I’m just ramblin’
bng to fill this column
s Pres time . . . can’t
e what I’m doin’ . . . but
"fantime ... I hope too
Pmple don’t get out in
n ‘d too much trying to
■Bbody a Christmas pres-
DO have one obliga
hleh must be filled . . .
,L ’ p n masse for the
Stocking Drive! That is
lry • • . but Jet’s all gath-
lUed on page 18)
,0 Claus Will
* folks Saturday
8 klaus will visit Belk
in Covington Saturday,
T according to man
-80 p bb. He reported that
"'ill chat with the chil-
Hween 2:30 and 3:30 P. M.
s, Tion WMOC will record
.. conversation for play
. 3 M. Saturday.
’ of letters to Santa Claus
' ln K into WMOC from the
1 this area. These let
n id on Belk’s Santa
1 11 mil at 5 P. M. Mon
fnday.
VOLUME 88
GREER, AND
♦ ♦ ❖ .>
Empty Stocking
Mrs. Robert B. Church Reviews
Sholem Asch's 'Mary' Dec. Bth
Mrs Robert B. Church Jr., of
Atlanta, will review the book
Mary,’ by Sholem Asch, at
the Emory-at-Oxford chapel as
sembly December 13, at 10 20
A. M.
Mrs. Church, an outstanding
book authority and reviewer in
the South, is well-known in this
area. She appeared at the col
lege last year to review Run
beck’s, “Answer Without Ceas
ing. She has also appeared
many times on programs spon
sored by the Covington Book
C lub. For 11 years she review
ed books at Davison’s in At
lanta.
Born in Boston of Norwegian
parents, Mrs. Church has made
her home in Atlanta, where her
husband. R. B. Church, is af
filiated with the Westinghouse
Electric Co. The Churches have
two children, a daughter, 19, and
a son, 20.
Her presentation of “Mary” is
considered by her audiences as
very outstanding.
Mrs. Church, lauded by pub
lishers and critics as a remark
able book reviewer, is quoted as
saying, “I am not a book critic
at all. I do not pretend to take
a book apart for literary quality.
Almon Community First Place
Winner In Improvement Contest
Almon has won first place in
the county and the district judg
ing in the Community Improve
ment Club contest, sponsored by
the Farmers Club of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, Adron
Harden, Newton County agent,
reported late Wednesday after
noon.
The improvement club contest
is conducted in the Atlanta trade
area, taking in an approxima’ely
50-miles radius area around At
lanta. The Farmers Club is head-
Early Mailing Assures
Delivery By Christmas
Finish vour Christmas shopping for distant friends quick
ly and get the packages in the mail. That’s the urgent plea of
Postmaster E. L. Stephenson, of Covington. All Christmas
parcels for distant States should be in the mail now, the
Postmaster says. Packages for nearby points should be post-
• ed by December 9 to ensure de- j
livery before Christmas. De-'
cember 15 is the suggested date j
for out-of-state Christmas cards,
and a week before Christmas for
Fast-minute local greetings.
“If everyone waits and the
mailings all come in together at j
the last minute, we will be ।
swamped” the Postmaster de- j
dares. “In addition to heavy |
' Christmas mailings, the post of-'
: fice must handle the regular'
i mailings including increased I
; commercial shipments at this ■
time of year.”
The Postmaster advises that'
post office windows are most |
crowded at lunch time and late
in the afternoon. He recom
mended mailing packages be
fore 10 A. M. and between 1:30
and 3:30 P. M. to avoid long
lines and aching feet.
i The P< master renewed his
appeal that packages be wrap
' ped stoutly, using stiff corru
! gated fiberboard, , strong outer
paper, and heavy twine. Fragile
items must be individually
i cushioned in a strong box to
prevent breakage.
A package isn't properly
! wrapped to withstand the Christ
' mas rush unless it can be
tumbled down a chute, tossed
’ some distance into a mail sack
i and then have other loaded mail
sacks piled on top of it.
As a precaution, the Post
rnaiter suggested repeating the
j (Continued on page 18)
W (ttuutnijtntt Nms
I only try to project the thought
of the author to enrich the lives
of those who hear the review, or
who may read the book.”
The public is cordially invited
to attend this program.
t i «
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MRS. CHURCH
Presidential Cup Bowl Classic, With
Georgia And Texas A & M, On WMOC
ed by Howaid See. Mr. Harden
said the announcement came
from Arnold Almond, secretary
and treasurer of the club.
Almon now enters the area
judging, in competition with six
other communities. The Newton
County community won SSO in
the county contest and S2OO in
the district competition. Prizes
in the area contest will be SI,OOO
for the first place; $750, second
place; SSOO, third place, and $350,
fourth place, Mr. Harden said.
I
Football Banquet
Set December 13th
Newton County High School
I will hold a banquet Wednesday
i night, December 13, at 7 o’clock,
।in honor of the 1950 football
i squad and coaches, Homer F.
j Sharp, supervising principal of
the county high school an
j nounced this week. Football
I awards will be announced at
the banquet, he said.
Parents, fans, and friends of
I the Rams may obtain tickets for
! the banquet at the school office
on the Speedway in Covington,
Mr. Sharp said, anytime this
week until 4 P. M. Friday.
Tickets will be $1.50, he stated.
Mr. Sharp pointed out that
the banquet will be over' in
time for Elks and their guests
to arrive on time for the Blue
| Barron dance to be held at the
Elks Club that same evening.
Golden Fleece Lodge
Will Elect Officers
■ Golden Fleece Lodge, No. 6,
I F. & A. M., will elect officers for
jthe coming year at a meeting at
the Lodge Hall Tuesday, Decem
| her 12, at 7:30 P. M.
Carl Smith Jr., worshipful
: 1 master, says that an oyster stew
j.supper will be served to members,
I preceding the election.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1950
RAPE WIN POSTS ON CITY COUNCIL
Campaign Opens Monday Night
Christmas Shoppers*
Here is news for Christmas, 1950, bril
liantly presented in the pages of today's
Covington NEWS—a preview of gifts un
limited! The merchants of Covington will
be at your service from now until December
24 to help make this the biggest, merriest
Christmas ever.
Take a walk through the shopping dis
trict and see the many Yuletide gifts now on
display. Best of all, you're going to discover
that this year Yuletide gift values are great
er—that Christmas gift-giving dollars spent
right here at home will go farther. Check
every single item in the NEWS— then, save
when you shop!
J ootball fans are getting an extra game this season in the
series being broadcast over WMOC. The University of Geor
gia-Texas A & M Presidential Cup Bowl Classic, being played
at College Park, Maryland, Saturday, December 9, will be
broadcast over Radio Station WMOC beginning at 1 P.M.
The play-by-play account of the
game will be brought to the list- I
eners in the Piedmont Area !
through the facilities of the Geor- I
gia Sports Network and WMOC. I
The broadcast will be sponsored 1
by Ford dealers, the local Ford
dealer being the Covington Auto
Service.
The Presidential Cup game will
be the seventh time Wally Butts
a native of Milledgeville, and j
former star athlete at Mercer
University in Macon, Ga., has j
landed Georgia in a post-season
classic.
1942 Orange Bowl
Georgia 40 Texas Christian 26
1943 Rose Bowl
Georgia 9 U.C.L.A. 26 I
1946 Oil Bowl
Georgia 20 Tulsa 6 !
1947 Sugar Bowl
Georgia 20 North Carolina 10
1948 Gator Bowl
Georgia 20 Maryland 20
1949 Orange Bowl
Georgia 28 Texas 41
It will be noticed that the
Presidential Cup game matches
Georgia with a Southwest Con
ference powerhouse for the third i
time in seven post-season games, [
T.C.U. and Texas having been ’
engaged in the'Orange bowl ini
1942 and 1949.
The Presidential Cup game, by j
the way, will be a curtain-raiser i
for a home-and-home series j
previously arranged between the i
Bulldogs and Aggies. Georgia I
meets Texas A. and M. at Dallas I
(in the Cotton bowl) Oct. 3, 1953,
and in Athens’ Sanford stadium I
Oct. 2, 1954.
Wallace Butts, since he took
over the coaching reins at Geor-1
gia in 1939, has compiled the best
championship record in the con-
i ference, turning out SEC champ
ionship teams in 1942-46-48, not
to mention seven teams to win I
1 post-season game invitations.
Butts was the passing pace set
i ter in the Southeastern Confer
ence. His Bulldogs are the only
SEC team ever to complete more
than 100 passes in a season more
{than once: 122 in 1942, 112 in
1946 and 107 in 1947.
I His most famous proteges were
| Frank Sinkwich, All-American
tailback (Georgia used single
wing then) in 1941-42; Charles
Trippi, All-America left half in
1946 (Butts switched to T-form
ation in 1944); John Rauch, All-
America T-quarterback in 1948,
and Joe Geri, J ”-SEC left h ili
in 1948.
In 1942 Sinkwic. ;et a total of
fense record of 2,18< yards whtch
stood until this season . . . Trippi
still holds the SEC scoring record
for three varsity seasons: 186
points . . . Rauch twice gained
lover 1,000 yards passing; 1,352 in
|1947 and 1,307 in 1948.
City Orders
Electric Survey
The City Council of Covington
1 took action on several significant
subjects in recent weeks, accord-
{ ing to city clerk Clyde Castle
. berry.
Monday night the council
I contracted with a Decatur elec
trical survey firm, Patterson and
1 Dewar, for a complete survey
and mapping plan of the city elec
itrical distribution system. Mr.
{ Castleberry reported that the
survey will include the mapping
of all lines, transformers, street
lighting, plant facilities, and load
limits.
He said that the firm will make
recommendations for the im
provement of the system. City
officials report that the survey
is being made with an eye to
■ ward improving electrical ser
| vice in the area.
i The council recently set the
j salaries of the mayor and council
j men for 1951. The mayor’s salary
i is to be S3OO for the new year,
with councilmen getting SIOO
each, the clerk said.
Mr. Castleberry told the NEWS
| that the city recently employed
Will Cook, of Covington, to make
la property survey of the city.
I The survey is expected to prop
erly number all residences and
I business houses, at the same time
bringing the tax digest up-to
date.
Stanton Confers
On Tax Measures
Newton County Representative
Robert (Red) Stanton Jr., spent
1 Wednesday of this week in con-
I ference with state leaders and
other legislators, discussing tax
j legislation to be brought up in
jthe January session of the Gen
eral Assembly.
He reported that he is'encour
aged by the apparent support he
has among the legislators who can
seat him as Newton County’s
’representative for the new ses
, sion. House Speaker Fred Hand
indicated last week that 'he
thought the House would choose
to declare a vacancy, thus leav
-1 ing the way clear for a special
1 election.
I Three days after he was elected
> to the legislative post, A. M.
I (Dan) Campbell died, leaving the
i Newton County seat subject to
I controversy.
Gala Show
Planned For
Final Night
Talent Requests
Muy Be Made By
Dialing 2323
Plans were completed this
week by the Covington Rotary
Club for the annual Christmas
Empty Stocking fund drive, ac
cording to Aubra Sherwood,
chairman of the committee in
charge. He reported that the
program will officially open
Monday night, Dec. 11, 7 P. M..
at radio station WMOC. The
programs will be broadcast over i
WMOC beginning at seven o’- j
clock.
The activities will move to
the Covington Junior High I
School gymnasium fur the rest
of the week. The programs
will end Saturday night with a
gala jamboree, the chairman re
ported. The December 16th pro
gram is expected to fill the
gymnasium, he said.
John Jernigan, Rotarian who
is coordinating the talent as
pects of the program, urged all
! communities and citizens to as
sist ijj bring any and all talents
to tha programs.
All applications for aid must
be placed with the Newton
County Red Cross office, up
stairs in the Masonic Building
on North Square in Covington,
the chairman said. He pointed
out that telephone applications
cannot be taken. Aid this year,
he reported will be confined to
j old people and children, 12
I years old and under. Applica-
I tions will be accepted each day,
December 12 through 18, 9 A.
j M. to 5 P. M.
Telephone requests for talent
| acts will be taken through tele
phone number 2323, which has
I been assigned to the Empty
I Stocking Fund drive this year,
Mr. Sherwood said.
Friday, December 15, will be
j school day. Every pupil in the
[ county will have the opportunity
j to bring one can of vegetables
j or fruit to school that day for
j the fund.
Oxford Election
Set December 11th
Six councilmen and the mayor
for the town of Oxford will be
named in a town election to be
held next Monday, Dec. 11. ac- I
cording to' Mrs. Wesley Cook,
'town clerk. According to a lorn;
standing practice, the mayor is
actually elected by the council.
The councilman receiving the
most votes at the polls is usually
elected mayor.
Incumbent J. C. Ellis is not
; seeking re-election. Others seek-
I ing the city posts are: Mayor M.
R. Elizer, council incumbents W.
J. Dickey, Kelley McGee, G. D.
Lancaster, E. V. Moss, and Sam
Tribble, and new candidates for
I the council posts are William I.
(Bill) Allgood, John Cline, John
Floyd, William R. (Bill) Giles,
and Aubra Sherwood.
k ’’
Rev. Thompson Is
New Rotary Mem.
1 The Covington Rotary Club
' I inducted a new member here
Tuesday at its regular weekly
' I luncheon meeting at the Delanev
J | Hotel.
1 , The Rev. Gordon Thompson.
s ; pastor of the Allen Memorial
' | Methodist Church of Oxford, be
‘ j came the civic club's first minis-
ter member since the Rev. Henry
J i Jones moved from Newton Coun
■ jty six years, ago. Mr. Jones was
I | the District Superintendent of
j the Decatur-Oxford District of
I । the Methodist Church.
• ! Mr. Thompson is now serving
“'his third year as pastor of the
J , Oxford church and instructor of
| Bible at Emory-at-Oxford.
Newton Rams
Open Cage
Season Dec. 9
The Newton County High
School basketball season gets
underway this Saturday night.
Dec. 9. when the Rams meet
the Social Circle High cagesters
in Soc' 1 Circle at 7:30, accord
ing to Hartwell Weaver, head
coach at Newton. Local proph
ets give Newton the edge in the
games.
In the absence of Annie Laura
Turner who has been on sick
leave for the past several weeks,
Mrs. Eloise Cogburn Davis and
Homer F. Sharp have been
coaching the Newton girls team
Miss Turner will resume hei
coaching duties after the Christ
mas holidays, Mr. Sharp report
ed this week. Carlos Meyer is
coaching the boys’ team. ’
The first big game of the sea
son comes Tuesday night, Dec.
12, at 7:30, when both teams
meet the Griffin High School
teams here. This will be the first
scheduled game in the new SIOO,-
000 Newton gymnasium. Prin
cipal Sharp said this week that
a near-capacity crowd is expect
ed to see this “dedicatory”
game. The seating capacity of
the new gymn is approximately
1800.
The Newton girls’ team last
year won the regional champion
ship and went to the semi-finals
in the state tournament. The
boys’ team won third place in
the region. Griffin is the only
school that defeated both the
Newton teams last year. The
local cagesters are out to even
up that score this year, accord
ing to a spokesman for the
teams. ,
Both Newton teams had un
usual records last yeqr: the
girls lost only two games, while
the boys lost only three. Both
I teams tra el to Conyers Dec. 15
for the third game of the season.
| Carol Service
On City Square
As the Christmas season ap
proaches, the Girl Scouts and
I Brownies are looking forward to
their annual caroling on the
Square and throughout the city.
This year they will sing carols
Thursday, December 21, begin
ning at 4:30 P. M. The girls and
their leaders will meet in front
of the courthouse and from there
will go around the Square, stop
homes a8 possible.
Each troop will go to a dif
ferent section of town after leav-
I ing the square and carol as many
homes as pssible.
Those wishing to make special
requests for carols are asked to
call Mrs. S. J. Morcock, at 3012,
or Mrs. Joe Heard, at 2412.
Stores Stay Open
Wednesday Afternoon
■ U’l
rhe stores in Covington will be
open each Wednesday afternoon
until Christmas, a NEWS survey
(revealed this week.
:j Covington merchants hav p
• agreed to keep their shops open
I for the convenience of Christmas
I shoppers.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
424 Ballots
Were Cast In
City Election
Moncey Pratt
Tops Ballot With
294 Votes
Covington voters sent tw#
new members to the city coun
cil Wednesday. Moncey Pratt
and W. T. (Tom) Greer are th*
newcomers to the county seat
governing body. Incumbent Al
vin Rape was returned to hi«
post. Defeated were George Al
len and incumbent E. E. Calla
way.
Only 424 voters braved the
inclement weather to cast their
1 ballots in the election. Approxi
mately 1.450 citizens of Coving
ton were qualified to vote in
the election. In some city elec
; tions in which there was no op
position, as few as 35 voters
1 have gone to the polls.
( None of the candidates ran on
c any announced issues. The con
, tested seats are presently filled
by Hoke Randall, who did not
seek re-election, Alvin Rape,
, r and E. E. Callaway.
The official voting tally is as
follows: George Allen, 231;
Ernest 3. Callaway, 183; W. T.
I Greer, 240; Moncey Pratt, 294,
and Alvin Rape, 292. ' •
The new council takes office
I January 1, according to Mayor
Godfrey Trammell. Their term
।of office will be for two years.
The 1951 election will be for
the mayor’s post, and the coen
cil seats held by Jack Elliott,
Robert Fowler, and John Bob
Weaver.
Forest Fire
Loss Reported
Over SIO,OOO
Two forest fires in Newton
| County brought an estimated
damage to the woodlands of the
county this past weekend over
SIO,OOO, a county official said
here Tuesday. One of the fires
was just South of Covington on
the Jackson Highway. Several
hundred acres of woodland
were completely burned over.
Another fire on the Brown
Bridge Road, in the vicinity of
the Georgia Power Company
Sub Station, did considerable
damage.
Several months ago consider
able comment and work indi
cated that perhaps Newton
County may be included in the
state-wide forest protection pro
gram through the cooperation of
county, state, and national offi
cials.
At a meeting this week in At
lanta, the Georgia Forestry Com
mission considered the exten
sion of forest fire protection to
the entire state in the next four
years.
Director Guyton Deloach of
the Forestry Department said
that 86 of the 159 counties are
' now under protection rules. He
, said the department h'opes to
, strengthen its service in these
counties and then add 18 to 20
counties per year.
The commissioners include
Chairman G. Philip Morgan, of
Savannah; J. S. Yarn, of Way
cross; Henry O. Cummings, of
’ Donalsonville; John M. McEl
i reath, of Macon, and C. M. Jor
' dan, of Alamo.
Deloach says that 97 fire
towers have been erected since
i 1948 and 266 new fire-fighting
s . vehicles have been added to the
1 service.
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