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HK Oh Me! It is wonderful to
HOME ... Be it ever
r with it's washed down
and broken plaster . . .
^■ t he fr<>/. n pipes ... I guess
a n even houses need a
ba’h once in a while . .
^Keded papering, but we
it would do us . . . and
fl^ . now we have a better
Its looking like it
^B'- Chi nt mas ... all of you
^B"' v n will be wanting to
led ..n to help with ths»
^B' makes one realize how
m material things are . .
nd worry at all . . nor
. . for after all we are
^Bf roadv for Christmas’
and Hilda, our lovely
JH vobsi family just sent us
^B W< are coming HOME
■f'/vncd What could be
fl . tho we came home
^B - ' about ten o’clock . .
flr. mg there hangs at our
Hee a big red Santa Claus
H. nr name SHARON
'i r tinsel letters . . . We
■ eem g pretty lew about
.^B ma - .. . could not get the
■ ' all our boys being
Mt n,, mme guns in Korea . .
H- r lust happy to have the
fl iam ly together . . . but
; someone who loves us
Hp t-. sav we want to come
^■r f.r Christmas . . . yes,
H The c will be the palter
^B ‘ c d inrl our Christmas
fl .d: ’here will be a tree.
be happiness in oui
that we can give joy to
^B .. ni<n reminds me
■ ■ STOCKING FUND
jß”'- ’to full sway over
flb .md the Rotary Club
,H person in Newton
^B mip make somebody
■' ■ i'll istmas by giving.
^B ;adio tuned to 1490
^B 1 . . the greatest joy
’n.a> is in GIVING
fl’ mr . . . and you will be
fl somebody have a
■ m that day who
^B ” uiH not have one
^Bw'a be able to send Old
fl 1 down chimneys to
■ ' i -' that will be empty
support the Empty
B- Fund ... If everybody
fl '.t\ who could give,
fl - ust one day's salary
■' ' • ■ What a joyous
^B - would be for you . .
■ a warm sweat-
■ ' child who rushes to
fl' 'hmly clad . . . Tms
^B~ cold! Give-that oui
^Ben ir,<y be warm!
|BI '-'iA returned from
f w gia last night, and
fl ' nt she brought me
^B ’re Roy! It’s something
S' '■ gotten about until 1
fl, '"c little book ... It
fl " c Claire Sessions wiit
fl “d beautiful spencerian
fl "“ng ( >f long apo . .by
^B'" 1 ' who died in 1912 .
^B"’"" 1 it is the date, Jun.?
fl h is -A First Reader
^B lcR n<y .. . published in
■ '.i word has a picture
fl ” h Tct . . a nd dear me.
fl"' ‘d and thrilled ovc
' for it was bought
fl see in the Summer
■ ' start learning my
fl- nnd they are all there
fl' 7 I do treasure this boo
^B " n.>w fifty years old
fl^ ,r " "Ime? I wish I could
fl'' fourth reader. I never
fl"” 1 ^ on page 6)
■Won Gagers
let Conyers
Bay Night
■ Newton County High
teams opened
season Friday night
H dii of. tr> wn game with
^■ Cirrlp. The Newton girls
to 35 The bovs lost to
flyrNe 39 to 31.
fl"' home game for the
fl dnr l the first game to be
' n he new county gymna
boys played an extra
oak a tied score with
H,' n ” f Tuesday night. Grit
fl" r, n 31 to 30.
'wton girls won then
fl'’ <Tiiffin, 34 to 16. Both
fl Joams were defeated by
B/ ld i year, according to a
fo r (he Rams.
B : teams travel to Con
night for the third
B ' ’he season. Saturday
' r '■ Newton playing host
B' ” here. Game time is
B ‘ according to Homei F
^B 'Tt ; vising principal of
■ ' unty High School.
'OLUME 86
NAI A GUARDSMEN DONATE BLOOD FOR ARMED FORCES
Entity Stocking Jamboree Set Saturday Night
wM I! Ml
^^fl
Jc """ » ■ 'W'
Sale Os Seals
Will Finance
IB Research
, Newton County residents who
I buy Christmas Seals in the cur
rent 1950 Sale can be sure that at
least one cent out of every dollar
will go directly for research to
provide the medical profession
with new weapons to fight tuber-
I culosis.
Mrs. E. S. Rheberg, chairman
lof the Newton Tuberculosis As
isociations 1950 Christmas Seal
i Sale, announced this week that
for the first time one percent of
the tota’ raised in Newton coun
|ty is to be set aside for an ex
panded resarch program now be
ing sponsored by the National
Tuberculosis Association.
I “Even with one extra percent
, going for tuberculosis work out
। side Newton county, our local
committee still retains seventy
' four percent of what we raise,”
। said Mrs. Rheberg. “Twenty per-
I cent goes to finance the educ
| ational and fieid service programs
lof the state association, and five
percent to the national associ
-1 ation.
“Leading scientists and medical
authorities are now at work on
! 26 different research projects
i under the sponsorship of the Na
i tional Tuberculosis Association.
i This progiam, financed mainly
by Christmas Seal funds consists
of research on the nature and
tieatment of tuberculosis, a d
isease which still kills nearly
1,000 Georgians years.
“A drug to successfully fight
tuberculosis is one of the prime
objects of the research progiam
Streptomycin, which several years
ago was hailed as a miracle drug
and a sure cure for tuberculosis,
has not proven as effective as was
expected. Bed rest is still the
most important and reiable treat
ment.”
In the 1950 Campaign so far
SBOO has been raised, which is
S7OO short of the $1,500 goal set
by the committee.
Funds for local use are needed
urgently for the three principal
activities of the Newton county
association, which are education
casefinding, and a program of
supplying patients and their
families with bare necessities
when emergencies arise.
“This last phase of the Newton
county program is by far the
most expensive,” said Mrs. Rhe
berg, “since official welfare
agencies lack the necessarytfunds
to meet most of the needs of
tuberculosis patients.
“Much of the money collected
in Newton County will be used
to help ’inance a mass survey of
the general health level of every
man, woman and child in the
county during 1951,” the chair
j man concluded.
Kiwanians To Hear
Musical Program
The Covington Kiwanis Club
■ will hear a musical concert by
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rhoads, of
Oxford, today at the club's reg
I ular Thursday luncheon meeting
' at the Delaney Hotel, club presi
! dent Wendell Crowe reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads will play
the marimbo, a percussion in
strument resembling the xylo
phone. They will be intro
duced to the club by V. Y. V.
I Eady.
Jp Cnutngimt JfnoD
Friday Is
Designated
School Day
Capacity Crowd
Is Expected For
Final Show
The Covington Rotary Club’s
Empty Stocking program reach
ed the half-way mark last night
at the Covington Junior High
School gymnasium. According
to several spokesmen for the
civic club, this year’s programs
are the best ever heard on the
variety, fund-raising show. Last
night’s shows were under the
direction of Rotarian Walter Me-
Gahee.
The shows will continue
through Saturday night at the
gym. according to Aubra Sher
; wood, chairrhan of the drive. He
said the jamboree Saturday
night is expected to attract a
capacity crowd. Most of the
,-erformers who participated on
the program through the week
, will appear on tne final pro
gram. The chairman pointed
out that selections to be given
|by the performers can be re
quested by phoning 2323 in Cov
' ington while the shows are be
ing broadcast over radio sta
tion WMOC.
The broadcasts begin at 7 P.
M. and continue for two to three
hours. The jamboree program
will stay or the air as long as
the interest lasts spokesmen for
the radio station and Rotary
Club said.
Applications for aid to old
people and children, twelve
years old and younger, may be
। made at the Covington office of
the American Red Cross from
10 A. M. to 1 M. and from 2
P. M. to 4:30 P. M., today, Fri
day, Saturday, and Monday, Dec.
18, the chairman of the assis
tance committee reported. The
Red Cross office is on the sec
ond floor of the Masonic Build
ing on the north side of the City
Square.
Tomorrow (Friday) is school
day. Pupils of the county will
have the opportunity to bring
canned goods for distribution
i through the Empty Stocking
program.
Jane Greer
Wins Trip For
Work In 4-H
A Newton County girl has been
selected the 4-H’er with the most
outstanding Girl’s Record tn
Georgia. Jane Greer, of Hayston,
had just completed her seventn
year in club work when she re
ceived an award of an education
al trip to the National 4-H Club
. I 9k
■Hr .< J
J»R« Gr»«r
j dening. She completed 65 pru-
I jects. She has prepared 126 U
' meals, and more than 2.900 sep
. a rate dishes, learning to choose
quality foods, and preparing them
। efficiently and economically.
In clothing she has made 124
garments, making her own ward
robe, and sewing for her family.
She has completed 160 activities
in 4-H home Improvement and
has made 113 exhibits in he
various piojects, winning many
Jane has been an outstanding
leader in her local club, as weH
as m the county and state council.
Jane is now enrolled as a fresh
. man at the Georgia State College
• for Women.
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to’r?BhF h ',t°Lt 5 OljVr e -Gu< r “ b M te<i ' n ™" iunc ''" r : w ' ,h th » R ° ,ar y Club’s Empty Stocking pt-wom’ Kt
to right Ist Lt. Oliver Gus Morgan gives a hurdy-gurdy which plays “Dixie” a trial snin- Firci
geant Harold Yarbrough recommends “you oughta paint it this way“, and Sergeant Firs^Cl’ass Johnnie
K Steele tries out a phonograph. Sgt. Steele^ coordinating the toy repair program
Various Groups Aid Garden Club
With City Christmas Decorations
The Christmas decorations committee of the Covingtor
Garden Club expressed thanks this week to all the peopk
\vh° aided in decorating the City Square in Covington for
the holiday season. The reindeer scene was made for the
-lub by Charles Ellis, of Oxford. This scene made possible by
the contributions of the Elks — -
Club. The Nativity scene was
painted ancl constructed by
Mrs. F. C. Nesbit for the Rotary
Club of Covington.
The greeting sign was made
by the American Legion, com
manded by Otis Spillers. The
white Christmas tree was do
nated by R. Pat Campbell. It
was painted by Roy Kimbrell
and decorated by Mrs. Campbell
and Mrs.' George Elliott. The
Santa Claus by the tree was
given to the club last year by
John Wright.
The club expressed apprecia
tion to the city officials and city
employees for the wholehearted
cooperation *hey have given to
the project.
The committee reported that
the home decorations will be
judged on the nights of Decem
ber 20 and 21. Three ribbons
will be given to each type of
home, a spokesman reported.
Several of the churches in the
city have constructed Christmas
scenes. Most business houses
have been decorated.
Christmas Tree
Party December 20
The annual Christmas tree
I and program for the North Cov
ington Methodist Church will be
held Wed ^-day night, Decem
ber 20, at the church.
The program, “The Star of
Bethlehem,” will begin at 7:30
P. M. and then Santa Claus will
arrive to deliver the gifts. The
l children of the Sunday School
are presenting the program
which has been arranged and
directed by Miss Eva Mask. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
Christmas Play
Scheduled Sunday
l PORTERDALE—A Christmas
i play, “Once Upon A Christmas
| Time,” will be presented by the
primary and Junior Departments
of the Baptist Church, Sunday
morning, December 17, at the
i Sunday School hour. Mrs. A’cie
I Penick is directing the play and
is being assisted by Mrs. Louie
Clark, Mrs. B. H. Bruce, and
I Mrs. J. B. Williams.
Congress in Chi
cago. The trip
was awar de d
by Montgomery
Ward.
Cooking is a
special favorite
with Jane, along
with clothing,
home improve
ment and gar
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1950
Legion Sponsoring
Dance On Saturday
Newton County Post No. 32, of
the American Legion, is sponsor
ing a round and square dance at
the Legion’s new exhibit build
ing on the fair grounds in Cov
ington Saturday night, Decem
ber 23, at 8 o’clock.
Music will be by the Five Men
and a Miss, according to a spokes
man for the Legion.
Emory At Oxford Glee Club Presents
Christmas Carol Service Sunday At 5
For the 22nd year the Emory
at-Oxford Glee Club will pre
sent its annual Christmas pro
gram at Allen Memorial Church
Sunday, December 17, at 5 P.
M. This year the choral group,
composed of 37 male voices, will
give a Christmas carol service.
The program is arranged and ,
directed by W. B. Kennedy. W. j
B. Baker is the organ accompa
nist. Guest soloist will be Miss
Elizabeth Middlebrook, soprano
of the Covington Music Club
and member of the Emory-at-
Oxford staff. The program will
be broadcast over WMOC.
The Christmas Carol Service
will open with the organ pre
lude “Puer Matus Est,” by Tit
comb. The processional hymn
will be “Hark the Herald Angels
Sing,” by Mendelssohn. The
program will consist of carols by
the entire group, a special num
ber by the Apollo Club, and se
-1 ctions by the soloists. The
congregation will be asked to
join in the singing of several
well-known carols.
Solo numbers will include:
“What Child Is This?”, sung by
Charles Newby; “Gesu Bam
bino,” sung by John Bell; "O
Holy Night,” sung by Ralph
Seamon, and “There’s A Song
In The Air,” sung by Miss Mid
dlebrook.
The three wise men will be
enacted by Bob Wright, Jimmy i
Thompson, and Jack Haynes. I
Robert Knapp and Dan Jordan
will read the scriptural selec-
Oxford Names
1 Councilmen
Over 150 citizens of Oxford
■ elected the town council Monday
! for 1951. Seven councilmen were
l elected from a slate of 11 candi
; dates. Incumbent G. D. Lancast
er received the highest number
of votes, 142, and will presum
ably be elected mayor by the
council at its first meeting in
1951.
Other members of the new
council are Aubra Sherwood,
138 votes; John Floyd, 121; Wil
liam R. Giles, 120; E. V. Moss,
105; Bill Allgood, 100, and M. R.
Elizer, 93.
Kelly McGee, W. J. Dickey,
John Cline, and Sam Tribble
. made up the remainder of the
■slate. McGee, Dickey, and Trib-
I ble are incumbents
tions from the gospels of Mat-1
thew and Luke.
Other members of the Glee
Club appearing on the program
| are: Jerrell Marshall, Bob May- I
field, John Morrow, Arthur
Moore, Lee Nease, George Oliver,
Rufus Rutland, Terrell Tanner,
Henry West, Dean Combee,
James Garretson, Nelson Hitch- I
I cock, George Quillian, Theo Be-1
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TKE EMORY-ai-OXFORD GLEE CLUB, under the direction of William B. Kennedy, are shown at
4?> a ’’^hearsal i^k”* u he " /”Y IU j 1 Christmas Carol Concert Sunday, December 17, at SPM in the
Entire Unit Making Trip
To Atlanta Next Sunday
Covington Elk's Club To Entertain
Guardsmen At Dinner Sunday Morning
The Members of the Heavy Mortar Company, 122nd In
fantry, of the Georgia National Guard have volunteered to
donate blood for the use of United States armed forces in
Korea and for blood banks being built up in the nation for
emergency purposes, according to M. H. Waggoner, chairman
December 19 Is
Final Date For
Toy Repairing
Public response to the bid to
turn in used and broken toys to
the local National Guard unit
has been commendable, according
to Guardsman Johnnie Steele,
who is supervising the repair
work. The sergeant reported that
several firms in Covington have
donated new toys which need
only minor repairs. He said many
families have brought toys to the
units armory on the Speedway
in Covington.
He pointed out that toys for
repair cannot be accepted later
than Tuesday afternoon, Decem
ber 19. Sgt. Steele said this dead
line had to be set in order to
insure that the toys were placed
in a state of good repair before
December 23. He said the toys
I will be distributed in cooperation
with the Covington Rotary Club’s
Empty Stocking program.
Members of the mortar com
pany have already begun repairs
on the toys turned in so far.
EAO Holidays To
Start December 20
Emory-at-Oxford will close for
the Christmas holidays Wednes
day, Dec. 20, according to Dean
Virgil Y. C. Eady.
The winter quarter will begin
Jan. 3, with classes on the open
ing day. Examinations for the
fall quarter will be held from
Saturday, Dec. 16, through the
following Wednesday.
I renthien, Granville Rainey, Keith
I Smith, James McFarland, James
Nations, David Wilson, Charles
Brake, Clarence Durham, Bob
Rankin, and Wade Pullin.
The Rev. Gordon Thompson,
pastor of the Allen Memorial
Church, M/ili deliver the invo
cation and the benediction of the
service. The public is cordially
| invited tn attend.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
of the Newton County Blood
Committee of the Newton Chap
ter of the American Red Cross.
Hugh Harris, chairman of the
Newton County Chapter, point
ed out that the American Red
Cross is collecting the blood
throughout the nation for these
, purposes.
Guardsmen of the Heavy
Mortar Company decided Mon
day night to offer their blood
to the Red Cross in response to
emergency appeals for blood
which have come from national
defense officials. Combat vet
erans who are members of the
unit pointed out to the mortitT
men how vital blood is to the
front line soldier. The response
by the guardsmen was unani
mously for the project. The
unit will go to Atlanta Sunday,
December 17, for the purpose.
The B. P. O. Elks Lodge No.
1806, of Newton County, will en
, tertain the mortarmen at a din
l ner Sunday at the Elks Club
, before the group leaves for At
, lanta by bus, according to W. C.
। Ivey, exalted ruler of the lodge.
, B 'ore the dinner, the guard
company will hold its regular
j weekly training period at the
armory on the Speedway, be
gi ng 9:30 A. M., according
to First Lieutenant William I.
Allgood, commanding officer of
the unit.
He pointed out that the mortar
company ordinarily meets Mon
day nights for training purposes.
, The meeting for December 18
was moved up to December 17
for the convenience of th®
guardsmen in assembling for
the blood donating program-
Two combat veterans first
suggested the scheduled move.
Sergeants First Class Robert
"Pete” Mask and Johnni. H.
Steele mentioned the subject
several weeks ago to other lead
ers of the guard unit. Sgt. Mask
fought in the European Theatre
where he was awarded the Sil
ver Star for gallantry and hero
ism while under fire. Sgt. Steele
served in the Pacific Theatre.
Both are World War II veterans.
Approximately 110 guardsme t
are expected to make the trip,
Lovejoy Church Yule
Party December 20th
The annual Christmas tree
and program for the Lovejoy
Sunday School will be held
Wednesday, December 20, at 7:30
P. M.
A film, “The Birth and Child
hood of Jesus,” will be shown.
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