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gd»ard«, of Leguinng
[ Anderson. Starrsville;
Avarr, Covington^ Oscar
j< p<ne< William Weke,
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M; R, W. S+>alliswnrto,
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sad to note the passing
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nt whom have been
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j their das- and generation
and they will be greatly
c
dr E’lington, the youngest
is number, was a pupil of
during the time I was
sher ut the old Flint. Hill
ii He was the son of the
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B.
ton. and a member of a
family of childred.
idy, as were l all the other
M. was a brilliant pupil,
iradenstie he maintained
ghout his college days at
f and later his teaching
usincss career. After serv
n World War IL he re
i to the family home at
Hill whore in after years
[voted much time to his
L Macedonia Baptist, and
i upbuilding of hie commu-
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is m Georgia who are due
is fmm their income tax
is. brt whose addresses the
•wvt cannot ascertain. Ft
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the wrong home
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addresses muld not be
KHwt
mg the tot nt 1906. Col.
ibingston. l h<m a member
trev made a chapel talk
t pupils and teachers of
Livingston High School
I was teaching. During
k be etonped very sudden
ly said, addressing the
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w arc receiving thousands
from people all over
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written that no
in ’■»ad thenn. We are re
p Tariff Law and this
important matter”
Itssage from Miss Eleanor
। states that she is now a
M "f Manchester. Georgia.
’ ’ specialist in private
if and many of her pupils
"ton hi ch-ran king college
There are many m
Ibu who remember Miss
* they to^Hrher in the
unties in rhe Coving-
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District Y Con-
'day, October 4.
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John Riley
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VOLUME 88
COVINGTON WELCOMES
DOLLAR DAY VISITORS
Mayor Jack Elliott
Extends Welcome
UHTfREAH Hhw C‘mrm £ drm Bimfyuessmefi's A«socia
non has prepared a special sales event, and,
WHEREAS a special edition of the Coving+on
News has been prepared and sent to neighboring coun
ties extending a welcome to visitors for this sales
event.
NOW, I. by authority vested in me as mayor of
the City of Covington, do hereby proclaim and set
aside Friday. October 17, and Saturday, October 18. as
Covington Dollar Days. I furthermore extend a wel
come to our^ visitors on this event, and call upon the
citizens of Covington to extend them every courtesy
during their visit.
Signed this 16th day of October, 1952, in the City
of Covington, Georgia.
J. L. ELLIOTT, Mayor, '
City of Covington.
Covin^:n Lions Club Sponsors
Sale Os Brooms Here October 10
The Covington Lions Club will sponsor a salt? of brooms,
mops, and door mats here October 30. according to the club
president, Neal Banks. These products are made by people
who have sight, handicaps, most of them being completely
blind. Mr. Banks reported. Current plans call for the sale to
Newton Fair
To Attract
Record Crowds
Covington’s Dollar Day visit
ors have an added attraction
to provide them with fun and
entertainment—‘he annual New
ton County Agricultural Fair be
ing presented this week on
Legion Field here in Coving
ton.
Sponsomd by Newton Coun
ty Post No. 3? of the American
Legion the annual Fair is des
cribed by young and old alike
as the best m the history of the
exhibition.
Exhibits, both commercial and
those of groups, schools, and in
dividuals are the most numer
ous ever to be displayed here
and the quality of the exhibits
is said to be far better than ever
before.
Opening Monday night, the
number of visitors who have
visited the Fair has increased
steadily each day with every
indication pointing to record
breaking crowds for the final
three days of Fair Week. Judg
ing of the various entries has
been in progress all week and
hundreds of dollars havo been
paid out by the American
Legion in premiums.
Kids from six to sixty are get
ting big thrills from the mid
way where the Heth Shows are
providing the latest in ride sen
sation* and sid* shows.
Cake Sole Saturday
At Porter Gymnasium
PORTERDALE—A home made
cake sale will he held at the
Porter Gymnasium in Porter
dale o*l Saturday, October 14.
beginning a* nine o’clock in tfce
morning.
Rides Are Needed
For Band Members
FootbaH f»na plamunq to n*-
tond the Friday night
between the Newton
and Morgan County High
School in Madiaon were asked
this week to help with trans
portation for members of toe
Newton Band.
Those having w in *nir
ears for Bend members
asked to tolephone 3W by
Thursday »t 5 P. M.
- begin in the late afternoon of
the 30th and will continue
through the early evening, the
civic gmup said. Further plans
will he announced next week.
Proceeds from the sale will
he used in the Covington Lions
Club's civic projects, primary of
which is the sight conservation
program of the Lions Interna
tional. The Covington group,
only three months old. has be
gun its sight conservation pro
gram.
Plans are presently being
completed to examine the 4yes
of the school children through
out the county.
Mike The Boar
Takes Top Prize
At Atlanta Fair
By JERRY KITCHENS
Mike the Boar has again won
recognition. This was in the open
ring show held at the South
eastern Fair in Atlanta.
He first went into the ring
and took the blue ribbon and
a prize of $lB. He remained m
the ring to compete for first
place in the Junior Champion
Boar Pig Class, and again the
blue ribbon was given to him
with a prize of $lO.
His showman wa« getting
rather nervous by this time be
cause the next show was for the
much coveted grand champion
boar which offered another blue
ribbon and a check for $25. Mike
' oame out with both.
Finally, he went in the ring
I competing with aH FFA and
4-H members for top place in
the Junior Spring Boar Pig class.
The judges gave toe decision
to him along with another cheek
for sl2.
Michael, from the Heard-Mixon
FFA Chapter, is right proud of
Mike the Boar.
Bible Display At
Fair This Week
The Newton County Public
Library will have a copy of the
new Revised Standard Version
of toe Holy Rible r« display *t
the Newton County Fair this
week. Citizens nt Newton County
invWed in am and earnmme
toys edition st toe Bible.
The publishing nf ton volume,
authorized by toe Natmnai
Council of Churches nf Chrmt
in the W. S A., is spokes nf &
"the greatest Bible news in 341
yea rs."
The Newton County Pubke
Library, located in the base
ment of the county court house,
is open each afternoon, except
Wednesday and Sunday Vom
three o'clock until five-thirty.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 16, 1952
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Bargains In All Stores For
Gigantic 2-Day Sales Event
The City of Covington spread* wide its mat nf welcome this week-end as hundreds of
vuwtors flock to Covington to take advantage of the tremendous savings offered during the
first annual Covington Dollar Days—a two-day sales spectacle sponsored by the Coving
ton Businessmen's Association. Every store in Covington will feature bargains in every de
partment in an effort to show people the wisdom of doing their family shopping in Cov
ington stores.
Covington Dollar Days officially opens Friday morning,
October 17, concluding as the stores close Saturday night.
Advertisements in this issue of the NEWS will serve as a
guide to some of the many Dollar Day bargains available,
but it was pointed out that hundreds of more bargains will
be found in the co-operating stores.
Covington Mayor Jack Elliott in a special proclamation
extended an official welcome to Coving-ton’s Dollar Day
visitors and set aside those two days as “Covington Dollar
Days.’’ His proclamation will be found in an adjoining
column.
Speaking fnr the Businessmen’s Association, Don Wood,
president of that organization, said:
“We're happy to welcome our friends and neighbors for
Covington Dollar Days. Many months of planning have gone
into making this event outstanding in every way. We trust
that the results of this planning will be pleasing to our visi
tors.
“Covington is always glad to have visitors, for we sin
cerely appreciate their trade and their friendship. With Dol
lar Days we hope to express, in a small way, that apprecia
tion.
“We urge that you make yourselves entirely at home.
We thank you for your kindness in paying us this visit and
look forward to seeing you again.”
James Parks, Covington Native,
Is Given High Post By Shell Oil
James M. Parks, a Covington
native and relative of two Cov
ington residents, has been chosen
to a high executive post in the
Shell Oil Company, with which
he has been associated for 22
years.
Mr. Parks will head a new
Shell marketing headquarters
which is now being opened in
New Orleans.
He is the son of the late
James W F. and Emma Tucker
Parks, life-long residents of Cov
ington. Hie brother. John Parks,
and an aunt, Mrs. S. A. Brown,
both now reside jn Covington.
As division manager for the
newly-formed New Orleans
operations. Mr. Parks will handle
the distribution of Shell pro
ducts throughout a five-state
area including Alabama, Texas,
Louisiana. Mississippi, Arkansas,
part of Tennessee, and part of
Florida.
Mr. Parke says that the new
office which he will head is the
latest in a series of steps Shell
has taken to meet the heavy and
steadily growing demand for all
types of petroleum products
throughout the South. Among
the staff members in the new
office will be a large number of
men technically trained in the
use of fuels and lubricants for
automotive, agricultural and in
dustrial equipment, as well as
specialists in aviation, asphalt
and other fields.
Until his appointment to his
Covington Students
Fraternity Pledges
The fraternity rushing season
ended this week at Mercer Uni
versity in Maron with 99 men
and 56 women joining the
school's 11 fraternities and sorori
tiea.
The following persona were
pledged to the organizations:
Alpha Delta Pi, Zelna Harlin,
nt Covington, and Phi Delta
Theto. R-alph Beard, st Oovwvg
hrm.
L B. Frix Attends
Course Ir Atlanta
L. B Fnx. of Covington, wes
amrmg the Hto trainees who at
tended a water system seminar
conducted by the Virginia Sup
ply and WeH Ce., m Atlanta
October 8 The all-day session
we* held m toe Atlanta BiK
mere Hotel.
new job, Mr. Parks had been
serving as sales manager for
Shell’s Atlanta Division, which
governs the company's market
ing operations in seven south
eastern states.
He joined Shell as a sales
man in Miami in 1930 and a year
later was made Miami City
manager for southern Florida.
In 1936 he moved to Jackson
ville as sales manager for Geor
gia and Florida. He was pro
moted to his Atlanta post in
1941.
3 Grid Tills
On WMOC
This Weekend
The Piedmont sports spot
light falls on football again this
weekend as WMOC airs three
games under the sponsorship
of Mid-G*orgia Natural Gas
Company, along with a forecast
and the fontball results.
Friday night will see the New
ton High School Rams traveling
tn Madison to meet the Mnrgan
County High School team. The
Rams will be nut to upset Mnr
gan after rolling over Conyers
on Legion Field this past Fri
day night by a 26-7 score.
Saturday morning at 10 o’clock
Mid-Genrgta sponsors a broad
cast nf a game between Conyers
High School and Clarksville.
Saturday afternoon, starting at
2:25 they'll air the game between
Georgia Tech's Golden Tornado
and Auburn, originating at
Grant Field in Atlanta,
Thursday night, the Football
Prophet will be heard at. 6:30
and the Saturday night FnotbaM
Round-up is aired at R P. M.
Carving Set Featured
In Subscription Offer
The NEWS this weak gna«iMtc«Mi • apgcial combination
Subscription offwr for a limited Hmo. Enter your now
subscription or rgnowal to tho Covington News and re
ceive < big discount on a special kitchen set. See the
ad giving full details in Section Three.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PHiUE
AND PROSPERITY
Awarded the Fourth Best Weekly in
the Entire Nation By National
Editorial Association in 1946.
Covington Man
Missing Since
Friday Sought
Th<» present whereabouts st
Neal Sammons, Covington Mill
resident, was being sought this
week after he disappeared from
his home Friday afternoon a
bout 3 P. M. ,
Leaving his home, Mr. Sam
mons went to Meadors Dry
Cleaners and from there he was
to have gone to a grocery store
to purchase groceries. He failed
to return home Friday night
and Saturday law enforcement
officers started a search both
here and in Atlanta.
Mr. Sammons was last seen on
Carnegie Way in Atlanta about
It P. M. Friday, and that was the
last definite trace. Members of
his family could attribute no
reason for his disappearance.
He is described as 6 feet 1
inch, weighing about 195 pounds;
black wavy hair and wa§ last
seen dressed in a gray suit, with
white shirt, and no tie. He has
rounded shoulders, and walks
with a hump.
Anyone having information
that might lead to his present
whereabouts is asked to contact
the Sheriff of Newton County,
A-
Kiwonions Honor
Key Club Officers
Lamer Hardman, president st
the Covington Kiwanis Club,
said this week that the club will
join others in honoring Key
Clubs during the coming week.
Key Club Week. October 13-19,
is being celebrated by Kiwanis
throughout the United States an
Canada.
A Kiwanis sponsored youth
service activity, Key Clubs are
27 years old. Mr. Hardman said.
Their school and community
services as developed by the
23.000 members in their 1000-
odd clubs deserve recognition,
he said.
The Kiwanians are honored to
have the following effioers sf
the Key Club as guests. Smitty
Randal. president; Kenneth
1 Piper, vice-president; Wiley All
good. secretary; Shermer Alford,
treasurer, and P. W. Pratt, re
porter.
Oxford Lions Club
Meets Thurs. Night
The Oxford Lions Club wftl
hold it regular second Thursday
meeting at the Oxford Town
Hall at 8 P. M.. October 16. Club
President G. B. Lancaster an
nounced this week that the club
has made tentative plans to hold
a barbecue November 4, elee
tion day. Me reported that further
plans will be announced later.
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