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By THE OFFICE BOY
Itl e State Revenue Department
fleeting about $40,000 a month
5 delinquent income tax pay
” nts and to date has collected
to ta, of approximately S2OO,
L in such payments, according
State Revenue Commissioner
Carles D. Redwine. Fi fas have
" n issued against all persons
delinquent on their 1951 income
axes h e said . . The State Ports
Authority, which has not yet
start ed u^g its dock facilities,
’ arne d $473,413.54 from rentals
' n d storage in its warehouses in.
javannah and from sales and
>thfr sources during the past
i fCa l year, according to the an
jual audit released by State
editor R E. Thrasher Jr. It had
■tarted the year with a cash
balance of $469,464.78, and closed
he fiscal year July 1 with $519.
j]Bo2 on hand. . . -The State
hospital Authority reportedly I
# ll‘receive bids Feb. 17 for con
struction of the huge Eugene
Talmadge Memorial State Hospi
(a] to he built at Augusta. The
sx-huilding medical center is
Expected to be built and equipp-
Ef i at an estimated cost of sl4-
ir.illion and to be financed with a
bond issue. Separate bids will
he received cn the buildings, X-.
ray equipment and sterilize
ing equipment & all bids are to be
made out in duplicate and sub
mitted to the State Hospital.
Authority owner, at the office of
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher Jr.,
the authority’s secretary. State >
Captol Atlanta 3. Ga.
AROUND GEORGIA: A study
of census reports reveals that
between 1949 and 1950 home
ownership made a remarkable
gain in Georgia. In that decade
the proportion of home owners
rose from 31 per cent of all oc
tupied dwellings to 47 per cent.
Fhe change from tenancy to title
teas greater in the rural areas
than the cities, but substantial
tains were noted in both sections
In an effort tn promote re
orestation in Georgia, the Fulton
National Rank of Atlanta has,
nailed lobby displays' and sorpe '
>OO.OOO folders to 250 Georgia
aanks throughout the state, ac
mrding to Fulton Bank President
Er'e Cocke Sr. ... As was the
we with other Georgia colleges.
Georgia Tech showed a decline
in enrollment during the past
fiscal year. As of June 30 it had
ost 529 students as compared with
the preceding year . . . Georgia
history was made the other day’
when the first R-47 Stratojet
Bomber turned out by Lockheed's
Georgia division (Marieta) took
in the air in test flight. Others
Bre now on the production line
■ Georgia ranked third in the
Southeast in the amount of motor
fuel it used during the first half
of 1952. Georgia vehicles burned
<49.131.000 gallons of fuel, a gain I
of 11.6 per cent over the same
period tn 1951. North. Carolina and
Florida were the only states in
the region that did better.
PERSONALITY SPOTLIGHT:
Dr. Philip Weltner who trans
formed Oglethorpe University
from a 49-student school facing
Bankruptcy to an accredited,
growing institution with nearly
students, has resigned as
president. Dr. Weltner, a former
-hancellor of the University,
wstem of Georgia (1933-35), will
emain active as chairman of the
Jnard. He j s expected to be sud
by Dr. j Whitney Bunting,
'no has served as executive vice
’rf":6ent since last July . . “Miss
- 1 n. wife of Georgia’s late Gov. ,
ugerip Talmadge and mother of
'' Herman Talmadge has be
a groa’-grandmother. The
' a five-pound, one-ounce
“ ri was born to Mrs. E. D. Peter
’on "f Atlanta. Mrs. Talmadge's
l^rd-daughter . . . Mrs. Myra S.
p |. director of nurses at
“dgeville State Hospital, has
'"orn in by Gov. Talma
?c Lt a seven-year term as a
rn her of the Georgia Com
' |r "i on Alcoholism . . .James
‘PJ. of Thomaston is Gov. j
-dge s new executive sec-
' ceeding William H.
■ 9) mugh. who replaces Edward
verett as a member of the
Pardon and Parol Board.
Sermon Themes For
ev Hawkins Given
renditions of Revival'’ will
la n' " lrnor fheme for the Rev.
Hawkins at the First
nt *.^ h'-treh Sunday morn
’ M o c'nck, it was announc
-1 week.
, . ’he evening'gervice, starting
, . V 1 Hawkins will preach
. "'d s Effort to Save Men."
MV is at 10 A. M - and
I '* meets at 6:30 P. M.
VOLUME 89
THREF .W OFFICIALS ARE SERVING NEWTON
Horn Sharp New President Os Kiwanis Club
Installatioii service For
New Officers Today At 1
Homer F. Sharpe, supervising principal of Newton High
School, will be installed as president of the Covington
Kiwanis Club at a meeting of that organization todav
(Thursday) at the American Legion Hall, starting at 1
i o’clock. Kiwanis Lieutenant-Governor Dick Hills, of Deca-
tur, will be in charge of the in
stallation ceremonies.
Mr. Sharpe, formerly associat
ed with school systems in Grif
fin and Lithonia, succeeds Lanier
Hardman who as immediate past
president will serve as a member
of the Kiwanis board of directors.
Elected to serve with Mr.
Sharpe are: John I. Alford, vice
president; W. J. Dickey, vice-
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New Kiwanis President
president; Donald G. Stephenson,
secretary; S A. Ginn, treasurer,
and directors Wendell W. Crowe,
'Carter Cook, Godfrey Trammell,
Don Wood, and H. F. Meadors.
An organizational meeting of
the new officers and chairmen of
standing committees was held
■ recently to map plans for the
looming year—the twenty-sixth
year of the Kiwanis Club in Cov-
I ington.
Harmony In
83d Congress
। Seen By Camp
By A. SIDNEY CAMP,
Member of Congress
The new 83rd Congress has
organized and is ready for busi
ness. Joseph W. Martin, of North
Attleboro, Massachusetts, former
ly minority leader, is the new
Speaker and Sam Rayburn, of
Bonham, Texas, formerly Speak
er, is the Minority leader. In other
words Jot and Sam simply trad
ed places. The new Speaker is
not inexperienced as he served
as Speaker when the Republicans
were the majority party in the
80th Congress. Charles A. Hall
eck. of Indiana, will be the
majority floor leader, the place he
held during the 80th Congress.
Georgia's delegation will sorely
miss the much loved and lament
ed voice of “Gene' Cox, for
many years one of the most
powerful and respected members
of this body. Our new member.
Congressman Phil Landrum, of
the 9th District, who succeeds
John S. Wood, of Canton, has been
swmn in and is ready for work.
About all we can hear from
the Republicans now is their
excitment over the inauguration
which will take place January 20.
The most lavish plans ever made
for a presidential, inauguration
have been made. Additional space
for balls and other celebrations
are being provided.
It seems that we may have to
wait until after the inauguration
to learn of the plans of the new
administration. A good spirit
exists among all the members.
I believe that there will be
splendid cooperation toward all
efforts to streamline the govern
ment. to economize in expendi
tures. and to work toward pcr
[manent peace.
ffimmujtini
Porterdale Youth
On Missing Transport
Joseph Onree Kent. 19-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs, Joe
L. Kent, of 1 Orange Place,
Porterdale, is believed to be
one of 41 persons aboard a
missing air transport overdue
since Wednesday morning.
The plane was enroute from
Seattle. Wash., io Ft. Jackson,
S. C. The ship was due at
Cheyenne, Wyoming, at 8 A.
M. Wednesday morning but
never arrived. It is believed
down in the rugged sections
j of western Wyoming or south
ern Idaho.
Young Kent wa one of 37
servicemen aboard, bound
homeward from the Korean
front.
Publication Os
County Audit Is
Urged By Jurors
The grand jury for the Jan
uary term of Newton Superior
i Court in presentments returned
late yesterday recommended
that the county commissioner be
, paid a salary of $4,200 per year,
plus an automobile And auto
' mobile expenses. They also rec
ommended that a full-time coun
> ty clerk be employed at an an
। nual salary of $2,400.
The jurors also extended to
Isaac Robertson “sincere appre
. ciation for services he has rend
ered Newton County as county
commissioner during the past
27 years."
Full text of the presentments
were as follows:
We, the Grand Jury selected
and sworn for the January
Term 1953, Newton Superior
Court, submit the following
presentments:
1. We recommend that the
Grand Jurors and Traverse
Jurors be paid $5.00 per diem
and the Foreman and Clerks of
the Grand Jury’ be paid $6.00
per diem.
2. We recommend that the
Riding Bailiffs be paid SIOOO
i per diem, and the Court Bailiffs
be paid $5.00 per diem. \
3. We recommend the appoint
ment of E B. Nelson as N. P.
Ex-officio Justice of the Peace
for Newborn District for a term
of four (4) years, beginning on j
Jan. 1, 1953.
4 Wq recommend the re-ap- I
pointment of the following mem- 1
ber to the Newton County School
Board: Wiley Allgood, for a
term of five (5) years.
5. We recommend that the
County Commissioner be paid
a salary of $4200.00 per year,
plus automobile and operating
expenses for same.
6. We recommend that salary
of Clerk to County Commission-
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COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953
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COVINGTON CITY OFFICIALS were on hand this past Sunday when the city’s electrical distri
bution system circuits were cut over to the modem sub-station pictured below. It was another
step in a long-range program that started months ago when the City Council adopted an
engineering plan to bring the electrical system up to date. Pictured above, left to right, are:
Councilman Tom Greer, Councilman John Bob Weaver. City Superintendent H. O. Whelchel Sr.,
Councilman Carl Smith Jr., Mayor Jack Elliott, Councilman T. A. Rape, and City Clerk Clvde
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In Improvement Os Electrical System
Sunday's electric cut-off. while cooling some of the local homes a few degrees, black
ing out television sets and causing few other inconveniences, permitted the City to trans
fer its feeder line and circuit feeders from the old substation to the new station located on
Williams Street. This step was a semi-climax to a two year improvement program of the
City’s Light Department. Mayor Jack Elliott stated that the program was proposed by
an electrical engineering firm — —
after the assembling of detail
data, projecting load growth'
forecast for the following ten 1
years and preparing plans and
specifications for the new' sys
tem. Later on this year, the
climax of the program will come
about with another power inter
ruption.
The Mayor also said that H.
O. Whelchel and his electric
crew, consisting of Charles Geig
er. Albert Parker, Ed Pickett I
and William Moate, had done a
splendid job in carrying for
ward this program and deserv
ed a well-earned commendation I
from the people of the commu
nity.
Immediately upon killing the
energy Sqndhy at 2 P. M.. sev- ;
eral line crews were up the I
poles busily eutting heavy
wires and .joining and connect
ing circuits and jo forth, ap
pearing calm and collective. Mr.
WheTchei was busy seeing that
everything went along just as
planned. The linemen helping
out were Floyd Hays and Cleo
Tolbert, from the Georgia Power
Company, and Wilbur Wood
ward, Joe Hunt, Dewey Cason,,
and George Laseter from the
Snapping Shoals E. M. C.
It was pointed out that the
load growth in the recent years
had overloaded the old switch
ing gears, inside the Light.
Building on Pace Street, to the
point that the whole distribu
tion system was in jeopardy.
Mr. Elliott emphasized the
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Council Adopts $295,283 Budget;
New Wafer, Sewer Lines Planned
The Mayor and Councilmen met for their first meeting
Monday night and chartered the City’s course for the new
year. Mayor J. L. Elliott presided with the following mem
bers &f Council present; J. B. Weaver, W. T. Greer, Carl
■Smith, a new member; E. E. Callaway, T. A. Rape, and R.
* iR. Fowler, The Rev. Ralph Haw-
Pace Lodge Has
। New Officers
PORTERDALE—At the regular
Communication of Pace Lodge
No. 558, held December 16, the
following Officers were elected
and appointed to serve for the
New Year:
Worshipful Master, James H.
Vining; Senior Warden, J. Paul
Alexander; Junior Warden, Alvin
D. Johnson; Treasurer, S. T. Gat-1
tis; Secretary, H. V, Johnson Jr.;
Chaplain, S. O. Lindsey; Senior ■
Deacon, Frank N. Wise; Junior
Deacon, J. Lamar Fincher; Senior
Steward, .John E. Shaw; Junior (
Stewart, Tolbert L. Moody, and
. Tyler, Hubert Elkins.
The new officers were installed
by Past Master M. B. Shaw, as
'sisted by Past Master James E.
, Hardman.
'kins opened the meeting witb «z
। appropriate prayer.
John Bob Weaver, dean in
length of service, was re-elected
mayor pro-tem by the other
council members.
The following officers were re
lelected for 1953: Dr. W. K. Swann,
Recorder: Clyde Castleberry, City
Superintendent: Allene C. Bur
ton. Deputy Clerk; Harry P, Cow
an, Deputy Clerk; E. R. Bouchil
lon. Chief of Police; J. W. Laster,
Assistant Chief of Police: C. J.
Gunnells, Wendell Kitchens, Vera
Hooten as Policemen; Rodney
Floyd, Fire Truck Engineer; C.
N. Hill, Fire Chief, and Joe Heard,
Assistant Fire Chief.
Other employees re-elected
were Charles Geiger, Foreman,
Water Crew; Albert Parker, Fore
man, Electric Crew; Oscar Par
nell, Foreman. Street Crew; H.
O. Whelchel, Jr. and Grady Wal
ton, Water Plant Opeorators:
William Moate and E. D. Pickett
as linemen Newt. Felker and
(Continued on page 7)
Commissioner, Sheriff And
Tax Collector Fake Office
Activity in the Newton County Courthouse begins the
new year with three new' governmental officials and anoth
er w'ho is beginning his first full term in office. Taking
office for the first time Thursday were County Commission
| er Tom Bates. Sheriff John Berry, and Tax Collector Bon-
ham L. Johnson. Donald G. Step
henson began his first full term
as Ordinary.
Commissioner Bates was first
elected to county office in 1949
when he was elected tn fill the
unexpired term of Sheriff W. G.
Benton. After three years’ service
as sheriff he ran for the com
missioner's post last Summer and
was elected from a field of three.
Although complete plans for
his administration have not been
formulated because of lack of
time, Mr. Bates this week an
nounced three appointments to
county jobs. Henry Odum Jr. will I
! serve as County Police Chief, j
John L. Jernigan will be County'
Attorney, and J. D. Dial will be
Maintenance Superintendent for
county roads.
The new Commissioner plans to
appoint a County Clerk during
the next week and hopes to be
able to add an additional county
policeman in the near future. He
is now investigating practices in
use in counties similar to New
ton, and mucn of his planning will
depend on what is learned from
■these investigations.
As he started his first term as
County Commissioner, Mr. Bates
promised his best efforts in run
j^rilftg the county's affairs efficient-
I ly. He said. “My office will de
I everything in its power to see thal
| Newton County has good road?
I and good police protection. I want
the people to call on me at any
j time if there are ways in which
I we can serve you.”
John Berry, the new sheriff,
was nominated from a field of
five candidates in last year's
: 1 Democratic Primary and elected
I ' without opposition in the
November general election. He
assumes his duties with over ten
years’ experience in law enforce
ment, having served with the
Porterdale Police Department for
eight years and as a Covington
policeman for a year. He was
deputy sheriff during 1949 and
1950.
Sheriff Berry announced this
week that Newton County will
soon have two-way radio police
protection. His automobile is
having the necessary equipment
installed, and a radio to be used
in the countv police car is ordered
and expected to arrive in the near
future. Mr. Berry does not plan
the immediate appointment of a
I deptuy. His office will work with
the county police force for the
i present.
When he took office. Sheriff
Berry issued the following state
ment: “As I begin my first term
as Sheriff, I would like for
। everyone in Newton County to
know that everything necessary
। to give you adequate police pro
tection will be done. I have moved ।
my. residence to the county jail
so as to be available if needed. I
will be on the job every day and
on call day er night. Only a
small fraction of on= percent of
the people of Newton County
present law-enforcement prob
. lems, and I promise everyone that
the misdeeds of this minority will
be dealt with promptly and firm
ly-”
Bonham Johnson, Newton
Couny’s new Tax Collector, was
nominated in last Summer's pri
mary without opposition. He was
practically raised in the eounty
jail because of the fact that his
father, the late Bonham L. John
son Sr., was Newton County
Sheriff for over eighteen years.
For twelve years prior tm his
election, the new tax collector was
associated with the Bank of Cov-
I ington and Truest Company.
As he assumes his duties »s
Tax Collector. Mr. Johnson urges
all property owners to cooperate
with his office by paying their
taxes voluntarily and thereby
avoiding the expense and un
pleasantness of legal proceedings.
He says, “I know that paying
taxes is not a very pleasant task
:at the best. But this office will
ibe ready and willing at all times
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Awarded the Fourth Beat Weekly In
The Entire Nation By National
Editorial Association In 1945
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WMOC Will Air
Governor's Tolk
Radio Station WMOC will
broadcast Governor Herman
Talmadge's address to a joint
session of the Georgia Legisla
ture next Tuesday, January 13,
starting at 12 o'clock.
The 30-minute talk to iha
lawmakers will deal with mat
ters vitally concerning the wel
fare and interest of the people
of Georgia.
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to assist taxpayers any way w
can. I will lend my best effort
to seeing that Newton Count
has efficient and courteous tax
collections.”
Donald G. Stephenson, who wa'
elected Ordinary in 1951 to fi’
the unexpired term of the lat
, A. L. Loyd, was reelected las
( year and last week started h
first complete term in office. .
graduate of Emory Universit
J Law School Mr. Stephenson we '
a practicing attorney before h '
*‘i election.
’i He has already establishe.d
t reputation as a firm but inr
partial coun’y court judge. I
September of last year the Neu
’ ton Grand Jury commended hit
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and his court for the efficier
method in which they hand
, traffic violations.
County officials who bega *
new but not first terms of offic'
j Thursday are: C. O. Nixon. Cler'
of the Court; Miss Eva Stepher
son, Tax Receiver; E. L. Ficquet
Superintendent of Schools; H. 1
1 (Shi) Dobbs, Coroner, and C. (
Estes, Justice of the Peace.
N. H. S. Students
Will Attend
Music Festival
Nearly 500 high school musi
ians from more than 60 schoo
throughout Georgia will meet ,
<lhe University of Georgia i
Athens Saturday, Jan. 10, for a ’
all-day High School Mus:
Festival.
A number of Newton Count
students are expected to atten<
among them band membei
Dianne Ferren, Gerald Dimsdal
and Homer Sharp.
The high-schoolers, all mem
bers of either the band or chon •
’ in their local schools, will go 1 *
the campus early in the mornin .
for a full day of rehearsals an I
practices. Then at 7:30 P. N
(they will present a full drer
concert in Fine Arts Auditoriuq
The festival, sponsored by th
University’s music departmer
I and Division of General Exter
sion, is held each year at th
I University.
Guest conductors for the festive
will again be Douglas Rumble, c
Grady High School, Atlanta, wh'
will be in charge of the ehoru
and Robert M. Barr, of Jorda
Vocational High School, Colurr
bus, who will lead the band. Ai
companist for the concert will b
Tommy Swartz, Grady Hig
School.
Mr. Rumble is director of voce '
music at Grady High and is als
president of the Georgia Musi
Education Association. Mr. Bar
: director of the Jordan Vocation,
High Band, is president of th
Georgia Bandmaster's Assoc,
ation,
C. C. King's Office
In Newton Fed. Bldg.
C. C. King. Covington attorney
announced this week that he ha
moved his law offices.
He is new engaged in privat
law practice in the Newto;
Federal Building, having mover
from the Newton Courthouse.
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