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L THE OF FICE BOY
C\ho missed th P special
I Ceremony. held at the
‘ u ie h Auditorium last
■cton nifr ,
L day evening, when ten
IL Count Scouts received
I Y Rank highest offered
h bov Scouts of America;
I , opportunity. Over
I sb nve the atmosphere of
I m achievement, of both
and their loved ones,
U and relatives; the entire
L nrP seemed permeated
I t h P knowledge of the
Imtude and significance ■ of
■ proceedings they were pnvi-
11 tn witness. We were grip
|b, , feeling of great humble-
I and gratitude. Here was
l rl ca in the making —a
L :c nf the overall greatness
I country founded on the
tiples laid down by Christ,
I Greatest Teacher of all
■ There came an overwhelm-
Iccnse of patriotism and pride
■this. Our Native Land,”
M could produce Christian
Kers tn train its youth, step
Itep. m the annals of Scout
■ until the' finally achieved
I Eagle.” the rank symbolic
■ c peak m stamina, charact-
Knd citizenship. We rejoiced
| each mother and father, as
K son stepped two paces for
■d tn he recognized and
■mended for their fine achi-
Kient. The. were making a
K pavment on their debt of
■tude to God and Country,
■he privilege of rearing their
■ in Freedom: lust as each
Iwas discharging his obliga-
Ito his country parents and
■ Creator, by measuring up
■' best.
Ihn 1. Alford who has given
»uch tn the great program
■routing, was the unanimous
■c of the ten boys, to present
■ Eagle Awards. And as Mr.
■rd called each name —
Br Laseter. Kenneth Cost-
IJohn Dearing. Virgil Eady,
■ Martin Goode. Jr . Cooper
■G Wood' Morcock. R. H.
■r=on. Jr.. Homer Sharp. Jr..
■ Joe Sharp minds turned
■ward tn yesterday, when
I were entering Cub Scout
■ T ll * rears with many mem
■ rushed b' in kaleidoscopic
■"■ nf their growing up;”
■ the mind reached into the
■' tn see these fine voung
■ gmwn mtn manhood, tak
■heir places of responsibility
■he unrld nf tomorrow, for
■h they have been so care
■ trained Our heartfelt con
■ilatmns and good wishes to
■ new F.aglps nf Troop 222.
■ Troop 20,; m their parents
■to Scout Masters S. J. Mor
fl and Billy Crowell; and
Leader Homer J.
■
Bodentally. Region sins the
■ Scouts nf America, which
■mposed nf Georgia, Florida,
■the Carolinas, has just been
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ewton School Children Learn Telephone Techniques
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BEN W. SHANKLIN
Ham And Egg
Show Planned
February 17
The Newton County Ham and
Egg Show, sponsored bj- the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club, will be
held February 17, 18, 19 at the
Washington Street Gymnasium,
it was announced this week.
The show will be an exhibit of
cured hams and fresh yard eggs
produced, processed and select
ed at home by colored citizens of
the county.
Demonstrations on producing
and conserving meat, eggs, and
improving agriculture and com
munity life in the county will be
presented by local and state
agricultural leaders.
Appearing on the program will
be adron Harden, county agent;
Mrs. Hazel Malone, home demon
stration agent; E. L. Ficquett.
county superintendent of schools;
T M. Bates, county commissioner;
Charles E. Bell, livestock specia
list: P. H Stone, extension agent;
K. C. Childers, special agent; O.
S. O'Neal, originator of the Ham
Show; R O. Arnold, chairman,
Board of Regents, and other
local and state agricultural and
business leaders.
Judge C. R. Vaughn
Speaks Here Sunday
Judge C- R. Vaughn, of Con
yers. will speak to the Men's
Bible Class of the Covington
Methodist Church next Sunday,
it was announced this week.
The class meets at 10 A. M,
bout a boy and his dog. delights
i children — and most adults —
who see it.
John N. Booth explains that
any school, either private or
public, may make arrangements
I for borrowing “Adventure in Tele
zonia” and -the teaching aids
material — (which includes a
| slide film, practice telephones,
directories, and instruction book
lets) by contacting the Southern
Bell Telephone Company busi
ness office in Covington.
Everyone knows that when a
child and a telephone get. to
gether, trouble is likely to result
I— unless the youngster knows
| how to use the telephone. For
(Knutngtntt
Ben Shanklin, Os Shorter Staff,
In Music Program Here Feb. 17th
Ren W. Shanklin, baritone and assistant professor of
voice at Shorter College in Rome will present a varied
program of music Tuesday, February 17, at the home of
Mrs. R. O. Arnold, an alumna of Shorter, at 8 P.M., it was
announced this week.
Mr. Shanklin's program, which I
he will present to the Covington I
Music Club, includes a number
of old English Elizabethan songs.
Following these he will sing
three Brahms “Lieder” and
then a selection from ‘‘The
Masked Ball,” the only opera
written by Verdi which has its
setting tn America. He will con
clude his program with some
Early American songs, newly
arranged by Aaron Copland. The
songs were discovered by Cop
land when he was doing re
search for “Appalachian Spring,’’
a ballet of Early America per-!
formed by the Martha Graham
group,
Mr. Shanklin will be accom
panied by Mrs. Charlotte Mc-
Manamon. who is also a mem
ber of the Shorter music faculty.
Mrs. McManamon will play for
the group “Three Preludes,” by
Casadeseus, the’ greatest living
French pianist, and “Ballade in
G minor,” by Chopin.
A native Kansan. Mr. Shank
lin received his undergraduate
degree in music from the Uni
versity of Kansas, and after
teaching voice for several years
at Wayland College. Texas, went
to Michigan State, where he ob
tained a masters degree. During
the war he was first a member
of one of the engineer regiments
that built the Alaska Highway
and later attended Officer Cand
idate School, leaving the army
in 1945 as a second lieutenant.
As Chaplain’s assistant on the
Alaska Highway. Mr Shanklin
helped lead religious services all
the way from Dawson Creek,
the southern end of the road, to
Fairbanks, Alaska, the northern
terminus. In those days he
might have sung at this time
of year in a nissen hut. serving
as combination dining hall and
recreation room, heated by a
stove fired to capacity to combat
temperatures of from 39 to fifty
degrees below zero.
He and his attractive wife and
two daughters now live in
Rome, where Mr. Shanklin is a
member of the Shorter faculty.
Mrs. Shanklin, who will visit
Covington with her husband, is
an artist in her own right. She
has two degrees from the Uni
versity of Kansas, and has writ
ten a book on handicraft.
> that reason, this film and train
ing material were prepared
I especially for use. each school
year, in the third, fourth, fifth,
or sixth grade.
“The telephone becomes an
important part of our daily lives
when we, are very young", Mr.
Booth said. “Youngsters are
always eager to answer the tele
phone and to start making their
i own calls, and small children
too often consider the telephone
a toy.
"Adventure in Telezonia" is
designed to offer effective tele
phone training for children, and
to teach each child to become
a telephone “good neighbor’'.
visit was a follow-up of the Telezonia program now being used
in Newton County Schools. More than 210 Newton students
have visited the telephone company’s central office here.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1953
Booth Named
Chairman Os
Heart Drive
John Booth. Southern Bell man
ager here, has accepted the post
of Chairman of the Heart Fund
Drive for Newton County and is
currently enlisting volunteers for
the campaign committee.
The Heart Fund Drive, conduct
ed each February throughout
the country by the various local
affiliates of the American Heart
Association, supports the year
round operation of a program
to combat heart disease through
research, education, and service
to heart patients Here in Georgia,
the program is conducted by the
Georgia Heart Association which
numbers is in its membership
nearly every internist and heart
specialist in the state and large
numbers of the general practi
tioners who are faced daily with
the problems of heart disease.
Mr. Booth said that his ac
ceptance of the chairmanship
reflects his belief in the need for
the program and a conviction that
' the Georgia Heart Association is
1 making real progress in its ff
-1 forts tn de'-*lop a constructive
and productive program to meet
’ the challenge of heart disease.
“The Annual Progress Report
of the Association is a striking
revelation of what this voluntary
group is accomplishing in our
state", asserts Mr. Booth.
21 Newton Men Get
Armed Forces Exam
Twenty-one Newton County
men went to Altanta Monday for
physical examinations to deter
mine their fitness for service in
the armed forces.
Following their return home,
they will be classified by the
Newton County Selective Serv
■ ice Board.
Through long experience, it has
I oeen learned that telephone habits
I formed by children tend to
, come more fixed in later years.
The object of “Adventure in
i, Telezonia" is to start boys and
> girls on the road to good tele
phone habits. This problem of
■ correcting poor habits and sub
stituting good ones was turned
I over to Wayne University in
i Detroit, Michigan, and the school's
i audio-visual experts went to
work.
Elementary school teachers and
principals throughout the country
[ were questioned, and the results
showed that educators favored a
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TEN NEWTON COUNTY BOY SCOUTS attained Scouting's highest honor, that of Eagle rank, at
an impressive court of awards held Thursday night at Newton High School Auditorium. Receiving
the Eagle Badges were: front row, left to right: Woody Morcock, of Explorer Post No. 222; R. H.
Patterson Jr., Explorer Post No. 222, and Joe Sharpe, of Troop No. 222. Second row: John Dearing,
Troop No. 222; Kenneth Costley, Explorer Post No. 222. and Cooper Harwell, of Troop No. 222.
Back row: Virgil Eady Jr.. Explorer Post No. 222. Martin Good Jr., Explorer Post. No. 222; Homer
Sharpe Jr.. Explorer Post No. 222, and Jimmy Laseter. Explorer Post No. 209. The court of awards
opened Newton County’s observance of annual Boy Scout Week, marking the 43rd anniversary of
the Scouting movement in America. Over the weekend Scouts gave outdoor demonstrations in
various towns and this week the annual finance campaign of the District is being conducted. .
Drake-Wood Now in New Home
Newton Churchwomen Start Plans
For World Day Os Prayer Feb. 20
An enthusiastic meeting of
the officers and key women of
the United Churchwomen of
Newton County was held re
cently at the home of Mrs. A
H. David in Covington. Though
several were absent due to ill
ness. there was a good atten
dance — three denominations,
and churches in Covington, Ox-
plementary training aids to he
loaned free by the telephone
company. As a result of this ex
tensive research the Bell System
created the training kit which
is used with the movie. *
The comic, lifelong puppets
1 who are the “Telezonians” in
the movie have a strong appeal
for young children, but to provide
(le with reality, a real boy, Bob
by, and his dog, Bounce, appear
along with the “Telezonians”.
Many teachers who have used
the film say it increases children's
interest in good telephone habits,
and that children like using the
practice telephones and direc
tories.
The "Adventure in Telezonia”
program, the result of long study
and cooperation between the
Bell System and leading educa
tors, is a good example of the
educational films American
Businesses are producing.
'Good' And 'Bad' Basketball Is
Scheduled Here Wednesday Night
Two types of basketball —
। ’ good" and "bad” — are schedu
led Wednesday night, February
18. at the Covington Junior High
School Gymnasium, starting at
7:30 P. M The "good” basket
ball offers sports fans an op
portunity to see two of the
Emory-at-Oxford teams in ac
tion, while the other game will
offer plenty of laughs, if noth
ing else.
It’s all under the joint spon
sorship of the Covington Lions
Club and the Oxford Lions
i Club and the proceeds will be
ford. Porterdale. Mansfield. Al
mon, and Starrsville being rep
resented.
The meeting was opened with
prayer led by the vice-presi
dent, Mrs. L. A. Patrick, and
the president. Mrs. Earl
Rhoads, presided. Mrs. Moncey
Pratt read her report as treasur
er and called attention to the
fact that affiliation fees for the
new year are now payable.
These amount to ten cents for
each woman member of the
cooperating churches.
Mrs. David reported on last
year's project which was getting
the ladies’ rest room and
lounge in the Newton Court
house cleaned up and furnished
for the convenience of the wom
en of the county and asked
church women to cooperate by
leaving there used magazines
there to he shared with those
who may want them.
The World Day of Prayer,
which is one of the special days
sponsored by the United Church
Women, falls this year on Feb
ruary 20, the first Friday of
Lent. Each year the program is
prepared by a committee of
Christian Women of some coun
try and it is used by multiplied
thousands of God's children all
over the world simultaneously.
This year's service of worship
comes from what has for so
long been called "the dark
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used to finance civic projects
of both groups.
Two games have been schedu
led. The first will feature the
Covington Lions’ "Hot Shots”
in action against the Oxford
Lions’ “Firecrackers."
The second game will see
Emory-at-Oxford’s "A” Com
pany gnd "C" Company teams in
action, and this game alone will
be worth far more than the
nominal charges being made for
both games. 50 cents for adults
and 15 cents for children and
students.
Formal Opening
In New Home
This Morning
Drake-Wood’Furniture Compa
ny this morning opened the doors
of their new home to the public
and Don Wood invited even-one
m this section to visit their
new headquarters, located in the
building formerly occupied by the
Delaney Hotel.
Today's opening brings to a
climax many months of planning
and hard work, the ultimate goal
being a modern furniture store for
this section of Georgia'.
Drake - Wood’s new home
bears little, if any resemblance tn
the old hotel structure, especi
ally on the inside. Both floors
have be<?n planned for effective
furniture display. Floors are
covered- with colorful tile- -the
walls are panelled — the ceil
ing a pleasing white, and modern
light fixtures illuminate the
entire structure.
Display windows cover the
entire front and inside the store
furniture has been arranged in
attractive groups. The office is
located to the rear of the store
and a ladies lounge is provided
on the second floor.
The firm is planning a number
of new features for their cus
tomers, among them a drapery
department with Mrs E. S. Rhe
berg available as a decorating
consultant.
"We re glad to be in our new
home," Mr. Wood said yesterday,
“and we're anxious to have our
friends visit us. Come in and see
for yourself what we’ve tried to
do for your convenience.”
Mrs. Wiley's Brother
Died Tuesday Morning
J. M Brookshire, a brother of
Mrs. M. C. Wiley, of Oxford,
died in North Augusta, S. C.,
Tuesday morning.
Funeral services for Mr. Bro
okshire will be conduced today
(Thursday) at 10:30 A. M. from
Elliott’s Funeral home in Augusta.
Interment will be in the Dah
lonega Cemetery.
The NEWS extends sympathy
to Mrs Wiley and to other mem
bers of the bereaved family.
Covington Firemen
Put Out Gross Fire
Covington firemen were called
Monday afternoon to a grass fire
near Covington Mill.
The blaze was quickly brought,
under control without any pro
perty damage.
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
Final Report
Shows Total
Os $3,415
A final tabulation this week
showed that Newton County
topped last year’s record-break
ing total for the annual March
of Dimes and had exceeded this
year’s $3,000 quota by $415.68,
according to Aubra Sherwood,
county campaign director, who
said that the total from the Jan
uary drive is $3,415,68.
In announcing the final figure,
Mr. Sherwood expressed appre
ciation to the hundreds of con
tributors in Newton County
whose donations made possible
the success of the drive.
He also expressed his thank?
to those who gave of their time
to assure the success of the
campaign.
The final tabulation includec
contributions of $255.56 from thr
Negro schools of Newton Coun
ty. School donations were a
follows: Bentley. sl4; Dixie. $25
Leguin, $10.90; Livingstqi
Chapel, $25.26; Newborn, sl7.
70; Oxford. $32.70; Rose Hill
SlO, and Washington Street.
$l2O.
Returns from white, school
were listed as follows: Newtoi
High, $539.20; Covington Junio
High, $204 98; Mansfield. S6B IC
Livingston. $58.78; Heard-Mix
on, $41.50; Palmer-Stone, $79.21
and Porterdale Junior High
$237.05.
Mr. Sherwood pointed out tha
the money collected here wil
be used to carry on a nation
wide research program into th
causes and cures of infantik
Paralysis. Funds will also b~
available to care for the victim
of the dreaded polio.
The relative number of fata
1 polio cases has decreased cop
| siderably in the past 15 years.
During the five-year peno I
1937-1941, there were 12 poll ।
j deaths for every 100 reporte ■
cases. The death rate in thr
succeeding five-year perioc
,942-1946 declined to 8 pe
hundred. From 1947 throug
1951. there were only 6 death
per 100 cases. The reduction is
attributed to the developmen
of improved treatment method
as well as to more accurate re
porting of less serious cases.
Polio incidence in the last fiv
years has been more than twic
as high as during the precedin
five years. The March of Dime
now is annually faced with a
average of 35.000 to 40.000 case
in contrast to the fifteen t
twenty thousands cases a yea
formerly considered normal.
Play Tonight
Will Benefit
Tennis Courts
Tonight n a big night at New
ton High School because tonighl
February 12, the student eounci
will sponsor the play, “No Mor
Homework,” in the Newtoi
County High School Auditoriue
at eight o'clock.
The play, a three-aet comedy,
is the story of the hilariou'
events that result from three high
school students suddenly frndin'
themselves with the jobs o
principal, vice-principal, an<
school secretary. “No More Home
work" combines these rollickin;
happenings with a bit of romano
and promises te> be a great sue
cess.
The cast includes: Miss Goodin.
Audrey Loyd; Mrs. Clendenninf.
Eleanor Chestnut; Miss Ogilvia.
Ann Edwards; Mr. Harper. Denny
Dickson; Coach Guthrie. Dor
Paty; Mr. Lundquist, Paul Calla
han; Pamela Jones, Nanc;
Knight; "Buzz’’ Ratley, Gerak
Dimsdale: Shalimar Amas, Dorn
thy McConky; "Midge" Murphy.
Kathryn Farr; Faversham Light
ly, Raymond Roseberry; Tallu
lah Paiutz, Jean Niblett; Ronald
Sassoon, R. H. Patterson; Mis'
Dill. Claire Palmer; ’Tick" Tok.
Bnbby Corley; Mrs. Ratchet. Pat
ty Lee Knight, and Elmer B
Ames, Donald Steele.
Admission ia 30 cents sot
students and fin cents for adults
The proceeds will be used tat
(building teems court*.
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