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VOLUME 89
SG T DANIEL GIVEN KEY TO CITY MONDAY
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The c. Spring Flower
Show of the .ovington Garden
Club was held Wednesday, May
6. The capable chairmen were
Mrs. T. C. Meadors, Mrs. Leo
Mallard and Mrs. Leon Cohen.
The arrangements weme placed
at the home nf Mrs. E. E. Calls
way Sr., and featured “Our
Homes” — Revealed in Flowers.
The arrangements were placed
at strategic spots and were ar
rari^ed by members who won
ribbons as follows:
Class A Chest in Entrance
Hall — Mrs. L. J. Moore 76
points, white ribbnn; Class 9
— Living Room — piano —
Mrs. A. H. David 85 points, red
ribbon; Coffee table — Mrs.
Leon Cohen 85 points, red rib
bon; Lamp Table left of sofa
— Mrs. S. M. Hay 82 points,
white ribbon; Lamp Table right
of sofa — Mrs. Leo Masten 84
points, red ribbon; drum top
table — Mrs. R. R Fowler Jr.
88 points, red ribbon, and small '
lamp table — Mrs. W. W. Crowe
84 points, red ribbon.
Class C — Dining Room —
Buffett — Mrs. S. A. Ginn 88
points, red ribbon: Dining table
Mrs. E. G. Trammell and Mrs.
Leon Cohen 95 points, blue rib
bon. and Serving table — Mrs.
N. S. Turner 93 points, blue
ribbon.
Class D — Den Mantel —
Mrs. T. C. Meadors 95 points,
blue ribbon: Desk — Mrs. Don
ald Stephenson 83 points, red
ribbon; Marble top table — Mrs.
W. H. Gaither 72 points, white
ribbon; Drop leaf table — Mrs
Fleming Touchstone 80 points,
red ribbon, and Television —
Miss Martha Ramsey 82 points
red ribbon.
Class E— Downstairs bed
room — Dressing table — Mrs.
E. E. Callaway Sr. 93 points,
blue ribbon; Chest — Mrs
Moody Summers Sr. 77 points,
white ribbon, two bedside tables
— Mrs. John Booth 90 points,
blue ribbon, and Coffee table —
Mrs. W. C. Wright 88 points,
red ribbon.
Class F — Daughters room —
Chest — Mrs. T. U. Smith 90
points, blue ribbon; Dressing
table — Mrs. Harry’ Dietz 78
points, white ribbon, and Comer
table — Mrs. 0. W. Porter 78
points, white ribbon.
Class G — Sun Room — Chest
right of fireplace — Mrs. H. S.
Randall 95 points, blue ribbon;
Chest left of fireplace — Mrs.
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Women Praised
On Forestry Effort
Newton Countys womenfolk
came in for high praise this
week from the Newton County
Forestry Unit. Citing several in
stances or projects in which the
women of the county have taken
the lead er put forth substantial
effort, forester Boh Aycock stat - >
ed that "here in our County the
women, acting both individually
and in groups and organizations
have contributed in large mea
sure tn the success we have been
realizing in our forestry pro
gram."
Aycock singled out for parti
cular praise the county garden
clubs, women's clubs, the school
teachers, women leaders in ths
Sunday Schools and ehruches.
leaders and members of the gi* l
youth groups such as Girl Scouts.
Future Homemakers of America
and Four-H.
"Not only dn the women
themselves help greatly through
their work directly, but thev do
much in influence the children
of the various communities to
become ardent hackers of forest
conservation." said Aycock. The
integration nf forestry into the
classrooms here in Newton Coun
ty has been done with amazing
success." he said, "and through
the efforts of the teachers who
guide these elassroom studies
the children are coming to under
stand what our woodlands mean
tn them in their daily lives.
Ayrock emphasized the out
standing work of rhe womens
civic clubs with special reference
to the Georgia Federation of
Women s Clubs, and emphasized
that this was m accordance with
the support «f conservation
given by the Womens Club on
• National Scale.
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Friends and neighbors greet Sergeant Daniel on the fre front porch of his home Immediately after his arrival
here in Covington. '
National Guard
Open House
Next Sunday
Open House will be held at
the National Guard Armon’ Sun- ।
day afternoon in observance of ■ ।
Armed Forces Day, according to
an announcement today by J..
Hugh Steele, local Chairman of.|
the Committee for Armed Forces ,
Day.
Mr. Steele said that Saturday,;
May 16. is the actual date for 1
Armed Forces Day; however. the
Open House is being held on .
Sunday m order that more people ■
may attend. On display will be
the type of weapons and equip- ।
ment used by our Armed Forces
throughout the world, including
the newest model military veh
cles. radios, and numerous other
items. i 1
Open Mouse wtll be held from ;
2 P. M until 4 P. M. Sunday, L
and all citizens in this area are
urged to attend. Mr. Steele stat
ed that a special program has
been planned for young men and '
their parents.
Grody Walton
Receives Master
Theology Degree
Grady Goy Walton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Walton, of
Covington. Georgia, received the
Master of Theology from South- |
ern Baptist Theological Semi
nary. Louisville, Kentucky.'
April 30. IM*
Mr. Walton- graduated fmm
Covington High School in IM3,
received his Bachelor of
Arts degree from Mereer Uni-'
varsity in 1047.
Before entering the Seminary
he was educational director and
music director at. the Woodlaw
Baptist Church tn Georgia.,
taught English tn high school, j
While in Seminary he was
the young people's choir director |
at the Highland Methodist
Church, and was soloist at the ,
Fourth Avenue Methodist Chu
rch.
Mr. Walton plans to continue
his work here for the doctorate ,
। degree.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, M
Newton H. S.
Observes 42nd.
Concert May 21
By PAUL FERREN
The Newton High School Band
will make it's forty-second pub
lic appearance for this school
year on next Thursday evening.
May 21, 8 P. M., in the high
school auditorium. An entirely
new program will be played in
cluding; “Porgy and Bess’" se
lections, “Gypsy Guitars,” “Dry
Bones.” “Trumpeter's Lullaby.”
“Night Beat,"’ —a musical pic
ture of a local person visiting
the sights of New York, and
other numbers with audience ap
peal.
The Dramatic Class of New
ton which has received many
comments of merit will share
on the program. The Covington
Junior High Glee Club under
the direction of George Hutchin
son will also appear. The county
wide Junior High Band made up
of members from the various
schools will have a few spots,
on the evening's variety show.
Proceeds from the variety
show will he used to help liqui
date the senior band’s running
expenses for the past two years,
The public will not he bothered
by the sale of advance tickets
All tickets wil be sold at the
door.
As was stated publically late
last, year no donations have been
er will.be asked from the public
for running expenses. The band
continues to attempt to he self
supporting and these two major
programs each year are the only
means of being so with the ex
ception of a percent, of the five
football game gates The band
will continue to give service and
your “moneys worth” for all
funds secured.
With the exception of the let
ters which were sent out last
year during the instrument
uniform fund which brought m
donations of approximately 13,-
000 _ the remaining funds for
the band have all ben derived
from good wholesome entertain
ment programs where everyone
in attendance received their
money's worth of entertainment.
The program for May 21 will
also be m keeping with the
high standards of entertainment
which have proceeded,
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Ex-Pow’s Mother gives Sergeant Daniel the onee over as his
■ father looks on.
(Photos Courtesy The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
IH Winner
Bicycle Draw
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1 "Hutch* Jordan, ton of Mr. and
I Mrs Claude Jordan, Route 2
Covington. was a surprised
, young man when his telephone
rang to tell him the was the
lucky winner in a drawing con
ducted by Whited Tire and
Auto Supply,
i In, fact, he was so surprised
that he called the manager, Jim
Ixird back in fifteen minutes
I to confirm that he really was
the winner of the Monarch Mill-
i ionth Model built for Firestone.
The 11 years old former eub
Scout is a member of the 4-H
Club and reisers rabbits as his
project. Ths kicky number was
dra«m by Chief of Police E. R
• Bouchillon
AY 14. 1953
Emory Glee Club Soils
For European Tour
Thr Emory University Glee
Club will sail from New York
June 10 on a summer concert
tour of Europe. Dr Malcolm
Dewey, glee club director, ann
ounced this week at Emory.
■ The Emory glee club, well
known for its appearances m
' the Smith and the East, made
' its last tour of Europe twenty
five years ago. The group will
sing in England, Scotland. Nor
way, Belgium, Germany, Frnace.
and Italy. Part of the tour will
। be sponsored by the European
i Armed Forces Professional
; Branch, and in Brussels the men
will ting July 9. for the final
gala concert of the Internation-
। al Music Institute presented by
the United Nations Educational
i and Scientific Cultural Organ
ilization. Dr. and Mrs. Dewey
i will accompany the club on
tour.
Flowers, Gifts Bestowed
On Returning Korean PW
Sgt. James F. Daniel, the Porterdale youth who endured
29 months of imprisonment in Korea and one of the first, nf
39 soldiers to be exchanged under the formal POW exchange
between the United States and Red China, returned home tn
i heroes welcome in which civic, and business organizations
and the people of Newton Coun-p
ty poured out their hearts.
Led by the Third Army Band
from Fort McPherson, Sgt.
Daniel accompanied by his wife
and two children, was escorted
around the square three times, |
followed by bands from Newton
High School, the Boy Scouts,
and the Bugle and Fife Corps ]
of the U. S. Air Force R. O. T. C. |
unit of Emory-at-Oxford. Ap
proximately 4000 citizens waved
and cheered as Sgt. Daniel turn- ]
ed a wind-burned smile on the
people he knew as a child and . (
boy before entering the service. ',
Following the bands were dele-1 j
• gations and motorcades from the
Rotary Club, the Lions, the ,
Kiwanis and . the Future Farm-1’
ers of America.
A veteran of the Spanish (
American that is now history,
the Rev. Edward Hawkins gave ,
the invocation and led the audi-: ।
ence in the offering of a special l ,
prayer of thanks for the return
of Sgt. Daniel and hundreds ।,
of other Newton County sons j (
from the trouble spots of the!
world. The Rev. H. Frank Bar-1
field of the Methodist Church of
Porterdale pleaded for the re
turn of all Newton G. I.'s and
voiced the hope that the end
of hositilities would he the cul
mination of the present peace
talks. Ben Warren, State Com
mander of the Am<rican Legion
from Monticello gave the audi
ence a vivid word picture of the
reasons America had to inter
vene in Korea and ended hts
talk by declaring “Death was
preferable tn dishonor,,” Keys to
the cities of Covington and Por
terdale was presented by Mayors
Jack Elliott and Bill Ivey. Aubra
Sherwood. Mayor nf Oxfnrd
presented Sgt. Daniel with a
corsage of twn orchids, for his
wife and mother. John Jerni
gan. secretary of the Covington
Businessmen's Association pre
sented him with a check for
$165. and gift certificates for
several hundred dollars worth
of merchandise ranging from
paid vacations for his family to
T-bone steaks. Through all of
this, "Jimmy” as he always was
known to the home town folks,
sweated in his winter G. I. issue
and occasionally Mrs. Daniel
would have to dab the rivulets
of perspiration that coursed
down his forehead and cheeks.
Several times Sgt. Daniel at
tempted to go before the micro
phone to voice his thanks only,
to have his voice choke up on
him and each time he beat a
confused retreat to his seat.
Toward the end of the cere
monies, he became better com
posed and in a halting voice |
said “I want to thank you for
what you've done for me and!
my folks. I’ve got about 11 years'
in the Army and I'm going for
20 and then I will be back to
stay with you."
Sgt. Daniel’s homecoming was
a spontaneous affair and one
which the population sponsored
in a holiday mood. When it was
discovered on Thursday that he
could not afford to fly from
California to Covington, for a
( । homecoming celebration, Bill
] George, manager of WMOC went
into action with an appeal for
' donations to finance' the cost of
the trip for the Daniel family.
By 7:30 Thursday night $676
had been contributed in quart- i
era, half-dollars and dollars by
the citizens of Newton and Rock
’ dale Counties. On Friday morn
] ing they came to the Covington
NEWS to pay their pledges and
1 by noon Friday more than SSOO
had been collected. The mnnn
। for the plane fare was wired to
i them that evening?
’ I For a little woman sitting in
! her home near Porterdale, it
was th»» culmination of three
, 1 years of waiting and hoping, —I
I three years of sleepless nignts
1 wondering, three years of finger
' ing terse, official telegrams that
J said "Missing m Action” —
Prisoner of War — Wounds Re-
, suiting in the Blindness of the
। Left Eye. For Mrs. Robert;
Daniel, Jimmy was home again
, j with his 11 sisters and brothers.
, where to * mother s way of
i thinking he should always be.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'b
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Awarded the Fourth Best Weekly 1*
The Entire Nation By National
Editorial Association In 1945
Miss McConkey
Is Winner In
Talent Show
PORTERDALE — Miss Dor
othy McConkey of Covington.,
Georgia brought honor to her.
self and Newton County with
her ‘selection as third place win
ner of the teenage division of the
state-wide Freddie Miller Tal
ent Show. This event was held
in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday
evening. May 8.
Contestants from the states
of Tennessee. Alabama. and
Georgia competed in this final
contest.
A county-wide talent show
was sponsored by the Silver Star
Chapter, No. 372, Order of the
Eastern Star at Porter Gym
nasium in Porterdale. Georgia
on April 3. Sixteen local win
ners appeared on Freddie Mil
ler's show “A Salute to Newton
County” on WAGA-TV Sunday,
April 12. The first place win
ners in each of the three div
isions of the "Stir of Tomorrow"
I Show competed in the final
event on Friday, May 8. These
contestants were Miss Kay Shaw
m Group 1 (12 years and under),
Miss Dorothy McConkey and
Miss Ann Edwards who tied in
’ Group 2 (aged 13-17), and Mr.
Jimmy Edwards in Group 3
: i(18-years and over).
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The contestants were accomp
anied by Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Ivey, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Shaw,
Mr. Bobby Capes, Mrs Amy
Fincher, Mrs Jimmy Edwards,
Mrs. Ollie Finley, and Miss
Sharon Bennett.
State DCT Honors
3 Newton Students
Three students from Newton
. County High D. C. T Class have
won places in the various con
tests sponsored by the State
Federation of D. C. T. Clubs.
The students who placed were;
Betty Jean Lawson, second placa
Scrapbook contest; Evelyn Craw
ford, third place Scrapbook con
j test, and Faye Moore, second
place Essay contest. These svin
: ners were selected at the State
I Convention ’ nf the organization
held at Epworth-by-the-Sea on
, St. Simon's Island, Georgia, May
; 8, 9. and 10.
This is the third consecutive
1 year that a student from New
ton., County High D. C. T. Class
has placed in the Scrapbook
contest, but marks the first year
that two have placed in this
contest from the same school.
For the first time Newton
County High studenti have won
honors in contests other than
the Scrapbook. This came about
when Raye Moore's Essay on
; “What D. C. T. Can Mean To A
High School Student" was a
warded second place in the State
' Contest.
Th* entire Newton County
High D. C. T. Club would like
i to take this opportunity of con
! gratulating these three students
for their fine work and ac
complishments.
For winning second place in
the Scrapbook contest. Betty
Jean Lawson was awarded an
individual trophy and half of
her convention expenses. For
winning second place in the
I Essay contest, Faye Moore re
ceived the same awards. On the
basis of these students placing
! in these contests, the D. C. T.
. Club was awarded a plaque on
] which the names of those win
i ning honors were placed. This
plaque will be kept by the school
and each time a student wins
) an honor the name will be placed
on the plaque.
The students who attended the
convention were: Billy McEl
reath. Franklin Moss. Tommy
Simpson, Wayne Haynes. Jim
mie Savage. Jo Ann Rellew. Joe
Hunt. Betty Jean Lawson, and
Evelyn Crawford.
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