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VOLUME 90
AL.NTAN ARRESTED AT MOONSHINE STILL
Football And Schools Holidays Usher In Spring
Rams Have Practice Game
Friday As Family Affair
School children join the many other early harbingers
of Spring next week when the county schools turn out for
Spring holidays. The almanac says Spring, 1954, begins at
10:54 P. M. March* 20—that is the time when the sun begins
its long trek northward—but Spring holidays for the chil-
dren are a week ahead of time,
March 13-20 County Superinten
dent of Schools E. L. Ficiquett
reported that the holidays come
at this time due to the Georgia
Education meeting on March 18-
20.
Most teachers of the county
plan to attend the Friday session
of the GEA, while official dele
gates will attend the entire con
ference.
Another important event this
week in the schools seems to come
early; A football game Friday
night, March 12, at 8. P. M., at
Legion Field in Covington. Count
ty High School Principal Homer
F. Sharp said that the occasion
comes at the close of the Spring
football practice. Sharp said that
the affair has been unofficially
designated “Family Nigth.’’ It
affords an opportunity for every
body to get together and arm
chair the quarterback the fall
season, he said.
li addition to the football game
between the “Blues ’ and the
“Whites,” there will be a half
time show by 'the Newton High
Band at the Friday night event.
Head Coach James Rogers said
that 55 boys will dress out for
the game and everyone will have
opportunity to play. The two.
teams will be equalized insofar as
possible, Rogers said. He stated
that no one expects a finished
performance, but the game is ex
pected to show where the ‘ ole
spirit” is among the boys. Assis- j
tant Coach Earl Hoffmeister will j
direct the “White’ team while
Stone Cooper has the “Blues.
During regular football season
Hoffmeister is the line coach;
Cooper, “B” team coach.
Officials at the game will be
Sam Tribble, Carlos Meyer, Dan
Weigel and Bill Crowell.
Admission to the game is fifty
cents for adults. Children will be
admitted free if accompanied by
an adult. Brothers and sisters
(school children) who come as a
family with at least one parent
will be admitted free Admission
for children not accompanied by
an adult will be twenty-five
cents.
The following boys will dress
out for the game, Coach Rogei s
reported:
Tackles — Lamar Smith, Wil
bur Fisher, Larry Capes. Johnny
Turner, Bobby Savage, Johnnny
Pressley, Wayne Russell, Fred
Grant, Paul Hinton, and Grant
Henderson.
Ends — Gerald Curtis. W. L.
Knight. Gary Austin, Joe Sharp.
Joe Bates, Charles Autry, Robert
Bell, Melvin Capps, and Stanley
McDonald.
Quarterbacks — Johnny t arter,
Bobby Gene Rogers Larry Simp-
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was in the left hand lane, oi
west bound lane, of the high
way. Mrs. Beall stated that the
truck then swerved back ^o and
across the right hand lane into
the power pole.
Mrs. Beall said that when the
truck hit the pole, the injured
boy "just seemed to sail through
the air.” He landed approxi
mately thirty feet from the pole.
The driver, Jeffries, suffered a
cut on the head .He is being
held in the county jail under a
charge of driving under the in
fluence of alcohol, according to ।
. Sheriff John Berry. Further i
charges by the injured boy s I
family are pending the full an (
alysis of the boy's condition, it ।
was reported.
Covington Policeman C. J
। Gunnells reported a* the scene
11 tint a half-pint of moonshine
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Covington s Home-Owned and Home-Operated Newspaper
Music Festival
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The Newton County High
School Band went to the state
music festival in Athens on Tues
day. got nervous with the bigness
’ of it all, evidently, and came
■ home with a Division 2 rating, a
I spectator observed. The band
feel’s better when they realize
that the rating could have been
a Division 3,4„ or 5. One judge
gave thel, the other two gave
the band a second place.
The ensembles and solos came
out all right. Those earning super-
I ior pins were, Shirley Hadin,
Homer Sharp, Gerald Dimsdale,
Dianne Ferren, John E. Ferren,
Sue Pratt, Donald Paty. Marian
na Piper, Jackie Heard, Patsy
Shirah. Excellent ratings were
given to the junior high claimet
quartet, baton ensemble, Donald
Paty, and Charles Sherwood. An
average rating was given the
mixed clarinet quartet.
John E. Ferren of the seventh
grade had the unique fortune to
be the only cornet player in the
festival to rate a division one in
| the solo event. The other six
soloist received a two rating, all
of whom were senior high pupils.
Kiwanis Hears
Southern Bell
Staff Member
Frank A. Woods, staff mem
ber of Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Co., Atlanta, was
the guest speaker at the regu
lar weekly meeting of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club last Thurs
day at Legion Home.
Mr. Woods discussed “The
Miracle of Radio Relay. A
demonstration during the discus
sion period featured the pro
gram, arranged by John N.
Booth, local manager of South
ern Bell.
Homer Sharp Jr., and Frank
lin Parker, members of the Key
Club of Newton County High
School, a group sponsored by
Kiwanis, were visitors of the
i club. B. B. Sanders, a Kiwanian
! from Macon, was also in attend
ance.
John I. Alford, club president,
announced that a Ladies Night
program will be held Thursday,
March 25, at Newton County
High School.
whiskey was taken from the cab
of the produce-laden truck.
Jerry McCullough, of Coving
ton. stated that he and an uni
dentified motorist noticed that
the truck involved in the ac
cident almost caused an acci
dent at the corner of Washing
ton and Hendricks Streets just
a few minutes before the Floyd
Street incident. McCullough
stated the driver did not have
adequate control of the truck.
The truck is reportedly a com
plete loss. It started to burn im
mediately after the accident.
The Covington Fir" Department
extinguished the flames before
extensive fire damage was done.
' J. C. Grant, resident of 1127
Floyd Street, nulled the driver
from the burning truck.
The Loyd boy is in Piedmont
Hospital, Atlanta.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954
Home of Nine in Oxford Destroyed by Fire
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SATURDAY afternoon in Oxford saw fire destroy the home of nine: two Negro families. Emory
Simmons, his wife and two children, and Grady F reeman. w<fe and three children. Simmons works
for the town of Oxford; Freeman, for Cook's Service Station. Covington. Virtually no household
goods nor clothing were sevade from the fire. Simmons wife was sick with pneumonia at the
time of the fire and is reportedly in serious condition with a relapse at this time. The automobile
I in the right of the photograph had just exploded into flame when the picture was snapped.
Scouts Make Camping
Trip To Savannah
Boy Scouts of the Newton-
Rockdale District will make a
camping trip to Camp Strachfam.
Savannah, during the Spring
holidays, according to Carlas
Meyer, chairman of the district
camping and activities committee
who is the camp director. The
trip will cover the days of March
14-17, Meyer reported.
Each scout unit will furnish its
own transportation, food, cooking
gear, camping equipment and
other expenses The trip is ex
pected to cost each scout less than
seven dollars.
The scouts will gather at the
Newton County High School
auditorium Sunday morning.
March 14. at 8:30. Church ser-
Numerous Grass
And Forest Fires
Here This Week
Conditions were ideal for
forest and grass fires here early
this week: dry and windy. As- ’
sistant County Forest Ranger
Norris Woodward reported five j
fires on Tuesday which burned !
over approximately 400 acres.
The fires were successfully
brought under con t r 01. The
number of acreas which might
have been burned over had fire
fighters not been available is im
possible to estimate, Woodward
stated.
The city fire department an
swered a grass fire call to John
son Hill Wednesday afternoon,
Rodney Flovd said. No damage
was reported.
Another call was made to the 1
vicinity of the J. G. Hunt resi
dence on Washington Street
Wednesday afternoon when a
brush and grass fire threatened
several houses in the vicinity.
Floyd reported that the fire was
brought under control without
property damage.
City and county officials warn
: ed citizens to be extra-cautious
; during this season, since both
Home and forest fires will re
' main precarious for sevetai
: weeks.
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Covington Lions Will
Meet Tonite at Red
Oak "Turkey Supper"
The Covington Lions Club is
holding a regular meeting tonight
(Thursday) at Heard-Mixon
School, beginning at 6:30 P m
The Lions are cooperating with
the ladies of the Red Oak Metho- i
dist Church in their attempt, to |
add to the building fund of
|their church. *
, vices will be held for the scouts
at 8.45 in the auditorium.
All vehicle® will leave and
’ ; travel in a motorcade to Savan
■ nah, Meyer stated. There will be
I a lead and trail vehicle which will
serve to control the motorcade.
lEn route the scouts will ea-t a
picnic lunch, each scout bringing
his own lunch.
Poet 222. Covington, will have
the worship service at Camp
Stracham Sunday night.
The scouts are expected to
arrive back in Covington on
Wednesday afternoon, March 17.
A typical schedule for each
day there follows:
7:00 A. M. — 8:00 A. M. Break
fast.
Moonshine Still Como’ete With Housekeeping Facilities Captured
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NEWTON COUNTY officer* are shown at the bootleg whiskey
still raided last week in the eastern pari oof the county. County
। Policeman Henry Odum Jr., right, and Sheriff John Berry, left,
combined efforts in the raid. County Commissioner Tom Bates.
। center, looks over th* extensive operation. In the lower right
s 8:00 A. M — 8:30 A. M. Police
। Camp
i 8:30 A. M. Flag Ceremony (All
- Units assemble at Flag Pole)
> 8:45 A. M. Inspection by Senior
1 Patrol Leader’s and Unit Lead
ers.
i 9:00 A. M — 12:00 Activities
t 12:00 N — 1:00 P. M. Lunch
1:00 P. M. — 2:00 P. M. Rest
> Period.
) 2:00 P. M. — 5:30 P. M. Activi
ties %
> 5:30 P. M. Retreat
i 6:00 P. M. — 7:30 P. M Supper
7:30 P. M. Troop Camp fire and
i evening program.
8:45 P. M. Unit Leederr Meet
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I 10:30 P. M Taps.
SBOOO Estimated Value
Os Equipment, Supplies
Newton County Sheriff John Berry and County Police
man Henry Odum Jr. raided here last week one of the biggest
bootleg whiskey stills ever found in the county. J. B. Rals
ton, of Atlanta, was arrested at the site of the still in the
eastern part of the county. At the same time, Albert Glover,
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County-wide
Junior High All-
Stars Named
By Josephine Heard
The Junior High Tournament .
was held last week on March 4,5, ।
and 6. It was played at the New-, -
ton High Gym. On Thursday and
, Friday games were played to see ,
I who would participate in the
finals Saturday.
, Palmer-Stone and Livingston
i boys and girls p'ayed a consola-
I tion game Saturday night to see
’ I who would get third place. The
! I Palmer-Stone girls and Livings
ton boys won. Afterwards the
Covington and Porterdale girls
; played to see who would win first
The Porterdale girls won and the
Covington girls got second place.
Then the Covington boys got
first place and the Porterdale boys
1 goe second place.
I After the games, the following
were selected as All-star players
for the County. They were pre- j
e sen ted with gold basketballs. The
girls were Warren, Livingston; I
1 Curtis. Porterdale, Stephenson,
Covington; McKay, Covington;
r Heard, Covington, Shaw, Porter
dale; Kite, Porterdale; Allgood.
Palmer-Stone: Davenport and S.
Hays, Livingston.
5 The boys were Williams. Palm
er-Stone: Campbell, Covington;:
Laster, Porterdale; Holcombe,
Livingston; Hays. Porterdale;
* Gray. Livingston; Bailey, Palmer-
Stone.
Afterwards tihe trophies were
r awarded
I The Junior High teams of New
ton County have had a very pros-
• perous season, and will probably
turn out some good material to
the high school next year.
corner of the picture can be seen a portion of the big tent
(Army squad tent) in which the operators had sleeping and
eating facilities. In the center is the boiler and cooker. To the
left can be seen a few of the 220-gallon hogsheads in which the
beer was fermenting.
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Negro, was taken in custody.
Electricity for the still’s opera
tion came from Glover's home,
some 600 yards from the still.
Both men are free on SIOOO
bond each.
Sheriff Berry quoted Ralston
as saying the still could produce
300 gallons of moonshine a day.
Thirty-four hogshead of beer,
220 gallons each, were at vari
ous stages of fermentation at
the time of the raid. Several
were ready for distillation. The
sheriff reported that Ralston
said the voltage coming from the
Glover house was low and that
auxiliary power was necessary.
Two men who brought in an
auxiliary gasoline-operated elec
tric generator eluded the peace
officers when the unit was de
livered late Wednesday of last
week. The unit and a pick-up
truck were abandoned by the
men. Bloodhounds failed to find
the unoonshiners.
Other property confiscated at
the site include two electric
water pumps, one gasoline-pow
ered mash pump which kept the
distillery supplied with beer, 15
drums of fuel oil used to fir?
the boiler, 45 100 lb. bags of
sugar, 1200 yards of heavy elec
tric wire, a squad tent (complete
> with sleeping and cooking fa
; cilities), miscellaneous quanti
i ties of food, 200 cases of half
gallon glass jars, an army type
truck, numerous bags of malt
and meal (corn and rye), and
other equipment and tools used
to operate the still. County Po
liceman Odum estimated the
original value of the property
at SB,OOO.
Sheriff Berry stated that he
believed the still had been in
its present location, on James
Cooper’s place, for about five
weeks. The sheriff said that
Cooper asserted he knew noth
ing of the operation. Numerous
still sites indicated that opera
tions had been carried on for a
year or two in the area, Berry
said. He stated that the last run
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