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VOLUME 90
NF HOMES SUB-DIVISION LIKELY FOR CITY
County Red Cross Funds Drive Seeks S4IOO
Fuller and Katz)
Urge Support
For Campaign
Herbert Katz, Chairman, 1954
Campaign for Members and
Funds, Newton County Chapter
American Red Cross, announced
' Wednesday that every effort will
be made to complete the annual
campaign in Newton County
next week.
Volunteer workers are can
vassing throughout the County in
an effort to insure the success of
this drive. The Newton County
goal is s4llO.
Mr. Katz is especially anxious
that Committee Chairmen report
on results of the campaign at
the earliest possible date, and
urged contributors to contact I
him in the event they might j
have been missed during the
canvass.
John Fuller, Chairman of the j
Newton County Chapter, in an ,
open letter to the NEWS this
week cited the 1954-55 budget
and explained the services of
the local chapter. "A lack of
funds has handicapped local
operations during the past cou- j
pie of years,” Mr. Fuller said, ■
and he urged strong support in I
this year’s drive.
Mr. Fuller added: “To carry
on its traditional services to the
armed forces at home and
abroad, its services to veterans,
its blood program for civilian
hospitals and for defense, its dis- ।
aster relief activities, and many ■
other important programs, the
Red Cross must have funds. This
is Red Cross campaign month, 1
join generously.” (
Pointing to the recent storm
disaster in Georgia, Mr. Fuller j
called attention to Red Cross aid. (
"The Red Cross conducted dis
aster relief operations in 45 ‘
states last year, and in the spring
tornadoes last year gave emer- <
gency mass care — food, shelter,
first aid — to 24,900 disaster
victims. Approximately 70 cents j 1
of every Red Cross disaster re- I
lief dollar is spent for rehabilita- I;
tion aid in the local community, i (
and is given on the basis of need
to victims who cannot finance
their own rehabilitation without I
hardship”, he continued.
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Rev. Trobaugh Speaks
To Rotary Club Here
Rev. W. P. Trobaugh. pastor of
five Methodist churches in New
ton County was the guest speak
er at the Tuesday luncheon meet
ing of the Covington Rotary Chib.
He was introduced to the group
by Irving Dietz, program chair
man. Mr. Trobaugh spoke on
“Life's Great Questions.”
Visitors at the meeting were
Mrs. Frances Koeth, Red Cross
representative and Newton High
i Coach James Rogers.
| the public to attend these and all
services of the First Methodist
Church.
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FORTY-FIVE voices join in singing the praises of Mrs. Alcie
Penick, director of the Girls Glee Club of Newton County High.
The choral group returned from the State Music Festival at
Athens last week with a superior, or number 1 rank. Shown are,
front row, left to right: Elaine Hornbuckle, Patricia McGuire,
Ruth Thomaston, Helen Thomas, Totsie Fowler, Mrs. M. S.
Penick—Director. Joyce Lee, Katherine Fincher, Jo Ann Gwin,
Ann Madden, Leigh Skinner. Second row: Ptggy Crews, Marcha
Lott. Patty Lee Knight. Connie Goodrich, Dianne Austin, Donnie
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Home Demonstration
Fashion Show Scheduled
The Home Demonstration
Council will sponsor a county
wide Fashion Show of the Home
Demonstration Club members and
the 4-H Club members on April
2nd at 2:30 o'clock at the Ameri
can Legion Building. The follow
ing groups will be in competition
of Home Demonstration members:
Group one-Sack Dress; Group
two-House Dress: Group three-
Sport or Casual: Group four-
Dressy; Group five-Tiny Tots
(pre-school age); Group six-New
Retail Sales In
County Million
Plus Each Month
Retail purchases in Newton
County amounted to $1,042,931
in October, 1953: $1,193,513 in
November, 1953 and sl.l/5,519
in December, 1953. County sales
for December, 1952 were $1,212,-
903. These figures were released
today m the latest in the series
of Retail Sales Reports prepared
by the Georgia State Chamber
of Commerce from official stat
istics of the Georgia Department
of Revenue.
Statewide buying in the fourth
quarter of 1953 was up nearly
gi/2% over the third quarter.
State retail sales ran $294,295,-
758 in October. $294,307,397 in
November and $354,378,039 in
December. Georgia retailers reg
istered better than a 2% gain in
December 1953 over the same
month of the previous year.
Walter Cates. Executive Vice
President of the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce, pointed
out in issuing the Retail Sales
Report that the figures furnish
further evidence that Georgians
are not "depressionminded".
"Better merchandise and bet
ter selling methods bv Georgia
businessmen are reflected in this
confidence of the customei
which keeps our state sales
volume on a high—and still grow
ing level.” Cates said.
R. 0. Arnold Re-elected
Board of Regents Head
The Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia re
elected R O. Arnold of Covington
to a fourth term as chairman of
the body at a meeting l^st week.
I’his is Ml Arnold's filth term on
me Board 4 Regents.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1954
Hats; Group seven-Restyled Hats,
and Group. eight-Restyled Gar
ments.
Mrs. Henry Adams, County
Clothing Chairman, will be the
narrator.
The 4-H Junior girls will model
skirt sand school frocks which they
have made. The Senior 4-H girls
i will model the dresses which they
have designed.
The judges will be Mrs. Ann
rCook, Home Demonstration Agent
from Walton County; Miss Mary
Mrs. John I. Alford Returned
To State Baptist M Post
Kiwanians Hold
Ladies Night
Prograto Mar. 25
A Tidies Nighir program will
be held next Thursday night,
March 25, for the Covington Ki
wanis Club. The affair will be
। held in the cafeteria at Newton
; County Hign School, and will be- 1
! gin at 7 o’clock.
Bobby Edge, of Lawrenceville,
will present a piano program,
and Miss Emma Sue Alford, of
1 Palmetto, niece of Mr. and Mrs.
John I. Alford will also appear
on the program.
William E. Nall, member of
' the faculty of Newton County .
High School, ( was the guest
speaker at last week's meeting,
held at Legion Hall. The speak
er discussed counseling and guid
ance in the following areas: edu-1
c.tional; vocational; personal;
economic; and health. Mr. Nall
was presented by Homer F.
Sharp. ,
Mrs. Hugh McDonald render
ed several vocal selections, and
was introduced by Kiwanian C.
D. Ramsey Jr.
R. O. Arnold offered a resolu
tion that Kiwanians attend
church once each Sunday dur-1
ing April. The resolution was
passed. I
Visitors at th’ meeting in- ,
eluded: Rev. Edgar A. Callaway. ’
the guest of Wendell Crowe; W. .
J. Dickey Jr., the guest of His
father. W. J. Dickey; and Wil- I
Him 1. Allgood, the guest of ’
j Marcus I
Mulhns, Marlene Meadows, Opal Watkins, Shirley McGiboney
Minnee Lou Davis. Third row: Yvonne Bailey, Anita Oldham
Emily Eady, Nan Smith, Jean Parker, June Capps, Sybil Moblev'
Eleanor Chesnut, Yvonne Elder, Hazel Ann Rowe. Fourth row-'
Nancy Polson, Jo Ann Bonner, Sara Lois Berch. Jean Roberts
Eleanor Moss, Davilyn Bohannon, Ernestine Mann. Fifth row-
Betty Hunt, Dianne Capes, Faye Greer, Peggy Stallworth. Gloria
Gray. Nancy Knight. Sixth row: Carol Sammons, Connie Mutiner
See story on page 9.
Sanders. Home Demonstration
Agent from Jasper County; Miss
Betty Turner, Home Demonstra
tion Agent from Troupe County,
and Mrs. Jessie Hardy, Home De
monstration Agent from Guinett
County.
Mrs. Hazel Malone, Home De
monstration Agent, of Newton
County requests that the dresses
be brought into her office by
noon on March 31 so that they
can be grouped.
Mrs. John I. Alford was re
elected president of the Baptist
Women’s Missionary Union, of
the State of Georgia, last Wed
nesday at the state meeting held
at Albany. This will be the third
straight year for Mrs. Alford to
hold this high office.
Mrs. Alford is a member of the
Calvary Baptist Church at Cov
ington Mills. She organized the
missionary society at Calvary
Church in 1937 and since 1941
। it has been a full graded WMU
। organization and for 12 years
has rerached the high standard
of A-L Only ten other unions in
the state have reached this
standard. There ce over 103,000
members in the whole WMU.
I Every department of the
WMU showed gains for the past
vear. Camp Pinnacle, located
.near Clayton and owned by the
WMU. reported 2100 campers last
summer. Purchase of the South
Georgia Camp near Brunswick,
on the coast, is a project which
is being emphasized for this year.
The WMU hopes to have this
camp ready for use in 1955.
| Several from the Baptist
churches here attended parts of
the meeting at Albany last week
where there were over 2200 reg
is'ered for the full three days of
conferences.
( Employment Service
Representative Here
' A representative of the Geor
gia State Employment Service
will be in Covington on Friday.
March If), 1954, *4 the Court
house at 9:30 a m. to discuss job
|insurance with applicants. |
A. H. Hamby Gets
Commendation
From Governor
A M Hamby of Route 1,
Social Circle, has received let
ters of commendation from Gov
ernor Herman Talmadge and
the commanding officer of the
Naval Air Station at Chamblee.
Captain J. H. S. Johnson, for
Hamby's heroic efforts in res
cuing Lt. Commander James B
Kisner from his burning crashed
plane in January.
Governor Talmadge said, “1
simply want to express to you
my profound gratitude on be
half of all the citizens of this
State for your meritorious ac
tion. It is a pleasure and in
spiration to know that we have
such courageous citizens as you 1
residing in this State.”
The citation from Captain
Johnson reads in part: “Your
unhesitating action and disre
gard for personal safety in the
face of great danger contribute
, materially to saving a life that
| probably would have been lost
without your aid. The action on
your part was m accordance
i with the highest traditions of
i the Naval Service.”
Covington Junior High Group Get Music Honors
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MiSS FLETCHER LOU LUNSFORD ic shown with four Covington Junior High School music
nupils who attended the state Music Festival last week in Athens and returned with musical honors
to Covin-tor. L: tc hl: Miss Lunsford. Greer Stephenson, superior award; Donald Smith,
i excellent; Dennis Trimpi, superior; and Elise Goode, superior.
Residences Are For Private
Ownership; FHA Financed
Citizens of Covington and the area were pleased to learn
this week of plans well under way for a new residential
sub-divison on the south side of the eity. Hiram Ellis, Cov
ington contractor, announced that plans for a low-cost
FHA housing project on the west side of Monticello Street
Mrs. Ben Reed
Burial Friday
Mrs." Ben Reed, 83. beloved,
life-long' resident of Covington,
died at her home on Church
I Street, Wednesday morning, fol-
I lowing an extended illness.
The deceased, the former Miss
Willie Dorsett, was a descendant
of the pioneer WiHiams family,
of Oxford, on the maternal side.
She was lovingly * known as
“Miss Willie" to her neighbors
and friends, who were legion.
Her outstanding characteristic
W'as her ardent spirit of service
to others; and multiple Newton
County homes have known the
comfort of her ministry in times I
of sorrow, need and illness. In ’
fact, the only part of her long
illness, which covered a period
of approximately eight years,
which burdened her heart was
her inability to meet the needs
of her neighbor—who was any
one who needed her services.
Her husband, Ben Reed, one
। time Covington merchant, pre
ceded her in death by several
years. They spent their years to
gether in the home in which she
was born and in which she lived
until the time of her death.
Survivors include four sons: |
1 Carl Reed, Covingtop; Harold.
Reed. Leo Reed, and Fred Reed
of Detroit, Mich.
Funeral services will be held
lin Covington First Methodist
Church, where her membership
1 was, and in which she held an
honorary Life Membership of the
WSCR. Friday afternoon, at 3:00
o’clock with interment at Coving
• ton Cemetery. J. C. Harwell and
Son is in charge of arrangements.
The NEWS joins hosts of
friends in extending sympathy
to the bereaved family.
Music Pupils of Mrs.
Goode Receive Honors
Mrs. M. E. Goode carried three
of her piano pupils to the district:
' meet at the University of Georgia I
Athens, lasi Tuesday, all three of
them received excellent rank.
These girls are Claire Palmer.
Florence Fowler and Emily Eady.
Mrs. Goode reported the judges
were very praiseworthy of these
contestants and said they are all
j mus-ie major material.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1953
Better Newspaper
Contests
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is just about complete. Approxi
mately 26 houses will be con
structed in the project. Ellis re
ported Miat all residents will be
for sale It will not be a rental
project, he stated.
Entrance to the project will be
a, new street cut west from Monti
cello Street between Mr. Ellis's
home and the Stokes place.
The Covipgton City Council
took action last week to construct
water and sewerage lines in the
new sub-divisions. Fire hydrants
will be installed throughout the
area.
The project will occupy nine
acres, Ellis stated. The streets will
be laid off essentially on the
square. FHA inspectors were
expected in this week to give the
final approval on the beginning of
the project, the contractor report
ed. Construction will get under
way in the near future, Ellis said.
The houses will be frame struc
tures. Landscaping will be com
plete throughout the project.
With this major addition to the
residential capacities of the city,
several have ventured that the
population of Covington. wHI rise
as an immediate result.
Methodist Youth
BB Tournament
At Porterdale
By Jo Ann Crowell.
The Newton-Rockdale M Y F,
I Sub-District basketball touma
(ment will be played at Porter
dale on March 18 and 19. Th?
games will start at 7:00 P. M.
The first game on the 18th will
be between Salem and Oxford;
the second game will be between
Milstead and Prospect; the third
game of the evening will be be
between Almon and the winner of
Salem, Oxford game.
On Friday night, March 19,
there will be two games played
The first game will be between
Salem girls and Milstead girls,
the winner to receive the Sub-
District girls basketball trophy.
The second game which was play
ed on Thursday night. The win
ner of this game will receive the
Sub-District boys basketball
trophy.
It is the hope of the Sub-District
that as many members of the
M. Y. F. as possibly can will at
tend these games.
NUMBER 12