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VOLUME 90
SH .£ CHANTERS AT SALEM CAMP MEETING
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41 or Chamber Os Commerce Organized Here
Tom V/iley Elected First
President Os Jaycees
..3 k™ 33 y ’ ■ Covington businessman associated
with his father in I. T. Wiley Grocery Store, was elected
president of the Newton County Junior Chamber of Com
merce organized here Monday night. Other officials of the
Jaycees elected at the meeting are: Don Ballard, first vice
County Line
Baptist Church
Revival Aug. 18
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HUGH F. PYLE
Evangelist Hugh F. Pyle of
Wheaton, 111., will conduct a re
vival campaign in the County
Line Baptist Church near Porter
dale, beginning Wednesday, Aug
ust 18 and going through the
29. Mr. Pyle is associate Evang
elist to Dr. John B. Rice, editor
of the “Sword of the Lord” at
Wheaton. The “Sword” is the
Evangelistic sermon weekly with
the largest circulation of any
gospel paper in America.
Until recently Evangelist Pyle
was the pastor of the Cove Bap
tist Church in Panama City, Fla.
where his church grew from 30
members to nearly 800 in less
than two and a half years. Before
that he pastored the large Brent
Baptist Church of Pensacola,
Fla., where more than 1000 mem
bers were added to the church
under his leadership. He has
conducted daily radio broadcasts
of the gospel for several years
and has been a leader in the
popular Youth-for-Christ move
ment.
The nursery will be open each
evening for the small children.
Services will be held each
morning at 11 o’clock and each
evening at 7:45 p. m.
Homecoming Day will be held
Sunday, August 22.
I would like to take this op
portunity to express my appre
ciation to the Hospital Author
ity for the wonderful job they
have done. They have given of
their time and energy to help
make this dream come true.
Your Commissioner hac tried to
co-operate with the authority
in every way possible and it has
been a pleasure to work with
them. As you will recall, the
hospital authority was already
in existence when I went in
office. I think it is only fair and
fitting that Mr. Ike Robinson be
thanked and congratulated on
having selected such a fine
authority. For those of you who
do not know, I would like to
list the names of those who
served on the authority and to
express my appreciation to them
and to John Jernigan who serv
ed as their Legal Advisor: L. J.
Moore, Leon Cohen, Mrs. Aubra
Sherwood, S. A. Ginn and B. B.
Snow.
i As I have said, yowr e ol *'
■ misaioner has done all within
hie power to ao-operate and be
(Kfliriiujton Netus
■ president; J. D. Russell, second
vice president; Louis Murrill,
secretary; Dee Gibbs, treasurer;
Joel Bowen, Robert Ballard,
John Girvan and W. I. Allgood,
directors.
Officials from Atlanta who as
sisted the organization of the
local Jaycee chapter are Gus
Wilson, state representative of
the International Jaycee; Carl
Perkison and Bill Teasley from
the South Fulton organization;
and Vic Hewes, a national di
rector of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Belmont Dennis, editor and
publisher of the Covington
NEWS, spoke to the organiza
tional group on the need of a
Jaycee organization in Newton
County. He pointed out that the
new organization need not sup
plant or replace any civic group
in the county; rather, the Jay
cees should supplement and help
I all other groups here to make
| Newton County a still better
place in which to live, Mr. Den
nis continued.
Mr. Wiley pledged to the new
club and to the citizens of the
county his best efforts toward
accomplishing the propects of
the Jaycees,
Other members at the organi
zational meeting were: Fred
Kitchens, Dr. W. B. Dobbs, Leon
Walton, Frank Christian, Barn
ard Loyd, Edward Hill, Hap
Fincher, Harold Bailey, Emmett
McElroy, Loyd Alexander and
Bill Simmons.
Bill Simmons is chairman of
the membership committee. Loyd
Alexander is chairman of the
publicity committee. Other com
mittee chairmen will be an
nounced later.
The Jaycees will meet each
Monday night at 7:30 for the
next few weeks in the basement
room of the Masonic Temple in
Covington. All interested men
are invited to meet with the
group, President Wiley reported.
Homecoming, Revival
At Mt. Zion Baptist
Homecoming Day will be held
at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Sunday, August 15.
Revival services will begin on
this date with services each even
ing at 7:45 p.m. The Rev. O. D.
Mullinax, pastor, will be the
preacher for the revival services.
Everyone is invited to attend
any and all of these sevices.
as helpful as possible to bring
about the completion of the hos
pital. The committee has told
me that it will require an es
timated $12,500 per year to op
erate the hospital. For the ser
vice that this institution will
render to our community, this
sum will be small. In order for
the county to supply this amount
it will be necessary for the taxes
to be raised 2 mills. The county
advisory board and I have giv
en much time and thought to
the matter and this seems to be
the only solution. It is our be
lief that the citizens of Newton
County will be glad to have
this small increase when the
money is earmarked for such a
' worthy cause.
The Newton County Hospital
‘ is something of which w. can
' all be proud, it is the peoples
• hospital and without your eo
-1 operation and well wishes it
. would not have become a real
ity.
Sincerely,
( TOM M. BATES
, ( County Commissioner
Covington's Home-Owned and Home-Operated Newspaper
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954
Several of Leaders at Salem Camp Meeting at McCord Board
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HARRY McCORD, Atlanta businessman, continues his father's practice of entertaining friends at
the Salem Camp Meeting each summer at Sunday dinner. Here a group of the leader* of this
year's meeting, which ends Friday night, are shown enjoying Mr. McCord's hospitality. Left to
right, they are: Dr. V. Y. C. Eady, (standing) dean of Emory at Oxford: Dr. E. G. Mackay, district
superintendent of Decatur-Oxford Methodist Church; Mrs. Eady; Mrs. Arthur Moore; Mrs. Mackay;
C. D. Ramsey, chairman of Salem Evangelical Campaign; Mrs. Ramsey; Dr. Hansell Stembridge,
pastor of First Baptist Church, Forest City, N. C.; Bishop John Branscomb, of the Florida Methodist
Conference; and Bishop Arthur J. Moore of Georgia.
Covington Lions Club Hunts
White Elephants for Auction
The Lions Club ot Covington
are hunting white elephants
again this year, according to a
letter from club president, Jack
L. Chapman.
This big game hunt is for the
purpose of rounding up merchan
dise for the club’s annual auct
ion. The local civic group has
used this means as their major
fund raising program each year.
Mr. Chapman stated that the
auction will be held at the Cov
ington High School gymnasium
on the nights of August 26-27,
beginning at 8 p. m.
Walker Harris, chairman of
the campaign to secure the mer
chandise, both new and old, in
good repair, reported that the
Lions Club still needs a con-
Laster, Band Members Showing
Excellent at All-Star Game
Jimmy Laster, Newton County
High School football star, em
erged from Friday night’s North-
South All-Star game at Grant
Field, Atlanta, with more honors
for himself and the high school
he represented, in spite of hav
ing a neck injury in a practice
game which kept him from
playing offensively and threat
ened to keep him from playing
entirely.
The 44 star players selected
by popular vote with others
chosen by school coaches entered
Tech, Thursday, July 29 lor their
intensive training. Eeach day
they were up at 6:30 for one
and one half hour’s practice,
then at 4 p. m. another two
hour practice. Jimmy was sched
uled and practicing to play both
offensive and defensive positions.
During a practice game he re
ceived a neck injury which kept
him from practice for almost
the entire time.
Friday night, only hoping to
be permitted to play for a few
minutes, he was placed in right
side back, on defense, and play
ed almost the entire defensive
game. In this position he made
several tackles.
During the 4th quarter he in
tercepted a pass from Snipes
to Bass, on the North five-yard
line, carrying the ball back to
the 35 yard line. It was from
this point Joe DeLany’s pass set
up the final and clinching score
of 12-0 for the North team.
Jimmy is the first boy from
Newton County High School to
ever play on the All-Star team.
He stated: "I hope there will
be others to have the happy
( privilege of being on the future
siderable amount of goods in
order to achieve the same suc
cess as enjoyed at the affair last
year.
The two eivic leaders stated
that donors may contact any
member of the Covington Lion’s
Club to make contributions of
merchandise and/or services.
Mr. Chapman stated that the
auction will continue on each
night as long as the crowd shows
interest.
No admission will be charged,
and door prizes will be given on
each night of the auction.
Reports from last year’s auc
tion indicate the civic club of
fered provided much merri
ment and real buys in merchand
ise and services.
teams. It is an experience and
chance no boy should miss. The
coaches are the best and the
boys trained in the finest way.
I would not take anything for
having had the opportunity to
play with the team. Os the fine
players on both teams Joe De-
Lany, Wilbur Lofton and Mike
Anderson were the three most
impressive.”
Jimmy, 18, la the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Tom Laster erf Por
terdale. He will enter college at
Auburn, Alabama, August 31,
having been given a football
scholarship to Auburn when he
completed Newton High this
spring. With him when he plays
quarterback on the Auburn
team will be eight of the boys
from Friday night’s game. Three
of these, Joe Roland of Hartwell,
Garfield Cobb and Gene Turn
er of Toccoa, were Jimmy’s op
ponents during high school
game*.
Also well repreaenttog Newton
High School were the selected
members of the band which
helped to compose the 80 piece
band made up of band members
from north Georgia schools with
40 of the best majorettes. These
groups presented a pre-game
program as well as playing dur
ing the game. The Newton High
“Swingettes”, under Mr. Fer
ren’s direction, entertaining the
crowd during time out periods.
Selected to play In this group
were: Gerald Dimsdale, Glenn
Hamby, John Paul Adams,
Wayne Kirk, Woody Moroock,
Don Paty, Nadia Shaw, Patsy
Shirah, Henry Odum, Freeman
(Continued on page Nineteen)
Eastern Star 337
Seeks Invalid Chair
Mrs. J. M. Allison. Worthy
Matron of the Order of the
Eastern Star Chapter 337,
reported this week that the
organisation is looking for an
invalid chair for the use of an
old lady who needs it badly.
Mrs. Allison urged anyone who
knows of the location of an
idle invalid chair to cantact
her.
At the same time Mrs. Al
lison reported that the fish
fry held last Saturday was an
outstanding success and thank
the hundreds of people who
contributed to the success.
Newton Retail
Sales Total
$1,137,960 in May
Retail sales in Newton County
amounted to $1,137,960 during
the month of May, according to
the latest Retail Sales Report is
sued by the Georgia State Cham
ber of Commerce. This compares
with April sales for the County
totaling $1,238,345 and May 1953
sales amounting to $1,140,563.
For the entire state, May busi
ness totaled $308,200,014 showing
an increase of $7,290,035 over the
previous month and an increase
of $9,918,648 over May 1953 sales.
“Among the important factors
contributing to this encouraging
sales report was the increased em
ployment and earnings in Geor
gia during May.” said Walter
Cates, executive vice president of
the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce,
Newton High Band
Has Openings;
Practice Begun
Several openings exist for pros
pective band members in the
Newton County Band, according
to Francis C. Perry, director. In
struments and instruction will be
furnished at no cost to the stu
dent. Some of the instruments
open are, bass drum, cymbols,
french horn (4) flute, baritone
(2). The director is particularly
suited to instruction on the french
horn, this being his major in
strument.
Anyone desiring to play with
the band should contact Mr.
Perry immediately.
The band has begun rehearsals
for next season. Meetings are at
7:00 am. daily at the football
field.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1953
Contests
Kiwanians Have Ladies
Night Program Thursday
The Shrine Chanters of the Atlanta Yaarab Temple will
be featured at the closing service at Salem Camp Meeting
Friday night. The prominent musical group will give a 45-
minute program prior to the preaching. Due to the length
of the program, it will start at 7:30, instead of at 8 o’clock,
the usual starting hour.
The Covington Kiwanis Club
will hold a ladies night on
Thursday night at Salem. Ki
wanians and their wives and
guests plan to have dinner at
the Salem’Hotel before the even
ing service.
Rev. H. Hamsel Stembridge
will preach at both services.
Made up of prominent Atlanta
businessmen, the Chanters have
won national and international
acclaim for their excellence.
They are rated among the most
famous men choral groups in the
world.
The Chanters program will
consist of group spirituals, solos,
duets and other religious songs.
A capacity crowd is expected for
the service.
Unusually large crowds have
attended the services through
out the week.
Bishop John Branscomb and
Rev. Stembridge have shared
the pulpit during the meeting.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore preach
ed at the Sunday morning ser
vice.
Harry Y. McCord, Atlanta
businessman and civic leader,
continued his genial practice of
entertaining many Salem friends
at Sunday dinner after the Sun
day noon service, an affair which
was begun years ago by his
father.
The Salem Board of Trustees
held its annual meeting at the
Salem Woman’s Club Wednesday
afternoon.
Kiwanians Will
Attend Salem
Meeting Tonight
The Covington Kiwanis Club
will attend Salem Camp Meet
ing tonight (Thursday). A din
ner at the hotel at Salem, with
Kiwanians entertaining wives
and guests, will precede attend
ance at the evening worship ser
vice.
A report on Girls State was
made at the regular weekly
meeting of the club, held last
Thursday at Legion Home.
Misses Emily Eady, De Ann
Pace, Nancy Jane Stephens, Bob
by Bates, Rachael Wells, and
Jane Studdard were presented
and reported various activities
and experiences in conjunction
with Girls State.
The young ladies were elected
to represent Newton County
High at Girls State by members
of last year’s junior class.
Festive Board at Salem Camp Meeting
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SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY was enjoyed by a large crowd at the
Harry McCord dinner at Salem Camp Ground Sunday. Pictured
are, left to right: Jack Swann, Atlanta; Mercer Hull, vice president
of Bank of Rockdale; Carl Sims, president of Bank of Rockdale:
Mrs. Sims; Lewis Summers, Covington businessman; Dr. Hanaell
Stembridge, Baptist preacher of Forest City, N. C., one of the
speakers at the camp meeting; and Bishop John Branscomb of
Florida, another speaker at this year's Salem meeting.
NUMBER 33
Rotary District
Governor Lauds
Local Club Work
Rotary District Governor Hugh
Hill of Savannah praised here
Tuesday the Covington Rotary
Club for its outstanding work.
“The Covington Rotary Club has
come to really symbolize the
principles of Rotary,” the cviic
club official stated.
Mr. Hill spoke to the local
Rotarians after having heard
their annual reports on Monday
evening at a meeting in the
Teen-Can. The district governor
was presented a shirt made in
Covington; the presentation was
made by the club’s sergeant-at
arms, Aubra Sherwood.
Guests at the Tueday meeting
were: Bishop John Branscomb,
Belmont Dennis, Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Garrison of Marietta,
and W. I. Allgood.
Veterans Business
Course May Start
Veterans and non-veterans in
terested in a business course,
please contact the Veterans
Service office. Classes will be
held at night. All business sub
jects will be taught in the
course. The office is located in
the basement of the Courthouse,
phone number 2122.
For some veterans, August 20.
1954, is the cut-off date for edu
cational training under PL 550.
August 20, 1954, or 2 years after
discharge or separation from ser
vice, whichever is the later date
is the date that veterans under
PL 550 must begin their educa
tional training.
Homecoming Day At
Stewart Baptist Church
Homecoming Day will be held
at Stewart Baptist Church Aug
ust 15th with revival services
beginning on that day and con
tinuing through August 22nd.
Rev. Willie Foster, pastor, will
preach each night at these ser
vices which begins at 8 p. m.
The public is invited to at
tend.