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By THE OFFICE BOY
Now folks this shoe nuff is
ae Office Boy at last er writin
a column. I been pesterin the
Boss all these years to write and
his better reckonin and exeke
tive figgirin keeps a good feller
too long jest sweepin up. So he
got like a friend of yourn what
come home and loused his self
down in a chair with a squid
uof terbacker in his jaw, er spittin
smart lak, yelier terbacker juice
slap across the porch and feelin
bigger then us neighbors knowd
he wuz. He hollered at 2 year
ole Joe and sed “Hamme er
glass er water” — Joe jes looked
at his Pa and moved narry er
inch. “Don’t youns hand me no
water! Youns got to mind me
one way er another.”
Gess the Boss just give in to
let me write you this week what
has et on my innards fer some
speel.
Now everybody nose skool
larnin fits yer fer being som
body but I got my own habus
corpus about that. All us
younguns growed up and weuns
ain’t got no sending off to other
parts o’ the cuntry case this
part aint got schoolin good
enough fer us. All I ken see is
the moster of um comes back
er friskin and er puttin on airs
and thay own skool mates don’t
know that kinder Yankee talk
they don larnt.
I'm jimswizzled if we ain’t
plumb er shamed av that kinder
folks, Tring to be what thay
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Alcoholic Clinic
Counselor Speaks
To Ministers Here
The Newton County Minister
ial Association will meet Mon
day at 10 a. m. in the First
Methodist Church Annex, Cov
ington,
Dr. Arthur Van Gibson, coun
selor for the Briarcliff Alcoholic
Clinic, Atlanta, will speak to
the group on “The Minister’s
Dealing with the Alcoholic,” ac
cording to the Rev. C. V. Hicks,
program chairman.
Radio Program on Blue
Cross Plan Tuesday
Mrs. Anna Laura Reid, Newton
County Hospital administrator,
reported that next week’s regular
Tuesday morning radio program
on WGFS at 7:30 will «*ncern the
Blue Cross plan, a non-profit hos
pitalization program. She stated
that John M. Galloway of Colum
bus will be on hand to discuss
the plan. The public is invited to
send in their questions to the
radio station in Covington for the
participants on the program to
answer.
Vole Leaders In Contest Shown
As First Period Nears the End
The battle for high votes is on in earnest!
The count of votes polled by contestants in The News’ $4,500
Subscription Contest was made at noon Wednesday for this stand
ing. It includes all votes turned in and credited, but is not an
actual count. Leaders for the prises are shown with enough votes
after their names to show their actual positions, according to
the contest rules.
This brings the contestants up to date on their standings. Many
could improve their positions by securing S2O clubs of subscrip
tions or getting enough subscriptions to complete clubs to get
the 275,000 club votes. Even the one with the lowest vote could
come to the front in a short time under the first period vote offer
which ends at ten o’clock Saturday night.
Twelve $9.00 subscriptions yield 2,600,000 votes.
Ten $6.00 subscriptions yield 1,025,000 votes.
Ten two year subscriptions yield 400,000 votes.
Ten one year subscriptions yield 340,000 votes.
MOW THEY STAND IN THE RACE TODAY
Newton District Contestants, alphabetically
Mrs. James Adams, 9 E. Palmetto, Porterdale 1,825,000
Mrs. Earnest Atkinson, Rt. 5, Covington 34,000
Mrs. Bessie Criswell, 35 Poplar, Porterdale 122,000
Mrs. A. C. Davis, Clarke St., Oxford 1,833,000
Mrs. Grady Hosch, 203 Elizabeth, Covington 1,838,000
Mrs. Henry L. Graves, Rt. 4, Covington 1.487,000
Mrs. Preston Johnson, Rt. 1, Covington 775,500
Mrs. B. A. Kitchens, 1106 West St., Covington 1.826,000
Mrs. John H. Latham, Rt. 2, Covington 1,192,000
Mrs. Horace Lunsford, 26 Hazel, Porterdale _ 901,500
A. H. Maloney, Rt. 5. Covington ■_ 1,750,000
Mrs. L. D. Pritchett, 912 Thompson, Covington 813,500
Rev. Wm. T. Trobaugh, 501 Adams, Covington 58.000
Mrs. Lois S. Turner, Rt. 2, Covington 1,809.000
Rockdale District Contestants
Mrs. W. S. Broadwell, Rt. 2, Conyers 1,836,000
Mrs. Ruby E. Chandler, Rt. 1, Lithonia 891,500
Mrs. Glenn Howard, Rt. 1, Conyers 98.000
Mrs. George E. Johnson, Rt. 2, Conyers 107,000
Mrs. J. C. King, Conyers 1,835,000
Mrs. Harold Thompson, Rt. 2, Conyers 1,834,000
Mrs. Mary Williams, Rt. 2, Conyers 1,625,500
NEGRO CONTESTANTS
Fannie Anderson. Soule St., Oxford 72,500
Ray Freeman, Fowler St., Covington 403,000
Susie Little, 2 Vaughn, Conyers ... . 465,000
Helen Norrington, 707 Washington, Covington 818,000
Anni* Mae Terrill, Lee St., Covington 619.500
Anna Carrie Roberts, 611 Avery, Covington 5,000
E rabeth Sheppard, Emory Rd., Oxford _ 5.000
Garrett Wade. Rt. 4. Covington .. 1,822.000
See Saturday Standing elsewhere in this paper.
VOLUME 90
TAP 3GE SPEAKS AT HOSPITAL DEDICATION
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Le &i- Sponsored .Fair Takes On Regional Air
Aii, , National Guard
Units lo Show Equipment
The American Legion Post 32 has made major strides
this year toward the development of a local fair which will
be regional in nature, according to Post Commander Lowell
Hipps. In addition to community, club and school exhibits,
as well as livestock exhibits and the L. J. Heth Shows, this
First Baptist
Homecoming
Sunday, Oct. 3
The First Baptist Church of
Covington will have a Home
coming Day Sunday, October 3,
according to Rev. E. A. Calla
waV, pastor of the church.
The Covington Church was 131
years old in June and all former
members, pastors, friends and
present members and friends are
invited to attend the first Home
coming held in this time. A bask
et lunch will be served on the
church lawn at noon and a reg
ular old fashioned get-together
of old friends will be enjoyed in
the afternoon.
The Sunday School Workers
Conference has set a goal of 535,
their full enrollment, for Sun
day School attendance Sunday
morning. Everyone is urged to
come in time to help reach this
goal.
An offering will be taken at
the church service for the build
ing fund for the Educational
Building of the church and it is
hoped construction can begin on
this annex in the near future.
Rev. and Mrs. Walker Combs
of Social Circle will be among
the out-of-town guests. Mr.
Comb* was pastor of the Coving
ton First Church for 35 years,
having retired at the time Rev.
Callaway assumed his duties as
pastor.
©outngintt Nms
year’s local fair will feature
major equipment of the Georgia
National Guard and the Georgia
Air National Guard, Mr. Hipps
reported. The fair starts Octo
ber 11 and goes through Octo
ber 16. ,
W. H. McKinney, county agent,
and Jack Wright, livestock hand
ler for the fair, state that live
stock exhibits this year will be
bigger and more representative
of the Newton County scene.
Mr, McKinney and Mrs. Hazel
Malone, home demonstration a
gent, have said that the com
munity and club booths will
demonstrate real community
spirit.
The school booth calls for an
80-foot educational exhibit from
the schools throughout the
county. Miss Louise Reeves, in
structional supervisor, is coor
dinating this booth.
The Heavy Mortar Company
of the 122 d Infantry, Georgia
Uational Guard will have an
indoor booth of its equipment
and training activity. The Tank
Company of the same regiment
will have one of its tanks and
75 rifles on exhibit. This latter
unit is stationed at Marietta.
The 179th Field Artillery of
Atlanta will show one of its
155 mm howitzers, one of the
heavy artillery pieces of the
ground forces. A track prime
mover will accompany the mam
moth weapon.
The 110th Fighter Bomber
Wing, Dobbins Air Force Base,
Georgia Air National Guard, at
Merietta, will have an indoor
exhibit of jet engines and other
phases of air training. On Satur
day, October 16, pilots of the
wing, commanded by Colonel
Bernard Davey, will fly over
Covington and the Legion Field
at low altitudes in the famed
F-84 jet fighter plane. The flight
is expected to consist of 16
jets. On the same afternoon, the
Air National Guard Band will
perform at the fair grounds on
Legion Field.
Mr. Hipps reported that the
Heth Shows are equipped with
new shows, more and better
rides and better equipment this
year.
A booth to be installed by the
Newton County Junior Chamber
of Commerce will exhibit pro
ducts manufactured and process
ed in the county, President Tom
Wiley reported. Jaycee Walker
Harris, in charge of the exhibit,
stated that such a demonstration
has not been given here in many
years, if ever, and that the av
erage citizen of the area will
be surprised at the multitude
of products processed or manu
factured here.
Methodist Church
Board Meets Sun.
The Rev. R. B. Hawkins, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
will preach Sunday, October 3
at the 11 o’clock service on
“What rt Means to Follow
Christ.”
His subject for the evening
service at 7:30 p. m., will be
“The True Meaning of Salvation.”
The official board of the church
will meet immediately after the
close of the evening service.
Garden Clubs Donate
Books to Library
Gifts to te Newton County
Library by the Miniature Gard
en Club and the Covington Gard
en Club offer another proof of
community cooperation. Books
on flower arrangement will be
bought and placed with others in
the Garden Center in the Lib
rary. Particularly will several
duplicate copies be obtained in
an effort to supply multiple de-
Covington's ONLY HOME -OWNED and HOME - OPERATED Newspaper
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1954
A Man Called Peter" Star Meets Presbyaterian Pastor
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RICHARD TODD, to^ left of inset, is shown meeting the Rev. M. B. Dendy, pastor of the Coving
ton Presbyterian Church. Mr. Todd is playing th* title rede in the picture "A Man Called Peter,"
■ Twentieth Century-Fox production being made of the book by the same name. The book concerns
the lite of the Rev. Peter Marshall who served the local church during the early 1930'5. The lower
scene was made during the actual filming last Friday and shows Mr. Todd, playing the role of
Hev. Marshall, bidding members of his congregation goodbye after a worship service. The film
company has spent several days in Covington, shooting scenes at the Presbyterian Church, the
First Methodist church (which will likely represent one of the several churches at which Rev.
Marshall preached) and numerous road and street scenes throughout Covington. A virtual army
of technicians, extras and helpers accompanied by truck loads of equipment have been on hand
here with the start of the picture, Mr. Todd, and his co-star. Miss Jean Peters, who plays the
role of Rev. Marshall's wife, Catherine. Mrs. Marshall wrote the best-seller book. Other pictures
of the film-making activities are found on page Son this issue of the NEWS.
Title Role of Man Called
Peter” In Proper Hands
(Ediior'i not*: It i« a plea
sure tor us to bring this inter
esting article written by Mar
garet Budd Stephenson (Mrs.
E. Lee Stephenson) who is a
member of the Covington
Presbyterian Church and was
a member at the time of Mr.
Marshall's pastorate here. The
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Coropration has done extensive
filming in Covington in the
past week for th* forthcoming
production "A Man Called
Peter," taken from the best
seller written by the Rev.
Peter Marshall's wife, Cathe
rine. Richard Todd, a British
actor plays the part of Mr.
Marshall, and Miss Jean
Peters, the part of Mrs. Mar
shall. The production is ex
pectd to be one of the major
productions of the firm's 1954-
55 season. We should like to
take this opportunity to thank
Mrs, Stephenson for taking
tirne to give us this intimate
glimpse of "A Man Called
Peto*.").
By Margaret Budd Stephenson
My father-in-law, Mr. John L.
Stephenson, says that the “Holly
wood Invasion”, currently up
setting automobile traffic, fam
ily schedules, (wives are much
too busy before the cameras
I to think of pre-
I paring meals),
and bringing
in scores of
visitors eagerly
watching “gla
mor at first
hand”, is the
i most exciting
thing that has
happened t o
। Covington since Sherman.
"A MAN CALLED PETER"
may be received in many towns
as just another tremendous
I Hollywood production, complete
witfi Technicolor and Cenema
scope and handsome stars. Miss
Jean Petero and Mr. Richard
Todd are unquestionably stars
in their own right. But to us
here in Covington, who knew
the real Peter and Catherine
Marshall,'there was a great deal
of dread that the’ actor, parti
cularly Mr. Todd, could not pos
sibly measure up to the qualifi
cations which we felt were re
quired by one attempting to play
such a well-known and widely
heard minister.
It was with mixed emotions
that I went over Friday after
noon to meet Mr. Todd. ‘‘No
one,’’ I said to myself, “could
possibly imhate the character
and speech of Peter Marshall
successfully”. And I almost stay
ed away.
Wh^t vast relief overflowed
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A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1953
Better Newspaper
Contests
Ceremony, Open House
Will Be Held October 17
Governor Herman Talmadge will deliver the main ad
dress at dedication exercises of the Newton County Hospital
in Covington on Sunday, October 17, according to Mrs.
Anna Laura Reid, administrator of the hospital. The program
will begin at 2:30 p. m. After the dedication ceremony, open
house will be held at the hos
pital-, and visitors will be in
vited to inspect the entire facil
ity, L. J. Moore, chairman of the
Hospital Authority, announced.
Other members of the authority
are: S. A. Ginn, vice chairman;
B. B. Snow, secretary; Mrs.
Aubra Sherwood and Leon
Cohen.
Sealed bids for the hospital
were accepted June 23, 1953,
with nine firms competing. The
contract was awarded the week
of August 10, 1953, and the
ground breaking took place a
week later. Construction costs
were set at $468,223, with total
cost set at $588,000. The 34-bed
structure was slated to be com
pleted in 365 days. Contractor
for the job has been A. C. Sam
ford Inc., with Aeck Associates,
architects. Federal funds through
the Hill-Burton Act have been
used in the construction of the
building.
On announcing the opening
date of the Newton County Hos
pital, Mrs. Reid also reported
the names of the personnel who
will man the new hospital. Re
gistered nurses will be: Miss
Katherine House, Mrs. Beatrice
Tribble, Mrs. Jane Lansburg and
Thelma Lakey * (colored).
Miss Peggy Jaynes will be the
charge nurse; Miss Martha
Moore, operating room supervi
sor; Miss Elizabeth Branham,
dietitian; Mrs. Cara Lee Fincher,
assistant dietitian; Miss Jean
Kinney, general office clerk;
Miss Nell Mitcham, bookkeeper
(parttime); Jack Moore, X-ray
and laboratory technician; Doyle
Bailey, maintenance; Mrs. Mary
Womack and Mrs. Doris Johnson,
white nurses’ aides; and Mrs.
Evelyn Hill, housekeeper.
Other personnel include Gus
sie Mae Burks and Lemmer
Pearl Kendricks, maids; Eliza
beth Sawyer, practical nurse;
Mozella Hah, nurses’ aide; and
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Newton Rams Meet Hartwell
In First Home Game Friday
By 808 GREER
Newton County’s Rams, after
a hard-fought loss at Newnan
last week 7-0, will usher in the
local gridiron season here Fri
day night against Hartwell.
Game time is 8 o’clock.
A fourth down pass in the
final two minutes of the first
half at Newnan spelled defeat
for Coach James Rogers’ boys.
Guy Arnall, star quarterback of
the Newnan team, took to the
air in an effort to score before
the half. The pay-off pass was
a JO-yard heave to End Shelby
Mapp in the end zone.. Mapp also
added the point from placment.
In the second quarter Newton
County had marched to the op
ponent’s 21-yard line only to
draw a 15-yard penalty thereby
thwarting a scoring opportunity.
The visitors had marched from
their own 21. Newnan then be
gan their march to pay dirt.
The big plays in the 79-yard
march were three long passes by
Arnall as he threw one for 18,
another for 36 and the counter
play of 30.
Newton’s forward wall played
a bang-up game and completely
throttled the running game of
Newnan. The home-towners only
made a net of 78 yards on the
ground, 39 in each half. With
their running game stymied they
took to the air, throwing 27
passes and completed 10 for 150
yards. Newton threw only two
passes and completed <ne for 19
yards.
The line play of Wilbur Fisher,
Leo Mallard, Lamar Smith, David
McCullough and Thomas Hogan
NUMBER 40
Porter Memorial
Church to Have
Homecoming 3rd
PORTERDALE — Members of
the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church in Porterdale
are anticipating a happy “Home
coming” celebration on Sunday,
October 3, 1954. The morning
services will begin with Sunday
School at ten o’clock. At the
eleven o’clock service, the Rev.
Benjamin H. Smith, the repres
entative for the American Bible
Society from the North Georgia
Conference, will bring the mess
age. Special music will be rend
ered by the choir of the church.
A basket dinner “on the
ground” will be served after the
morning services. At this time,
old friendships will be renewed,
new friendships will be, made.
All former members and pastors
of the church and all local pas
tors are invited to enjoy the
fellowship of this occasion.
The Rev. H. F. Barfield is the
pastor of the church.
Rotary Barbecue Friday
Night Before FB Game
The Covington Rotary Club
will sponsor a barbecue be
tween 6 and 8 p. m. at the
Newton County High School
cafeteria Friday before the first
home football game.. Rotary
President Pete McNiven re
ported Tuesday. The game is
with Hartwell High.
Tickets are on sale by all
Rotarians. Proceeds are to be
used in the civic club's
Empty Stocking program.
stood out in sparkling style. It
was a reversal of the two pre
vious games played by Newton
County. No long runs were chalk
ed up by the fast Newnan backs
as the forewall stiffened and
held during the game.
Whether or not the local line
men can hold the high-sooring
Hartwell backs in check remains
to be seen Friday night. Last
week Hartwell scored 27 points
on undefeated Gainesville, los
ing the ball game 28-27. If Coach
es Rogers and Hoffmeister can
devise a defense to stop the run
ning game of Hartwell and the
backs stiffen on pass defense,
Newton County may register Hs
first victory of the ’54 season.
Sadly lacking m the three
games to date this year is an
adequate running and passing
game for the Newton lads, Jim
my Laster, sparkphig of the New
ton clan last year, is no doubt
sorely missed. However, the
running of Salty Prinee and Bud
dy Galloway has been eom
mendable in the few times they
have carried the ball. In the paas
in g department Quarterback
Johnny Carter has had a tough
time locating receivers and aon
sequently has had to take sev
eral losses as the opponent’s Nn
ward wall came in on him.
The three losses this year have
been inflicted on enemy soil.
With the cheers of home-toWners
ringing in their ears the New
ton County boys may play their
hearts out for a victory before
the local fans Friday. Seats will
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