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Local... County.,. State
by THE OFFICE BOY
(Whatwith the dedication of
the Newton County Hospital
Sunday, the Office Boy has turn
ed this column over to tha hos
pital this week. Printed here is
a script for a radio broadcast
made this week over WGFS on
the subject of special services
at the hospital. The broadcast
was made by Miss Martha Moore
and Jack Moore).
1. Miss Moore, what special
services are you responsible for
in the New Hospital?
Ans. Surgical supervisor, and
the services I will render wifi
be the setting up of aseptic
technique in the operating noom.
delivery room, emergency efinir,
the central supply and the cave
of patients in the labor room
and the nursery suite.
2. How will these special ser
vices aid the physician in prov
iding better medical care for
Newton County?
Ans. These services will aid the
physician in the preparation of
immediate emergency surgical
procedures and also selected sur
gery.
3. What are the duties of a sur
gical nurse?
Ans. The duties of a surgical
nurse are many and among which
would include assisting in the
operation by providing surgical
instruments, sterile supplies and
the observation of aseptic tech
nique in caring for a selective
operation.
4. Are there other duties you
will be called on to perform in
relation to actual operative tech
nioues?
Ans. Other duties of a surgical
nurse are to set up a central
service in which sterile supplies
and other special equipment for
hospital use are disbursed.
5. What type of equipment is
involved in sterlization techni
ques?
Ans. The central supply is
equipped with the most modern
equipment, among which we
have an autoclave for the sterli
zation of supplies such as sur
gical equipment and solutions.
This new complex autoclave has
replaced the old boiling sterili
zing. which insures complete
sterilization through steam under
high pressure. With this method
there is no source for contami
nation.
6. What is sterilization?
Ans. I must define two terms
for you first: Sepsis, of whicn
there is bacteria present and as
epsis, where there is no bac
teria present. It is a process for
killing bacteria by boiling, soak
ing in antiseptic solutions, by
open flame, and steam under
pressure. Steam under pressure
is most advantageous.
7. What type of emergency
facilities will be available? .
Ans. Our emergency clinic is
a well set up unit of the hospital
for the care of patients needing
emergency treatment. Emergen
cy Clinic within itself has defin
ed the department, for here the
one minute left means the life
of an individual. Our emergency
room should not be used for
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Contestants Make Small Reports
Toward Winning SSO Extra Prize
< The progress report of contestants today shows how they re
ported subscriptions and votes during the first week of second vote
period in which an extra SSO prize is at stake. This prize will be
Won by the contestant turning in the most money for subscriptions
by ten o'clock Saturday night, and the votes earned will count
toward winning the new Chevrolet and other prizes when the
contest ends October 30th.
The reports made toward winning the extra SSO prize have
not been as good as expected. Any contestant in the list can GET
BUSY TODAY and easily win this prize by Saturday night. The
race is close in votes —so close that a few FIVE or SIX YEAR $9.00
subscriptions or S3O dubs would bring the contestant with the
lowest vote to the fsosil
HELP YOTO FAVOBCTS WW TWO PRIZES THIS WEEK
Newton District Contestant, alphabetically
MRS. JAMES ADAMS. Porterdale, tied for the 10th high Wed.
vote, had the 6th high vote Set. and dropped from 6th to 7th
in total vote.
MRS. ERNEST ATKINSON. Rt. 2. Covington, reported two sub
scriptions last week, and is Mod high in total vote.
MRS. A. C. DAVIS. Oxford, h^d the 9th high Wed. vote, the sth
high Sat., and dropped from 4th to sth in total vote.
MRS. GRADY HOSCH, Covington, reported the highest Wed. and
Sat. vote, and moved up to Ist place in total vote.
MRS. HENRY L. GRAVES. RL 4, Covington, had the 4th high
Wed. vote, the 3rd high Sat., and gained from 7th to 6th
place in total vote
MRS. PRESTON JOHNSON. Rt. 1, Covington, turned in the 6th
high Wed. vote, tied for 7th high Sat. and gained from 12th
to 9th in total vote.
MRS. B. A. Kitchens, Covington, had 1 subscription Wed. and the
Uth high Sat. vote, holding 10th in total vote.
MRS. JOHN H. LATHAM. Rt. 2, Covington, tied for the 12th high
Wed. vote, had the 9th high Sat, and gained from 15th to
13th in total vote.
MRS. HORACE LUNSFORD, Porterdale, had the Uth high Wed.
vote, 1 subscription Sat. and gained from 18th to 17th in total
vote.
A. H. MALONEY, Rt. 5, Covington, had 2 subscriptions Wed.,
failed to report Sat., and dropped from 9th to 11th in total
vote.
MRS. L. D. PRICHETT, Covington, had 2 subscription* Wed., tied
for the 12th high Sat. vote, and gained from 17th to 16th in
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CO' (Y HOSPITAL DEDICATION TO HE SUNDAY
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Fair .Climax Saturday By Air Guard Thunder]ets
Visitors Laud Event As
Best In County Annals
The Newton County Fair will continue through Satur
day of this week. Visitors to the American Lekion Post 32
sponsored festival are outsopken in their praise of the fair
being the biggest and best in the history of the county.
Out-of-county visitors have been noteworthy in their
Merchants Set
Nov. 11-13 f(r
Dollar Day:
Dollar Days will be ot .ved
by the Covington Businessmen’s
Association in a big sales pro
motion November 11-12-13. This
is the third annual observance
of Dollar Days on a city-wide
scale, and merchants will offer
special bargains to attract shop
pers throughout the Piedmont
area.
The Covington NEWS will
print and distribute the big
special edition in connection with
the event.
Irving Dietz is chairman of the,
committee from the Business
men’s Association. Other mem
bers of the committee include:
C. Newell Crawford, Guy Evans,
Marion Piper, and W. Marcus
Bryant. The committee has can
vassed local merchants and strong
support is promised to make this
one of the biggest Dollar Days
•celebrations in history.
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Businessmen’s Asso
ciation held Monday, presided
over by Al H. David, D. E. (Mac)
McLeod, manager of the Local
Finance Company, was intro
duced as a new member.
Luncheon at Russell’s Rest
aurant preceded the business
meeting.
Entered Apprentice
Degree Conferred 19th
Edward E. W. (Gene Hendricks,
Worshipful Master, Golden Fleece
Lodge No. 6, announces there will
be a called communication Tues
day .evening, October 19, 7:30
p.m. for the purpose of conferring
the Entered Apprentice Degree.
All members of the Golden Fleece
Lodge are urged to attend. Visit
ing brethern are cordially and
I fraternally invited.
dnitinginn Nms
plaudits concerning the size and
comprehensiveness of the ex
hibits.
Lowell Hipps, commander of
the local Legion post, reports that
his organization and all cooperat
expended extra effort this year
expanded extra effort this year
to make thet fair worthy of a
regional name.
For a comprehensive story on
the exhibits and prize winners
through Wednesday, readers
9 of this issue of the NEWS.
The L. J. Heth Shows have
brought a bigger and better car
nival to the midway. Young and
old alike are finding more thrills
along the bright midawy.
Probably the most spectacular
of the exhibits at the fair are thei
pieces of heavy equipment dis
played by units of the Georgia
National Guard. A 155 howitzer
and prime mover from the 179th
Field Artillery a 40 mm antiair
craft artillery rifle (from Monroe)
a medium tank and overland
mover (Mariett’a Tank Company)
and an exhibit by the local Heavy
Mortar Company (the latter two
of the 122 d Infantry), and a jet
cutaway angine from the 116th
Fighter Bomber Wing (Dobbins
AFB, Marietta) complete the Na
tional Guard Exhibits.
The 81st Infantry Division (re
serves, Atlanta) has a display of
weapons and other military
military scenes.
The high point of the fair is
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Frank Dyer Killed in Jes Plane
Explosion in French Morocco
First Lieutenant Franklin A. i
Dyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Dyer, was killed in an aircraft
accident October 7. Lt. Dyer was
on a rountine training flight
when his plane exploded in mid
air about 350 feet from the
ground. He was using a new plane
issued to him about thirty days
ago.
His wife, the former Miss Blan
che Hutchinson of Prattville, Ala
bama, and son Scotty arrived in
Covington Tuesday night from
French Morocco. They were
flown here by Lientenant Loyd
Ulrick, a fellow pilot of Lt. Dyer’s
Lt. Dyer graduated from Cov
ington High School, attended
North Georgia College at Dah
lonega until he was called for
duty in World War 11. On return
ing from duty he attended Ala
bama Polytechnic Institute at Au
burn, Alabama, receiving his BA.
degree. He was a member of Ptri
Delta Theta Fraternity and thej
Baptist Church.
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earlier this year after participat
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French general officer in French
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1954
Air Guard Thunderjets Boom Over Covington Saturday
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JET PILOTS of the 128ih Fighter Bomber Squadron of the 116th Fighter Bomber Wing, Georgia Air
National Guard stationed at Dobbins Air Force Base, Dobbins Field, Marietta, will bring 12 to 16 of
their Thunderjeis low over the American Legion-sponsored fair on Legion Field in Covington at
4:30 Saturday afternoon, October 16, in what many believe will be the high point of the fair this
year. The Air National Guard band will perform at the fairgrounds in Covington between 4 and 5
p.m. Saturday. Lt. Colonel Joel B. Paris, commander of the 128th, will lead his pilots in the fly
overs Saturday. Colonel Bernard M. Davey, veteran commander of the Wing, will participate in the
flight if his busy schedule permits. The organization is made up of veteran and non-veteran person
nel who train one weekend each month as Air Guardsmen. A spokesman for the Wing said here
this week that vacancies exist in all activities of the Fighter-Bomber Wing, such jobs ranging from
mechanics to pilots, from truck drivers to musicians for the Band.
Ag Census Workers
Take Tests Friday
Interviews and test for enu
merators of the Agriculture
Census io be taken in this area
will be given in the grand jury
room of the courthowe in Cov
ington at 10 a.m. Friday, Octo
ber 15, according to Lucious
Harwellw ho will direct the
census here.
The Census is expected io
take three to four weeks, Mr.
Harwell reported.
On completing his college work
he was appointed for wokk in the
U. S. Post Office in Covington
where he served for two years.
Being offered his former com
mission as lieutenant in the
United State Air Force, he re
signed from the post office and
re-entered the Air Force for
training as a jet fighter pilot. On
completing this course he was
sent o Korea where he flew 100
missions without accident.
On returning from Korea he
was soon ordered to French Mo
rocco where he was joined sevev
aimonths later by his wife and
baby.
Lt. Dyer holds the Dwtingtosh
ed Flying Cross and the Air Med
al with one Oak Leaf Cluster. He
was assistant Intelligence Officer
of the 45th Fighter Squadrot^
1 whose history goes back to Pearl'
Harbor where the squadron was
able to get a few of their pianec
m the air after the attack.
The body is etwowto to toe I
States by special piewe and escort
Funeral plans will be annoameed,
later.
Other out-of-town leiabiree at
the home of Mr. and Mn. Paid
Dyer are; Mrs. Bieche Hetehan
son. mother of Mrs. Frank Dyer,
of Prattville, Alabama; her sis
ter Mrs. George Peek and Mr.
Peek of Americus. Other relatives
are expected to arrive later.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Charles Porter Class
Barbecue Tuesday P.M.
The Charles Porter Class of
the First Methodist Church will
sell barbecue October 19 in
the Annex of the Church. They
will start serving at 5:30 p.m.
and the public is cordially in
vited. Adult tickets will be
$1.25 and childrens plates 75
I cents.
Saturday Is Last Day to Win
Extra SSO Prize in Contest
The close of the second vote
period of the $4,500 Subscrip
tion Contest Saturday night will
see a special $50.00 prize added
to the winnings of the contest
ant turning in the largest amount
of money for subscriptions to The
Conyers News and The Coving
ton News during the past two
weeks.
When this period ends, S2O
clubs of subscriptions will yield
25.000 less votes and individual
subscriptions making up the
club will be worth from one to
10.000 less votes toward winning
the new Chevrolet and other
prizes. Just one more extra S2O
club finished Saturday instead
of next week ean mean the diff
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Hospital Authority Sees Job Completed With Dedication Here Sunday Afternoon
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L. J. MOORE is ihown a* he started the "BaM Rolling" for th*
construction of th* Newton County Hospital at Ground Breaking
exorcises held in Auguet. 1953. Ha, members of th* Hospital Au
thority and other county and budding officials looking on will
realise a dream come true along with 1050 other Newton County
Citisens when the hospital is dedicated here Sunday afternoon at
2:30. Shewn with Mr. Moore are left to right: S. A, Ginn, M. W.
Barnett, Hospital Field Representative, Division Hospital Service,
Covington Lions
Plan Highway
Signs and Park
The Covington Lions Club will
place two road signs “Wecoming
Visitors to Covington. These signs
will be placed on the new high
way at each entrance to the City
Limits.
Plans are also well under way
for a wayside park on the new
highway. This project was started
some months ago but was inter
rupted when the new highway
construction was started.
Governor Talmadge, Other
Officials In Ceremonies
The dedication erf the new Newton County Hospital will
come at 2:30 p.m. Sunday during ceremonies at which Geor
gia Governor Herman Talmadge will speak. L. J. Moore,
chairman of the Newton County Hospital Authority, will
preside at the ceremonies. Francis C. Perry will conduct the
Newton High School Band in
special music for the occasion.
The Rev. H. A. Zinser, rector of
the Church of the Good Shep
herd (Episocpal), will give the
invocation.
B. B. Snow, secretary of the
Newton County Hospital Authori
ty, will introduce guests at the
exercises.
The hospital will be presented
to the county by Dr. R. C. Will
iams, of the United States Public
Health Service.
T. M. Bates, Newton County
commissioner of roads and reve
nue, and Dr. R. M. Paty, president
of the Newton County Medical
Society, will make the response
to the presentation.
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway, pastor
of the Covington First Baptist
Church, will give the benediction.
The mayors of the county’s
। municipalities will be special
i guests at the meeting. They are
|J. L. Elliott, Covington; A. E.
Hays, Mansfield; L. S. Carson,
Newborn; A L. Sherwood, Oxford;
and W. C. Ivey, Porterdale.
The Hospital Auxiliary will act
as guides during the open house
to be held in the, hospital after
the exercises, according to Mrs.
Anna Laura Reid, hospital ad
ministrator.
The Newton County Hospital
. Authority is composed of: L. J.
Moore, chairman; S. A. Ginn, vice
chairman; B. B. Snow, secretary;
Mrs. Aubra Sherwood and Leon
Cohen.
Pace Lodge 558
Called Meet 16th
J. Paul Alexander, Worship
ful Master of Pace Lodge No.
558, F & A. M. announced today
that the Lodge has scheduled a
called meeting for 7:30 p.m. Sat
urday, October 16 at the Lodge
Hall in Porterdale.
Senior Warden Fred Wise, will
confer the Degree of Master Ma
son on a class of three candidates.
Qualified visitors are urged to
attend this meeting.
Atlanta: Dr. R. C. Williams, Director Division of Hospital Services,
State Department of Public Health, Atlanta: Mrs. Aubra Sher
wood: H. O Whelchel, City Superintendent; Tom M. Bates, New
ton County Commissioner: Richard Aeck of Aeck Associates, Ar
chitects, Atlanta: Covingion Mayor Jack L. Elliott; James Sam
ford of A. C. Samford, Inc., Albany, Contractors; L. J. Moore,
ehairman. Newton County Hospital Authority; B. B. Snow, Sec
retary, Newton County Hospital Authority and Leon Cohen.
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fXgrel 1953
Garden Clubs
Begin Christmas
Decoration Plan
Mrs. M. C. Summers Jr. Is
Chairman of the Christmas Com
mittee which is composed of rep
resentatives from the Miniature,
Green Thumb and Covington
Garden Clubs.
Plans are underway for the
Christmas decoration in the city
park and other points of interest.
As has been customary for the
past several years, the Garden
Clubs, in co-operation with the
City of Covington, have made the
Christmas decorating their annu
al project.
Mrs. Summers called an organ
ized meeting September 24. The
second meeting of the committee
was held Thursday at the home
of Mrs. Lamar Callaway. Mrs.
Summers anounced htat separate
committees will be responsible for
the churches, the bank, court
house and other building. The
churches will be judged in a
separate class.
The committee urges everyone
to decorate their homes and es
pecially requests the merchants
to co-operate by going all out
in their store decorations.
The Christmas committee
members working with. Mrs.
Summers are — Miniature Gar
den Club:Mesdames Lamar Call
away, Charles Harwell, Bib.-
travis, Claud Jordan, Henry
Odum Jr., Hugh Harris. Green
Thumb Garden Club: Meedames
Tom Freeman, Earl Hoffmeister,
Billy Dobbs, Fred Lott, Olin
Costley. Covington Garden Club:
Mesdames R. P. Campbell, God
frey Trammell and S. M. Hay.
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