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By THE OFFICE BOY
Hi-Ho Everybody! A nip of Fall
in the air ... just enough to make
you feel god. We have truly had
enough Summer weather, but
will welcome some rain.
I'm still fussing about what
the Jaycee’s National President
told us. Government paying
$30,000.00 per MINUTE ... for
storage on all the Hay, Butter,
etc., surplus they have stored.
They won’t GIVE it to the drouth
Stricken South, But will sell it on
long term etc .... If they just
burned it all up, and sent the
$30,000 per minute they are pay
ing rent to farmers, what do
you thing one of thse farmers . ..
all vegetables burned up . . . none
canned for winter nothing to sell
bring money to pay for food they
could have canned . . . nothing to
pay for feed for stock . . . nothing
to pay for hay to carry cattle
through winter to say nothing of
the family . . . because they
have nothing to sell . . . I’m not
a mathematation ... in fact I can’t
even count far . . . and 101 never
know how I graduated for I had
to memorize Geometry . . . and
that Chemistry! But I think if
the dumped what they had stored
. . . well let me think . . . just
think of one farmer every minute
getting $30,000 dollars! I never
saw that much money and they
did not either . . . Don’t tell me
its not good business to dump
all that surplus, or give it to those
who will “come-’n-Get-it” . . . and
just pay drought stricken areas
. . . $30,000 per minute . . . now
the Government may not agree
with an Office Boy, and they
have never offered me a job
yet . . . but even at that I had
the most beautiful letter I’ve ever
seen today form both Ike and Ma
mie. Maybe I’ll get a job yet. I’ll
show you that letter when you
come down to my house. This
business of following the Presi
dent-General around gets me into
nice places . . . fer instance ... a
couple ’o weeks ago, your office
boy tagged along with the Pres.
General of U. D. ,C to a conven
tion of the State of Missouri
U. D. C’s ... I wanted to see what
it was like because they wrote
"No dinner dresses; no afternoon
or after 6 dresses. Put your gold
en slippers away and bring flat
heel shoes, sports clothes, riding
clothes . . for we have leased
Block River Lodge, in the Ozark
Mountains. It was the most hea
venly place we have ever seen.
The Harvest Season was nat it’s
tenith ... and looked as tha some
mad artist had thrown at random,
his great pallet of mixed paints
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Final Vote Reports to Decide
Winners of the Contest Prizes
As contestants go into the “last hours” of the contest, the
votes are so close that the winners will be decided by vote reports
made in the secret ballot box Saturday.
When the contest ends at 7 P. M. Saturday WHO WIL^ WIN?
That question can’t be answered until the votes deposited by
contestants in a secret ballot box are counted by the contest
fudges. Contestants will know how many votes they will poll
themselves, but they will not know how many will be polled by
their competitors. This insures absolute fairness and makes it
impossible for anyone to know WHO WILL WIN the prizes in
the final count.
It has been pointed out many times during the contest that
the PRIZE WINNERS WILL BE—
1. The ones who work for every available subscription until
the last hour.
2. The ones who don’t “quit” or become discouraged, the
ones who try to get subscriptions instead of saying there are
not any more available, the ones who “fight to the finish” with a
determination to win.
3. The ones who DO NOT listen to rumors or idle talk about
what someone else has done or is going to do at the last minute.
4. The ones who try to make their final vote reports bigger
than the ones they have already made
HOW THEY STOOD SATURDAY
After the third period vote reports were made Saturday of
last week, they allowed contestants “lined up” for the prizes as
shown below. This does NOT INCLUDE VOTE BALLOTS WON
during this period. These extra votes will be added on in the final
vote count Saturday.
HOW WILL THEY FINISH?
Newton District Contestants, alphabetically
MRS. JAMES ADAMS, Porterdale SEVENTH
MRS. A. C. DAVIS, Oxford FOURTH
MRS. GRADY HOSCH, Covington FIRST
MRS. HENRY L. GRAVES, Rt. 4, Covington SIXTH
MRS. PRESTON JOHNSON, Rt. 1, Covington EIGHTH
MRS. B. A. KITCHENS, Covington ELEVENTH
MRS. JOHN H. LATHAM, Rt. 1, Covington FOURTEENTH
MRS. HORACE LUNSFORD, Porterdale _ SIXTEENTH
A. H. MALONEY, Rt. 5, Covington TWELFTH
MRS. L. D. PRITCHETT, Covington FIFTEENTH
Rockdale District Contestants
MRS. W. S. BROADWELL, Rt. 2, Conyers SECOND
MRS. RUBY E. CHANDLER, Rt. 1, Lithonia TENTH
MRS. GLENN HOWARD, Rt. 1, Conyers TWENTIETH
MRS. GEORGE E. JOHNSON, Rt. 2, Conyers NINETEENTH
MRS. J. C. KING, Conyers FIFTH
MRS. HAROLD THOMPSON, Rt. 2, Conyers ..... THIRD
Mrs. Thompson is first for the district prize)
Negro Contestants
SUSIE LITTLE, Conyers . SEVENTEENTH
HELEN NORRINGTON, Covington THIRTEENTH
ANNIE MAE TERRELL, Covington EIGHTEENTH
GARRETT WADE, Rt. 4, Covington . .. NINTH
(He is first for Special Negro Prize)
LAST CHANCE TO HELP FAVORITE
This i« your last chance to help boost your favorite to victory.
When you give your subscription or EXTEND your present sub
•cription further in advance you HELP CONTESTANTS WIN.
Do your part. Help your favorite before it is too late.
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VOLUME 90
VP' ISSUE DECIDED IN TUESDAY ELECTION
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$4, JOO Subscription Contest Ends Saturday
1 P.M. Is Final Hour
To Win Car, Other Prizes
As contestants in The NEWS’ $4,500 Subscription Con
test go into the final days of the drive for subscriptions
and votes that wll win a new Chevrolet and several other
prizes, there is much speculation as to who will finish with
the largest vote totals and be declared the winners when
P'dale Baptist
Church Revival
Begins Sunday
The Porterdale Baptist Church
will begin its fall revival on
Sunday, October 31 and will con
tinue through November 7. Ser
vices will be held each evening
at seven and each morning, be
ginning on Tuesday morning, at
10:30.
Rev. Vernon Brown, pastor of
the Second Baptist Church, Warn
er Robins will be the guest evan
gelist. The Second Baptist
Church of Warner Robins which
is only seven years old, has grown
to about one thousand in atten
dance.
Carl Elkins will lead the con
greational singing. The Juniors
will be lead in singing by Miss
Mary Cannon. There will be spe
cial music each evening.
The nursery will be open for
the evening services. A public
address system has been installed
in the nursery so that the nursery
worker will be able to hear the
services.
Rev. Allen Redd and members
of Porterdale Baptist Church ex
tend an invitation for all to at
these services.
(Unutngton Nms
the contest ends at 7 p. m. Sa
turday, October 30.
With the official judges select
ed and the vote records in “ship
shape’’ for the final count, con
testants will make their last,
determined effort to get sub
scriptions toward the maximum
required to win more than $4,500
in prizes and commissions that
will be awarded after the final
count of votes.
Saturday 7 P. M. Deadline
Promptly at 7 p. m. Saturday,
October 30, a secret ballot box
will go into the hands of the
official judges for the last count
of votes. All subscriptions turn
ed in Saturday, together with
receipts and cash to cover, plus
a statement of votes already
earned, must be in the ballot
box by the closing hour. The
winners of the prizes will be
notified after the judges have
finished the vote count. Prizes
will be delivered Monday. Com
mission checks will me mailed to
non-prize winners who do not
call for them by Monday noon.
The Official Judges
Offciial judges who have been
selected to supervise the final
count of votes and decide the
winners are as follows:
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Covington; John
Bob Weaver, cashier of the
Bank,of Covington and Trust
Company, and Carl C. Sims,
president of the Bank of Rock
dale in Conyers.
Few Trying To Win
Only a few of the contestants
remaining in the race are mak
ing a hard drive to achieve suc
cess. More than 70 were entered,
but the majority did not show
any activity, and several others
have been dropped from the race
in accordance with the rules of
the contest which require regu
lar weekly vote reports. The
votes of all who were dropped
have been cancelled and can «iot
be transferred. They also for
feit all right to a prize or com
mission.
More than half of the contes
tants in for the finish are barely
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North Covington
Methodist Church
Revival Starts
Revival services at the North
Covington Methodist Church will
be led by the pastor Rev. Alfred
W Hanner, beginning Sunday,
November 7 and continuing
through Friday night November
12.
Services will begin each even
ing at 7:30. «Jack Standard and
Mrs. Jack Gibbs Sr. are in
charge of the music. Cottage
prayer services are being held
prior to that week. The public
is invited to attend all services.
Ministerial Group
Speakers Monday
Belmont Dennis, Robert Tabor,
Sam Hay will be the guest speak
ers at the November meeting of
the Newton County Ministerial
Association.
Mr. Dennis will speak on the
subject, “How The Church And
The Newspaper Can Help Each
Other.” Mr. Tabor will discuss,
“Promotion Os Church Relations
Through Radio”. Mr. Hay will
speak on, “What Makes Best
News.” The entire program will
be centered around the subject,
‘The Public Relations Os The
Church.”
The meeting will begin at 10
a.m. Monday, November 1, at the
Almon Methodist Church. Mem
bers of the Association are urged
.to attend.
Covingtons ONLY HOME - OWNED and HOME - OPERATED Newspaper
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1954
Cheerleaders Set For Homecoming Game, Queen Ceremony
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CHEER LEADERS of the Newton County High School are prepared io cheer the Rams on io vic
tory at the Homecoming game here Friday night; pictured front row left io right: Shirley Harlin,
Vivian Travis Rogers, Joe Anne Haymore, Carol Campbell. Back row, left to right: Maxine Moore,
Norma Jean Bledsoe, Jo Anne Guinn and Yvonne Bailey.
Homecoming Game With
Elberton; Queen Elected
Dr. Rumble To
Preach At
Oxford Services
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DR. LESTER RUMBLE
The annual Religious Emphas
is Week at Emory at Oxford
will be observed the week of
November 1-5. Dr. Lester Rum
ble will be the speaker. Dr. Rum
ble will speak each morning in
the Allen Memorial Methodist
Church at 10 o’clock. The theme
is “Why be a Christian Today?”
The public is cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
Dr Rumble has had an out
standing ministry in the North
Georgia Conference of the Meth
odist Church. At present he is
pastor of St. John Methodist
Church in Augusta. He has serv
ed pastorates in Athens and At
lanta, having been appointed
twice as District Superintend
ent in the Atlanta area. He has
held posts on the Methodist
Board of Education and the Com
mission on Overseas Relief. Dr.
Rumble has also attended sev
eral General Conferences and
Ecumenical Conferences of the
Memorial Church.
The speaker will be no strang
er at Oxford. Several years of
his life were spent there — first
as a student, then as a teacher,
and finally as pastor of the Allen
Memoril Church.
Dr. Rumble received his A.
B. and B. D. degrees from Emory
University. He has done graduate
work at Yale and Garrett. Emory
conferred upon him the degree
of Doctor of Divinity in 1935.
Newton County football fans
will witness one of the biggest
events of the school year when
the Queen (Nina Allen) for New
ton County High School for 1954
is honored at a parade and
the final crowning at the half
time show during the football
game Friday (tomorrow). Queen
Nina was selected by the foot
ball squad.
This year the Junior Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring the
Homecoming Game and the
Queen instead of the football
team, as in former years. The
Jaycees have planned a parade
for 3 p. m. Friday afternoon
from Newton High to the square
where the band will play several
numbers, yells will be given by
the Cheerleaders, and a scaffold
will be erected for “hanging
Elberton,” . during ceremonies
participated in by the entire stu
dent body.
The Queen with her court of
four, Joanne Gwin, Norma Jean
Bledsoe, Florence Fowler, Max
ine Moore, with their escorts
will be driven on the field in
the convertibles.
Queen Nina Allen will be
dressed in a long white net eve
ning dress with red sash. Her
corsage will be a dozen red
roses tied with a royal blue
ribbon. Her escort is to be Sher
rod Campbell Jr.
Maxine Harris will have Larry
Harris as her escort. Norma Jean
Bledsoe will wear light blue and
Robert Sams House is to be
her escort. Florence Fowler's es
cort is Quinton Hinesley. Kathy
Callaway is crown bearer.
Faculty members in charge of
arrangements for the show are
Mrs. W. E. Smith. Mrs. Howard
Brooks, Eddie Najjar, and Fran
cis Perry, band director.
Elberton will brinj a team to
Newton County who has lost
only two games this year. Mor
gan County beat them 7-0 and
Athens turned the trick 18-14.
Their victories have been scored
over Winder, Toccoa, Abbeville,
S. C., and Hartwell.
The Rams’ record is two wins
and four defeats. If Coach James
Rogers’ boys can w’in the Elber
ton encounter they may make
it to the end of the season with
a 5-5 record provided they also
defeat Winder and Monroe.
In the Toccoa game last week
the Rams showed a good ground
and air game in the one drive
that netted a touchdown in the
second quarter. The pass receiv
ing of End Don Patterson, punt
ing of Johnny Carter, and the
running of Bobby Gene Rogers,
Blunt Patterson and William
Moore were singled out as the
main factors in the victory.
Newton's line has perforrhed
creditably in the past three games
winning over Hartwell and losing
to Gainesville. Most of the
yardage the opposition has to
talled has come from strong
passing and end runs. Anchor
ed in the midlie of the line are
five positions well-fortified with
Lamar Smith and Wilbur Fisher
at tackles, Thomas Hogan and
David McCullough at guards,
and Leo Mallard and Cleveland
Digby the centers.
In last year’s game at Elber
ton the Rams came out the victor
by a 7-6 score on the accuracy
of Thomas Hogan’s point after
touchdown.
Newton High Glee
Club Presents
Musical Program
The world premiere of a new
musical comedy, “I Love Jos
hua,” will be presented at the
High School Auditorium Thurs
day night, November 4, 8 p. m.,
by the Newton High Glee Club.
Patty Lee Knight and Totsy
Fowler will plan the principal
roles of the performance with
Claude Reid as “Joshua” and
Robert Sams House as “Friend.”
Guest artist Miss Chamse
Adrey from Atlanta will give an
oriental dance.
High School boys will be fea
tured in popular and hillbilly
songs and the Glee Club. The
program is under the supervision
of Miss Alcie Penick, glee club
leader.
Employment Service
Representative Here
A representative of the Georgia
State Employment Service will
be in Covington on Friday, Oc
tober 29, 1054 at the courthouse at
9:30 a.m. to discuss job insurance
with applicants.
Newton County Hospital First Baby
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LITTLE BOBBY LYNN REYNOLDS has the distinction of being
the first baby born in the Newton County Hospital. His parents
are Mr. and Mrs. George W. Reynolds of Covington Mills. Mrs.
Reynolds, center, talks to Bobby while Mrs. Dorothy K. Poe,
nurse, of Newborn, looks on. For the distinction, Bobby's hospital
expenses are free, according to Mrs. Anna Laura Reid, hospital
administrator. He weighed 7 pounds * ounces, and was 19 inches
long at birth Saturday at 4:10 p. m.
Talmadge, Griffin Urge
Support Os Amendment 4
The Newton County voters list contains approximately
9500 names, all of whom are eligible to vote in Tuesday’s
general election. B. L. Johnson, county tax collector, reports
that the voters list has not been consolidated for many years
and probably 2000 names are on the list which could be
legally removed. Thus, 7500 is
probably the more accurate fig
ure concerning the number who
could participate in one of the
most vital general elections ever
held in Georgia. Throughout the
state, 1,273,793 are eligible to
vote. The nation's total is 75
million eligibles.
The vital issue in Georgia con
cerns the so-called education
amendment, or private schools
amendment, Amendment No. 4
to the Georgia Constitution,
whereby, if passed, the Legisla
ture will be authorized to grant
educational funds to individuals.
In addition to the formal
election of county, state and na
tional officials (in Georgia, the
Democratic nominees have been
always elected to office in the
general election), a special elec
tion will be held Tuesday to fill
the unexpired term of the late
Congressman Sidney Camp. John
J. Flynt Jr. is the only candi
date for the unexpired term of
the Fifth District congressman.
He is the Democratic nominee
for full term which begins in
January.
In support of the amendment,
Governor Hermon Talmadge and
Governor-elect Marvin Griffin
issued the following statement:
Tuesday, November 2nd, is
general election day in Georgia.
It is in this election that the
people are called upon to pass on
constitutional amendments which
their elected representatives in
the General Assembly have pro
posd to them for approval.
All amendments appearing on
the ballet received a two-third’s
vote or more then they were de
bated and considered in the Gen
eral Assembly.
The people in this election will
vote upon the most important
amendment ever submitted in
our lifetime.
It is the school segregation a
mendment which will appear as
number 4 on the general election
ballot. This amendment has one
purpose, and one purpose only.
That is — preservation of free,
segregated ^hools for all of the
children of Georgia.
This amendment is only one
sentence in length, is in clear
language and can be understood
by every voter.
The proposed amendment to
our State Consititution reads in
full as follows:
“Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Consititution
the Genezal Assembly may by
law provide for grants of state,
counay or municipal funds to
citizens of the state for educa
tional purposes, in discharge of
all obligation of the state to
(Coniinvted on Page 14)
Prize-Winning
Newspaper
(XOr) 1953
Better Newspaper
Contests
Episcopal Plans
For Antique
Sale Complete
Ten booths, featuring antiques
of every description for sale to
the general public, will be but
one of the features of the Giant
Bazaar and Antique Sale to be
held in the Covington Legion
Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday
November 9 and 10. For your
browsing and buying pleasure,
antique dealers from Atlanta,
Macon, Eatonton, Griffin and
other cities will be in Covington
during these two days to display
their finest and most unusual
merchandise that represented an
era of long ago.
A committee functioning under
Mrs. Frank H. Williams, who is
already established in local cir
cles as a dealer in Antiques and
interior decorations, has selected
certain qualified dealers through
out the state to come to Coving
ton and offer their services in
helping place in ou rhomes ar
ticles of genuine antiquity.
In addition to the booths fea
turing Antiques, other booths
will offer select items suitable as
gifts for Christmas, gifts of a
general nature, Christmas wrap
pings and items for the Christ
mas Tree, and of course a booth
of home-made delicacies. Many
gifts of a modern and practical
nature will be offered and dis
played in a manner to delight
the public interest.
Advance notice from various
Women’s Clubs in surrounding
nearby cities indicates that hun
dreds of people will be attracted
to Covington for this event.
Hundreds of dollars worth of
door prizes will be given away
to those patronizing the Bazaar
and Antique Sale, many of which
have been given by the merch
ants of Covington. Full particu
lars on these fine prizes are now
on display in many public places
throughout the city.
The Giant* Bazaar and Antique
Sale is sponsored by the Epis
copal Church of the Good Shep
herd in Covington in an effort
to secure funds for needed Parish
House and other repairs. The
other general chairmen are Mrs.
L. J. Moore and Mrs. F. C. Nes
bit.
County Hospital
Has 38 Patients
In First Week
Newton County Hospital had
a total of 38 patients during their
first week, in service to the peo
ple of this section. This includ
ed patients for operation a»
well as emergency treatment.
Eight of these were patients
Wednesday morning. During this
weeks operation of the hospital
there have been three major
operations and one tonsilectomy.
Three babies were bom dur
ing the first week. Bobby Lynn
Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Reynolds, is the first
one, October 23, at 4:10 p. m.
Twin Negro girls, daughters of
Willie Eva Leslie and Walker
Glover Leslie, were born Sat
urday, also.
Lions Sponsor Two
Quartets Saturday
Harmoneers Quartet with the
Marksmen Quartet will be at
Newton High School Auditorium,
Saturday night, October 30 at
8 p. m., sponsored by the Cov
ington Lions Club.
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