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Covington Junior High Halloween Carnival Saturday
Hutchinson Reports On
Use Os Special Funds
Covington Junior High School Halloween Carnival will
be held at the junior high school gymnasium Saturday
night from 7-9, according to George B. Hutchinson, principal
of the school. Kings and Queens of the primary, interme
diate and junior departments will be crowned at 9 p. m.
Ag Census
Enumerators
lake Training
Enumerators for the 1954 Cen
sus of Agriculture will began an
intensive training course on Oc
tober 26 in preparation for the
start of the Census on November
3, it was announced by Field.
Supervisor T. Walter Hughes.
The training sessions are being
held at Grand Jury Room of the
Rockdale County Courthouse in
Conyers, Georgia and are con
ducted by Crew Leader Lucius L.
Harwell. Mr. Harwell recently at
teded a five day training con
ference on census methods.
The enumerator training course
will cover the various forms and
reports to be used, Census taking
methods and practice interviews
in the classroom. The prospective
enumerators will conduct actual
interviews as part of their train
ing.
Prospective enumerators sche
duled taking the training are:
William R. Aiken Jr. Marguerite
T. Allgood, MaPearl W. Dobbs,
Polly J. Neely and Gladys L.
Vaughn.
Forest Unit
Loses Truck in
Wildfire Fight
The two-ton truck of the New
ton County Forestry unit was
destroyed by fire while mem
bers of the unit fought a forest
fire on the farm of Otis Nixon
in the southeastern part of the
county, according to Carl Den
nis, the ranger. The fire occurr
ed last Thursday afternoon.
Members of the forestry unit
exercised the normal precautions
to prevent such mishap, but the
truck caught from the forest
fire while Dennis and his assist
ant, Woodward, were fighting
the fire using the tractor and
plow.
In spite of intense heat from
the burning truck, Woodward
was able to get through a plea
for help, using the truck’s radio.
Units from Henry and Butts
counties answered the call for
help.
Arrangements for a new truck
are being made. Meantime, Meri
wether County has provided such
a truck for the county’s use.
Alton Ewing Pledges
To Alpha Psi, Athens
Alton Ewing, a student from
Newton County in the University
of Georgia School of Veterinary
Medicine, has been pledged to the
Alpha Psi fraternity, according to
an announcement received here
this week.
DR. A. LOUGHEAD
Chiropractor
9:30 A. M. TO 6:00 P. M.
OFFICE HOURS SATURDAY 9:30 TO 2:00 P. M
CLOSED THURSDAY
Phon* 3565 — Porterdale Road — Covington, Ga.
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Call 2594 for Appointment — Covington, Georgia
Each room has elected a king
and queen who are competing
for the crowns of each depart
ment.
Kings and queens of the pri
mary department are: Ist grades,
Mrs. Swann’s room, Marlyne
Tate, Bill Everitt Jr.; Mrs. Ram
sey’s room, Susan Yarbough,
Mac Gay; Mrs. Thompson’s room,
Sara Hipps, Bob Richardson.
2nd grades: Mrs. Zeigler’s room,
Pam Carson, Ronnie Hale; Mrs.
Sumner’s room, Sally Hardman,
Edmund Hackney; Mrs. Wood’s
room, Kathy Callaway, Barry
King. 3rd grades: Mrs. Hutchin
son’s room, Rita Harris, Bobby
Travis; Miss Lee’s room, Lynn
Barker, Tim Evans; Mrs. Davis’
room, Cyndy Richardson, Tim
Exley.
Intermediate grades; fourth
grades: Mrs. Rorke’s room, Lin
da S. Briscoe, Tyrus Wood; Mrs.
Ramsey’s room, Emily Day Mor
cock, Billy Blair; Fifth grades,
Mrs. Harper’s room, Anne Pat
rick, Jerry Bouchillon; Mrs. Elli
ott’s room, Lauree Cook, Thomas
Glanton; fifth and sixth grade,
Miss Piper’s room, Kathryn Cor
ley, Tommy Wiley; Sixth grades,
Mrs. Brock’s room, Nancy Har
oldson, John Hackett; Miss Shef
field’s room, Marilyn McKay,
Bobby Lassiter.
Junior high; seventh grades
Mrs. Strozier’s room, Dennis
Trimpi, David Snodgrass; Mrs.
Carlton’s room, Peggy McClure,
Jimmy Johnson; eighth grades,
Mrs. Dendy’s room, Lucy Floyd
Morcock, Steve Reynolds; Mr.
Carney’s room, Linda Bledsoe,
Nolan Nesbitt.
Mr. Hutchinson said that the
Halloween Carnival will be the
only funds drive carried on by
Covington Junior High School
this year. The money so raised
will be used in the operation of
the school for which no appro
priations have been made.
Refreshments, hot dogs, drinks,
candy, cake in addition to sev
eral booths should make the
occasion an enjoyable one. Mr.
Hutchinson said.
The principal reported last
years budget which was met
from funds raised from the Car
nival, vending machine, indivi
dual and group picture sales,
athletic games gate, three special
assembly programs, $25.00 for
piano tuning from the Service
Guild, $72.20 from the Mill
School, improving school for
phonograph and records.
These funds were spent as fol
lows:
Audio-Visual supplies, rental
and repair ... $ $910.76
Duplicating paper and
other teaching and
office supplies 236.38
Printing „ 62.30
Library Books and
magazines .. 96.30
Glee Club, Band,
Piano Tuning 72.97
Telephone (Mill and
Jr. High) » — 138.28
First Aid Supplies 18.66
Athletic Supplies 194.57
Stamps 18.00
DCT labor 60.00
Accrediting Fees 6.00
Standardized tests 27.51
School Patrol Supplies .... 6.50
Bank Fees . 6.00
Express 13.36
Total $1867.59
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Emory at Oxford Pre-ministerial Club
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Every year at Emory Ai Oxford there are a number of pre-ministerial students. There are 18
young men on the campus this year who plan io enter ihe Christian ministry. Nearly all of these
students are Methodists and plan to complete their education at Emory University and ihe Cand
ler School of Theology. Albert Chapple expects to continue his studies ai Asbury. William Cuth.
berson, who is ihe only Baptist in ihe group, wants to be a medical missionary. The Pre-ministerial
Club meets bi-weekly. In their meetings the students are given an opportunity to speak and deliver
sermonettes. They also have visiting speakers who give them information about the ministry and
spiritual guidance. Rev. J. Hamby Barton, pastor of Allen Memorial Methodist Church and mem
ber of the faculty at Emory Ai Oxford, acts as advisor for the group. President, Beau Farr; vice
president, Neal Ponder; secretary-treasurer, Al Clark; Representative from Religious Activites
Council, Lonnie Whitehead. Shown are first row, left to right, Jimmy Burt, Al Clark, Neal
Ponder, Paul McKnight, Dicky Dimpsy; second row, Thed Bass, Jimmy Snead, Charles Haygood,
Dan Smith, Bob Franklin; third row, Lonnie Whitehead, Albert Chapple, Beau Farr, Charlie Jones;
fourth row, David Ogletree, Bill Cox, Sidney Tate and Bill Powell.
County Forest
Fire Danger
Is Explosive
BY CARL DENNIS, RANGER
The forest fire situation in New
ton County has reached an explo
sive state. The severe lack of rain,
coupled with the approaching
of the fall season, have brought
about critical conditions and a
large number of wildfires. In fact
10 wildfires were reported to the
Newton Forestry Unit within just
three days last week.
Needless to say, these fires have
kept Unit personnel busy both
day and night. Two fires were
burning at the same time, which,
of course, meant, that one of the
fires could not be reached im
mediately. But, because of the
excellent cooperation on the part
of certain persons, the fire was
brought under control without
the aid of the Forestry Unit.
regret that we cannot always at
tack every fire immediately, but
circumstances such as is mention
ed above do happen. In such cas
es, we try to work on a “first
come, first served” basis. We
greatly appreciate the coopera
tion and understanding shown
। by the public when such situa-
I tions do arise. We hope such situ
ations,do not arise too often.
These fires burned over an
estimated 35 acres, though sever
al thousand acres were endanger
ed. A partial list of landowners
on whose land the fires burned
includes Mr. Otis Nixon, Mr. P.
W. Pratt, Mr. W. S. Cook, Jr. Du
val and Co. of Social Circle, Ga.,
T. W. Sigman, Ed Roseburg.
Some of these were unfortunate
enough to have more than one
fire. In addition to these, we re
ceived one call to the Porterdale
trash pile.
The causes of these fires varied,
I however, the majority of them
। can be traced to the human ele
ment. Carelessness on the part of
' hunters is believed to be the
I cause of three of these. Trash
•burning caused five more. Smok-
Covingtons ONLY HOME - OWNED and HOME - OPERATED Newspaper
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1954
Newton-Rockdale District Boy
Scout Court of Honor at Oxford
Newton-Rockdale District Boy
Scouts of America wilh hold a
Court of Houor tonight (Thurs
day) at the Palmer-Stone School
in Oxford at 7:30 according to
Gerge B. Hutchinson, chairman
of the district advancement com
mittee. Several Scouts will be
presented at the Court of Houor
for Merit Badges and advance
ment awards.
MERIT BADGES
Troop 211; Robert Budd —
reading, public health; Phil Hen
ri m — home repairs, corn
’g reading: Larry Mclntosh
n farming, home repairs,
pc y keeping: John Jones —
corn farming, home repairs, poul
try keeping: James S. Smith —
home repairs; Jack Henderson
corn farming.
Troop 222: Greer Stephenson
music, swimming; Henry Fitz
patri<Jk, hiking, citizenship in
ers and woods workers caused
the remaining two.
Newton County eitizens are
urged to be extremely careful
where fire is concerned. Here is
a few pointers on preventing fir
es:
1. Don’t throw cigarettes,
matches, cigars or pipe ashes out
of your car — use your ash tray.
2. If you must smoke while in
or near the woods, then STOP to
do it. When you have finished,
crush your ashes in bare Earth
not in the litter on the forest
floor.
3. If you must burn trash or
garbage, then, by all means, stay
with it and watch it until you are
sure there is no danger of it
spreading and causing a wildfire.
It is best that you burn in a can
or container of some form.
4. Please don’t try to burn off
fields or other large areas con
taining debris until we receive
some of that long awaited and
hoped for rain.
5. Be absolutely sure your
campfire is dead out before you
leave it.
REBEMBER — Only you can
prevent forest fires!
home: Bobby Pickerell, citizen
ship in community; Jimmy Cog
gins, farm layout and building
arrangement, Larry Studdard,
book binding.
Troop 223: Steve Reynolds —
swimming, farm layout and build
ing arrangement; Larry’ Studdard,
book binding.
Post 222: Wendell Crowe,
citizenship in Nation, personal
fitness, safety.
Troop 209; Gary Gene' Helton,
finger printer, swimming, poultry
keeping; Joe Cornwell reading.
Advancement
Second Class: Troop 209, Don
Hammonds; Troop 402, Lee Stal
lings, Oscar Williams, Buddy
Leach, Albert Eidson, Doss Broad
nax; Troop 207, J. T. Sheppard,
Gypsy Smith; Troop 211, Milton
Williams.
First Class: Troop 222, Jimmy
Ramsey.
Star-Troop 222, Godfrey Tram
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Troop 225, Steve Reynolds.
Scout Troop 221 Luke Allgood,
Scout Master, Oxford will be in
charge of the opening and clos
ing ceremonies. The public is in
vited and urged to attend.
Hugh Harris Is
Presented 25-year
Pin by Standard
Hugh M. Harris was honored,
along with a number of other
associates and employees of the
Standard Oil Company, at a ban
quet held at the Biltmore Hotel
in Atlanta Friday night, for 25
years of continued service with
his company. He was presented
with a 25-year diamond pin and
a certificate in recognition of his
years of service. The prsenta
tions were made by Standard
Oil Company Division Manager
H. W. Graves.
Georgia’s 1954 Four-II Club
Tree Appreciation Day will be
i held on Dec. 3-.
County-wide Elementary Band
Organized Throughout Newton
The county wide elementary
band in Newton County has been
started in the past month with
programs being inaugurated in
Porterdale, Palmer Stone and
Covington Junior High School.
The band at present is in the
embryo stSge due to the fact
that it will take a few weeks to
get the students in the differ
ent schools integrated into a
single unit. It is hoped that we
will have a full band exactly
like the high school band, com
plete with majorettes and drum
majof. In this way a constant
feeder system will be establish
ed for the high school band, and
when the student enters high
school he will not find it as dif
ficult to fit into the high school
band.
The students enrolled at pres
ent, under the direction of Fran
cis Perry, band director are:
Covington Junior High, Miriam
Gardner, Margaret Rape, Linda
McCart, John Jordan, Ronnie
Kitchens, Thomas Glanton, John
ny Hamby, Herbert Duke, Col
lier Rowe, Tommy Alexander,
Lee Campbell, Pat Campbell.
Jimmy Cheek, John Hackett,
Oliver Bowden, Neal Hinton,
Phillip Freeman, Billy Skinner,
Lin Dearing, Bob Hinton, Jimmy
Dimsdale, Dave Smith, Grier
Stephenson, Shirley McCord,
Nolan Nesbit.
Palmer Stone members: Joe
Budd, Bob Tribble, Phil Hend
erson, Jackie Farrow, Virgil
Costley, Harold Stowe. Neil Mas
on, Billy Strickland, Cora Lem
ke, Skipper Wallace, Tommy
Mitchum, Gail Henna and Ken
neth Wills.
Porterdale School: Billy Dims
dale, Kenneth Moore, Donald
Smith, Ronald Smith, Mickey
Brooks, Deane Smith, Laverne
Pittman. Bobby Hollifield, Diane
Daniel, Patsy Treadwell, Carol
Woodruff, Ophelia Wheeler, Sar-
Pat Burnette Member
Os LaGrange Glee Club
Announcement was made by
Miss Verdie Miller, dean of stu
dents at LaGrange College, La-
Grange, that Pat Burnette,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Fincher, has been accepted as
a member of the LaGrange Col
lege Glee Club. Pat is a graduate
of the 1954 class of Newton
County High School.
Lions Give Assistance
In Child's Operation
Dan Weigel, '-hairman of the
eye sight cons' -tion committee
of the Coving.on Lions Club,
states that another Newton
County child' will undergo eye
surgery. Dianne Daniels, age 13,
will go to Atlanta Friday for
an operation on her eye, through
cooperation of the local Lions
Club and the Light House for
the Blind of Georgia.
Sales Manager
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ROBERT E. SEARS, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Sears of Coving
ton, has been made ihe sales
manager of Harry Knodel Dist
ributing Company's Norge divis
ion in Cincinnati, Ohio, accord
ing to an announcement received
here from the firm. Mr. Sears
has been regional sales manager
of the Eureka Williams Co.,
serving mid-west distributors for
six years. He has lived in Cin
cinnati for a number of years and
took over active management
as of October 4.
ah Herring, Diane Moore, Bar
bara Martin.
Sandra Seabolt, Jack Edwards,
Charles Lamar Floyd, Barbara
Farmer, Norman Thompson, Rita
Thompson, Bobby Allen, Loretta
Edge, Peggy Chapman, Polly
Rodgers, Saleta Lunsford, Larry
Reynolds, Tony Wiggins, Jerry
Patterson, Roscoe Moss, Ken
neth Allen, Larry Wilson, John
ny Walden, Jimmy Thompson
and Ronnie McGibboney.
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JUNCTION HIGHWAY 11-12
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Thursday and Friday
October 28 - 29
Van Heflin in
"WINGS OF THE HAWK"
(In Technicolor)
Also, Paramount News
Saturday
October 30
Tony Curtis in
"FORBIDDEN"
Also, Three Stooge Comedy
Sunday A Monday
October 31 - November 1
Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers in
"FOLLOW THE FLEET"
Woody Woodpecker Comedy
Tuesday A Wednesday
November 2 - 3
Jean Simmons - Victor Mature in
"AFFAIR WITH A STRANGER"
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
First Methodist
Revival Begins
Sunday Morning
The revival* at the First Meth
odist Church will begin Sunday
morning at 11 a. m. with the
Rev. Nat G. Long of Atlanta
preaching the first sermon.
There will be two services
daily. The morning service at
10 a. m. and evening service at
7:30 p. m. These services will
continue through Friday, No
vember 5. There will be no
Saturday services.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
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