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VOLUME 91
Newton’s Bear Creek Watershed Survey Underway
Project Is One 01 Two
Approved In Georgia
Authorization from Washington has been received by
the Soil Conservation Service to make surveys to determine
the feasability of preparing watershed plans for Bear Creek
and Little Creek watersheds under the authority of Public
Law 566, the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Farm and Home
Planning Cons.
Objectives
The production of more and
better food supplies, increasing
the quantity and quality of cash
crops, better care of the soil,
and making the home and fkrm
surroundings more attractive
were set-up as major agricultural
objectives for 1955 during the
Newton County Annual Colored
Farm and Home Planning Con
ference.
The conference consisted of
farmers from over the county
and because of the desire to make
farming more profitable and the
belief that life in rural commu
nities cpn be stimulating and en
ligtening, these people were
eager to sit down together and
discuss common problems and
formulate what the group believe
can be achieved this year into
an agricultural plan of work.
The following are some of the
conclusions reached by the con
ference: “We believe that the
vegetable garden is one of the
most important family enterprises
and we recommend that the
garden be at least one fourth
acre in size with a variety of
vegetables growing the year
round.
“We recommend that at least
one extra shoat, or yearling, or
a few chickens be well fed out
and marketed to supplement the
family cash income from cotton.
We recommend that legume
crops be planted and that stable
manure and compost be broad
casted on the land as it accumu
lates.
‘We recommend that farm tools
and equipment be kept up with,
kept in good repair, and kept
out of the weather when not
in use; also that flowers and
shrubs be planted and that the
home and farm surroundings be
made more attractive.”
Aattention will be given to
insect and disease control and
other general farm and home
management problems.
The conference was ■ divided
into four groups to discuss-and
report on the following topics:
Group 1 topic, Planning the
food and feed needs for the
home and farm, J. O. Johnson,
chairman, Addie Johnson, sec
retary, Stewart Hurst, Elizabeth
Freeman, Cleo Banks, and Em
mitt Nolley. '
Group 2 topic. Planning for
the family cash income for the
year, E. ‘M. Wood, chairman;
Rose Lee Goolsby, secretary;
Frank Nolley, Ide Smith. Joseph
ine Wood and Joe White.
Group 3 topic, Planning the
soil improvement and conserva
vation practices for the year, J.
T. Swann, chairman; Inez Clark,
secretary; Fred Johnson. Emory
Smith. Louise Thomas and John
E. Brown.
Group 4 topic, Planning the
upkeep of the farm and home
for the year, Tom Brown, chair
man; Lizzie Mae Brown, secre
tary; Harold Zachery, Rosetta
Swann, Addie Wood and Lawson
Thomas.
These groups are serving as
enterprise committees to help
promote agricultural plan-of
work and they will meet from
time to time to determine the
extent of which objectives are
being achieved. This work is
supervised by Seabie Russell and
J .W. Horne, local colored Ex
tension Service workers.
TIME FOR PRUNING ROSES
Roy A. Bowden, assistant hor
ticulturist for the University of
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service, advises pruning roses
the first of this month in the
southern half of Georgia and
around Feb. 20 in the northern
half. He says to fertilize the
roses immediately, if this was not
done in January.
Act. Bear Creek Watershed is
located in Newton and Jasper
counties. The Upper Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District
supervisors and the Newton
County commissioners have made
application for Federal Assist
ance in planning the Bear Creek
Watershed.
Survey and planning work
started this week on Bear Creek
Watershed. Information gathered
from this study of the 22,000
acres in Newton and Jasper
counties will be used to de
termine the needs for Federal
assistance in stabilizing the
area’s soil ahd controlling flood
waters.
Julian D. Clements will be
leader of the watershed planning
party. Other members of the
party include Hydrologist Hugh
Clark, Economist Hobert C.
Miles, Geologist E. J. Clay, and
Civil Engineer Tommy J. Phil
lips. James P. Knight local work
unit conservationist, will assist
the planning party in studies
being made of the Bear Creek
Area.
A. E. Hays, district supervisor
of the Upper Ocmulgee River
District, and T. M. Bates, New
ton County commissioner applied
to the State Soil Conservation
Committee for federal assistance
in the watershed project.
A field trip on February 8
to study work established on
Noonday Creek near Marietta
which is similar to the practices
which are to be applied to Bear
Creek will be made by the offi
cers and directors of the Bear
| Creek Watershed Association.
The officers are C. O. Benton,
' president; Fred Greer, vice
president; Charles Ewing, secre
tary and Wilbur Jones, treasurer.
Directors of the association
are: A. E. Hays, chairman, L. H.
Cook, J.R. Whelchel, Jack Spears,
Joe Webb, A. L. Jackson, Hoke
Hays, Emmett Wood, Ralph Mc-
Donald, and George ,F. Neal.
T. M. Bates, county commis
sioner; W. H. McKinney, county
agent; J. W. Horne, colored ex
tension agent, vocational teach
ers, H. M. Pulliam and J. D.
Smith; and James P. Knight and
Albert D. Barnett, local SCS
personnel will accompany the
officers and directors on the
trip to Noonday Creek Water
shed.
Little Creek Watershed is lo
cated in Wheeler and Laurens
counties with an area of 17,800
acres. The Choopee River Soil
Conservation district supervisors
and the Wheeler County board
of commissioners have made ap
' plication for federal assistance
in planning the Little Creek
' Watershed.
C. W. Chapman, state conser
vationist of the Soil Conserva
tion Service, advises that these
• two watersheds are the first of
’ 32 application’s in Georgia to
’ be approved. The 32 watersheds
include 1,301,717 acres located
in 44 counties.
Cub Scouts Give
Comic Books to
Aidmore Paitents
: Cub Scouts of Pack 58„ Dens 1,
: 2,4, 5,6, 9 have been collecting
• comic books to be sent to Elks
■ Aidmore Hospital in Atlanta. Den
• Dad W. K. Lunsford of Den 2
i took these books to Atlanta and
gave them to an Elks representa-
> tive.
) The Cubs were assuredthat the
■ children in the ospital would
i both appreciate and enjoys these
J books.
i -
i Shorter Alumnae
Luncheon on 12th
Shorter College alumnae in
this area are invited to attend
the regional alumnae luncheon
j which will be held at the home
' of Mrs. H. H. Cobb, 1175 South
1 Milledge Avenue, Athens, on
’ February 12 at 12:30 p. m.
“ Shorter alumnae from Cov
-1 ington are cordially invited to
1 attend this regional luncheon and
■ I to make reservations with Mrs.
‘. Lilia Mae Waithour, Social Cir-
| cle, on or before February 7.
(Unuinginn
Don Stephenson Elected President of MCO Emory Club
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THE MONROE-COVINGTON-OXFj HD Emory Club met io observe the 118ih Birthday Anniversary
of Emory University on Monday night, January 24, at Haygood Dining Hall on the Oxford Campus.
There were 136 present for a social hour at 7 o'clock and dinner at 7:30. The guests were greeted
first by Donald Stephenson, President of the Club. Dean Virgil Eady responded and introduced
Walton Davis of the Emory University Alumni Office. Mr. Davis made a few comments and then
introduced the speaker. Dr. William H. Jones, Professor of Chemistry on the Atlanta campus was
the speaker. Ha spoke of the pari he had in ihe Atomic Project at Oak Ridge during the war. He
also gave a resume of the uses and possible uses of atomic energy in war and in peace. Pictured
left to right are: Dean and Mrs. V. Y. C. Eady, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Radford, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Stephenson, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones and Mr. Walton Davis. The following officers were elected
to serve for the coming year: Donald G. Stephenson, Covington, President; Garland Radford, Mon
roe. Vice-President: and Dr. Harry Hutchins, Buford, Secretary-Treasurer.
AFROTC
Unit Names 55
Promotions
MAJOR THIGPEN
V
Major Troy Thigpen associate
professor of Air Science, an
nounces the following promotions
of Air Force ROTC cadets at
Oxford: Hayes L. Basford, Jr.,
A/2C Jacksonville, Fla.; John A.
' Driver, Ist It., LaGrange; William
D. Jenkins, T/SGT’, Columbus;
Kenneth Whitehead, S/SGT,
Comer; Charles Williamson,
S/STG, Rome; Mell Prather,
A/2C, Covington; Williamson,
’ Chapple 111, A/2C, Woodbine;
J Howard H. Hamby, A/2C, Smyr
na; Frank H. Lowe, Jr. A/2C,
' Baxley; James E. Harrell,
S/SGT, Columbus; Virgil Y. C.
Eady, S/SGT. Oxford; Robert
’ E. Chappell, Jr., S/SGT, Griffin;
Hugh C. White, A/2C, Columbus;
Richard P. Mayfield, A/2C, Dal
ton; Donald W. Steele, A/2C,
Covington;. William Jackson,
j A/2C, Barnesville.
। The following are promoted
; to the rank of A/3C: Edward
! Almand, Monroe; Billy Baxter,
Calhoun; William Beggs, Madi
son Fla.; Samuel O. Bell, Albany;
James N. Burt, Jacksonville,
j Fla.; James L. Branyon, Athens;
।Wil bu r Chapman. Hartwell;
'James W. Clark, Titusville, Fla.;
William B. Clark, Jackonville,
Fla.; William Coker, LaGrange;
, James Coleman, Jacksonville;
[ Edwin Cooksey, Lamont, Fla.;
> James Cox, Atlanta; Arthur Dan
i iels, Swainsboro; John Evans,
! Woodbury; Robert Galt, Rome;
I John Hewitt, Blakely; Joseph
. Hughes, Lloyd, Fla.; William
Humphrey, Bainbridge; James
. Keaton, Colquitt; William Kim
[ ble. Americus Alton King, Jack
. sonville; James Knowles, Jack
son; Bobby Lanier, Collins; Allan
McGarity, Elberton; William
Mills, St. Augustine; Marvin
Nix, Dalton; George Nowell,
Dublin; Larry Paramoure, Ocilla;
Eugene Rackley, Atlanta; Wil
i liam Sanders, Hapeville; Homer
( Sharp, Covington; William
! Strawn. McDonough; Walter W.
. Strom, Albany; Isaac Thompson,
! Good Hope; William Thompson,
Washington; George Toole, Col
quitt: Tommy Wages, Auburn;
. Henry Walker, Washington;
, James Woodward, Summerville.
I
. j There are 1,200 Boy Scout
- Camps in the nation valued at 45
| million dollars.
Covington's ONLY HOME - OWNED and HOME - OPERATED Newspaper
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1955
Legion Post 556
Exceeds Members
Quota, Lauded
Special commendation has been
extended to the John Henry
Thompson Post No. 556 of The
American Legion at Covington for
having already attained an ad
vance enrollmet of 1955 members
exceeding the assigned quota for
the year. Post Commander Eddie
Baker has received a letter from
Department Commander Jack
Langford of Griffin, citing the
Post for the achievement.
On January 28, the Post had
reported 52 members for 1955 to
Department Headquarters in At
lanta, 2 more than the quota of
50 for the year.
Commander Langford pointed
out in his letter that, “the John
Henry Thompson Post No. 556,
by reaching membership quota
early in the Legion year, helps
provide the working force of men
and* women whose efforts will
make possible the effective pro
motion of our fundamental pro
grams in rehabilitation, child wel
fare, national security and Amer
। icanism.”
Emphasizing the role of the
Post in the community, the De
partment Commander told Com
mander Baker that, “I believe
you have within your Post mem
bership a group who will this
year set a new record of achieve
ment in community services,
which is one of the most worthy
objectives we can have in The
American Legion.
Veterans of World War I, World
War II and the Korean Conflict
are eligible for member ship in
The American Legion. Also eligi
ble are men and women who ser
ved in the three wars and who
continue in service under honor
able conditions.
All sections of the 2,050-mile
Appalachian Trail were followed
by 700 Scouts and Explorers last
year.
BOMBS FALL IN THE FAR EAST
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M Ball Kai-shek’s air forces have sunk
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Sea (A), and bombed Tungchi
Q* Wupeng Island (B) and Yichang (C).
r The Communists dropped incen-
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^otunowan /FORMOSA^
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Rev. Barton To
Make Preaching
Trip to Cuba
Reverend J. Hamby Barton,
pastor of the Allen Memorial
Methodist Church at Oxford, an
nounced this week that guest
preachers will fill the pulpit at
Oxford for the next two Sun-
I days. Reverend Barton will be
in Cuba on a preaching mission
February 4-19 under the spon
sorship of the General Board of
: Evangelism ’ and Bishop John
Branscomb of the Florida and
I Cuba confe i^nces. Bishop Bran
-1 comb was one of the speakers
, at the annual camp meeting last
• year at Salem
Dr. F. Burr Clifford will preach
। at the 11 o’clock service Sunday
I morning February 6. Reverend
• Reece Griffin will conduct the
■ 7:30 p. m. service. Both are mem
bers of the Emory at Oxford
faculty. Mrs. Martin Goode will
give special music at the eve
ning service.
Reverend Griffin will preach
again at the 11 a. m. service,
February 13. Student ministers
of Emory at Oxford will conduct
the 7:30 p. m. service, February
13.
Brownie Troop 4
Sees Water Plant
By JANE KESLER, Sec.
We met January 28 in our
room. Our president called the
meeting to order. The secre
tary read the minutes of the
last meeting and the treasurer
took up the collection.
We visited the city water plant.
We found out all about the
water we drink. We had a very
nice time.
Silver Star Chapter 372 OES
Sponsor Stars of Tomorrow
BY SUSIE WILLIAMS
PORTERDALE — Silver Star
Chapter 372, OES of Porterdale
is again sponsoring the Freddie
Miller “STARS OF TOMOR
ROW” show. This a wonderful
opportunity for any one in New
ton County that has any talent
such as singing, dancing, playing
a musical instrument, elocution,
etc. This year the show will be
presented at the Newton County
High School Auditorium on Fri
day, 7:30 PM, March 25. Anyone
interested in being in this wond
erful show should contact W-
John Farmer at 5781 or Mrs.
Betty Strawn at 5121.
The Newton County “Stars of
Tomorrow Show” is a golden op-
”Y" Groups Encourage Everybody
To Attend Church, Read Bible
BY BETTY ANNE MASTEN
Alpha-Tri-Hi-Y
Recently we observed here
Church Loyalty week. I believe
that a thorough use and daily
reading of the Bible plays a
very prominent part in our loy
alty to the church. In order for
a person to want to read the
Bible he must acquire some un
derstanding of what the Bible is
trying to teach us.
First of all, &hat does the
Bible say? In the home, when
ever a question of moral arises
it ought to be the most natural
j thing to ask, “What does the
. Bible say about it?” When such
a question is asked, a parent
should be able to turn right to
the section of the Bible where
the answer is found. They should
make the habit of referring to
the Bible, a familiar and natur
al occurance in their home.
The Bible may be made a
book of interest for the younger
children. Children have a na
tural, healthy couriosity. It is
easy to arouse it in the interest
of Bible study. Let them look
up such questions as: “What
kind of lunch did a boy carry
in Jesus’ day,” or “What did
Jesus 'forbid Adam and Eve to
do,” etc. All of these things may
not be of highest importance but
they serve to show the children
what they can gain from use
of the Bible and help to estab
lish a sense of early loyalty to
the Bible.
Too often young people go out
into the world with no concep
tion that the Bible contains some
of the finest literature in the
world. Their parents may have
been interested in helping them
appreciate Shakespeare or some
other famous name in literature.
As a result when someone men
tions to them what fine litera
ture is found in the Bible it
comes to them as a complete
surprise. This ought not to be
so. Every child ought to be
familiar enough with their
Bible to know that it contains
some of the very finest litera
ture of the known world, also
to most valuable literature to
mankind.
In order to help your children
to acquire a proper knowledge
of the Bible you should lead
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portunity for anyone with a par- j
ticular talent and one that might
open the door leading to the En
tertainment World. If you are a
winner on this show — you will
be presented on Television in At
lanta on the Freddie Miller Stars
of Tomorrow show and if you ere
a first place winner on the Tele
vision show you will be given fur
ther opportunity to display your
talents in other large cities. The
A $32,000,000 construction pro
will be held at the Newton Coun
ty High School auditorium March
9th at 7:00 P.M. Please contact
Mr. Farmer or Mrs. Strawn at
once if you are interested in this
opportunity to show the wonder
ful talent we have in Newton
County.
them to love it. Help them to
know it and appreciate the best
things in it. Then you may
safely leave it to make its own
appeal to their spiritual natures.
The Bible also plays an im
portant part in the development
of ones character. In the Bible
are found the foundatiws of
character. You have ths Ten
Commandments which are never
out-dated and never never sup
erseded. Every little while in
our daily life we have to get
back to the fundamentals. These
’ Ten Commandments are the
‘ great building stones sunk deep
: in the soil of the centuries upon
J which the structure of life must
, be built.
, In the Bible we also find some
। more important factors of char
, acter: the Beatitudes and The
Golden Rule. These are the great
“Yes” of Jesus as the Command
ments are the “No” of the Old
Testament. These the child
should know early and learn to
practice.
By careful reading .of the
Bible we will also learn obedi
ence, helpfulness, spirit of ser
vice, unselfishness, courage,
moral and .physical perserver
ance, steadfastness, reverence,
faith, trust, honor, spirit of
brotherhood, loyalty to God, and
and our country, forgiveness,
love, gratitude and many other
fine qualities which should ena
ble us to live a better and more
MRS. E. L. TRIBBLE
Announces the Opening of the . . .
SUNSHINE NOVELTY & GIFT SHOP
At her Home on North Emory St., Oxford, on . . .
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 11-12
The Public is Cordially Invited to attend between
the hours of 9 a.m. and S p.m.
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Last Rites Held
For Mrs. E. M.
Piper Saturday
Last rites were held for Mrs
E. M. Piper, beloved Covingtor.
resident and wife of E. M. Piper,
local pioneer business and civic
leader, Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the First Methodist
Church. The Rev. M. Ralph
Hawkins, pastor of the Methodist
Church, conducted the services,
and interment was in the Cov
ington Cemetery.
Mrs. Piper, nee Miss Lily
Still, who died Friday in an
Atlanta Hospital where j she
had been a patient for approx
imately two weeks, was a native
of Walton County, the daughter
of the late Samuel Marion and
Mrs. Maria Cooper Still, early
Walton County settlers. In her
early childhood the family moved
to Conyers where they lived
prior to her marriage to Mr. Pip
er in 1907. Since soon after their
marriage the Pipers have lived
at the present homesite on North
Emory Street.
Keenly interested in the act
ivities of her church, Mrs. Piper
was a member of the Charles
Porter S. S. Class and WSCS of
the First Methodist Church
where her membership was. She
was a member of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Her devotion to, her family and
friends made her home her realm
and distinguished Mrs. Piper as
the typical mother, homemaker,
and good neighbor. Her cheer
ful and altruistic nature endear
ed her to a wide circle of firerids.
' Survivors include her husband;
1 two daughters, Miss Dorothy
1 Piper, and Mrs. John Preston*of
t Monroe; one son. Marion Piper;
two brothers, L. B. Still of Con
: yers and James H. Still of At
■ lanta; and three grandchildren,
• Marion Jr. and Lee Piper, Cov
ington, and Troy Preston HI of
Monroe.
Serving as pallbearers were:
L. B. Still Jr., James Still Jr.,
Dick Brisendine, Robert Brlsen
dine, Joe Heard, Charles King
Jr., and Bill McCollum. J. C.
Harwell and Son were ip charge
of arrangements .
The NEWS joins hosts of
friends in extending ! sincere
sympathy to the bereaved fam
ily- '
loyal life for our church and at
the same time give us a firm
foundation on which to build
our future.
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