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By THE OFFICE BOY
Truly, it is a time of exhilar
ation! Particularly for the
“school-ager” —for what could
be more wonderful than the
thought of “no more books”
after nine months of dreaming
of “A’s”, hoping for “B’s” and
being thankful for a “C”?
But, climaxing the toil of he
year, are the rewards to crown
the achievement of one and all
from the dignified Emory at Ox
ford, Newton High and Junior
Seniors, down through the
grades to the kindergarten
cherubs! There were classroom
parties and picnics; excursions
•nd even a train ride for the
second grade. On the more form
al side, there are the recitals,
which we can never resist, des
pite the fact we alternately
“chew our .nails” and glow like
a neon light along with the
parents, as each young Paderew
ski performs — the glorious
graduation exercises with the
girls from tots to teens, verita
ble “Dreams walking”, and the
boys from elf size to husky
football players attempting de
meanor to justify “formal” dress.
Nostalgic reminiscences, mixed
with pride and hopes for their
future as we enjoy every event
of our youngsters during this
season of the year, when it is
definitely “Their World”.
Last Saturday came the Big
Splash —for the opening of
the Covington Swimming Pool,
under the direction of Covington
Kiwanis Club, which made this
fine contribution to the com
munity. This spot promptly be
come the official “fun center”
for the young and young-at
heart. With inviting picnic
grounds adjacent, this is expect
ed to be a summer of expanded
family recreation. Family ties
are strengthened by those happy
occasions in which all the mem
bers of the family participate —
wholesome joys that leave no
age-consciousness between par
ent and child — which through
the years will fill many empty
moments with satisfying mem
ories. Surely, planned family
recreation could go far toward
relieving tension, finding life’s
true values, enriching parent
child relationships and creating
family unity, which oftimes
make the memories of a Chris
tian Home an anchor in the
storms on Life's Sea.
Orchids to one of uor cher
ished families, w’ o have given
this community such a home!
For the Marshall B. Dendys, as
they go to establish their home
ia Reidville, S. C., leave a won
derful contributio nto Newton
County in their Christian influ
ence, in his 11 years pastorate
of the Covington Presbyt rian
Church, and in the Junior High
School, where Mrs. Dendy has
taught the eighth grade. “Dot”
as their lovely duaghter Dorothy
is known to many friends, has
made a splendid record in her
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61 In Graduating Class At
Porterdale Jr. High School
PORTERDALE — Sixty-seven
girls and boys who graduated on
Friday, June 3, from the Por
terdale Junior High School will
always remember the beautiful
program of which they were a
part. The decorations for their
presentation of “The Shop Win
dow” by Mary Sullivan Kelly
were unusual and attractive but
very hard to describe that a read
er might truly appreciate the la
bor involved in preparing them.
The students were presented as
dolls in the shop window of Mad
ame Pendusky, played by Joyce
Driver. As the dolls came to life,
they imagined they were grad
uating from the Eighth Grade of
the Porterdale Jr. High School.
The program began as certain
young people gazed into the win
dow and imagined they saw life
there. Sandra Bowden spoke of
“Consider Thy Talents" to Nealus
Wheeler whose message was en
titled “The Power of Imagina
tion.” The revelers outside of
Madame Pandusky’s window
were Joyce Allen, Pam Laster,
Sandra Bowden. Aubrey Benton,
Arden Davis, Nealus Wheeler.
Pincushion Doll played by Mary
Bailey introduced the dolls in the
display either representing for
eign dolls or those in showcase*
dressed to please any young girl’s
fancy. The dolls who spoke were
as follows: Rag Doll, Netti*
Parks; Wound-up Doll, Wayne
Elkins; Tin Soldier, Richard
Moore; Historian, Jannease Sears;
Secretary, Shelby Cannon; Treas
urer, Mary Alice Speer; Basket
ball Captain, Wayne Huckaby;
poet, Sandra Allen; Statistician,
Sandra Cawlhon; Cut-ups, frank-
VOLUME 91
VACLM BIBLE SCHOOLS TO START MONDAY
11 Z^ewton High Seniors Awarded Diplomas
Miss Jo Anne Haymore Is
Winner Os First Honors
Graduation exercises of the Newton County High
School were held Monday night at the Newton County High
Gymnasium when 116 members of the senior class were
awarded diplomas. Jo Anne Haymore, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Haymore, was winner of first honors in the senior
Happy Days
Kindergarten
Graduation Friday
The theme for the Happy
Days Kindergarten school gradu
ation tomorrow (Friday) night,
at 8 o’clock at the Junior High
School gymnasium will be
“Happy Days Through The
Year.” The program will be a
culmination of the favorite sea
sonal songs, games and activi
ties the children have used
through the year in the growth
and development of the larger
muscle coordination, personali
ties and social graces.
Some 25 pupils will receive
diplomas at the exercises
The director, Mrs. T. C. Mea
dors, cordially invites the public
to attend. Parents with children
of kindergarten age are especi
ally invited to come and bring
their children, since the program
is designed chiefly to help in
form them as to what the kin
dergarten is attempting to do
for the child.
Vacation Bible
School Starts
At Mansfield
Vacation Bible School will
open at Mansifeld Methodist
Church next Monday morning,
June 13. The sessions will run
from 8:30 to 11:00 each morn
ing, Monday through Satur
day, wiin commencement on
Saturday night at 8:00 o'clock.
Interesting Bible studies and
handiwork have been prepar
ed, and there are new, catchy
choruses to be learned. All
children from surrounding
communities are cordially in
vited to attend.
lin Richardson and Bobby Floyd;
Giftorian, Shirley Walden; Proph
et, Mary Ellen Brooks.
The cut-outs who represented
dolls from song, history or con
tempo-life were introduced by
Pincushion Doll as follows: Jack
and Jill — Edward Bonner and
Jo Ann Maddox; K-K-K-Katy
and Dough Boy — Mary Frances
Savage and Jimmy Phillips; Peg
gy O'Neil and Callahan—Yvonne
Johnson and Jerry Stone; Mr.
and Mrs. Snow — Phillip Howard
and Sharon Bennett; Daisy Bell
and Her Beau — Betty Hayes
and Jesse Treadwell; Alice Blue
Gown and Boy Friend — Jo Ann
Favero and Fred Bankston; Deb
bie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher —
Vena Lou Smith and Hoyt Bar
nett; Henry and Girl — Bennie
Jenkins and Peggy Jump; Scar
lett O’Hara and Rhett Butler —
Pam Laster and Billy Dean Rut
ledge.
Nimblea Thimbles were Joyce
Allen, Dorothy Carter, June Fox,
Margaret Jenkins. Mary Ann
Jones, Prtricia Martin, Barbara
F'^-non, Faye Slaton, and Vir
ginia Sprayberry, who danced
around inside the shop window.
As a part of the performance,
a piano quartet consisting of Pam
Laster, Yvonne Johnson, Sandra
Bowden and Joyce Allen played
Brahma “Hungarian Dance."
A piano solo “Bravura" by
Barbour was played by Bobby
Floyd.
The elown perched high atop
the show window was Ronald
Christian.
Class Superlatives recognized
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Whr ©mtittginn Mms
Class and was the winner of
the Porter Memorial award, a
check in the amount of $950.
Rotary Achievement trophies
were awarded Shirley Harlin
and Gerald, Dimsdale.
Florence (Totsie) Fowler was
the winner of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
Good Citizenship medal.
The following graduated with
honors: Nina Scott Allen, Norma
Jean Bledsoe, Donald Lamar
Bohannon, Eleanor Diane Ches
nut, Florence Turner Fowler,
Shirley Nell Harlin, William
Donald Harrison, Jo Anne Hay
more. Madison Quinten Hines
ley, Franklin David Johnson,
Janice Pearl King, Gloria Ann
ette Lazenby,' Evelyn Audrey
Loyd, Barbara Ann Mclntosh,
Jo Milligan Weatherup, Ida Mae
Norman, Martha Ann Reynolds,
Lawrence* Franklin Rogers, Mar
tha Carol Sammons, Ruth Carol
Thomason and Charles Raymond
Tomlin.
Quinter* Hinesley welcomed
visitors.
David Johnson spoke on “New
Jobs For Youth.”
Emily Eady rendered a piano
solo.
Florence (Totsie) Fowler spoke
on “Education Prepares Us” and
Donald Harrison chose as his
topic, “The World is our Heri
tage.”
Carol Sammons rendered a vo
cal solo
Jo Anne Haymore, winner of
the Porter award chose “Youth
Looks Ever Forward” as the
topic of her address.
Diplomas were presented by
Homer F. Sharp, supervising
principal.
Mrs. M. E. Goode Jr., served
as accompanist.
Graduates include:
Edward Herndon Adams, John
Paul Adams, Sarah Annette
Aiken, Dorothy Lee Allen, Joyce
Jeannette Allen, Gary Davidson
Austin, Bobbie Jean Bates. Nor
ma Jean Bledsoe and Donald
Lamar Bohannon.
Sara Annese Bowie. Thomas
Wesley Broderick, Jarrell Wayne
Brooks, Ronald Marvin Burch.
James Norman Butler, Marshall
Stanley Caldwell, Sherrod Ran
some Campbell 111, Johnny La
nier Carter, Barbara Rhea Cau
dill and Sidney Malinda Chap
man.
Eleanor Diane Chesnut, Har-
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Allen Memorial
Announces Bible
School Faculty
Vacation Bible School at
Allen Memorial Church at Ox
ford will be held June 13-17
from 9 until 11 o'clock each
morning.
Teachers for the nursery de
partment will be Mrs. Darvin
White. Mrs. Garland Williams,
Mrs. Luke Allgood and Mrs. Le
land Ellis; for the kindergarten,
Mrs. Robert Budd, Mrs. Jack
Carlson; primaries, Mrs. Bill
Giles, Mrs. M. P. Stacks, and
Mrs. Cary Allgood; juniors and
intermediates. Mrs. Marshall
Elizer, Mrs. Cecil Allgood, and
I Mrs. John Burson.
The school is under the di
; rection of Mrs. Rees* Griffin
i with Mrs. J. Hamby Barton as
' sisting with the music and as
sembly.
A feature of the assembly will
be daily stories by Mrs. Au bra
' Sherwood, Mrs. Edward G. Mac
kay, Mrs. Earl Rhoads, Mrs.
E. J. Brown, and Mrs. Luke
Allgood. Miss Voncile Allgood
will serve as secretary.
The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service will furnish re
freshments daily during the re
cess period.
All children of the church
are invited and urged to at-
I tend
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THE SECOND annual graduation program of fha Happy Days Kindergarten will be held at the
Covington Junior High School gymnasium tomorrow night Shown in picture, FIRST ROW, left
to right: Artie Hays, Lamar Fincher, Davilyn Shaw and Mary Ann Freeman. SECOND ROW,
left to right: Nona Dell Spears, Jimmy Alexander, Vance Morris and Roddy Hendricks. THIRD
ROW, left to right: Tommy Castleberry, George Bailey, Deborah McCullough, Evelyn Burney,
Theresa O'Kelly, Jimmy Neely, Harold Callaway, and Karen O'Kelly, a guest. FOURTH ROW,
left to right: Paula Rignolet, a guest, Jeannie Pignolet, Becky Banks, Kathy Pratt, Vicki Palmer,
Jud Callaway, Chris Baker, Beverly Hinton, and Susan Stubbs. Mrs. T. C. Meadors, director and
Sarah Mitchell Wise, maid. Absent when picture was made: Rissa Spears and Bessie Jo Huson.
City Electric Improvement
Program Is Now Underway
An electric improvement pro
gram, costing an estimated $20,-
000.00 is underway in Covington.
City Clerk Clyde Castleberry
stated City Council, in regular
session at City Hall Monday
night, authorized the purchase
of wire, to be erected to Hub
Junction, at a cost of approxi
mately $3,000.00
The speed limit on Newton
Drive (between N. Anderson
and N. Mill Streets) is proposed
to be reduced from 30 miles
per hour to 20 miles per hour.
Legal advertisement on this pro
posal appears elsewhere in to
day’s (TTiursday) issue of the
NEWS. Final action will not be
taken until five days following
publication of the proposed or
dinance.
In other action City Council:
Honors Day Program Features
Newton Hi Graduation Program
The Honors day program for
the graduating class of the New
ton County High School was
held last Friday afternoon.
The program follows:
Perfect Attendance, 9th grad®.
Miss Sadye Downs, teacher:
Ralph Aiken, Roger Austin,
Brenda Bailey, Belva Baker,
Connie Bledsoe, Linda Bowen,
Melinda Ann Brooks, James
Coggins, Corra Costley, Douglas
Doster, Patsy Ellington, Larry
Laster, Jerry Kitchens, Jo Ann
Kitchens, Margaret Kimble, El
inor Johnson, Mary Holcombe,
Melba Piper, Adrian McDonald,
Elliott McElroy. Tommy Mill
wood. Jimmy Piper, Ike Robert
son, Edna Smith, Joe Rainey,
Joseph Hubert Wilbanks. Billy
Joe Turlington, Jacki* Yancey,
Glenda Yancey. Margie Wilson,
Gloria Ann Wilson, Nina Ruth
Wicks, Sandra Whitfield and
Erma Louise Stapp
Tenth grad* perfect attend
ance. L. M. Burke, teacher:
Martin Avery, Byron Bohan
non, Mary Byrd, Mary Lee Cost
ley. Peggy Crews, Harold Darby,
John Dearing, Ruby Deaton,
Bertha Dial, Jefferson Dial. Mar
shall Edwards, Nellie Jo Harris,
Betty Hunt. Edward Jenkins,
Eleanor Johnson, Jeanne John
son, Craig Lackey. Betty Ann
Masten, James Milligan, Phil
Milligan, Sandra Moore. Donald
Penn, Sue Pratt, Michael Smith,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1955
Approved providing water for
a proposed wayside park, a pro
ject planned by the Covington
Lions Club.
Approved the purchase of a
roller for the street department.
Named J. S. Gardner Sr., W.
C. Stephenson, and W. J Dingus
as City tax equalizers for the
year 1955. The board is mow in
session at the City Hall. Their
work is expected to be com
pleted within the next couple
of weeks.
P M. Dearing headed a dele
gation requesting water and
sewerage for East End.
Mayor Jack L. Elliott presided
at the meeting. Councilmen pres
ent included: John Bob Weaver,
Fred Kitchens, T. Alvin Rape,
Carl Smith Jr., W. T. Greer,
and Robert R. Fowler Jr.
I Dorothy Snow, Amelia Stall
worth and Elsie Thompson.
Eleventh grade perfect attend
ance, Woodrow Light, teacher:
Nelson Allen, Ancel Bailey,
Martha Bramlett, Carol Burney.
Carole Campbell, Kenneth Cost
ley, Sheridan Davis, Joel Daw
kins, Cleveland Digby, Robert
F' wler, Sidney Green, George
Grove, Judy Hilley, Clara Sue
Johnson, Gibson Loyd, Barbara
Lumsden, David McCullough,
Larry Mclntosh, Sammy Pace,
Jean Roberts, Sara Alice Sharp
ton, John Spears, Charles Stew
art, Johnny Thompson, Opal
Watkins, Janice Wise and Jean
Yancey.
Twelfth grade perfect attend
ance, Miss Mary Ellington, teach
er.
Annette Aiken. Dorothy Allen,
Norma Jean Bledsoe, Done Id
Bohannon, Jamey Butler, Elean
or Chesnut, Helen Davis, Dean
Ellington, Don Harrison. Lamar
Hays, Charlie Head, R. A. Holi
field, Florence Fowler, Evelyn
Gunnels, Connie McDaniel, Bob
by Gene Rogers, Ida Mae Nor
man, Gene McKinley, Joyce
Palmer, Sybil Mobley, Doris
Wilson, Ruth Carol Thomason, |
Robert Smith and Jane Stud- 1
dard.
Miss Clara Mae Hays, v ing
teacher, presented the perfect
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Four Covington
Students Receive
Emory Degrees
Four Covington students Rob
ert P. Campbell Jr., 205 Davis
St., and Trevor Turner, H. Mack
Driver, and Herbert L. Bowdoin,
all of Route 2, were among 450
June graduates awarded degrees
in commencement ceremonies
last Saturday at Emory Univer
sity.
Campbell received a Bachelor
of Laws degree, and the other
thre were awarded Bachelor of
Divinity degrees.
Dancing Trio
On Kiwanis
Program Today
"The Three Step-Sisters," a
dancing trio from Griffin, will
appear on the program at the
regular weekly meeting of the
Covington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday).
S. Lanier Hardman, program
chairmen, will be in charge and
urges a full attendance.
•George MacMahon was in
ducted into membership of the
dub at the meeting last Thurs
day. R. O. Arnold presented the
new member, a farmer.
Mrs. MacMahon was present
for the induction ceremony. The
MacMahon’s are parents of one
son who resides with them and
attends EAO, and two duaghtens,
married, and making their home
elsewhere.
J. mTc Kitaif
Awarded Doctor
Medicine Degree
J. M C. Kitaif w* among 76
who received the degree of Doc
tor of Medicine from the Medi
cal College of Georgia, Augusta,
at graduating ceremonies last
Saturday night.
His wife is the former Mary
Agnes Waggoner, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mell Waggonner,
of Covington They hav* four
children.
The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Myron Kitaif of Douglaston,
Long Island, N. Y., will intern
at the University Hospital,
Augusta. He received his B. S.
degree from the University of
Georgia, and is a» member of
the Phi Chi medical fraternity.
All Children Ranging In
Age From 3 -16 Invited
Six Vacation Bible Schools open in Covington next
Monday, June 13. The schools will be in session each day
next week from 8:30 to 11:30 at the Covington First Baptist
Church and from 9 to 12 noon at all other churches. The
age groups will be 3-16. The Covington First Baptist Church,
the Covington First Presbyterian
Church, the Covington First
Methodist Church, North Coving
ton Methodist Church, Allen
Memorial Methodist Church,
Calvary Baptist Church and
Covington Mills Methodist
Church will conduct a joint
school. Other churches will have
separate schools.
Preparation day at First Bap
tist Church and the Presbyter
ian Church will be held at the
respective churches tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon from 3 to
5 p. m.
Preparation for the Covington
Mills joint school will be held
next Sunday afternoon, June
12, at 2 o’clock. Registration
will take place at this time
when a two-hour program will
be presented.
The largest enrollment in his
tory is anticipated.
Each child is expected to at
tend the church with which
he is affiliated, and children
in Covington with no church
home will be welcomed at any
of the six schools.
Children lacking transporta
| tion are urged to contact one of
; the principals.
| Principals include:
i First Baptist Church. Frank
; Moody.
First Methodist Church, Mrs.
Willie Campbell.
Presbyterian Church, Mrs.
Donald Stephenson.
North Covington Methodist
Church, Miss Eva Mask.
Allen Memorial Methodist
Church Mrs. Resse Griffin.
Calvary Baptist and Covington
Mills Methodist, Mrs. J. I. Al
ford.
Revival at Sardis
Church Begins
Sunday Week
Revival services will begin
at Sardis (Congregational) Church
on Sunday night, June 19.
The regular pastor, Rev Scott
Morris, will be in charge.
The Prayer Band will meet
at 7:15 and the song service will
start at 7:30.
The public is cordially invited
tn attend.
Covington Junior High Awards
62 Diplomas to Class of '55
Sixth-two eighth graders at
the Covington Junior High
School were presented diplomas
in graduation exercises last
Thursday, June 2, at the Cov
ington Junior High gymnasium.
The program follows:
Class president, Mozelle Big
gers: master of ceremonies. No
lan Nesbit; welcome, Lucy Floyd
Morcock; class history, Gerald
Autry, Diane Faulk a<nd Robert
Few; piano duet, Hannah Reyn
olds and Mozelle Biggers; class
poem, Carolvn Freeman; athle
tic review, Donald House, Har
riette Johnson and Jimmy Ram
sey; piano duet, Jane Mask and
Peggy Ann Wicks.
Class will, Alton Freeman, Car
olyn Roberts and Henrv Fitz
patrick Jr.: piano solo, Harriette
Johnson; class prophecy, Diane
Wright, Bobby Pickrell and
Hannah Reynolds: class address,
Linda Patrick; UDC Award, es
say contest winner, Henry Fitz
patrick Jr.; and presentation of
diplomas, G. B. Hutchinson.
Diplomas were presented the
following:
’Gerald Autry, Cranford B.
Ballew. Hilda Louise Biggers,
’Mozelle Bigger, Adrian Mahala
Bledsoe. Linda Bledsoe. Peggy
Ann Carter, Steve Day, Lin
by Pincushion Doll were the fol
lowing: Most Popular — Harriet
Autry and Durward Savage; Most,
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READERS WEEKLY
Almon Funeral
Services For
Miss June Dobbs
Funeral services for Miss June
Dobbs, 19, of Route 2, Coving
ton (Almon Community) who
died following an automobile ac
cident Tuesday night, May 31,
were held Thursday, June 2, at
3:30 p. m. at the Shiloh Meth
odist Church, Almon. Rev. H.
M. Driver, pastor, officiated, as
sisted by the Rev. W. H. Ruff,
pastor of the Ousley Chapel
Methodist Church, Decatur. In
terment was in Lawnwood Cem
etery near Covington.
She is survived by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James N.
Dobbs; two sisters, Mary Fan
and Leslynn Dobbs, all of Al
mon; and grandparents, Mr. and
Mrss. G. M. Williams of Cov
ington.
She was a member of the Shi
loh Methodist Church, Almon
and was employed by Ford Mot
or Company, East Point.
Pallbearers were members of
Miss Dobbs’ Sunday School Class:
Johnny Turner, Thomas Moss,
Larry Capes, Bobby Bowen, Billy
Letson and Larry Smith.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of the
bereaved family. J. C. Harvell
and Son were in charge of fu
neral arrangements.
Conyers Service
League Sponsors
Dance Tomorrow
The Conyers Junior Service
League is sponsoring a dance
tomorrow (Friday) night ait the
Conyers gymnasium from 9 to
12. Music will be furnished by
Joe Towns and his orchestra.
Tickets will sell for $1.50 per
couple, and $1 stag.
Athletic — Marilyn Knight and
Gypsy Smith; Most Artistic —
Sharon Sealock and Harold Pat
terson; Class Spirit — Billy
Hooper.
Other dolls in the shop window
who received certificate* with all
the dolls formerly mentioned
were: Geraldine Daniel, Glenda
Dawkins, Edith Moore, Felton
Bradford, Edward Carter, Gene
Cofer, Jerry Dodd, Shelton Evans.
Jack Loyd, Tony Mills, Bobbv
Mobley, Melvin Scarborough, and
Lanier Wise.
Ronnie Sears who served as
the class mascot had a special
place in the midst of the dolls in
the shop window.
Mr. B. B. Snow presented the
certificates to the graduates and
invited Miss Maud King to speak
to the graduates a word of chal
lenge. Miss King spoke briefly
of the splendid way in which both
parents and students had coop
erated in the school life of Por
terdale.
Out of town guest* were intro
duced and Mr. E. L. Ficquett
spoke briefly.
The Rev. H. F. Barfield prayed
the benediction at the conclusion
of the excellent presentation.
Misses Jordye Tanner and Stel
la S. Coulter are to be commend
ed for their direction of this out
standing program which proved
to be very colorful, very enter
taining, and very successful.
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