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Orchids and more orchids to
Mt he staff of Newton County Hos
■pita). Mrs. Reid and her co
■ workers keep that place looking
■ like a picture you see in “House
' & Garden.’’ It’s cheerfulness
,1 makes one feel like “wanting
to be in 'the hospital.’’ You do
■ not want to be ill, but you really
feel a rest there would make
a new person of you. The beau
' tiful attention shown the pati
ents by the staff, and by the
I young matrons of Covington who
serve as Nurses Aides and Grey
Ladies is priceless!
Yes, we have seen a dream
of some 20 years materialize!
' We found not one speck of dust
in the entire hospital. We found
flowers growing all over the
place, thanks to the Garden
Club. Inside, we saw tropical
plants in every nook and corner
and they are so beautifully car
ed for they look as fresh as
when they left the florist shoo.
Our visit to the maternity
ward was heartwarming Monday
morning. There was the young
son of the hapoy H. H. Adams
family of Newborn, looking like
a month old baby. He was born
the day before, on Father’s Day.
■ What a gift to a father! He was
th? prettiest young baby I ever
■‘ saw? But right by T^m was an
other as pretty . . . the adorable
Roy Kenneth Walden . . . son
of Betty Pip°r Walden and Roy
Walden . . . He was an old m->n,
born June 18. mv birthd'av! We
hone they both have manv happv
, , years as we have had. Th^t old
|| glass wall between us is all that
4 k»pt us from pickin'* them up
a”d loving them a little bit.
Yes, Newton County Hospital
Sis making history! Manv baby’s
born there alre-’d v . manv lives
Slaved there, and many surgeon’s
wmaking life possible b” sk'llful
Moperations. That operating room
' ?i< so pretty that we wanted to
'■climb right up on the t"ble . . .
even tho we thought we had
enough with our gall bladder
out early in the year . . . The
surgical suite is spotless . . .
‘ trained technicians working . , .
getting aM instruments in sterfl
■ izers . . . gauze and all kind of
: things safe for the next patient.
And there was the wonderful
1 electrocardiograph made possible
by Golden Fleece Lodge, Masons.
That was a wonderful gift, but
I whet a serviceable gift! They
have forgotten it. but not the
doctors and patients who need
I it. We used to have to go to
Atlanta for this service.
We are known to have one of
s the finest labs in the State of
I Georgia ... we are making his
tory in the various national
magazines for one of the most
modern and best equipped hos
pitals in any community . . .
There is an emergency operating
room also Which is a credit to
much larger hospitals . . . and
that beautiful colored half of
the hospital is something all
Covington is iustlv proud of.
We are not unmindful of the
fact that our colored people do-
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Youna Peonle's
Societv Will
Present Program
The Young People’s Society of
the Wesleyan Methodist Church,
located in the Pecan Grove in
Covington, will present a varied
musical program on Sunday
evening, July 17 at 7:30 p. m.
Lovely decorations and color
ful dress will add to the beauty
of Rhe program.
Mrs. Evelyn Williams and J.
H Sears will serve as masters
of ceremonies
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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VOLUME 91
I'=M' .ON DOLLAR SCHOOL CONTRACT LET
Boy -jut Court of Honor at Oxford Tonight
Program at Old Oxford
Church Begins at 8
Newton-Rockdale District Boy Scouts of America will
hold a Court of Honor, tonight (Thursday), at Old Church
in Oxford. The program will start at 8 o’clock. George B.
Hutchinson, chairman, said that all scouts, scoutmasters and
friends are invited to attend the court. He also said that an
Free Swimming
Lessons Start
!
Here Monday
Free Swimming lessons will be
given to all children (through
high school age) at the Coving
ton Swimming Pool starting Mon
day, June 27, according to an
announcement from the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club, sponsors of the
pool.
Classes will be conducted daily
from 9 to 9:45 a. m., Monday
through Friday. The course will
last for two weeks.
Instructors are Misses Totsie
Fowler, Jo Anne Haymore, Jackie
and Josephine Heard, Davilyn
Bohanan,, Sue Pratt and Carole
Campbell.
The local pool opened for pub
lic use on Saturday, June 4. For
two weeks prior to that date the
students of Newton County High
School made use of the facilities
through the courtesy of the Ki
wanis elub.
Swimming for the public is
permitted daily from 9:30 to 12
noon, and from 2:30 to 6:30 p.
m., Monday through Saturday.
Sunday hours are from 2 to 6
p. m. Newton County High Coach
Stone Cooper is in charge of the
facilities, located on Newton
Drive.
Candler Speaks At
Almon Civic Club
The Almon Civic Club met
Tuesday bight, June 14 in its
regular monthly meeting. Twenty
seven members and four visitors,
including Jack Clark, C. G. Hend
erson, C. O. Nixon and Scott
Candler were present.
Edgar Wallace, president in
troduced the guest speaker, Scott
Candler, secretary of the Georgia
Department of Commerce, At
lanta. His topic was “New In
dustries.”
A new club, the civic group is
composed of former members of
the Men’s Methodist Club, the
Farm and Home Club and oth
ers.
Certificate
Validation Friday
Revenue Certificate* valida
tion will be held tomorrow
(Friday) at the Newton County
Courthoive at 4 p. m. Coving
ton Mayor Jack Elliott and
members of the City Council
are expected to be present.
Ghr (tatngtnn Nms
- Eagle Scout award ceremony had
been postponed until a later date.
Robert Budd of Troop 211 is
the only Scout on the program
tonight who is listed as the recipi
ent of three awards. He will re
ceive a badge for swimming, fire
manship and nature. Budd will
also receive a Life award.
Included on the program for
tonight will be the awarding of
the following:
MERIT BADGES: Troop 211,
John Jones, world brotherhood;
Phil Henderson, camping: Joe
Budd, wildlife management; Bob
Tribble, public health; Robert
Budd, swimming, firemanship,
Troop 222, Jimmy Ramsey,
camping, citizenship; Tommy
Wiley, citizenship in home, first
aid; Henry Fitzpatrick, camping;
Roy Steadham, firemanship;
Grier Stephenson, camping; Jim
my Johnson, camping.
SECOND CLASS: Troop 222,
Wayne McLeroy, Jimmy Capps.
FIRST CLASS: Troop 211,
David Davis. Troop 222, Roy
Steadham.
STAR: Troop 211, Bob Tribble.
Troop 222, Tommy Wiley.
LIFE: Troop 211, Robert Budd.
Annual REA
Meeting Set
For July 22
Bobby Corley and Brenda
Bailey, winners last week in the
Carrollton 4- H Achievement
Project meeting, will give dem
onstrations at the annual REA
■ meeting, July 22, when they will
i each receive a $25.00 U. S. Sav
! ings Bond for having scored the
highest number of points in the
recent REA contest in Newton
County.
Corley won first place at Car
rollton in competition with boys
from 25 northwest Georgia coun
ties. His project was “Better Wir
ing in the Farm Home.”
Miss Bailey won third place
with her project on “Farm and
Home Electricity” at the Carroll
ton event.
Recently the Snapping Shoals
Electric Membership Corporation
presented checks to the winners
in the local contest for their pro
,! jects in subjects relating to elec
i tricity.
Other than Miss Bailey and
. Master Corley, winners were an
nounced in the junior 4-H divi
sion with Paula Hamby and Billy
McCart receiving checks.
L. H. Cook, president of the
REA Co-op, made the presenta
tions to the 4-H’ers here last
week. Present for the proceed
! ings were J. E. Robinson, Co-op
manager; Mrs. Hazel Malone,
Newton County Home Demon
। stration Agent; and W. H. Mc-
Kinney. Newton County Agent..
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4-H Musical 'Holiday Ahoy'
In Two Performances Next Week
Rehearsals are underway at
Newton County High School for
the 4-H Home Demonstration
Council play “Holiday Ahoy”
which is scheduled for two per
formances, Thursday. June 30,
and Friday, July 1, at 8 p. m. in
the school auditorium.
An all-local cast has been
picked for the musical story
wh : ch has its setting at the
launching of a luxury liner. The
director of the play is Mrs. Ivah
O'Hara.
It was announced that ad
vance tickets may be purchased
from any member of the various
Home Demonstration Clubs in the
Soec'd Election
Set For Countv
Treasurer Post
Ordinary Donald G. Stephen
son has called a special election
for July 20 io fill the unex
pired term of the late C. P’ul
Adams, county treasurer. Mn.
Adams, widow, has been serv
ing in this office until a suc
cessor is named, and is the
only candidate, thus far, hav
ing qualified for the post in
the approaching election.
Entries, according to Ordin
ary Stephenson, will close
July 5, and must be made, in
writing, to the ordinary.
The term will end December
31, 1956.
Thanks for The
Beans, Mr. Loyd!
J. B. Loyd, of route 5. Cov
ington, was a visitor to the
NEWS office again this week, to
exhibit his pole beans. Sixteen
beans weighed one pound.
You have been a favorite for
two years, Mr. Loyd, and the
beans proved most enjoyable to
a member of the staff.
Mr. Loyd invites interested
parties to see his bean patch at
his home.
Meadors Family
Reunion Sunday
The Meadors family reunion
will be held Sunday, June 26, at
the American Legion Hall here.
All relatives of the Henry B. Mea
dors family are invited to attend
and to bring a basket lunch for
the Boon hour.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955
! county. Adults tickets are $1
and children under 12 years of
age are 35c each.
An added feature of the even
ing will, be a “Tiny Tot Popu
larity Contest”, and will in
clude six winners. Other than a
King and Queen, a Prince and
I Princess, and Duke and Duchess
, will be chosen. Votes in the
'contest will be sold at one-cent
leach.
The Newton Home Demonstra
tion Council has been busy for
■ the past several weeks, formu
! lating plans for this event, the
'first such undertaking initiated
by the group.
Lions install
New Officers
The Covington and Oxford
Lions clubs installed a new slate
,of officers last Thursday night
at the Oxford Community house.
John Taylor, of Monroe, past
zone chairman, had charge of the
i installation ceremony.
Those taking over new duties
in the two clubs are: Covington—
president, J. V. Patton: first
vice president, Sidney Graham;
second vice president, Dan Wei
gel; third vice president, O. L.
Parnelle; secretary and treasurer,
L. G. Carney; tail twister. Stone
Cooper; lion tamer, Dr. H." E.
Collier: directors, two years, Sam
Cowan: two years, T. R. Camp
bell; one year, John Fuller and
J. L. Skinner.
Oxford — president, Carlos
Meyer; first vice president, Cecil
Allgood; second vice president,
Marshall Elizer; third vice presi
dent. Tom Mauldin; secretary,
Charles Ellis; treasurer, Lane
Lancaster; tail twister; Frank
Gwin; lion tamer. Bill Giles; di
rectors, two years. Wilbur Hall
and Troy Thigpen; one year,
Hamlin Callahan and Russell
Dollar.
Congregational
Revival at Sardis
Closes Sunday
Revival services at Sardis
(Congregational) Church will con
tinue through next Sunday night.
There will be a Saturday night
service. Services begin each eve
ning at 7:30.
The Sardis Quartet will be a
feature at each service and the
public is invited.
Rev. Scott Morris Jr., pastor
will bring the messages each eve
ning.
Vacation
Bible Schools
Close Here
The annual Vacation Bible
Schools in Covington closed a
most successful session with
commencement excercises held
throughout the city.
The Covington First Metho
dist Church had an enrollment
of 96 and the average daily at
tendance totaled 95. Seventy
three certificates were awarded
in closing exercises. Mrs. Willie
Campbell served as principal.
One hundred eighty certifi
cates were awarded at exercises
of the Covington First Baptist
Church, where the enrollment
was 187 and the average attend
ance 168. Frank Moody was prin
cipal.
At the North Covington Metho
dist Church certificates were a
warded 47, from an enrollment
of 65. This school was under the
direction of Mrs. John L. Mask
Jr.
Mrs. Donald G. Stephenson,
principal of the Covington First
Presbyterian Church, reported
an enrollment of 89 pupils, aver
age attendance of 85 and certi
ficates awarded to 81 in the
commencement program.
Mrs. John I. Alford was hon
ored at the joint school of the
Covington Mills Methodist and
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Howard Brooks Will Head
New Rotary Officer Slate
Howard Brooks, prominent in
business and civic affairs of the
city, will be inducted president
of the Covington Rotary Club
next Tuesday night, June 28,
when the local club will observe
Ladies Night.’ The program will
be held at the
I V. i
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H BROOKS
Teen Can. ।
He succeeds I
P. M. (Pete) Me- I
Niven, who be- I
comes vice ]
president
Mr. Brooks has (
been a member |
of the local club ,
since 194". Hf I
has served on I
various commit- ’
tees including
chairman of the vocational and
club service, and has held the
office of treasurer and secretary.
MORE THAN
15,000
READERS WEEKLY
Work Expected to Start
Within Next Iwo Weeks
E. L. Ficquett, county school superintendent, was noti
fied last Saturday by the State School Building Authority,
of the award of the contract for the mammoth $1,447,000
Newton school expansion and remodeling program. The
contract was awarded to Fuller and Peacock of Atlanta.
Mr. Ficquett stated Wednesday
that construction is expected to
begin within the next couple of
weeks. The entire program is
scheduled for completion within
one year.
The following schools are in
cluded in the program: Coving
ton Elementary School; Livings
ton Elementary School; Mans
field Elementary School; East
Newton Elementary School (col
ored): Palmer-Stone Elementary
school; Washington Street Ele
mentary School (colored) addi
tions; Newton County High
School additions; and the New
ton Elementary and High School
for colored.
The negro elementary and high
school is the biggest project in
the above group, and includes
34 classrooms.
This is the largest school pro- 1
ject in the history of Newton ,
County.
Other than the building and
expansion program, some $150,-
000 in the project cost is for
equipment, according to Mr.
Ficquett.
Bids were opened on May 17 .
in Atlanta.
Newton Nurses
1 Form Associotion
The Newton County Register
ed Nurses Association was form
ed last Wednesday and Mrs.
Anna Laura Rejd was elected
president and Mrs. Beatrice Trib
ble will serve as secretary-treas
urer. Miss Peggy Jaynes was ap
pointed membership chairman
and Miss Kathryn House was ap-;
pointed chairman of publicity.
The next meeting will be held
at the Newton County Hospital
Thursday, June 30 at 3:30 p. m.
All registered nurses of Newton
County are urged to join and
be present at the meeting.
Local nurses, in addition to ei
ficers named above, present Wt
the organization meeting were 1
Miss Martha Freeman, and Mes
dames Kathryn Harwell, Bobbie
Haynes and nurse Thelma Lackey
Smith Named
Newton High
Band Director
Joseph T. Smith, of Winchester,
Tenn., has been named band di
rector at Newton County High
School, according to Homer F.
i Sharp, supervising principal.
Mr. Smith succeeds the late
Francis Perry.
He is expected to come to
Covington August 1, Mr. Sharp
■ added.
iI He is now serving as secretary, -
► pending his elevation to the club
t presidency.
( Edsel Benson, governor of Ro
• tary District 241, who resides in
1 | Athens, will be present for the
1 । induction ceremonies. He will be
accompanied here by Mrs. Ben
| son.
The president-elect is married
to the former Miss Sarah Hood
■ of Oxford. They have two chil
dren, Brenda, 13, a student at
Covington Junior High Schdol,
and William Howard, age 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks reside on
S. Elizabeth Street.
Dr. William S. Cook Jr. is
the secretary-elect, and C. G.
Henderson will be installed treas
urer. John Hackney and Money
Preu are new directors to assume
,duties July 1.
NUMBER 26
Troop 222
Committee
Assignments
The committee appointment.!
for Troop 222 by Spence Ramsey
are listed below. •
The appointments follow; in
stitutional representative, E. M.
Pratt; chairman troop commit
tee, S. J. Morcock; assistant
troop committee, T. A. Rape:
scribe and troop records, Loyd
Alexander; Scoutmaster, Spence
Ramsey; assistant scoutmasters,
Pat Coggins, Roy Steadham. Ju
lius McElroy, W. S. Cook Jr.,
Sam Cowan; neighborhood "om
missioner, D. G. Steph' 4m;
senior patrol leader, Tc .imy
Wiley; troop property and equip
j ment, Fred Lott, Olin Costley
, and Willie Campbell.
I Activities and transportation.
W. S. Cook Jr., S. L. Hardman,
A. W Jackson. D. G. Stephenson,
Tom Wiley, L. G. Carney, How
ard Milligan, Henry Rogers and
Pug McLeroy; camping. Pat Cog
gins. Roy Steadham, Joe Hay
more, Fleming Touchstone and
Henry Fitzpatrick; advancement,
J T. McKay, Charles King, Ar
thur Hooten, John Chesnut. Fred
Harwell and Sam Cowan; publi-
t
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Castleberrys To
Cleveland For
Kiwanis Meeting
Kiwanian and Mrs. Clyde C.
! Castleberry leave Saturday via
automobile for Cleveland, Ohio,
where they will attend the 40th
annual convention of Kiwanis
International, to be held June
26-30. Mr. Castleberry is the offi
cial representative of the local
club.
The Covington couple will join
more than 13,000 other Kiwan
ians and their wives at what
promises to be the largest con
vention in the organization’s
history. The convention will be
held in Cleveland’s Municipal
Auditorium as the high spot in
Kiwanis’ 40th anniversary year.
The first convention of Kiwanis
International was also held in
Cleveland. At that time the or
ganization boasted 16 elubs. To
day, there are well over 4.000
Kiwanis clubs in the United
States, Canada, Alaska end
Hawaii.
Local Jayceei
At Convention
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce’s 35th Annual Convention
got underway Monday in At
lanta with some 8,000 members
present. Four Covingtonians were
numbered among the young men
helping to whoop it up along
Peachtree Street and near the
various hotels during the early
sessions of the organization.
Robert Ballard, Walker Harris.
Tom Wiley and Don Ballard are
representing the Newton County
club at the confab, which lasts
through (today) Thursday.
Jaycees from every state in
I the union and from far-away
Australia and-Hawaii are pres
i ent for the convention.