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By THE OFFICE BOY
While the Office Boy is listen- ;
Ing to the music of the rails as
she journeys to the National
United Daughters of the Confed-’
eracy Convention in Los Angeles, |
California, the Boss is left to do |
the chore of feathering the broom
in Sweepin’ Up ... Well, we have ’
had lots of practice in using a
broom and, believe you, me, we
ean do that thing as good an any- |
one . . . first we began in the
U. 8. Navy ... learning to sweep
cleanly during our youth . .. then |
in a printing office where we |
learned the art thoroughly, due
to the countless waste paper al- |
ways littering a printing office ...
then, in the home . . . just like
You other men of the house . . ~
no task too menial to help the
little woman ? 7 ? So listen to an
expert, fully qualified to do all
sorts of Sweepin® Up . . ~ First
and foremost in our minds is the
very important task, and duty, of |
going to the Polls next Tuesday |
and casting your ballot for rhe!
man of your choice as President |
and Vice President of these i
United States ... also Congress
men and Senator and other offi
cials, county and state . . . Be sure
you do your duty . . . there is no
other privilege as important as:
VOTING ... The Girl Scouts will |
be around to your home tonight
(Thursday) so be sure to dig into *
the sugar jar and give the sweet
to the sweet in the form of fold
ing money . .. dig through the
change that clutters up the top
of the jar and get down to that |
folding money . . . that is what
they will need to build that Scout
Hut . . ~ they must have as a
minimum $4,500.00 but they really
need much more than this . . .
practically $6,500 . . . so dig into
that folding money and give . . .
give. . . give . .., while the Boss
continues in his job of . . .
“SWEEPIN' UP”.
Two One-Act
Plays Newton's
The Newton Community Thea
ter's current season production —
two one-act plays and a curtain
raiser — will be held Thursday
and Friday evenings, December
6 and 7.
Included will be James M.
Barrie's classic “The Old Lady
Shows Her Medals,” Susan Glas
pell’s, “Suppressed Desires” ‘and
“In the Suds.”
The cast consists of 4 men and
8 women and the cast for the
play will be announced in next
week's isue of the NEWS.
Junior Chamber Os
Commerce Meeting
Held Tuesday
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce held a meeting Tuesday
evening for the primary purpose
of initiating and organizing a new
membership drive. Bart Searcy of
Commerce, vice president of the
4th District, Junior Chamber of
Commerce, was the guest speak
er for the evening.
Officers and Directors Elected Farmers Mutual Exchange
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Seen at the annual meeting of members of the Farmers’ Mutual Exchange Inc., held Thursday, at
Covington Junior High Gymnasium, are left so right: a representative of Farmers Producers Asso
ciation, of Atlanta; Jim Gaston, Manager of the local Farmers’ Mutual Exchange: James C. El
liott, Chester W. Clarke, directors; guest speaker, D. W. Brooks, general Manager, Cotion Pro
ducers Association, of Atlanta; Leonard M. Standard, president local Board of Directors; Paul
Stewart, Jesse H. Ellington, and Aubrey C. Ewing, directors. Directors not present were L. M.
Jolly and Bill Aiken.
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"VOLUME 92
GENEF," ELECTION SET FOR NEXT TUESDAY
Trair % 2w Bibb President, Snow Vice President
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At the annual meeting of
the Bibb stockholders held
in Macon, October 26th. Rob
ert Train was elected Presi
dent of the Company and
Chas. C. Hertwig was re-elected
Chairman of the Board. Mr.
Hertwig had formerly held both
offices. G. P. Barnwell, Vice-
President and General Sales
Manager, was elected Senior
Vice-President, and Hugh M.
Comer, Comptroller, was elected
Vice-President and Comptroller.
B. B. Snow, Agent at Porterdale,
was elected Vice-President in
charge of Bibb’s Porterdale prop
erties,
Mr. Barnwell and Mrs. Comer
were elected Directors of the
Company, as was also Allison W.
Ledbetter, of Rome, Ga.
Albert I. McCowen was named
as an assistant treasurer and G. L.
Burkhalter was elected an assist
ant secretary. William D. Ander
son was re-elected honorary
Chairman of the Board.
Other officers of the Company
who were re-elected are: Vice-
Presidents L. R. Brumby and J.
'S. Turner; Treasurer H. J. Bivins:
Secretary O. S. Neylans; Assistant
‘Treasurer T. Carl Massey; Assist
ant Secretary J. J. McKay.
.~ Commenting upon the signifi
cant changes made in the official
'set-up of the Company, Chairman
'Hertwig expressed extreme grati
'fication that the promotions and
'elections vrere made within the
organization, affecting men who
have spent practically their entire
working careers with the Bibb.
“We are thus assured” said Mr.
' Hertwig, “a continuity, by in
‘dividuals familiar with Company
“history and affairs, of policies
and practices established over the
years”,
| Robert Train, the New Presi
‘dent, joined the Bibb in 1937 after
' graduation from Yale, where he
'was a nationally acclaimed foot
‘ball star. He entered the Cotton
'Department in Macon, whence he
‘was sent to the Anderson-Clayton
Classing School in Houston,
Texas. Later he spent 2 months at
'Clemson College studying Textile
machinery. In the Fall of 1938 he
| spent 4 months buying cotton for
|the Company in Americus, Ga.
| In the spring of 1939 he was
| cent to Columbus as Assistant to
‘the Superintendent, who at that
| time was Russell Newton. A year
land a half later he was placed in
| charge of the Columbus cotton of
| fice while Fred Barnes, head of
that department, went to Mem
phis for the eotton season. Dur
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A DECADE of Girl Scouting, from the original organizers to
the youngest Brownie Troop President, 'is depicted in the
above photograph. Front row, left o right, Brownie Scout
Brenda Bonner, Troop 12; Brownie Billie Jean Kesler, president
of the most recently organized Brownie Troop: and Girl Scout
Lila Jo Callaway reporter for Troop 4. Second Row: Mrs.
Mel Bonner, Brownie Troop 12 Leader; Mrs. Paul Pignolet, who
welcomes Billie Jean into the Wonderful World of Girl Scouting,
as her Troop Leader; Mrs. J. B. Dial, Chairman of Brownie
Eastern Star To
- Sell Fruit Cakes
| Covington Chapter No. 337,
Order of the Eastern Star, is
| selling Fruit Cakes for funds
to help in Christmas charities.
‘EThese cakes are sliced and in
| three pound gift packages. Any
|one desiring to order a cake
please contact any member of
the Chapter
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Sardis Women's
- Fish Fry Saturday
The Sardis Women's Auxiliary
':’wil] sponsor a fish fry at the
|Oxford €Community House on
Saturday, November 3.
Tickets are 50c for ehildren un
der 12 years of age and SI.OO for
! adulis.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1956
104 Blood Donors Volunteer
With 26 Rejects, Total of I 8 Pints
The response of blood donors,
was disappointing to those in|
charge when the Bloodmobile!
visited Covington Monday. E
Only 104 out of the expected
200 showed up to give blood. Out |
of this number 26 were rejected’
and only 78 pints of blood were"
received for the Red Cross Blood |
Bank. i
Most of those who contributed |
blood were those who had con-!
tributed previously. Only 15 outi
of the 78 who gave blood were |
new donors. This proved very
disappointing. l
Mrs. Helen Warwick, of Ox—'
ford, was the leading donor, |
having contributed three gallons'
of her blood. Henry S. Rogers, ofi
Oxford, #»d Donald G. Stephen- |
son, Ordinary Newton County,|
have each contributed a gallon
of blood to the Red Cross Blood |
Bank. |
Don Wood, chairman, poimed!
out the fact the Newton County'
is still far behind in their balance |
sheet to the Red Cross Blood
Bank. }
Newton County is 250 pints of
blood short of their quota for
the fiscal year ending June 30, |
1957. It is thought that the Blood- |
mobile will return in a few weeks |
and those in charge hope this |
deficit will be wiped out at that |
time. |
The members of The Covington
Service Guild served fruit drinks |
and crackers and assisted in regis
tering and many other ways dur- |
ing the Bloodmobile visit. |
The Newton County Junior
Chamber of Commerce were far
ahead with bringing in donors.
They accounted for 50 out of the |
78 and the Colored American Le
gion Post was second with 18
donors supplied.
Those contributing to the
Blood Bank Monday were as fol
lows: |
- Mrs. Mary Jo Harman, 1201 N.!
Emory St. |
William T. Ray, 10 Mulberry |
' St., Porterdale, Ga. i
Council and Brownie Troop 3 Leader; and Miss Mary Alice
King, Chairman of Girl Scout Council, and co-leader oz Troop
7. Back Row, Mrs. Floyd, who assisted in the organization’s
early development; Major M. C. Wiley who instigated Girl
Scouting as a P-TA Project; Mrs. Hugh Harris, who with Mr.
Wiley was appointed on a steering committee for its organization,
and Mrs. Richard Parks of Reynolds, nee Miss Barbara Harris,
who was a charter member of the first Girl Scout Troop.
William J. Stevens, Porterdale,
Ga.
Jiles T. You'ng. Rt. 1, Jackson,
Ga.
Charles McMicheal, Jr,, Rt. 3
Jackson, Ga.
Bill Vaughn, 640 Monticello St.
Edward Loyd, 38 Ivy St., Por
terdale, Ga.
Eddie B. Smith, Mansfield, Ga.
Wiilie Jackson, Jr. Mansfield,
Ga.
Gray Hinton, Newborn, Ga.
J. W. Thompson, Rt. 2, Coving
ton, Ga.
R. Pat Campbell, Covington, Ga.
Kathryn House, Elm St, Cov
ington, Ga.
Continued on Page 23
Girl Scout Appreciation Week
Marking First Decade of Founding
Local churches observed the
launching of the Girl Scout Ap
preciation Week here Sunday,
with recognition of Girl and
Brownie Scouts who attended
their respective churches in a
body.
September 18 marked the first
decade of Girl Scouting in New
ton County. The first meeting
of the Girl Scouts, headed by
Mrs. Hugh Harris, was held on
Wednesday September 18, 1946,
with the following charter mem
bers present: Evelyn Lyda, Glo
ria Campbell, Zelna Harlin, Bar
bara Harris, Janet Harris, Eliz
abeth Ginn, Sara Turner, June
Parnelle, Shirley King, Billie
June Bouchillon, Mary Jean
Everitt, Louly Fowler, Shirley
Hooten Maxine Kitchens, Linda
Ann Butler, Joyce Nail, Mary
Parr, Kathryn Farr, Faye and
June Moore, Sallv McClure, Ev
elvn Crawford Ria Bouchillon,
Mary Lane Weaver, Betty Camp
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P. M. McNiven
Undergoes Surgery
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At St. Joseph's
Friends of P. M. McNiven will
! be glad to know he is improving
ar St. Josephs Hospital in At
{lanta where he underwent surg
ery last week. He is expected to
return home m a fed days and
it is hoped he will soon be able
to be out again.
Revival Services
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" Continue at Shiloh
i The series of revival services
which are being conducted
| throughout Saturday, November
| 3 at the Shiloh Methodist Church
have been most rewarding and
will continue through Saturday,
November 3 at 7:30 p.m. Uncle
Nath Thompson, retired evange
list, preaches each evening.
bell, Pat Burnette, Kathryn Fin
cher, Leigh Skinner, Virginia
Wiggins, Jane Morgan, Vivian
Greene, Patricia Johnson, Rose
Marie, Bell, Ann Geiger, Minnie
Lou Davis, Betty Piper, Nora
and Rachael King.
According to Mrs. Harris, the
Girl Scout movement in Cov
ington was instigated by Major
M. C. Wiley, Registrar of Emory
at Oxford College, who was at
that time Principal of Covington
Elementary and High School.
Stated Mrs. Harris, “His enthu
siasm relative to Girl Scouting
sparked the interest of the Cov
ington Parents Teachers Associ
ation, who agreed to sponsor the
Girl Scouts and appointed a
steering committee ,consisting
of Prof. M. C. Wiley and my
self” Mrs. Harris secured the
services of a Girl Scout Field
Director of the Atlanta Area to
assist ith the first troop's org
anization although Newton
President, Vice President
Will Be Elected In Balloting
Next Tuesday, November 6th, the General Election will
be held to elect the President and Vice President of the
United States and Senators and Congressmen throughout
the various districts of the State. All of Georgia's Congress
men have been renominated and will be reelected. Former
Governor Herman Talmadge was o
nominated for Senator and will |
be elect in the election Tues- |
day.
All of our Countv officials have !
been rfominatea and will also be |
officially elected in Tuesday’s
General Election as well as State
Representatives and State Sena- |
tors. :'
The election interest centers
in the election of the President
and Vice President, Adlai Ste- |
phenson as President and Estes |
Kefauver for Vice President
head the Democratic ticket while
Dwight D. Eisenhower for presi
dent and Richard Nixon for vice
president lead the Republican
ticket.
L The race for Senators and Con
gressmen of all the states in the t
lUnion also is the cause of a|
| great deal of interest. The Dem- |
\ocrats hold a ‘commanding lead |
{in Congress but a very slim lead |
| of one vote in the Senate. ‘\
\ The Republicans are centering
| their efforts to elect enough
\Congressmen and Senators to
:icontroll both houses of the Leg
‘islnure as well as the President
and Vice President.
The Democrats are centering
their efforts of electing the Pres
ident and Vice President feeling
' sure of both houses of Congress
|if this is accomplished. There
‘!seems to be some chance of ac
| complishing this objective as sen
|timent continues to shift toward
|the Democrats. There is likeli
hood that the race will be close
and victory be gained by either |
side by a very close margin. ‘
The polling places in Newton
County will open at 7T A. M. and |
|close at 6 P. M. A concerted es-t
ifort is being made to get out a
l]arge vote and every citizen is;'
{urged to go to the polls and cast |
their vote. i
i Voting places for Newton}
| County are as follows: !
| Town: Newton County Court- |
| house. l
| Covington Mills: Old School |
| building. f
é Cedar Shoals: Porterdale €ity
Hall. t
Mansfield: Hays Warehouse. |
Gaithers: Ralph McDonald'sl
residence.
Almon: Community House.
Oxford: Town Hall.
Downs: Bethany Store.
| Hays: Hays’' Store at Hayston.
| Stansells: Ellington's Store
| Newborn: Town Hall.
t{ Brick . Store: Community|
House. {
Gum Creek: District Court |
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(County at the time did not fall
| within the jurisdiction of the At
lanta Area Council.
. The first meeting place of the
' Girl Scouts was the basement
of the Covington Junior High
| Gymnasium, Later, the Ameri
lcan Legion graciously granted
| permission for the use of the
| Legion Hall as a meeting place
{ for the Girl Scouts.
| With Mrs. Floyd Everett, and
| subsequently Mrs. Jake Hooten
and Mrs. Roy Mcßurnett as as
?sistant leaders, the original group
| flourished. Many happy times
|were recalled by Mrs. Harris,
lincluding nature study hikes,
cook-outs, group singing, arts
and crafts as well as home-mak
ing courses, educational tours of
| key municipal institutions and
| facilities, including the Coving
‘ton NEWS plant, city water
{ plant, court house, fire depart-
I ment, etc.; and various programs |
| toward Merit Badge achieve-
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READERS WEEKLY
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‘ BURRUS B. SNOW
Vice President Bibb Mfg. Ca.
Chest X-Ray Be
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- nere nday
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; A special chest x-ray ofinis
, (will be held by the State Healt}
Department and your County
Health Department in Covington
on the North Square Friday, No
|vember 2 between the hours of
9 AM. and 1 P.M.
We particularky want people to
| come for x-ray who have reason
to suspect they have disease in
Ithe chest because of symptoms
|that they may have, such as chro
nic cough, gradual unexplained
loss of weight or other symptams
of unexplained origin that might
be due to tuberewlosis, or other
chest ‘disease.
| This will be the last swrvey #his
year and only 400 people can be
served, so come early
If any unusual eonditions are
seen in the x-ray picture, you
will be advised through the
| County Health Department of
the fact, and the steps necessary
| toward final diagnosis.
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' Singing at County
Line Saturday
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| There will be a singing at
County Line Baptist Church Sat
urday night. The public is cordi
ally invited to attend amd enjov
the singing of the many quartets
{and individuals who will be pres
ent.
ments. The highlights of the Ist
year, according to Mrs. Harris
included their first full dress
|parade on Armistice Day; pre
| senting Girl Scout Programs on
'the then Covington NEWS Ra
ldio Station WMOC; and pro
| grams presented to the PTA.
| When the Covington PTA dis
‘(banded, the Covington Recrea
| tional Council, a group of local
| business men working with
|Youth Groups, assumed the
| sponsorship of the Girl Scouts.
land purchased the first flags
and stands for the troop.
| The October 10, 1946 edition
of the Covington NEWS carries
'an account of the splendid pro
| gress of the Girl Scouts in their
| first year. According to the ar
| ticle, the Brownie Scouts, with
,’Mrs. Everett Pratt as Leader,
{with Mrs. Jimmy Gardner, Jr.,
gand Mesdames David Boh~r-n,
| Continued on Page 23
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