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By THE OFFICE BOY
Well, 1956 Thanksgiving Day
has come and gone into history,
but it is a reminder that in our
hearts every day should be
Thanksgiving day. Many went
home to their families from Cov
ington, and God saw them safely
home on a crowded, dangerous
highway, for it is always danger
ous at a holiday season. People
are in a hurry, and ihoughtless,
sometimes wreckiess in their
rush to get back home. Many of
us here had our beloved families
with us, and where there were
Grandchildren, there was happi
ness even though we are still
picking up toys lost here or there,
bits of modeling clay . . . with a
nostalgic feeling. The house is
quiet, too quiet, and we settle
back in our regular routine won
dering why families can’t stay
together always in this short
span of life. Separation is not
easy . . . However at a beautiful
party we attended last night
there were other things to be
considered . . . "Whew! It was
wonderful but we could not take
a daily diet of all that noise and
turmoil.” “We can’t hardly stand
to see them leave, but Oh boy,
now we can relax again” . . . an
other saying “Boy, am I glad
you said that too, I was thinking
it was just ME getting old.” I
guess that's why God gives chil
dren to young people . . . they
can take it in the stride ... He
knew older people had done
enough when they got the ones
raised that he gave them when
they were young. We too had
ours here, and had such fun with
all the rest talking-. . . for I took
them to the marble top kitchen
table for fun. They had found a
wonderful new modeling clay . . .
will not soil anything, and so
easy to make anything with. We
finally played a trick on the
rest of the family, late in the af
ternoon . . . you can mix this
day and make all the colors . . .
so we got out heartshaped cookie
cutters and other shapes indivi
dual butter molds etc. in fact
everything in the kitchen was
out when they scampered off and
I had to clean up . . . but we
had made the neatest plate of
"clay cookies’’ you ever saw tn
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Oxford Chorale
Give Program
The Oxford Chorale (a newly
organized girl’s choral gToup at
Emory at Oxford) and a special
group from the Men's Glee Club
at Emory at Oxford will present
the Advent portion of Handel s
Messiah at the Emory at Oxford
chapel assembly on Thursday,
December 6, at 10 am., in the
Allen Memorial Auditorium. The
program is under the direction
of Harold W. Mann. Accompan
ists will be Mrs. Josie F. Goode,
Covington, piano; George Henry,
LaGrange, violin; and Dr. Ro
bert W. Allen. Emory at Oxford,
cello. Soloists will be: Sybil
Pate, Hapeville, soprano; De
lores Sitler, Atlanta, mezzo
soprano; Ann Minter, Atlanta,
alto; Guilford Prickette. Atta
pulgus, tenor; George Meadow’s,
Midville, tenor; William Conner,
Gainesville, bass; and Henry J.
Proctor, Brooklet, bass.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this program.
Clyde Castleberry Resigns;
Cashier Social Circle Bank
Clyde Castleberry, the popu
lar and efficient City Clerk, re
signed from his position this
week to accept a portion as Cash-
ier of the Social
Circle Bank to
succeed Robert
P. M c K i b b e n
who is retiring.
Mr. Castle
berry’s resigna
tion is to take
effect December
31. He volun
teered to train
l x Jr
Castleberry
the new clerk into his duties.
His letter of resignation is as
follows:
Mayor J. L. Elliott
City of Covington
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Jack.
The Board of Directors. Bank
of Social Circle, have elected me
as their Cashier and I have ac
cepted. I accepted this position
conditioned upon being able to
give you and the City Council
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VOLUME 92
ELECTS FOR CITY COUNCILMEN WEDNESDAY
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Red ross Bloodmobile Porterdale Today
State of Emergency Existing
Shortage Blood For Hospitals
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Porterdale today,
Thursday, to secure blood from donors. This is an emer
gency visit as the Blood Bank is completely out of blood
and patients in the Atlanta hospitals and hospitals over
the state are postponing operations until a new supply of
Girl Seoul Hui
Fund SIMII
Now on Deposit
The Girls Scout Hut Fund
Drive is progressing but there
1 is still need for more funds, ac
j cording to Mrs. Hoke Randall,
I Chairman.
The Girls Scouts have on de-
I posit at the Newton Federal Sav-
I ings & Loan Association the a
: mount of $3,289.10 drawing inter
est until the time to build.
The plans are being drawn and
। work is scheduled to start in the
early Spring on the building. The
funds on hand are not sufficient
to start building at this time but
it is hoped that enough money
will be secured by Spring.
There are many who have
pledged but have not paid in
the amount of their pledges. As
; soon as these are paid these funds
will also be deposited and begin
bearing interest.
The chairman desired this pap
er to express her thanks for the
splendid cooperation of all in
raising this fund to the point it
stads now.
She also expressed appreciation
to the Covington News for the
i splendid publicity accorded this
drive.
Leaden Expreu Thanks
The Covington Girl Scout lead
ers wish to thank all the citizens
and Civic Clubs of Covington j
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Jaycees Sponsor
Santa Parade
The Newton County Junior
Chamber of Commerce will spon
sor a Santa Claus parade on Fri
day afternoon. December 7 on
the square, Merchants of the !
town are contributing to the par
- ade to help make some unfortun- I
ate child have a merry Christ- I
J mas. Merchants who have not
■ contributed and wish to do so.
should contact a member of the
| Jaycees.
Don Ballard is chairman of the
1 parade this year.
1 30 days notice, in order that I I
might assist in orientating my i
! successor in his work. Therefore, I
I wish to make my resignation j
effective December 31, 1956.
I have not taken a vacation
this year and do not wish to ab
। sent myself during the last
month. There is much work that j
j needs doing and, too, I would '
like to avail myself for the time
I remaining to whomever sue- ;
■ ceeds me. Should you wish to
pay me for this time I will, of
■ course, be grateful.
I would like to take this oppor- ,
tunity to thank you and the 1
other City officials who have
been most kind, tolerant and for- ■
giving toward me during my stay I
here as City Clerk. I have always
hoped and strived to be useful
and efficient in my job but. for
i the most part, have felt that my I
I efforts fell short of the goal.
Not only have the City officials
, been very gracious to me, but
| hundreds of citizens have been j
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। blood is secured.
The Bloodmobile will be at
the Porterdale Gymnasium from
‘l2 noon until 6 o’clock in the
afternoon and those who can
contribute blood are urged to
volunteer in this great emer
gency.
James Hardeman is chairman
of the arrangements and B. B.
Snow, Bibb Vice President, and
Don Wood are working with
him as co-chairmen.
Don Wood stated if anyone
• desiring transportation to the
Porterdale Gymnasium, please
, call 7044, the Wood-Dickinson
Furniture Company, and trans
portation will be provided.
| The Red Cross people called
Mr. Wood, who is chairman for
I Newton County, and explained
to him the state of emergency
' and requested him to exert ev
ery effort to get as many don
■ ors as possible.
Many people are using blood
and the emergency is acute and
.that is the reason the Blood
-1 mobile is making a return visit
to Newton County at this time.
1 I The last visit of the Blood
-1 ' mobile to Newton County was
I disappointing as there were not
. enough donors, so if it is within
; your power to give blood to
save a life, you are urged to
| report to the Porterdale Gym
nasium today (Thursday) and
1 make it possible for some sick
person to survive by giving of
your blood.
Four Qualify
For Councilmen
j City of Oxford
Two new men have qualified
for city council in the forthcom
ing Oxford election. They are
>i Gene Whatley and Harry Cowan.
| The two incumbents are E. V.
Moss and Ira Bowen. Three coun
i cilmen will be elected.
I Closing date for entrants is
Friday. November 30. The elec
tion will be held Monday, Decem
ber 10.
Covington Elk's
Dance Saturday
The Covington Elks and their
I friends will dance to the music
of H. O. Whelchel’s band Satur
day night. December 1 from 9 to
112 p.m. The plans are to have
this band every other Saturday
‘ night until further notice.
' most sympathetic and under
standing in their relations with
' me. J am, indeed, grateful for
having had the privilege of serv
ing so many fine people. It sad
dens me very much when think
ing of missing all of the good
folks of this community.
Another great joy has been
working with the personnel you
have in the City Hall. They have
been faithful to me and have
given to me a loyalty not, per
haps. always deserved. They are
most deserving and I hope they
will contzue to have your sup
port.
Covington is a wonderful place
in which to live. I urge you and
the other City officials to con
tinue your efforts to make this
the most progressive community
in Georgia.
Thanking you, again, for your
kindness and splendid coopera
tion, I am
Sincerely yours.
Clyde Castleberry.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1956
Scene at Drawing for Door Prizes at Covington Furniture Exch.l
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Above >« pictured John Blankenship, the popular and efficient manager of the New Covington
Furniture Exchange, presenting an order io Mr s. Hamlin Callahan, nee Dorothy MeGahee. as
the winner of the second prise, for a Philco Elec trie Blanket, being one of the five door prizes
which were presented during the celebration of the opening of the new store of Covington
Furniture Exchange on Washington Street. Pictured in the background are. left io right: Roy E.
Bowie. J. C. Day and Mr. and Mrs. Simmons, io the right are Rufus Smith and James Chaney"
Week of Prayer
i Foreign Missions
The First Baptist Church Week
of Prayer for Foreign Missions
will begin December 3 and con
tinue through December 7.
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, 7 p.m., all circles will
meet at the church; At 7:30 the
BWC will have charge of the
program.
Tuesday, 7 p.m. Junior GA's
and YWA's at the church.
Thursday, 7 p.m. Mae Livings
ton Circle meets with Mrs. Leo
Mallard and at 7:30 p.m. all cir
cles meet with Mrs. Mallard for
Missionary Program.
Friday evening all circles will
meet at the church.
Auctioneers Ready for Charity Auction
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Above is pictured, left to right. Walker, Harris, auctioneer and Jack
Chapman, publicity Chairman, of the great Lions Club Auction to
be held Saturday, December 7th. John Fuller will also assist
in the auctioning as an auctioneer. All members of the club are
working to make this the greatest auction ever — and it is all
for sweet chairty, the money received going io various charity
projects of the Lions, including the "Lighthouse For the Blind.”
Prize Winners
Os Covington
Furniture Exch.
The opening of the New Cov
ington Furniture Exchange was
a huge success in the number
of patrons who called and mer
chandise sold, according to
Moody Summers. President of
the Covington Furniture Com
pany, owners of Covington Fur
niture Exchange.
Mr. Summers also desires to
thank those who attended and
expressed appreciation to all his
cis' mers and friends who were
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Joseph T. Wilson
Attending Basic
Aviation Training
Joseph T. Wilson, airman ap
prentice, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Fincher of 111 Hend
ricks st., Covington, Ga., is at
tending the Basic Aviation Struc
tural Mechanic School at the
Naval Air Technical Training
Center. Memphis. Tenn.
Lions Club Charity Auction
On Saturday, December 7th
Final plans for the Covington
Lions Club's mammoth Auction
( Sale to be held Friday night, De
cember 7, at the Covington
Junior High Gym. at 8:00 o'clock,
were completed at the Club's
meeting Monday night at the
American Legion Hall.
According to Lion President
Joe Haymore, hundreds of val
uable items will be sold to the
highest bidder under the ham
mers of live-wire auctioneers
John Fuller and Walker Har
ris. Chairman of the Auction
Committee. Christmas Shoppers
looking for bargain buys will
find them at the Auction, at
‘ name your own’’ prices. A pre
view of the Auction merchan
dise may be had in the windows
of the store formerly occupied
by Economy Auto Store, where
a portion of the items to be auc-
I tioned are on display.
In addition to available bar
gains. valuable door prizes will
jbe given to those attending.
Lios will distribute free tickets
lin the downtown area, tomor
row, Friday, and Saturday; and
Mr. Harris urges everyone de
siring tickets to contact a Lion
i member and get a ticket with
■■ attached stub to be deposited in
a box at the Gym door, to desig
nate the various prizes.
Foremost among the prizes to
be awarded throughout the even
ing is a Ford automobile, which
,is creating growing interest
Ten Candidates For Council;
Also Vote On Parking Meters
The Covington City Election for councilmen and for
or against Parking Meters, will be held next Wednesday,
December sth. Three councilmen will be elected. Two of
the incumbent councilmen are offering for reelection, these
are Tom Greer and Alvin Rape. Carl Smith decided he
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Newton Theater
"Two Plus One"
December 6-1
The hurry and bustle of final
preparations is apparent as the
Newton Theater goes into high
gear for the current production,
“Two Plus Orie”. As with form- ।
er opening nights, this one has
all the excitement of trying to
keep up the high standard of
■ entertainment for which this
I group has become known
I throuhout the state. No detail is
। too small f®r careful considera
tion. Make-up. costumes, light
ing. stage design and sets, per
sonal properties, all must be ex
actly right to the nth degree;
all must give exactuly the cor
rect enhancement to the high
I calibre acting which has become
a source of delight to the en
thusiastic audiences at previous
productions.
The hard working committees
readying this production are; Set
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Cancer Film Will be
Shown At Strand
Saturday 10:30 AM
Through an error of the film ;
distributing company, the wrong
cancer film was sent to Cov
ington for showing.
Mrs. C. M. Preston called us
long distance just as we were
going to press and stated she
would personally bring the film
"Breast Self Examination” to
Covington Saturday morning and
it will be shown at 10:30 A. M. I
( at the Strand Theater with free
I admission.
among potential Auction custo
mers.
In addition to an evening of
auctioneering fun, the Commit
tee in charge, which in addition
to Chairman Harris, includes:
Sidney Graham. Jack Chapman,
Graphic Illustration Sight Conservation
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RONNIE LYNCH (Before) RONNIE LYNCH (After)
Above is pictured the wonderful work being done by the Lions
Club in their Sight Conservation Program. The picture on the
left shows Ronnie Lynch as he was before the treatment, on
the right after the treatment. Part of the proceeds of the Lions
Club Auction will go toward work like thia
MORE THAN
15,000
READERS WEEKLY
would have to retire to give full
i time to his growing business.
The polls will be opened at
7 A.M. and close at 6 P.M.
Tnere is only one voting place
and that is at the City Hall.
There are eight new men of
fering their services to the city
as councilmen, making a total of
ten candidates in the race for
the three positions which will
be vacant the first of the year
on the council.
According to the laws of the
1 State of Georgia, the secret bal
lot will be used as in recent
. elections.
Citizens of Covington will also
have another opportunity to ex
press their views about park
ing meters. You can either vote
to retain them or vote against
retaining them, according to
your views of the matter. This
is in accordance with the first
vote when it was stated in a
certain period after trial the
citizens would be given another
opportunity to express approval
or disapproval of the Parking
Meters.
If you like parking meters af
ter this trial period, vote for
them, or if you dislike them,
vote against them, with an idea
of what you think best for the
| city.
The ten candidates who have
qualified and are on the printed
ballot for Council are, listed al
phabetically:
G. Gordon Bellew,
W. A. Childers.
C. W. (Rip) Collins.
William E. Daughtrey,
; G. L. Dennison.
Guy V. Evans,
W. T. Greer,
T. A. Rape.
James E. Rogers,
Don J. Wood,
The Covington Junior Cham
ber of Commerce and the Cov
ington Junior Service Guild art
continuing their “Get Out the
Vote” campaign and are expect
ed to be active in getting people
to go to the polls and vote.
Marion Britt and Bernard Loyd,
has formulated plans for a con
cession stand, under the direc
tion of Dr. H. E. Collier, Dan
Weigel and Sidney Graham,
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