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Community News Frorr
North (ovinijton
By Mr*. Jack Gibbs Sr.
Good morning neighbors,
guess most of us have about re
cuperated from the Thanksgiv
ing dinner by now and enjoying
the beautiful weather. Oh the
weather reminds us its “hog kill
in Time.” The ones who were
lucky enough to have a hog and
to have killed it are enjoying
spare ribs, sausage, back bone
and soon there’ll be “cracklin’’
corn bread. Gee it makes me
hungry just thinking about it.
We have several on our shut
in list this -week and to all we
send best wishes for a speedy
and happy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy McEver
were hosts at a Thanksgiving
Dinner for the family at their
home in Atlanta. The tradition
al Turkey with all the trimmings
made up the delicious meal.
Those enjoying the occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson
and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Brunham all of East Point; Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Rayford of At
lanta; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brooks
and children of Atlanta; Mrs. R.
E. Cowan of Oxford; Mr. and
Mrs. Grier Holifield of Salem;
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Avery; Mr. |
and Mrs. Perry Kirkland and
daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Stokes '
and baby, Mrs. W. D. Stokes
and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Avery.
Mrs. V. M. Bouchillon honored ;
Mr. Bouchillon with a birthday |
dinner Sunday. Those attending i
consider
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m the Market for • Church?
Tb*t sounds dreadfully commercial, doeint it?
JBut sh« truth of the matt«r is that iMarxlly thou
sands of pmons the world ovar mc "shopping" for a
choMh width their needs.
Thar’s one reason why the Episcopal Church is
growing so rapidly. It’s not a cam of a Church which
is eut to 6t a new pattern Rarber, the Episcopal
Chnrah adbeena to the faith and practice of the
aneient CbveA.
W shaM m a Miurn to that "old time religion,’’
that return m logically so the Episcopal Church.
Whpf Because At Cbmtian faith as expounded and
patented in the Epiacopal Church 1$ the "faith of
•wr fathers”, not just rhe fathers of the last few
mtndeed yean, hut the faith of the Apoadn.
htneaatedY Parhops you don't agree. Herts a
suggesdon. Visit the Episcopal Church near you soon.
a with rhe rector. He’ll he happy to visit
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were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Digby
and sons of Macon; Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Smith and children and
Miss Harriett Blalock of Griffin;
Miss Betty Jean Hays, Buck
Bouchillon, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Bouhillon and Jerry and Mrs.
A. L. Huckaby.
Mr. and Mrs. John Allen en
, joyed Thanksgiving dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. Weyman Allen and
< family.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McMichael,
formerly of Norfolk, Va., left
! Monday for a visit to relatives
J in Flint Michigan.
The Thanksgiving dinner
i guests of Mr. and Mrs. Randle
Shadix were Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Shadix and Viola of East
Point; Mr. and Mrs. Troy Ham
i brick of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs.
| Peny Wilson and family of Con
i yers and Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Walls.
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Mr. and Mrs. Randle Shadix
spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Queen of High
Shoals.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Patrick
were Sunday night supper guests
of Mrs. Ruth Martin and sons.
Mr. -and Mrs. Hoke Deaton
celebrated Thanksgiving with a
dinner for the family and rela
tives. Those enjoying the dinner
were Mr. and Mrs. Herman Whit-
1 j ley of Social Circle, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Whitley and family of
Athens, Mrs. Vivian Coker and
i children, and Miss Lois Coker f
Conyers, Mrs. Clara Watkins
! and children, Mrs. Daisy Lord
and daughters and Mr. and Mrs.
Kirk Watkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen of
Covington Mills visited Mr. and
Mrs. John Allen Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gibbs spent
Sunday afternoon with the G. T.
Cox family of Loganville.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Michael
had a family Than -sgiving din
ner at the home on Emory Street.
Their guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Paul McMichael, formerly of
Norfolk, Va.,; Mr. and Mrs. El
ton McMichael Jr. and children
of Atlanta; Mrs. Kenneth Welch
and children of Washington, Ga.
and Mrs. W. S. Anderson of Har
lem.
Mrs. A. J. Howell and Mrs.
Grady Walton visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Ellis of Oxford Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Allen were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Allen Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frisbie
j and sons, Mr. and Mrs. E. Loyd
Frisbie, all of Bartow, Fla., Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Fulker and fami
ly of Thomson were weekend
; guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
; Odum Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hilley and
Mrs. H. E. McCart were dinner
। guests of Mrs. L. R. Harper of
I Conyers Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. John Allen spent
Sunday afternoon visiting Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Blackburn. Mrs.
Roy Waters and Mrs. J. C. Shep
pard.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Ellis of Oxford on the
arrival of Miss Jacquelyn Inez
Ellis Wednesday, November 21.
Mrs. Grady Walton accom
pained Jack Ellis to visit Mrs.
Ellis at Georgia Baptist Hospital
last Thursday.
Master Larry Martin was the
weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs.
J W. Carter of Walnut Grove,
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Martin were
guests of the Carters Sunday.
| The Myles Chapmans and Mr.
and Mrs. Luke Lingold were
j Saturday night supper guests of
। Mr. and Mrs. Adam Roseberry
of Stockbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles ’Oglesby
and family of Almon. Mrs. Faye
Vaschuki and Mrs. Annie Ben
ton of Atlanta were Thanksgiv
ing dimer guests of the Luke
Lingolds.
Mrs. R. H. Ballard. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Ballard spent
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Foster and the W. F.
Hunter family of Warner Robins.
Mi. and Mrs. O. R. Rainey
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. Porter Barnett and
Captain and Mrs. R. E. Peay.
Mrs. Jack Gibbs Jr., Brenda
and Jackie, Mrs. Marion Goins
and Phil and Mrs. Jack Gibbs
Sr. spent Wednesday afternoon
in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Allgood,
Johnny and Bobby Hamby visit
ed Mrs. Gene Hamby at Georgia
Baptist Hospital Sunday.'
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Williams
Mr. and Mrs. W T. Wiley and
sons spent Sunday afternoon with
the I. T. Wileys.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Martin. Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Burke and child
ren of Cedartown and Lester
Polk of Gainesville were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs
R. C. Polk.
Mrs. W. S. Anderson of Har
lem has returned home after
visiting the Elton McMichaels.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoke DeaUn
and Miss Carolyn Deaton were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
THE COVINGTON NEWS
—Porterdale Personals
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Maloy and
Carolyn visited Mrs. Candis Shaw
in McDonough, Georgia on Sat
urday.
Mrs. Clara Lane is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stubbs and
children in Houston, Texas, hav
ing Heft by train on Friday, No
' vember 23, for a month’s visit.
I .
Mr. and Mrs. Thurmond Duke
of Asheville, North Carolina were
Thanksgiving holiday guests of
Mr. Duke’s mother, Mrs. Mary
Duke, and other relatives in Por
terdale and Newton County.
Thanksgiving evening dinner
guests of Mr. and MFs. Wyman
Bowden and Miss Sandra Bow
den were Mr. and Mrs. John
Bowden of Conyers and Mrs.
Clara Lane of Porterdale.
Mrs. Emory Shaw and Bob
Shaw were weekend guests in
Valdosta, Georgia during the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Recent guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Waddleton
were: Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Brooks and Kathy, of Atlanta:
j Mr. and Mrs. Frank Waddleton
and children, Dr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Moody and children, all
of Macon; Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Waddleton of Forsyth; Mr. and
Mrs. Newt Hinton and children
and Mrs. Ruby Biggers, all of
Covington. They were called to
the bedside of their father, who
has been seriously ill during the
past week.
Friends of Mrs. J. N. Allen are
i happy that she has returned to
her home after being a patient at
the Porterdale Hospital where
she received treatment following
an accident in which she stuck
a nail in her foot.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Gates included Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Gates, Jr. and
Joey of Macon, and Mr. and Mrs.
(James Harold Gates and Jimmy
of Decatur. Misses Georgia Ann
and Emily Gates of Atlanta were
holiday weekend visitors also. On
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Hen
i derson and three daughters,
Janie, JoAnn. and Jenny, came
1 down from Smyrna, Georgia.
Mrs. Ezra Hayes and children,
Larry and Kathy Jo, visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Singley, at Jackson, Georgia
from Wednesday of last week
through the weekend. They were
joined by Mr. Hayes for the re
turn trip.
Mrs. Frank Herring and chil
' dren, J. A. and Dorothy, were
Thanksgiving holiday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Reynolds and
children in Macon, Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Barrett from
I Warner Robins, Georgia were
the weekend guests of Mr. and
Whitley of Social Circle Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Reagin of Porter
dale spent Tuesday afternoon of
last week with Mrs. J. A. All- I
good.
Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Wiley, Mrs.
M. H. Wiley of Jersey, Mrs. C.
B. Henderson of Dialtown visit- i
ed Guy Butler at Georgia Bap
tist Hospital last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Roberts |
and children of Knixville spent
Wednesday night of last week '
with the R. B. Patricks.
Mr. and MrS. Sammy Pace
visited Mr. and Mrs. Jott Pace
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibbs Sr.
I were Thanksgiving dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gibbs.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Bouchillon
and the O. R. Raineys spent
Saturday visiting George Rai
ney and the Ray Bouchillons of
Milledgeville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson
and daughters of Greenville,
| Miss., Mr. and Mrs. J. L. John
son of Atlanta and Miss Eleanor
Johnson spent Friday with the
A. V. Johnsons.
Lester Polk of Gainesville,
Mrs. R. C. Polk and the Sam
Martins were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Henderson Thanks
giving.
Mr. and Mrs. Brant Patrick
.visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ro
berts and Mr. and Mrs. Ollie
Mask of Porterdale Sunday af
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McCart had
as guests Saturday afternoon
Mrs. C. L. Hilley of Atlanta and
| Mr. and Mrs. Huie Hilley and
son of LaGrange.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Whitley
were Sunday guests of the Perry
j Whitleys of Decatur.
Mrs. S. H. Savage and children.
Brenda and Vicki.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Gaither
of Gainesville, Georgia were the
Thanksgiving holiday dinner
guests of Mr .and Mrs. Lee Gra
ham and Sheilah.
Miss Sandra Smith was the
Saturday guest of Miss Janice
Costley at Conyers, Georgia.
Miss Regina Thompson has as
her weekend guest, Miss Janice
Goodman of Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs. Garland Thompson has
been the recent guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Ricky Keese and family in
Alabama. Mrs. Thompson went
especially to visit her new infant
grand-daughter.
Mrs. Mary Plunkett and Miss
Ethel Plunkett were luncheon
guests of Mrs. Lola Drennon and
family on Sunday, November 18.
Friends of Mrs. Dorothy Mills
Venable and Mr. Harold L, Mills
will be interested in their ad
dresses which appear below:
A/2C Harold L. Mills
Hq. Sq. Sec. CNTLD-MATS
Kelly A. F. B.
San Antonio, Texas
Mrs. Dorothy Mills Venable
Gold Rocket Trailer Court
Kelleen, Texas.
Community News From
Gum Creek
MISS MARGARET KIMBLE
88® x;® g, .gjgg'ggSiSiiSSSHK ag®»
(From Last Week)
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Darby and
children spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Moss and fam
ily-
Miss Alice Curtis spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Theron Curtis and Louise.
Miss Martha Ogletree of At
lanta had supper with Mr. and
Mrs. John Kimble Sunday night.
Roy Kimble had a delightful
fishing trip to Florida this week.
Mrs. Roy Kimble, Margaret,
Thomas and Douglas had din-
AT AUCTION »
Property of H. FLETCHER NELSON (For Division Among Heirs)
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
441 acres, approximately half of which is in the city limits
of Covington, and adjoining the booming town of Porter
dale. Paved Collum Road (PR 2200) to Jackson Hwy.
and paved Georgia 81 to Porterdale both run through the
property. Only 34 miles of Atlanta on the Central of
Georgia Railroad.
441 ACRES -w
BY ANY MEASURE — PROPERTY WITH A GREAT POTENTIAL!
Sin*. 1870, this property has been in the Nelson family. Porterdale and Covington are four miles apart. The owners have steadfastly resisted
the change and growth that has resulted in development right up to both the east and west boundry lines of this property. Lots have all
been sold on both sides of the Nelson property, and the further development that is inevitable as a result of this sale will mek. *
towns meet. When homes are built, this is ideal place for SHOPPING CENTER!
300 HOMESITES:
0
FOR THE REAL JOY OF LIVING —
Here are choicest lots in all the Covington and Porterdale area.
These lots provide fully for today's modern living—fresh air . . . I
safe place for children . . , breathing space . . . wholesome environ
ment. TIMBER OFFERED SEPARATELY OR WITH THE LAND. NEW
STREETS carefully planned to guard your privacy. Convenient access
to two paved highways and your work, schools, churches and stores
in both towns, yet you'll have no through traffic to menace your
sense of well-being. Electric and phone lines run through property.
Located in city limits. City gas and water lines run to property.
Terrain is beautiful. Build economically, no expensive grading or re
taining walls to build. And you can be sure of an exceptionally high
ratio of home-owners to renters in this exclusive, highly preferred
section, and this means a neighborhood of better upkeep and main
tenance.
12 HOMES GOING!
Homes in just feir condition, now paying fair rental' income. With
remodeling, they would be lucrative. All have electricity.
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merchandise. Many homes in the area and a busy highway. You'll
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section, the value of this business will naturally increase. Going at
the price you set.
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Now is the time to make your future secure! Get good real estate
like this, take care of it, and it will take care of you. This sale
represents an unprecedented opportunity in this booming area. If
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Community News From
Starrsvi Ue
By Mrs. Henry Anderson
XHKHXKSRK « S a » X X X I! R 4 X X X X X
Mrs. Lila Maddox of Miami,
Fla., is visiting relatives here
this week.
Mrs. Paul Parnell of Millen
and Mrs. Fain Brannan of Smyr
na entertained informally Sun
day afternoon honoring Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Aiken on their silver
wedding anniversary.
Mrs. J. E. Bonner and daugh
ter are spending this week with
their parents.
Denn.y Dixon of the Univer
sity of Georgia spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with his
parents at Starrsville. He return
ed to Athens on Sunday.
Mrs. Ralph Walton entertained
at a birthday party for her
daughter, Darleen, on Saturday.
Mrs. J. H. Anderson, Mrs.
D. B. Dixon and Miss Ethel Bel
cher visited Dr. and Mrs. F. S.
Belcher in Monticello Thurs
day.
Rev. Robert Kerr filled his
regular appointment at Starrs
ville Sunday. The Kerrs and
Mr and Mrs. James Anderson
: were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Pope.
Several from the Starrsville
church attended the Thanksgiv
ing services at Mansfield Thurs
day morning.
Mrs. Dean Savage is reported
recovering nicely following sur-
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kim
ble and Glenn Sunday.
Everyone is wishing Mr. K. C.
Mitcham a speedy recovery, from
his recent injury.
■ Virgil Duncan visited Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Gibbs and family Sun
day.
Carl Cannon of Atlanta is visit
j ing Mrs. K. C. Mitcham during
■ the illness of Mr. Mitcham.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Costley
visited Mrs. Lula Costlev Sun
day.
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| gery at Newton County Hos
pital.
i' The Starrsville WSCS met
Wednesday with Mrs. C. C.
Epps
Mrs. James Anderson presid
ed over the meeting and the
group discussed plans for a
money raising project to finish
paying the church annex debt.
Yearly reports from the Society
were submitted. Mrs. D. B. Dix
on presented the program on
the United Nations. Those par
ticipating on the program were
Mrs. James Anderson, Mrs. J.
M. Aiken, Mrs. J. H. Anderson
and Mrs. Robert Kerr, and clos
ing with a prayer chain.
Reports of the Oxford Zone
। I meeting were given by those
who attended.
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YOU SET THE PRICE ON:
• One of the South's Fine Tracts of Viigin Timber
Estimated 2'/z Million Feet-
• 300 Choice Homesites and Baby Farms mostly in
City Limits.
• Industrial Sites and Business Locations on Railroad
and Good Highway;.
• 12 Houses and a Store
• Many Other Sound Assets
VIRGIN TIMBER:
... ONE OF THE SOUTH S FINE TRACTS —
AN ESTIMATED 2'/j MILLION FEET
The kind of timberland lumbermen dream about. Mostly pines huge
tall and straight trees—the finest you've ever seen—that are mature
and ready to saw now so you can get the desired stand and speed
growth m younger trees that ar. coming on. Natural reseeding means
you always have a good stand coming on for perpetual income The
South « surgmg economy and growing population means increasing
value. Logging .. exceptionally easy because of access to good p.v
ed roads. Good mill site by the railroad. We've never offered a tract
to compare with this one. You'll want to cruise it before sale dev
and then be as the tale. v
PLANT SITES!
Choice industrial sites going at the price yoe set! Also choice site
for business on the highway. Remember, the industrial growth of the
south has just begun, and this area—so convenient to Atlanta is
a favored area. Th. future worth of this property i, 4 | mo , t unlimif.d,
BABY FARMS FOR BETTER LIVING
Everywhere, millions of men who work in town .re finding they cen
live on a small acreage tract and enjoy the advantages of city living
w.th none of th. disadvantages. Here's close-in convenience yet
there s room and breathing space. Have a garden, an orchard a
cow and poultry—save more of your salary and have mor. to sp.nd
for luxuries Beautiful homesit.s and rich land. Beautiful l.k.
Have something to fall back on if work in town gets slow Near th.
great Atlanta market. Choose your baby farm now. You set the price!
Thursday, November 29. 1356
Mrs. Epps served a delicious
salad course with coffee during
the social hour, assisted by Mrs
L. M. Bowen-, a former resident
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Dixon of
Milhaven, Miss Ruby Dixon and
Bernard Dixon of Decatur were
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Dixon.
Mrs. Mary Bennett of Toccoa.
Mrs. Macie Rogers, Miss Bess
Hodges, Miss Florrie Hodges and
Joe Hodges of Manassas were
guests of Mrs. J. H. Anderson
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Barnes and
daughter of Macon were recent
guests of their parents Mr. and
Mrs. A. U. Ewing.