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Cotton Vote for Newton County
Set for Tuesday, December 11th
Cotton growers have an im- '
portant decision to make on
Tuesday, December 11, A. E.
Hays, Chairman of the Newton
County Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Commit
tee. reminds farmers.
On that day, growers will vote
in a referendum to decide wheth
er marketing quotas will be in
effect for their 1957 upland cot
ton crop. All farmers who en
gaged in the production of up
land cotton in 1956 will be el
igible to vote in the referendum, I
"If at least two-thirds of the 1
growers voting approve the
quotas,’’ Mr. Hays explained,
‘‘marketing quotas will be in
effect on ail farms growing up
land cotton in 1957, penalties
will apply on ‘excess’ cotton,
and price supports to those grow
ers who comply with their cot
ton acreage allotments will be
available at the full level of
effective supports. Under current
legislation, this support will be
between 75 and 90 percent of
parity, the minimum level with
in this range depending upon
the supply situation at the time
the determination is made.
"If more than one-third of the
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I will be no marketing quotas or
penalities, but price supports to
eligible growers (who comply
with their allotments) will be
available at 50 percent of par
ity.
"In either case, acreage al
lotments will continue in effect
for the 1957 cotton crop as a
means of determining eligibil
ity for price support.”
The Chairman pointed out that
the Secretary of Agriculture is
directed to proclaim marketing
■ quotas for the next upland cot-
I ton crop when the cotton sup
| ply exceeds normal. Quotas are
not put into operation, however,
i unless they are approved by at
least two-thirds of the growers
voting in a referendum on the
question.
Mrs. Corinne Mills
Prayer of Thanks
Dear God. I want to try to
thank you for the many, many
blessings I have enjoyed from
Thee. There are the friends who
have come to teach me Thy Word
from week to week that I might
be counted in Sunday School.
There were the friends who
brought fruit, a sunshine
box, flowers, and gifts.
There were the doctors who oper
ated on my legs and the nurses
to care for them tenderly and
patiently. There are the mem
bers of my family, my husband
I and my children, who have nurs
ed me and given mv spirit new'
courage. There are the organiza
। tions in the Baptist Church who
। have beautifully remembered me
' in numerous ways . . . things I
could touch and handle like gifts
lor fruit or cards, and things I
| could not handle like precious
prayers in my behalf. There were
I gifts from the Weave Room
| where I worked and a tray of
fruit from the Woman’s Club at
Thanksgiving.
Oh, God, I would thank Thee,
too. for the gift of life for I have
been spared through many ill
| nesses and time of trouble. I re-
I member the gift of Thy Son. my
] Saviour, as the greatest gift from
[ Thee, and I feel humbly grate
ful for Thy Love and Concern
for me.
Now, Dear God, I would com
mit to Thee my life and the life
of those dear to me. Have Thy
will in our lives and give us
the faith to accept what is Thy
: will.
Mrs. Corrine Mills
Rare Pine Burr
On Limb Brought
To News Office
Earnest Preston, of Route 5.
I Covington, brought into the
NEW’S office Saturday afternoon
a very unusual freak of nature.
Mr. Preston brought in a pine
limb about one and one half
inches in diameter with a pine
burr growing on the limb with
out any portion of a branch.
Mr. ’ Preston said people he
had shown this to stated they |
had never seen anything like
this before. The limb and burr
are on display in the NEWS '
office window' for those who
would like to examine same. ■
1 GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
This Paper Is Covington s Index To Civic Pride and Prosperi ty — Not Just A Newspaper But An Institution
Infant Son Os
Mr., Mrs. J. F.
McCullough Dies
Little Timothy Dale McCuL
: lough, infant son of Mr. and
, Mrs James Franklin McCullough
| of Route 1, Covington, died Sat
i urday, November 24 in a pri-
I vate hospital.
Graveside services were held
Sunday, November 25, at 3 p.
,m. with the Rev. O. D. Mulli
nax, pastor of Stewart Baptist
Church, officiating. Interment
was in Rocky Creek Cemetery
in Jasper County.
Survivors in addition to his
parents, include two brothers,
Jack Newton McCullough of
Covington and James Hamby
McCullough of Mansfield; one
sister, Merita Ann McCullough
of Covington; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Hamby of Cov
ington and grandmother Mrs.
J. H. Layson of Mansfield.
, The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of the
' bereaved family J. C. Harwell
, and Son Funeral Home were in
charge of arrangements.
War Orphans
Applications
Are Nearing 500
> War Orphan applications for
• benefits accorded them by The
1 ■ War Orphans Scholarship Assist
; , ance Act, are nearing the five
I . thousand mark. The October fig
s ure, not yet available, may push
■ the total past the above figure,
i : Pete Wheeler, Director of the
t ' State Department of Veterans
t Service stated that the Scholar-
( ship Assistance Plan for sons »•»’
. j daughters of veterans who died
?I of service-connected causes is
- just beginning to gain momen
• I turn. By Spring of 1957, Wheeler
' anticipates that fifteen thousand
i ; applications will have been re
■ । ceived by the VA.
i j Wheeler revealed that seventy
applications for benefits have
been received here in Georgia
and stated that the present fig
ure will steadily mount as more
Georgians are acquainted with
1 the benefits of the Bill.
The SDVS Director said that
all Field Offices of the State De
partment Os Veterans Service
I have complete information on the
Bill and alto have on hand a
Publication that explains com
plete benefits and eligibility re
quirements for interested Geor
gians.
In conclusion, Wheeler stated
I that the Bill is one that will con
tinue to be of benefit for years
to come and urged that all Geor
gia Veterans and their depend
ents become familar with the
contents of the War Orphans Bill. '
The nearest Field Office is lo
cated at the Courthouse in Cov
j ington and the Manager is Mrs. '
I Dorothv Cason.
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MEETINGS
The December meeting of the
। May Livingston Circle of the
I Covington Baptist Church will
;be held Thursday evening, De
’ cember 6. at the home of Mrs.
Leo Mallard, at 7:00 o’clock.
Members are urged to note the
change of time w’hich was made
in order that the other three
W.M.U. Circles might join the
group at 7:30 for the joint Week
of Prayer program for Thursday; t
and still give May Livingston
Circle time to dispense with busi
ness details.
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The Covington Garden Club
will hold its December meeting
at the home of Mrs. Harry Dietz
on Wednesday afternoon. Decern- 1
| ber 5, at 3:30 o'clock. Mesdame.s |
Moody Summers, Jr., W. C.
Wright and Edmund Jordan will I
! serve on the hostess committee
with Mrs. Dietz.
The study will be on Plants
of Holy Scripture; the arranr/-
ment theme will be Christmas
Moods, with Mesdames E. E. Cal
laway. R. P. Campbell. Leo Mal- j
lard, Charles Starling and Frank
Williams exhibiting.
Hog slaughter this fall will be I
considerably below that of last
fall, reports Stephen J. Brannen,
1 Agricultural Extension Service
economist. |
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1956
James L. Harper
Is Promoted To
Staff Seraeant
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James L. Harper, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Harper of
9 Birch st.. . orterdale, Ga., and
husband of the former Miss
Peggy A. Griffen of Swansboro,
N. C., receives his warrant of
promotion to Marine Staff Ser
geant. His commanding officer,
Capt. Ezra H. Arkland, made the
presentation October 17.
Harper is a wireman with the
4.2 mortar company of the 4th
Regiment at the Marine Corps
Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, T.H.
Before entering the service in
October 1948. he attended Madi
son, Ga., High School.
Palmer-Stone
Sth Grade Stage
: PIA Program
Members of the eighth grades
> of Palmer-Stone School present
ed the November P. T. A. pro-
- gram.
s The devotional followed the
- Thanksgiving theme with Bible
- readings, poems of thanks, a lit
i any of thanks and a story which
3 was given by the following mem
- । bers of the classes: Virgil Cost
’ ley, Hazel Rogers. Katie Jones,
i Linda Sue Townley, Sandra Mor
■ ris, Patsy Standridge, Peggy
Henderson, Faye Holmes, Betty-
Brown. Carolyn Hamby, Franklin
‘ j Cartledge, Glenn Kimble and
Jimmy Lindsey.
Peggy Henderson explained
| that the program was prepared as
1 a class activitiy, in celebration of
.Education Week.
The characters who presented
the play "A Good American”
were: Harold Stowe. Gale Hinton,
Joan Hudspeth, Sandra Neely,
Bruce Lovern, Dicky George, Na- ■
dine Ellis, Dennis Hinton. Clara
Sue Capes. Phyllis White and
Bubba Hinton.
Quotations on education were
given by Wayne Ellis. James Rob- |
erts. J. T. Beasley, Mickey Davis, ■
Ralph Martin, Charles Clark.
I Sonny Gwinn and Robert Me
j Giboney.
I The teachers representing the
eighth grades are Miss Eva Mask
and James N. Bohannon Jr.
Intermediate MYF
P'dale Methodist
Met Sunday
PORTERDALE—The Interme
diate M. Y. F. of the Julia A.
Porter Methodist Church met
lon Sunday evening, November
25. The President called the
meeting to order and had the
call to worship. The group united
in singing the hymn, "There is a
Fountain’’.
We discussed old and new bu
siness. The offering was re
ceived.
Those presenting the interest-
I ing program were: Peggy Allen,
Bob Mitchell, Bobby Jo Holi
; field. Barbara Farmer. Wayne
I Doster, Douglas Wheeler. Mar
lene Peters, and Ophelia Wheel
er.
The meeting was closed with
I the benediction.
Jane Bowen, Reporter.
Rev. Leneal Fortner
'M' Night Speaker
Gray Bapt. Church
The Rev. Leneal Fortner, pas
tor of Adgateville Baptist church
and Mercer ministerial student,
will be the principal speaker at
■ the “M" Night rally of the ■
Central Baptist Association meet- :
ing at the Gray Baptist Church.
Gray, Monday, December 3. at
8:00 P. M.
I This is one of the hundreds of ,'
'M' Night Stone
Mountain Assn.
December 3rd
“M Night” in the Stone Moun
tain Association will meet on I
two nights this year, Monday, |
December 3 at Clarkston Baptist
Church and Tuesday, December
4 at Porterdale Baptist Church.
Both programs will begin at 8
o'clock.
A goal of 1600 has been ac
cepted by Bryant Steele, associa
tional director, and each of the
24 churches in this association
has been urged to set their goal !
high. Last years goal of 1500 was
missed by an attendance of 1396.
An "M Night” banquet was
held on November 24 at the Con
yers Baptist Church with 38 in
terested training union workers
present. Final plans were made
there for the December 3 and 4
meetings.
The inspirational message will
be brought at Clarkston by Rev.
E. B. Shivers, pastor of the Inman
Park Church. Atlanta, and Rev.
Norman Shands of West End
Church, Atlanta, will speak at
Porterdale.
The entire program will be
centered around the theme for
the year, “Serving the Lord
Christ.”
Larry E. Jackson,
L. G. Henderson,
Complete Training
Larry E. Jackson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Evans Jackson, and Lu
ther G. Henderson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray M. Henderson, all
of Mansfield, Ga., are scheduled
to complete recruit training Nov.
17 at the Naval Training Center,
San Diego. Calif.
| The graduation exercices,
marking the end of nine weeks
of “boot camp.” will include a
full dress parade and review be
fore military officials and civil
ian dignitaries.
In nine weeks of instruction,
; the “raw recruit” is developed
into a NaVy Bluejacket, ready
for duty with the fleet.
Plaque Winners
At Rotary Club
An outstanding program was
enjoyed by Rotarians at their i
I Tuesday meeting at the Teen- !
I Can Building, when members of
Newton County High Schools's
AA Plaque winning Hi-Y and j
Tri-Hi-Y Clubs made interesting
talks on their various activities.
Rotary' President Aubra Sher
wood welcomed visitors, includ
ing Northeast District Y.M.C.A.
Secretary Don Goldthwaite, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Odum. Jr.,
L. M. Burke, local Hi-Y Advisor, :
Marshall Edwards, President of
Northeast District Hi-Y Clubs,
and Newton High Student Coun
cil President.'
Program Chairman C. G. Hen
derson then presented Mr. Gold
thwaite, who introduced the fol
lowing speakers: Miss Sandar
Bracewell, who as president, dis
cussed Senior Tri-Hi-Y activities;
Hi-Y President, Henry Odum 111.
whose discussion covered phases
of Hi-Y work: and Miss Lucy
Floyd Morcock, who outlined
aims and projects of Alpha Tri-
Hi-Y Club, of which she is presi
dent.
Newton High “Y” Clubbers
have made an enviable record
during the last three years which
have seen the Senior Tri-Hi-Y,
whose leader is Mrs. W. E. Smith,
and Hi-Y, under the leadership
of L. M. Burke, achieve the covet
ed highest award plaque: and the
Alpha Tri-Hi-Y. whose leader is
Mrs. C. C. Mooney, attain the AA
plaque for the past two years,
and the next highest plaque, the
year before, from the State Y.
M. C. A. which sponsors “Y”
Clubs throughout Georgia High
Schools.
Visitors were guests of the j
Club at a delicious dinner prior
to the presentation of the pro
gram.
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simultaneous rallies held annu
ally throughout the Southern,
Baptist Convention and is at
tended by all age groups. The
goal for attendance at Gray is
300. The meeting is sponsored
by the Associational Training
Union.
"Homemakers Os
Tomorrow Day"
Tuesday, Dec. 4
i Girls of this city will join 300.-
000 others throughout the United
States in observing “Homemaker
I of Tomorrow Day” Tuesday, Dec. ,
4.
Simultaneously in more than |
11,600 of the nation’s high
■ schools, graduating girls will test
i their homemaking knowledge
and attitude in a 50-minute writ
, ten examination. A total of $106.-
000 in scholarships is offered by
General Mills in this third annual
Betty Crocker Search for the
American Homemaker of Tomor- i
row. .
Participating here will be the
senior girls of Newton and Wash
' ington St. High Schools.
Florence Fowler
Stars in Play At
Hollins College
A bright young cast is in its
final week of rehearsal at Hol
lins College for next Saturday’s
(Dec. 1) productions of Gian
Carlo-Menotti's modern opera
doubleheader, “The Medium”
' and “The Telephone ”.
The program is sponsored joint
ly by Hollin’s music department
and Drama Assn. “The Medium”
।is directed by Dean Goodsell,
head of the school's dramatic art
department and director of the
Little Theatre. Oscar McCullough,
I member of the music faculty, di
: rects "The Telephone”.
. I “The Telephone” is a one-act
. comic opera on which Carlo
. Menotti paints the personalities
] I of a fluffy young woman of leis
-1 ure and her gentleman friend by
. tuning in on their phone cohver
• : sations.
Playing the woman, Lucy, is
: Florence Fowler, a Hollins sopho
s j more front Covington, Ga. A
a voice major and member of Hol
. Jins' famed Chapel Choir, Mis:
. Fowler gained her early vocal ex
perience as a member otlhe Cov
ington Methodist Church choir,
1 as a four-year member of the
/ all-Georgia High School Chorus,
and as president for three years
of her high school glee club. She
: also was president of the student
body and of her junior class at
Newton County H. S., and at Hol
lins is secretary of her sophomore
i class. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert R. Fowler Jr.
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Terry Bishop
Assigned To
Korea Base
A2/C Terry Bishop, son of
1 the Boykin Robertsons 205 King
Street, Covington, has been as
signed to duty in Korea and is
presently spending a furlough
I with his parents prior to his
embarkation from the West
' Coast.
Bishop entered the Air Force
in January 1955 and had recent
ly been stationed at Eglin Air
Force Base, Florida. He expects
to ship out sometime near the
middle of December.
Terry was graduated from
Oceanside fCalif.) High School.
He will spend a few days in
that city visiting friends prior
to his departure from the States.
Frankie G. Guinn
Gets Parachutist
Badge in Germany
Specialist Third Class Frankie
G. Guinn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
। Henry Guinn Sr.. Route 4. Cov
ington, Ga.; recently received the
Senior Parachutist Badge in Ger
; many.
Only parachutists with a min
imum of 30 jumps, including two
at night, are eligible for the
badge.
Specialist Guinn, an aidman I
in Clearing Company of the 11th I
Airborne Division's 11th Medical '
Battalion, entered the Army in
August 1953 and received basic '
training at Camp Pickett, Va. He
was stationed at Fort Campbell.
Ky., before arriving in Europe |
in February 1956.
Guinn was graduated from '
j Washington Street High School
i in 1954.
• Never in the history of Geor- '
gia has there been such a de
mand for quality fruits of all
kinds as their is now, says George
H. Firor, Extension horticulturist I
at the University of Georgia
1 College of Agriculture. |
COVINGTON’S ONLY
OWNED NEWSPAPER
Christmas Seal
Campaign Now
Underway Here
‘‘An intensive effort aimed at
wiping out tuberculosis —a dis
ease which threatens all of us.” ■
That is the campaign which the
Georgia Tuberculosis Association
intends to carry on with funds
from its 1956 Christmas Seal
Sale, according to Mr. Carl Fox,
Executive Director of the Geor
gia Tuberculosis Association.
Christmas Seals will be deliv
ered by mail to homes of NEW’-
TON County residents after No
vember 26 and the Seal Sale will ;
continue through December.
Since the first Christmas Seal
was sold in 1907, more than seven |
million lives have been saved
from this tragic disease. Great ;
strides have been made to find :
the answers and step up defense
against a disease which costs this
country over $600,000,000 annu
ally.
Part of every Christmas Seal
dollar contributed to this county
is spent for medical and social
research on TB. More Christmas
Seal dollars will mean more re
search. Now every avenue must
be explored to find some means
of preventing the disease.
Last year in Georgia there
were about 1.693 new cases of
tuberculosis discovered. Even
with one of the largest tubercu
losis hospitals in the wprld, tu
berculosis still remains one of
Georgia's largest public health
problems.
More funds are needed to com-
bat tuberculosis, which took a
tragic toll of approximately 261
lives in Georgia in 1954. This
makes it important that we all
buy and use Christmas Seals to
fight TB. Remember Your Con
tribution Is The Important One.
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Tri-County Sales
Amount $26,104.16
Tri-County Livestock Auction
Company sold 468 head of cattle
and 28 hogs for a total of $26,-
104.16. Milk cows and springers
topped at $200.00; calves, 20-1 4c;
stockers, 16-l/2c: steers, 17.40 c;
bulls, 12c; fat cows, 10-1 2c; can
ners arfd cutters, 9c; and hogs.
15-1/2C.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
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Dances
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Every FRIDAY Night
9 until 12 o'clock
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NUMBER 48
Employee Makes
Perfect Record
For 15 Years
(EDITORS NOTE: Below i«
an article that appeared in
the Atlanta Constitution on
Monday, November 19, 1956)
“Employers would like to find
more personnel like John B.
Roberts of 439 Deering Rd.. N.
W., Atlanta. In his 15 years as
an instrument repairman for At
lantic Steel Co., Atlanta, Roberts
hasn't missed a day on the job.
(“My wife cooperated to make
that possible a couple of times.”
he points out. “Both our young
i sters were born early enough in
the morning that I was able to
leave the hospital and get to
| work on time!”)
“Roberts and his wife, Jean
ette have a combined record of
almost that many years at At-
: lanta's First Methodist Church.
Both regularly attend worship
services and the Maco (mar
ried couples) Sunday School
Class. On rare occasions when
daughters. Shirley, 14, and Carol
10, have had childhood aliments,
the parents “took turn about
staying home with them’” ’so
that one of the Roberts was al
ways in «church on Sunday
t [ morning.’’
Mrs. Roberts is the former
Miss Jeanette Weldon, daughter
f of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
, Weldon of Newton County and
sister of Mi^s Rebecca Weldon
and Lamar Weldon of Oxford.
Hubert Wilbanks
Newton High Band
Member of Month
Hubert Wilbanks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Wilbanks of
Porterdale, has been selected as
Band Member of the Month at
Newton County High School. A
1 senior at Newton High, he has
, been a member of the band for
7 years.
Mike Lott, son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. Lott of Covington, a first
year band member, is Bookie of
! the Month.
Both young men are active in
(church affairs.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY