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By THE OFFICE BOY
My Oh Me! Some people have
all the luck . . . You know what
I mean . .. look at the sunshine
radiating around town on the
faces of several proud “Pappas”
• . . the light aglow in their faces
and the sunshine of their smile,
has warmed the hearts of all . . .
in fact, it has just made us forget
about Winter . . . even the wea
therman cooperated-and gave us
beautiful sunshiney weather for
a change . . . right here in De
cember ... Os course you know
I was talking about Robert Camp,
bell . . . Santa arrived early and
brought them a little rosebud of
a girl who bears the name of
either her paternal and maternal
grandmothers, Margaret Frances.
Then there's the Louis Murrill’s,
just plain happy over a little son
whose name is Louis Lee, Jr. . . .
and the smile on the face of Ray
Moore when Mildred came home
with that darling little boy whose
name is Charles Thomas . . . well
the smiles on none of their faces
can be measured with a yard
stick.
We are wishing them all the
joy and happiness in the world!
At this approaching Holy Season
it will be a sacred Christmas for
them. W 7 e trust they will each
bring all the joy in the world
to these homes, down through
the years.
Hi Ho! Santa is coming to
town! Yes siree young and old
alike will rejoice that our Jay
cee's are bringing Santa right to
the square in Covington at 2:30
on this Friday afternoon.
The fine young president of
that club let me in on a secret,
boys and girls . . .on Tuesday
night they fixed up 200 bags of
fruit and goodies for you. Within
some of those bags there are tic
kets which when taken to the
store whose name appears on it
you will get maybe a free tryci
cle. maybe a kiddy car . . . Oh
well you just be here. Everybody
is invited so don't you fail to be
there. Twenty youngsters will
be ehosen from a certain list of
names and they will receive
money to go into stores and buy
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Wm. Crawford ’
Elected Clerk At
Council Meeting
The City Council at its reg-,
ular monthly meeting Monday
night elected William Crawford
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Crawford
as city clerk to
take office Jan
uary 1, 1957. Mr.
Crawford will
succeed Clyde
Castleberry who
resigned to take
the post of
Cashier of the
Social Circle
Bank. Mr. Craw-
ford has been with the Bank of
Covington & Trust Company for
several years and is resigning
to accept the post of City Clerk
for the City of Covington. The
vote on Mr. Crawford's election
was unanimous.
The Ordinance for renaming
of the streets in the newly ac
quired portion of the city was
adopted at its final reading.
The Council also voted to pay
former fire chief Ted Campbell
for the time he served in this
capacity.
The matter of the Airport for
Covington was discussed and
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Delegates from Newton County High Attend Youth Assembly
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sembly in Atlanta this week through Saturday are pictured above. Left to right: Lucy Morcock.
L. M. Burke, Hi-Y advisor, Cindy Carson. Henry Odum 111. Katrina McKay, Marshall Edwards.
Sandra Bracewell, Mrs. L. M. Burke, chaperone and Dian* Wright.
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VOLUME 95
"TWP .US ONE” OPENS TONIGHT HI SCHOOL
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W' A, Evans, Greer Elected Council men
JC SANTA CLAUS PARTY FRIDAY
Festivities Begin
I P.M. As Santa
Distributes Gifts
Santa Claus will arrive in
Covington Friday, Dec. 7th,
on the square at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon, brought to
Covington by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce in their
Third Annual Christmas Party.
The festivities will start with I
a parade around the square with
the Newton County High School
Band and the Washington Street
School Band escorting Old Santa
to a stand in the Park where he
will greet the young children of
Newton County.
Santa will pass out gift stock
ings to all the children who at
tend and in some of the bags
will be white slips with orders
for tricycles, wagons and other
gifts, to the lucky ones who get
the bags containing these slips.
There will be gifts for all though
and all children of Newton
County are invited.
In addition to the two bands
which will furnish music, both
white and colored choral groups
will sing. All schools in Newton
County will close at 1:30 P.M.
so the children can a''end the
big Christmas Party given by
the members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
In previous years the party
has proven to be a great suc
cess and hundreds of children
have received much joy and ;
happiness in attending the
Christmas Party.
Don Ballard is chairman of
the Christmas Party with Jack :
Gibbs. Thomas Greer, Lowell I
Alexander and William Craw- {
ford on the committee. Robert
P. Campbell. Jr., President of
the Junior Chamber of Com- ;
merce, is an exofficio member
of this as well as all committees. I
The park will be decorated by
members of the Covington Gar
den Club and the Christmas
light will be turned on at the
time of Santa's visit.
Christmas Party
American Legion
And Auxiliary
The American Legion Post No.
32 and Auxiliary Unit will have
their annual Christmas party at
the Legion Home on Saturday
evening December 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Following the Christmas party
a dance will be held at 9 p.m.
for Legion members and their
wives and Auxiliary members
and their husbands.
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Newton Theater Players in Three One-Act Plays Thursday and Friday Nights
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NEWTON COMMUNITY Theater casts for the three one-act
plays io be presented tonight (Thursday) and Friday night at
8:30 at Newton High Auditorium are pictured above, seated,
left io right: Mrs. Maurice Griffin, Mrs. James P. Knight, Mrs.
Christmas Band
Concert Newton
High Auditorium
The Newton County High
School Band, under the direction
of Joseph T. Smith, will present
a Christmas Concert Thursday
evening. December 20 at 8 p.m. at
the Newton High Auditorium.
The Herald Trumpets will be fea
tured in Trumpet Tune by Henry
Purcell. Other numbers include
“Gesu Bambino” (The Infant
Jesus) by Pietro A. Yon. “From
Heaven Above” by J. S. Bach,
along with other Christmas
music.
Everyone is cordially invited
' to attend this program of Christ
mas music.
Lions Club to Hold Charity
Auction Friday Night Jr. Hi
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1956
FFA and FHA Chapters Name Men
To Solicit Funds for FFA Camp
The Newton High School I
Chapters of Future Farmers of
America and the Future Home-
Coyington Stores
Open Wednesdays
Thru December
Stores in Covingion will
be open every Wednesday all
day during the month of
December. You are urged to
do your Christmas Shopping
at home this year. The local
merchants can supply all
your needs and there is no
reason io go elsewhere — so
shop at home, right here in
Covington with your neigh
bors.
। The Covington Lions Club’s
mammoth Auction Sale will be
held tomorrow (Friday) night,
I December 7, at the Covington
I Junior High Gym, al 8:00 o'clock.
According to Lion President
, Joe Haymore, hundreds of val
: uable ite i... will be sold to the
highest bidder under the ham
mers of live-wire auctioneers
John Fuller and Walker Harris,
I Chairman of the Auction Com
|mittee. Christmas Shoppers look
i ing for bargain buys will find
them at the Auction, at "name
I your own" prices.
In addition to available bar
gains, valuable door prizes will
be given to those attending.
Mr. Harris urges everyone de
siring tickets to contact a Lion
member and get a free ticket
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| ited in a box at the Gym door,
to designate the various prizes.
Foremost among the prizes to
be awarded throughout the even
ing is a Ford automobile, which
lis creating growing interest
among potential Auction custo
। mers.
Charles C. King Jr., and Mrs. Robert Fowler: standing, left
io right: John . Booth, Mrs. Nat S. Turner. Mrs. R. M. Paty.
Nat S. Turner, Mrs. Helen Dickinson and Harold Mann. This
is the beginning of the third season for the Newton Theater.
makers of America held a joint
meeting last Friday and endors
ed the proposed solicitation for
funds for improvements and ex
pansion of the FFA and FHA
camp in the Jackson Highway
near Covington.
They elected committees from
every section of the County to
assist in the raising of funds for
this project.
The solicitation for funds is a
statewide project and each coun
ty in the state has been given
a quota to raise. The quota for
Newton County is approximate
ly $1,500.00. As the full benefit
of the campaign is to be spent
in a camp in Newton County,
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' In addition to an evening of
auctioneering fun. the Commit
tee in charge, which in addition
to Chairman Harris, includes:
Sidney Graham. Jack Chapman,
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,
here sandwiches, hot dogs cof
fee and soft drinks may be pur
chased.
According to a Lions spokes
man, 50 percent of the Auction's
proceeds will be used in the
Club's major project. ’ Eyesight
Conservation Program". This
program, conducted under the
direction of the Lions sponsored
"Georgia Lions Lighthouse. Inc.”
A number of local merchants
are cooperating with the Lions
Auction, by donating merchan
dise to be sold at the "Going.
Going, Gone" prices; proceeds
of which will aid in the Eye-
• sight Preservation, and other
fine Lions Club sponsored civic
iand welfare programs
Judge Hubert
Guest Speaker
Mens Bible Class
Judge H. O. Hubert of Decatur,
newly elected judge of the Stone
Mountain Circuit, will be the
guest speaker at the Men s Bible
Class of the Covington First
Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing.
Judge Hubert is a member of
the Methodist Church of Decatur
and a teacher in the Men s De
partment of the Sunday School.
Members and friends are urg
ed to attend to hear this guest
speaker.
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sored by the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Left to right: Mrs. Charles Starling, mem
ber of White Elephant booth; Mrs. ^ohn Fuller, chairman of Christmas Decorations booth:
Mrs. Charles C. King, member of Christmas Decorations booth; Henry Albert Zinser, rector of
the Church of the Good Shepherd; Mrs. Moody Summers Jr., chairman of meals committee: Mrs.
'F. C. Nesbit, chairman of Christmas Gift x ßooth and Mrs. Frank Williams, chairman of th* Bazaar.
Don Wood Leads
Ticket With MT
Guy Evans Next
Don Wood led the ticket in
the city election for Council- *
men. Guy Evans was second '
with only 20 less and Tom I
Greer was third, being re- ;
elected by a three vote margin
over Alvin Rape. # ,
The voters of Covington ex-
2 New Councilmen
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Don Wood. Guy Evant
. pressed their approval of the
parking meters by a lihfle over
four to one for the meters.
The total vote cast was 1.138
with 51 votes being thrown out
। for improper markings.
j The vote for the various can- ■
' didates were as follows;
Don Wood 647
Guy Evans 529
W. Tom Greer . . 449
T. Alvin Rape . 446
V/. A. Childers . — 356
James E. Rogers __ 325
C. W. (Rip) Collins 119
| William E. Daughtrey . 116
G. L. (Bud) Dennison 84
G. Gordon Bellew 63
The vote on the parking met- 1
ers was;
For 802
Against 186
There was a steady stream of
voters throughout the dav and
the large vote was an indica
tion of the interest taken in the
election.
Approximately sixty percent of I
the registered voters cast their ’
vote. The total registration is ap- :
proximately 1.700.
— wrtnre mxiw
15,000
READERS WEEKLY
Newton Theater
Group Offering '
J One-Act Plays
Tonight at 8:30. at the
Newton High Auditorium, the
third season of this Group’s
productions will be off with
a flourish of high comedy.
"Two Plus One” offers three
one-act plays of sure-fire enter
tainment value.
Dorothy Snow plays a shrew
as difficult to tame as ever Will
Shakespeare's, in "In The Suds",
aided and abetted by Mother
Helen Dickinson. Billy Lawson
gains command of the situation
in a surprise ending which leaves
the audience gasping.
In "Suppressed Desires", a
drawing-room comedy in the
। smart, bright dialogue so papu
lar on Broadway, Martha Tur
ner becomes caught in a web of
psychological problems woven
by her own over-anxious prob-
I ing into the suppressed desires
of husband John Booth and sis
ter-in-law Betty Jean Griffin.
She extricates her self in time
for a happy ending.
In "The Old Lad., Shows M°r
Medals". Katherine Paty plays a
lonely old lady, torn with grief
over her lack of a son in uni
form, as her friends continually
boast of their sons' conquests.
’She claims a Highlander hero
who has her own name. Dow^y,
and in a scene of great tender
ness. the "adopted’’ son chooses
her to be his Mother. Harold
Mann is the Highlander soldier,
complete with kilt, and the old
lady's friends are: Betty Knight,
Sally King and Louly Fowler.
Nat Turner plays the minister
who brings soldier and old lady
together in a scene of tens*
drama.
Tonight at eight-thirty. High
School Auditorium, and Friday
night, too.
State Employment
Covington Friday
A representative of the Georgia
State Employment Service will
be in Covington on Friday Dec.
7, 1956 at the Courthouse at 9:30
a. m. to discuss job insurance
with applicants.
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