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Don't Shoot Please! I’m about
to give you a recipe , . . or a
"how to make Christmas Logs”
and it’s too late for you to make
them for this year of 1956 ... so
just cut this out and make them
for next Christmas, and think of
your Office Boy as they glow in
your home. We found this in the
. National United Daughters of the
Confederacy Magazine. It ap
peared in an article by Mrs. J.
Helen Arnold, of Wilson, N. C.
801 l news papers to form logs
about 16 inches in length and
tie with heavy cord, but not too
tightly. Soak in a solution of four
pounds each of Blu& Stone and
Copper Sulphate, and three
pounds of Rock Salt, in one gal
lon of water. Soak logs for three
or four weeks, reversing ends
frequently. Make them in dry
wea her if possible. Be careful
not to place too many papers in
the roll as they swell. One log
will burn in your fire place, all
ever .ng and throw out colors of
ths rawbow all evening. Sorry
I ws ; lata with this for I would
have loved making some myself.
Cut this out and save it, do not
call me next Christmas for the
“rules and regulations” for your
gues is as good as mine . . . I’ll
let she loses it before next.
Christmas.
Well Covington has been on
the “social side” of the Calender
for the past few weeks .... wdth
so many parties for lovely Eula
Callaway, who will be married
on December 29th, so many Club
parties, Community Parties, Teas
and receptions. However, on
Tuesday evening the entire Pied
mont Section was represented
when Mr, E. L. Ficquett, our be
loved School Leader, known
throughout State and Nationally
for his fine works all these years,
was honored in his home town.
Ye«, it was “E. L. Ficquett Day”
. . . proclaimed by the Mayor . . .
Just read the story elsewhere in
the paper. Nothing was too much
to do in planning this party
which was kept a secret for so
long, even while the pqg’trait of
him was being painted. The only '
way the picture could be had was
to tell him we wanted one good
one and a new one for the paper
for the first of the year when he
retired. Well, you have to tell a
little fib once in awhile teacher!
Now don't you? Mr. Ficquett’s
retirement after all these years,
was at the request of his physi
cian, who felt his health would
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Mansfield Youth
Fellowship to Give
Christmas Program
On Sunday night, December
23 at 7 o'clock, the Methodist
Youth Fellowship of the Mans
field Church will present a pro
gram, "And They Brought Unto
Him Gifts.'” During the pageant,
the church will observe a White
Christmas and all those present
will have the opportunity to
bring a gift wrapped in white
to the altar.
The MYF will be assisted by
an adult choir, a junior choir,
and several children of the
church. It will be an inspiring
program and everyone is cor
dially invited to attend.
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Pictured above are Hi-Y clubbers from Newton County High School who attended the recent Geor
gia State YMCA Youth Assembly in Atlanta. From left to right are Sandra Bracewell, president
of the Senior Tri-Hi-Y; Katrina McKay, Vice-President; Diane Wright. Alpha-Tri-Y treasurer;
Marshall Edwards, President North-East District; Henry Odom 111, President of Hi-Y; Cindy
Carson, Secretary of Alpha Tri-Hi-Y; and Lucy Mor cock, President.
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1956
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VOLUME 92
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STOhtS CLOSE NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Local, State Officials Observe E. L. Ficquett Day
Held State Record For 32
Years oF Consecutive Service
A grateful Newton County citizenry joined co-workers
in the Field of Education, and State Educational Officials in
paying warm tribute to retiring Newton County School
Superintendent E. L. Ficquett. throughout Tuesday, of
ficially proclaimed by Mayor Jack L. Elliott as “E. L.
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Christmas Eve
Communion At
Allen Memorial
There will be a Union Christ
mas Eve Candlelight Communion
Service at the Allen Memorial
Methodist Church on Monday,
December 24th at 9:00 P. M. The
First Methodist Church, Coving
ton and the Methodist church of
Oxford are sponsoring this serv- ;
ice. The public is cordially in
vited to attend this special serv
ice.
The Rev, Frank Prince, minis
ter of the First Methodist Church,
Covington will bring the Com
munion Meditation.
Special Music willl be present
ed by the combined choirs of
the two churches. The Choir will
sing, “It Came Upon the Mid
night Clear,” by Willis. Miss
Anne Pratt will sing, “O Holy
Night.’’ by Adam. Mrs. Betty Me- j
Gahee will be our guest organist. 1
There is no better way to re
member the birth of our Lord.
You are cordially invited to at
tend this service of worship on
Christmas Eve.
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- Ficquett Day”.
The day began with flowers,
letters and congratulatory tele
grams to Mr. Ficquett, who holds
the state record as County School
Superintendent, with 32 years of
consecutive service.
At noon, members of the Board
lof Education* Office personnel,
| Miss Clara Mae Hays, Visiting
iTeacher, Miss Louise Reeves, In
|structional Supervisor and Miss
Nell Mitcham, Secretary were’
hostesses to the Newton County
j GEA Steering Committee com
। posed on Newton County School
'Principals; Miss Maud King, re
i tired Principal; and the Board
j of Education at a luncheon hon
oring Mr. and Mrs. Ficquett. Miss
Hays, in behalf of the Steering
Committee, presented Mr. Fic
quett with a handsome leather
brief case.
i Negro Educational Officials
honored Supt. and Mrs. Ficquett
at a Washington Street School
Program at 4.00 o'clock in the
afternoon, in which Principal H.
N. Mitchell, Principal Odessa
Washington of Rosehill School, I
County Agent J. W. Horne and
Supervisor Cassie McLean par-:
I ticipated. Mrs. Ficquett was
presented with a purple throated
orchid corsage, Mr. Ficquett was
the recipient of a U. S. Savings
Bond, and a Martha Washington
Bedspread was presented to the
I couple jointly, in token of their i
appreciation of Mr. Ficquett’s co- .
operation and splendid adminis- i
I tration of Newton County Negro
Schools.
The climax of “E. L. Ficquett
Day” was held at Newton County
High Auditorium on Tuesday
evening, when a “This Is Your
Life” Program was cleverly
staged as a complete surprise to
Supt. Ficquett, under the capa
ble direction of Eddie Najjar.
Newton High Guidance Counsel- i
or. immediately following a de- |
licious covered dish supper en
| joyed by Newton County GEA !
members.
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey, Jr.. Presi- i
dent of toe Group, opened the
meeting and presented George I
■ Hutchinson, Covington Junior
High Principal, who led the audi
ence in singing "Silent Night”.
i Mr. Najjar, then proceeded, in
his inimitable manner, with the
presentation of the "This is Your
Life” Program, with "The Child
; is Father of the Man” from
Wadsworth's “The Rainbow” as
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George Jolley Greets Santa on Arrival
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Above pictured in the entrance door are, left io right: Mr. Santa
Claus, himself in person, and Mr. George C. Jolley, the genial
General Manager of Covington Mills, Division of the M. Lowen
stein It Sons, Inc., yroup, located in our city.
Newton Hi Band
Xmas Concert
Tonight at Gym
The Newton County High
School Band, under the direction
of Mr. Joseph L. Smith will pre- i
sent its Christmas concert en
titled "Christmas Moods” tonight
(Thursday), at 8 p.m. at the New
ton County High School Audi
torium.
The musical program will in
clude the following numbers:
"Choral Prelude” by Alfred
Reed; “From Heaven Above” by
T. S. Bach: “Adoramus Le and
Sanctus” by Palestine: “Gesu (
Bambino” (The Infant Jesus) by
Pietro A. Yon; "The Children's
Prayer” from “Hansel and Gre
tel” by Humperdinck: "A Christ
mas Festival” by Leroy Ander- I
son; "Trumpet Tune” a 17th cen
tury tune by Henry Pursell; I'
“White Christmas” by Berlin
with Miss Frances Mitchell, vo
calist: "March of the Little Lead
en Soldiers” by Pierne and “Nut
cracker Suite” by P. Tschaikow
sky.
Select Masters To
Meet Next Monday
A regular assembly of Coving
tbn Council No, 41 R. & S. M. !
will be held Monday evening Dec.
24, at 8 o'clock. Officers for the
ensuing year will be elected and ।
installed. ;
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6 Masons
To Install Officers Next Thursday
The regular communication of
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6
F&A.M. will be held on St. John's
night, Thursday. December 27 in
stead of December 25 at which
time officers for 1957 will be in
stalled.
Officers for 1957 are:
Jack L. Meadors, Worshipful
Master; Arthur M. Jones, Senior
COVINGTON, GEORGIA Thureday, December 20, 1956
Elks Plan "Teen
Age Dance" For
Friday, Dec. 28th
The Covington Elks have
plans underway for a “teenage
dance” at the Elks Club on Fri
day night. December 28.
High School students from
Confers, Covington and Social
Circle are to be notified and will
be guests of the Elks.
The lodge will be closed to
members that night. This is the
annual Christmas dance from the
Elks to the teenagers in their
hometown.
Covington Mfg.
Company Xmas
Party on Friday
The Covington Manufacturing
Company will hold their Christ
mas party at the Legion Hall
Friday, December 21st.
A barbecue will be served at
12:15 o’clock and following this
the employees will conduct a
program of entertainment.
M. L. Fuller Elected
Membership Tau
Beta Pi Fraternity
Sixty-nine Georgia Tech stu
dents were recently elected to
membership in Tau Beta Pi, lead
ing engineering honorary society
in the nation. Selection of mem
bers is based on scholastic stand
ing, leadership, character
Among those chosen was M. L.
Fuller, Physics Junior, brother
of Mr. J. E. Fuller of Holly
Spring Farms, Covington, Ga. ;
Warden: Joel T. Bowen. Junior
Warden; C. G. Henderson, Jr.,
Treasurer; Reuben M. Tuck, Sec
retary; .William J. Dingus, Jr.,
Chaplain; Arthur M. Hilley, Sen
i Deacon; Charles B. Kitchens,
I Junior Deacon; R. P. Blackburn,
Senior Stewart: Donald D. Helm,
Junior Stewart; Loyd H. Reed,
i Tyler.
Newton Jaycees Announce Plans
Select Outstanding Young Farmer
Jaycees of Newton County an
nounce today plans for the se
lection of Newton County’s Most
Outstanding Young Farmer.
Qualifications for the Most Out
standing Farmer are as follows:
two-thirds of total income must
be received from farming; toe
candidate must be between the
ages of 21 and 35.
The most outstanding young
farmer of Newton County will be
Students Home
For Christmas
Among many of the college
students arriving home for the
Christmas holidays and enjoying
various and sundry festivities are '
Miss Nan Smith and Bobby Cor- 1
ley of Young Harris; Miss Claire
I Palmer, Donald Kelly, Clifton
Berrton, Paul Callahan and Dan
ny Dixon, University of Georgia;
Miss Patty Lee Knight, Melvin
iGapps, Kenneth Costley, Spencer
Boyd and Nelson Allen, North,
Georgia College; R. H. Patterson. j
Georgia Military Academy; Leo
' Mallard, Wayne Jones and John
; Spears, Mercer University; the
Misses Peggy Jordan and Joanne
Haymore. LaGrange College: the
Misses Totsy and Louly Fowler,
Hollins College, Va.; Woody
Morcock, Davison College. N.
C.; the Misses Flora Wells.
Judy Hilley, Carol Sammons and
Connie Goodrich, Bessie Tift Col
lege; and Misses Vivian Rogers
and Barbara Parker, West Geor
gia College; the Misses Judy Ran
dle and Patricia McGuire, Flor
ida State University; Frank Turn
er, Darlington Military Academy;
Sherry Campbell and Robert
Fowler, Georgia Tech.
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Royal Arch Masons
To Elect Officers
Regular convocation of Cov- ।
ington Chapter No. 71 Royal Arch
Masons will be held fourth Mon- ;
day night Dec. 24. at 7:30 P.M. ;
Election and installation of offi
cers. ।
Philadelphia Methodist Church Burns Last Note on Building
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A Peak moment in the history of Philadelphia Methodist Church is caught by the camera, as the
last note on a $1,400 <*rtgage, held by Mrs. H. L. Chandley. WSCS President goes up in flames
from a match lighted by Carl Simms, Conyers Bank President. Standing by, left to right, front
row are: Clyde Farmer. Church treasurer; Miss Ivy Drake, recording secretary; Mrs. Floyd Nelson.
WSCS secretary and treasurer; Mrs. W. F. Schaeffer, WSCS vice-president and Miss Janie Far
mer, MYF president; back row, Luther Farmer, church trustee, A. C. Farmer, steward. Harvev
Farmer, steward, the Rev. Mr. Carl Standard, pastor; H. L. Chandley. steward; the Rev. Mr. Carl
ton Knight, visiting pastor; Billy Davis, Chairman Official Board and S. S. Sunt.- T L Brooks
and Sam H. Davis, stewards.
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.sent to the State MOYF conven
tion and if he is selected as
the MOYF there for the State he
will be sent to Durham, North
Carolina to the National MOYF
Convention.
Thomas Greer, Junior is Chair
man of the committee for naming
the county’s Most Outstanding
Young Farmer.
Further information can be ob
tained by calling him.
Ocmulgee Soil
Group Attain
Goal lor Year
I
. The Upper Ocmulgee River Soil
| Conservation District has an
-1 ( nounced the achievement of a 16-
I point program during the past
' i year.
In the annual report by the
board of supervisors, a summary
■ shows that the district was active
I in all types of programs designed
to promote and encourage partici
pation in the soil conservation
program.
A. E. Hayes, chairman of the
supervisors from Mansfield, said
the 1956 year has been the most
outstanding year in the history of
toe district.
The report pointed out that
296 additional farmers owning
40.256 acres joined the program
during the year and the present
number of farmers cooperating
in the program is 4.989. These
farmers own 683.275 acres which *
are being used in cooperative
activities.
The application of planned con
servation practices is increasing
on farms throughout the district
and the construction of broad
base terraces on sloping cropland
continues as an essential practice.
During 1956 more than 50 miles
of terraces were constructed, the
report shows.
Cooperators have seeded 165
acres of grass waterways to pro
vide adequate water disposal sys
tems.
WORE THAN
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Super Markets
Will Also Take
2-Day Holiday
The stores in Covington
will take a two-day holiday
for Christmas, thereby giv
ing their employees a chance
to enjoy the holidays and
those who live at a distance an
opportunity to be home for
I Christmas and have time enough
. to mak^ to trip without hurrying
too much and thereby cause an
accident which might result in
a serious injury.
. All of the stores in and around
the square will be closed Tiies-
i day. December 25th and Wednes
day, December 26th. opening for
business on Thursday morning at
the usual hour.
All of the large supermarkets
will also be closed for the Iwo
] days so residents of our commun
ity are urged to purchase their
- needs Monday as far as they can
t be ascertained. Colonial Stores,
Kroger Grocery Co., and Big
? Appie all will be closed for the
■ two day holiday.
“ This closing was decided upon
last January at a meeting of the
Newton County Merchants Asso
ciation. It was voted at that time
to close for two days for the
Christmas holidays.
Band Concert
On Square Sun.
, Sunday afternoon, the Newton
County High School Band will
present a park concert in keeping
with the Christmas season. For
many this will. be reminiscent of
another era when park concerts
were the most popular sources of
entertainment
The band, under the direction
of Joseph T. Smith, will present
a number of Christmas selections
followed by group singing of
carols, with the band accompany
ing.
Weather permitting, the pro
gram will begin at 3 p m.