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‘Atoms For Peace’ Exhibit To Visit County Monday
Showing at Newton High,
Oxford and Public Square
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission's new “Atoms For
Peace" exhibit will visit Newton County Monday, Feb
ruary 4th for showing at three locations. The mobile ex
hibit is being brought to the county under the sponsor
ship of the Newton County Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The exhibit will be shown at
Newton County High School
from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. From
1:00 until 3 p.m. the mobile unit
will be setup at Phi Gamma Hall
at Emory at Oxford. After three
o'clock the exhibit will be on
the Public Square, Covington.
Jaycee Public Affairs Director
hucker Ginn and Chairman Wil
liam Crawford urge all residents
of the county to see the unit
while it is here. There is no ad
mission charge.
It was pointed out that atomic
energy is coming more and more
into our daily life, as well as
serving as a means for future de
fense of our country. To the
farmer the uses of atomic energy
increasing tremendously.
The use of radioactive elements
nd compounds in fertilizers, for
\ample, has provided much val
table information on the value
of these fertilizers for many types
of crops. Studies with "tagged”
phosphate fertilizer used with
corn, lor example, showed that,
growing corn plant absorbs all
the phosphate necessary to its
growwi only for the first several
weeks, and then only in a radius
up to two inches from the plant.
Knowing these facts, farmers
with ^orn crops have been able
Newton County Cancer Society
Holds Called Meeting Tuesday
Nogton County Cancer So
ciety held a called meeting on
Tuesday evening at the Newton
County Hospital, when the Pres
ident, James Dobbs, presided.
Thr was a meeting for the an
nouneement of Committees to
serve during this Drive for the
Organization, and the following
were named: Neighborhood Edu
cation: Mrs. W. W. Crowe and
Mrs. E E. Callaway, coordina
tors. Clubs and Organizations:
Mrs. Hazel Malone. Chairman,
W. H. McKinney and Luke Hill:
Porterdale Woman's Club Hears
Caldwell Speak; Also Reports
PORTERDALE — Sixty-four
yum bers and two visitors were
welcomed to the meeting of the
Porterdale Woman's Club on
iondav evening January 21, at
seven-thirty o’clock in the Por
ter Gymnasium. Mrs. Claud
Cason presided over the meeting.
The program chairman, Mrs.
Irby Sharpton, introduced Mr.
Lewis Caldwell of Covington as
the devotional speaker. Using as
his subject "How Big is Your
God?”, Mr. Caldwell stressed
three points, namely, (1) God will
■never let an individual down, (2)
God will never let you off, (3)
God will never let you go. Mrs.
W. C. Ivey closed the devotional
with prayer. Two pantomime
numbers were given by Miss
Saleta Lunsford and delighted
her audience.
Minutes of the December meet
ing were read by Mrs. Leonard
Bowman. There were notes of
acknowledgement, too.
Mrs. Render Holder received
th? attendance award.
During the business session, all
committees were given an op
por’^nity to report. The Library
Committee reported a gift of
books from Mrs. Emory Shaw,
a member of the club. This gioup
invited suggestions for purchas
ing new selections.
A report from the Morning Di
vision revealed that this group is
working enthusiastically.
Mrs. M. B. Shaw expressed ap
preciation for the cooperation at
Christmas in the home decorat
ing project. She apologized for
not having supervised the selec
tion of a new outdoor scene for
the beautification of the town.
Mrs. J. T. Jaynes had many
things of vital interest to discuss.
She announced the Recipe Book
Project of th* Morning Division
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1957
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to save large amounts of money
!on fertilizer, and derive more
benefit from its correct applica
tion. And the same type of re
search can be applied to other
: food-producing plants.
This use of material "tagged”
with radioisotopes — or "tracer
' atoms,” as they are frequently
। called—has also been of value
in other studies connected with
plant growth, such as the impor
tance of trace elements to plant
I nutrition, the absorption of fer
' tilizers through the leaves and
; stems as well as the roots, and
; the efficacy of various types of
insecticides in protecting plants
from the multitudinous garden
pests.
The rays given off by radio
active substances have been used
in genetic tests to produce new
and different types of plants -—
disease-resistant wheat and corn,
and strains of garden flowers
completely unlike their ancestral
types.
Work is even now in prog- (
ress on the use of this same
radiation to kill the bacteria that,
cause food spoilage, thus opening
up a whole new field in the pres
ervation of foodstuffs without
refrigeration.
I Employee Education: C. T. Bo
hannon, Jr.. George Jolley, and
Reuben Rutledge.
Service Committee: Mrs. Doro
! thy Cason, John Jernigan, and
D. B.Dixon. Funds Crusade:
James Hutchens, Mrs. J. B.
Mitchell. Professional Education:
Dr E. J. Callaway. Publicity
I Committee: J. C. Long. Belmont
Dennis and S. M. Hay.
i The next meeting of the So
ciety will be held on Wednesday
February 6th at the Newton
I County Hospital.
and urged all ladies to submit
their best recipes for this publi
cation. Calendars were distribut
ed with each person receiving an
identical “card” calendar. Mrs.
E. L. Digby, assistant chairman
of the project committee an
nounced that all ads for the cal
endars had been solicited suc
cessfully.
Mrs. Pauline Johnson gave fin
al plans for the Hoe Down to be
held in the Porterdale Jr. High
School Auditorium on Friday,
January 25, and Saturday. Janu
ary 26. Committees to help with
this project were named by Mrs.
Bernard Strawn and Mrs. Ellison
Wilkerson.
Mrs. Obie Moore reported that
her committee is planning a sup
per for February 22. Tickets will
go on sale right away.
Mrs. Bill Gregg gave a report
of the Project Treasury,
Committees for the February
meeting were named as follows:
PROGRAM — Mrs. A. G. Grove,
Mrs. Frank Day, and Miss Martha
Ramsey. DECORATIONS — Mrs.
Jake Hunt, Mrs. Neal Wheeler,
and Mrs. Ray Potts. REFRESH
MENTS • — Miss Ruth Tanner,
Mrs. Hubert. Elkins, Mrs. Bryant
Yancey, Mrs. Jack Rawls, and
Mrs. Irvin Blankenship.
Delicious sandwiches and cof
fee were served by the refresh
ment committee and those having
birthdays in January.
Department of Labor
Representative
Here Friday
A representative of the Geor
gia Department of Labor will be
in Covington on Friday, Febru
ary 1, 1957. at the Courthouse
at 9:30 AM. to discuss job in
surance with applicant*.
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test which -will feature the selection of a King and
Queen of Hearts at the Strand Theatre, Wednesday,
February 13, are shown ha the photograph above. The
Parade is sponsored by the Green Thumb Garden
Club and proceeds from the benefit will be used to
beautify the Ficquett Elementary School grounds. Pa
sents may entor their dwMwast (ages 1 through b? entd
Mrs, Callaway, Mr. Prescott
To Head Heart Campaign
Mrs. E. E. Callaway, Jr., Cov
ingion. has been named chairman
of tihe 1957 Heart Fund Drive in
Newton County, Charles S. Motz,
Atlanta, state campaign chairman,
announced this week. Serving
with her as Co-Chairman is John
ny Prescott.
The Heart Fund Drive, conduct
ed in February each year, is the
Heart Association's single appeal
for funds to support the Heart
program of research, education,
and community services. The
GHA also contributes to the na
tional research program of the
American Heart Association.
Mr. Mota said the Heart Asso
ciation was happy to have Mrs.
Callaway and Mr. Prescott lead
the Newton County Heart Fund
Drive this year. “It. is our hope
that everyone will be given the
opportunity to participate in this
effort to bring heart diseases un
der control,” he said.
Since the organization of the
Heart Association as a voluntary'
health agency eight years ago,
great strides have been made in
the deadline date February 4th. Mrs. Luhe Laeeiter is
in charge of contestants' registrations.
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the development of new and
more effective methods of diag
nosis, treatment, care and pre
vention of heart and circulatory
diseases.
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Committee
Leaders Named
Mrs. E. E. Callaway Jr. Chair
man of the 1957 Newton County
Heart Fund Drive today named
five chairmen for working com
mittees, with one more t» be
named next week.
Mrs. Callaway said plans for
making the 1957 Heart Fund
Drive, the largest and most active
campaign, during the month of
February, are nearly complete.
S. J. Morcock. popular hard
working Insurance Man of Cov
ington, will serve as Treasurer
for the Newton County Drive and
will be glad to take pledges, con
tributions and donations, in per
son at his office across the hall
from the Bank of Covington.
Named by Mrs. Callaway as
Committee Chairman in va!siou»
districts are: \
Almon: G. H. Dobbs. \
Mansfield: A. E. Hayes Jr.'
Newborn: Gut’ Jones. a
Oxford: C. B. Meyer. %
Salem: J. T. Jaynes. \
Porterdale's Chairman will b«
named this week.
“The interest that has been
shown in the Heart Program by
the assistance and cooperation 1
have had in organizing the Heart
Fund program in Newton County
has been most gratifying,” said
Mrs. Callaway. “It indicates that
the public recognizes the heart
problem as a great threat and
also the support shown in New
ton Count.y indicates approval of
the Heart Association program of
research, education and commun
ity services. Heart Fund Dollars
are turned into real help for
hearts in Georgia.”
Newton High
2nd Pte in
State Play
Newton County High School
won second place in the State
One-Act Play Contest held at
Athens. Saturday morning. The
I winner of the contest was Jesup
I High School. The four regions
of the State were represented in
I the finals. Newton won the Re
gional 4 event here two weekg
' »go
i Newton’s cast include Elaine
Hornbuckle. Sue Pratt and Mar
shall Edwards. Their presentation
was a comedy, “Suppressed De
sires.”
The local cast was handled by
Mr. Eddie Najjar, who is head
of the Speech and Drama Depart
ment at NCHS.
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Miss Mary Frances Dean, the
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Lewis of Covington, was a
member of the cast of “Pygma
lion". the presentation of Jes
up High School, first-place win
ner of th? contest Saturday. Mary
Frances played the part of the
statue who came to life in the
play.
Her mother was the former
Miss Mary V. Lewis of Covington.
Nurses to Hear
Civil Defense
Program Friday
The Newton County Registered
Nurses Association will meet at
7 p.m. in the dining room of the
Newton County Hospital Friday,
February 1. The program will
be presented by Mrs. Anna Laura
। Reid on "Civil Defense.” Valen
jtine games and contests will fol
! low the program, after which re
freshments will be furnished by
I Mes. Louise McGibhoney.
All registered nurses are urged
to attend his very important
i meeting.
Country Party,
Square Dance At
Elks Club Saturday
A Country Partv and Squan
Dance will be held at. the Cov
ington Elks Club Saturday nigh
February' 2, from 9 until 12 mid
1 night.
The couple wit.h the most orig
inal costume will be awarded 1
valuable prize.
Supt. J. W. Richardson
Among 54 New
Administrative Heads
Newton County School Super
intendent J. W. (Whit) Richard
son is listed in the Georgia School
Boards Bulletin as one of t,he 54
new administrative heads in the
: field of education in the State
who took office in early Janu
ary.
The Bulletin in published by
। the Georgia School Boards Asso
l nation.
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