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Newton Girls Win 18th Victory; Seek Region Title
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SPORTS
808 GREER. Editor
Sportsmanship - A Look in the Mirror
One of the main selling points that Newton County High
School officials have had in getting basketball tournaments
here is the fact that our student body and the fans in gen
eral have been excellent sports. This is remarkable in view
of the fact that only one Newton County High representa
tive on the hardwood has gone beyond the Regional tourna
ment. games in four years.
A victory is always sweeter when you have leaned over
backward to give your opponent every benefit of the doubt.
This quite naturally refers to the opposition during the
shooting of foul shots. This unfortunate thing has happened
here in one particular game of late.
Many will say that “they do so and so on their home
court." Well, probably they do. but it behooves us to look
out for the games played here at home. The least we can do
is accord our visitors the courtesy that we would like to
have on their floor.
So when the sub-region tournament starts here tonight,
v e ask that all Newton County fans continue to be the
perfect host for the basketball games, whether our boys and
girls win or lose. No one would want a victory achieved
under any circumstances other than according to the code
of fair play.
Jekyll Island Question, Addition
Os State Patrolmen Gets Action
By DON BALLARD
The Bill to settle the Jekyll
Island question was finally
brought before the House and
was settled finally once and for
a'l. It was decided that the
Dland should not be sold. It was
sei up whereas the Jekyll Island
Authority eould sell lots on the
T~land and would provide for
low cost Housing rental for the
people of Georgia.
An Administration Bill was
brought before the House for the
State to purchase automobiles at
a discourt. for State Employees
t sing thrr private automobiles
on State Business. This measure
v.ould be in lieu of and increase
in mileag'’ rates to the employ
ees. In effect this would put
the State in the position of be
ing a pu chasing agent for pri
vate citizens and would cut out
many of our small Automobile
Dealers fr om making sales. This
;•» a SIB' XfBHV H.'S R H
Community News from
County
Line
By Mrs. H. D. Lancaster
Well February is a month of
events —past events, that is. Two
of our presidents were born in
this month, and each in his turn
gave much to his country. Lin
coln was always one of my fa
vorite president. He sought to
preserve the Union saying “Unit
ed we stand, divided we fall.”
However I have never liked the
way it was accomplished. Though
the blame for a lot of the dirty
deals that took place do not rest
upon his shoulders. He was above
the average as a man. and un
excelled as a president. Though
we southerners suffered loss un
der his administration, my own
great grandfather, a native of
Butts County, lost a horde of
slaves, and nearly all of his two
thousand acres of land, but he
■was not alone in such loss. All
other southern planters sustained
similar losses. How my great
grandfather came to lose the
most of his land was because he
spent his savings on the up-kcep
of the southern army, then bor
rowed more 10 use the same way,
thus, because we lost the war he
lost his land. And having lost
sc much, he could not repay.
P*ur neighbor, Troy King, has
' Bill failed to pass the Horse
A bill was passed to increase
the State Patrol from 350 Men
to 500 Men with 50 of this in
crease going into effect in the
near future.
It appears that Compulsory
Insurance Bill will not get out
of Committee this term of the
Legislature and will not come
up before the House.
A Bill was passed setting up a
standard rule for the measure of
logs throughout the State. This
being the scribner scale, there
is nothing therein, however,
which would prevent using of
anyother scale as set out by
contract.
The School Bus Drivers bill to
increase Compensation to Bu«
Drivers to a Minimum of 5125.00
and pav on a 10 month basis
rather than 9 months has been
postponed by the House of Rep-
I resentatives. I am supporting
had Io return to the hospital.
' and the good men in and around
the Rocky Plains store gave the
King family a pantry shower
last week, which we feel is deep
ly appreciated.
Well. Milstead took the banners
Sunday at the Rally held at
County Line. The services were
much enjoyed by those present.
Jimmie Edwards will address
the Young People at church next
\ Saturday night. He will be ac
companied by a band of singers,
and a great program is expected.
Attendance w»as up this Sun
day. The Hughie Bonners of At
lanta were out for the weekend.
So Mr. Bonner had charge of
the song service.
We regret to report that the
son of Mr. Juke Shadix was ac
cidently shot with a gun last
week, and is in serious condi
tion. according to report.
' Those sick in the church fam
' ily include Mr. John Benedict,
। Mrs. Donivan Smallwood, the
■ little Capes boy, who is still
very ill. Mrs. Ezelle Smallwood.
Miss Jeanette Coady and Mrs.
Ruby Steadham.
' We are happy to report that
> Mrs. Ginnie Mae Stokes is
■ satisfactorily recuperating from
, a serious operation performed
■ last Monday, February 4. Our
own Talitha Jenkins Bonner was
i Mrs. Stokes special nurse. We
hear much praise of Talitha’s es-
i ( ficiency in her field. That, with
01^ Nems
This Paper Is Covington's Index To Civic Pride and Prosperity — Not Just A Newspaper But An Institution
Georm InternrHe, Established ISM The Cevincten Star, Established ISM
Fifth District
Class B Cage
Tourney Here
The Fifth District Class B bas
ketball tournament will be held
here in Covington, next week,
February 20-23.
Rockdale County High School
(Conyers) is the host team and,
due 1o a small gym at Conyers, it
was decided to play the tourna
ment here in order to accommo
date more fans. In years past the
tournament has been played in
small gyms and many fans were
turned away at the door.
Rockdale boys are tne defend
ing champions of the District,
they have won the title for the
past three years.
Two games will be played
each evening of the four-day
even. Schedule for the first three
nights action follows:
Wednesday. Feb. 20—
Lithonia vs Rockdale (girls) at
7:30 p.m.
Lihonia vs Tucker (boys) at
9 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 11 —
Clarkston vs Tucker (girls) at
7:30 p. m.
Stone Mtn. vs Rockdale (boys)
at 9 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 22—
Stone Mtn. girls vs Winner of
Rockdale-Lithonia game.
Clarkston boys vs Winner of
Lithonia-Tucker game.
Saturday, Feb. 23—
Girls Finals at 7:30 p.m.
Boys Finals at 9 p.m.
good doctors and much prayer,
brings Mrs. Stockes home this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Satterfields
dinner guests from church Sun
day included Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Steadham and children of De
catur. and Mrs. Lizzie Steadham
and Arthur of Porterdale.
Mrs. Jackie Ellis is nursing a
broken arm. Not many months
ago she sustained a broken leg.
We wish her better luck from
here on out.
The Bryant Yanceys rode up
to see their daughter. Mrs. Ro
bert Anderson in Atlanta Sun
day.
Rev. Lyle Loyd of Oxford
visited the shut-ins in the com
munity last week, including Jul
ian Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Warren, Mr. Tom Cook and
H. D. Lancaster. He had lunch
with the Lancasters.
Others visiting the Walter War
ren and Irwin Loyd families last
week were Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Buffington, Mr. and Mrs. Mer
cer Buffington and daughter of
Manchester, Mrs. Horace Nors
worthy and family of McDon
ough, Mr. and Mrs. Wick War
ren and children of Decatur, Mr.
and Mrs. Wade Wellingham of
Covington. Mr. Jack Warren and
Lewis of Snapping Shoals and
Mrs. Vallie Aikens.
Mrs. Irene Black of Atlanta
visited her mother, Mrs. Aikens
here this weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harvey last
week.
Annette Kitchens spent Thurs
day night with Trellis Maxwell
of Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Myers and
children spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Omra Kitchens.
Atlanta Cracker
TV Ticket Sale
To Aid Ga. Blind
The Atlanta Crackers' 1957 TV
Advance Ticket Sale, described
as "Baseball’s Biggest Bargain.”
is now officially under way
throughout Georgia. The sale
again is under the direction of
the Lions Club of Georgia and
again the biggest beneficiary is
the Georgia Lions Lighthouse,
Inc.
Price of a book is $6.00. out of
which the Cracker management
President Joe Haymore of
the Covingion Lions Club has
announced that ihe Cracker
TV Books will go on sale here
here Friday. He suggests that
Baseball fans contact any mem
ber of ihe Lions elub for their
books.
gives the Georgia Lions Light
house $1.50. Here is a breakdown
showing what a purchaser of a
TV book gets for his $6:
Six general admission tickets
good for any regular Cracker
home game (this is a $7.50 value
i since the regular price of a
grandstand ticket is $1.25); 30
Cracker games free on television;
chances on 14 valuable awards;
including two 1957 automobiles,
a lifetime gold pass to Cracker
games, a portable TV set, ten
1957 Cracker season passes, and
the warm satisfaction that you
have made it possible for many
sightless Georgians to receive fi
nancial aid through the generosi
ty of Cracker President Earl
Mann and his organization.
Dates of the drawings for
these awards, which will be at
home games and will be exclu
sively for holders of TV ticket
stubs, will be announced later.
The 30 games to be televised will
be carried over Atlanta’s WLW-
A (Channel 11), with Bob Hen
rickson doing the narrating.
On the back of the 1957 Crack
er TV advance ticket book is a
message from Georgia Lions
Lighthouse, Inc., which says in
part: “Thank you friend. Your
participation in this plan to keep
I Atlanta Cracker baseball games
!on television plays a big part,
a vital part, in making our sight
conservation program a success
... for it is through this pro-
I ject, the annual sale of Atlanta
Cracker TV advance ticket books
and your donation, that we raise
funds to carry on our work.”
Covington Jr. High
Defeats Porterdale
By Patsy Loyd
Covington Jr. High Basketball
I teams defeated Porterdale teams
Thursday night, February 7, at
Porterdale.
The girls score at the half was
tied 10-10. At the end of the last
quarter, the score was tied 22-22.
Extra time had to be given to un
tie the score. In the three minutes
given, Covington won 26-23.
The strafing line-up for Cov
ington girls was forwards, Carol
Bryant, Helen Masten and Mari
lyn McKay; guards; Madelyn
Bates. Sheliah Edwards and Bev
erly McDonald. Substitutes for
Covington were Peggy Gannell
and Sandy King.
The starting line-up for Port
eradle was: forwards; Loretta
Edge. Dianne Moore and Dianne
■ Smith: guards. Hazel Criswell,
Merry Hertwig and Polly Rogers.
Substitute was Charlene Hyatt.
BOYS WIN 33-32
The boys of Covington defeat
: ed Porterdale boys 33-32. at the
end of the first quarter was Port
eradle 9; Covington. At the half
Porterdale was leading 21-12.
In the third quarter the score
was 25-17 in favor of Porterdale. '
When the fourth quarter came to
an end. the score was tied 29-29.
Extra time again had to be given.
Covington won 33-32.
The starting line-up for Cov
ington boys was: Pat Campbell,
Billy Ellis, Jack Harwell, Alan
Rowe. Tommy Wiley. Substitute
was Bobby Lassiter.
The starting line-up for Port
erdale was Tip Alexander, Bob ,
Mitchell, Billy Shaw, Ronald
' Smith and Diggie Sullivan,
| GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY j
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1957
Outstanding Newton Players for 1956-57
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OUTSTANDING NEWTON COUNTY basketball players for 1958-
57, as picked by the Covington NEWS, are shown in the picture
above following both squads' triumphs in the Invitational Tourna
ment held here two weeks ago. They are Josephine Heard and
Quinton Boyd. Regular season games were completed by the
Newton teams last week.
Quinton Boyd, Josephine Heard
Covington NEWS' Most Valuables
Josephine Heard and Quinton
i Boyd are the Covington NEWS
choices for the outstanding bas
ketball players on the Newton
High cage team for the past sea
; son. Newton s regular season
games were completed last Fri
| day at the local gym.
Miss Heard is a junior and has
been the team's leading scorer
for the past two years. However,
j she has been a regular perform
er on the team for the past three
years. During the current season
she has scored 569 points in 20
games for a 23.4 points per game
average.
Boyd, younger brother of the
Rams’ Spencer (Curly) Boyd, a
former star of the. team, has
shouldered Ihe brunt of the point
making for Coach Don Shea’s
boys. He has looped in 302 points
for an average of 15.1 points per
encounter.
Local fans are exjecting the
Newton teams to play commend
able ball in the current Sub-Re
gion tournament which is under
way at the local gym. A top
notch performance is needed from
each of the above player for the
local combines to go very far in
the tourneys.
GIRLS GAME
Newton 58 Gainesville 40
F—Heard 27 Perry 27
F—Hayes 10 Boggs 11
|F —Masten 13 Clay 1
j G—Weigel Estes
G—Curtis Heath
G—Shaw Simpson
Score at Half: Newton 24,
| Gainesville 16.
Scoring Subs: Newton—Yancey
2, Pickett 4. Gainesville —Nivens
1.
BOYS GAME
Newton 44 Gainesville 45
F—Boyd 20 Thompson 9
F—Sharp 4 Canupp 7
C—Dearing 7 Bell 9
G—Harwell 9 Nuckolls 14
G—Campbell 2 Turk 0
Score at Half: Newton 26,
Gainesville 19.
Scoring Subs: Newton —Mob
jley 2. Gainesville Elliott S.
Last Week Was A Humdinger!
But because of the unprecedented demand for the 1957
Model Ford Cars and Trucks we have e brand new list: —
1. 1952 FORD, 2-door, blue and white, radio, heater.
2. 1956 FORD, 4-door, 2-tone, blue, Fordomatic, R & H.
3. 1956 FORD, 2-door, snowshoe white, heater.
4. 1955 FORD, 2-door, blue and white, Fordomatic, radio
and heater.
5. 1952 FORD 2-door, black, radio and heater.
6. 1956 FORD, 4-door, mist groy, overdrive, radio and
heater.
7. 1953 FORD, 2-door, black, heater.
8. 1955 FORD, 2-door, blue and white, overdrive, radio
and heater.
9. 1956 FORD, Victorio, blue ond white, radio, heater.
10. 1948 PONTIAC, 2-door, block, radio ond heater.
11. 1951 FORD, 2-door, blue, radio and heater.
12. 1940 FORD, 2-door, black, radio and heater.
13. USED TRUCKS — and new 1956 Vi ton new pickups at
used prices’
14. MORE ONE OWNER USED CARS.
And 15th — Have you seen our new and modern Body
and Paint Shop?
Remember, every unit has been completely checked, and
has our written guarantee!
You can ride while you pay! ! At . . .
Covington Auto Service
122 Clark St. Phons 3432 W,TH EMPHASIS ON CsvingtH
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Rams Meet Chamblee In
Sub-Region Tourney Tonight
Leadoff games of the 4AA Sub-Region basketball tourn
ament were to have been played last night (Wednesday)
at Newton County gymnasium. First night action saw the
girls games taking over the spotlight as all three tilts were
scheduled for the feminine players.
Newton County’s g’rls are
seeded number one as they have
an unblemished record in re
gional play. They will see action
i the Semi-Final games on Fri
day night, meeting the winner
of the Chamblee-Gainesville en
counter.
Tonight (Thursday) boys games
will be played with the local
five meeting Chamblee at 9:00
o'clock. In other games tonight
the Avondale-Westminster and I
Gainesville-Baldwin County
quints will take the floor pre
ceding the home forces game.
Baldwin County is taking part ;
in the tournament this year for
the first time. The Milled Seville
school met the requirements for
a Class AA school, but they
haven’t played a Class AA sche
dule this year and therefore
their strength isn’t known lo
cally.
In the boys bracket the Druid
Hills quint drew the top spot, j
Thev will not play until Friday
night when the semi-finals come
up. Newton’s boys (number 6),
Gainesville (number two), Cham
blee (number three). Avondale
(number four) and Westminster
(number five) completed the
pairings in th» boys section.
Four semi-final sames will
be plaved Fridav night and four
contests are on the schedule for
Saturday night. The number one,
two. three and four teams will
be determined in order to make
the trip to Newnan next week.
KNOCKING ON WOOD
Knocking on wood is a Euro
pean-Inherited superstition in
tended to bring good luck. Su
perstition or not, women want
plenty of wood in their new
homes. (U. S. Census Bu
reau says 86 percent want homes
featuring wood.) It may be that
the lady of the house just wants
to have her good luck piece han
dy in every room, observes the I
West Coast Lumbermen's As
sociation.
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Contest
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Newton County girls basket
ball team took the Gainesville
girls in tow here Friday night
58-40 to hang up their 18th win of
the current season. The. local
sextet has lost only two games.
Safely on their way to their
best season since the county high
schools were consolidated in 1948,
the present sextet has amassed
one of the best records of any
team in all Region 4AA, and will
enter the Sub-Region Tourna
ment here Friday night
as the Number One combine in
the meet.
Against the Gainesville team
Friday, the charges of Coach
, Stone Cooper played a cautious
game and quickly built up a
24-16 halftime advantage. The
game developed into a scoring
duel between Newton’s Josephine
I Heard and Gainesville's Anna
Perry. Each ended the night's fes
i tivities with 27 markers.
Newton’s lassies again had a
remarkable shooting percentage
i from the floor as they sank 18
field goal* out of 46 shots for a
39.1% mark.
Gainesville’s forwards were
limited to only 34 trys at the
basket mainly through the close
, guarding of the Newton defend
ers, Suzanne Weigel, Janet Cur
tis and Nadia Shaw. The visitors'
accuracy percentage was 32.4%
' ' Newton’s boys lost their game
to Gainesville as a commanding
' lead vanished in the fourth quart
er of play. Score of the encounter
was 45-44.
Newton’- hoys will see action
in the 9:00 o'clock game of the
tournament. Thursday night. The
local girls will play Friday night.
RAM NOTES—
Not many fans were present for
the season's final regular game
here. It seems as if Gai "wills
doesn’t draw very well in Cov
ington.
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