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Lone Ranger, Silver, TV's Lassie
To Appear In Atlanta July 4th
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THE LONE RANGER RIDES
IN ATLANTA — The Lone
Ranger and his famous white
horse. Silver, will appear in
an action-packed Western show
at Ponce de Leon Park in At
lanta on July 4. Performances
will be at 3 p. m. and 8 p. m.
Also starred is the TV wonder
dog, Lassie.
Covington Lions To
Observe Family
Night At New Park
The Covington Lions will
observe family night tonight
(Thursday) at the new park
next to the swimming pool
which they have just com
pleted.
A hamburger supper and
swimming party will be the
main items on the nights pro
gram. The pool will be open
for Lions and their families
from 7:00 until 9:00 p. m.
Lion president Joe Hay
more urges a full attendance.
Belk-Gallant Store
Intercom System
Now Installed
Mr. Joe Webb, manager of
Belk-Gallant Department Store,
announces they have installed
an intercom system through
which they will play records
during the shopping hours for
the benefit of their customers.
Through this system the re
cords can be heard all over the
store. Popular and classical mu
sic will be played throughout
each shopping day. They also
sell the records which they will
play-
Daughtreys Return
From Insurance
Convention
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Da ugh
trey have returned home from
Miami Beach, Fla. where they
attended State Farm Insurance
Companies’ Leaders Club con
vention.
The Leaders Club is made up
of agents and managers with
outstanding production and
service records in State Farms
auto, life and fire insurance
Jines.
The reason the modern girl’s
bathing suit is real cool is that
most of it is real gone.
Covington Rotary Club Met At FFA-FHA Camp
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COVINGTON ROTARY CLUB held its regular weekly luncheon meeting at the FFA-FHA Camp
Tuesday. The club was invited by officials of the camp and the program was arranged by Jim
McKay. Shown in the photo above are, left to right, front row: Mrs. Janet Barber, State Ad
visor of Future Homemakers of America: Terrell Benton, State President of FFA: Miss Georgia
Crowder, newly elected FHA Slate President; T. D. Brown, Director of the Camp. Back row: Jim
McKay. Fotary President Aubra Sherwood, Newton County Representative Don Ballard, and
Newton County Supt. of Schools J, W. (Whit) Richardton.
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ATLANTA — The Lone Ran
ger, his great white horse, Sil
ver, TV star Lassie and a host
of other stars are coming to
Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta
for two big shows on July 4.
The two big action-packed
Western shows will be at 3
P.M. and 8 P.M.
The Lone Ranger, who be
came a tradition during his
long run series on radio, is now
also a top television attraction,
as he and the great white stal
lion gallop through one excit
ing adventure after another. In
the South alone, five million
children belong to his Lone
Ranger Safety Club.
This masked rider of the
plains will demonstrate in true
Western style his horsemanship
and prowess.
Lassie, the fabulous collie
dog who has his own tele
vision show, will also be pre
sented in action. This star of
movies and TV will amaze the
audience with his almost hu
man tricks.
Among the other all-star at
tractions at outdoor show will
6e Jackie Reihnhardt, world’s
champion rodeo roper and rid
er. His exciting exhibition will
show real championship form
in riding and roping.
Among the other acts are the
Sons of the purple Sage, with
Lina Shane, popular Western
Musicians, Bob Wheeler, spe
cialist with a bull whip, and
others.
Townley Rites
Held Friday
At Loganville
Thomas Pink Townley of
Route 2, Covington, died Thurs
day, June 20 at his residence
following a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held
Friday, June 21 at 2:30 at the
Bay Creek Baptist Church near
Loganville. Rev. Howard Col
lins, pastor of Shiloh Methodist
Church and Rev. Bill Cagle,
pastor of Macedonia Baptist
Church, officiated with inter
ment in Bay Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Townley, 79, was born
in Walton County.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. T. P. Towaley of Coving
ton: two sons, Ernest Townley
of Loganville and Fred Town
ley of Covington: six daughters,
Mrs. W. A. Green of Logan
ville, Mrs. W. H. Singley of At
lanta, Mrs. C. C. Allen and Mrs.
Mary Criswell, both of New
Orleans, La., Mrs. Charles Hud
son and Mrs. Ruby White, both
of Oxford; two brothers, Claude
Townley and Cliff Townley
both of Oxford; two sisters,
Mrs. Grace Aiken of Monroe
and Mrs. Susie Hood of Cov
ington; 13 grandchildren and
6 great-grandchildren.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home
were in charge of arrangements.
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This Paper Is Covington's Index To Civic Pride and Prosperity — Not Just A Newspaper But An Institution
Elkettes Organizational Slate of Officers, Members and Guests at Meeting
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SHOWN AT COVINGTON Elks Club at th* Elkettes
Organizational meeting last Tuesday evening are the
newly elected slaie of offciers, members and guests.
Seated, left to right, are: Mrs. Benjamin F. Salmon,
President Georgia West District; Mrs. William R.
Gali, Jr., parliamentarian; Mrs. Dan Clower, Isit
vice-president; Mrs. Otis Spillers, president; Mrs. Mur-
Porterdale Vacation Bible School
Averages Daily Attendance of 144
PORTERDALE — One hun
dred and fifty-five girls and
boys were enrolled at a very
successful Vacation Bible School
held at the Porterdale Baptist
Church from June 17-21. An
average daily attendance of 144
pupils speaks of the interest and
enthusiasm of the children.
Eighty-two were given certifi
cates having gold stars for per
fect attendance a heir commen
cement program on Friday even
ing, June 21, at seven-thirty
o’clock.
Directed by Rev. Allen Redd,
the pastor, the school began
each morning at eight-thirty
o’clock with a united worship
program in the sanctuary. Mrs.
Henry Greene was the efficient
pianist. Bible sudy, character
stories, missonary activities, and
handwork were given special at
tention each day.
On Friday evening, the pupils
shared with their parents and
friends interesting highlights
of their experiences.
The themes of the Depart
ments and their leaders were:
BEGINNERS: “Helping in
God’s World” taught by Miss
Sadie Polson, Misses Annette
Tri-City Cleaners
Giving Three
All-Expense Trips
A second honeymoon to a
fabulous place is the dream of
almost every married couple.
To promote their free moth
proofing service, Tri-City Clean
ers and Laundry, Covington, is
giving away three all expense
paid trips, one each to Free
Europe; Havana, Cuba; and
Palm Beach. Each trip is for
two and includes round trip
air transportation.
To be eligible to win a second
honeymoon trip you must regis
ter at: Tri-City Cleaners or with
Route Salesmen.
There are no slogans or es
says to write and no purchase
is required.
The winners will be an
nounced in July.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1957
Fraser, Lula Farrow, Glenda
Maddox, Glenda Dawkins Jo
Ann Kitchens, and Mrs. Z. D.
Piper.
PRIMARIES: “Learning New
Bible Friends” taught by Mrs.
Mrs. Virgil Norwood, Mrs. Ver
ner Dickerson, Mrs. Sara Har
vel, Mrs. Sadie Mays, Misses
Sandra Bowden, Sally Ann
Buckalew, Sharon Bennett, and
Mrs. Virgil Herring.
JUNIORS: “Pleasing God”
taught by Mrs. Claude Madden,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Greene,
Mr. Jack Norwood, Mr. Joe
Norwood, Mr. Tommy Mill
wood, Mr. Grady Robertson,
Mrs. James Head, and Miss
Sandra Whitfield.
INTERMEDIATES: “Discov
ering What God Is Like” taught
by Mrs. Ray Potts and Miss Mae
Hardman. Sonny Gwin and Ro
nald Carter assisted Mr. George
Harper, Sr. with the boys hand
work in this department.
Mrs. Nina Day kept the re
cords of the school and took
care of refreshments each morn
ing, Monday throgh Friday.
An offering to be sent as a
contribution to the construction
of the Baptist Village in Way
cross, Georgia was received
Rotary Club
Visits FFA-FHA
Camp Site
’ Covington Rotary Club, de
’ viating from their regular meet
। ing at their own Teen-Can
, building, went en mass to the
State FFA-FHA Camp on the
Jackson Highway for their noon
luncheon meeting Tuesday of
last week.
T. D. Brown, Director of the
Camp, through Rotarian Jim
McKay, invited the club to
, meet at the camp and tour the
facilities that accommodate
some 5,400 boys and girls dur
ing the summer vacation period.
Main speakers for the occa-
u^vunvio ivi me utter
sion were the State Advisor of
Future Homemakers of Ameri
ca Mrs. Janet Barber; Terrell
Benton, of Jefferson, State Pres
ident of FFA; and Miss Georgia
Crowder, of Elberton, newly
elected president of FHA.
Benton named three specific
reasons why the Camp on Lake
Jackson is important to their
membership. He gave them as:
1. To create and nuture a love
for country life.
2. Strengthen the confidence
of farm boys in themselves and
their work.
3. To provide and encourage
the development of organized
rural recreational activities.
Miss Crowder gave five rea
sons why the Camp is an inte
gral part of their FHA program
over the state:
1. To encourage democracy
in home and community.
2. To work for good home and
family life.
3. To provide welcome in
dividual and group recreation.
4. To further interest in Home
Economics.
5. To foster the development
to creative leadership in home
1 community life, |
ray McClure, recording secretary; Mrs. C. T. Bohan
nan, treasurer; Mrs. Louis Davis, chaplain; Mrs. Ber
nys Shaw, historian. SECOND ROW — Otis Spillers,
Elks Exalted Ruler; Mrs. R. B. Pennington of Rome;
Mrs. Johnny Hackney; Mrs. Zack G. Haygood, Buck
head; Mrs. Homer Day; Mrs. Olin Costley; Mrs. Her
bert Loti; Mrs. H. V. Johnson; Mrs. Marion Lott; Mrs.
Carl Sloan To
Join Southern
Bell in Atlanta
CARL SLOAN
C. Carl Sloan of Atlanta, who
is Vice President and General
Manager for Georgia of the
Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company, will join
the headquarters staff in At
lanta as Vice President on July
15th.
He will be succeeded by John
S. Seigle of Indianapolis, now
General Plant Manager of the
Indiana Bell Telephone Com
pany, who has been elected as
Vice President by Southern
Bell’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Sloan, a native Georgian
and a graduate of Georgia Tech,
began his career in Atlanta
forty-five years ago and rose to
positions of increasing responsi
bility. Prior to being elected
Vice President in 1955, he
served as Georgia General
Manager, South Carolina Gen
eral Manager, Georgia Traffic
Superintendent, and in various
other positions in Georgia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky. His Bell
System service also includes two
years with the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company
in New York. In his new posi-
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Sardis Congregational Church Has Successful Vacation Bible School
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SARDIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH VACATION BIBLE
School •nrollmoni it shown in ihs picture above. FIRST ROW,
left to right: Sammy Williams. Davey Parish, Nancy Womack,
Gwin Fisher, Franklin Fisher, Gloria Fisher, Abby Taylor, Ad
rian Fuller, Jocylin Hinton, Delmus Fuller, Debbie Garner, Jim
mie Garner. Linda English, Johnny Ellis, Steve Dial, Eve Morris.
Barbara Parish, Stella Hinton, Peggy Fuller, Shirley Townley,
Orlynne Taylor, Randy Williams, William Cowan, Dewey Fisher,
Eddie Hinton and Wayne Dial. SECOND ROW, left io right:
Gale Hinton, Diana Dial, Kent Taylor, Pattie George, Kay
i Kerbo, Bill Taylor Jr v Rex Lane, Tony White, Jeffrey Hinton,
Fred Lott; Mri. Jack Johnson; and Mrs. Joe Porter
field. BACK ROW: Mrs. John Chesnut, Mrs. Hugh
Kessler, Mrs. Bonham Johnson, Mrs. Richard Lord.
Mrs. Luke Hackett, Mrs. John Brown, Mrs. James
Hardman, Mrs. Terrell Johnson, Mrs. Ty Cason and
Mrs. A. R. Hooten.
Newton Y Representatives Report
Successful Summer Training Event
The opening session of the
Rock Eagle Summer Training
Conference near Eatonton, on
Sunday, June 9th, found the
Newton High delegates prepar
ed for a week of Christian fel
lowship and guidance.
Those attending the Hi-Y
and Tri-Hi-Y sessions from
Covington were: Katrina Mc-
Kay, Voncile Allgood, Cindy
Carson, Hannah , Reynolds,
Lucy Morcock, Diane Wright,
and Brenda Bailey, Hi-Y
Sweetheart candidate, repre
senting the Senior Tri-Hi-Y.
The delegates from the Alpha-
Tri-Hi-Y were Barbara Adams,
Brenda Brooks, Cynthia Har
ris, Camilla Dietz and Jackie
Jones. Hi-Y reoresentatives
were Joe Rainey, Lin Dearing,
Don Wood, Grier Steohenson,
and Nolan Nesbitt. Elliott Mc-
Elroy, Newton Hi-Y, served
the conference in the capacity
tion he will perform staff func- (
tions involving Southern Bell’s
East Organization. (
Mr. Sloan is a member of the ।
i Atlanta Capital City Club, Ro- '
tary Club, Chamber of Com- i
merce, Armed Forces Communi- <
cations and Electronic Associa- <
tion and various other civic
and religious organizations. He .
and Mrs. Sloan the former
Pearl McClung of Atlanta live :
’ at 710 Peachtreet Street, N. E. i
’ Mr. Sloan will retire from Ser- ,
1 vice in October of this year.
Mr. Seigle like Mr. Sloan is ।
1 a telephone official of wide ex
’ perience in the Bell System. A
1 graduate of Kansas University,
’ he began his telephone work in
Lawrence, Kansas in 1936. He
J served in various positions of
‘ greater and greater responsibil
ity in Lawrence, Topeka. St.
' Louis, Mo., San Antonia, Texas
; and Indianapolis. He now di
’ rects the Plant Department op
’ erations for the Indiana Bell
Company.
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The Seigles have four child
, ren. The family will move to
■ Atlanta in July.
COVINGTON’S ONLY
OWNED NEWSPAPER
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ELLIOTT McELROY
(Ist Vice-President at
Y Conference)
of Ist Vice President.
For the morning sessions we
each attended the institutes
designed for the specific offices.
There we were briefed on how
to best perform our duties as
officers of the Y-Clubs for the
coming year.
Vespers were held each night
at 7:30 and cottage devotions
just before retiring to bed. The
Monday evening vesper service
was conducted by the Newton
County Y-Clubs and seemed to
be well received by the other
delegates.
The nightly assemblies
brought to us several well
known speakers; Mr. Leo Aik
man. columnist for the Atlanta
Constitution. Rev. Glenn Dor
ris, pastor of the First Presbv
terian Church in Gainesville,
and Mr. Wayne A. McDonald,
Secretary for Youth Services,
National Council of YMCA’s,
New York. N. Y.
The highlight of Wednesday
night’s assembly was the World
Service Program in which the
clubs pledged enough money to
reach beyond the goal set by
the Y.M.C.A. World Service in
Tommi* Womack. Grant White. Bill English. Jimmie Womack.
May Moon, Phyllis Hinton, Edna Fisher, Brenda Barton, Brenda
Palmer, Linda Mann, Dianne George, Arlene Martin, Linda Me-
Cart and Dorothy Townley. THIRD ROW, left to rights Mrs.
Edgar Fisher. Dianne Palmer, Shelia Lane, Mrs. Tommy Womack,
Gone RuseolL Mrs. Jade Hinton. Hasel Rogers, Linda Townley,
Nadine ElMs, Mrs. Danny Fuller, Dennis Hinton, Billy Strick
land. Lawrence Mann, Laverne Barton, Brenda Cowan, Carol
George, Jimmy Henderson. Patricia Jones. Mrs. J. 1. Hender
son. Mrs. Emily Mor is. Mrs. Albert Strickland, Mn. W. H.
Taylor and Reo. W. &» Taylor.
NUMBER 28
Hem Bagby, 81,
Funeral Held
Here Sunday
Funeral services for Flem F.
Bagby, Route 1, Social Circle,
were held Sunday, June 23 at
2 p.m. at the Chapel of Har
well Funeral Home. Rev, L. B.
Lynn and Rev. Newton Scott
officiated with interment in
Carmel Cemetery in Mansfield.
Mr. Bagby, 81, died Thurs
day, June 20 in Atlanta follow
ing a lingering illness. He had
been confined to the hospital
for four days.
Mr. Bagby was a prominent
farmer of the Pine Grove Com
munity where he had made his
home for many years.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Hattie Halford Bagby of
RFD, Social Circle; three sons,
Henry G. Bagby of Birming
ham, Ala., J. Allen Bagby of
Atlanta and H. Jeff Bagby of
Decatur; eight daughters, Mrs.
J. A. Cook and Mrs. Claude
Roberts, both of Decatur, Mrs.
C. M. Jordan of Social Circle,
Mrs. Louise Doss of Macon,
Mrs. B. F. McHan and Miss Al
ice Bagby, both of Atlanta, Mrs.
Sara Staunton of Beverly Hills,
Calif., and Mrs. Edward Don
nellan of Jamaica, New York:
one brother, A. P. Bagby of
Birmingham, Ala.; two sisters,
Mrs. Stella Lamdrum of De
catur and Mrs. Ethyl Lynn of
Atlanta.
Serving as pallbearers were
Milton Jordan, Lamar Cook,
Clifton Bagby, Bobby Bagby,
Spencer Doss and Larry Staun
ton.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home
\ were in charge of arrangements.
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Good- rules for the eare of
i eggs are offered by Agricultur
al Extension Service Nutrition
ist Miss Mary Gibbs: Keep
them clean, covered, and cool.
Get them into the refrigerator
as soon as possible after you
buy them, and keep them there
until you are ready to use
' them.
a year long project of the Y-
Clubs in which we try to help
spread Christianity over the
globe.
The theme of our conference,
“Here I Stand — Beneath the
Cross of Jesus,” was brought
into light during a special wor
ship hour on Wednesday night.
, The request was made that as
we entered the auditorium no
one was to speak a word and
t when the program ended to go
back to our cottages speaking
only to God in our hearts. All
i the camp was in perfect silence
until next morning.
As we left for home on
Thursday morning we were
filled with delicious food and
, bubbling over with things to
, tell about when we got home.
Our only wish is that all of
the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y mem
i bers could experience the feel
ing of companionship that we
> had last week.
Diane Wright.
Grier Stephenson.