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Take me out to the E /
Game! Buy me some peanuts
and carcker-jack ... I don’t
care if I never get back! Oh
yes we do too . . . but it’s how
we get back ... in about three
seconds last week one of our
most promising young football
players, and most popular stu
dents, Wendell Crowe came
down with a broken leg! That
ruined that game for all of
us . . . yes it took about three
second to break his leg badly
. . . and now about eight
weeks to patch up what was
done in three seconds . . . but
Wendell . . . when we called
on him in the hospital he was
surrounded by girls and boys
in his hospital room . . . they
were all happy and excited and
smiling as they listened to his
TV program . . . for that pro
gram was FOOTBALL GAME
. . . You bet . . . once a foot
ball player, always a football
player ... as our child said
to us when badly hurt . . . We
do not know that Wendell’s leg
will let him play again, but if
not he will be one of the best
boosters on the lines and we
can bet on that. His courage,
and his faith will pull him
through . . . Best wishes from
your team and everybody in
the County Wendell!
Hi Ho! this nip of cool air . .
it does something to boost you
but that's not what the Hi Ho
is for . . . it’s FAIR TIME . . .
Meet me Monday night at the
fair grounds . . . Gala Aff^'r
. . . The wonderful harvest
season with the wonderful
products that only Newton,
County can produce! FHA . . .
will display their wars . . .
Eastern Star Booth for your
good Cakes and Pies and Eats
to say nothing of the wonder
ful food by the American Le
gion Auxiliary . . . and I’ve
started now and can’t name
them all for it’s press time . . .
you just watch this column
next Wednesday ... in the
meantime be out at the Fair
. . . I’ll meet you there Mon
day night licking a candied
Apple . . . with cotton candy
in my eyes and face and hair
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Exchange Mbrs.
Farmers Mutual
Meet Tonight
The annual Membership
Meeting of the Farmers Mutual
Exchange of Covington, will be
held tonight at 7:30 at the Old
Covington Junior High School
Gymnasium.
Included on the program will
be the manager’s report by
James Gaston, manager of the
Covington facility, and elec
tion of three directors. Also
valuable door prizes will be
given away during the meeting.
Chairman of the local Farm
ers Mutal Exchange is Leonard
Standard of the Salem Com
munity. A. C. Ewing will have
charge of the nominations and
balloting for the directors.
An invitation has been ex
tended for all members of the
exchange to be present for the
meeting tonight.
Refreshments will be served
and a speech will be made by
the district manager of CPA,
Dwain C. Fitzpatrick.
Newton County High School
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SUPERLATIVES OF THE 1958 N«wton County High School
senior class are shown in the photograph above taken at the
school last week. FRONT ROW, left to right: Wendell Crowe, Jr.,
Myrna Warren, Willie Moore, Peggy Moore, Elliott McElroy.
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VOLUME 93
NEWT’S COUNTY LEGION FAIR OPENS MONDAY
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CovZ ..ton News And Citizen-Observer Merge
The r " > Papers Will Be
Published By Thomas Hay
An announcement of interest to the citizens of both
Newton and Rockdale counties is carried in this issue of
one paper published in Newton and Rockdale counties in
two counties that after this week’s issue there will only be
one paper published in Newto nand Rockdale counties in
stead of two as heretofore. ’
W. Thomas Hay, editor and
publisher of The Citizens-Ob
server and The Rockdale Citi
zen, of Conyers, and Belmont
Dennis, editor and publisher
of The Covington News and
The Conyers News, of Conyers,
due to the increases in cost of
paper, machinery, metal and
all items necessary in publish
ing a newspaper agree that it
is advisable to curtail opera
tions.
This is in. line with what
is happening, not only in Mon
roe, Madison and many other
places in our own state, but
over the entire nation in both
weekly and daily papers. These
steps are being taken in order
for the newspapers to give
better service to their com
munities and also in the inter
est in economy of operation.
W. Thomas Hay will cease
publishing The Citizens-Ob
server with this week's issue
and the name, mailing list and
good will of The Citizens-Ob
server will become the proper
ty of The Covington News.
Belmont Dennis will cease
publishing The Conyers News
with this week's issue and the
name, mailing list and good
will of The Conyers News will
become the property of The
Citizens Publishing Company.
The unexpired subscriptions
of these papers will be assum
ed by the one paper in each
county and these will be filled
to the date of expiration by
the one remaining paper in
each county, assuring the mer
chants of adequate and com
plete coverage of their trading
territory.
Both Mr. Hay and Mr. Den
nis express the desire that full
cooperation and continued pat
ronage be given to the paper
in each county. They believe
their actions will be appreciat
ed by the citizens of these two
counties and they both pledge
their continued efforts to bring
to each county the very best
paper possible at all times. To
do this they will seek the con
tinued good will and coopera
tion of the citizens and mer
chants of both Rockdale and
Newton Counties.
Mr. Hay is planning to move
his printing plant to Conyqfs
and is in the process of build
ing his own building to ac
commodate his large plant. He
hopes to be in operation in
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Walnut Grove
Post Office To
Close Monday
The Walnut Grove Post Of
fice will end operations as of
Monday, September 30, accord
ing to a directive from the Dis
trict Manager George C. Na
jour in Atlanta and received
by Covington Postmaster E. L.
Stephenson Monday. However,
a Rural Station will be main
tained at Walnut Grove, Mr.
Stephenson stated.
Patrons in the Walnut Grove
vicinity will be served by Cov
ington Route 3 for the present
time. All the routes leading
from the Covington Post Of
fice will be revamped in the
near future, Mr. Stephenson
said. At present there are five
routes from the Covington of
fice.
It is understood that Wal
nut Grove Postmaster Winston
G. Byrd will retire soon and
that Mrs. Janet A. Byrd will be
in charge of the Rural Station
at Walnut Grove.
Big Motorcade
Planned For
Friday Night
Aubra Sherwood, Covington
businessman and prominent
civic club official, announced
Monday that a big Motorcade of
cars will be formed at the local
high school Friday night for the
trip to Madison and the foot
ball game between Morgan
County and the Newton Rams.
Mr. Sherwood said that plans
will follow the same procedure
as Motorcades in the past. The
Tri-Hi-Y girls at Newton High
will be on hand to decorate the
cars at 6’oclock. Homer F. Sharp
Newton High School supervis
ing principal, said that tickets
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ROW: Oscar Harper, Brenda Bailey, Don Wood, Ellen Weaver,
Billy Harwell, Molly Mitcham, Hubert Wilbanks, and Willie
Parker. BACK ROW: Larry Capps, Mary Holcomb, Larry Laster,
Josephine Heard, Joe Rainey, Voncille Allgood, Bill Travis, and
Linda Nichols.
Covington's ONLY HOME - OWNED and HOME - OPERATED Newspaper
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COVINGTON ROTARY CLUB'S exchange stud ent was guest of honor at a recent meeting of
the local club. Erwin C. Lindemann of Germany, will attend the University of Georgia, Athens,
under the sponsorship of the Covington club. Sh own in the picture above are, from left to right:
Dr. W. S. Cook, Jr., Rotary President: Erwin C. L indemann, student; James Rogers, and Guy Jones,
members of the Rotary Club Exchaxge Student committee.
Notice to Public!
Newspapers throughout the Nation are faced with
increased costs in every phase of their operations. The
price of paper has increased 400 percent in recent
years; metal, machinery and supplies of all kinds have
increased in like fashion.
To circumvent these increased costs newspapers
have had to curtail their operations in every way pos
sible. Consolidations have been forced upon newspapers
in hundreds of cities in the United States. Where two
papers have been published these have been reduced to
one in city after city, town after town.
Faced by these ever increasing costs it has been
deemed advisable that the two newspapers in Cov
ington and the two newspapers in Conyers be reduced
to one in order that they may more adequately serve
the territory in which they are now being published.
Conforming with these economical means of op
eration W. Thomas Hay, Editor and Publisher of The
Citisens-Observer and The Rockdale Citizen of Con
yers, and Belmont Dennis, Editor and Publisher of The
Covington News and The Conyers News, of Conyers,
have found it advisable to follow this trend.
W. Thomas Hay, President of The Citizens Pub
lishing Company, has transferred The Citizens-Observ
er, together with its subscription list and good will,
to The Covington News, and The Covington News will
fulfill all of its subscriptions with The Covington News.
Belmont Dennis has transferred The Conyers News
to W. Thomas Hay and The Citizens Publishing Com
pany with all its subscription list and good will and
Mr. Hay will fulfill all the subscription list of The
Conyers News.
This transfer to take place with the first issue of
?.ch paper beginning the first week in October, 1957.
We earnestly solicit the continued good will and
patronage of our merchants and subscribers io each
of these papers.
W. Thomas Hay
Belmont Dennis
Grand Jury Recommends Solution
To Juvenile Problems in County
Newton County grand jury,
apparently incensed at recent
actions of teen-age boys in the
county, have issued recommen
dations for the problem in their
presentments made public this
week. The complete text is as
follows:
GRAND JURY PRESENT-
M E N T S SEPTEMBER TERM
19 5 7 NEWTON SUPERIOR
COURT GEORGIA, NEWTON
COUNTY:
1. It was brought to the at
tention of this session of the
Grand Jury that beer is being
sold to juveniles and that this
be called to the attention of our
Law Enforcement Officers and
every effort be made to appre
hend the guilty.
2. We recommend that any
Juvenile apprehended within
the County, except for minor
Kiwanians To
Hear Musical
Program Today
A musical program is in
store for Covington Kiwanis
Club members who attend
the regular noon - luncheon
meeting of the club at Legion
Home today at 1 o’clock.
Mrs. J. B. Spears, Jr. and Mrs.
W. C. Benton, Jr., both of Mans
field, will be the participants
on the program following the
lunch period. Kiwanian Fred
Harwell is in charge of the pro
gram today.
Rev. Peyton Splane, rector of
the Good Shepherd Spiscopal
Church, was the speaker at last
week’s meeting. He was intro
duced by Moody Summers as a
former pastor at Bolton, Mis
sissippi. Mr. Summers was very
complimentary in his introduc
tion of Rev. Splane, giving his
experience and education.
Rev. Splane’s subject was
“Teen Agers”. He said as a
father of a ‘teenager he believed
he knew something of the joys
and problems which beset par
ents.
He made very clear the fact
that there was nothing wrong
with the present group of teen
agers other than the parents.
He said the parents should give
more thought to the thinking
of the teen agers and try to
understand their inner thoughts
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traffic violations, be directed to
the jurisdiction of the Judge to
Superior Court as prescribed
by the Juvenile Court Act as
set out by Georgia Law.
3. We appointed three com
mittees to inspect the Roads and
Bridges within the county, all
were found in better than aver
age condition with the excep
tion of one culvert in the Oak
Hill area which has been
brought to the attention of Com
missioner Bates. We commend
the work of Mr. Bates, for his
diligence in maintaining our
roads and bridges. Other com
mittees were appointed to in
spect the County Jail and Court
House. We recommend immedi
ate repairs to the ceiling and
walls at the Jail. The Court
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MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Many Exhibits, Rides, Shows
All Next Week Legion Field
Newton County’s Annual Fair, sponsored by the local
American Legion Post 32, will open its gates on Monday
morning for a week-long run at Legion Field, Covington.
Ty Cason, Commander of the Legion said Wednesday that
plans are in readiness for the event.
Lions Club
Donate $50.00
To Piano Fund
A regular meeting of the
Covington Lions Club will be
held tonight (Thursday) at the
American Legion Home time at
7:30 p.m. Fames Dobbs is in
charge of the program and has
secured Mr. Hubert White as
the guest speaker. President
i Louis Lang urges a full attend
. ance of the membership.
At a directors meeting Mon
■ day night it was vote to donate
I $50.00 to the Junior High Piano,
curtain fund.
The Lions club invites all
Newton County citizens to siup
by their Fair booth next week
and play Ball with the Lions
■ club.
Girl Seoul
Fund Drive
In Progress
Work began this week on
the Girl Scout Home at the
corner of Mill St. and Newton
Drive.
Covingion Service Guild,
sponsors of the Girl Scouts in
Covington, are also sponsoring
the Girl Scouts Drive.
People of Covington will be
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Presbyterian Revival Starts
Sunday; Dr. McDill Speaker
Dr. Thomas McDill, profes
sor of pastoral care and coun
seling at Columbia Theologi
cal Seminary in Decatur, will
be the revival speaker at ser
vices at the Covington Pres
byterian Church beginning
Sunday, September 29 and
continuing through Friday, Oc
tober 4. He will bring two
messages on Sunday and will
preach each night during the
week.
Dr. McDill's sermon subjects
for the revival services will
be: Sunday morning, “Pulling
Together;” Sunday evening,
“Forgetting the Past;” Monday
night, “How Believe in a Good
God?” Tuesday night, “God’s
Great Question;” Wednesday
night, “Man's Great Question;”
Thursday night, “Grace Suf
ficient;” and Friday evening,
“Seeking Forgiveness.”
Dr. McDill, the son of Dr.
and Mrs. T. H. McDill, Asso
ciate Reformed Presbyterian
Minister, was educated in the
Little Rock, Arkansas, gram
mar school and received his
high school education at Gas
tonia, N. C. He received his
AB and BTH at Erskin The
ological Seminary at Due West,
S. C., and his BD at Columbia
Theological Seminary at De
catur. He has done graduate
study at Princeton Theological
Seminary in New Jersey, Uni
versity of California at Berke-
NUMBER 39
Commander Cason stated
that a new midway would be
making its first appearance in
Covington. The James H.
Drew Exposition Shows will
occupy the show grounds and
it is reported that it has the
cleanest and most complete
group of shows and rides of
any organization on the road
today.
The exhibition building at
the Legion Field will again
Fair officials have desig
nated Wednesday as School
Day for White children and
Thursday as School day for
Colored children. On those
days all students of county
schools will be admitted
free.
house the community and
home demonstration booths
and many commercial booths.
Also the display of farm and
' home products are expected
’ to be the biggest in the history
: of the fair.
’ Another interesting phase of
the fair will be the dairy cat
tle show under the direction
of County Agent W. H. Mc-
Kinney, Jack Wright, H. M.
Pulliam and J. D. Smith.
Members of the Future Farm
ers of America, the 4-H Clubs
and any farmer who wishes
may enter cattle in this show.
Prizes offered for the home
i demonstration booths has been
। boosted and the first, second
। and third awards wiH be $35.
S3O and $25 respectively.
Booths not winning any of
these three prizes will be giv
en a consolation of S2O each.
Other than Commander Ca
son and the livestock commit
tee named above, additional
persons who are serving on
the overall fair committee are
A. R. Hooten, Luke Hill, C. C.
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DR. THOMAE McDILL
ley, Candler School of The
ology at Emory University and
presently completing work on
his Ph. D at the University of
Chicago.
Dr. McDill and Mrs. McDill,
the former Lila Williams Bost
of Matthews, N. C., have one
son, Thomas Calvin McDill
and make their home on the
campus of Columbia Theologi
cal Seminary in Decatur.
The public is invited to at
tend these evangelistic aerv
ices next week at the Coving
top Presbyterian Church.