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“The Bible Belt” — what is
it? Where is it? It is definitely
not an item of apparel inscribed
with Scripture; and Newton
County citizens are highly priv
ileged to be living well within
its bounds! For the Bible Belt,
which is the name applied to a
large area of the Southern
States, is a section of our nation
which literally believes in the
Bible as the Holy Word of God.
By and large, those living in
this area believe there is actual
ly a Heaven and a Hell, and
that upon departure from this
Life every living Soul is going
to one or the other. Truths
of the Bible are accepted at
their face value, with no gloss
ing over the stark facts of
death, or of life, Although
some denominations are more
liberal than others, the Bible
Belt is recognized for its strict
adherence to doctrinal truths
of the Bible; and brooks none
of the liberalism so prevalent
in other sections of the land.
Even non-church members of
Ihe Bible Belt believe in the
Religious Code, even if they
do not accept and endeavor to
pattern their lives thereby.
To live in this Bible Belt is
an added blessing to being born
an American. It is a little like
putting a gold frame around
the Golden Rule. Here we
find the Sabbath Day more
nearly kept according to the
Ten Commandments than in
most sections—not that our
keeping could not be improved.
Throughout the summer season,
Sunday after Sunday is given
to Church Homecomings when
members and former members
seek their Spiritual Home to
renew the covenants with their
Maker; to rebuild their Altars
of Faith; and re-dedicate their
lives to a closer walk with
God.
Sunday was one of those
days for Covington First Bap
tist Church members — when
they gathered for the 134th
Anniversary of their Church’s
founding. As we enjoyed the
Fellowship and Feast—Spiritual
and Material—we said an extra
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Miss Jeffares,
Mr. Smith To
Wed On T.V.
Enlisting much local interest
was the announcement this
week that Miss Jacqueline Jef
fares, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Jeffares, and Billy H.
Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Linton Smith of Union Point,
have been chosen as the “Bride
and Groom” for the N.B.C. Tel
evision Program of that Name,
emceed by Pat Greene, in New
York.
The wedding, slated for Oc
tober 15, will be televised from
the New York N.B.C. Television
Studios at 1:30 o’clock, E.S.T.
Channels 3 of Chattanooga; 4
in Greenville, S. C.; 6 in Au
gusta and 28 in Columbus will
carry the program.
The program, one of Tele
visions most popular, gives the
chosen “Bride and Groom” a
veritable “Story Book” wed
ding complete with fabulous
gifts, including an all expense
paid honeymoon to a destina
tion of their choice.
Our Newton County Hospital Authority
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MEMBERS OF THE NEWTON COUNTY HOSPITAL Authority are shown in the picture above.
These five members have served since the hospital was built and opened io the public in October,
1954. From left to right: S. A. Ginn. Mrs. Aubra Sherwood, B. B. Snow, L. J. (Dinty) Moore, chair
man, and Leon Cohen. Sunday the hospital will observe its 3rd Anniversary with a program starting
at 3:30 P.M. Senator Herman Talmadge is the main speaker.
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The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1952
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BJO SCOUT FUND DRIVE TO BEGIN TUESDAY
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Senator Herman Talmadge will ge guest speaker at
County Hospital's Third Anniversary Celebration, to be
held at the Hospital, Sunday afternoon, at 3:30 o’clock.
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SEN. HERMAN TALMADGE
Bethany To
Observe Annual
Homecoming
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Bethany Presbyterian Church
is to hold it’s Annual Home
coming on Sunday, Oct. 13th.
The Sunday School will meet
at its regular time, 10 A.M. and
the morning preaching service
will be held at 11 AM. with
the regular evening service at
7:30 P.M.
Bethany is fortunate in se
curing Dr. J. G. S. S. Thom
son, Professor of Old College
at New Castle, Edinburg,
Scotland and at Columbia Sem
i inary in Decatur, Georgia for
the speaker at Homecoming. Dr.
"homson was formerly a mis
j sionary to Algeria and while
i serving there was greatly sad
' dened bv the death of two of
his children. He is a deeply
spiritual man, an eloquent
speaker with a great convic
tion for the faith which he pro
claims. It is a great privilege
to have him as the speaker for
Homecoming at Bethany Pres
byterian Church.
A basket luncheon will be
served in the grove adjoining
the church grounds immediate
ly after the morning service.
Should the weather be stormy,
the luncheon will be served in
the Sunday School auditorium.
After the luncheon, an old
fashioned song service will be
held in the church under the
direction of the pastor, Mal
colm A. Bonner. Mr. Bonner is
an accomplished singer and
musician and everyone will en
joy this songfest.
A cordial welcome is ex
tended to the many friends of
Bethany to attend this annual
homecoming.
Wlie ©mnngtiin Nms
Newton County High School
Band will launch the celebra
tion under the direction of
Richard B. Priest, Band Di
rector. The remainder of the
program is as follows:
Invocation, the Rev. Mr.
Frank Prince.
Welcome Address: L. J.
Moore, Chairman Newton Co.
Hospital Authority.
Remarks and Introduction of
Senator Herman E. Talmadge:
B. B. Snow, Secretary, Newton
Co. Hospital Authority.
Benediction: The Rev. Mr.
Peyton Splane.
Open House in Special Serv
ices Wing — Immediately Fol
lowing Program (In case of
inclement weather, the Newton
County High School Auditor
; ium will be used.)
A record crowd is anticipat
ed to hear Senator Talmadge,
and join in the celebration of
the Hospital’s third successful
year of operation, to which the
public is cordially invited.
Opening its doors on October
17, 1954, Newton County Hos
pital has played an invaluable
role in the development of this
community. Under the capable
leadership of the Hospital
Athority, consisting of L. J.
Moore, chairman, B. B. Snow,
secretary, S. A. Ginn, vice
chairman, Leon Cdhbfir'-anH'
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Lions Club
Meet Tonight
Covington Lions Club will
hold its regular meeting Thurs
day (tonight) at the American
Legion Home at 7:30 P.M.
Dr. H. E. Collier will be in
charge of the program and a
film will be shown at this
time. The program and film
promises to be interesting and
educational.
The club is making plans for
a Ladies Night and Halloween
Party for the last meeting
night in October.
Rev. Harry Topham
Is Porterdale
Speaker Sunday
PORTERDALE — Rev. Harry
Topham of Moore, South Caro
lina will be the guest minister
at the Porterdale Presbyterian
Church on Sunday evening Oc
tober 13, at seven-thirty o’clock.
All members and friends of the
church are urged to be present
for this service.
There will be special music
by the choir under the direc
tion of Mr. John Fulcher, or
ganist.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1951
Kiwanis Club Members Hear Jack Tarver Address
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Talk On Newspaper Mergers
Covington Kiwanis Club will
meet in regular session today
at the American Legion Home
for a noon-luncheon session.
There will be no main speaker
today, according to Mel Wag
goner, who is in charge of the
program today. A film will be
shown “Ohio River Pilgrimage,”
which is in Technicolor, Mr.
Waggoner said.
Jack Tarver, Vice President
and General Manager of the
Atlanta Newspaper, Inc., which
include the Atlanta Constitu
tion and The Atlanta Journal,
spoke to the Kiwanis club last
week.
Mr. Tarver was introduced
by Belmont Dennis as a news
paper man of great experience
and one who had made a splen
did record as manager of two
great papers in Atlanta.
Mr. Tarver spoke on the ex
periences in publishing two
newspapers in a large city like
Atlanta. Evidently irked by the
criticism, at times, which they
had received he explained that
the cost of publishing a news
paper had increased several
times over in the last few years
and this made it necessary for
economy in publishing news
papers, and consequent mer
gers which had taken place all
over the Nation.
He pointed out that in the
large cities in 25 states the
papers were published in the
same plant and Atlanta was no
exception, but rather was con
forming to the trend. Out of
2,300 dailies published a few
years ago there are only 1,761
today due to these facts.
Mr. Tarver said the payroll
of the Atlanta Newspapers last
week was $147,444.93, explain
ing with such a large staff it
cost $60,000 a day to open the
doors.
The Atlanta Newspapers have
206 members on their news
staff, and this, together with
the Associated Press and other
Dance at Elks
Club Saturday
The Elkadettes will sponsor
a dance Saturday night at the
Elks Club from 9-12 p.m. Both
round and square dancing will
be enjoyed with the Dixie
Swingettes furnishing the mus
ic. Price of admission will be
$2 per couple.
news agencies give a compre
hensive view of the news each
day.
He says the trend is still
much in favor of the newspaper
for advertising. In spite of all
the magazines and radio sta
tions the newspapers carry 33
percent of all advertising. In
the local field the Atlanta News
papers carry eight times as
much as the other mediums
combined.
Mr. Tarver said the prime
function of a newspaper and
the only reason for its exist
ence was in gathering and dis
seminating news. This news
should be published without
any slanting in favor of one
faction or another, whether it
be political and otherwise.
With the mergers of news
papers they have become fi
nancially Independent and this
makes them editorially inde
pendent, unnecessary for them
to cater to any individual or
group. He mentioned the fact
that the Atlanta papers had
more and better sport coverage
than was carried in the large
cities of the North with their
big league teams.
Mr. Tarver also cited the ।
fact that in these United States
freedom of the press was guar
anteed and observed while in
other countries, such as Soviet
Brownies and Girl Scout Leaders Observe Birthday of Organization
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MARKING THE OBSERVANCE of the Anniversary of Girl Sco
uting in Covington are these Brownies and Leaders in Covington.
FRONT ROW, left to right: Linda Scarbrough, Peggy Porterfield.
Betty Benton, Marilyn Lord, Marguerite Allgood, Sherry Hopkins,
Valerie Young, Sheila Smith, Ann Baxter Pratt, Betsy Robinson,
Randy Fuller, Mary Ann Freeman and Sheila Cartledge. BACK
। Russia who also guaranteed
! freedom of the press, these were
not observed, in fact, denied.
President Ever itt Pratt,
thanked Mr. Tarver for his en
lightening and interesting ad
dress.
Fred Harwell introduced the
following guests: Sam Ram
sey, guest of C. D. Ramsey Sr.;
Sue Pratt, daughter of Everitt,
guest of the club; Rev. and
Mrs. Edgar Callaway, Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Mallard and Mrs. Bel
mont Dennis, guest of Belmont
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Homecoming
Sunday at Pitts
Chapel Church
Annual Homecoming will be
held at Pitts Chapel Methodist
Church Sunday, October 13.
The morning service will be
at 11 a.m. and the message will
be brought by Rev. W. H.
Lunsford. Malinda Wyatt will
be the guest pianist for the oc
casicn.
। All members, former mem
bers. pastor and friends are
cordially invited to come and
bring a basket dinner which
I will be served at the noon hour.
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READERS WEEKLY
Soliciting For Funds In City
Headed By Howard Brooks
The annual drive to support the Scouting Movement
for the year 1958 gets underway throughout Georgia, Tues
day, October 15. M. B. Shaw, chairman of the Newton-
Rockdale District of the Atlanta Area Council, named the
following to head the drive in Newton County this year.
Local Elks
To Help Gel
Vets' Equipment
Covington Elks Lodge Num
ber 1906 has started the ball
rolling in a project to secure
much needed recreational and
entertainment equipment for
mentally ill veterans at the
Milledgeville State Hospital.
Otis Spillers. Exalted Ruler
of the local Elks Lodge, has
appointed a committee of Elks
to help gather the items need
ed for the veterans. The com
mittee is composed of. Howard
Milligan, Roy Malcolm, Matt
Klimaszewski, Oscar Spears,
Jr., J. R. Shepherd and Bob
Greer.
It was emphasized that the
general public is asked to help
in the program and that the
! Elks in Covington will see that
i the equipment donated is tak
en to the hospital at Milledge
ville.
In a letter to Mr. Spillers,
Raymond E. Laster, chairman
Georgia Elks Veterans Service
Committee, listed some 75
items that would be greatly
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Zion Mission
Services At
Salem Sunday
Regular services will be held
Sunday, October 13, at the Zion
Baptist Mission in the Salem
Community, according io an
announcement by the Zion Pas
tor, the Reverend Howard John
son.
Rev. Johnson said that Sun
day School will be held at the
10 o'clock hour and that preach
ing services will be at 11 A.
M.
The temporary meeting place
of the mission is at the John
ny Harville building near the
Salem Camp Grounds. R. J.
Maloy is chairman of the mis
sion committee.
The first regular Sunday ser
vice at the mission was held
last Sunday. A fine response
was manifested in the meet
ing, Rev. Johnson said.
ROW, left io right: Mrs. Charlie Griffith, Mrs. C. W. Moseley,
Mrs. Charles Benton, Mrs. Daisy Lord, Mrs. Herbert Kais, Mrs.
Ernest Jones, Mrs. Marion Lott, Mrs. Paul Pignolet, Mrs. Ralph
Hale, Mrs. Tom Freeman, Mrs. Ed Robinson, Mrs. Mat Klimas
zewski, Mrs. E. E. Callaway Jr., and Mrs. Frank Stone.
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Howard Brooks, chairman
with Herbert Vining and Sid
ney Graham as vice-chairmen.
The Advance Gifts Committee
consist of S. J. Morcock, chair
man, with Donald Stephenson.
W. W. Crowe. R. R. Fowler
and Frank Meadors.
Other men making up the
organization for the commun
। ity of Covington this year are:
’S. J. Morcock, Neal Banks
John Booth. Dr. Jordan Calk
way, Lewis Caldwell, Bob
Campbell, Bill Crawford, Wen
dell Crowe, E. W. Exley, Ruc
ker Ginn, Fred Harwell, C. G
Henderson. George Hutchinson
। John Jernigan, Everett Pratt.
Alvin Rape. Ed Robinson,
Homer Sharp, Carl Smith,
Moody Summers, Hugh Steel*.
Lee Stephenson, Fleming
Touchstone. Don Wood, Bi’l
McDowell. James Hutchins. Joe
Heard. Guy Evans, Louis Mur
rell, Don Ballard. Lewi£ Lan”,
Rev. Frank Prince, Rev. E. P.
, Nichols, Rev. Edgar Callaway
1 and Rev. Peyton Splane.
, Community campaign chair
i men in the county are as fol
,; lows:
J Howard Brooks, Covington;
. Charles Burnett, Oxford; James
. E. Hardman, Porterdale; W. A.
Childers. Jr., Covington Mill : ;
' James N. Dobbs, Almon; C.
‘ J Doyle Bailey, Salem; Joe T.
, j Webb. Jr., Mansfield; and Rev.
: j Carl Standard, Oak Hill. E. G.
' Lassiter is the overall New
' ton-Rockdale District chair
; man. George Plunkett, Jr., is
head of the drive in Rockdale
County.
The committee members will
call on citizens in behalf of
scouting next week. Scouting
is a volunteer movement but
it requires services, facilities
and materials to bring the
; scouting program to a boy.
Radio Station WGFS will
give a 30 minute dramatisation
over the local station Sunday
afternoon from 1 o’elock until
1:30. The title of the drama-
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Nurses Aid
Class Starts
Monday 7 P.M.
A new class of Nurses Aids
will start their classes and
training at Newton County Hos
pital, Monday October 14 at 7
PM, according to an announce
ment by Mrs. Anna Laura Reid,
hospital administrator.
Anyone who wishes to enroll
in the class may do so by
tacting the hospital. Further in
formation and details may be
obtained by calling Miss Peggy
I Jaynes at the hospital.