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CHATTER
Local-Counf y-Statc
By the Office Boy
This is Christian Home
Week — it has been designated
as such. Every week should
be Christian Home Week. But
we are sure this one week in
the year is set aside to make
us more conscious of our re
sponsibility in making Chris
tian Homes of the house in
which we live.
We seldom stop to investi
gate ourselves, and what we
mean to the home we live in.
Let’s ask ourselves a few
questions. Is MY HOME cen
tered around Christ? Do MY
children grow up KNOWING
that our first obligation is to
the one who died on the cross
for us? Is our home one in
which HE is the guiding spirit?
Or, is the house we live in
just a house where we dash
madly in, feel all bothered
because the children have to
be fed when they dash in
from tennis, football, band
practice, swimming, dancing
class, and yet have to be driv
en to get their lessons, get to
bed . . . get up and madly eat
the breakfast we had to get
up early and prepare before
we cleaned house and started
sewing on buttons . . . mend
ing clothes, and getting lunch
ready. Is it so filled with this
mad rush that we do not have
just one half hour set aside
at night for quiet meditation,
and the learning of a new
Psalm, and studying his word,
and family prayer? Yes, what
is your home and mine like?
If we teach them that God
has given us this home and our
home will be what WE make
it . . . HE is the HEAD of our
home, and makes all other
things possible . . . then the
home will be different . . .
there will be a spirit of love,
loam-work, cooperation . . .
where the mad rush will be
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2 Men Rescued
From Almon Well
Two men were rescued from
a well in the Almon community
Thursday evening about 8:30
o'clock. Neighbors and the Cov
ington Fire Department ap
parently saved the lives of the
two who were cleaning out a
well.
James E. Singley, about 33,
and Ramond Shaw, 24 were
working in the well when suf
focation had just about claimed
both men. Singley was far down
in the well when Shaw at
tempted to help him out.
Neighbors got the two men
out and after applying artifi
cial respiration and summoning
Ihe Rescue Equipment from the
Covington Fire Department
both men were revived. They
were immediately taken to
Newton County Hospital and
after an examination both were
soon dismissed.
Fire Chief R. T. Floyd and
firemen Harold Pickett and Ot
is Paris, Jr. answered the call
with the life-saving equipment.
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MAGIC MOMENTS were eaught by the camera Friday evening at the Junior-Senior "Tea House
of the August Moon* Dance staged at the NCHS Gymnasium. Left to right, seated are: Misses Janet
Hudson, Billie Ellington; Lucy Morcock, Joint Chairman of the Dance's Arrangements; and Linda
Bates; Standing, Nolan Nesbit, Co-Chairman of Arrangements; Willie Moore, Senior Class President;
George Meadows, a guest; and Richard Moore, Junior Class President.
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T'Ae Covington Enterprise, Established in 1364 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 94
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“F iand Fantasy” Production Friday Night
Fowiv. .iool Staging Free
Show 8 PM at High School
“Fairyland Fantasy,” given by pupils at Fowler’s School
of Recreation, will be presented Friday night, May 9 at
the Newton High Auditorium at 8 p.m.
The program is as follows:
Fairyland: Dance of the
Fairyland Princesses — Bren
da Brooks, Stephanie Ginn,
Merie Paden, Sara Margaret
Patterson and Joyce Peters.
Over the Rainbow: Margaret
Rape.
Rainbow Colors: Les 1y n
Dobbs, Susan Lott, Karen
Meadors, Linda Melton, Mary
Esther Murrill, Lynn Ragan.
Starlight: Cynthia Byrd.
Dance of the Seasons: Mary
Fan Dobbs, Brenda Gibbs,
Sherill Haygood, Debbie Lott,
Susan Lott, Karen Meadors,
Linda Melton, Mary Esther
Murrill, Gayle Purcell and
Valerie Young.
Waltz of the Flowers: Mary
Anne Freeman.
Dance of the Flowers: Mary
Fan Dobbs, Julia Ellis.
Summer Breezes: Susan Lott,
Karen Meadors, Linda Melton.
Night in the Forest: Evelyn
Cowan, Sara Margaret Patter
son.
Glow' Worms: Claudia Cow
an, Becky Freeman, Becky
Hutchins, Jim Hutchins, Holly
Johnson, Elaine Parish, Janice
Tuck.
Fairyland Spirits: Dance of
Greeting: Cynthia Byrd, Lowry
Hunt.
Spirit of Winter: Becky
Banks, Mary Anne Freeman,
Judy Fincher, Sarah Haynes,
Judy Moseley.
Spirit of Snow: Glenda
Chapman, Mary Anne Dial,
Brenda Gibbs, Sherrill Hay
good, Judy McDonald, Valerie
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Dance At Elks
Club Saturday
There will be a dance at the
Covington Elks Club Saturday
night, May 10, sponsored by the
Elks Club and the Elkadette
Club. Hours will be 9 until 12.
Music will be furnished by
the Dixie Swingettes orchestra.
All members of the Elks and
the Auxiliary and their guests
are invited.
wfy (taittgintt News
County Official
Main Speaker Al
Kiwanis Meeting
A newton County official,
Boham Johnson Tax Collector,
and a member of the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club, will be the
main speaker at the luncheon
meeting of the club today at i
o’clock at the American Legion
home.
Mr. Johnson will speak on
the many services his office dis
charges to the general public.
Especially will he talk on the
sale of vehicle tags which, dur
ing the past two years, has been
handled in the various Court
houses over the state.
Also appearing on the pro
gram today will be Mrs. Bon
ham Johnson who will render
a solo.
At the luncheon meeting last
week those present were treat
ed to a first-hand report by a
former native of Switzerland,
Michael Hack, now the Consul-
General stationed in Atlanta.
Mr. Hack, who became an
American citizen in 1945, is vi
tally interested in the educa
tional structure of Georgia
schools. He also is an authority
on city planning and urban and
rural development.
He gave the history of the
Swiss people from the incep
tion of their 13 “colonies” in
1291 to the present day. He
especially described the free,
democratice way of life in Swit
zerland and how that Country
carries out its numerous refer
endums to settle all questions.
During the course of his talk
he praised “the people of Cov
ington as the only small town
in the state of Georgia which
has completely retained its
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1958
MOTHER'S DAY
Sunday, May 11th
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ROBERT STANTON, Jr.
Robert (Red) Stanton, Jr.
has announced his candidacy
for the nomination of Newton
County Representative in the
General Assembly. Mr. Stan
ton, a former member of the
Assembly, qualified Friday at
the office of Col. W. J. Din
gus, Jr., secretary of the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee.
The special Democratic pri
mary election is set for June
4.
Mr. Stanton, a farmer of the
Brick Store community, also
owns and operates the Hub
Junction Bus station. He is a
member of the Baptist Church
and is a deacon and superin
tendent of the Adult Depart
ment.
He also holds membership in
the American legion, Masonic
Order, and Mansfield Lions
Club, being a past president
of the latter civic organiza
tion.
Mr. Stanton has been active
in civic, church and commun
ity work in his own section
of the county. He is a past
president of the Brick Store
Community Club and is now
President of the Newton
County Farm Bureau.
The candidate was graduated
from old Mansfield High
School and Southern Business
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lions Club To Elecf Officers;
Receive Seoul Charier Tonight
A new slate of officers will
be elected by the Covington
Lions Club tonight at the
American Legion home at 7:30
o’clock. The charter for the
newly-sponsored Boy Scout
Troop 232 at Jolly Home will
be presented at the meeting
tonight.
.As the sponsoring institu
tion of the new Scout Troop
the Lions Club will receive
the charter and will in turn
present it to the Jolly Home
tomorrow night (Friday). Dud
Childers, Organizational and
Extension chairman of the
Newton-Rockdale District
BSA, will make the presenta
tion tonight to Lion President
Lewis Lang.
Lions club members who are
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PICTURED ABOVE are participants in the Service of Rededica
tion, one of the outstanding features of the Emory at Oxford
Parents' Lay Program, held at Allen Memorial Church, Friday
morning. Left to right, they are: Rev. Jim Scarborough, pastor
of Allen Memorial Methodist Church; Dr. V. Y. C. Eady, Dean
Emory at Oxford; Dr. Lester Rumble, representing Methodist
Cancer Drive
For Funds Is
Short of Goal
Thus far $1,620 has been re
ceived from the Newton Coun
ty Cancer Drive, which is only
part of the quota for Newton
County. $3140 is quota.
Those who have not made
their contribution may mail in
their check to the local Unit of
the American Cancer Society
or give to Mrs. Dorothy Cason,
James Hutchins or Beth Mit
chell.
Appreciation is extended to
each person who has worked
with the drive and their coop
eration in continued effort to
help reach the quota for New
ton County.
You help forge weapons in
the fight against Cancer when
you give.
Os Each Dollar: 26 cents goes
to Research: 20 cents to Public
Education; 16 cents to Service
to indigent patients; 12 cents
to Professional Education; 12
cents to National Organization
for programs and materials; 6
cents to Reserve for fund rais
ing costs; 8 cents to Admini
stration for supervision and
training of volunteer workers
in Georgia.
No cancer patient in Georgia
need go without treatment for
lack of funds. Eighteen State
Aid Clinics, at which doctors
donate their services
aiding the new scout troop
are Joe Haymore, institutional
representative; Lawton Skin
ner, chairman of the troop
committee: and members of
the committee are Walker Har
ris, Pat Coggins, Dan Weigle
and Stone Cooper. W. C.
Blankenship is the scoutmaster.
The new officers elected to
night will be installed by the
club in early July. The present
officers are Lewis Lang, presi
dent; H. E. Collier, first vice
president; J. D. Dial, second
vice-president; Marion Britt,
third vice-president; Barnard
Loyd, .secretary-treasurer; Ju
lius Johnson, Lion Tamer; and
James DeLong, Tail Twister.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Nixon vs Jernigan For Senate
Ballard Opposed By Stanton
The office of State Senator from the 35th Senatorial
District and Newton County Representative each has two
aspirants in the special Democratic Primary Election set
for Wednesday, June 4 in all precincts of the county.
Mrs. W R Jordan
Presbyterian
Speaker Sun.
Mrs. W. R. Jordan, Synodi
cal Church Extension Chair
man of the Women of the
Church, Presbyterian Church,
U. S„ will be guest speaker in
the First Presbyterian Church
of Covington Sunday evening,
May 11, at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs.
Foster Hudson, local Church
Extension chairman, will be
in charge of the program.
Mrs. Jordan has recently re
turned from a visit to the two
Home Mission Fields which
are the present Birthday Ob
jective of the Women of the
Church. These two fields in
clude Oklahoma Presbyterian
College at Durant, Oklahoma
and the Chinese Presbyterian
Mission in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Mrs. Jordan will
illustrate her message with
slides made on her visit.
The Women of the Presby
terian Church here extend
a cordial Invitation to the
members of the church and to
the community to participate
in this service.
Mary Lee Costley
Receives Invite To
Exclusive Club
Miss Mary Lee Costley, pre
sently enrolled in Young Harris
College Young Harris, Georgia,
has been honored by invitation
to join the campus Dorcas Club.
The Dorcas is an outstanding or
ganization composed of thirteen
of the most outstanding girls
on campus. Membership is bas
ed on academic and leadership
qualifications.
Mary Lee is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Costley, 829
Washington Street, Covington,
Georgia, and a graduate of New
ton County High School.
Church; John P. Leeveil Pr„ EAO Student Council Pm.m m «.
Dr. Nat G. Long, who delivered th. main addrS SSI T
Bowden, chairman Board of Trustees, Emory Unive^tyj^g j*
Dickey, Emory Faculty Representative; and Dr. iy Wait.r
Martin, President Emory University. * ^*™ r
NUMBER 19
Deadline for qualitfying for
either office was Saturday at
12 o’clock noon. Robert (Red)
Stanton qualified on Friday
for the Representative post to
oppose W. D. (Don) Ballard.
The two candidates for the
Senatorial seat now held by
Sen. Edward E. McGarity of
McDonough, are John* L.
Jernigan and C. Otis Nixon.
Representative Ballard an
attorney and real estate deal
er, is presently serving his
first term in the General As
sembly having been elected
over two opponents in 1956.
He won his legislative seat over
Paul Alexander and W. C.
Ivey.
Mr. Stanton served as th®
Newton County Representative
in 1949 and 1950, defeating
the then incumbent Dan Camp
bell. He is a farmer and busi
nessman of the Brick Store
community.
In the Senatorial race Mr.
Nixon is re-entering the poli
tical field after retiring from
the Clerk of Superior Court
post two years ago. He had
held that position for some 40
years, an enviable record of
sendee to his county.
Mr. Jernigan is an attorney
of Covington and has been
prominent in county and state
affairs for the past several
years. He is at present the
county attorney along with his
law practice.
Under the rotation system
between Newton, Henry and
Walton counties, the State
Senator from the 35th District
is a native of each of the
counties every sixth year. He
serves for a two-year term.
Golden Fleece
Communication
Next Tuesday
A regular communication of
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6
F&AM will be held Tuesday,
May 13 at 8 p.m.
Sound film “Your Son is my
Brother,” will be shown
Members urged to attend,
visiting brethren welcome.
Arthur M. Jones, W.M,
Reuben M. Tuck, Sec.