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Belated “Happy Birthday” to
Miss May Livingston, who cel
ebrated her 95th birthday on
Tuesday May 13, surrounded by
her beloved nieces and nephews
in College Park and Decatur,
where she was visiting in honor
of the occasion. A little bird
told me that “Miss May” has a
surprise in store for her this
afternoon! Members of the May
Livingston Circle of the Bap
tist Church are silent on the
subject; but I do know that
they missed her on her birth
day, and they may think it is
still not too late to celebrate!
It is a joy to observe the
“graceful” growing older of a
Christian. Being a Christian of
course, does not eliminate the
infirmities of the years, nor the
heartaches, disappointments and
sometimes loneliness. But, if
the faculties remain intact, the
Christian character is mellow
ed with patience, tolerance, and
an ever increasing Faith until
it is illumined with the lustre
like that of cherished old sil
ver. So, we say, “Many happy
returns of the Day, Miss May;
and hope that the years ahead
hold much happiness for you.
One of the compensations of
growing older, we had always
been told, was that with the
increasing years you would
wake up bright and early, ready
to begin the day, with all the
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Heard-Mixon
First Graders
Register Friday
Registration of next school
term first graders at the Heard-
Mixon school will be held Fri
day (tomorrow) morning at the
school auditorium.
Parents who have children to
start in September are urged
to register them at that time,
it was announced by school of
ficials.
Auto Wreck Claims Teenager
Hospitalizes Two Others
An automobile wreck in the
Stewart community Thursday
night about 10:45 o’clock claim
ed the life of an 18-year-old
boy and hospitalized two
others.
Norris Roberts, of Route 1 Ox
ford, was killed instantly when
the car in which he was a pas
senger left the highway and
rammed a utility pole. Harold
Darby, about 19, also a passen
ger in the car is seriously ill in
Georgia Baptist Hospital, At
lanta. Also hospitalized and in
a serious condition at Newton
County Hospital is the driver of
the car Wayne King., about 19.
Another passenger in the ve
hicle was David Harper, who
apparently escaped serious in
jury.
County Patrolman Henry
Odum, Jr. and Sheriff John
Berry investigated the accident
soon after it happened as well
as State Troopers Womack and
Participants In Emory-Oxford College Fourth World Affairs Institute
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PARTICIPANTS IN Emory at Oxford's Fourth World Affairs In
stitute held Monday at Allen Memorial Church are shown above,
left to right: Dr. Ernest L. Snodgrass, Institute Director; Dr. Hoke
Smith of Georgia Tech, panelist; Signora Manlio Lrosio; Am
bassador Brosio, main speaker; Dr. John A. Griffin, Emory Uni-
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FIC'/.n SCHOOL EXERCISES START FRIDAY
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F • .y-Oxford Holds 4th World Affairs Institute
Amba^ador Brosio Speaks
On Italy's Future In Europe
Emory at Oxford’s Fourth World Affairs Institute as
sembled some 300 students, guests and followers of world
events at 10:00 a.m. Monday morning at Allen Memorial
Church, where they head Italy’s Ambassador Manlio Brosio
to the U. S., as the Program’s main speaker at 11:00 o’clock.
Also participating in the
program were Dr. John A.
Griffin, Director of Commun
ity Education Service of Em
ory University; Dr. Bingham
Duncan, Associate Professor of
History, Emory University; and
Dr. Hoke Smith, Georgia Tech
Professor of Political Science,
who led a most stimulating
panel discussion on the current
French Crisis.
Ambassador Brosio and his
official party consisting of his
charming wife, Signora Clo
tilde Brosio; Italian Consul
General Alfredo Trinchieri of
New Orleans, and Italian Hon
orary vice consul of Atlanta,
were cordially welcomed and
introduced by Dr. Ernest
Snodgrass of Emory at Oxford
Faculty. Dr. Snodgrass served
as this year’s Director of the
World Affairs Institute.
His Excellency, who has
played an important role in
the affairs of his country since
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Gormley.
Patrolman Odum said that
the car, a 1955 Chevrolet, ap
parently hit some dirt on the
shoulder of the road and the
driver probably lost control of
the vehicle. The car was al
most a complete loss after shear
ing off a telephone pole.
King and Darby were rushed
to Newton County Hospital in
a J. C. Harwell and Son Am
bulance. Friday young Darby
was taken to Georgia Baptist
Hospital where his leg was am
putated. King suffered severe in
ternal injuries and still is in a
serious condition at the local
hospital.
Harper said Friday that he
and Darby were riding in back
seat of the car and that Roberts
was in the front seat with King.
The impact of wreck threw
the Darby boy into the front
seat and apparently threw Har
per out a rear door, according
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Guard Unit To
Spend Weekend
At Ft. Gordon
Members of the Newton
County National Guard Unit
will leave Saturday morning
for weekend training at Fort
Gordon, Ga.
The Guardsmen will fire
their individual weapons on
the firing range at Ft. Gordon.
Individual weapons to be fir
ed include the .30 cal. car
bine, the sub-machine gun and
the .45 cal. automatic pistol.
Tank commanders and per
sonnel from the company
maintenance section and kitch
en section will also fire the
.50 cal. machine gun and the
3.5 inch rocket launcher.
The local guardsmen will
make the movement in convoy
and will arrive at Ft. Gordon
about 11 A.M.
to neighbors who rushed to the
scene soon after the noise.
Funeral services for Roberts
were held Sunday at Macedonia
Baptist Church where he was
a member. Officiating minister
were the Reverend Leon An
thony, Jr., pastor of the church
and the Reverend Bill Cagle,
pastor of the Sugar Creek Bap
tist Church in Madison.
Roberts was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. (Buddy) Ro
berts of Oxford. They survive
the deceased as well as two
brothers, Walter Grady Ro
berts and James Everett Ro
berts, both of Oxford.
Burial was in the Macedonia
Church cemetery. Pallbearers
were Joe McClure, Jack Childs,
Bennie Lee Satterfteld, Calvin
Snellgrove, Luther Meadors and
Clifford Smith.
J. C. Harwell and Son Fun
eral Home was in charge of the
arrangements.
versity, panel moderator; Dr. V. Y, C. Eady, Emory at Oxford
Dean; Italian Consul General Alfredo Trinchieri, of New Orleans;
and Italian Vice-consul Benjamin Parker, of Atlanta. Dr. Bing
ham Duncan of Emory University, not shown, also served on
the French Crisis Panel.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1958
J 958 Eighth Grade Class At The Ficquett School
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EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATING Class of the E. L. Ficquett Junior High School, Covington is
shown in the picture above: FIRST ROW (left to right): Neal Hinton, Steve Allen, Idus Lawson,
Benny Cartledge, Jimmy Capps, Lee Campbell. John Hackett, Larry White, Buck Smith, Gene
Hardy. SECOND ROW: Sandra Worthey, Cheryl Long, Mae Dean Ayers, Connie Hopkins, Billie
Sue Duvall, Charlene Hicks, Joyce Byrd, Gail Robinson. Anne Patrick, Marjorie Robertson Robbie
Ehzer. Phyllis Milligan. THIRD ROW: Mrs. John Bob Weaver, Gloria Wilson, Charlene Kendricks,
Beverly Booth, Gerry Lott, Elisabeth Anne Greer, Miriam Gardner, Barbara Ann Campbell,
Lauree Cook, Sally King, Sandra Shaw, Sara Sue McCart. Joel Dean Ward, Sherran Ridgeway
Bootsie Hertwig, Michael Savage. FOURTH ROW: Joe Strickland, Donnie Burns, John Jordan,
Michael Costley, Pete Hawkins, Margaret Rape, Sv.san Barnett. Becky Wilson, Betty Ann Head,
Penny Parish, Norma Wilson, Elise Goode, Harriett Dietz, Jeannette Remley, Weiona Cook. FIFTH
ROW: Mr. G. B. Hutchinson, Charles Loyd, Billy Studdard, Lloyd Lyda, Tommy Brown, Tommy
Alexander, Lanier Elder. Sonny McDonald, Edward Crawford, Ronald Martin, Steve Coggins,
Thomas Glanton, Randall Meadows, Jerry Bouchillon, Kenneth Willis, Fred Lott, Oliver Bowden.
SIXTH ROW: Mr. L. G. Carney, Billy Skinner, Michael Hooten, Drake Sammons, Michael Goins,
Butch Farr. Not Pictured: Jacket Smith, Henry Baker.
Commencement Program
Set at Newton High School
Plans for the 1958 com
mencement exercises at New
ton County High School have
been announced by Homer F.
Sharp, Supervising Principal.
Monday evening, May 26th,
Mrs. Martin Goode will pre
sent her piano pupils in a re
cital at the high school audi
torium. The program will start
at 8 o’clock and there will be
no admission charge.
Friday, May 30 will be Sen
ior Class Day at the school
with the program slated to
start at 8:45 a.m. in the audi
torium.
The baccalaureate sermon
will be given on Sunday June
1 at 8 p.m. in the high school
auditorium. The Reverend
Eugene Drinkard of Atlanta,
a former pastor of the Salem
Methodist Church, will be the
speaker for the occasion.
Graduation exercises will
be held in the gymnasium on
Monday evening at 8:30
o’clock.
Wednesday, June 4 the an
nual Honors Day program is
set for the auditorium at 8:45
a.m. At that time outstanding
students of the year will be
recognized and awards made.
Report cards will be given out
at the expiration of the pro
gram.
County Traffic
Safety Council
Formed Here
The Newton County Traffic
Safety Council came into being
at a meeting Saturday May 17
3 p.m. held at the County Court
house, in the presence of a cross
section of representatives of
State City and County officials,
civic organizations and indus
try for this area.
The council was created in
conpunction with and at the sug
gestion of the Covington Wo
men’s Club and their traffic
safety campaign of the past
several months. Mrs William E.
Wolfe, Chairman of the camp
aign presided and requested the
nomination of a temporary
chairman for the council. Mr.
Donald Stevenson, County Or
dinary and Traffic Judge was
elected and then called upon to
conduct the meeting.
First on the agenda, he asked
three members of the audience,
Mrs. Chas. Cason of Porterdale.
Mr. A. W. Jackson of Oxford
and Mr. John Jernigan of Cov
ington to suggest a 10-member
board of directors for above
organization. The following
were elected: Mr. George Jolley
for Covington Mills; Mr. Mar
shall Elizer, for Oxford; Mr.
Donald Stephenson, for Cov
ington; Mrs. Ralph Adams, for
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Boy Seoul Court Os Honor
Tonight At The Almon Center
Boy Scouts of America
Court of Honor will be held
Thursday (tonight) at the Al
mon Community Center start
ing at 8 o’clock. Host for the
program will be Almon Troop
Number 178.
Jack Lee Meadors, Advance
ment Chairman for the New
ton-Rockdale District, will be
in charge of the Court of Hon
or and some 22 Scouts are
listed for advancement.
One Life Scout award will
be made tonight. The recipi
ent is Bobby Travis of Troop
Teen-Age Traffic Safety Club Formed Here
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A TEEN AGE SAFETY DRIVING CLUB, sponsored by ihe Coringion Woman's Club, was oraan
ized recently. Officers of the new club are pictured above, front row, left io right: Robert Budd"
VlT^dd Hann ® h Re y n ° ld s, secretary; Grady Jackson, president of the Safety Club of Georaia*
Joe Budd, reporter and Steve Day, treasurer. BACK ROW, left to right: Mrs ? Willem R G w3u
advisor, representing the Covington Womans Club and Mrs. R. George, assistant advUor7
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READERS WEEKLY
Piano Recital On Tuesday,
Graduation Friday May 30
Commencement week at the E. L. Ficquett. Junior High
School in Covington will begin Friday evening, May 23
with Eighth Grade Class Night Banquet at 7:30 in the
Cafetorium.
Power Official
On Kiwanis
Program Today
Cecil C. Jordan, of Atlanta,
Allis-Chalmer Power Genera
tion Specialist for Southeast
Region, will be the main speak
er at the Covington Kiwanis
Club meeting Thursday (today)
at the American Legion home at
1 o’clock.
Mr. Jordan will take for his
subject today “Explaining Elec
tric Power.” The speech is ex
pected to cover all phases and
methods of generating electric
power with special emphasis
on theory and operation of
steam generating plant. He will
use slides to illustrate his lec
ture on the subject.
The speaker is well-qualifi
ed to discourse on steam gen
erating power as he has been
lan official with the Allis-
Chalmers Manufacturing Com
pany since his graduation from
I Purdue University in 1923.
Ed Robinson has charge of
the program today and will in
troduce the main speaker.
Reverend Peyton Splane,
Rector of the Church of the
Good Shepherd, Episcopal,
spoke to the Kiwanis members
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222, Covington. This is the last
step in scouting before the
Eagle Scout Award.
Two first class scouts who
are listed for recognition to
night are Jimmy Patrick and
Mason Stephenson, both of
Troop 222, Covington.
Largest number of advance
ments will be to second class
Scouts. There are 16 candi
dates for that honor. From
Troop 58 are: Ricky Dimsdale,
H. B. Adams, Gary Moseley,
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Tuesday evening, May 27th
in the Cafetorium the pupils
of Mrs. Alvin Rape will be
presented in a Piano Recital.
Starting time is 8 o’clock.
Graduation exercises for the
scheduled 78 members of the
Eighth Grade will be held in
the school cafetorium on Fri
day evening, May 30 at 8
o'clock, according to George
Hutchinson, Principal.
Tomorrow night’s banquet,
an annual affair at the school,
will feature a program con
sisting of the following: Mas
ter of Ceremonies and Presi
dent, Henry Baker; Class His
tory, Tommy Brown, Robbie
Elizer and Michael Costley;
Class Prophecy, Gail Robinson,
Tommy Alexander and Har
riett Dietz; Class Will, Joel
Ward, Oliver Bowden, John
Jordan and Margaret Rape;
Toasts to Athletes, Sally King,
Lee Campbell, Steve Allen and
Jerry Bouchillon. Other toasts
and floor show, Wetona Cook,
Charlene Kendrick and Jim
my Capps.
An added feature of Mrs.
Rape's piano pupils program
will be the presentation of
students in four piano ensem
ble work.
Students to appear on the
program are: Alva Spillers,
Amelia Spillers, Helen Mask,
Nelda White, Naomi Smith,
Diane Hooten, Jakie Hooten,
Lynda Johnson, Patsy Warren,
Margaret Mann, Mary Carol
Jolley, Lillian Benton, Betty
Benton, Mike Lassiter, Harriet
Grant, Mary Bledsoe; Cherie
Weigel, Margaret Rape, Joyce
Byrd, Sara Margaret Patter
son, Stephanie Ginn and Pen
ny Collins.
Graduation night, May 30,
the master of ceremonies will
be Henry Baker. An address
will be given by Sherron
Ridgeway and will be follow
ed by the welcome address by
Barbara Campbell. A poem
will be rendered by Michael
Savage and a piano number
by Elizabeth Ann Greer, Lau
rie Cook and Barbara Camp
bell.
Presentation of the diplomas
to members of the 1958 Fic
quett School graduating class
will be in charge of Principal
Hutchinson.
The banquet dinner for
Class Night will be prepared
under the supervision of Mrs.
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