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"TO MAKE THE BEST
BETTER" — Surely Newton
County 4-H Clubbers and their
Leaders, including County Ag
ricultural Agent Ed Hunt and
Home Demonstration Agent
Hazel Malone, and key men and
women of the county who serve
as advisors, more than justified
their 4-H-Motto in the eyes of
everyone present at the Annual
4-H-Club Awards Banquet
Tuesday evening, at Ficquett
School Cafeteria.
The Youth of America is of
eourse, our mast precious pos
session; but these 4-H-Club
bera, as they work with the soil,
conduct livestock, poultry, for
estry, soil conservation, seed,
feed, homemaking, food preser
vation projects, and “Learn to
Do by Doing”, seem to be im
bued with an especial under
standing and affinity with the
Creator’s plan and purpose of
the period of time we call Life.
Numerous awards, presented by
former County Agent Hardy
McKinney, who with his family
was present, attested to the
splendid achievements of local
■4-H-Club members. The Ban
quet, staged by County Agents
Hunt and Malone, did credit
not only to a county organiza
tion, but was one of the finest
demonstrations of 4-H-Club
progress it has been our privil
ege to attend even among state
organizations. Another en
hancing feature of local 4-H-
Club work is that the move
ment is an outgrowth of the or
iginal Corn Club, organized by
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Groundbreaking
January 30 For Two
EAO Dormitories
The Covington News was
informed late yesterday that
a groundbreaking ceremony
will be held on the Emory at
Oxford campus Friady, Jan
uary 30 at 5 o’clock for the
construction of two new dor
mitories.
Dean V. T. C. Eady of
Emory at Oxford will have
charge of the service at which
representatives of the Board
of Trustees and Emory Uni
versity in Atlanta will at
tend.
The public is invited to
attend.
Salem Lions
Box Supper Sat.
The Lions of Salem Commun
ity are sponsoring a Box Sup
per to be held at Salem Club
house Saturday evening, Jan
uary 24, at 7 p.m.
Burglar Caught Saturday Admits
28 Local Business Firm Break-Ins
Covington City Police caught
e burglar Saturday night in
the act of robbing the H. F.
Meadors Laundry and as a re
sult a confession of some 27
other break-ins in the City
was also obtained from the
suspect.
Lodged in the Newton Coun
ty jail is Roosevelt Carter, 26-
year-old Negro of a Brown
Street address in Covington. He
is being held until the next
term of Superior Court, Cov
ington City Police reported
Tuesday.
The capture of Carter was
accomplished about 10:45
o’clock Saturday night as six
of the Covington Police force
converged on the scene. Offi
cers taking part in apprehend
ing the break-in artist were
Chief of Police Wendell Kitch
ens, Captains C. J. Gunnells
and Vera Hooten, Patrolmen
Frank Ridling and Horace Mc-
Kinley and Fireman Jack Par
ker.
Chief Kitchens and Capt.
Hooten unlocked the front door
of the laundry office and en
tered with flashlights in hand.
The burglar attempted to hide
under a desk in the office. Car
ter was unarmed with the ex
ception of two pocket knives.
After questioning Sunday
end Monday by local Police
men and Georgia Bureau of In
vestigation Agent Arthur L.
Hutchinson, the Negro began
confessing to various local
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4-t Ambers, leaders honored at banquet
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Invitational Cage Tournament Underway Here
Four Boys Games Are
On Slate Tonight At 6
Annual Newton County Invitational Basketball Touma
ment will swing into its second round of games here to
night (Thursday) at the NCHS gymnasium at six o’clock.
First-round girls games were played last night.
On the card tonight are the
eight boys clubs entered in the
event. At 6 o’clock the strong
Winder-Barrow quint will en
gage the Loganville team. This
action will be followed by the
Newton County-Morgan Coun
ty game at 7:15, Lithonia-Rock
dale County at 8:45 and the
clash between Monroe and So
cial Circle at 9:45 o’clock.
Friday’s card calls for the
semi-finals in both girls md
boys play. The two girls games
will be played at 6 and 8:30
p.m. with the boys tilts start
ing at 7:15 and 9:45 p.m.
Defending champs of the
tournament are the Newton
County girls and the Monroe
boys. These two teams fought
their way through stiff com
petition last year to emerge
as the champions. Newton
County won their title over
Monroe by a 40-36 score and
the Monroe boys downed the
Winder-Barrow five by a 49-
36 score.
Pre-tourney favorites for the
diadems and trophies this
week are the Newton Rams
boys teams. The Rams have
beaten all the clubs entered
in the affair with the exception
of Lithonia and Morgan Coun
ty. The same applies to Coach
Stone Cooper’s girls.
Rams’ Coach Ronald Brad
ley has his team in tip-top
shape for the tourney, having
played two hard games last
week. On Saturday night the
local combination disposed of
formidable Winder-Barrow by
a 51-41 score on the Newton
court.
Against one of the better
teams of the Region, Chamblee
High, the Rams turned the
game into a rout on Friday
night The final score was 85-
56 in what was billed as a
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break-ins over the past six
months, according to Covington
Police. Some of the firms were
entered as many as seven dif
ferent times and always a small
amount of cash was taken, ac
cording to Carter’s confession.
The firm of Pratt-Dudley
Builders Supply was entered
7 or 8 times, Covington Man
ufacturing Company six times,
Meadors Laundry six times,
Patrick Feed Company three
times, and numerous other bus
iness concerns around the City
one time or more. Only a small
amount of cash was missing
after the burglaries. Only ar
ticles taken, other than cash,
was a pocket knife from the
Gulf Oil Company.
The same pattern of 1 entry
was used by Carter in nearly
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Lions Ladies
Night Program
At Legion Home
Covington Lions Club will
observe Ladies Night at their
meeting tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 p.m. at the Legion Home.
A special entertainment pro
gram has been planned by the
program committee, J. B. Dial
and Neal Banks.
Dr. H. E. Collier, president,
urges all Lions and their wives
to attend.
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T Council
Stresses Local
YMCA Week
The monthly meeting of the
Y-Council of Newton County
High School was held on Jan
uary 12. This organization is
composed of the president, ad
visors and projects chairmen
of the four Y Clubs of the
school.
The council, with president
Nolan Nesbit, presiding, dis
cussed the observance of State
YMCA Week, January 18-25.
The members of the clubs will
distribute YMCA bulletins to
the churches of the county for
their use on YMCA Sunday,
January 25.
All four club? are participat
ing in the March of Dimes cam
paign in the school and com
munity. Both boys’ clubs are
helping distribute posters and
literature to the community,
while the girls’ clubs are spon
soring the drive in the school
and receiving donations at the
basketball games.
The Y Council’s aim is to co
ordinate the activities of the
Y Clubs and to help them in
carrying out their prime objec
tive — “to create, maintain and
extend throughout the home,
school and community high
standards of Christian Charac
ter”.
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Activities of the four Newton
High Y clubs in recent weeks
is given in other articles in The
News today.
4-H Banquet Was Big Occasion For These 4-H'ers and Adult Leaders of Newton County
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4-H CLJB MEMBERS AND LEADERS were honored
at the Newton County 4-H Club Banquet held at the
E. L. Ficquett School Cafetorium, Tuesday evening.
Service pins, certificates and National award* were
mad* to th* person* shown in th* photo abov*. Front
row. left to right: Ike Robertson, 30 yr. pin and cer
tificate; W. H. McKinney, Extension Dairyman; John
Knight, 4-H Club Vice President; Ginger Knight, 4-H
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 1959
Newton High Wins Region 4AA One-Act Ploy Contest
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CAST OF "THE BOOR", Newton County High School s One-Act Play. i» ihown in tha photograph
above during one of th. scenes from the play. Seat.d is Linda Patrick, whil. she is being consoled
hv I auric Dial Standing at right is John Knight. Newton High won th. Region 4AA contest held
Kre last FHday aSI now will enter th. State Contest in Athens Saturday morning at » o’clock.
Benefit Dance
For March of Dimes
At Elks Club Sat.
A March of Dimes benefit
dance will be held at the Cov
ington Elks Club, Saturday
night January 24 starting at 8
o’clock.
Admission to the dance will
be $2 per couple and all pro
ceeds will go to the Newton
County March of Dimes cam
paign. Music will be furnished
by the Dixie Swingettes.
Important Fads About Your
County and Newton Hospital
Tuesday, February 3, the citi
zens of Newton County will be
called upon to okay a bond issue
for the construction of a much
needed addition to the local
Newton County Hospital. Here
with is important information
for all citizens of the county to
consider: (Figures concerning
the necessity of the new addi
tion will be given in this news
paper next week).
DID YOU KNOW:
That the population of New
ton County has increased sig
nificantly in the last seven
years. The estimated 1957 cen
sus was 14,300 white residents
and 7,100 non-white residents
for a total county population
Council Reporter; Hutch Jordan, 4-H Council Presi
dent; Carol Hitchcock, Electric Project winner; Ed
Hunt, County Agent; Mrs. Hazel Malone, Home Dem
onstration Agent; and Harold Darden, 4-H Club Lead
er who was the main speaker for the program. Second
row, left to right: Mrs. Jack Hinton, Mrs. J. T. Jones,
Mrs. Edward Cowan. Mrs. Lewis Whisnante, Mrs.
Richard George, Mrs. Jim Knight, Mrs. J. F, Bums,
of 21,400.
DID YOU KNOW:
That 5,024 children are en
rolled in the public schools in
Newton County.
DID YOU KNOW:
That the average daily at
tendence in Newton County
schools for the last three months
of 1958 increased 778 over the
same period of 1957.
DID YOU KNOW:
In 1955 there were 35 manu
facturing concerns in Newton
County. Three of those employ
ed over 150 people, while the
majority were small concerns
from 1 to 50 people. These firms
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Mrs. Hoyt Bailey and Mrs. E. M. McCart. all leaders
in 4-H Club work. Third row, left to right: Jim Knight,
J. F. Laxenby, T. M. Bates, Mrs. W. F. Porter, Mrs.
Henry Anderson, Mrs. H. R. Holifield, J. W. Aaron,
Lewis Whisnante, E. L. Patrick and E. M. McCart, all
adult leaders in 4-H work. (For complete list of win
ners see article on this page).
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READERS WEEKLY
Ike Robertson,
H. Jordan Top
First annual Awards Banquet held by the Newton
County 4-H Clubs and local Extension Staff at the E. L.
Ficquett School cafetorium Tuesday night was a most suc
cessful event as honors were bestowed on club members,
adult leaders and advisors engaged in the work.
Milk Bill Open
Hearing Monday
In Atlanta
Dairymen of Newton County
are vitally interested in the
House Bill that proposes to
transfer the Milk Control Com
mission to the State Depart
ment of Agriculture.
It has been suggested that all
county dairymen who possibly
can attend the hearing in At
lanta on Monday, January 26.
Newton County Representa
tive Don Ballard has issued the
following information concern
ing the open hearing:
“The Milk and Milk Control
Committee will hold a public
hearing on a House Bill which
deals with the transferring of
the Milk Control Commission to
the State Department of Agri
culture.
“The meeting is scheduled
for Monday afternoon, January
26, 1959, immediately after ad
journment of the House. The
probable time of adjournment
is 2:00 o’clock and the meeting
will be held in the House
Chamber. All dairymen and in
terested persons are urged to
attend this hearing.”
Musical Prog.
Today Kiwanis
An attractive and talented
musical program is scheduled
for the Covington Kiwanis club
meeting today (Thursday) at
the American Legion Home at
1 o’clock, according to the pro
gram chairman C. D. Ramsey,
Jr.
Prof. Harold Mann, Director
of the Glee Club and Professor
of Social Science at Emory at
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G. Knight,
Honorees
Top awaras on me program
were won by Ginger Knight as
the outstanding girl in 4-H
work during the past year, and
to Hutch Jordan, the outstand
ing boy in 1958 in club work.
These awards were the “Dan
forth Foundation” 4-Square
Awards and were presented to
the recipients by W. H. McKin
ney, a former county agent in
Newton County.
Copping the top adult award,
a pin and service certificate,
was Ike Robertson who has
served the 4-H club movement
in the county for more than 30
years. Other awards were made
to adult leaders on a 5-10-15-
20-25 year basis for their work
in club activities.
The banquet itself was an
elaborate occasion for the stu
dents, parents, school officials,
county officials and friends of
the 4-H club to gather for an
evening of fellowship and
praise-passing speeches and a-
warcis.
Hutch Jordan, president of
the Newton County 4-H Coun
cil, acted as master of cere
monies for the banquet pro
gram. Robbie Elizer led in the
Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag, and the invocation was
given by Sandra Morris. Dickie
George gave the Welcome Ad
dress.
Introduction of guests was
handled by County Agent Ed
Hunt after which Eddye Cowan
gave the report of the president
for the past year’s work.
W. H. McKinney, now Exten
sion Dairyman of the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Ag
riculture, presented the awards
to both students and the adults.
Harold Darden, State 4H
Club Leader, was introduced
by John Knight, who recently
attended the National 4-H Club
Congress in Chicago.
Mr. Darden’s speech was
timely indeed, both to the 4-H
club members and parents and
advisors. He charged the
4-H’ers to work for a goal in
life and he gave four keys that
help in making the journey a
more pleasant task in facing
life.
The 4-H Pledge was led by
Vickie Whisnante and Joe Par
ker as the program came to an
end.
Coordinators of the banquet
and program were the members
of the local Extension staff —
Ed Hunt, county agent; Mrs.
Hazel Malone, home demonstra
tion agent; and Mrs. Donald
I Carter, secretary.
4-H Council Officers are
1 Hutch Jordan, president; John
Knight, boy’s vice-president;
Wanda Bailey, girl’s vice-presi-
; dent; Eddye Cowan, secretary;
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Jaycee Week
Being Observed
In Newton County
Jaycee week has been desig
nated as January 18 thru 25th.
Many clubs will be honoring
various officials, bosses and
outstanding young men this
week.
Newton County Jaycees have
purchased a number of signs
to help people find the way to
our local hospital. Have you
seen them? There will be more
in use before the summer.
The local Jaycees will again
this year sponsor, in connection
with the Miss America Pagent,
test in March. Miss New
ton County will be entered
in ^he “Miss Georgia” contest
at Columbus. Last years winner
was toe pretty Miss Myrna
Warren. There will be more a
bout this later m committees
are formed.