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Mothers w»rt on that March
again Tuesday night! With Po
lio on the defensive, the won
derful Foundation, in which
dedicated men and women of
science and medicine have la
bored ceaselessly to turn back
that great Crippier, has focused
its attention on research to help
victims of arthritis, birth de
fects, and other conditions which
can wreak just as much havoc
in heartache and pain. This year
our newest woman's club, the
Pilots, sponsored the Mothers’
March in Covington. We know
your door bell must have been
ringing Tuesday night, for they
were really here, there and
everywhere, intent on making
good their motto of “A True
Course Ever”, as they sought
to Pilot a safe journey to
Health and Happiness for thou
sands of children, who other
wise might never know the
joys of walking or a normal life.
Miss Ruth Parker, Pilot Presi
dent and her splendid corps of
workers headed by Mrs. Dan
Weigel, Community Service
Chairman, were really “March
ing”! . . .
In Oxford, it was the Amitie
Club, whose capable president
is Mrs. Robert Budd, and from
all accounts, they had a busy
night, also as they “Marched
that Children Might Walk”. In
Porterdale, Bernys Shaw was
chairman, and Porterdale wo
men answered the Call; and so
on in Newborn, Mansfield and
other communities it was one
for all —and all for One Big
March of Mothers! They may
never know or see maimed lit
tle feet. Or dwarfed, deformed
little bodies transformed into |
normal, active routines, whic'
make life a thing of joy and i
beauty for little children: but |
their hearts are warm and glad
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Benefit Basketball Game Here
Saturday For March of Dimes
Senior football stars of Au
burn and the University of
Georgia will meet here Satur
day night in a benefit basket
ball game for the Newton
County March of Dimes. Pre
liminary game will feature the
members of the Covington Ki
wanis club and the Covington
Rotary club.
Aubra Sherwood, Newton
County chairman of the March
of Dimes, has announced that
the event is expected to draw
a large crowd of fans to the
NCHS gym and that all the pro
ceeds will be dropped into the
local polio drive kitty.
Heading the Georgia team
Newton County Mayors Are Optimistic About Future Growth of Towns
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SHOWN WITH Newton County Courthouse in the background
the six heads of county and municipal governments, whose
confidence in the future of our cov.nty assures its continued P r °9*
rest. Left to right are: inset. Porterdale Mayor W. C. Ivey, New.
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VOLUME 95
HO?^AL ADDITION REFERENDUM TUESDAY
Nc ‘.on County Girds For Industrial Expansion
Towns Os County Have
Rich Potential For Future
By Mary Mallard
Newton County, viewed through the eyes of those in
official leadership, has taken the press-worn “recession” in
stride, and holds much promise of expansion and progress
in the eminent future.
Service Guild To
Expand Girl Scout
Hut Building
Mrs. Frank Stone, president
of the Covington Service Guild,
announced today that arrange
ments had been made to en
large the facilities at the Girl
Scout Lodge so that the Kin
dergarten could have a perman
ent location.
Registration for children
planning to attend the Service
Guild Kindergarten next term
will be announced at an early
. date. Children eligible for
I school the following year will
be qualified to register.
Mrs. Hugh McDonald and
Mrs. Robert Budd will con
-1 tinue in their capacity as teach
ers.
will be fullback Theron Sapp
who distinguished himself in
both the Blue-Gray game in
Montgomery, Ala. and the Sen
ior Bowl game in Mobile. Sapp
also led the attack on the as
sault of Georgia Tech during
the past two years when the
Bulldogs of the gridiron posted
7-0 and 16-3 victories.
Sapp’s teammates are listed
as: George Hansen, Vernon
Cunard, Mike Anderson, Char
lie Byars and Glenn Nunley.
Auburn’s team that takes the
floor Saturday will be chosen
from many of the players who
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The Cov' ' Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covj^g^nJtar^EsJabhshedJn 1874 and The Citizen-Observer,
In an interview with Coving
ton’s Mayor Nat S. Turner,
County Commissioner Tom
Bates, Oxford Mayor A. W.
Jackson, Mansfield Mayor A.
Etheridge Hays, Porterdale
Mayor W. C. Ivey, and New
born Mayor W. N. Zeigler, this
week, Mayor Turner stated that
“Despite the rich potentialities
of Newton County and Coving
ton, its county seat, we may
well find ourselves in the po
sition of a housing project for
Atlanta commuters, unless we
develop adequate industry and
commerce to stimulate and sta
bilize our local economy”. Other
officials joined Mr. Turner in
expressing confidence in New
ton County’s future.
In this connection, Mayor Tur
ner has named an Industrial
Procurement Committee, whose
members with him as chairman,
are E. E. Callaway and Otis
Spillers. A city engineer, Sid
ney Carter of Augusta has been
employed by the City of Cov
ington with the cooperation of
the City of Oxford, who will
work with the committee and
the City Planning Commission,
appointed by Mayor Turner in
1958. Ninety acres of land, pur
chased by the Covington Busi
ness Men’s Association, are at
the disposal of the group for
industrial sites.
State Chamber of Commerce
records for Newton County show
a 19% increase in retail sales
over the past three years; a
current net effective buying
power of $22,869,000; and a per
family buying power of $4,574.
A recent survey by the State
Dept, of Health lists the per
family income as S2OO above the
state average.
The three Banking concerns
of the county show the follow
ing economic trends: Newton
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born Mayor W. N. Zeigler, Mansfield Mayor A. Etheridge Hays,
County Commissioner Tom Bates, Covington Mayor Nat S.
Turner, and Oxford Mayor A. W. Jackson.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1959
The Tournament Was Big Affair In Newton County
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NEWTON HIGH BASKETBALL teams won the Invitational Cage Tournamnt held here last week
for the second time in the history of the event that both boys and girls had copped the title.
Each defeated Winder-Barrow Saturday night, the girls posting a 41-35 win and the boys a 72-
58 victory. Shown in the photo, seated from left to right: Harriette Johnson, girls Coach Stone
Cooper, Hilda Biggers, boys Coach Bonald Bradley, and Shirley Ruth White. Back, left io right:
Bobby Mobley, NCHS Supervising Principal Homer F. Sharp, Gerald Autry, Larry Parnell and
Billy Dean Rutledge, all of Newton County. (See story on Sports Page).
Dr. R. M. Paty
Emory Chapel
Speaker Today
Dr. R. M. Paty will be the
guest speaker at the Emory-at-
Oxford chapel assembly on
Thursday (today) at 10 a.m., in
the Allen Memorial Auditorium.
The program is being sponsored
by Phi Delta Omega (honorary
science organization at Emory
at-Oxford).
The public is invited to hear
Dr. Paty speak.
Participants In Oxford
World Affairs Institute
Further announcements were
j made this week of speakers and
participants in Emory at Ox
ford’s Fifth Annual World Af
fairs Institute, on Monday Feb
ruary 9. Dr. Alfred Victor Ber
ger-Vossendorf, of Atlanta, will
be one of two main speakers at
the evening session, beginning
at 7:30. Mr. Robert Bunzl, Au
strian consul in Atlanta, re
presents his homeland as the
opening speaker of the after
noon session, at 2:15. And Dr.
Ernest S. Lent, a visiting pro
fessor of Political Science at
Emory University, is one of the
panel of questioners for the af
ternoon session.
Dr. Berger, now a U. S. Citi
zen and professor at Georgia
State College in Atlanta, is de
scended from an Austrian bar
onial family. He was educated
in Vienna before taking further
degrees elsewhere in Europe; he
is a Bachelor of Commerce;
Doctor of Laws and Economics,
Doctor of Public Finance and
Jurisprudence, and Doctor Ha
bilis (a higher doctorate) of
Public Finance. Because of his
special education he served as
consultant to business interests
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Vehicle Taqs
Sales Are Slow
In Newton County
Sale of vehicle tags for cars
and trucks are moving at a
snail’s pace here in Newton
County, according to Bonham
Johnson, Tax Collector, whose
office has charge of the dis
bursing of the plates here.
Mr. Johnson said Tuesday
that approximately 5,500 tags
remain to be sold here in a
little over two months. The
deadline for motorists to have
tags on their vehicles is April
Ist, Mr. Johnson stressed.
Thus far, the local Tax Col
lector said that only about 1,000
tags have been sold for trucks,
passenger cars and other vehi
cles in Newton County.
“We urge the public to buy
their tags immediately and
therefore eliminate the risk of
a long line when the latter part
of March rolls around,” Mr.
Johnson added.
Girl Scout Fund
Is $1,710 Total
in Newton County
The Girl Scout fund drive in
Newton County, held recently,
netted $1,710 for the local Girl
Scout Council, according to an
announcement by Campaign
Chairman E. E. (Buck) Calla
way, Jr. and co-chairman Ben
Banks.
“The Girl Scout organization
in Newton County and the At
lanta Area Council wish to
thank the citizens of the county
for their wonderful cooperation
in this first drive for funds,”
stated Mr. Callaway and the
local Girl Scout Council. They
also expressed their thanks to
The Covington NEWS and Ra
dio Station WGFS of Covington
for the publicity given the cam
paign.
A spokesman for the local
Girl Scout organization said
yesterday that “the scouts and
leaders pledge their continued
program in the county to make
better citizens for the future.”
P z dale Men's Club
Sponsor Dance
Saturday Night
The Porterdale Mens Club
will sponsor a dance at the club
room Saturday evening for the
benefit of the March ot Dimes.
The Dixie Swingettes will fur
nish music and all profits will
go to the March of Dimes. The
dance will start at 8:30 p.m.
Knights Templar
Meets Tuesday
Regular Conclave St. Bernard
Commandery No. 25, K. T., will
be held Covington Masonic
Temple, Tuesday, February 3rd.
Supper at 7:00 p.m.
Inspection after supper by
I. T. Wages. Order of Malta will
be conferred. All Sir Knights
urged to attend. Visitors wel
come.
W. J. Dingus, Jr^ P.C.
MORE THAN—
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READERS WEEKLY
More Beds, Facilities Are
Needed For Newton County
Voters of Newton County will be called upon to ex
press their desires in a county-wide referendum Tuesday,
February 3, relative to building an addition to the Newton
County Hospital. The local bond issue will be for the amount
of $90,000. . . t . .
John Knight To
Speak Kiwanis
Meeting Today
John Knight, an outstanding
member of the 4H Club tn
Newton County, will be the
speaker at the Covington Ki
wanis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock at the
American Legion Home. Young
Knight will be introduced by
Ed Hunt, Newton County Agent.
John comes from a family
that has been active in 4-H
work from his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James P. Knight, down
to his two sisters Patty Lee
and Ginger. Each member of
the family has been honored
Nationally from the 4-H Con
gress. Only last year John won
a free trip to the National 4-H
Congress in Chicago as a result
of his project work in Senior
Forestry.
The speaker today will give
highlights of his recent trip to
Chicago and also background
information on his past activi
ties as a member of the club.
The Chicago trip was awarded
to John by the Southern Bell
Telephone.
Farm work has not taken up
all of Young Knight’s time
while he attends Newton Coun
ty high school where he is a
senior. He lettered in football
last season and only recently
was a member of the One-Act
Play cast that won the Region
4AA title. As a member of the
play cast last year the NCHS
one-actors won the State Class
AA title at Athens.
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A musical program was en
joyed by club members Thurs
day at the Legion Home. Three
voice students of Emory at Ox
ford, under the direction and
accompaniment of Prof. Harold
Mann, participated on the pro
gram.
Miss Julia Crum of Tifton,
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Jaycees Endorse Hospital Bond Passage
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NEWTON COUNTY JAYCEES urge passage of bond issue for
the expansion of the local hospital. They have recently installed
several signs around the city showing the direction to the hospital
Shown in the photo above are Jaycee President John Fuller OUi)
and Harry Cowan.
stablished in 1953
However, it was pointed out
that the State and Federal gov
ernments will match the money
if okayed by the voters of the
county. This $270,000 will ena
ble the local hospital to have 16
to 20 more beds, a recovery
room, bereavement room, and
an additional operating room.
Members of the Hospital Au
thority and Mrs. Helen Dick
inson, Administrator, have made
several speeches over the coun
ty in which they have stressed
the acute need for additional
' room and facilities at the local
hospital.
The voting places of the coun
ty will be open from 7 am.
Tuesday in the various pre
cincts.
The following information If
given to point up the record
and services that the hospital
has rendered since its opening
in 1954:
NEWTON COUNTY
HOSPITAL
NUMBER OF PATIENTS
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL:
Oct. 1954—0 ct. 1955 .... 951
Oct. 1955 —Oct. 1956 ...1543
Oct. 1956 —Oct. 1957 ....1884
Oct 1957 —Oct. 1958 ....2168
TOTAL 6549
NUMBER OF NEWBORNS:
Oct. 1954 —Oct. 1955 .... 222
Oct. 1955 —Oct. 1956 .... 293
Oct. 1956—0 ct. 1957 .... 371
Oct. 1957 —Oct. 1958 .... 431
TOTAL 1317
NUMBER OF OUT PATIENTS
TREATED IN HOSPITAL:
Oct. 1954—0 ct. 1955 .... 712
Oct. 1955—0 ct 1956 .... 829
Oct. 1956—0 ct. 1957 .... 846
Oct. 1957—0 ct. 1958 ....1158
TOTAL 3545
GRAND TOTAL 11.408
PATIENTS ADMITTED FROM
OCT. 1, 1958 THRU DEC. 31,
1958:
In-Patients: 547
Newborns: HO
Out-Patients: 397
TOTAL 1,054
The total number of patients
treated in the Newton County
Hospital means that over half
the population of Newton Coun.
ty could have availed them
selves of the services of the
hospital.
From October 1954 when the
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