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This is one of those days that
the Sunshine in our hearts can
really shine! For with the Sun
having taken French leave on
a Florida, California or Some
where Else vacation, this could
be just plain misty-moisty,
drippy-droopy day that threa
tens to mildew our thinking as
well as our spirits. So, let’s
count our blessings, letting each
one flick a switch to add a bril
liant light—and we find our
selves almost blinded by the
brilliance of the kind of Sun
shine that rain cannot oblite
rate!
Congratulations and a great
big orchid should go to the
many organizations, clubs and
individuals who bent their ef
forts toward the passage of the
$90,000 Hospital Bond Issue to
provide the drastically needed,
additional facilities for our
Newton County Hospital.
Especially effective was the
Service Guild’s campaign to get
voters to the polls. Despite the
liquid sunshine prevailing
throughout the day, their mem
bers were there pinning “I Have
Voted, Have You?” tags on vot
ers, as reminders to others,
wherever they went.
Highlighting events of the
coming week for Newton Coun
ty and surrounding areas is the
Fifth World Affairs Institute to
be held Monday Feb. 9. at Allen
Memorial Church on the Em
ory at Oxford Campus. Direct
ed by Professor Harold Mann
this year, and sponsored by Em
ory at Oxford College, the In-
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Mrs. Ben Banks
To Teach Happy
Days Kindergarten
Mrs. Lillie Mae Pratt an
nounces that the “Happy Days”
Kindergarten will continue in
operation in September at the
American Legion Home under
the direction of Mrs. Ben Banks.
Children four and five years
of age will be eligible to attend.
A registration date will be an
nounced later.
Rev. Hicks To
Preach Wed. At
Presby. Church
Rev. Lamar Hicks, pastor of
the Spring Branch Presbyterian
Church in Houston, Texas, will
preach at the Covington Pres
byterian Church on Wednesday,
evening, February 11 at 7:15.
The public is cordially invited
to hear Rev. Hicks, who is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Hicks
Sr. of Covington.
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GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY ai Emory At Oxford for two new dormitory buflding* wa« held
Friday afternoon while the rain peppered down on the participant* shown above. From left to right:
Dean V. Y. C. Eady of Emory at Oxford College; Dr. Lester Rumble, a member of the Board of
Trwtees; Dr. S. Walter Martin, President of Emory University, Atlanta; and Charles Candler, mem
ber of Board of Trustees. The two buildings will cost approximately $200,000 and will constitute the
third new dormitory the college will have constructed in the past two years.
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ME FAULKNER NAMED HEART FUND CHAIRMAN
Fifth World Affairs Institute Monday At Oxford
Focus On Berlin Crises Is
Main Discussion Theme
By HAROLD MANN
The Fifth Annual World Affairs Institute of Emory-at-
Oxford opens with a morning session next Monday, Febru
ary 9 The title of the institute is “Eastern Europe — Co
existence and Beyond,” a subject of timely interest because
of the Berlin crisis. Outstanding speakers will appear at
the three sessions of the day,,
including three representatives
from Washington embassies and
two Atlanta consuls.
In order of diplomatic rank,
the representatives are: Mr.
Silviu Brucan, Envoy of the
Rumanian People’s Republic;
Dr. Marian Dobrosielski, First
Secretary of the Polish embas
sy; and Mr. Kjell Oberg, Press
Counselor of the Swedish em
bassy, all three from Washing
ton. Both Mr. Granville Ram
age, British consul, and Mr.
Robert Bunzl, Austrian consul,
of Atlanta, will participate in
the statement of those coun
tries’ positions. All but Mr.
Ramage will speak in the af
ternoon session, which begins
at 2:15.
Besides the British consul’s
appearance, the night session
will feature Dr. A. V. Berger-
Voesendorf, of Atlanta, a pro
fessor at Georgia State College
now, but formerly an important
official in the diplomatic, edu
cational, legal, and political life
of Austria. He was during
World War II head of the Aus
trian government in exile, in
London. This session begins at
7:30.
The morning session, begin
ning at 9:45, offers a carefully
arranged analysis of the prob
lems of studying Eastern Eu
rope. Os special interest is the
presentation of the points of
view of the four social studies
disciplines —history, political
science, sociology, and econom
ics. Four professors, two from
ximory University in Atlanta,
and two from the University of
Georgia, will approach the top-
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n Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
Scout Official
Is Kiwanis Club
Speaker Today
James Duncan, Tara District
Chairman of the Boy Scouts of
America, Atlanta Area Council,
will be the main speaker at the
. Covington Kiwanis Club meet
ing Thursday (today) at the
American Legion Home at 1
o’clock.
Kiwanian Homer F. Sharp,
who is also the BSA District
' Chairman for Newton and
1 Rockdale Counties, will intro
duce the speaker today. The
program is in keeping with the
! upcoming Boy Scout Week,
• February 7-13.
Mr. Duncan, long an active
! Scouter and wearer of the
I coveted Eagle Scout award, is
’ a native of Clayton County and
1 is engaged in the real estate
1 business in that area.
Program for the Kiwanis
■ meeting Thursday was most in
• teresting as the members pres
ent heard a speech by John
Knight, an outstanding 4-H
' Club member of Newton Coun
ty. He was introduced by Ed
: Hunt, Newton County Agent.
Young Knight described many
1 of his projects in 4-H work and
gave a resume of his recent trip
to the National 4-H Congress
Convention in Chicago. He was
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1959
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Boy Scout Week in Newton County as in other sections
of the United States will be observed from February 7
through February 13 at which time the public’s attention
will be called to the Scouting program and recognition of
persons connected with the activities.
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The final tabulation of Cubs,
Boy Scouts and Explorers in
the Newton-Rockdale Distnict
Boy Scouts of America for 1958
showed that 615 boys were en
gaged in BSA activities. Eleven
Cub Packs, 16 Boy Scout units
and 7 Explorer Posts were reg
istered with the local Boy Scout
District. Also some 253 adult
leaders are connected with the
movement in the two counties.
Highlight of the week here
will be the recognition of Boy
Scouts in uniform at the Sun
day services of their church on
Sunday, February 8. District
Activities Chairman Harold
Rice of Covington has suggest
ed that Scouters of all ages at
tend their church in uniform.
“Theme of the Boy Scouts for
this year is ‘Onward for God
and My Country’ and Sunday
should be an excellent occasion
to bring this practice to the
attention of the public,” Mr.
Rice stated.
Next Monday evening the
Atlanta Area Council Eagle
Recognition Dinner will be held
in Atlanta and at that time two
Newton County young men will
be recognized for their having
been awarded the Eagle Rank
during the past year. They are
Monty Willson and Roy Stead
ham, Jr.
On the National scene Presi
dent Eisenhower has issued a
City Utilities
Departments On
45-Hr. Work Week
At a recent meeting of the
Covington Mayor and Council
the various utilities department
of the city were designated as
45-hour work week which runs
Monday through Friday from
7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. City'
personnel formerly worked 50
hours.
Service calls made by depart
ment personnel on Saturdays
and Sundays and after 5:30 p.m.
on the other days will be
charged a nominal service fee.
City officials said that a stand
by repairman will be on duty at
all times and that service in the
various utility departments will
not be curtailed by the set hours
of work during the weekdays.
It was also stressed that the
new work hours is in keeping
with other cities ii Georgia and
over the nation for efficient
operation of the city water,
lights and gas service.
, message to the Boy Scouts in
i which he said that: “play an
, important part in the life of
1 the national community.” He
• declared that “their high stand
i ards of personal character and
i citizenship help to keep our
• country strong.”
His message for Boy Scout
■ Week, February 7 to 13, was
> released by O. B. Gorman,
■ Scout Executive, of the Atlanta
■ Area Council, Boy Scouts of
America, who received a copy
from Dr. Arthur A. Schuck,
Chief Scout Executive.
The President’s message fol
lows:
The White House
Washington
Please give my greetings to
the Boy Scouts of America join
ed in the observance of the
49th anniversary of the Boy
Scout movement. With a great
membership of many millions,
the Boy Scouts play an import
ant part in the life of the na
tional community. Their high
standards of personal character
and citizenship help to keep
our country strong.
It is a pleasure to send my
best wishes for another ex
citing year of Scouting — and
my congratulations to the adult
leaders who support this fine
movement.
(Signed)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower, Honorary
President of the Boy Scouts of
America and member of its
National Executive Board since
1948, will greet twelve Eagle
Scout Explorers in the White
House next Wednesday (Feb.
11) at 11:15 a.m. In making
their “Report to the Nation”
the Scouts will tell what the
members achieved in the 1958
. Safety Good Turn suggested by :
। President Eisenhower.
Local C. of C.
Meets Monday
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce will hold its regular I
February meeting Monday Feb
rary 9 at the Teen Can building
at 12:30 p.m., according to an
announcement by President Carl :
Smith. Lunch will be served
members attending.
This meeting will be a regu
lar business meeting and many
important items will come up
before the members, President
Smith stated.
Hospital Bonds
Pass 532 ■ 382
A $90,000 hospital bond is
sue was passed by the voters of
Newton County Tuesday by a
vote of 532 to 382.
The new bonds, supplemented
by some SIBO,OOO from the
State and Federal governments,
will enable the local hospital to
expand its facilities to meet the
growing needs of the county,
according to local hospital au
thorities.
Voting against the bond pro
posal were the precincts of Cov
ington Mills, Gum Creek. Al
mon, Stansells, Downs, Brew
ers, Hays, Mansfield, Newborn
and Wyatt.
The complete official vote
was as follows:
Covington City, 261 for, and
109 against.
Oxford 37 to 12; Covington
Mills 15 to 20; Gym Creek 0 to
7; Almon 9 to 31; Stansells 14
to 15.
Porterdale 101 for, and 36
against: Downs 3 to 23; Rocky
Plains 9 to 8; Brewers 10 to 51;
Leguin 20 to 12.
Gaithers 7 to 0; Hays 7 to 9;
Mansfield 14 to 19; Newborn
15 to 22; Brick Store 9 to 4;
Wyatt 1 to 4.
Civic and Service
Clubs Invited To
Soonsor Beauties
An invitation to all Newton
County civic and service clubs
'to sponsor entrants in the Miss '
Newton Countv Pageant, to be
held March 28 in the High
School Auditorium has been
extended by Terry Avery chair
man of the Jaycees Entries'
Committee.
This year the Miss America ,
Pageant will give a cash award
to the club sponsoring the girl
who eventually becomes “Miss
America 1959”. Avery added.
Winner of the Miss Newton
Countv Pageant will compete in
the Miss Georgia contest in
Columbus in May the entries
chairman said. Miss Georgia
will enter the Miss America
Pageant in September in At
lantic City and the victor will
■win the national beauty title
and a $5,000 scholarship.
Avery said the following clubs
have been invited to select con
testants who will compete for
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READERS WEEKLY
Other Officers Os Newton
County Communities Set
Mrs. Harry W. Faulkner of Covington has been named
Chairman for the 1959 Heart Fund Drive in Newton County,
according to an announcement by Brunswick Bagdon and
Carter Redd, State Campaign CoXihairmen.
Mrs. Faulkner graduated from the University of Georgia
Don Stephenson
Elected Pres.
Os Farm Bureau
The Newton County Farm
Bureau met at Henderson’;
Restaurant on Monday night,
February 2nd at which time
1959 officers were elected.
These are Donald Stephenson,
President; Joe Marks, re-elect
ed Vice President; and Charles
Ewing, re-elected as Secretary-
Treasurer.
Guy Herring, one of the field
representatives from the Farm
Bureau office in
Macon, was
present. Mr.
Herring dis
cussed the sev
eral new phases
of the Georgia
Farm Bureau
which have
gone into effect
in other coun-
I- vir
Stepsenson
ties of the state. He made sug
gestions how the Newton Coun
ty Farm Bureau functions might
be improved and come up to
par with other counties.
Robert Stanton, Jr. expressed
his appreciation to the group
for having been their president
for the past several years and
suggested to the group that they
give full support to new presi
dent and to the Farm Bureau
of the county and state.
Tri-Hi-Y Dance
Saturday Night
The annual Sweetheart Dance
sponsored by the Senior Tri-
Hi-Y of Newton High School
will be held Saturday night,
Februarv 7 at the Teen Can
from 8:30 until 11:30. The tal
ented Hi-Five will furnish mu
sic for the festive occasion.
The highlight of the night
will be the crowning of Sweet
heart of NCHS. Each club elects
a club sweetheart and from
these nominees the student body
selects the Sweetheart to be
crowned at the dance.
The Valentine motif will be
carried out with the colors of
red and white and hearts and
cuoids.
Every student is anticina’ing
a wonderful evening of enter
tainment.
Ministerial
Assn. Passes
Resolution
The Newton County Min
isterial Association passed the '
following resolution at its
regular meeting Feb. 2nd
Be it resolved that the
Newton County Ministerial
Association go on record as
expressing their gratitude to
the Covington News and the
Merchants of Covington and
Newton County for the space
provided each week for the
announcements of ehurch
services in our local news pa
per.
Respectfully Submitted
W. J. Perry Jr.
(Secretary - Treasurer)
and attended Tulane. The wife
of Dr. Harry Faulkner, she is
active in civic affairs and »o
cial work.
Officers of the Newton Coun
ty Heart Fund Drive are: Mr.
S. J. Mcrcock, Treasurer: Mrs.
John Fuller, Program Chair
man; Mrs. Charles King, Jr.,
Publicity Chairman.
Chairmen for the city of Cov
ington are: Mrs. Walker Camp-
MRS. FAULKNER
bell. Heart Sunday Chairman;
Dr. Harry Faulkner, Chairman
of the Business Distinct: James
Hardeman, Bibb Manufacturing
Company: George Jolley, Cov
ington Mills: William E. Wolfe,
Covington Manufacturing Com
pany; Mrs. Ruby Lee Brough
ton, Negro Division.
Members of the Covington •
Miniature Garden Club will be
workers for the Heart Sunday
Drive in Covington.
Carlos Meyer is the Chairman
for the city of Oxford, Leonard
Davis for Mansfield, Mrs. James
Anderson, Starrsville, Miss Mel
lie Pitts. Newborn, Mrs. Jack
Neely, Almon, and Melvin Cris
well, Salem and Livingston.
Volunteers working in coopera
tion with the above Chairmen
have not been announced.
> The Heart Fund Drive, con
' ducted in February each year,
I is the Heart Association’s single
appeal for funds to support the
i heart program of research, ed
. ucation, and community serv
• ice. The GHA also contributes
to the national research pro-
: gram of the American Heart
. Association.
Mr. Bagdon and Mr. Redd
1 said the Heart Association was
proud to have such able lead-
'; ershin for this year’s county
I Heart Fund Drive. “We feel
certain that our drive in this
’ I area against heart disease will
be an outstanding success,”
they said.
Since the organization of the
Heart Association as a volun
! tary health agency eleven years
i ago, great strides have been
made in the development of
new and more effective meth
| ods of diagnosis, treatment,
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A. F. Recruiter
Sets Visits Here
U. S. Army Air Force Sgt. L.
G. Lambert of the Atlanta Re
cruiting Station has announced
that he will visit Covington
each Tuesday to contact pros
pective enlistees. Time of the
recruiter’s visit at the Selective
Office in Covington is 12 noon
until 2:30 p.m.
Young men who desire infor
mation pertaining to a career
in the USAF are asked to see
Sgt. Lambert at the Selective
Service Office on any Tuesday.