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VOLUME 95
Milk Bill Passes House
By DON BALLARD
(Newton Co. Representative)
The Legislature began consid
eration of bills coming before
it for passage last week. Most
of these measures were Admin
istration, Segregation Bills and
Honesty in the Government
Bills. We passed the Honesty in
the Government Bill without
any votes being cast against it.
Several Segregation bills at
tempting to solve the Segrega
tion matter were passed.
Most of last week and the
week-end was spent preparing
for the fight shaping up in the
milk board bill, which would
transfer the Milk Control Board
from Mr. Charlie Duncan’s con-
The Georgia Senate passed
the Milk Bill yesterday by
a 42-0 vote.
trol to the Agriculture Depart
ment under Commissioner Phil
Campbell. Our main opposition
was Mr. Duncan, who hates to
give up his $16,000. a year job.
When I began working on
this bill, I had doubts as to our
ability to get past these two
formidable barriers. First, it
was reported that the Gover
nor was opposing us in this
move, then later as we brought
several farm and dairy orga
nizations into the fight, the
Governor stated that he was
going to stay out of it. Repre
sentative Howard Tamplin of
Morgan County and I secured
135 supporting votes over the
weekend, for our measure, be
ing more than the required 105
to pass the bill. This started
things to rolling and just pre
vious to the public hearing call
ed for Monday at 2 p.m.,
a meeting was called at
the i n s i s t a n c e of the Gov
ernor in Lt.-Governor Garland
Byrd’s office to attempt a com
promise to prevent a big fight
on the floor of the house. The
Mrs Richard Hill
Dies in Virginia
Mrs. Richard Hill passed a
way at her home in Danville,
Virginia, Tuesday morning,
February 3, after a short ill
ness. Mrs. Hill, the former Miss
Della Gunn, of Virginia, taught
school in Porterdale a number
of years ago and has numerous
friends of both she and her
husband, a former resident of
Covington, who sympathize
with the family in their be
reavement.
Mr. Hill has two brothers
Charlie and Fletcher Hill and
a sister Mrs. Edna Thacker
residents of Covington and
their many friends here join
in extending sympathy to them.
Funeral services are to be
held today (Thursday) morn
ing in Danville.
Joe Jones Is Winner Dairy Herd Award
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STATE WINNERS in the dairy herd improvement association su
nervisors” contest were named at the dairy production short course
Cid recently at Rock Eagle. Shown, left io right, ar. W. H. Mc-
Kinnev Extension Service dairyman who presented the awards;
C--il Hancock, SOWEGA Association, Moultrie, first place winner;
Joe Jones. Newton County Association. Covington, third place
winner.
The Covington Enterprise, Estobhshed in 1564 - The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citiren-Observer, Established in 1953 _
distributors started weakening
in their stand and by the time
' the public hearing was over,
they had agreed to our terms
for the bill. After the public
hearing, we sat down with the
distributors In Commissioner
Campbell’s office and drafted
the final bill to be introduced.
This, I feel is a great step
forward for the Dairy Industry
of Newton County and the
State of Georgia. Under the
present set-up the Milk Con
trol Board will be comprised of
two producers, two distributors,
one co-operative representa
tive, one retailer and one con
sumer. This board would op
erate as a branch of the Agri
culture Department under the
supervision of the Commission
er of Agriculture, who will ap
point the Directors and Chair
man. who also will have a vote
on the Board.
I was gratified to see the
wonderful turn-out of the
Dairymen of Newton County
at the hearing and believe that
it was the largest group attend
ing from any one county. There
were some 30 Dairymen from
Newton County at the meeting
and I wish to thank them for
the wonderful support they
gave me through-out this fight.
This Bill passed the House of
Representatives by 132-10 and
was scheduled for a vote in the
Senate Wednesday (yesterday).
Porterdale Scouts
Make Plans For
"Boy Scout Week"
PORTERDALE—An enthusi
astic group of Cub Scouts of
Pack 60 attended their monthly
pack meeting on Tuesday after
noon, January 27, at five o’clock
in the Anderson Building. Mr.
Aubrey Barnes, Cubmaster, con
ducted the meeting and made
important announcements. He
gave the boys plans for observ
ing Boy Scout Week and desig
nated special days on which to
wear uniforms to church and
school.
A special guest at the meet
ing was John Clewlow, Dis
trict Executive of Newton-
Rockdale District, Atlanta Area
Council. Mr. Clewlow brought
their new charter and talked
to the boys about making ad
vancements. He encouraged
each lad to make at least one
advancement.
The Cubs did not have a pro
gram as two of the den mothers
were absent. Mothers, one fath
er. and Miss Mae Hardman, So
cial Worker, were recognized as
guests.
After an exciting game, the
group were treated with Pepsi
Colas and cookies.
During the social period, han
dicrafts completed by the dif
ferent dens was displayed.
The meeting closed with the
Scout Benediction.
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Mrs. J W Stroud
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Funeral Today
At Macon Ga.
Mrs. John W. Stroud, 83, of
i 1268 Johnson Ave, Macon, died
at her residence Tuesday, Feb
ruary 3, after a lingering ill
ness. Mrs. Stroud was bom in
Henry County, the former Clara
M. Welch. She was a member
of the Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m. today (Thursday) in
the Chapel of Heatrts Mortuary
in Macon. The Rev. Clifton For
rester will officiate. Burial will
be in Macon Memorial Park
with grandsons Slade Ellington
Jr., Carl W. Kitchens, William
Brown, Stewart Brown, Tom
my Stroud and Lester Brown,
serving as Pallbearers.
She is survived by six daugh
ters- Mrs. J. D. McKinsey, Mrs.
A S. Ellington, both of Cov
ington; Mrs. Carl Kitchens, Au
gusta; Mrs. George Knoepfle,
Miami, Florida; Mrs. J. F. Pace,
and Mrs. R. E. Smith of Macon;
three sons, A. A. Stroud, Miami,
Florida; T. J. Stroud, Americus;
R. J. Stroud, Macon 17 grand
children and 15 great-grand
children.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to the bereaved fam
ily- ______
Mrs. Kirkland's
Carrots Are Grown
Desnite Weather
A carrot, measuring nearly
ten inches in circumference
was brought into the NEWS
office this week, from the gar
den of Mrs. R. E. Kirkland,
mother of Mrs. John Berry.
Now, the carrot alone might
not be the most unusual in
carrot history, but it does have
distinguishing production fea
tures. First, it was grown by
Mrs. Kirkland, who is still an
avid gardener at 81 years of
age; and in addition, comes
I from a row from which she and
the Berrys are st' 1 ' e"
carrots for the table, despite
the sub-freezing temp- -.-- cs
of the anything but mild win
ter Newton County has experi
ence this year.
The No. 1 carrot is on display
at the NEWS office.
Brownie Scout
Troop 13 Visits
Covington NEWS
Members of Brownie Troop
13 Girl Scouts visited The Cov
ington News plant Thursday
afternoon for a tour of the local
newspaper facilities.
Mrs. Herbert Katz and Mrs.
Ernest Jones, den mothers, ac
, companied the Brownies on
their trip. Sidney Graham,
' plant superintendent of The
News, and Bob Greer, news and
sports editor, conducted the tour
through the various depart
ments.
Thirty-five members of the
troop were on hand for the
visit.
Byron Dyer Is
New District
Agent Chairman
The transfers of three dis
trict agent chairmen of the Ag
ricultural Extension Service,
University of Georgia College
of Agriculture were announced
this week by Extension Director
W. A. Sutton.
The transfers, now in effect,
are; J. C. Richardson from
। Southwest to Southeast district:
Byron Dyer from Southeast to
Northwest district which in
cludes Newton County, and W.
A. King, from Northwest to
Southwest district.
Starting from scratch in 1952,
when the first debarker was in
' stalled, the Southern Pine in
’ dustry’s pulp chip output has
doubled each year since, now
। stands at 1,200,000 cords annu
ally.
~ COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1959
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MELVIN KING (left) second place winner in the Dairy Production Efficiency program conducted
by Agricultural Extension Service, is shown here with Edward Hunt. Newton County agent.Kmj,
who began dairying only five years ago, now has a milking herd of 46 cows averaging beff than
11,000 poinds of milk per cow per year.
Melvin King Os Newlon County
Second In State Dairy Program
COVINGTON — “Start small
and manage for steady, solid
growth.” Melvin King of New
ton county is an excellent ex
ample of a man who has suc
cessfully followed this advice
from dairymen of the Agricul
tural Extension Service, Uni
versity of Georgia College of
Agriculture to farmers who
wish to enter dairying.
King, who won second place
in the State Dairy Production
Efficiency program conducted
by Extension, began dairying
only five years ago with 10
cows. He now has a 46-cow herd
and a production record of
which any veteran dairyman
could be proud.
For the one-year period —
Oct. 1, 1957 - Sept. 30, 1958 —
on which current awards were
based, King had a production
average of 11,124 pounds of
milk and 419 pounds of butter
fat per cow. This is an increase
of 850 pounds of milk and three
pounds of fat on even more
cows over the preceding year.
His dry-days average was 51
days per cow.
King and two other Georgia
dairymen were honored Wed
nesday (Jan. 28) for dairy pro
duction efficiency in a cere
mony held at the Rock Eagle
4-H Club Center near Eatonton.
Henry Barnes of Meriwether
county won the top state a
ward, King was second, and
D. I. Parker and Son of Laurens
county placed third. They and
other dairy farmers who took
part in the program were judg
ed on actual herd and farm im
provement during the year in
feeding, breeding, farm and
herd management, calf grow
ing and overall improvement.
“You have to walk before you
can run,” King said recently in
discussing his start in the dairy
business with his county agent,
Edward Hunt, and W. H. Mc-
Kinney, Extension dairyman
and former Newton county
agent, during their visit to his
farm. He began with 10 cows
and has added a few each year.
During this first year King be
gan weighing the feed fed each
cow and the resulting savings in
feed costs convinced him that
records were essential to effici
ent dairying. The next year he
joined the Newton county Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
and has had DHIA records kept
on each cow in his herd ever
since.
In King’s feeding program,
oats, ryegrass, crimson clover
and Starr millet are the major
forage crops. His feeding of six
tons of corn silage and one-half
ton of alfalfa hay per cow per
year goes a long way toward
meeting feed requirements. He
supplements roughage fed with
one pound of concentrates to
each 3.25 pounds of milk pro
duced.
King increased his fertiliza
tion program last year and
raised his charge per cow from
$5 to $8 for pasture and from
$8 to $lO for silage to cover this
increase in feed production ex
penses. This resulted in a feed
cost of $2.73 per 100 pounds of
milk. He believes that such
ever-increasing production costs
can only be met by more milk
per cow and is working to get
it.
Joe Jones, DHIA supervisor
for the Newton county associa
tion, was hmored along with
King. He placed third in a
statewide contest for DHIA
supervisors. Cecil Hancock of
the SOWEGA association was
first and Lee Steed, Carroll
county association, placed sec
ond.
The dairy farmers and DHIA
supervisors each received a pla
que and a cash award from the
National Dairy Products Cor
poration, Sealtest Southern
Dairies Division which sponsors
the programs. McKinney pre
sented the awards.
Bill Allgood
Named AM VET
Publicity Com.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Wil
liam I. Allgood, public relations
expert for the Georgia Depart
ment of Labor, has been named
to AMVETS national Public
Relations Committee.
The appointment was an
nounced by Dr. Winston E. Bur
dine of Atlanta, national com
mander of AMVETS.
Allgood is past commander
of Post 1 and former public
relations director for AMVETS
Department of Georgia.
He is also active in the In
ternational Association of Per
sonnel in Employment Security
where he serves as chairman of
the Editorial and Publications
Board.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
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and Company Thursday was a gala occasion on the North Public
Square. Employees of the Covington store are shown in the
photo above taken prior to the netting of the ribbon which threw
Brickstore
Club Has 45
At Meeting
The Brickstore Communit)
Club met at the clubhouse on
January 28 with 45 present. A
covered dish supper was en
joyed by all.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Mr.
Horstman. The minutes were
read and approved.
Mr. Hunt thanked the club
for their part in helping with
the banquet for the 4-H Club
which was a real success. Gin
ger Knight said it was the high
. ght of the year for the 4-H
members.
Mrs. Malone invited all to
the Allen Clubhouse on Febru
ary 9 to see the 4-H Club girls
model their dresses.
Mr. Knight suggested we all
go to Athens to the Georgia
Livestock Association meeting
to be held in the Animal Divi
sion of the University of Geor
gia, February 5 and 6.
Mr. Horstman read the Agri
cultural News after which the
meeting was adjourned.
INCREASED OUTPUT
Not only is the Southern
lumber industry providing a
bout one-third of the nation’s
total lumber supply, but it also
accounts for 8 pct. of the South’s
total pulpwood production.
The latter is the result of
debarking operations which
permit the conversion of slabs,
edgings and other residue of |
lumber manufacture into pulp
chips.
The first year of college is
the danger year for “drop
outs,” states Miss Audrey Mor
gan, family life specialist, Ag
ricultural Extension Service.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
R. G. Motes
Funeral Held
Tues. As Salem
Funeral services for R. G.
Motes of Gardner Street, Cov
ington, were held Tuesday, j
February 3 at 2 p.m. at the
Cannan Baptist Church with
Rev. J. T. Widener, officiating. |
Interment was in the Zion
Cemetery.
Mr. Motes. 49. died Sunday,'
February 1 in a private hos-1
pital following a lingering ill- ।
ness. He was born in Jackson
County.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mae Bell Motes of Cov
ington; six sons, Joe, Oscar and
Larry Motes, all of Covington,
Charles Motes of Conyers, Ralph
Motes of Houston, Texas, and
Jack Motes of Peru, Indiana;
five daughters. Mrs. Man’ Sue
Phillins, Misses Francine, Wilda
and Edna Motes, all of Coving
ton and Mrs. Irene Bishop of
Farmington, Ga.; one sister,
Mrs. Ollie Marlow of Greens
boro. Ga.
The NEWS extends deepest
! sympathy to the members of the
I bereaved family. Caldwell and
i Cowan Funeral Home were in
I charge of arrangements.
Junior Homeroom
11A Elects
Officers at NCHS
On January 27, the Junior
Homeroom. 11 A, elected offi
cers for the second semester.
Those chosen were as follows:
President — Johnny Capes;
Vice-President — Douglas
Bailey: Secretary — Linda
i Batchelor; Treasurer — Norma
I Jean Brookings: Reporter —
Jean Bowen.
This class is looking forward
to their leadership.
Jean Bowen, reporter.
Sales At Tri-
County Total
$35,433 Monday
Tri-County Livestock Auction
Company sold 309 head of cat
tle and 32 hogs for a total of
$35,433.57. Milk cows and
1 springers topped at $290.00;
pigs at SIO.OO. Baby calves sold
from $5.00 to $36.00.
Price ranges were: hogs, $14.-
50 to $16.30; calves, SB.OO to
$36.00: heifers, $20.00 to $28.40;
stockers, $17.50 to $28.50;
steers, $23.00 to $34.50; light
bulls, $18.50 to $24.50; heavy
bulls, $20.00 to $23.90; canners,
$14.50 to $16.50; cutters, $16.50
to $17.90; and fat cows, $18.50
to $22.60.
There were 130 shippers and
68 buyers including 8 packers.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
opra the doors. From left io right: Mrs. Betty Childs, Mn. Adrien
Capes, Mrs. Dorothy Gaiaway, Clifford White, and M. P. Stovall,
District Supervisor of the Sears. Roebuck and Company, Atlant.
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NUMBER I
Covington Masons
Attend Assembly
At Decatur Sat.
Eighteen Royal and Select
Master Masons of Covington
motored to Decatur Saturday
afternoon to attend the Fifth
Annual Assembly district meet
ing.
The Eighth, Ninth and Tenth
degrees u’ere conferred on the
following: E. W. Allen, J. W.
Calvin. G. H. Dobbs. D. D.
Helm, C. B. Kitchens. O. T. Lott,
W. H. Lunsford, P. D. Madden.
F. S. McCord, J. O. Neely. Sam
P. Owens, H. M. Pullin and R.
C. Wyatt.
The following Officers and
Companions of Covington Coun
cil No. 41 R. & S. M., witnessed
the conferring of the Degrees
in dramatic form: W. J. Dingus,
Jr.. O. L. Fincher, C. H. Geiger,
J. L. Skinner and T. A. Skinner.
Schedule For
Local Renewal
Driver's License
Troopers of the State Patrol
will be in the following named
towns on the dates shown below
for the purpose of renewing
driver’s licenses through the
validating machine which will
save an applicant the trouble of
ording through the mail as the
license will be run through the
machine and given back to the
applicant.
Obtain your renewal driver’s
license by meeting the validat
ing machine on a date shown
for the city nearest you. This is
a special service the Depart
. ment of Public Safety is ren
dering to expedite the renew
ing of Drivers’ Licenses.
। Schedule of State Troopers’
visit to nearby towns is as fol
lows: (Hours are from 9 a.m.
until 5 p.m.):
COVINGTON: Saturday Feb.
14; Wednesday March 4; Satur
day, March 14; Monday. March
23; and Monday March 30.
MADISON: Thursday, Feb. 5;
Monday, Feb. 9; Thursday, Feb.
12; Monday, March 2; Thurs
day, Feb. 26; Thursday, March
5; Thursday, March 12; Mon
day, March 16; Thursday,
March 19; Thursday, March 26:
Saturday, March 28; and Tues
day, March 31.
SOCIAL CIRCLE: Monday,
Feb. 23.
MONROE: Friday, Feb. 6;
Friday, March 6; Saturday,
March 21; Friday, March 27.
More than half of the pedes
trians killed annually in auto
accidents reportedly jaywalked
or acted in an otherwise unsafe
manner, according to the Na
tional Safety Council.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY