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Congratulations to Emory at
Oxford, Director Harold Mann
and those responsible for mak
ing the Fifth World Affairs In
stitute possible at Allen Me
morial Church, Monday! De- j
spite the rain, there was a good
attendance, and everyone en- j
joyed the discussions on “East- |
ern Europe — Coexistence and ।
Beyond”, although some of us
may have come away, “still
confused — but, on a higher
level” as one speaker put it.
Good wishes are winging
their way, via Bluebirds of Hap
piness to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph'
Rickenbaker, whose marriage
at the Our Lady of the Assump
tion Church in Atlanta, Satur
day contributed to the week s j
calendar of social events. Mr.
Rickenbaker is state news edi
tor of the Atlanta Journal, and
we join hosts of friends
throughout the state in wishing
him and his lovely bride, the
former Miss Sally Thompson,
much happiness in the Marital ,
end continued success in the
much happiness in the “Mari
tal”, and continued success in
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World Day Os
Prayer Service
Friday Night
“World Day Os Prayer” will
be observed in Covington Fri
day evening at the First Metho
dist Church at 7:30 o’clock. The
program is sponsored by the
Newton County Ministerial As
sociation and is a community
wide project.
Ministers of the county will
take part in the informal pray
er program and the general
public has been invited to at
tend.
"Happy Days"
Kindergarten
Registration
Mrs. Ben Banks announces
that registration for the fall
term of the Happy Day Kinder
garten will be held on Friday,
February 20 at the American
Legion Hall. The hours will be
from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Children four and five years
old will be eligible to register.
The first months fee of $lO will
be required upon registration.
Service Guild
Kindergarten
Registration
Mrs. D. M. Johnson, chair
man of the Service Guild Kin
dergarten committee, announces
registration will be held Fri
day, Februar” 20, from 8:30
a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the
Girl Scout Lodge on Newton
Drive.
The fee for next year will be
$lO for the first month, with
fee payable at the time of reg
istration. Children 4-1/2 and
5 years of age will be eligible.
Mrs. Hugh McDonald, teach
er, will be present to meet the
parents and children.
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World Affairs Institute held Monday at Emory at Oxford are
shown in the picture above. Front row, left to right: Hans Krause,
chancellor, Atlanta Austrian consulate; Kjel Oberg, presscounse
-1“ Swedish embassy; Dr. Marian Dobrosxelski, First Secretary,
Polish Embassy; The Hon. Silviu Brucan, Rumanian Envoy; Gran-
S RamS“Atlanta. British consul; Dr. A V. Berger-Voesen
dorf. Georgia Stat. College; Robert Bunxl. Austrian consul of
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If 7 GLOWER ELECTED ROTARY PRESIDENT
Local National Guard Starts Recruiting Drive
18 Vacancies Exist Now
For Recruits-Capt Morgan
The Newton County National Guard Unit, commanded
by Capt. Oliver A. M^ gan, begins this week an extensive
recruiting campaign The local unit is Company A, 161st
Tank Bn. Capt. Morgan states that his unit has approxi
mately 18 vacancies, and the assignments which are open
now in the company include
light truck drivers, mechanics,
tank drivers and other tank
crew members.
The local Guard unit is ele
ven years old this month, hav
ing been organized as Cannon
Company, 122nd Regiment in
February, 1948, and is now a
part of the 161st Tank Bn., with
headquarters in Milledgeville.
There are many benefits
which are a part of membership
in the National Guard, Capt.
Morgan pointed out. Some of
the most important benefits in
clude a full day of pay (based
upon rank) for each two hour
drill period, retirement pay for
those who complete 20 years
service, Regular Army service
schools for cooks, bakers, me
chanics and other technicians
which could easily add to civil
ian earnings, correspondence
courses to further their Nation
al Guard career, and many
other advantages.
Recent changes in the Draft
, law make membership in the
National Guard even more ad
i vantageous. Under new rules,
members who join before they
। receive their notice to report
I for induction may complete
j their military obligation at
home, with six months training
at nearby Army posts. Capt.
I Morgan stated that he, or any
!of the men in his company,
would be glad to explain more
fully this program
The Armory is located on
Carroll St. A full time Admin
istrative Technician will be at
the Armory each week-day and
the company meets each Mon
day night from 7:30 til 9:30.
The age limits for membership
in the National Guard are 17
to 35. Young men who eventu
ally will be drafted as well as
veterans who have no military
obligation will be welcomed at
the armory and in most cases
veterans will be able to keep
their active duty rank.
Newton 4-H'ers Appear
On TV Sat., Feb. 21
Newton County 4-H Clubs
will present “4-H Club Hour”
on W.A.G.A. - TV. Saturday,
February 21st at 12:00 o'clock
noon.
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gton Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen Observer, Established
I New Members
Join Newton
Chamber Com.
Two new members were
formally welcomed into mem
bership of the Newton County
Chamber of Commerce at the
February meeting of the or
ganization held Monday at the
Teen Can building. Sears, Roe
buck and Company and West
ern Auto Associate Store were
represented by Mrs. Adrian
Capes and Hy Simmons, respec
tively.
Presiding at the monthly
meeting was President Carl
Smith. E. G. Lassiter, Jr. car
ried out the duties of Secretary
John Jernigan who was absent
due to a court session at Deca
. tur.
Herbert Vining introduced
Mrs. Harry Faulkner, Chairman
of the Newton County Heart
Fund drive. She announced that
free films will be shown on
heart subjects at NCHS audi
torium Wednesday, February
18 th.
Dan Clower, Chairman of the
Chamber’s Industrial Develop
ment Committee, made his re
port.
Some 35 members were pres
ent for the luncheon meeting.
William Cowan
Elected President
Georgia Law Class
। ATHENS — William W.
Cowan of Oxford has been
elected president of the third
year law class at the University
of Georgia Law School.
! Other officers are Julian R.
Friedman of Savannah, vice
• president, and Jack Bracy of
Atlanta, secretary-treasurer.
Atlanta. Second row. left to right: Prof. Harold W. Msnii, Chair
man of the Institute; Dr. Ernest S. Lent, Visiting Prof, of Political
Science. Emory University; Dr. William A. Beardslee, Director of
Graduate Institute, Emory University: Dr. Rollin Chambliss, Prof,
of Sociology. University of Georgia; Dr. C. Jay Smith, Jr„ Asso.
Prof, of History, University of Georgia: Prof. Richard L. G u "* er '
Emory-ai-Oxford: Dean Virgil Y. C. Eady. Emory-at-Oxford. (See
article on Page 9).
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959
Miss Linda Bates Named "Sweetheart Queen"
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Newton-Rockdale
Had 90 Fires
During The Year
Preliminary reoorts indicate
that forest fires burned less
acres than ever in Georgia in
1958, Newt on-Rockdale County
Ranger James Pinson said this
week.
Reports from all over the
state are being analyzed at the
Macon Headquarters of the
Georgia Forestry Commission.
Final figures will be available
later this month.
There were 90 forest fires in
Newton and Rockdale in 1958
which burned 433.51 acres.
Average size was 4.82 acres.
“Fire prevention is more im
portant than ever,” the ranger
pointed out, “for the record
pine tree planting program of
this and preceding years has
put more and more vulnerable
young trees in our woodlands.
Any size fire seriously damages
or kills these trees.”
Rev. Callaway
Kiwanis Speaker
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,
Covington, will be the main
speaker at the Covington Ki-
wanis Club
meeting tod a y
(Thursday) a t
the American
Legion Home at
1 o’clock.
The speaker
today will be
introduced by
Fred Harwell,
Kiwanis chair- :
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Rev. Callaway
man of the Support of Churches
Committee.
Rev. Callaway has been an
active minister in work of the
Stone Mountain Baptist Asso
ciation of which his church is
a member. Also he has taken a
leading role in Georgia Baptist
Convention work for many
year. He came to the Covington
Church on November 4, 1951.
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James Duncan, Tara District
Chairman, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, was the main speaker at
the Kiwams meeting Thursday.
He was introduced to the as
semblage by Homer F. Sharp,
who has a similar position with
the Newton-Rockdale District
Boy Scouts.
Mr. Duncan’s speech was in
keeping with the National Boy
Scout Week, which is being
celebrated throughout the
United States this week.
The speaker injected a bit of
humor into his talk by render
ing an essay on “A Boy.” The
description of “A Boy” was
most amusing.
Kiwanian Carl Smith intro
duced the visitors who includ
ed William McGwigan, Atlan
ta; John Clewlow, Forest Park;
John Gibson, Hampden; Bob
Campbell. Newnan; Tommy
Wiley, Key Clubber of NCHS;
Jakie Hooten and Linda Bates,
cheerleaders for the local high
school.
Miss Bates made a short talk
on sportsmanship and asked
that all the Kiwanians present
attend the games coming up in
the two tournaments.
The songfest rendition by the
club members was “The Little
Red Caboose.” Song leader was
Dean V. Y. C. Eady for this
special number in which he
sang the first stanza as a solo.
Businessmen Assn.
Re-Elects Officers
For Coming Year
The Covington Businessmen’s
Association held a stockholders’
' meeting Monday at the conclu-
I sion of the Newton County
Chamber of Commerce meeting
at the Teen Can.
An election of officers for
the year 1959 was held and the
same slate of officials were un
animously elected for the en
suing year. Robert Fowler is
president of the group, Herbert
Vining secretary-treasurer, Don
Wood, vice-president, and the
other members of the board of
directors are Marion Piper and
Ed King.
Herbert Vining gave his sec
retary-treasurer’s report and
it was accepted as given.
Legion Auxiliary
To Start Drive
For Clothing
The American Legion Auxili
ary Unit No. 32, in Covington,
will join the units throughout
the nation in the “Save the
Children Federation” during
the months of March and April,,
Mrs. Luke Hill, local child wel- '
fare chairman, announced this
week.
This project was started
several years ago and has been
very successful in bringing
warm clothes to children and
adults throughout the world.
It is sponsored by the Ameri- ;
can Legion Auxiliaries through- '
out the nation and clothes are
sent to desperate families |
through the United States and
other countries.
The Newton County High
School and Covington Junior
High are cooperating in this
worth while project. I
Items needed for both chil
dren and adults include blan- ■
kets, bootees, cloth coats, cot- I
ton dresses, diapers, dungarees,
hats, knit caps, overalls, over- j
shoes, pajamas, pants, sheets,
skirts, stockings, sweaters, un- ■
derwear, work shoes, low-heel- ;
ed shoes are especially request
ed. . I
Anyone wishing to partici
pate in this project by donating
the above items may send them
to either the schools mentioned
above or call Mrs. Luke Hill at
2969 and she will pick them up.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Richardson Is Secretary,
Hoffman Named Treasurer
Dan M. Clower, popular freight line operator of Cov
ington, was elected president of the Covington Rotary Club
for the year 1959-1960 at the regular luncheon meeting
Tuesday at the Teen Can.
Covington Mills 1
Increases Wages
Covington Mills, an affiliate
of M. Lowenstein and Sons,
Inc., has announced an increase
in earnings effective Mmday,
February 16, according to
George Jolley, plant manager.
Mr. Jolley issued the follow
ing statement:
“While a most appreciable
improvement in the textile in
dustry is taking place and we
are, in fact, beset with a lot
of problems including compet
ing with cheap goods shipped
in from Japan and Hong Kong,
rievertheless, in view of trends
of time we are glad to announce
to our people an increase in
earnings beginning February
I 16, 1959, exact amount will be
j given to them later in the
1 week.”
Heart Films To
Be Shown In
Newton County
Highlighting the opening of
the 1959 Heart Fund Drive lo
cally will be the presentation
of heart films at the Newton
County High School on Wed
nesday, February 18th at 8:30
p.m. The film “Valiant Heart”
is a dramatic case histctry study
of rheumatic heart disease of
an 8 year old. Early diagnosis
and prompt treatment gives the
boy a good chance of complete
recovery. Convalescence at
home is successful because phy
sician, health nurse, teachers,
neighbors and family cooperate
to see that he gets the care he
needs.
Mrs. Harry Faulkner is New
ton County chairman for the
Heart Fund Drive now in pro
gress.
The films “Coronary Heart
Disease”, “High Blood Pres
sure” “Strokes” deal with the
three major adult heart dis
eases.
Dr. J. Gordon Barrow, Presi
dent of the Georgia Heart Asso
ciation together with Newton
County physicians, Drs. Good
win Tuck, E. J. Callaway, R. M.
Paty and Harry Faulkner,
Hospital Director Mrs. Helen
Dickinson, and Newton County ।
Nurse Miss Peggy Jaynes will ■
hold a “Questions and Answers” |
period following the films. They
will discuss the facts about the
heart and its diseases, hospital I
and home care, diagnostic de- :
velopments, and methods rs
prevention and treatment I
heart dLeases.
The February Heart Fund i
Drive offers the greatest op- .
portunity during the entire
year to place needed informa
tion into the hands of the pub
lic. By attending this program
at Newton County High School
on Wednesday, February 18th
at 8:30 p.m., for which there
will be no charge, the layman
will be richly rewarded by fac
tual information on the treat
ment, cause and cure of heart
diseases from which an estimat
ed 300,000 Georgians suffer. |
The films will be shown at
the R. L. Cousins School for
the colored population on Thurs
day, February 19th at 8:00 p.m.
The nublic is cordially invit
ed, indeed urged, to attend the
showings of these films.
NUMBER 7
Completing the officer slate
for the new club year will be
Zig Callaway, immediate past
president who will become the
vice-president; Whitlow Rich
ardson, secretary; Bill Hoffman,
treasurer; and
board of direc
tors members:
Dr. Jim Purcell,
E. G. Lassiter,
;Jr., Bill Wolfe,
■and Alvin Rape.
(The entire slate
will be install
led in July.
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Dan Clower
graduate of the University of
I Georgia, Athens, was a member
of the Bulldog varsity basket
ball team under Coach Rex En
right and also lettered on the
baseball team.
He has held numerous state
and local offices as an active
member of the American Le-
I gion. Mr. Clower is a past com
mander of Newton County Post
32, and served as Commander
1 of the Fourth District Legion
naires in recent years. He is
a member of the First Metho
dist Church, Covington, and is
presently chairman of the New
ton County Chamber of Com
merce Industrial Development
Committee.
The Clowers, who reside at
903 Floyd Street, are the par
ents of a daughter and a boy.
Lynn Clower is a student at
NCHS and Danny is enrolled in
the E. L. Ficquett School, Cov
ington.
The new Rotary President
headed the Covington Area
Soap Box Derby last July and
expertly handled the ground
work for the local Rotary
sponsored annual event.
Main speaker at the Rotary
meeting Tuesday was Hi Mc-
Grath, a Rotarian of Mansfield,
Ohio.
Mr. McGrath is a past Dis
trict Governor of District 229
and is presently serving Rot
ary as Sergeant-At-Arms for
International Assembly at Lake
Placid, New York.
Two very enjoyable songs
were rendered by the “Happy
Four Quartette” whose mem
bers are William Crawford,
Wallace Eawards, Bonham
Johnson and Johnny Jonnson.
Baptist Conference
Here February 24
A conference on evangelism
and denominational work for
i Georgia Baptists will De held
at Covington, Tuesday, Feb.
' 24, Dr. Searcy S. Garrison,
Georgia Baptist Convention
executive secretary, announced
today.
Sessions for the conference
begins at 2:30 p.m., and contin
ues until 9 a.m., with an inter
mission for supper.
Special sessions will be con
ducted for Sunday School
workers, WMU leaders, and on
the work of the Baptist Broth
erhood, Royal Ambassadors,
Training Union, Stewardship,
Georgia Baptist Foundation,
Evangelism, associational offi
cers, and on retirement.
Former P-TA
Presidents at
Porterdale Meet
PORTERDALE—Every form
er President of the Porterdale
P.T.A. since its organization in
1933 is cordially invited and
urged to attend the P. T. A.
meeting in the School Cafeteria
on Thursday evening, February
19, at seven o’clock. In obser
vance of Founders Day, Feb
ruary 17, all former presidents
will be recognized and honored.