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’MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
VOLUME 95
World Affairs Institute Big Success
By MARY S. MALLARD
Over three hundred keenly
interested followers of current |
events, including diplomats, I
educators and Emory al Oxford
students, heard representatives
from both sides of the Iron
Curtain discuss their views on
“Eastern Europe — Co-Exist
ence and Beyond” at Emory at
Oxford’s Fifth World Affairs
Institute held at Allen Memor
ial Church on the campus, Mon
day. ’
The Rev. J. W. Scarborough, 1
pastor, opened the Institute
with an invocation.
Dr. V. Y. C. Eady, EAO Dean,
cordially welcomed participants 1
and guests; and outlined the
Institute’s purpose as an effort
toward better understanding 1
Emory at Oxford Glee Club
Opens Tour at Douglasville
The Emory-at-Oxford Glee 1
Club will open its winter tour)
on Friday, February 13, with
a concert at the Douglas County
High School, Douglasville.
Other concerts scheduled on the
tour are: the First Methodist
Church, Cedartown, Saturday
night, February 14; the Morn
ingside Baptist Church, Huey
town, Ala., Sunday night, Feb
ruary 15; the First Methodist
Church, West Point, Monday
night, February 16, and the
First Methodist Church, Man
chester, Tuesday night, Feb
ruary 17.
The Glee Club, composed of
approximately 50 members is
under the direction of Harold
W. Mann. Accompanist is J. R.
Miller, Plant City, Fla. Assis
tant accompanist is Stephen
Johnson, Jr., West Point. Soloist
is Miss Julia Crum, Tifton. Of
ficers of the club are: Robert
Horton, Jesup, president; Bill
Chesser, Hueytown, Ala. Vice
president; Tom Grier, Blakely,
business manager; and Loyd
Williamson, Macon, represen
tative to Student Activities
Council. Section leaders are;
Ray Otwell, Bremen, Tenor I;
Dale Zorn, Florala, Ala., Tenor
II; Tom Owens, Newnan, Bass
I: and Jon Alliff, East Palatka,!
Fla., Bass 11.
Members of the club are:!
Tenor I—John Bargeron, Mil- ;
len; Neill Beavers, Jacksonville,
Fla.: Jerry Crawford, Commer
ce; Larry Jewett, Dawson; Ray
Otwell, Bremen; James Pope,
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above First row, left to right: Dale Zorn, Florala, Ala.: Robert Horton, Jesup; Robert Miller, Plant
City Fla accompanist; Tom Owens, Newnan, Jon Olliff, East Palatka, Fla.; Tom Grier, Blakely,
Loyd Williamson. Mhcon; Ray OtwelL Bremen; and Bill Chesser, Hueytown, Ala.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 - The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The CitiienObserver, Established in 1953
'and tolerance between peoples
I of our shrinking world, and dis
icernment of the Creator s de
sire that mankind should dwell
together in peace.
Especial recognition was paid
Harold Mann, Director of the
Institute, who with the Plan
ning Committee consisting of
Dr. Ernest L. Snodgrass, Prof.
C. Lee Harwell, Mrs. R. M.
Paty, Mrs. Hamlin Callahan,
International Relations Club of
Oxford, Thomas O. Grier, Miss
Geraldine Maddox, Miss Jane
Herndon, Miss Rosa Heine, Mrs.
R. R. Fowler and Mrs. Wendell
W. Crowe formulated plans for
the day.
Dr. J. Tom Askew, Assistant
Professor of Political Science,
University of Georgia presided
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i Grange; William H. Rowe, La-
Fayette, Ala.; Albert Turnell,
Madison;
Tenor ll—Jack Bulloch, Mon
ticello: Bill Chesser, Hueytown,
Ala.; Tom Grier, Blakely; Ed
die Hodges, Callahan, Fla.;
Lynn Huie, Monroe; Robert
Flanders, Wrightsville; Michael
Kennedy, Statesboro; Brent Mc-
Rae, Decatur; Phil Mcßae, Tal
botton; Dale Pichard, Talla
hassee, Fla.; Bill Reagan, At
lanta; John Fuller, Decatur;
William P. Smith, Stone Moun
tain; and Dale Zorn, Florala,
Ala.
Bass I —Frank Bidges, New
nan; Virgil Dorminy, Fitzger
ald; Robert Horton, Wrights
ville; Roger Lynn, Adel; Dock
McLaughlin, Lake City, Fla.;
■ James Moody, Cedartown; Tom
Owens, Newnan; Joseph Prince,
Rockmart; Dan Ragsdale, Li
thonia; Brown Scott, Oxford;
Jim Tiller, Swainsboro; Robert
Young, West Point; James
Youngblood, North Augusta, S.
C.
Bass II —David Cosby, Boca
Raton, Fla.; John Dowlen, Fitz
gerald; Kenneth Hodges, Blake
ly; O. B. Johnson, Waynesboro;
Van Knowles, Albany; Robert
Mattox, Cuthbert; Swanson Mil
lians, West Point; Maurice Miot,
Lyons; Sam Murray, Griffin;
Jon Olliff, East Palatka, Fla.;
Jack Reeves, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Ralph Reeves, La-
Grange; David Snodgrass, Ox
ford; and Noel Vandiver, Tig
nall.
She QJmrimjtnn Nms
over the morning session which
involved an "Acedemic Analy
sis” of the Institute’s subject;
and introduced Dr. Joseph
. Mathews, Professor of History,
i Emory University.
In discussing “The History of
Eastern Europe from the Con
gress of Berlin to Warld War
II”, Dr. Mathews defined East
ern Europe from the East-West
standpoint as Hungary, Poland,
Rumania, Czechoslovakia, East
Germany, the Baltic States and
the European portion of the
U.S.S.R. Despite the predomin
ance of Slavic peoples and lan
guage, there is little similarity
of opinion because of factors
which separate them as surely
as physical barriers, stated Dr.
Mathews. \
With the end of the Russo-
Turkish War in 1878 and the
San Stefano Treaty, the speak
er cited the abrogation of this
treaty, by which Russia as a
great power was forced to re
linquish concessions gained, as
the framework for development
of European history down to
1914. During this time the Tur
kish Sultan retained a weak
reign; Russia and Germany
quietly built up power. Bismark
formulated plans with Austria
as a permanent ally rather than
Russia; Rumania lost Bessara
bia to Russia; all of which add
ed up to Eastern Europe be
coming chiefly an area of riv
alry between Germany, Aus
tria-Hungary and Russia. Bri
tain entered only vaguely into
the picture; Autria-Hungary
could not learn how to deal
with neutrals within her bor
der and vainly determined to
attain compensation in the Bal
kins; Germany figured promin
ently and became a major voice
in affairs of the Balkan Penin
sula; and Russia pushed not
only to the southwest but to
Polish and Baltic areas with
the central goal of dominating
Turkish holdings.
Out of the uncertainties and
rivalry of this area came the
basis for World War I, with
more subsequent changes ef
fected than in the past several
centuries. Os the three great
empires of 1878 to 1914 none
survived the war as a strong
world wide power — Austria
Hungary fell to defeat, as did
Germany which for a decade
could not resume a role in
Southern European affairs; and
Russia embraced Communism
and was concerned with intern
al affairs to the exclusion of
former activity in this area. It
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959
Mrs. Cook Dies
Wednesday A.M.
Mrs. H. Claude (Eula Talley)
Cook died Wednesday morning,
February 11.
Survivors include her hus
band, H. Claude Cook of Cov
ington; three nieces. Miss Fran
ces Dekle and Miss Eugenia
Young, both of Valdosta, Mrs.
Bessie Y. Dubberley of Pasa
dena, Calif.; nephew, Cam
young of Valdosta; sister, Mrs.
Cam U. Young of Valdosta.
Funeral arrangements were
incomplete at press time but
will be announced later by
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family.
Rises Are Held
At Wadley For
Mrs. W. H. Cox
Funeral services for Mrs.
Walter Harrison Cox were held
at Wadley Baptist Church on
Friday, February 6, with the
Rev. Chandler Lanier and the
Rev. L. N. Hartsfield officiating
with interment in Wadley Cem
etery.
Mrs. Cox, the former Sallie
Holton, a native of Washington
County, was the mother of Mrs.
Bill Vaughn of Covington. Be
sides Mrs. Vaughn she leaves
three other daughters, three
sons, one sister, three brothers
and 16 grandchildren and one
great-grand-child.
The NEWS joins the friends
of Mrs. Vaughn in this section
in extending deepest sympathy
to them in their sorrow.
Carolyn Roberts
"DCT Student
Os Month" Here
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Carolyn Roberts was selected
DCT student-of-the-month for
January. Carolyn is a senior.
Vice-president of the local DCT
Club, chairman of the club’s
program committee, and Vice
president of the State Federa
tion of DCT Clubs. She is do
ing an outstanding job in both
local and state capacities.
Having earned the student
of-the-month honor, places
Carolyn in line to compete in
the student-of-the-year contest.
Only those students who have
been selected winners in the
monthly contests will be eligible
for the student-of-the-year a
wards.
Ficquett Gra-Y
Club Met. Wed.
1 The Gra-Y Club met Febru
ary 4. The devotional was given
by Joan Gasaway and Vickie
Reynolds.
The president presided over
the meeting and each officer
gave her report.
Mr. Hutchinson showed us a
nature film “Nature’s Half
Acre” which we enjoyed very
much.
—Betty Jean McElreath
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
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CAPT. WILSON P. SMITH
Covingtonian To Fly As
Crewmember SAC's Last 836
BIGGS AFB, Tex. — Capt.
Wilson P. Smith son of Mrs. H.
G. Smith of 213 Dearing St.,
Covington, will be Pilot on a
specially-selected crew to fly
the final mission of the last B-36
bomber in the Strategic Air
Command.
On Feb. 12, the aircraft will
take off from a Biggs Air Force
Base (Tex.) runway and streak
eastward toward Amon Carter
Field in Fort Worth. There,
near the site of its birth, the
huge intercontinental “Peace
maker” will be decommissioned
and placed on display as a per
manent memorial to a great
period in military aviation.
Take-off will be the last of
many thousands by this na
tion’s most formidable weapon
of peace for almost a decade.
Once airborne, the deep-throat
ed roar of her engines and dis
tinctive slap-slap of her propel
lers will be heard for the last
time.
With the passing of the B-36
from SAC’s inventory, an era
will have come to an end. It
was an era that will be record
ed in Air Force history as one
in which a tactical aircraft liv
ed its life-span without ever
dropping a bomb in anger. That
this aircraft was never compell
ed to release its death-dealing
power in war is a testimonial
to its greatness. The perfect
weapon is one that need never
be used. And without the B-36,
available as it was during per
iods of international tension,
the U. S. might have been forc
ed to fight a disastrous air war
of one-way missions. Now, her
usefulness at an end in an age
of jet flight and space explor
ation, she will be relegated to
the archives of an era past but
not forgotten.
Although the first operational
“Peacemaker” did not roll off
the Convair production line un
til 1948, it was actually conceiv
ed eight months prior to Pearl
Harbor. Nazi aggression in Eur
ope was meeting with pheno
menal success and America was
faced with the overwhelming
prospect of having to contest,
single-handedly, the Hitler war
machine. The defeat of Britain
—which appeared probable —
would leave us without Euro
pean allies and wnth no air bases
outside the Western hemis
phere.
The Army Air Corps recog
nized the need of a high alti
tude bomber that could carry’
a 10,000 pound bomb load to a
target 5,000 miles away and re
turn nonstop, haul 72,000
pounds of bombs at reduced
range, travel 300-400 miles an!
hour and take off and land on I
a 5,000 foot runway.
Developmental work on the
B-36 began in April 1941 but,
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Former Resident
Covington Dies
In New Orleans
Mrs. Joe R. Martin of Ar
lington, Texas, died Tuesday
night. February 10. in a New
Orleans, Louisiana hospital
where she had been critically ill
for the past six weeks. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow
(Friday) in Arlington with in
terment in the Arlington Ceme
tery.
Mrs. Martin was the former
Julia Clements of Moultrie and
was a former resident of Cov
ington during which time she
gained many friends who will
be sorry to hear of her passing.
She is the daughter-in-law of
Mrs. E. G. Martin and has a
large number of relatives here.
Surviving are four sons, Joe
R. Martin Jr. and Gary Martin
; both of Sacramento, California;
:Ld Martin and Gene Martin
both of Arlington and two
grandsons of Sacramento.
The NEWS joins the many
friends here in extending deep
est sympathy to the members
of the bereaved family.
Mrs. J. P. Cook
Is Inferred At
Mansfield, Fri.
Funeral services for Mrs. J.
P. Cook, 52, who died Wednes
day in a private hospital in At
lanta were held Friday at
Spring Hill. The Rev. Willard |
Moore officiated. Burial was in
Mansfield, Ga.
Mrs. Cook was in charge of
the fire and casualty depart
ment at the Aetna Life Insur- (
ance Co. here, where she had 1
been employed since 1925.
Mrs. Cook, the former Anna J
j Robertson, was a native of 1
Mansfield. She lived at 2148 ‘
Fairhaven Cir., N.E. in Atlanta.
Survivors are her husband, -
who is employed by the Equip- J
ment Service Co.; her mother, 1
Mrs. Capers Robertson, Mans- 1
field: and three brothers, E. M. '
and R. H. Robertson, both of At- ’
lanta, and H. C. Robertson,
Mansfield.
The News joins their many 1
friends in extending deepest J
sympathy to the bereaved fam- s
ily. 1
This Paper Is Covington's
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Pratt, Morcock and Banks Real
Estate Agency Opens In Covington
S. Morcock
E. Pratt
The firm of Pratt, Morcock
and Banks Realty Company,
Inc. has formally opened its
doors for business in Newton
County, with offices in The
Bank of Coungton Building.
The members of the firm are
four prominent businessmen of
Covington: Everett and Money
I Pratt, S. J. Morcock and Ben
|T. Banks.
The principle activities of the
J company will be the buying and
selling of real estate, including
residential, commercial and
Tarm property; also the con
struction of homes and the de
velopment of subdivisions. It
: will serve Newton and sur
rounding counties, and will be
able to obtain FHA and VA
loans for those who wish to
buy a home.
Everett and Money Pratt have
long been engaged in various
business activities in Covington,
including lumber and pulpwood
yards, cons truc t i n g homes,
farming and peach growing. S.
J. Morcock and Ben Banks are
partners in Morcock & Banks
Insurance Agency, one of the
oldest established insurance
agencies in Covington.
Heading the new firm is
Everett Pratt, a past president
I of the Covington Kiwanis Club
[member of the Official Boarc
of the First Methodist Church
and member of the Covingtor
City Planning Commission.
Money Pratt is a past presi
dent of the Covington Rotary
Club and is a former member
of the City Council. He is an
active worker at the Church of
The Good Shepherd, Episcopal.
S. J. Morcock, an Elder in
the Covington Presbyterian
Church, is also a past president
of the Covington Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Morcock is active in Boy
Scout work and is an awardee
of the coveted Silver Beaver
Citation for Adults.
Ben Banks is President of the
Methodist Men’s Club, and is
on the Official Board of the
First Methodist Church. He is
a member of the Covington
Kiwanis Club, and is a past
president of the Forsyth Lions
Club, where he resided before
moving to Covington some two
years ago.
In commenting on the serv
ices the firm will offer, Everett
Pratt said, “We have felt that
Covington and Newton County
need a business of this type. We
would like to assure the public
that each member of our firm
will take a personal interest in
each client, whether it is to sell
his property or help him to be
come a home owner.”
“We feel that our experience
in home building and in the in
surance business will qualify us
to render a competent service
to persons buying or selling
real estate in the county,” he
added.
The office of Pratt, Morcock
and Banks Company at 104
Bank Building is open six days
a week, and by appointment.
Adams Family
Shoe Store Opens
A new shoe store has been
opened in Covington and has
been named Adams Family
Shoe Store. Owner and mana
ger of the store is Bert Adams
lof Covington.
The location of the store is ;
at 14 West Public Square, next
door to the William E. Daught
rey Insurance Agency. A form
al opening will be held in the
near future, according to Mr.
Adams.
Mr. Adams says that his
store will feature shoes for the
family and that the public will
be informed of the many se
lections in footwear in adver
tisements in The Covington
News.
For control of poultry disease
laboratory diagnosis should be
secured before treatment is
started, say poultrymen at the
Agricultural Extension Service. ।
M. Pratt
B. Banks
Grier Stephenson
Is Candidate For
"Y" Youth Office
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!Y and Tri-Hi-Y leaders have
n announced their candidacy for
offices at the Fourteenth An
_ nual State Y.M.C.A. Youth As
y sembly which will be held
r March 5,6, and 7, at the State
n Capitol in Atlanta.
,f Seeking the office of Speaker
[. of the House will be Grier Ste
n phenson, Covington; Bob Wal
q ter, Cornelia; Bob Pannell,
t Thomson; Reese Davis, Toccoa;
i. Jerry Blasingame, Monroe;
Herbie Seymore, Elberton; Ron
e ny Arthur, Madison; and John
* Hardman, Commerce.
Young Stephenson is the son
; of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ste
s phenson.
> Jane McCracken, Wrens; Jo
s Anna McElrath, Sandersville;
! and Nancy Harrison, Winder,
t will be campaigning for Secre
-5 tary of the Senate.
> Other top offices which will
> be filled in the Youth Assembly
elections are those of Youth
, Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
President Pro-Tern of the Sen
ate, and Speaker Pro-Tern of
the House. All of the candi-
, dates were nominated by their
. local Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs.
The Youth Assembly is a
Youth and Government project
of the State Y.M.C.A. of Geor
. gia which seeks to give high
school boys and girls practical
training in state government.
Nearly 800 leaders of Georgia
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs are
registered to attend this year's
Assembly.
Knights Templar
Inspection Held
St. Bernard Commandery No.
25 K. T., Annual Inspection held
i in the Covington Masonic Tem
ple, Tuesday, February 3rd at
7.00 p.m. The Order of Malta
was conferred by Sir Knight
Howard Brooks and others.
Inspection ofiicer congratu
lated the Commander and Offi
cers on their good work.
The Commandery honored by
the presence of Grand Com
mander E. Alton Rogers, of
, Milledgeville, Grand Captain
General Carl F. Lester, Jr., of
Decatur and George H. McKee,
Eminent Prior of Cherokee
Rose Priory No. 56 of Atlanta,
Ga.
There were present repre
sentives from eight different
Commanderies of the State.
The Commander is Mark T,
Davis and immediate past Com
mander is W. J. Dingus, Jr.
Miss Hilda Dailey, home
management specialist, Agricul
tural Extension Service, says
when buying a car on install
ment it is a good idea to com
pare cost of credit from differ
ent sources.
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