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Two hundred end twenty
seven years ago, the first day
of next week, a son was born
to a prosperous farm couple in
Bridges Creek Plantation, on the
Potomac River in Westmoreland
County, Va. On the ca.2ndars
of that day it was February 11,
by today’s calendar, it was- on
February 22—and there are
few first graders throughout
the land who cannot tell you
that it is the birthday of George
Washington — Father of our
Country, “First in War, First
in Peace and First in the Hearts
of his Countrymen” he was
then; and to the vast majority
of Americans he still holds this
first place. However, we are
prone to think of him most of
ten as the great General who
led his country to victory
against sverwhelming edds; or
the great President who laid
the groundwork of our Ameri
ecan Way of Life.
George Washington was also
a great lover of the soil, a trait
he no doubt inherited from his
English ancestors. He romped
and played, fished and swam
and developed an affinity with
the good earth, during his boy
hood on first the Epsewasson
plantation on the Patomac, and
Jater the Ferry Farm on the
Rappahannock, much as the
typical farm boy of today. He
grew up to be among other
firsts, one of the first American
scientific farmers. He kept in
constant touch with agricultur
al experts at home and in Eng
land; imported trees and shrubs
from foreign lands, was experi
menting with alfalfa as early as
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Covington R&SM
Meets Monday
A regular assembly of Cov
ington Ceuncil No. 41, R. & S.
M., will be held Monday even
ing, Feb. 23rd, at 8:00 P.M.
Companions welcome.
By order of: O. L. Fincher,
Master W. J. Dingus, Jr., Re
corder. '
Cook School
Members of the Green Thumb
Garden Club with the aid of
the Covington Furniture Com
pany is planning not only a
festive culinary school but an
evening of entertainment in
this field, complete with free
refreshments, samples of deli
cious food prepared by Miss
Newell, Home Demonstration
expert from Atlanta, and loads
of beautiful and useful door
prizes contributed by Coopera
tive Businessmen throughout
the Newton County area.
Topping the gifts to be given
away is a new Philco Range
for the lucky ticket holder.
Members of the club will have
tickets available to the public
for only fifty cents, and you do
not have to be present to win.
The time is March 12 at 7:30
p.m. The place — E. L. Ficquett
Cafetorium. For tickets call
Mrs. G. L. Dennison, 3755.
City Starts New Billing
System; Machines Bought
A National Cash Register
RBilling Machine and an Ad
dressograph-Multigraph Mac
hine have been put into opera
tion by City Hall employees
and thus a new billing system
for users of svater, gas and
electricity in the city will start
with the bills sent out March}
3. |
The new system will put into ‘
practice a new procedure in
paying utility bills in the fu-
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sure. Each customer will be as
signed an account number and
they will need a customer’s
copy to expedite payment of
their bill at City Hall.
Operators of the billing ma
ehine will be Mrs. Allene Bur
ton, Mrs. Frances Sockwell and
Miss Glenda ¥ancey, city hall
@ = The (ouvington News
VOLUME 8§
DOP /,0-DOOR HEART FUND CANVASS SUNDAY
Horse Show Is Scheduled For Legion Field
May 6th Event Wil
Definite plans have been announced for a Horse Show
at Legion Field in Covington on Wednesday, May 6th, ac
cording to the sponsors of the event the Newton County
Post 32 American Legion. Chairman of the show will be
Ed Hunt, Newton County Agent.
The show, which will be
comparable to the Stone Moun
tain, Rockmart, and Lawrence
ville shows in magnitude and
spectacle, will be one of the
circuit which features cham
pions in some 22 classes in
walking, pleasure and gainted
horses. The manager of the lo
cal show will be Col. James
Seashole, of Atlanta and Lutz,
Florida, who has successfully
started and operated such shows
all over the Southland.
Commander Ty Cason of the
American Legion said yester
day that the show will be one
of the biggest events of its kind
ever staged in Newton County
and that the show will afford
lovers of show horses an ex
cellent opportun’ty to see the
best horses in the South here.
At Jeast 8 Southern States will
be represented in the entry list,
Commander Cason added. How
‘ever, many events of the show
will be for Newton County en
tries.
‘ In the final championships of
the evening the prize money
iwill include SBO.OO for first
place, $60.00 second place,
$40.00 third place, and $20.00
:fourth place in each event.
Other classes for the show,
which is scheduled to start at
4:30 in the afternoon and con
tinue on through the evening
(except for box lunch break),
are listed as walking horses or
ponies for juvenile riders 18
years of age and wunder, local
pleasure class (16 years and
under and 16 years and older),
open pleasure (any age), ama
teur walking horses and ama-=
teur three-gaited, pony roadsters
and many other classes. i
An official entry application
blank is being mailed out this
week to all horse owners in
Georgia and other Southern
States. Information and inquir
ies should be addressed to Ed
Hunt, Covington, Georgia; or
to Col. James Seashole, Bilt
more Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia.
The ehampionships in classes
16 tnrough 22 are as follows:
16 Palomino Championship.
17 Roadster Championship.
19 Three Gaited Champion
ship.
20 Fine Harness Champion
ship.
21 Walking Horse Champion~}
ship. |
22 Five Gaited Championship. |
employees. Supervisor of the
two machines will be Harry
Cowan, City Comptroller. :
The two machines were pur
chased from DeKalb County at |
less than a fourth of their orig-|
inal cost a litle more than a
year ago. Due to the Covington |
increase in growth of utilities
and also recent annexation of
areas to the city, it became
necessary to enlarge the facili
ties of the administrative de-|
partment. When city officials |
discovered that DeKalb County |
was changing to IBM equipment
|the new system was purchased |
at a considerable saving. |
The Addressograph-Multi
graph machine, which prints, |
addresses and stamps the bills |
from a roll of paper, is installed |
in the basement of the City |-
Municipal Building (Old Gym- |
nasium) on Conyers Street. The |
'billing machine is in the present |
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| Mrs. McDonald
| Is Soloist On
| Kiwanis Program
| Mrs. Hugh McDonald will be
| the featured soloist at the Cov
ington Kiwanis meeting' pro
| gram today (Thursday) at the
| American Legion Home at 1
' | o’clock. Piano accompanist will
| be Mrs. Robert Fowler.
'| Mrs. McDonald has appeared
‘|at many recitals in Newton
| County as guest soloist, most
| recently with the Newton
| County High School band’s
| Christmas concert. She is pres
| ently the teacher of the Service
| Guild Kindergarten.
C. D. Ramsey, Jr. is in charge
| of the program today.
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'| Main speaker at the Kiwanis
| meeting Thursday was the Rev
{erend Edgar A. Callaway, pas
|tor of the First Baptist Church,
| Covington. Rev. Callaway was
introduced by Fred Harwell,
|Kiwanis chairman of the Sup
| port of Churches Committee.
| Don Wood, vice-president of
| the elub, presided at the meet
|ing in the absence of President
Ed Robinson.
The Covington minister chose
for his subject the 122nd Psalm.
Present as guests of the club
were other ministers of the city,
the Reverend Peyton Splane,
Rector of the Church of The
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Dr. Wm. Cannon
Chapel Speaker
Monday at EAO
Dr. William R. Cannon, Dean
of the Candler School of Theol
ogy, Emory Umversity, will be
the guest speaker at the Chapel
Assembly at Allen Memorial
Church Monday, February 23
at 10 A. M.
Dr. Cannon served as pastor
at Allen Memorial and teacher
of Bible at Emory College in
1942-43. He has many friends
in Oxford and Covington.
The public is cordially invited
to hear Dr. Cannon’s speech
Monda.
‘City Hall on Clark Street.
City Clerk William Crawford
said that the city was adding
new subscribers to the utilities
departments of the city at a
rate of some 40 per month. He
said that last years’ new cus
tomers in all departments num
bered over 460.
Mr. Crawford also said that
the City has purchased a vali
dating machine which will
make this system modern and
efficient. All the equipment is
in first class condition and ap
parently runs perfectly.
Mayor Nat Turner tearmed
the new system as “fullfilling
Covington’s need for years to
come as the equipment will
handle more than 40,000 bills
per month, and will reduce the
cost of billing at least 50-60
pet.”
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1959
DCT Club Members Present Program At Lions Club
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PICTURED ABOVE are D.C.T. Club members who presented the program at the Lions Club meet
ing held last Thursday night at the American Legion Home. They are, seated, left to right: Ann
Hawkins, Peggy Chafin and Dianne Faulk. Back row, left o right: Patsy Martin, Robert House
worth, Richard Gray, Doris Jeffries and Carolyn Roberts. (See article on Page 9)
Newton leachers!
Hear Pres. Miner
. Randall Miner, president of
!the Georgia Education Associa
tion, was guest speaker on
Tuesday afternoon when the
Newton County Teachers Asso
ciation met. The meeting was
held in the Newton County
High School Auditorium with
the local president, E. D. What
ley, presiding.
Mr. Miner was introduced by
J. W. Richardson, Newton
County School Superintendent.
The Newton County teachers
enjoyed Mr. Miner’s interesting
and informative talk on present
school problems, the actions of
the Georgia Legislature in re
gard to our schools, and plans
for future progress.
Mr. Miner is well qualified
for his complimentary and re
sponsible position. He has spent
30 years in school service in
Georgia. Twenty-two of these
vears were spent in Floyd
County. At present, Mr. Miner
is president cf Shorter College,
Rome, Ga.
Telephone Co.
Promotes Remley
Southern Bell announced this
week that Joe Remley, Service
Foreman in Covington will be
promoted to Central Office
Foreman in Athens, Georgia,
effective March Ist.
Mr. Remley has been asso
ciated with Southern Bell in
Covington for the last 19 years.
Prior to his moving to Coving
ton in December 1939 he had
travelled the state for the com
pany in the capacity of Service
Salesman. He was promoted to
Covington Service Foreman in
1953. Mr. Remley is a member
of the Presbyterian Church and
the Elks Club.
The new Service Foreman,
Russell J. Parker, is an elec
tricial engineering graduate of
the Citadel. Upon graduation he
entered the U. S. Corp of En
gineers and was discharged as
a Ist Lieutenant. He started
his ' telephone career immedi
ately upon discharge. Mr.
Parker’s last assignment was as
Repair Supervisor in the office
of the General Plant Supervi
sor in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rams Play Tonight
Newton County Rams will see
action tonight (Thursday) in
the Region 4AA Tournament at
Cross Keys gym at 8 o’clock.
Headland is the opponent.
If the Rams survive the game
tonight they will play the win
ner of the Gainesville-Camp
bell (Fairburn) game Friday
night at 9:30 o’clock.
Nafional Guard Open House
Sunday Afternoon 2 'til 6
Members of Company A,
161st Tank Bn., Georgia Na
tional Guard, Sunday celebrate
“Muster Day” with an open
house at the Newton County
National Guard Armory. Plans
for the open house were an
nounced . this week by Capt.
Oliver A. Morgan, Company
commander of the local Guard
‘unit.
~ Capt. Morgan said that Mus
ter Day will be observed in
connection with- Washington’s
Birthday by Army and Air Na
tional Guard units throughout
the Continental United States,
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico,
and some 470,000 Army and
Air Guardsmen will conduct
celebrations to honor our first
President, himself a colonel in
the Virginia Militia.
Although the Guard recog
nizes Washington’s Birthday as
Muster Day, it actually traces
its founding back long before
Washington. Older than our na
tion itself, the 10lst Engineer
Bn and the 182nd Infantry of
Massachusetts were organized
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Georgia Education Association President Is Speaker at Local Teachers Meet
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RANDALL MINER, President of the Georgia Education Associa
tion, was the main speaker at the Newion County Teachers As
sociation meeting Tuesday afternoon at the NCHS auditorium.
Shown in the photo above are, from left so right: J. W. (Whit)
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| "The Rambler
l The first issue of the New
ton County High School news
| paper “The Rambler” is off the
| press
| Editor of the paper is Han
‘|nah Reynolds and her assistants
| were Mozelle Biggers and Cin
dy Carson. The faculty advisor
is Mrs. Howard Brooks.
Interesting articles in the pa
per included the Sweetheart
| Queen contest, Beta Club Mem
bership, Basketball tournament,
Student Council Officers, Band
activities, Apprentice Teachers,
‘|Y Club news, FFA news, DCT
news, Latin Club mnews, and
many personal items.
The Rambler is a four-page
| tabloid newspaper and the is
sue marks the first time that a
paper of this kind has been
printed for the school vtudenta.‘
at the school.
20000
Volunteers To Visit Count
.
Homes Starting At 1.
5 .
The month-long 1959 Heart Fund drive will reach a high
point on Sunday, February 22 when Newton County citizens
will form a Heart Sunday volunteer group to carry the
fight against the heart diseases to every home in this area.
Miss Bell Gardner |
Receives Life |
Membership Pin |
|
Miss Bell Gardner was pre- |:
sented a'Life Membership Pin |;
at the February meeting of the |
Hopewell Presbyterian Wo- |
man’s Missionary Society, giv=-|
en by her sisters, Misses Leila |/
and Eva Gardner,
“Miss Bell” has been a mem- |
ber of the society for approki-|
mately sixty years. For a num
ber of years she was away
teaching school and could not
attend the meetings nor take
an active part in the work of
the society, but during these
years she was a regular con
tributor of her tithes and offer
ings.
She is a faithful and loyal
member, rarely missing a meet
|ing. and gives freely of her
time, her talent and her money
‘to the society that she loves
$0 much. |
Miss Eva Gardner, Thank
Offering Secretary, made the
presentation,
Golden Fleece |
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Communication
Next Tuesday
The Regular communication
‘of Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6,
F. & A. M., will be held in
tMasonic Temple, next Tuesday
'evening, February 24, 1959 at
|7:30 p.m. Business meeting and
l practice. Visitors are cordially
invited. Light refreshments will
be served.
~ Joel T. Bowen. Worshipful
Master. By W. J. Dingus, Jr.
Veterans Sesvice Office |
To Close Mon., Tues. l:
The Veterans Service Office, |
located in the Courthouse, will|:
be closed Monday, February 23,
a holiday, and also will be|
closed on Tuesday, February 24. !
Richardson, Supt. of Newion County Sechools; E. D. Whatley
President of the Newton County Teachers ion: Mx, Miner;
and Homer F. Sharp, Supervising m : ]
“NOMBER 8
In the city of Covington the
Miniature Garden Club mem
bers have volunteered to march
for the Heart Sunday collection,
“You will demonstrate the
confidence, and assure even
greater protection for yourself
and your family by welcoming
your Heart Fund volunteer
when she rings your doorbell
on Heart Sunday. We suggest
that you give generously for
every heart in your family, and
help your Heart Fund sava
‘more lives,” Mrs. Harry Faulk
ner, Newton County Heart Fund
Chairman. urged.
The one-day drive will be
gin at 1:30 p.m. when each vol=-
unteer in the Heart Sunday
group sets out to call on house
holds. The volunteer, wearing
an identification tag, will carry
a supply of envelopes in which
contributors will seal their gifts.
If you are not at home ©n
Sunday, February 22 when yéur
Heart Sunday volunteer calls,
place your contribution in the
“not-at-home” envelope left for
vou, and mail it to the Heart
Fund. e i
Heart Association research
has helped to give your doetor
many new ways to diagnose
and treat heart and eirculatory
|diseases. Your Heart Associa
|tion’s research program is sup
|portec{ by your gift to the Heart
{Fund. Whatever your way of
life, your future depends upon
your heart, so roll out the wel
come mat, and make a generous
gift to the Heart Fund on Sun
day, February 22 when a vol
unteer calls. :
Boy Scout Court
Os Honor Monday
At Teen Can
' Newton - Rockdale District
Boy Scout Court of Honor will
be held Monday, February 23
at the Teen Can Building in
Covington. The honor events
have heretofore been held .on
Thursday evening, Jack Mea
dors, advancement chairman an
nounced yesterday. !
Troop 58 will be the host
troop for the Court on Monday
which starts at 8 P.M. %