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ARLENE MARTIN and Ginger Knight look on as Susan Snodgrass
plays the piano., These three will appear on WAGA-TV Saturday,
February 2lsi.
Four Newton County 4-H’ers
will have the fun of staying at
home Saturday and watching
themselves on Atlanta’s
WAGA-TV, Channel 5, at 12:00
Noon.
“The 4-H Hour,” the program
on which they will appear, is
now being recorded in advance
on Ampax video tape which re
cords both pictures and sound
with such high fidelity that
viewer cannot distinguish be
tween live and taped programs.
The Ampex video equipment
costs in excess of fifty thousand
dollars and each reel of two
inch wide magnetic tape costs
about three hundred fifty dol
ars but can be used many times.
WAGA-TV is the only station
in Georgia equipped to make
video tape recordings.
Demonstrations on “The 4-H
Hour” Saturday will be given
by Arlene Martin, Ginger
Oxford World Affairs Evening
Session Summarized Program
(Continued from Last Week)
Editor's Note — The Even
ing Session of the Oxford
Vorld Affairs Institute is re
capped in the article below.
Mrs. Leo Mallard is author of
the two interesting articles
reiative to the 1959 Institute).
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In the evening session, which
was “A Summary”, Dr. Ernest
L. Snodgrass presided, and pre
sented Mr. Granville Ramage,
British Consul of Atlanta, who
spoke on “Great Britain and
Joe Budd, Billy Skinner Are
"Band Members Os The Month”
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JOE BUDD
The band member of the
month for the month of Jan~l
uvary is Joe Budd, the som of‘
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Budd,
of Oxford. Joe is a senior, first
trombonist of the Band. Joe is
an active member of the Allen
Memorial Methodist Church im
Oxford and Outreach Chalr
man of the M.Y.F. He is pres
ident of the Beta Club, report
e of the Hi-Y, and a Delegate
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
Knight, John Knight and piano
selections by Susan Snodgrass.
Arlene will give a demonstra
tion on health; Ginger’s dem
onstration is on ecurtains; and
John will give a portion of his
forestry demonstration that
helped him win a trip to Na
tional 4-H Congress.
Appearing along with the
4-H’ers will be Mrs. James An
derson, who tells of her 4-H
experiences. She tells about the
master 4-H Club of Georgia
also while talking with Miss
'Marion Fisher, from the Exten
sion Service in. Athens.
At the close of the program,
John Knight will chat with Mrs.
Hazel Malone and Ed Hunt a
bout the 4-H Forestry Demon
stration. ’
As usual, the program which
is presented as a public service
by WAGA-TV, will be produc
ed by Para Lee Brock.
|the Berlin Crisis, 2 Statement”.
1 Mr. Ramage pc.nted out his
country’s position as ore of the
tfour powers still occupying
Germany. As to the immediate
Berlin problem, the speaker
emphasized the necessity of
mankind’s adjustment to chang
|ing situations as inexorable, and
that ethics and a workable ap
proach must be combined to
reach solutions.
Lack of trust in each other
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BILLY SKINNER
to Boy's State. He is also a
member of the Latin Club.
The “Rookie of the Month”
is Billy Skinner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Skinner of Cov
ington. Billy is a member of
the First Baptist Church in
JCovington. He is playing first
French MHorn in the band this
year.
We are indeed proud of these
two fine band members,
Che (owington News
SEATED ARE Mrs. Hazel Malone, Home Demonstration Agent and
Ed Hunt, County Agent, with Mrs. James Anderson of Starrsville,
and Miss Marion Fisher, of the Agricultural Extension Service in
Athens. These adults appear with Newton County 4-H'ers on
WAGA-TV Saturday, February 2lsi.
DCT Club Group Presents
Program at Covington Lions
Death Claims
Jamesß. Savage
In VA Hospital
James R. (Jimmie) Savage of
Covington died Thursday, Feb
|ruary 12, in a Veterans Hospi
tal in Dublin, where he had
'been a patient for the past three
years. Mr. Savage, 63, was for
‘a number of years an employee
of the U. S. Post Office until
his retirement several years
ago due to illness. He was a
‘member of the Starrsville
‘Methodist Church, the Mans
field Masonic Lodge and a vet
eran of World War One. Born
in Newton County, he had many
friends throughout this section
where he had spent his entire
lifetime,
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at the Chapel
of Harwell Funeral Home with
Rev. Carl Standard officiating.
Masons and Veterans served as
honorary escort for the funeral
services,
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
James R. (Elizabeth) Savage,
Covington; one son, PFC Bobby
Savage, U, S. Marines; two
daughters, Mrs. Coolidge
Shields, Covington; Mrs. Hugh
Newsome, Oxford; seven bro
thers, A. H. Savage, Ernest
Savage, Marion Savage, Rich
ard Savage, A. D. Savage, F. E.
Savage, S. C. Savage, all of
Covington; five grandchildren
and a number of neices and
nephews.
Interment was in Covington
Cemetery with J. C. Harwell
and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Luke
Savage, Allen Savage, William
Savage, Charles Savage, Artis
Standard and Gary Savage.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of this family in ex
tending to them deepest sym
pathy teo their sorrow.
Mansfield Brownies
Visit News Plant
Mansfield Brownie Scouts,
Troop 1, visited the Covington
News Thursday of last week
with their leader Mrs. J. H.
Dennis.
} The troop was conducted on
a tour of the plants’ composing
room, press room, mailing and
engraving department of the
local newspaper.
~ Among those present were:
Nona Dell Spears, Kathy Den
nis, Margaret Benton, Kathy
Hitcheock; Peggy Glass, Rissa
Spears, Theresa Hines, Jan
Hitchcock, Diane Dooley, San
dra Brown, Judy Lazenby and
Julia Adams, J
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1859
The D. C. T. Club members
presented a very interesting
program to the Lions Club at
their regular meeting Thursday
night.
Richard Gray, D. C. T. presi
dent was M. C. of the program.
Carolyn Roberts, vice president
discussed the D. C. T. program
and its importance to the Stu
dent, the school, eommunity,
and the employer.
Richard Gray with the assist
ance of Carolyn Roberts, Dianne
Faulk, Robert Houseworth, Ann
Hawkins, Doris Jeffries ex
| plained the significance of the
|D, C. T. Emblem.
For entertainment Carolyn
Roberts, Patsy Martin, and Rob
ert Houseworth sang “My Hap
piness’ and Robert Houseworth
gave ‘“He” as a solo. Dianne
Faulk accompanied the singers
at the piano.
Doris Jeffries and Peggy Cha
fin gave very interesting talks
on why they entered the D. C.
T. Program and what it meant
to them in helping them re
ceive training in their life’s ca
reer.
Beard Rites
Baptist Church
Funeral services for Robert
P. (Bob) Beard of 407 Wash
!ington Street, Covington, were
;held Sunday, February 15 at
3 pm. at the First Baptist
Church with Rev. Edgar A.
Callaway and Rev. Walter P.
Perry Jr., officiating. Inter
ment was in the City Cemetery
in Covington.
Mr. Beard, 56, died suddenly
Friday, February 13 at his
home.
! Survivors include his wife,
‘Mrs. Louise L. Beard of Cov
ington; three sons, Robert C.
Beard of Losmolinas, Calif.,
Claude B. Beard of Twenty-
Nine Palms, Calif.,, and Ralph
lßeard of Macon; one daughter,
‘Mrs. Leona Buckner of Sacra
‘mento, Calif., and one sister,
Mrs. Hattie Richardson of Trion.
~ Serving as pallbearers were
'G. E. McCuller, Clark Hawk,
‘Barney E. Johnson, Sylvester
Johnson, Walter Stone and
'Gene Harvey |
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Calcdwell
‘and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
’ PROFIT OR LOSS?
Variation of income among
turkey growers is due to man
agement, says Henry Massey,
poultryman, Agricultural Ex
tension Service, For example,
saving of feed through good
management practices and the
right equipment will help to
determine the final profit,
Mrs. Emma Keel \
Miami, Florida
lami, riorica
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Funeral services for Mrs.
Emma Keel were held in Miami,
Florida, Saturday, February 14.
Mrs. Keel was born in New- |
ton County during the War
Between the States, the daugh- |
ter of the late James P. and
Lucie Sockwell of the Salem
Community. She moved to
Miami 40 years ago.
She is survived by two
daughters Mrs. Ada McGahee
and Mrs. Mary Jackson both of
Miami and one son, James Per
ry Keel of Pennsylvania. She
has one nephew, W, J. Dearing
of Covington.
The NEWS joins the friends
in extending sympathy to the
members of the bereaved fam
ily.
Dennis White
Joins Sale Staff
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DENNIS WHITE
Dennis White is now a mem
ber of the sales force at Wood-
Dickinson Furnityre Company,
Covington. He is a native of
Newton County and was grad
uated from Newton County
High School and Southern Tech
Institute, Atlanta.
Mr. White was recently em
ployed by the Atlanta Gas Light
Company as salesman and as an
‘agent with the Life of Georgia
Insurance Company.
Mrs. White is the former Miss
Carol Laverne Davis of Porter
dale. They have one child, a
girl, Carol Denise. |
The Whites reside on bhei
Jackson highway and both are
members of the High Point Bap- l
tist Church.
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Operators Os New Billing System’s Machine at Covinaton City Hall
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MRS. ALLENE BURTON is shown at the keyboard of the re
cently installed Billing Machine at City Hall while two of her
co-workers, Mrs, Frances Sockwell (left) and Miss Glenda Yan
cey (center) look on admiringly. Starting with the bills of March
1 a new modern and efficient system of billing wtility customers
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PICTURED ABOVE are several of the members of the Newton FHA who have been working on
a hospital project, They have made baby dresses for the nursery and scrapbooks for the hospital
library. They are, left to right: Mrs. Sara Sharpton, Karlean Smith, Ann McLendon, Deloris Tol.
bert, Sheilah Edwards, Frances Parker, Brenda Chambers and Mrs. Grace Wright.
Final Rites For
Mrs. Cook Held
Here Frida
Funeral services for Mrs.
Eula T. Cook of 912 Floyd
Street, Covington, were held
Friday, February 13 at 3 p.m. at
the Chapel of Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home with Rev.
Frank Prince, officiating. In
terment was in Lawnwood
‘Memorial Park near Covington.
~ Mrs. Cook died Wednesday,
February 11 in a private hospi
tal foilowing a lingering illness.
~ Survivors include her hus
band, H. Claude Cook of Cov
ington; one nephew, Cam
Young of Valdosta; three nieces,
Miss Frances Dekle of Valdosta,
Miss Eugenia Young of Valdos
ta and Mrs. Bessie Y. Dubberley
of Pasadena, Calif.; one sister,
Mrs. Cam U. Young of Valdosta.
Serving as pallbearers were
Ben Banks, S. J. Morcock, C. D.
Cowan, Edward King, R. E.
King and Col. W. J. Dingus Jr.
Out-of-town relatives and
friends attending the funeral
‘included: Mrs. Cam U. Young
Sr., Miss Eugenia Young, Mr.
and Mrs. Cam Young Jr., Miss
Frances Dekle, all of Valdosta;
Mrs, Don Drysdale of Van
Nuys, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Sam |
Cook and Mrs. Emma Shaw, all‘
of Atlanta and Mr. and Mrs.
LeConte Talley of Augusta. {
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the family. Ca]d-‘
well and Cowan in charge of |
funeral arrangements. i
This Paper IQ 66vin;t;}l;
index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Newfon High FHA Members Aid
Hospifal Nursery Wardrobe
B. Bail
Judson B. Bailey
Rites Held At
Salem Methodist
Funeral services for Judson
Bonner Bailey of Route 2, Cov
ington, were held Saturday,
February 14 at 4 p.m, at Salem
Methodist Church with Rev. T.
D. Haggard, pastor and Rev
W. P. Perry, pastor of Porter
dale Baptist Church, officiating,
Interment was in the Salem
Camp Ground cemetery.
Mr. Bailey, 81, died Thursday,
February 12 in a private hos
pital following a lingering ill
ness. He was a native of Jas
per County but spent most of
his life in Newton County
where he was engaged in farm
ing interests for many wyears.
lHe was a member of the Meth
odist Church.
~ Survivors include his wife:
six daughters, Hoyt, Doyle, J.
P., Hinton and Clayton Bailey,
all .of Covington and Leroy
Bailey of Porterdale; one
daughter, Mrs. Violet Woodson
of Griffin.
Grandsons served as pall
bearers.
The NEWS extends deepest
‘ of the city will be used. Th‘:” ..uchmoM showpnd above and she
Addressograph-Multigraph at City Munici Buildi %
.r recenily purchased by the city to meet tho_ growing d .-I é.\
. the adminisirative depariment in billing city utility customers. |
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NUMBER 8
- Frances Parker, chairman of
the community projects coni=
mittee of the Newton High Fu
ture Homemakers of Arneriea,
and her committee have been
making fine stitches. Others who
worked on the project were De=
lores Tolbert, Linda Young,
Carol Woodruff, Karlean Smith,
Gloria Freeman, Sheliah Ed
' |wards and Brenda Chambers.
| As a result of the continued
efforts of the committee, eight
,colored batiste baby dresses
i ‘werevadded to the wardrobe of
. ithe nursery of the Newton.
, | County Hospital last week.
\ The committee also made
. | scrapbooks for the hospital li
- |brary. Subjects for the book-
L lets_‘weg': two containing dolls, ~
n |one with cut-out animals, one
with Valentines, one for Christ
mas cards and one with choice
» [scenes of various places in the
" | United States.
| The girls met together several
} times for a “cutting out” and
had real fun as they anticipated
" | pleasure for the small children
“|who will have to spend hours
‘land days in the hospital.
. [sympathy to the members of the
| bereaved family. J. C. Harwell
Jand Son Funeral Home were
{in charge of arrangements,
| When feeders are filled one
half full, five percent of the
feed is wasted, point out poul
trymen at the Agricultural Ex-
Itension Service.