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WHEW ! ... The Press Insti
tute was a wonderful interlude
of “shop talk and know how”
presented in the most interest
ing way by leading personali
ties of the Fourth Estate. Fel
lowship with friends from over
the state, who share with us
the challenge and fascination
of weaving words into factual
news —a few brief glimpses
of our own “journalism student”
at Georgia, and the inevitable
mistaken identity between
yours truly and the Office Boy,
always good for a little chagrin
on the part of the “mistaker”
and fun for all, in explanations
—all contributed to making it
a “most happy” affair.
We had to tip-toe through
some of the addresses by top
figures in the realm of science,
politics and big business to keep
them from getting over our
heads; but, we revelled in the
appearance of Ann Landers,
whose column, “Dear Ann’ is
the most widely syndicated of
any in the nation, with 293
newspapers carrying it. Mrs.
Jules Lederer (Ann’s real
name) who started her advice
column career three and a half
years ago with the Chicago
Sun-Times, is one of the most
delightful, 108 pound bundles
of scintillating charm imagin
able; and is one of the few ca
reer worn on, who has managed
to remain a happily married
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Safety Council
Officers Plan
Program for Yr.
A meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Newton County
Safety Council was held at the
Newton County Court House on
Thursday, February 19th. Pres
ent were: Donald G. Stephen
son, President, and the follow
ing Directors: W. C. Ivey,
George Jolley, E. M. McCart,
and John L. Berry.
The president gave a report
on the membership drive con
ducted during the fall of 1958
under the direction of Mrs.
William E. Wolfe, membership
chairman. A total of 185 mem
bers contributed $653.19 to the
work of the local safety council
for the year 1958-59.
Approval was given by the
directors for the following pro
jects;
(1) To Cooperate with Mr.
Hugh Harris, local agent for
for Standard Oil Company, in
the distribution of 600 copies
of a “Message to Drivers be
tween 14 and 20.”
(2) To place the magazine
“Safety Education” in the li-
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BAPTIST REGIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT COVINGTON FIRST CHURCH ON TUESDAY
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FAPTIST REGIONAL CONFERENCE wai held at tha
irst Baptist Church. Covington. Tuesday with a larga
V«pr»«OTration of chwch workers from some 12 dis
trict associations attending the afternoon and evening
session. Shown in the photo above are speakers who
tock past on the program. From left io rights Dr. R. T.
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Newspaper
1958
Better Newspaper .
Cowtart* ,
The C A Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 95
HAM AND EGG SHOW STARTS TUESDAY
ieyan Glee Club Concert Friday At Oxford
Walter Steinhaus Featured
Artist At 11 AM Program
The Wesleyan College Glee Club will give a concert in
the Allen Memorial Auditorium on the Emory-at-Oxford
campus, at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, February 27. Featured
soloist will be Walter Steinhaus, cellist. Mr. Steinhaus is
Professor of Music Education and Cello at Wesleyan College.
John Alford Is
Kiwanis Speaker
John Alford, a member of the
faculty at Georgia Tech and
Southern Tech, will be the main
speaker at the Kiwanis Club
luncheon meeting today at the
American Legion Home at 1
o’clock.
John Alford
Mr. Alford,
for. many years
a resident ,of
Covington and
former super
int end e n t of
Covington Mills
is a past presi
dent of the lo
cal Kiwanis
Club (1954-55).
The program
today will be in charge of Rob
ert O. Arnold and he will in
troduce the guest speaker.
♦ ♦ * ♦
Soloist Mrs. Hugh McDonald
of Covington, was the featured
guest artist on the program at
the Kiwanis meeting Thursday
at Legion Home. The program
was in charge of C. D. Ramsey,
Jr.
Mrs. McDonald rendered sev
eral favorite numbers in her
usual charming style to the ap-
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Work Started On
New City Hall
Excavation work has begun
on the new Covington City Mu
nicipal building on East Con
yers street. The contract for the
building was awarded to Wat
son and Bowen Construction
Company of Toccoa, Ga.
Completion of the edifice is
expected to take about six
months. Approximate cost is set
at $115,000.
The Covington news
Mr. Steinhaus holds the Mas
ter of Music degree from
Northwestern University and
has been heard in numerous
cello recitals and solo appear
ances throughout the Midwest
and Southeast. Just prior to
joining the Wesleyan College
faculty he was assistant first
cellist with the Atlanta Sym
phony. He has appeared as so
loist with the Atlanta and Co
lumbus Symphony Orchestras
and is frequently a performing
artist for the Friends of Cham
ber Music organizations in Ma
con and Atlanta, Georgia.
The Wesleyan Glee Club has
toured the South extensively
and has been acclaimed one of
the finest Glee Clubs in the
South. At Wesleyan, participa
tion in the Glee Club is an ex
tra-curricular activity. Mem
bership is determined by audi
tion. This year’s group has about
an equal number of Liberal
Arts and Fine Arts students.
In addition to the annual
Christmas concert on Wesley
an’s campus, the Glee Club
during the first semester of this
year, made several tours to
nearby communities to present
programs, including a concert
with the Augusta Symphony.
The Glee Club is under the
direction of Leon Jacques Vil
lard who is Associate Professor
of Church Music and Choral
Organizations on the Wesleyan
College faculty. His post- grad
uate work was done at North
western University where he is
a candidate for the Ph.D. de
gree in music. Although a na
tive of Wisconsin, Villard’s
choral work is not new to the
South.- During the war years,
he received considerable recog
nition for his touring soldier
choruses whose personnel were
part of the Army’s Specialized
Training Program and stationed
at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The program will include
sacred anthems, folk tunes,
spirituals, novelties and modern
songs which will be presented
in solo and small ensemble
form as well as the full chorus.
The public is invited.
Russell. Atlanta, secretary department of evangelism
Georgia Baptist Convention; Dr. Rogers Smith, Rich
mond, Va., associate executive secretary. Foreign Mis
sions Board, Southern Baptist Convention; Dr. Searcy
S. Garrison, executive secretary-treasurer, Georgia
Baptist Convention; Rev. Edgar A. Callaway, pastor
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1959
Pilot Club's
"Bosses, Civic”
Program Tonite
Mrs. Mamie K. Taylor of At
lanta and past president, Pilot
International will be the prin
cipal speaker tonight when the
Pilot Club holds its Bosses and
Civic Night. The dinner meet
ing will be held at the Teen
Can Building at 7:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Taylor is a member of
Executive Department of the
Georgia Power Company. She
is widely known in civic af
fairs and acclaimed Atlanta’s
Woman of the Year in Civic
Affairs in 1945. She is also
past president of Georgia Fed
eration of Womens Clubs.
The Pilot Club is a classi
fied service organization of rep
resentaitive business and pro
fessional women in a commun
ity. Guests of the club will in
clude employers of the Pilot
members.
The Community Service
Committee is in charge of the
Banquet. Mrs. Dan Weigel,
chairman, has arranged an en
tertaining program for the eve
ning.
Covington Lions
To Hear Newton
Rep. Don Ballard
Covington Lions Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) for
their regular meeting at 7:30
p.m.
Following the fish fry, Don
(Ballard, guest speaker, will
speak to the club concerning
the last session of the legisla
ture.
Dr. H. E. Collier, president,
urges all Lions to please at
tend this meeting.
Father's Night At
Mansfield P-TA
Mansfield PTA will observe
Father’s Night on Thursday
night, March 5 at 7 p.m.
A ’covered dish supper will
be served.
J. D. Smith will conduct folk
dancing during the social hour.
Everyone is urged to attend.
First Baptist Church, Covington: Dr. Monroe F. Swil
ley, Atlanta, pastor Second Ponce de Leon Baptist
Church, main speaker for the evening session: Dr. Ar
thur Henson, Atlanta, assistant executive secretary,
Georgia Baptist Convention.
Elks Leadership Awards Made At NCHS
LOCAL WINNERS OF ELKS LEADERSHIP contest are shown in
the photograph above with Covington Lodge Exalted Ruler Otis
Spillers, who made the presentations of the Savings Bonds at
NCHS Friday. Miss Diane Wright (left) was awarded a $25 Bond
for second-place and Miss Lucy Floyd Morcock (right) received a
SIOO Bond as the first-place winner. Miss Morcock now is eligible
for State and National Elks honors.
Junior High Tournament On
At Porterdale Next Weekend
Four Junior High Schools of
Newton County will battle at
the Porterdale gymnasium next
Thursday through Saturday for
basketball honors in the annual
affair.
Starting the tourney off on
Thursday, March 5, the Porter
dale girls will play the Living
ston sextet at 7:30 o’clock. Top
seeded Palmer-Stone girls will
meet Covington in the second
game of the evening at 8:30.
Boys teams will play on Fri
day night with the first game
on the slate starting at 7:30 and
will pit the Palmer-Stone
quint against Porterdale. In the
afterpiece the top-ranked Liv
ingston boys will battle the
Covington team.
Consolation games and finals
will be reeled off on Saturday
night, March 7. First game will
be played at 5:30 and will be
girls consolation. The boys con
solation will be staged at 6:30.
Billy Crowell is coach of both
Porterdale teams, while James
Bohannon handles both squads
at Palmer-Stone. Melvin Cris-
well is the boys coach at Liv
ingston and B. M. Paden tutors
the girls. L. G. Carney is the
Covington boys mentor and
Roy Pierce handles the girls
team.
Newton Citizens
Attend Mental
Health Meeting
The Georgia Association for
Mental Health met Tuesday
I evening at the Piedmont Hotel
in Atlanta with a dinner meet
ing. Attending from Covington
were Rev. E. P. Nichols, presi
dent of the Newton County
Chapter and Donald Stephen
son.
Following the dinner among
the principal speakers for the
meeting were Judge Luther Al
verson, president of the Nation
al Association for Mental
Health; Dr. Bernard Holland,
head of the department of psy
chiatry of Emory School of
Medicine; Dr. Rufus Payne, ad
ministrator of Talmadge Mem
orial Hospital and Dr. William
Rattersman, Eminent Atlanta
Psychiatrist, formerly associat
ed with the Minninger Clinic in
Topeka, Kansas.
It was announced that by
July 1, Emory University Hos
pital would probably have 20
beds for psychiatric patients.
One significant need for our
own state hospital at Milledge
ville is for more psychiatric so
cial workers. At present they
have one social worker for
every 2,000 patients while the
Kansas hospital has one social
worker for every 200.
The meeting was attended by
Georgia Senators and members
of the Georgia State Legisla
ture.
7 Students Get
Junior Farmer
Degree At NCHS
Seven Future Farmers receiv
ed the degree of Junior Farmer
last Friday in chapel at Newton
County High School To receive
this award a boy must have
made or invested at least SSO
and have been enrolled in vo
cational agriculture classes for
two years.
The boys who received the
award are Billy Armistead,
Richard Davis, Larry Ellis,
Dennis Hinton, Phil Jordan,
Frank Malcolm and Dave
Smith.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Show And Auction Under
Sponsorship Kiwanis Club
The Eighth Annual Ham and Egg Show, sponsored by
the Covington Kiwanis Club, will be held at the Washington
Street School next Tuesday through Thursday. The club’s
annual auction of the hams and shoulders will be held at
Legion Home after the club meeting on Thursday.
52 Students
Are Eligible
For Beta Club
The Beta Club of Newton
County High School held its
February meeting on Wednes
day, the 18th. At this meeting
all students who have main
tained a ninty average for three
semesters were invited to join
the club. (Students taking five
subjects have to maintain an
average of eighty-eight or
more.)
In all there were fifty-two
students from the 10th, 11th,
and 12th grades eligible to join.
These are: Madelyn Bates, Pat
Campbell, Clara Sue Capes,
Tim Capes, Sidney Cook, Kath
ryn Corley, Floyd Cross, Jack
Edwards. Shei 1a h Edwards,
Nadine Ellis, Barbara Farmer,
Gloria Freeman, Phillip Free
man, Dickie George, Carolyn
Hamby, Seaborn Hardman,
Mary Ann Harwell, Merry
Hertwig, Gail Henton, Lanelie
Hutson, Kattie Jones, Ginger
Knight, Janet Yoyd, Delores
Malcolm.
Helen Masten, Beverly Mc-
Donald, Marie Paden, Peggy
Panell, Sandra Richardson,
Hazel Rowe, Allen Rowe, Dave
Smith, Diane Smith, Shannon
Spears, Peyton Splane, Roy
Steadham, Phyllis White, Tom
my Wiley, Janelle Wood, Jessie
Ayres, Linda Batchelor, Larry
Byrd, Charlotte Giles, George
Harper, Mack McCants, San
dra Oglesby, Sara Margaret
Patterson, Donna Steadham,
Carolyn Thompson, Patricia
Walden, and Diane Townley. In
addition to these new mem
bers, the club at the present has
an enrollement of forty-nine.
Grier Stephenson
Tallulah Falls
'Tag Day' Here
Saturday, Mar. 2
“A Golden Age — A Golden
Future” ... is the slogan for
the Golden Anniversary Cele
bration of Tallulah Falls School.
M'rs. Frank Stone, President,
Covington Service Guild an
nounced this week that plans
are underway for a tribute to
Tallulah Falls School in ob
servance of the School’s Golden
Anniversary Celebration be
ing highlighted by Women's
Clubs throughout Georgia.
“Tag Day For Tallulah Falls
School” will be held in Newton
County Saturday, March 7.
Two outstanding service clubs
at Newton High School are co
operating with the Guild in
this field of educational en
deavor; Miss Adrian Bledsoe,
president of the Senior Tri-Hi-
Y, Miss Mary Anne Harwell,
president Alpha Tri-Hi-Y, Mrs.
Dan Clower and Mrs. S. M. Hay,
are assisting in formulating
plans for Tag Day. On March I
?, members of the sponsoring ,
groups will tag citizens in ex- ,
change for donations to T. F. j
School.
Founded by the Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs fifty
years ago, the school is known ’
as “The Light in the Moun- 1
tains”. Though the school was
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NUMBER 9
It was announced by J. W
Home, Negro County Agent,
and Kiwanian-County Agent
Ed Hunt that the show and
judging of the entries will be
held at the Washington Street
School prior to noon of next
Thursday. The awards will be
made at about the noon hour.
Serving on the Kiwanis agri
culture committee are Ed Hunt,
chairman; Don Briscoe. John
Fuller and Everett Pratt.
Prizes in the show will be of
fered in adult and 4-H compe
tition among Negro exhibitors
There will be first, second anc
third cash awards. Judges wil
be from personnel of the Live
stock Department of Georgia
Agriculture Extension Service,
Athens.
It was stated that the pur
pose of the Ham and Egg Show
it to “promote the production
* of better hogs (more meat
’ type) and improve methods of
• curing meat.”
t
The show this year has been
’ expanded to take in three days
whereas the previous shows
: were held on one day, accord
’ ing to County Agent Horne.
’ The public is invited to at
tend the show at the Washing-
1 ton Street School and also the
’ Auction at Legion Home. The
' Auction will start at about 1:30
‘ o’clock, Kiwanis President Ed
Robinson stated.
Anti-Lifter Week
Set in Covington
Starting Saturday, February
28, Covington residents will be
asked to literally observe Anti-
Litter Week in order that our
city may take on an immaculate
look for the spring season.
Covington Mayor Nat S. Tur
ner has proclaimed the week
of February 28-March 6 as an
occasion for all residents of the
city to make an effort to clean
up around their homes, yards,
and adjacent areas. He said
that all trash or refuse placed
near the street will be picked
up by the City Sanitary De
partment trucks.
The Mayor emphasized that
Covington is fast becoming
known as truly “The City of
Beautiful Homes” and in order
to impress our visitors it be
hooves every citizen to do his
part in making our city clean
and beautiful.
The oioclamation follows:
WHEREAS: The week of
February 28-March 6. has been
designated by Governor Ernest
i Vandiver as Anti-Litter Week
for the State of Georgia; and
WHEREAS: Covington,
known as “The City of Beauti
ful Homes” has long been re
cognized as one of Georgia’s
outstanding centers of archi
tec tur a 1 and horitcultural
beautv: and
WHEREAS: The cleaning up
;of individual premises, collec
। tion and placing of litter and
I trash at points convenient for
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Mis’; Callaway
Undergoes Surgery
Miss Sara White Callaway,
popular proprietress of Calla
way’s Department Store, under
went surgery at Emory Uniyer
sity Hospital in Atlanta, Tues
day.
Latest reports listed Miss
Callaway’s operation as suc
cessful and her condition sat
isfactory.
Hosts of friends are wishing
Miss Callaway a rapid recov-
W and pteaaant oonvalescense.