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Thursday, February 26, 1959
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Fertilizer and lime require
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tions, it is important that rep
resentative soil samples be se
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Engagement of Miss Barbara Mclntosh,
Mr. J. Randall Phillips Is Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mcln
tosh of Mansfield announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Barbara Ann, to Mr. J. Randall
Phillips, son of the late M r .
and Mrs. Henry Jefferson Phil
lips of Langdale, Alabama.
Miss Mclntosh is a graduate
of Newton County High School
and is employed by Delta Air
Lines, Inc. in Atlanta. Mr. Phil
lips is associated with Blue
Flame Supply Company in At
lanta.
The wedding is planned for
April 18.
Agriculture in the United
States accounts for 20 percent
of all U. S. exports, economists
at the Agricultural Extension
Service report.
Welaunee Hotel Is Scene of Joint
Meeting of Porterdale WSCS Groups
PORTERDALE — The Joint
Meeting of the W. S. C. S. of
the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church met at the
Welaunee Hotel on February 17
with Miss Grace Lummus and
Mrs. Cleo Hatfield as hostesses.
The meeting was called to
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order by Mrs. J. B. Mitchell,
Jr., President. Miss Ruby Jor
dan led the opening prayer.
Mrs. Mitchell welcomed ladies
and thanked each one for co
operation in making the recent
Mission Study a success.
Minutes were read and ap
proved. A note was read from
Mrs. Henry Berry expressing
her appreciation for the assist
ance of everyone in the recent
M ic- sion Study.
The resolutions on the life of
the rate Mrs. J. B. Doster writ
ten by Mrs. Frank Day in be
half of the W. S. C. S. were
read by the secretary. Other
reports were on the Mission
Study and the Treasurer’s rec
ord.
Mrs. Mitchell recognized
guests and thanked the hos
tesses for their generous hospi
tality.
Mrs. Mitchell named the fol
lowing ladies to the Nominat
ing Committee for new officers
next year: Mrs. Clark Hawk,
Chairman, with Mrs. M. B.
Shaw. Mrs. Ellis Adams, Mrs.
Add O’Bryant, Miss Grace Lum
mus.
Mrs. E. B. Davis challenged
the ladies to buy a new piano
for the sanctuary. It will be
discussed more fully at the
March meeting.
The Circle Count was as fol
lows: Annie Lummus —5; Mar
ilu Pittman — 11; Ethel Bel
cher — 10; four visitors.
Mrs. Mitchell reported that
the offering taken at the Mis
sion Study would be sent to
Anchorage, Alaska.
Mrs. Zed Steele of Covington
was introduced as the guest
speaker. She gave a very help
ful study entitled “A New
Frontier”. Mrs. Mitchell thank
ed Mrs. Steele for her study
and a very enjoyable social hour
followed with delicious refresh
ments by the hostesses.
Gra^Club
Program Held
Wednesday PM
The Gra-Y Club of E. L. '
Ficquett School met Wednes-1
day. Marlene Johnson read!
Luke 17-23 for the devotional.
Day Morcock presided over
the business meeting. Two com
mittees were appointed to take
charge of our community pro
ject. Serving on this committee
is Day Morcock, Bonnie Piper,
Judy Fincher, Diane Hale,
Carolyn Darby, Mollye Daw
kins, Cherie Weigel, Jane Rich
ardson and Judith Steadham, |
The Gra-Y sent a present
to Philip Bachelor who has
been absent from our class.
We hope Phil will soon be well.
The program was given by
Mary Bledsoe and Cherie Wei
gel. Carolyn Darby dismissed
with a prayer.
Betty Jean McElreath
Annie Armstrong
Circle Met Thurs.
The Annie Armstrong Circle ।
of the First Baptist Church held j
a very interesting meeting last |
Thursday morning.
A business discussion was
held in which we voted to car- i
ry literature to the doctor’s of- |
fices for our February project.
A hot beverage, cookies and
nuts were served.
Anyone who is interested in i
joining a morning circle, we |
cordially invite you to come.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Woman's Club (Morning Div.) Has
Interesting Meeting On Tuesday
PORTERDALE — Mrs. Char
lie Mitchell called the meeting
of the Porterdale Woman’s
Club, Morning Division, to or
der with the group uniting to
sing “Faith of Our Fathers” on
Tuesday, February 17, at ten
o’clock. Miss Jordye Tanner led
in prayer.
Miss Sadie Polson, a club
member, was introduced as the
devotional leader, who brought
an excellent message from the
Proverbs in which she empha
sized the importance of
“Words”. Her message was en
couraging and challenging as
well.
During a business session,
minutes were read by Mrs. Nina
Day, secretary. A list of sick
friends was also made to be
given to the card and flower
chairman, Mrs. Virgil Norwood.
The hostess committee re
ported an attendance of eigh
teen and one guest. Mrs. Lester
Castleberry received the at
tendance award.
Mrs. Travis Christian. Pro
ject Chairman, signified that a
prominent display of cards, fla
voring, and shoe polish repre
sented merchandise to be sold
by the cjub. She urged that
payments for other items be
made as early as possible.
Miss Jordye Tanner gave an
informative report from the
meeting of the Night Division
on the previous evening. Among
the items of interest were: the
sale of stew to be held by the
O. E. S. No. 372 with proceeds
to be used for charity. This
sale would be on Saturday,
February 21: the recommenda
tions from the Executive Com
mittee relative to the use of
accumulated profits from War
Bonds, namely, to purchase a
frigidaire for the gymnasium
kitchen; to contribute a maxi
mum of S3OO to an inter-com
set for Porterdale Jr. High
School; to re-invest the remain
ing money for the club. She also
told of plans for the Founder
Day program at the school case-
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teria on Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 19, at seven o’clock. An
nouncements of a special meet
ing pertaining to the Heart
Fund Drive were distributed.
Another announcement told of
the Cooking School to be spon
sored by the Green Thumb Gar
den Club in Covington.
Committees were named as
follows for the March meeting:
Program. Mrs. Maggie Jef
fries and Miss Ethel Belcher.
Refreshments. Miss Sadie
Polson and Mrs. Earl Tidwell.
At a happy social period, de
licious cherry pie with whipped
cream and coffee were served.
Porterdale Youth
Attend Atlanta
"Ice Show"
The two youth groups of Tiie
Porterdale Presbyterian
Church, the Senior and Junior
Young People, attended “Holi
- day on Ice of 1959” at the
i Municipal Auditorium in At
• lanta on Friday Night, February
• 20th,
I Those enjoying the trip were:
t Becky Holder, Carolyn Holder,
: Rita Thompson, Harry Hinton,
Douglas Ewing, Barbara Har
, crow, Gloria Johnson, Peggy
> Chapman, Jack Loyd, Dennis
! Hammonds, Sherrill Crowell,
> Matt Crowell, Regina Thomp
; son, Janie Higginbotham, Judy
> Higginbotham, Beverly Hinton,
5 Jan Cason, Randy Digby, Kay
5 Chapman and Garry Sears.
, The adults who accompanied
- the young people were: Rev.
- Irving Rudolph, Mrs. Eddie Lee
f Digby, Mrs. Ty Cason, Mr. and
r Mrs. Homer Hammonds, Mr.
a and Mrs. R. C. Thompson. Mr.
i and Mrs. T. C. Parker and Mrs.
- Laura Shaw.
i
i Miss Lucile Higginbotham,
- health education specialist for
a the Agricultural Extension Ser
r vice, says, for safety’s sake, use
- nonskid floor waxes.
According to the Navy’s “Hur
ricane Hunters”, hurricanes are
tropical syclones occurring in
the Atlantic, Caribbean and
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