Newspaper Page Text
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
OLUME 95
Observations
Since the advent of Newton County high school in
class A or AA the team has failed to post a victory in a
state tournament. The boys lost a first-rounder at Athens
in 1955 and the girls succumbed in 1958 and again this year.
Billy Dean Rutledge, on being presented the trophy of
the NCHS Key Club by President Jimmy Ramsey said that
he “didn’t have any jokes to tell, but I have enjoyed playing
basketball this year.”
Livingston girls basketball team has three girls who
answer to the given name of Brenda. They are Brenda
Satterfield, Brenda Childs and Brenda Willingham.
Monty Laster, third son of a) dynasty of fine athletes
at Porterdale, will be in high school next fall. He too plays
football, basketball and baseball like his brothers Jimmy
and Larry.
Covington got a degree of publicity on Groucho Marx’s
•You Bet Your Life” TV program last Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Drysdale were on the program and Mrs.
Drysdale, the former Miss Ginger Dubberly, mentioned that
she was bom in Covington, Georgia. Don is a native Cali
fornian and now pitches for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tact is the ability to close your mouth before someone
else wants to close it for you.
“A good teacher is someone who can understand those
not good at explaining and explain to those not very good
at understanding.” — North Carolina Education.
Fan: (To umpire leaving the <
field) “Mr. where’s your dog?”
Umpire: “Why, I don't even (
Emory At Oxford Awards Athletic Honors To Outstanding Students
j| IPW^1 P W^ * ER ;
, W&O&sgsw ffi-wOTOww
’ VSw B iIIMWME * T MMp ^T
K ' " 3 L^ IB
”r^ war JW^w fyi' f w
W ■■ T P$
1 1 I
/MBHH i | .. .
I ii
PICTURED ABOVE, !•« *o right ars ths Emory-st-
Oxford student* awarded the "E" for outstanding per-
STUDENTS AWARDED tha small "E" for outstanding
in women's athletics at Emory-at-Oxford
Left to right; Meredith Milla, hone-
ol|F (taittgiott Xo
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
{Thr (Uoutttgtnn Jims
SPORTS
808 GREER, Editor
own a dog!”
Fan: “That’s funny — I
thought all blind men had
dogs!”
MORE SPORTS ON PAGE 25
Benefit Game
At Palmer-Stone
School Tonight
There will be a basketball
game at Palmer Stone School
Thursday evening, March 12, at
7 p.m. If you want to have lots
of fun come out and see the
Ladies vs. the Girls and the
Men vs the Boys. Admission 25
cents.
A cakewalk will be held be
tween the games with proceeds
going to the school.
Football
Continued From Page 1
Grier Holifield, Jerry Gwin,
Ken Smith, Jimmy Wilson.
Tackles: Russel Hinton, John
ny Hitchcock, Thomas Glanton,
Tommy Alexander.
Guards: Charles Turner. Pat
Hudspeth, Jerry Bouchillon,
Freddie Lott.
Center: Donald Carter, Mike
Hooten.
Quarterback: Sonny Gwin,
Steve Coggins.
Fullback: Randall Meadows,
Gerald Crowley.
Halfbacks: Phillips White,
Larry Burney, Floyd Cross,
Billy Austin, Bobby Wilbanks.
formance in basketball; Bobby Moultrie. Kyle Smith,
Wallace Boseman, Lyle Charlea, Richard Stoker, and
shoes; Nora Ledbetter, swimming and basketball; Rita
Haley, basketball; Rosalind Johnson, basketball; Von
cile Allgood, basketball; Ann Jones, basketball and
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1959
Livingston Girls, Ficquett Boys Are Champs
By 808 GREER
Livingston’s girls and E. L.
Ficquett School boys of Cov
ington are the new champions
of Newton County Junior High
basketball. They copped the
titles in the finals of the 1959
tournament Saturday night at
I orterdale gym.
Championship game in the
girls’ division was close all the
way with the Livingston sextet
pulling out in the final minutes
of the clash. The score was 34-
28. Halftime score was Livings
ton 24, Palmer-Stone 21.
In the boys championship tus
sle the Ficquett School team
took an early lead and had a
seven-point bulge at halftime,
21-14. Terry Rutledge and
Birdy Birdsong were the lead
ing scorers of Coach L. G. Car
ney’s clan in their 36-15 victory
with 13 and 12 respectively.
Charlie Williams was the high
pointmaker for the Palmer-
Stone team with six markers.
Livingston’s Sandra Lester
and Jordye Bailey blasted the
nets for a combined total of
•30 points in the girls’ title fra
cas. Jester had 13 and Bailey
sank 17. However, the high
point scorer of the game was
Palmer-Stone’s Philis Edwards.
She had 24 points for Coach
James Bohanan’s outfit.
Both Porterdale teams copped
third-place in the tournament
while the Covington girls and
the Livingston boys came in
fourth.
Homer F. Sharp, Supervising
Principal of NCHS, made the
trophy presentations after the
final game of the evening.
• * • •
Game Notes —
Tournament director Billy
Crowell reported that the at
tendance at the games were the
largest in the history of the
event at Porterdale gymnasium, i
Even the Thursday evening
crowd when the rains descend
ed was above a year ago.
Two boys who made the all-
Larry Duane. Rear: Coach Charlie Burnett (left) and
Coach Carlos Meyer (right). Photo by Richard Gunter
Carolyn Nash, basketball. Back (left) Coach Charlie
Burnett. Right Coach Carlos Meyer and Miss Judy
Greer, Assistant Director Intramural Athletics.
Most Valuable NCHS Basketball Players Awarded Trophies
■ W ft I I
War * 7? ■ ’ >• g: om*:
Mal h 1
iK k V
▼ W B ft
B I- ft ft t I -
f I ■ W \ i 'I
K.. « ■
h * Wk w B
/TiME I
al Ml
: : ...L- . : I— T1 " .“.‘j ‘ NinilllllMllH lllil O ilMßiill||||ll|i||—
OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL player* were honored at Newton
County High School Friday morning at Chapel Assembly. The
NCHS Key Club awarded an individual trophy to the Most Val
uable boy and girl on the team and donated a large trophy to
the school with their names inscribed for the trophy case in the
background. Shown in the photo are from left to right: Billy
star team of the tournament are
relatives of former Newton
High basketball stars. Terry
Rutledge of Covington is a
cousin to Billy Dean Rutledge
of the 1958-59 Ram team and
Charlie Williams of Palmer-
Stone is a brother of Willie
Williams of the 1955 Ram outfit.
B. M. Paden’s Livington girls
broke a long strangle-hold on
the girls title claims of both
Porterdale and Covington. L. G.
Carney’s girls had won three
titles and B. C. Crowell’s girls
one in the past four years.
Consolation (Girls):
P‘Dale 30 Ficquett 23
F—Laster 17 Morcock 17
F—Jefferies 1 Richardson 2
F—Dikson 12 R. Smith 2
G—Jaynes Bledsoe
G—Sullivan Johnson
G—Kite Mosely
Subs: Ficquett — Rowe 2,
Hooten.
Consolation (Boys):
("Dale 21 Livingston 20
F—Laster Treadwell 4
F—Lynch 7 Day 1
. C —Criswell 8 Hodge 3
G—Knight 2 Wheeler 8
G—Jones 4 Bailey 2
Subs. Livingston — McGib
boney 2.
GIRLS TITLE GAME
L’ston 34 Palmer-Stone 28
F—Martin 4 C. George 2 i
F—Lester 13 Edwards 24
F—Bailey 17 Strange 2 :
G —McGibboney Ce. Haulk
G —Standard Co. Haulk
G—Stallsworth Motes
Subs. Livingston — Knox.
Palmer-Stone — Skinner, D. !
George.
BOYS TITLE GAME
Covington 36 Palmer-Stone 15
F—Rutledge 13 Dobbs
F—Chesnut 7 Flanigan 5
C—Birdsong 12 Henderson 2
G—T. Smith Williams 6
G—Parker 3 Womack
Subs: Covington — Strick
land, Jackson, Baker, Darby,
Spillers, Ewing, Johnson. Palm
er-Stone — Hinton 2, Guthrie,
T. Henderson, Moss, White.
County Junior
High All-Tourney
Teams are Named
Naming an All Tournament
team for both boys and girls in
the recent Newton County Jun
ior High meet posed quite a
problem for selectors of a first
team in each category. How
ever, the championship Living
'ston girls and E. L. Ficquett
boys came up with two places
each on the mythical twinkle
outfit.
A first team was selected
(boys and girls) for the first
time in the history of the meet
by persons named by The Cov
ington News. Heretofore, a
squad was named with 12 girls
and 10 boys on the list.
The three forwards of the
team were also the highest
scorers of the tournament.
They were Philis Edwards of
Palmer-Stone wi h 36 points,
Jordye Bailey of Livingston
33, and Rosemary Laster of
Porterdale with 30 markers.
Guards were: Linda McGib
oney of Livingston, Cecilia
Haulk of Palmer-Stone, and
Betty Faith Jaynes of Porter
dale.
The boys all-star team con
sisted of the following: Terry-
Rutledge of Covington with 24
points, Johnny Chesnut of Cov
ington with 21 points, Ronnie
Lynch of Porterdale with 16,
Charlie William* of Palmer-
Dean Rutledge, holding his trophy: Ram Coach Ronald Bradley*
Key Club President. Jimmy Ramsey, who made the presentations:
girls Coach Stone Cooper; and Shirley Rwth White, holding her
trophy. These players led their teams to an overall 41-3 record
for the past regular cage season.
White and Rutledge Are Named
Most Valuable Cage Performers
Shirley Ruth (Hayes) White
and Billy Dean Rutledge were
singled out by their teammates
and Key Club members for hon
. ors as the Most Valuable per-
I formers on the 1958-59 Newton
County High School basketball
teams. Their selections were an
nounced Thursday evening.
The Ram team members,
school officials and guests gath
ered at Henderson’s Restaurant
। Stone, and Bob Wheeler of Liv
| ingston.
ALL-TOL’RNAMENT
(Girls)
F—Philis Edwards, Palmer-
Stone
F—Jordye Bailey, Livingston
F—Rosemary Laster, Porter
dale
G —Linda McGiboney, Living
ston
G —Cecilia Haulk, Palmer-
Stone
G —Betty Faith Jaynes, Porter
dale.
ALL - TOURNAMLNT
(Boys)
F—Ronnie Lynch, Porterdale
F—Bob Wheeler, Livingston
C—Johnny Chesnut, Coving
ton 1
G—Charlie Williams, Palmer-
Stone
G —Terry Rutledge, Covington
Harriette Johnson Named
All-State Class AA Guard
Harriette Johnson's perform
; ance in the State Class AA
basketball tournament at Ma
con earned her a place on the
Atlanta Journal All-Tourna
ment team which was announc
ed Thursday.
The Journal article, by-lined
by Sportswriter John Garrett,
picked a squad of 12 girls and
10 boys on the their all-star
squads. The Newton girls were
eliminated in their first tourn
ament appearance by Jeff Davis
High of Hazelhurst.
The complete girls squad Is
as follows:
Forwards: Alice Guest and
Jennie Bell Sears, Bacon Coun
ty: Reba McCommon, Warner
Robins; Shirley King, Jeff
Davis; Joyce Tabb, Miller Coun
ty; Linda Kimbrough, Camp
bell.
Guards: Harriette Johnson,
Newton County; Nettie Mae
Youmans, Jeff Davis; Sandra
Moreland, Murray County;
Eleanor Orvin, Bacon County;
Betty Hobbs and Elizabeth
Evans, Warner Robins.
Harriette was used at both
a guard and forward position
[during the year by Coach Stone
1 Cooper.
A Prise-Winning
Newspepa
1958
Be*Ur Nwauypw
NUMBER 1
on Jackson Road for a banquet
dinner Thursday and heard
speeches by Prof. Homer Sharp,
Supt. of Schools J. W. (Whit)
Richardson, Coach Ronald Brad
ley, and Sports Editor P.O
Greer.
Jimmy Ramsey, president of
the NCHS Key Club, donor of
the two trophies to the players,
made the presentation to Rut
eldge during the program. On
Friday morning at Chapel As
sembly at New’on High Ramsev
awarded both the girls and boys
troohies.
Shirley Ruth, the shortest
olayer on Coach S.one Cooper's
sextet, received her recogni
tion on Friday morning at the
school. The team squad enjoy
ed a delicious banquet meal at
the Rio Vista in Atlanta Thurs
day night and attended the
cinema immediately afterward
before returning to Covington
leter in the evening.
Both players were their team’s
leading scorer in the regular
season and in tournament play.
The regular schedule of th«
NCHS team was the best sine#
the school was consolidated in
1949. The combined record was
a good 41 victories against only
three setbacks.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
K ■ iW -
■ Wc'
I
/ 52 I
I
9 - v
F «
* ■'
HARRIETTE JOHNSON
Farmers in the United State*
produce and sell metre than S3O
billion worth of products an.
nually, report economists at the
Agncultwnd ExtuMMm Service,
-