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Emory Mixed Chorus Opens
Spring Tour At Elberton
The Emory-at-Oxford Mixed
Chorus, under the direction of
Prof. Harold W. Mann, will
open its spring tour with a con
cert in Elberton on Saturday
evening, March 14. Other cities
on the tour are: Hartwell, An
derson, S.C., Spartanburg S.C.,
Charleston, S.C., and Augusta.
Accompanist for the Mixed
Chorus is James Youngblood,
Jr., North Augusta, S.C., Offi
cers are: Jed Dowlen, Fitzger
ald, president; Carole Abney,
Ringgold, secretary; and Bob
Hays, Jr., Hartwell, business
manager. Section leaders are
Julia Crum, Tifton; Ann Aw
try, Senoia; Ray Otwell, Bre
men: and Jed Dowlen, Fitz
gerald.
The Mixed Chorus is in the
second year of full concert ap
pearances. It is composed of the
fifty best voices out of approxi
mately eighty singers in the
other two organizations, the wo
men’s and the men’s glee clubs.
The program is in five groups
and consists of religious music,
soecial solos, a section unified
by the similarities of the rhy
thmic components, folk songs,
and two massive choral works
from the late Romantic era.
Members of the Mixed Chorus
who plan to go on the tour are:
Sopranos: Carole Abney, Ring
gold; Patricia Aldred, Thom
son; Melinda Crenshaw, Toc
coa: Julia Crum, Tifton: Polly
Holland, Gainesville: Eugenia
Mills, Millen; Meredith Mills,
West Hartford, Conn.; Vera
O'Laughlin, Cartersville; Joann
Pass, Buford.
Altos. Ann Awtry, Senoia:
Bonnie Briscoe. Dunw-oody;
P"nnie Brunson, Thomson: Gail
Bryson, Griffin: Bonnie CoHins,
McDonough: Jeanne Griffin,
Claxton; Jolyn Hunt. Elberton:
Jeanne Jay, Decatur; Sandra
Poole, Tifton.
Tenors: John Bargeron, Mil
len: Neill Beavers. Jacksonville,
F’a.; Bill Chesser, Huevtown.
Ala.: Tom Grier. Blakely;
C’arence Harris. Ft. Pierce,
Fla.: Rav Otwell. Bremen:
James Pone, Mcßae: Billy
Powe. LaFayette, Ala.; Larry
WHliams. Garden City, ®avan
nah; and Dale Zorn. Florala,
A’a.
Basse*: Dav’d Cosbv. Poca
P’ton. F’a.; Virgil Dormmy,
Fitzgera’d: -Ted Dowlen, Fdz
gora’d: Bobby Horton, Jesuo:
O. B. Johnson, Jr., Wavnesboro:
Fobert M^’er Plant Citv. F’a.:
Swanson Mil Fans. West Point:
Tommv Owen'. Newnan: Dan
p-woHale. Lithnnia: David
Snod«poss. O"*ord: J ; m ' r: ”er,
^boro: Noel Vandiver,
Tim’’’: Tom W’Wam'. Gray
son: Don Pnwirwtnn. c -'ndorc.
v,n e - wnd ^nck McLaughlin,
Lake Ci*y. Fla.
Uvinoston Girls
Hod Record Os
12 Wins, 4 Defeats
When the basketball season
began last fall, a total of 20
girls reported to the Livingston
gymnasium. As candidates for
the team and Coach B. M. Paden
started to work after a few
weeks of practice a little but
powerful team began to de
velop. . .
To start the competition the
Livingston Cardinals played
two games with the Grayson
Jr High School and two games
with Jersey Jr. High School.
They won all four games. The
county league games opened
with a game with Porterdale
Jr. High and Livingston suffer
ed their first defeat.
The little Livingston team
did not like the bitter taste of
defeat so they began working
to improve their team in order
to get on the winning side. That
is just what they did for they
only lost three more games:
two to Palmer-Stone and one
to the Newton High "B” Team.
This gave them a record of 12
victories and 4 defeats before
going into the County Jumoi
High Tournament.
By tournament time the Liv
ingston girls had developed in
to a powerful team. They play
ed the opening game of the
tournament against Porterdale
Junior High School and defeat
ed them 31 to 24. This victory
placed them in the finals with
Palmer Stone Jr. High, as oppo
nents. When the time arrived on
Saturday, March 7, for the final
game of the tournament to start,
ton fast Urmgaton team went
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
GEA Plans Big
State Meeting
The 92nd Annual State Con
vention of the Georgia Educa
tion Association will convene
March 18-21, Atlanta Municipal
Auditorium. Secretary Frank
M. Hughes reports a member
ship of 23,140, the largest in
GEA history. The Association
is composed of seven depart
ments and 23 affiliate associa
tions, all of which will hold an
nual meetings during the four
day Convention.
Randall H. Minor, President,
Georgia Education Association
will preside at the First and
Second Representative Assem-
All Newton County schools
wil be closed next week for
Spring Holidays. Classes
wil resume on Monday,
March 23.
blies, March 19 and 20 and the
First General Session, Thurs
day night, March 19. Dr. Wal
ter H. Judd, educator, medical
missionary and Congressman,
sth District, Minnesota will de
liver the keynote address.
Under the direction of Guest
Conductor Dr. Arthur Best,
Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio, and Georgia
All-State Band will present a
musical program.
On Friday night, March 20
the Georgia All-State Orches
tra and All-State Chorus will
present a program. Guest Con
ductors for these programs are
John Tuele, Conductor, Winston
Salem. N.C. Symphony Orches
tra and Dr. George Kreuger,
University of Indiana, Bloom
ington, Ind.
Speakers for the Friday Gen
eral session will be GEA Presi
dent Randall H. Minor and
Governor Ernest Vandiver who
will speak to the teachers for
the fiist time since he became
Governor of Georgia.
Emory-Oxford Takes
Spring Holidays
Spring holidays at Emorv
at-Oxford will begin alter the
last final examination on Fri
day, March 13. Classes for the
Spring Quarter will begin at
8 A.M., Monday, March 23.
to work and defeated Palmer-
Stone by a score of 35 to 2'\
Thus they won the county s
girls tournament.
The team averaged 38.1 points
per game: with a total of 603
points for the season.
The team was coached by B.
M. Paden, Principal of Living
ston Junior High.
Game Notes —
Officials for the tournament
were Gib Holifield, Dan Gibbs,
Jim Guritz and Charlie Burnett.
Jordye Bailey, elusive for
ward of Coach B. M. Paden’s
Livingston girls team was nam
ed for two sisters, both promin
ent at Porterdale. Her full name
is Jordye Ruth Bailey and she
is a namesake of Misses Jordye
and Ruth Tanner.
In the battle of third place
in the boys bracket it was quite
a defferent story from a regu
lar season game between Por
terdale and Livingston. Coach
Melvin Criswell’s Livingston
c:»int had beaten Porterdale
39-11 in the regular season, but
they were tripped by Coach
Billy Crowell’s outfit in the
tourney 21-20.
Coach Crowell had his worst
finish in the history of the tour
nament as both his boys and
girls came in third. However,
he did get the consolation of
never having finished fourth in
the county meet.
Near freezing temperatures
were prevalent on Friday and
Saturday night inside the Por
terdale gymnasium as the boil
er bursted and no heat could be
generated except toe players in
the game.
(Houittgion Nms
C of C Group
Met On Monday
The regular March meeting
of the Newton County Cham
ber of Commerce was held Mon
day at 12:30 at the Teen Can
Building with some 35 mem
bers present.
President Carl Smith was in
charge of the meeting and af
ter the invocation by E. G.
Lassiter, Jr., s barbecue lunch
eon was setved by John Hack
ney.
Minutes of the previous
meeting were read by Miss
Anne Woodward, who substi
tuted for Secretary John Jer
nigan. Dan Clower gave the
report of the Industrial Devel
opment Committee.
Much discussion centered
around members closing for
holidays, particularly the up
coming July 4th which falls on
a Saturday this year. The pro
posal of whether to remain
open or close on the particular
day was tabled until further
study can be completed.
A recent ‘gyp artist” situation
was discussed and it was de
cided that the Chamber of Com
merce would make public by
newspaper and radio an expose
of such underhand tactics as
have cropped up in the county
recently. Mayor Turner appeal
ed to the citizens of the city
and county to help combat such
frauds as ‘‘campaign workers
soliciting money for missions in
other cities.”
Gum Creek HD
Members See
Zipper Demon.
The Gum Creek Home Dem
onstration Club met at the
church annex March 3 with ten
members present. The meeting
was called to order by the pres
ident, Mrs. Robert White.
The club creed was read in
unison followed by the group
singing a song. Mrs. White gave
the devotional with the group
praying the Lord’s Prayer.
Score cards were checked.
Mrs. Chester Johnson gave the
treasurer’s report. New and old
business were discussed also
plans for the council meeting.
Mrs. Harvey Johnson, Mrs.
Carl Hayes and Mrs. C. L. Bost
wick modeled dresses for the
club style revue. The meeting
was turned over to Mrs. Malone
who gave a demonstration on
puttin’ in zippers.
During the social hour a game
o* bin co was enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Malone won the prize.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostesses, Mrs.
Robert White and Mrs. Roy
Kimble.
New Methodist
Men's Club At
Covington Mills
A new organization of Meth
odist Men in Covington Mills
Methodist Church, has been
chartered by Methodism’s Gen
eral Board of Lay Activities in
Chicago. Officers of the new
group include: President George
P. Hopkins; Vice President, J.
D. Stone, and Secretary Tellis
C. Austin.
It is estimated that 2,000,000
men in the Methodist Church
are prospective members of
Methodist Men clubs.
Robert G. Mayfield, evecutive
secretary of the board, states
that, “We seek to mobilize
through Methodist Men and tre
mendous power and enthusiasm
of the men of the church. Our
purpose is to give strength to
the program of Christ and His
Church through consecrated
service of men in every local
church of Methodism.”
FROWNIE TROOP 13
On Wednesday of last week
our troop met at the Brownie
Hut.
When we were all there we
began to practice our flag cere
mony. This is the part we take
in the kitchen shower for the
hut which will be this week.
After we had practiced for
awhile we studied in our Girl
Scout handbook.
Susan Stubbs,
Reporter
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 12, 1959
“CANCER CONTROI MONTH’’—Gov. Ernest Vandiver signs a
proclamation designating April as “Cancer Control Month”
throughout Georgia. Looking on are Arthur L. Montgomery of
Atlanta (left), state chairman of the American Cancer Society s
1959 Education-Funds Crusade, and Porter W. Carswell of
Waynesboro, Crusade Commitee chairman. Funds raised in the
April Crusade will go to support the Cancer Society’s programs
of research, public and professional education and services to
needy cancer patients.
Hays District HD Club
Enjoys Annual Dress Revue
The Hays District Home
Demonstration Club met March
4 at the club house in Starrs
ville with Mrs. Fred Greer and
Mrs. J. M. Aiken as joint hos
tesses for the afternoon.
In the absence of the presi
dent, Mrs. C. O. Benton, the
vice president, Mrs. James An
derson, called the meeting to
order.
Mrs. James Anderson brought
the devotional for the meeting,
i using as her subject “Easter.”
I Mrs. Anderson closed her re
! marks with prayer.
Mrs. Willie Lunsford of
Mansfield was a welcomed
visitor.
Mrs. C. C. Epps and Mrs.
David Butler Jr. were welcom
ed back to the meeting after
a long period of absence.
In the absence of the secre
tary, Mrs. D. B. Dixon Jr., Mrs.
J. H. Anderson, called the roll
and read the minutes of the
February meeting which were
approved as read.
Mrs. J. M. Aiken gave the
treasurer's report. The score
cards were checked.
Mrs. Hazel Malone announc
ed a Poultry Contest open to
the homemakers of the county.
Greetings and good wishes
from a homemaker, Mrs. J. C.
Pope, now living in Atlanta,
were brought by Mrs. C. C.
Epps.
At this time, the meeting was
turned over to Mrs. Malone
who gave a demonstration on
putting in zippers and finish
ing seams.
At the close of the demonstra
tion, Mrs. J. H. Anderson, cloth
ing project chairman, took
charge of the meeting. The an-
Jimmy Laster
Graduated From
Auburn Today
AUBURN, ALA. — Alabama
Polytechnic Institute will award
300 degrees during the March
13 commencement program at
2:30 p.m. in the Student Activi
ties Building.
Among the candidates for de
grees is Jimmy Laster of Por
terdale, Georgia, who has com
pleted the requirements for the
Bachelor of Science in Busines
Administration.
An honorary doctoral degree
will he awarded to President
Leslie S. Wright of Howard Col
lege, Birmingham, during the
program.
Earlier, at 9:30 a m.. Army,
Navy and Air Force cadets and
midshipmen will be commis
sioned as officers in their re
spective services in a ceremony
in Langdon Hall.
The President’s coffee for
graduates, their parents and
friends is scheduled for 10:30
to 12:30 in the Union Ballroom
nual style revue was staged
with Mrs. Anderson acting as
narrator.
In the house dress group,
Mrs. W. H. Corley Sr. modeled
a cool, comfortable French
gingham in a baby white and
blue check. Mrs. Corley’s dress
was designed by ar. Advance
pattern.
Mrs. I H. Cook also in the
house dress group was attired
in a black, red and grey striped
Dan River model. Mrs. Cooks
dress was designed by an Ad
vance pattern and featured a
shirt waist type blouse with
decorative slide-in pockets on
the skirt which added much
style to her garment.
In the street dress group
Mrs. James O. Anderson was
smartly attired in a light blue
wood tweed with matching belt
and three quarter length
sleeves. Mrs. Anderson’s dress
was cut by a McCall’s pattern.
Also in the street dress group
was Mrs. J. H. Anderson in a
lovely black and white spring
cotton dress topped with a black
cotton duster with which she
wore black patent shoes and
carried a black patent bag.
In the re-styied dress group,
Mrs. J. M. Aiken modeled a
rust satin striped rayon gar
ment that had been made from
a two-piece dress which was
given to her by her daughter.
In the re-styled hat group,
Mrs. J. H. Anderson was wear
ing a small navy straw with
light blue chiffon band and
navy veiling.
Mrs. J. H. Anderson won first
place on her arrangement of
spring flowers.
At the close of the meeting,
delicious cake, toasted nuts and
hot coffee were served by the
joint hostesses, Mrs. Greer and
Mi's. Aiken. The hostesses used
an Easter motif in their decor
ations.
14 Rams Get
BB Letters
Lettermen of the NCHS Rams
basketball team were announc
ed Thursday night at the team’s
banquet at Henderson’s Restaur
ant on Jackson Road. Coach
Ronald Bradley cited the 10
players of the team and four
supervisory personnel for the
honor.
Players making letters were:
Bobby Mobley, Larry Parnell,
Allen Rowe. Ed Hertwig, Billy
Dean Rutledge, Gerald Autry,
Richard Moore, Perry Haymore,
Larry Harper, and Johnny
Capes. Managers and others
given letters included John
Richardson, Robert Budd, Jim
my Johnson and Tony McClure.
Eight of the ten lettermen
players are seniors. Only Capes
and Rowe are underclassmen.
The first silk exported from
the colonies was sent from Sa
vannah and made into a dress
for the Queen of England in
1735.
"Spelling Power"
Discussion Topic
At Ficquett Meet
By Louise Reeves
‘‘How to Develop Spelling
Power,” w’as the subject of dis
cussion when teachers of grades
2-8 met at the Ficquett School
auditorium Tuesday afternoon,
March 10.
Sam A. Wells, representative
of the Webster Publishing Com
pany, served as guest consul
tant and presented findings of
recent research on effective
methods of teaching spelling.
Mr. Wells pointed out that re
search shows that spelling
power is possible only' when pu
pils have learned to look dis
criminatingly at printed sym
bols. To look discriminatingly
means to observe agreement
with or deviation from a body
of nhonetic and structural gen
eralizations.
The New Spelling Goals, the
program used tn grades 2-8 in i
local schools, presents words
chosen to give nunils optinum ।
onnortunit” to formulate sne I '-
ing generalizations wh ; ch apnly
to thousands of words — noti
merely those in the weekly =
spelling lists. Th^oueh care
fully selected words the gener
alizations which have been pre
sented previously are syste
matically reviewed, and the
new generaliz.ations are taucht
to extend gradually the puoil’s
growing understanding of how
words behave in the English
language. I
Mr. Wells Informed the
teachers that there is still much
to learn about the formulation
and apolication of generaliza
tions in spelling and in other
learning. He emphasized that
generalizations are most readi
ly learned and applied when
learners are induced to make
them themselves. Tn his con
cluding remarks. Mr. Wells
cautioned his listeners that
skillful teachers will guide the
formulation of the generaliza
tions bv nupils and will not set
them forth as precepts to be
memorized.
The meeting Tuesdav was one
of a series of in-service educa
tion programs that have been
nlanned to promote more ef
fective instruction in the lan
guage arts area of the curricu
lum.
S H»’H
Fmishe* Troming
At Fort Knox
FORT KNOX, KY. — Nation
al Guard Pvt. James S. Hull,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William S
Hull, Route 2, Covington. Ga.,
completed eight weeks of ad
vanced individual armor train
ing Feb. 28 at Fort Knox. Ky.
During this phase of training.
Hull qualified as a driver of
the Army’s medium tank, pass
ed proficiency tests with the
.30 and .50 caliber machine
guns and qualified as a gunner
with the 90 millimeter tank gun.
He is a 1954 graduate of New
ton High School.
Cpl. Donald Savage
With 10th Marines
DONALD SAVAGE
CAMP LEJEUNE. N. C. —
Marine Acting Cpl. Donald C.
Savage, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Savage of Route 2, Cov
ington, Ga., is serving with the
4th Battalion. 10th Manne Reg
iment, a unit of the 2nd Marine
Division at Camp Lejeune, N.
C.
On Jan. 27, Savage wag com
mended for his outstanding per
formance of duty as intelligence
assistant.
Before enlisting in June 1957,
he attended Georgia institute
of Technology.
Three Important Factors To
Higher Profits For Farmers
I Palmer-Stone t
Teachers Attend
1
Workshop 11-Il
By Louise Reeves
Instructional Supervisor
Mrs. M. D. Mcßae and M'rs.
F. M. Ellington, members of
the Palmer-Stone School fac
ulty, will represent the Newton I
Countv teachers at the E'emen- i
tary Education Workshop which j
is being held at the d -H Club
Center at Rock Eagle March
12-14.
The workshop is being con- ■
ducted to provide in^pirrTon, j
information, and stimulation for
elementary school personnel j
from systems participating in I
the Southern Association’s Pro
gram for the Imorovement of
Elementary Schools.
Dr. John Goodlad, Universi
ty of Chicago, will be the guest
sneaker for the general sessions.
The theme chosen for this work
shop is “Classroom Practices and
Present Day Pressures”.
In December, 1958, the South
ern Association approved ac
creditation of elementary
schools. Plans for such accredi
tation are in the making. There
will be an opportunity at the
workshop for participants to
get first hand information con
cerning the Southern Associa
tion’s plans for accrediabon of
{Elementary Schools, and pro
endures recommended hv f'e
{Central Coordinating Commit
tee and by the Georgia State
j Elementary Committee.
The decision to establish a
plan for accreditation of ele
{mentary schools was based on
a series of south-wide studies
which were made of selected
school systems’ programs for
imnrovemen*. It is of interest
to Newton Countains that this
nroiect of the Southern Asso
ciation was in’t’’ted in Newton
County in October 1953, when
a committee of outstanding ed
ucators from five states soent
several days visiting local
r^ools and studvin? th® oro
yram o* the Newton County
School System.
John A. Filler Is
/ v/prded a rt'f'CP f «
Os Merit In Contest
John A. Fuller of Emorv-at-
Oxford has reached the Finals
of the 1958-59 National Merit
Scholarship Program and has
been awarded a Certificate of
Merit, according to Registrar
M. C. Wiley.
The students distinguished
themselves by their high scores
on the two college aptitude tests
used in the National Merit
Scholarship competition. About
six-tenths of one per cent of
the seniors in each state re
ceived the awards. A national
total of 10.000 students were
honored.
Crackers Begin Spring Drills
Al Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
ATLANTA (GPS) — With
Spring in the air, the sap aris
j ing and the 1959 baseball season
j just around the corner, the big
question in the minds of many
I Georgia baseball fans is: “What
, sort of team will the Atlanta
I Crackers have this year?”
Nobody knows at this point,
not even Earl Mann, president
ownci of the Crackers. Reason:
His squad of some 40 ballplay
ers has just opened spring train
ing at Jacksonville. Fla., prep
aratory to opening the regular
season at Ponce De Leon Park
in Atlanta April 10.
“We’re hoping to have a good
ball club this season, maybe
another championship team,"
Mann said. “With Buddy Bates
back at the helm as manager,
I’m sure we’ll have a hustling,
interesting dub. We are shoot
ing for our seventeenth South
ern League pennant, and you
can bet your bottom dollar we’ll
be trying all the way to get it”
| J ust before departing lor
a PriM-Wmaing
Newspaper
1958
Better Newspaper
Oatesta
NUMBER 11
By Southern Farm News
Service
ATLANTA — A prominent
biologist says that despite the
discoveries of “wonder di .gs”,
vaccines and serums, tnree
basic keys still are needed to
unlock the door to higher poul
try and livestock profits.
These keys are (1) good
management; (2) sanitation and
(3) proper feeding, according
to Dr. Sterling Brackett, di
rector of animal industry de
velopment for American Cyana
mid Co.
In an interview, Dr. Brackett
expressed concern over what
he termed “a tendency among
growers to neglect there three
basic concepts of production”.
The scientist pointed out that
the many antibiotics, drugs and
other additives which have
made po .ible the so-ca'led
“medicated feeds” were design
ed only to supplement good
management, not to replace it.
“Any grower who neglects
proper management and sanita
tion practices and depends sole
ly on a medica'ed feed is court
ing disaster,” Dr. Brackett said.
He added that good manage
ment, which includes the con
stant upgrading of stock, and
। sanitation are two profit fac
|tors over which producers have
almost complete control. On the
subject of feeding, Dr. Brack
ett urged growers to consult
their own feed manufacturers
or mixers to determine the type
rt tion best suited to their needs.
“In the last 25 years, the
feed industry has made tre
mendous strides in formulating
more efficient poultry and live
' stock rations," he added.
“Through their own research
and testing programs, feed com
panies have developed rations
I which are best suited to local
conditions and therefore pro
mote health and growth at the
greatest economy to the produc
er.”
Dr. Brackett pointed out that
the present demand for more
meat, eggs and dairy products
to feed our expanding popula
tion has made it necessary for
the growers to pay more atten
tion than ever to the details of
production.
“If poultry and livestock pro
ducers are to maintain profita
ble operations,” he said, “prop
er management, sanitation and
feeding must not be overlook
ed All three must work to
gether at a high rate of effici
ency.”
Completes Marine
Recruit Training
SAN DIEGO, Calif—Edward
Henderson, son of Mrs Alberta
Strong of Covington, Ga., com
pleted recruit training Feb. 18
at the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, San Diego, Calif.
The 11-week course included
instruction in all basic military
subjects and infantry weapons.
Upon completion of training
new Marines are assigned to a
unit for further infantry train
ing, Or to one of the many Ma
rine Corps schools.
Florida. Mann said winner* in
the Cracker fans advance sale
ticket contest will be announc
ed around April 1. First prize
in the contest, ending March
15, is a lifetime gold pass, a
trip to New Orleans with the
Crackers, and particioation in
the opening day ceremonies at
Poncey Park.
Cash prizes will go to the
next three winners. Persons
selling the largest number of
advance tickets are judged Hie
winners. Every Cracker fan who
sei's 20G or more of these $1.25
grandstand tickets at the bar
gain price of $1 will receive a
season psss to Ponce De Leon
Park
It the Crackers een draw
244.051 paid customers this yea
they can reach the ten-million
mark. More than six million of
Atlanta’s total has come dur
ing Earl Mann’s 2tJ-yeer reign.
No other Southern Assn cit
has yet reached the eighUmi
tom mark at the gatak