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Annie Armstrong Circle Met Thursday
At The Home of Mrs. Carlton Pierce
Hie Annie Armstrong WMU
Circle held its regular monthly
meeting Thursday, March 12,
at the home of Mrs, Carlton
Pierce.
A very interesting program
was presented by Mrs. Nada
McDowell in which the mem
bers took part.
A busines session was held
and reports from different com
mittees were given.
Anyone who is interested in
joining a morning circle please
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MEETINGS
Members of the Covington
Service Guild are urged to at
tend an important meeting
Monday March 23 at 3:30 at
the home of Mrs. R. Pat Camp
bell. The guest speaker will be
Mrs. Hugh McDonald.
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Garden Club News
The Augusta, Georgia Tour
of Homes and Gardens, spon
; sored by the Augusta Council
of Garden Clubs, Inc. will be
held March 28, — 11:00 Add. -
6:00 P.M., March 29, 1:00 P.M.
6:00, with Headquarters at the
Bon Air Hotel. Mrs. M. P. Phil
lips, Augusta, Georgia, is Chair
man and Mrs. J. P. Hatcher is
Co-Chairman.
These outstanding homes will
be featured: 1. MR. AND MRS,
JOHN MURRAY, 2218 Overton
Road. Upon entering this home
a feeling of spaciousness, com
fort and tones of the sun and
earth greet you. This home is
furnished in an elegant modern
motif, with all the colors, and
furniture placement blending in
distinctive harmony.
2. DR. AND MRS. JAMES H.
FORD, 2278 Overton Road. This
home is designed for privacy
from the street. To the rear it
has an entire wall of floor to
ceiling sliding glass panels
opening the living-dining area
to a picturesque woodland
scene.
3. MR. AND MRS. EDWIN J.
WADE, 708 Milledge Rd. Beau
tiful grounds filled with magni
ficent magnolia trees surround
this lovely old home, construct
ed in 1826.
4. DR. AND MRS. W. W.
BATTEY, Garden, 2239 Kings
Ways. Likened to a chain hold-
Royal Ambassadors
Met at Porterdale
Tuesday Night
PORTERDALE — The Jun
i ior Chapter of the Royal Am
i bassadors of the Porterdale
Baptist Church met on Tues
day night, March 10. for their
Knightly Deed. The meeting
was called to order by Danny
i Joe Richardson.
After the meeting, the group
■ carried a fruit basket to a shut
| in. All members went on this
; mission. Those who shared in
lit were: Ray Fuller, Thomas
■ Waldrop, Terry Barnes, Ronnie
House, Gary Wilkerson, Danny
Joe Richardson, and Tony Ben
nett. Their counselor, Harvey
Campbell, accompanied them.
We met back at the church
■for refreshments.
—J unior Royal Am
bassadors Reporter.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
ing four precious gems is this
garden arranged on four levels
and planned over 30 years ago.
5. MR. AND MRS. W. C.
GOODE, Jr., Garden, 1318
Highland Ave. The fascination
of this city lot garden lies in
the variety of activities that
abound with emphasis on cam
ellia propagation, outside and
under glass.
6. MR, AND MRS. JULIAN
H. ROBERTS, 312 Berchmans
Road. One of Augusta’s most
handsome homes, of Georgian
architecture, located in a deep
wooded area chi the grounds of
the Augusta National Golf
Course.
7 MR. AND MRS. MORGAN
FITZ, 752 Lancaster Road.
Small in size but unique in
contemporary design is this
beautiful seven room old brick
home, one of Augusta’s very
newest. The living-dining area
is built over a five foot running
stream which may be viewed
through glass walls.
Mrs. John Alford
Is GA Speaker At
Youth Meeting
ATLANTA — Two House
Parties for Baptist girls are
scheduled this month, along
with a House Party for young
women at Rock Eagle State
Park, near Eatonton. Miss Jan
ice Singleton, Georgia Baptist
Woman’s Missionary Union exe -
cutive secretary, announced to
day.
The house parties are annual
events for Georgia Baptist girls
for study of home and foreign
mission fields, and inspirational
sessions.
For Girls* Auxiliaries, camps
will be held March 20 and 21,
and March 21 and 22. Two
camps have been held earlier
this month. The Y. W. A. house
par!y will be held April 3-5,
Miss Singleton said.
Featured speakers for the
Girls’ Auxiliary house parties
include: Dr. and Mrs. Loyd Cor
der, Atlanta. Dr. Corder is sec
retary of the department of lan
guage group ministries for the
Southern Convention Home Mis
sion Board; Miss Mary Ether
idge, Tucson, Arizona, a mis
sionary to Chinese speaking
peoples; Miss Christine Garnett,
missionary from Cuba; Mrs.
Essie Fuler Baptista, former
Southern Baptist missionary to
Brazil, and Mrs. John I. Al
ford, Atlanta.
Speakers for the YWA meet
ing include Mrs. Noble Y. Beall,
Atlanta, supervisor of good will
center work for the Home Mis
sion Board; Miss Carolyn Cate,
missionary nurse in the Gaza
hospital: and Miss Doris De
valut, Birmingham. Alabama,
YWA director for the WMU of
the Southern Baptist conven
tion.
Miss Fowler Wins
Ist Place In
Richmond Audition
HOLLINS COLLEGE. VA. —
Florence Fowler, a senior music
major at Hollins College, won
first place in the advanced divi
sion of the National Associa
tion of Teachers of Singers
audition held in Richmond on
February 28.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert R. Fowler Jr.
of Clark’s Grove, Covington.
A student of Oscar McCul
lough, member of the Hollins
music faculty. Miss Fowler
sang a group of five songs, in
cluding work by Caldara,
Brahms, Debussy, Hageman,
and Mozart.
Miss Fowler is president of
the chapel choir and song lead
er of the senior class.
Conyers DAV Is
Sponsoring Gospel
Singing Mar. 21st
The Disabled American Vet
erans of Rockdale County are
sponsoring a Gospel Singing
Saturday, March 21 at the Rock
dale County High School Gym
nasium at 8 p.m.
The singing will feature
Marshall Pack and his Precious
Meme ties Trio, Windy Bagwell
and the Sunlighters and many
other groups.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY!
Porterdale Women of Morn. Division
Hears Easter-Theme Program, Tuesday
PORTERDALE — Mrs. Char
lie Mitchell opened the meet
ing of the Porterdale Woman’s
Club, Morning Division, in
Porter Gymnasium with the
group uniting to sing “My Wild
Irish Rose” at ten o’clock on
Tuesday, March 17. Mrs. Irby
Sharpton led in prayer.
Miss Ethel Belcher introduc
ed Mrs. H. H. Dillard, who
brought an inspiring devotional
message with an Easter theme.
Mrs. Claude Madden and Mrs.
Henry Whitfield were accom
panied by Miss Jordye Tanner
at the piano for their duet
“Were You There?”, which
completed the devotional.
An interesting Bible Quiz
concerning characters who
shared in the first Easter was
conducted by Miss Belcher. A
humorous reading was given by
Miss Clare Mae Hayes in con
clusion of the program.
Miss Belcher expressed ap
preciation to the participants,
as did Mrs. Mitchell, also.
A list of sick members or rel
atives of members was com
piled that they with others
might be remembered with
cards. Ladies regretted to learn
of the illness of Jimmy Mae
Brintley, the school maid, who
always assisted with their re
freshments. Mrs. Virgil Nor
wood tendered her resignation
through Mrs. Nina Day as the
Floral and Card Chairman. Mrs.
Irby Sharpton was elected to
succeed her. Mrs. Norwood was
cited for her excellent job in
this important place.
Miss Sadie Polson reported
for the hostess committee an
attendance of nineteen members
and four visitors. Mrs. Frances
Cason received the attendance
award.
Mrs. T. D. Trainer named as
the program committee for
April, Mrs. Frances Cason and
Mrs. Irby Sharpton.
The refreshment committee
was named by Mrs. Mitchell as
follows: Mrs. Jim Hughes, Mrs.
Exie Thomason, Mrs. John Nor-
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Miss Jordye Tanner reported
the disposition of the matured
bonds of the club as was recom
mended at the February meet
ing. A frigidaire had been
placed in the gymnasium kit
chen; a contribution had been
given in the amount of $300.00
for the Inter-Com system for
the Porterdale Junior High
School; an investment of
$588.85 was made at Newton
Federal Savings and Loan Cor
poration in the name of Por
terdale Woman’s Club.
Miss Mae Hardman announc
ed the plans made on the pre
vious night for the April Vari
ety Show and the cookbooks.
She also told of the purchase of
a new selection “The First
Easter” by the late Dr. Peter
Marshall.
The ladies listened attentive
ly to the announcement rela
tive to attending the Salem
Camp Meeting on August 14.
Mrs. Travis Christian urged
that members sell the specified
number of names on their cal
endars and return these imme
diately, and not later than
April 1.
Miss Ethel Belcher dismissed
the meeting with prayer.
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Charles Porter Class Met Thursday
At The Home of Mrs Tom M. Bates
The March meeting of the
Charles Porter Class was held
Thursday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. T. M. Bates with Mrs.
A. V. Johnson, Mrs. Howard
Skinner and Mrs. W. S. Anglin
as co-hostesses.
The president of the class,
Mrs. H. A. Casey, read a poem
“Take Time,” followed by the
devotional service by Mrs.
Hiram Ellis, who gave a most
inspiring talk on “Conserva
tion of Our Spiritual Re
sources.”
A brief business meeting of
reports and announcements was
TAX RETURN
NOTICE
State and County Tax Books Now Open
Please make your returns promptly.
CLOSE APRIL 1
EVA STEPHENSON,
Tax Receiver
Thursday, March 19. 1959
conducted by Mrs. Casey. Mrs.
Johnson then introduced Miss
Janet Loyd, who has appeared
on the TV program “Stars of
Tomorrow.” She exhibited de
cided talent in giving several
pantomimes of recordings.
Mrs. Johnson gave the Legend
of the Sand Dollar, which is to
be found on the beach of Jekyll
Island and is said to depict the
birth and death of Jesus.
During the social hour, deli
cious refreshments were served
by the hostesses.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY!