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Land Smoothing And Terracing Demonstration Monday
Stanton Farm On Route 11
To Be Scene Os Event
There will be a demonstration of land smoothing and
terracing development on the farm of I. A. Stanton, Newton
County, Covington, Georgia. Monday, March 23rd. Mr. Stan
ton's farm is located about four miles south of U.S. 270 nu
Junction on State Route 11. _____
This demonstration is being
sponsored by the supervisors of
the Upper Ocmulgee Soil Con
servation District. Newton
County supervisors are Mr. A.
E. Hays, Mansfield and Mr.
Charles Ewing, Starrsville. The
Gurries Land Leveler, Cater
pillar D 6 Tractor with Cater
pillar No. 60 Scraper and Cater
pillar D 4 Dozer used in the
demonstration will be furnish
ed by Yancey Bros. Co. of At
lanta, Macon and Augusta—
dealer in North Georgia for
Caterpillar Tractor Co. and
manufacturers of auxiliary
equipment.
In discussing plans for the
demonstration, L. D. Worley,
State Conservation Engineer
said: “The design and construc
tion of the system of paralleled
terraces and water disposal
channels planned for this farm
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take advantage of methods of
earth moving which are rela
tively new in this section.” The
Band Leveler, or bottomless
scraper, is used to knock down
old terraces and to smooth out
the field before the terrace
lines are surveyed. A tractor
scraper combination is used to
cut the terrace channels to
grade. Then the Land leveler
is used to rough grade the in
tervals, between terraces. This
makes each row carry it’s own
water.
Ability to smooth out irregu
larities in surface and to cut
terrace channels to grade makes
it possible to plan and build
parallel terraces on many fields
which otherwise could not use
the parallel system.
The water disposal system
planned for this field will pro
vide good grassed waterways at
natural depressions for disposal
of surplus water. There will be
no short or point rows. Should
it be necessary to put in a sec
ond “key terrace”, the resultant
irregular area will be kept to
a minimum and grassed.
“With complete mechaniza
tion on most farms in this sec
tion, we have reached a time
when precision planting, culti
vating, insect control, and har
vesting are necessary.”
The Supervisors of The Up
per Ocmulgee River district
urge Land Improvement Con
tractors, farmers and other in
terested persons to attend the
demonstrations in Newton
County, Monday, March 23rd.
The activities will begin at
10:00 A.M. and continue
throughout the day.
J. R. Johnson, agronomist,
Agricultural Extension Service,
recommends fertilizing liber
ally, particularly with nitrogen,
to get highest quality Coastal
Bermuda hay.
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MANSFIELD AND SHIL chur< ^ gJ „ chuck and Betty Evans Day Service* followed by a covered
day at Manafield B P clufe HouM show above left io right are: Rev. Evana, former Mansfield
dish dinner at M an leare June 26 f or EBgl Africa where they will serve as missionaries with the
pastor and his wita Boax a and Rev. Robert Hines. (Photo by Parks Lawrence).
Baptist Foreign Mission .
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 - The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
Funeral For
Mrs. Hornbuckle
Al Conyers
Funeral services for Mrs. S.
C. Hornbuckle of Covington will
be held today (Thursday) March
19 at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of
Harry L. White Funeral Home
in Conyers. Rev. J. Douglas
Gibson, pastor of Conyers Meth
odist Church and Rev. E. A.
Callaway, pastor of Covington
First Baptist Church will offi
ciate. Interment will be in
Lawnwood Cemetery near Cov
ington.
Mrs. Hornbuckle, 66, died
Tuesday, March 17 at her home
in Covington after an illness of
several months.
Mrs. Hornbuckle, a native of
Ironton, Ohio, is a member of
the Methodist Church, Eastern
Star and Ladies Shrine.
Survivors include one son,
Edward Hornbuckle of Coving
ton; three sisters, Mrs. Zonie
Ball and Mrs. Effie Simpson,
both of Irnton, Ohio, and Mrs.
Slema Lynch of Cincinnati,
Ohio; two grandchildren, Miss
Elaine Hornbuckle and Charles
Hornbuckle, both of Covington.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of the
bereaved family. Harry L.
White Funeral Home of Con
yers is in charge of arrange
ments.
Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Evans Are
Honored al Mansfield Service
Mansfield Baptist Church
honored Rev. and Mrs. C. E.
Evans of Dearing, Ga., at the
morning worship service Sun
day, March 15.
Rev. and Mrs. Evans leave in
June for foreign mission work
in Tankanyika, East Africa.
Rev. and Mrs. Evans served
Mansfield Church from 1948-
50. After attending Southern
Baptist Seminary they returned
to serve Mansfield and Shiloh
Church in Jasper County. They
were young, enthusiastic, capa
ble, and willing to serve in
many capacities. Mansfield
Baptist Church has much in
spiritual values and material as
sets to speak for their years of
service. Both are musicians,
Mrs. Evans plays and each has
a good voice.
Another tie to them is Susan,
(Unuingimt Nema
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NEWTON COUNTY POST 32 American Legion and Auxiliary
Unit combined for a 40th Birthday Anniversary party and pro
gram at Legion Home Tuesday evening of last week. Highlight
ing the program after the banquet meal was an address by biate
Commander Henry Harrison of Macon. In the photo above, from
left to right: Commander Harrison; Post 32 Commander Ty Cason;
Scout Round Table
Monday Is Important
To All Leaders
“Please help roundup all Den
Mothers, Cub Masters, Scout
Masters, and Explorer Advisors
for the Round Table meeting,
Monday, March 23, 1959 at 7:30
p.m. at the Newton County High
School,” are the words of New
ton-Rockdale District Commis
sioner Spence Ramsey.
Mr. Ramsey stressed that the
meeting Monday will be one of
the most important of the year.
who was born while they were
in Mansfield. Kathleen, the
younger daughter, was born in
Dearing.
It is no wonder the Lord
chooses such people to do His
work. They can offer so many
services on a mission field. They
will attend language school
first. Then Rev. Evans will
serve in evangelistic work and
as chaplain foir the mission
hospital. Mrs. Evans will be a
laboratory technician at the
hospital.
How it all came about Sun
day, was through the desire of
the Friendship Class to have a
day for them to visit us again
before they left. It is the first
time for someone who has been
a part of the church’s growth
to go into foreign mission work.
Some called it “Chuck and
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 19, 1959
Troop 58 Scouts
Due Back In
Covington Today
Boy Scout Troop 58, spon
sored by the Covington Rotary
Club, returns today after a
four-day Camporee at Hard
Labor Creek State Park. Ap
proximately 30 men and boys
made the camp.
Scouts attending were H. B.
Adams, Ricky Dimsdale, Leon
Fambrough, Edmund Hackney,
Freddy Harwell, Ronnie Hale,
Harry Hinton, James Leonard,
Egee Lassiter, John Mask, Hugh
McDonald, Charles Reynolds,
Johnny Schell, Frankie Schell,
Fred Stokes, Terry Reed, Chip
Jernigan, Doug Ewing and
Keith Graham.
The Camporee was under the
supervision of John Schell,
Scoutmaster and Bert Adams,
assistant Scoutmaster of Troop
58 and Explorer Scouts Lanier
Patterson and Jack Loyd from
Post 58 and Explorer Scouts
Lanier Patterson and Jack
Lovd from Post 207. The Scout
Committee of the Rotary Club,
which made the arrangements
and provided facilities for the
camp, consisted of Hamlin Cal
lahan, chairman. Leo Mallard,
Hugh Harris, Bud Dennison,
Howard Brooks and Howard
Milligan.
Other adults helping with the
Camnoree were E. G. Lassiter,
Jr., Institutional Representative
of the Club: John Hackney, who
was in charge of the * meals;
Carswell Mason of the Coca-
Cola Company; E. M. McCart of
Ideal Daries; Sidnev Graham
of the Covington NEWS and
Herbert Vining of Newton Fed
eral.
I Betty Day.” They are affection
ately known among us as Chuck
and Betty.
Our present pastor. Rev. Rob
ert Hines, graciously and gen
erously helped us in the plans.
During the morning worship
service Mansfield and Shiloh
presented them with a love
offering and listened to the tes
timony of their call to foreign
missions. Our hearts were
1 warmed and yet so full when
Mr. Evans sang. Many had
misty eyes: some the tears slip
ped down their cheeks.
Following the service the
church family and friends
gathered at the Community
House and enjoyed a most
bountiful lunch.
Rev. Hines mentioned at the
evening service that the day
had been close to mountain
tops. He was right. It was a
good day, one we want to re
member.
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local Legion Auxiliary Unit President Christine Ellis: Junior Vice-
Commander Bill Pitts of McDonough; Mrs. Chris Vatisios, State
President of the Legion Auxiliary: Chris Vatisios, of Savannah;
Mrs. V. P. Mitcham, of McDonough, First Vice-President of the
State Legion Auxiliary.
Local Reserve Unit Entertains
Parent Battalion at Drill, Sun.
All day Sunday, March 22.
Battery C, 325th AAA Bn. will
act as host for Batteries A and
B and Headquarters and Head
quarters Battery at the local
Reserve Armory.
Battery A will convoy to Cov
ington in Army vehicles and
will arrive in Covington at
10:30 A.M. Battery A from La-
Grange and Battery B from
Manchester will also convoy to
Covington observing march dis
cipline and is scheduled to ar
rive at 11:00 A.M. Headquar
ters and Heardquarters Battery,
which are traveling from At
lanta, are expected to arrive
here at 8:30 A.M.
The 325th AAA Bn. is com
manded by Lt. Col. Albert G.
Daniel. He will lead the Head
quarters portion of the batta
lion and will be on hand to
greet the other two batteries
when they arrive. General Clay
Olbon, Commanding General of
Division Artillery, 81st Infantry
Division, of which the 325th is
an organic part, is also expected
to be present.
Captain William R. Galt,
Mrs Julia Dotson
Funeral Is Held
In Ala., Thurs.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Julia Messer Dotson of Route
1, Oxford, were held March 12
at the Union Hill Baptist
Church near Cottonwood. Ala
bama, with Rev. George Dal
kin, officiating. Interment was
in Union Hill Cemetery in the
churchyard.
Mrs. Dotson, 83, died Wed
nesday, March 11 at her home
following a lingering illness.
She will be remembered as the
“little lady who wore the bon
net,” as she wore her bonnet
about her home chores and also
to church where she worship
ped.
Survivors include three sons,
A. D. Monk of Covington, C. J.
and Esto Monk, both of Cotton
wood, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs.
A. G. Skinner of Covington and
Mrs. Charley Gussy of Rolla,
Missouri: two brothers, Cletus
Bess of Headland, Ala., and
Leeman Bess of Barnaby, Flor
ida.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
Commanding Officer of C Bat
tery, cordially invites the pub
lic to watch the problem which
they will demonstrate when
they theoreticaly protect the
City of Covington from air at
tack from the East. The Mayor
and City Council have been
invited to eat “A” Rations in
the Armory on Mill Street.
The Army Reserve is per
mitted to enlist young men be
tween 17 and 18-1/2 years of
age who are seniors in High
School and ex-service men.
There are several vacancies for
non-commissioned officers and
enlisted men. Young men are
urged to join Battery C before
it is converted to Armored Cal
very which is expected to hap
pen before summer camp when
at Ft. McClellan, Alabama.
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DR. CHARLES COCHRAN
Easter Service
At Bethel Grove
Church, Mar. 29th
The Bethel Grove Baptist
Church, Co'lum Road, wishes
to announce the Joint Mission
ary Easter Program on March
29, 1959.
Joint School at 10 a.m., a
joint Easter program beginning
at 11 a.m., sermon at 12 noon
with dinner on the ground at
1:30.
Sis. Florida Wyatt Is the
president; Sis. Margaret Hen
derson, secretary and Sis. Mary
Thomas, reporter.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Garden Club 1959 Convention
Plans Set For Atlanta
Garden Club members
throughout Georgia are busily
anticipating the 31st Annual
Convention of the Garden Club
of Georgia, Inc., to be held
April 13, 14, 15. 1959, at the
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel, Mrs.
Nathaniel Turner of Covington,
Georgia, President of the Gar
den Club of Georgia, will pre
side.
The Atlanta Flower Show
Association, Mrs. Walter Trippe,
President, will serve as the hos
' tess organization, Mrs. C. M.
| Warnock serving as co-chair
i man, and Mrs. William C.
! Campbell, Jr. as registration
j chairman. Mrs. John Cherry is
Convention Chairman for the
Garden Club of Georgia.
j The Convention theme this
I year will be “Georgia’s Trea
i suies”.
Registration will be from 3
to 6 P.M. on Monday, April
13th, and there will be a coffee
| for delegates that evening while
the Executive Board meets at
! the home of Mrs. Phinizy Cal
houn.
Tuesday, April 14 th, dele
gates may register between 8
and 11, with the first business
session opening at 10 A.M. in
the Exhibition Hall of the Bilt
more Hotel. The theme will be
“Georgia’s Greatest Gems —
Our Children”. That afternoon
a tea will be given at the At
lanta Art Institute, the theme,
I “From Culture to Horticulture”,
while the banquet theme that
evening will be ’’Treasures of
the Sea”.
Wednesday, April 15th, will
feature the President’s Break
fast, “Treasures of the Forest”,
followed by a business session
at 10 A.M., and a Luncheon
Fashion Show, “Treasures of
the Sky”.
Registration closes on March
26, 1959.
Pilot Club To
Hear Mr. Hoffman
The Pilot Club will hold its
regular dinner meeting Thurs
day (tonight) at 7:30 o’clock
at the Teen Can Building.
The Publicity Committee is
in charge of the program. Mr.
Bill Hoffman, owner of Radio
Station WGFS, will be the guest
speaker.
A full attendance is urged by
President Ruth Parker.
Allen Memorial Revival Starts
Sunday; Dr. Cochran Is Speaker
Spring Revival services will
be held at the Allen Memorial
Methodist Church, Oxford,
March 22 through March 27
with Dr. Charles Cochran, pas
tor of the Pattillo Memorial
Methodist Church, Decatur, as
the guest preacher.
Services are scheduled for 10
a.m. each morning and at 7:30
in the evening. The regular pas
tor of the church is the Rever
end J. W. Scarborough.
Special music has been plan
ned for the meeting. Many or
ganizations in the local area
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Livestock Group
To Hear Noted
Fieldman, Tues.
Members of the Yellow River
Livestock Association will have
an opportunity to hear an in
teresting report on feeder calf
sales Tuesday evening, March
24 at Henderson’s Restaurant
when W. S. Miller speaks to
the group.
Mr. Miller is Southeastern
Fieldman for The American
Hereford Association and his
subject Tuesday will be “What
Feeder Calf Sales Have Meant
To Cattle Producers in North
Carolina and Virginia.” He will
be introduced by Konrad Purdy.
The meeting will get under
way at 7:30 o’clock.
Golden Fleece Lodge
Reg. Communication
Tuesday at 7:30 P.M.
The Regular Communication
of Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6
F. & A. M. will be held March
24 at 7:30 p.m. A sound film
entitled “The Ultimate Lessons
of Freemasonry” will be shown.
All members are urged to at
tend. Visiting Brethren wel
comed.
Joel T. Bowen W. M.
Reuben M. Tuck Sec.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
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REV. J. W. SCARBOROUGH
have been invited to attend in
groups and in every respect
this week promises to be help
ful one to all persons in Ox
ford.
“If you like good Gospel sing
ing, heart-warming preaching,
and soul-reviving fellowship,
you will enjoy these services,”
a spokesman for the church
stated.
Rev. Scarborough has issued
an invitation to the public to
attend the meeting during the
week.
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