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This is National Library Week
... which makes us realize how
few of us truly appreciate the
fact that we in Newton County,
and Covington, have two won
derful libraries . . . The
■Woman’s Club Library, and the
Newton County Library . . .
How many new comers realize
or know, that the Woman’s
Club built the brick building
housing the Library.... why
our beloved Mrs. Luke Robin
eon, Sr., told me all about, how
they, the club women of yes
teryear cooked and sold food
on the square every week to
save money for the building . ..
she said she even beat a dish
pan like a drum on the square
io attract the crowd to buy
fried fish . . . Yum, Yum! I’ll
bet they were good too. I dare
say there are only a few left in
the Woman’s club today who
know how hard the founders of
this club worked. The Woman’s
Club Library has served New
ton County all these years. Now
we are proud of the new Li
brary which, with State Aid
helps the entire county ... it
perhaps has a larger amount of
books . . . and does a greater
Service with Book-mobile etc.
. . . yet, in the Woman’s Club
many out of print books may be
found ... it. also has a United
Daughters of the Confederacy
Book Shelf in it . . . The new
Library houses the Covington
Garden Clubs “Garden Center.”
So both are serving beautifully
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Local Baptists
Are Engaged In
Revival Effort
ATLANTA — Baptists in 55
North Georgia associations this
week are engaged in a simul
taneous evangelistic crusade, as
part of a nation-wide, Baptist
sponsored, revival effort.
Termed one of the largest
evangelistic Crusades ever un
dertaken, this series has support
Revivals in Newton Coun
ty Baptist churches are pre
sently underway or will start
soon. First Bantist of Coving
ton. Calvary, Macedonia, Zion
and County Line will con
tinue their meeting this week
and High Point. Mt. Zion will
start Sunday evening. Porter
dale's revival started last
night (Wednesday).
of Georgia Bantist churches
north of a line from Columbus
through Macon to Augusta.
Georgians are joined with
Baptists from seven major Bap
tist groups, embracing 21 mil
lion Baptist, in 75,009 churches
on the North American conti
nent.
The South Georgia section of
the crusade, held from mid-
March to the end of the month
brought unprecendented re
sponse on the part of the
churches, according to Dr. R. T.
Russell, Atlanta, secretary of
the department of evangelism
of the Georgia Baptist conven
tion.
With reports from 707
churches in 39 associations,
there have been 4021 profes
sions of faith. 1699 additions by
letter for a net gain in member
ship of 5720 members during
the crusade, Russell revealed.
Chamber of Com.
Has 4 New Mem.
The Newton County Chamber
of Commerce met Monday noon
at the Teen Can building in reg
ular session for the month of
April.
Main part of the program was
taken up by the showing of a
film which concerned the build
ing of an Interstate Highway
system. The film was produced
and released by the Portland
Cement Association.
Presiding at the meeting
Monday was Chamber Presi
dent Carl Smith. After the noon
luncheon was enjoyed the meet
ing was called to order and the
minutes of March meeting were
read by Miss Ann Woodward.
President Smith announced
that four new members had en
rolled recently in the chamber.
They are Dodge Wire Corpora
tion, Caldwell and Cowan Fu
neral Home, Haymore’s Quality
Market and Newton Finance
Company.
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VOLUME 95
JAY KS ’59 TEEN-AGE ROAD-E-O WEDNESDAY
Fix ’ Methodist Church Revival April 19-24
Rev. Cecil Myers Is Guest
Preacher For Daily Services
At the evening worship service on April 19, the First
Methodist Church will start its revival services. The guest
minister will be the Rev. T. Cecil Myers, pastor of the
Sam Jones Memorial Methodist Church in Cartersville.
Mr. Myers attended college
at Young Harris, the University
of Chattanooga, and received
his BD degree from the Cand
ler School of Theology at Em
ory University. He is Chairman
of the Family Life Committee
of the North Georgia Confer
ence and is chairman of Camp
Glisson Board of Managers.
The Rev. Norman Manning
will be the song leader. Mr.
Manning is Associate Pastor at
Peachtree Road Methodist
Church. He attended Emory-at-
Oxford, Emory University, and
received his BD degree from
the Candler School of Theology.
The services will begin at
7:30 PM each evening, and there
will be a nursery for small chil
dren each evening. There will
be morning services, beginning
at 7:30 AM Monday through
Friday.
On Wednesday Evening, the
church will observe their
monthly Family Night Supper
at 6:30, with the worship service
following at 7:30.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services. The
Reverend Frank Prince is pas
tolr of the Covington church.
Christmas Seal
Sale Here Almost
Doubles 57 Total
The 1958 Christmas Seal Sale
totaled $1,153.58 in Newton
County, according to a report
by Dr. Robert G. Ellison. Dr.
Ellison, president of the Georgia
Tuberculosis Association, re
ported that this figure is $487.11
more than the final 1957 figure
of $666.47.
Dr. Ellison made his report
to a recent meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Georgia Tu
berculosis Association. He told
the 63 member Board that the
Christmas Seal Sale for the en
tire state will exceed 1957 re
turns.
In other action the Board
made plans for the 1958-59 an
nual meeting. The meeting will
be held in Athens at the Con
tinuing Education Center, Sep
tember 18-19
High School DCT Club Confers Honorary Membership On Newton County Leaders
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DCT CLUB conferred Honorary Membership upon
those pictured above at their annual banquet which
was held last Friday evening at the Newton High
Cafeteria. Front row. left to right: J. W. Richardson,
Dr. H. E. Collier, E. G. Lassiter Jr,, A. Belmont Den-
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Senior Class To
Present Play
April 23-24
The Senior Class of NCHS
has planned a definite change
of pace in the presentation of
the 1959 Senior Play on Thurs
day and Friday, April 23 and 24
at 8:30 (allowing time to attend
revival first).
“Aaron Slick from Punkin
Crick” is not a Broadway hit,
a television spectacular or a
celebrated movie. But this play
has been presented more times
than any other play ever writ
ten. It has been performed more
times than all the Broadway
hits of the past five years com
bined.
Such an astounding record
has been amassed on the basis
that “Aaron Slick from Punkin
Crick” is a clean, rural comedy
in which the hayseed from the
country outsmarts the city
swindler.
In its current form, the play
can best be described as a Musi
cal-comedy. The cast has been
having a wonderful time in re
hearsals and the comedy, dances
and country music should prove
to be a delight to the audiences.
An extra attraction is the or
chestra of Tommy Millwood and
his City Slickers to accompany
the musical numbers.
Callaway Dance
Students Recital
April 24 at 8 pm
Callaway School of Dance will
present its students in recital
on Friday evening, April 24
at 8 p.m. at the E. L. Ficquett
Cafetorium.
Mrs. Mary Lucy Callaway,
instructress, invites the public
to attend. Mrs. Sara Kate Pratt
is accompanist.
Pilot Club To
Install Officers
Tonight al 7:30
The new officers of the Pilot
Club of Covington will be in
stalled Thursday (tonight) at
the regular program meeting at
the Teen Can Building at 7:30
P.M.
Officers to be installed are:
President, Dot Callahan; First
Vice-President, Dot Cason; Sec
ond Vice-President; Bea Trib
ble; Recording Secretai^, Fran
ces Allen; Corresponding Sec
retary, Ruth Cowan; Treasurer,
Nell Mitcham: Parlimentarian,
Cecile Dial; Chaplain, Mary El
lington.
Newly appointed committee
chairmen are. Club Action,
Ruth Sherwood: Club Service,
Edna Weigle; Community Ser
vice, Lois Hay; Public Affairs,
Agnes Randall; Publicity, Bea
Tribble.
Jordye and Ruth Tanner will
be in charge of the club scrap
book.
The Club Action Committee
is in charge of tonight’s pro
gram.
Local Realtors
Attend Conference
In Atlanta
Members of a local Real
Estate Firm, Pratt, Morcock &
Banks Realty Co., were in at
tendance at the Educational and
Sales Conference sponsored by
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, in association
with the Real Estate Boards of
Metropolitan Atlanta, on April
10. at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
Prominent realtors in the
Southeastern States were the
speakers at this all-day meet
ing, the featured speaker being
Mr. Joseph W. Seay, of Falls
Church, Va.
Panel discussions were held,
and ample time was given to
the experts for making sug
gestions and answering ques
tions for the some 400 realtors
and salesmen present. Many
ideas, new techniques and phi
losophies were created in the
minds of those present.
Associates of the local firm
who attended the Educational
and Sales Conference were Ben
T. Banks and Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Pratt.
nis, Mrs. M. M. Osman, S. A. Ginn and Leon Cohen.
Back row, left to right: H. F. Sharp, Miss Peggy
Jaynas, B. B. Snow, A. G. Grove, Otis Spillers, Dr.
E. L. Smith and Otis Nixon. The honorary member
ships were conferred to those who had contributed
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1959
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MISS MARY CANNON (left), newly appointed missionary to
Japan, stands before the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board's
new headquarters building in Richmond, Va., with Miss Edna
Frances Dawkins, associate secretary for missionary personnel.
Miss Cannon formerly taught school in Porterdale.
Former Porterdale Teacher Is
Appointed Missionary to Japan
Miss Mary Cannon, of 2221 E
Fifth St., Charlotte, N. C., was
appointed a missionary to
Japan by the Southern Baptist
Foreign Mission Board at its
semi-annual full meeting in
Richmond, Va. Miss Cannon is
educational director at Whiting
Avenue Baptist Church, Char
lotte, where she has served since
June, 1957.
She was formerly Woman’s
Missionary Union youth secre
tary and a secretary in the stu
dent and music departments of
the Missouri Baptist General
Association, Jefferson City, and
a teacher at Porterdale (Ga?
Junior High School.
A native of Asheville, N. C.,
Miss Cannon lived in Georgia,
Alabama, and Florida as a girl.
She rceived the bachelor of arts
degree from Bessie Tift College
(now Tift College), Forsyth,
Ga., and the master of religious
education degree from South-
to the progress of the DCT during the pest nine years.
(Not pictured is Walker Harris who also received a
certificate.)
western Baptist Theological
. Seminary, Fort Worth, Tex.
, She said that while attending
a Baptist encampment in Flor
; ida, as a teenager, she experi
enced a desire “to give myself
, completely to my Lor d.”
' Through the years she continu
ed to seek God’s leadership in
her life.
After she had become a teach
er she worked as a counselor
in Baptist girls’ camps one sum
mer. She said, “As I saw young
girls respond to God’s call as
best they understood it and as
I heard missionary messages, I
, began to feel a compulsion to go
— certainly to prepare to go
and to be available unless tne
Lord should show he had some
' other plan for me.” The next
; year she entered Southwestern
’ Seminary to further prepare
herself for mission service.
She was among the 16 new
• missionaries appointed
Driving Contest Set For
Covington Public Square
Newton County Junior Chamber of Commerce will
sponsor its third annual Teen-Age Road-E-0 on the Public
Square in Covington Wednesday, April 22 starting at 3 p.m.
P'dale School
Open House
Tonight at 6
PORTERDALE —One look in
the halls of the Porterdale Jun- j
ior High School assures the j
spectator that Language Arts
have come to mean much in this
school’s program. To share with
parents and friends their
achievements and discoveries,
students and teachers are invit
ing them to Language Arts Day
Open House at the school on
April 16. The buildings and all
classrooms will be open at six
o'clock to allow ample time for
guests to view the posters,
drawings, and creative handi
crafts emphasizing the language
arts, which include written and
spoken English, reading, Spell
ing, and writing.
At seven o’clock in the school
auditorium, the two third
I grades of Mrs. Alcie Penick and
Mrs. Pierce Cline together with
Miss Ruby Lane’s First Grade
will present an entertaining and
delightful program of patriotic
and spring songs, a devotional,
and a choral reading.
Guests who cannot avail
themselves of the opportunity
of visiting the school that even
ing are invited to come earlier
in the day.
Throughout the year, the lan
guage arts have been stressed
because of their importance not
only in school life but in every
phase of adulthood activities.
Heard-Mixon
Open House
Friday 6-8
Open House will be ob
served at the new Heard-
Mixon School Friday evening,
April 17, from 6 until 8
o'clock.
M. D. Mcßae, Principal of
the School, has issued an in
vitation to the public and all
citizens of the community to
visit the school Friday. The
language Arts Exhibit will be
on display and a free supper
will be served those attend
ing the open house.
Seoul Exposition Al Legion
Field Saturday, 2 Until 9
Boy Scouts of the Newton-
Rockdale District will stage an
Exposition at Legion Field in
Covington, Saturday, April 18
from 2 until 9 P.M. An interest
ing and educational program
has been scheduled for the af
ternoon and evening.
Cutting of the ribbon open
ing the exposition will be per
formed by Mayor Nat Turner. |
The appearance of a Helicop
ter from the Aviation Division .
of the 3rd Army, will be hailed
at 2 o’clock when the 'copter
lands on the baseball diamond i
adjacent to the exhibit building. l
Col. Blacker of the 3rd Army, I
has advised local BSA officials
that the Helicooter will be on :
display at the field from 2 un- |
til 5 o’clock when it will take
off for the return trip to its '
Atlanta base.
Another interesting feature I
of the local exposition program
will be the performance of i
Monty Calhoun’s “North Atlan
ta District Ceremonial Indian ।
Team”. TTiis team will setup a
complete Indian Village on the 11
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. Any young boy or girl under
119 years of age who has a dri
ver’s license is eligible to enter
the driving contest, according
to Milton McLaney, a member
of the Jaycees committee stag
ing the event. Prizes will be
iwarded the three top drivers
in the Covington Road-E-O. A
$25. savings bond will go to the
winner as well as an all-ex-
i pense trip to Gainesville on May
i 9 to compete in the State Con
test. The runners-up in the
meet here will receive SIO.OO
I and $5.00 respectively.
Winner of the 1958 Road-E
--; O here was Billy Harwell. The
1957 winner, which was the
first annual event, was Joe
Rainey.
Mr. McLaney said that the
various champions of the 49
states. Hawaii and the District
of Columbia, will compete in the
National Road-E-O in Wash
; ington, D. C. in August. Big
I prize for the national winner
I will be the major share of $4.-
• 500 in scholarships given by
• some eight prominent business
firms.
Entry blanks for contestants
I may be secured by contacting
I Coach McLaney at the high
I school or calling John Fuller,
president of the local Jaycees.
DuPont Official
Is Kiwanis
Speaker Today
Covington Kiwanis Club
members will hear a first-hand
report from one of the nation's
; largest research organizations
today (Thursday) at the Ameri
! can Legion home at 1 o’clock.
, Tom Reed of the DuPont Cor
poration will speak to the local
civic club on the subject “Suit
case For Business.”
In charge of the program to
day will b* Fleming Touchstone
and he will introduce the guest
speaker.
Mr. Reed is expected to dis
cuss the necessary research and
development of new products of
which his employer it engaged.
The speaker has been highly
complimented on many occa
sions by the Petroleum Associa-
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grounds and will perform manv
of their dances in costumes for
which they are known over the
Southland. The theme of the
Cherokee Indians will be ear
ned out by these Scouts.
Inside the exhibit building
some 11 booth will be open for
the public to view Boy Scout
work. Troops, Cub Packs and
j Explorer Posts of the Newton-
Rockdale District will have
, booths in the exposition. The
hospitality booth will be spon
sored by the district chairman
and vice-chJh-men.
Troops preparing booths art
as follows: Troop 207 Porter
dale: Troop 222 Covington; and
Troop 226 Porterdale.
Cub Packs are: Pack 60 Por
terdale: Pack 209 Conyers; Pack
211 Oxford; Pack 222 Coving
ton.
Explorer Posts are: 207 Por
terdale; 209 Conyers; and 222
Covington.
N-R District Executive John
Clewlow said yesterday khat
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