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By the Office Boy
“For 10, the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone;
The Flowers appear on the
earth; The time of the sing
ing of birds is come"
Song of Solomon
Though the splendor of riot
ous color in every hill and dale
is bowing out to make way for
the verdant mantle enveloping
the scene; the miracle of spring,
with the magic of its beauty
and symphony of silver throat
ed song birds, still holds us to
its heart. It is the Master’s
own Flower Show — the epi
tome of beauty, but of deepe r
significance, His reassurance of
the immortality of the Soul. For
He Who, at the touch of His
hand, can bring forth such a
panorama of color from bare
twig and barren earth, can
surely, again call forth the Soul
from the temple of clay, in
which it spends is earthly span
of years.
For those who have found
the Way of Life, it is the Crea
tor’s restoration of song to the
muted heart; of healing to the
wounded spirit; of Hope to the
despairing soul — His Promise
of Tomorrow . . .
Some of spring’s floral beauty
was vividly portrayed by the
Miniature Garden Club, which
gave us a delightful innovation
in their Sidewalk Flower Show,
staged Saturday on the Public
Square. Surely, the entire com
munity is grateful for the pres
entation of the Show, without
admission charge, which was a
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Crawford Resigns
As City Clerk
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A. W. CRAWFORD
A. W. (Bill) Crawford has
resigned his position as City
Clerk for Covington, effective
as of June 1. Mr. Crawford will
be affiliated with the Aetna
Life Insurance Company as an
agent.
Mr. Crawford has served as
City Clerk since December 24,
1956 and prior to that time was
associated with the Bank of
Covington for 11 years.
It was announced by City of
ficials that the position of City
Clerk will be filled from ap
plicants filed at City Hall dur
ing the next few weeks. Any
one desiring to submit an ap
plication for the position may
do so at City Hall on Clark
Street.
Three Tod Drivers In Javcee Road-E-0
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NEWTON COUNTY JAYGEES 195 S Road-E-O winners are ihown
here with the Jaycee President John Fuller. In the car's front
•eat is Billy Strickland, first-place winner; right, Donald House,
second place winner: left, Jimmy Ramsey, third place. Young
Strickland will now enter the Stale Road-E-O Contest in Gaines
ville.
A Prixe-Winning
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1958
Better Ker
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Th Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 95
HP' n SHOW WEDNESDAY AT LEGION FIELD
Elks Banquet To Spotlight Youth Os County
[onto Coleman
Main Speaker
Tuesday 730
By Bob Greer
In observance of Elks Nation
al Youth Day (May 1) the Cov
ington Lodge No. 1806 BPOE
will observe the occasion with
their Third Annual Banquet at
the Elks Home on Tuesday
evening, May sth at 7:30 o’clock.
The youth committee, com
posed of Aubra Sherwood,
Chairman, Harold Rice, Guy
Evans, Richard Bellairs and
Mark Davis, have formulated
plans for an interesting pro
gram at which some 250 per
sons have been invited to at
tend. Presiding over the pro
gram will be H. V. Johnson,
Jr., Exalted Ruler of the local
Elks.
Main speaker for the event
will be Tonto Coleman, assistant
football coach at Georgia Tech.
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Dr. Charles King
Is Moderator
Pres. Assembly
Dr. Charles L. King, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
in Houston. Texas, was guest
speaker at the morning worship
service of Bethany Presbyter
ian Church.
Dr. King, a Newton County
native, is the brother of Ed A
King and Hugh King, prominent
hardware dealers, James and
Chester King of Bethany Com
munity; Miss Maud King, Por
terdale School Principal until
her retirement in recent years;
and Mrs. Ophelia Hicks.
Pastor of a church with a
3,600 membership and 2,400 S.S.
enrollment, Dr. King, has been
named to the Presbyterian
Church’s highest office, that of
Moderator of General Assembly.
It was this official post which
occasioned the Georgia visit of
Dr. King and his wife, who were
the houseguests of Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. King, during the past
week. Dr. King conducted a
seminar in Evangelism in the
Presbyterian PreAssembly
Conference on April 22 and 23;
prior to the Assembly which
convened at Druid Hills Pres
byterian Church on April 24.
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Some of The Participants On Covington Horse Show Program
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SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS of the Covingion Horse Show,
scheduled for Legion Field next Wednesday, are shown in ihe
picture above. The young ladies will act as Ribbon Marshals for
the awarding ceremonies at the show which is being jointly spon
sored by The American Legion and Covington Service Guild.
Shown in the photo are seated (center) Mary Jane Odum, spon
sored by Digby & Skinner Motor Co.: seated left to right on
Front Row: Lynn Clower, Campbell Lumber Co.; Helen Masten,
Little Leagues Open 1959
Season Monday, Tuesday
The 1959 Newton County Little League baseball season
will get underway Monday, May 4th and Tuesday May sth
with games scheduled in both sections, the American and
National.
American LL games will be
played on Monday and Thurs
day night with six teams tak
ing part in action this year. The
defending champion is the Cov
ington Mills Trojans under the
capable managership of Buddy
Baker. His club has won the
title for the three years that
the loop has been in operation
in the county. Other teams in
the American sector include:
Almon, Charles Kitchens man
ager; Livingston, Mel Criswell
Manager; Covington Braves.
Jimmy Gardner and Tommy
Smith, manager; Porterdale,
Bloodmobile To
Visit Covington
On May 12th
For the first of three times
in 1959 the Newton County
bloodmobile will be in opera
tion at the hospital on Tuesday,
May 12, open for donations—
from twelve to six. Mrs. G. L.
Dennison is in charge of the
blood-donation program for
the local Red Cross Board of
Directors.
Because of a good response
to the last campaign for do
nations in December, Newton
County’s relationship to the
blood storage program is one of
good standing, but continued
filling of the ouota of blood
used by local citizens is reouir
ed. James Hardman, formerly
responsible for the Porterdale
campaigns, calls attention to the
fact that the bloodmobile will
not go to Porterdale as origi
nally scheduled, and that the
county must fill its own quota
without the continued overre
sponse of his donors.
“Efforts are being made in an
organized fashioned for Emory
at-Oxford students over eigh
teen years of age to give on
May 12, with special release
from their parents, but the
county cannot depend entirely
on this bonus,” Mrs. Dennison
stated.
By 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
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Clayton Dickson manager; and
Stewart. Fred Jones, manager.
The National league will op
erate with seven clubs and
therefore one team will have
a day off each week. The games
in this league will be played
on Tuesday and Friday nights.
Clubs and managers are as fol
lows: Covington Braves, Earl
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Tribble; Porterdale, Seaborn
Farmer; Mansfield, Bo Dennis;
Covington Cubs, Rip Collins;
Oxford, J. R. Stowe and Jack
Hinton: Covington Trojans,
Hamlin Callahan; Livingston
Ed Chesnut and Raymond Mit
chell.
Opening games in the Ameri
can League will pit Covington
Mills at Almon. Livingston at
| Covington Braves, and Stewart
।at Porterdale, all on Monday
(evening, May 4th.
Getting the 1959 schedule
underway in the National
(League will be tilts involving
Braves at Trojans, Porterdale
iat Cubs, Mansfield at Oxford.
Livingston is idle for the first
night of action.
Mansfie’d Pre-
School Students
To Register
On Wednesday. May 6, chil
dren who expect to enter the
first grade at Mansfield Ele
mentary School next year will
attend school from 8:15 to 11:15
A.M.
Parents are cordially invited
to come. Miss Louise Reeves,
Instructional Supervisor, will
(be present during the morning.
I At 11:00 o’clock children and
। parents will be guests in the
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1959
W. Cohen Company; Lucy Morcock, Pratt, Morcock and Banks
Realty Co.; Bede Campbell, Meadors Laundry; Madelyn Bates,
Woco Pep Oil Co. Back row: (standing) Mrs. Dan Clower. Ribbon
Marshal Committee, and Secretary Covington Service Guild: Gail
Robinson, Covington Auto Service; Commander Ty Cason, Legion
Post 32; Yvonne Johnson, Elk’s Club and Mrs. Frank Stone, Presi
dent Covington Service Guild. (Sea article for complete ribbon
marshal list). —Photo by Larry Callaway
Nurses Assn.
To Meet Monday
The Newton County Regist
ered Nurses Association will
meet Monday night May 4 at
the hospital at 7 p.m. All mem
bers urged to attend as this is
the last meeting until October.
A representative from Craw
ford Long Hosoital will be the
evening speaker.
Newton County Mental Health Association Officials Show Charter
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NEWTON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION officer!
proudly di«play the charter which wai recently presented to the
organization. In the photo above, taken at the April meeting of
the group at Newton Federal Saving* and Loan Association
Simulated Trial
To Spotlight
Mental Health
Covington Kiwanians will
learn first hand today how a
[lunacy hearing is conducted
when a “Simulated Trial” will
be held at the club’s luncheon
meeting today at 1 o’clock at
the American Legion Home
Dr. Goodwin Tuck is in
charge of the program today,
which will be in keeping with
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MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Legion And Guild Plan For
Program Os 23 Classes
Covington’s first Horse Show next Wednesday, May 6th,
is taking on the aspects of being one of the biggest sporting
and social events of the year in Newton County. Members
of the American Legin and Covington Service Guild, spon
sors of the show, are making plans to accommodate an
May Beetles
Damaging Trees
In Newton Co.
Several people have contact
ed the County Agents office
! relative to a strange insect at
i tacking pecan and oak trees in
the county. It is hoped that you I
might find this information I
helpful to you if you have this ;
problem.
The insect is the May Beetle,
an insect about the size of our
green June bug. The adult beet
les are 1/2 to 3/4 inch long and
vary from light to dark brown.
They may be seen around yard
lights this time of the year.
The feeding habit of the May
Beetle is unusual because he
feeds on the trees at night. Dur
ing the day time, he may be
found burrowed in the ground
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Gospel Meeting
Starts Sunday at
Church of Christ
Sunday, May 3 will mark the
beginning of a Gospel Meet
■ ing at the Covington Church of
Christ, located on the new At
lanta Highway near Lawnwood
Cemetery.
Mr. Clyde Chapman of Ma
con will be the guest speaker.
During week days the service
will be held at 8:00 P.M. and
the Sunday services will be at
11:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend all services. John
H. Gasaway, Jr. is the local
Minister.
braiding, are from left to right (seated): Mrs. Hamlin Callahan
secretary; Rev. E. P. Nichols, president: and Miss Clara Mae Havs
vice president. Standing: Mrs. R. M. Paty and Prof. Richard Bur
nette, both members of the Board of Directors.
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overflow crowd at Legion Field.
The show, starting at 4:30 in
the afternoon, wilt continue un
til the 23 events or classifica
tions will have unfolded before
the fans present, with the ex
ception of a supper intermission
about 5:30 p.m.
Chairman Ed Hunt announc
ed yesterday that already some
161 entries have been received
for the show and that many
more will be forthcoming over
the weekend. The manager of
the show is Col. Jimmy Sca
shole, an outstanding promoter
of shows over the Southland.
Championship caliber horses
are already entered from At
• lanta, Marietta, Columbus, Al
bany, Sandy Springs. Gaines
ville, Tignall and many other
towns in Georgia. Many out «f
--;state entries have also bern
(received, according to Mr. Hunt.
Cash prizes, trophies, ribbons,
and silver service in the amount
of some $1 700 wi'l be dist -i
--buted to the various winners of
'the classes.
Members of the American Le
gion Auxiliary will prepare box
punches for those attending the
show who do not wish to leave
'the grounds at the intermission.
Sandwiches and drinks will also
be provided at the Auxiliary
booth, according to Miss Chris
tine Ellis, President of the local
unit.
Committee appointments from
the Covington Service Guild
were announced last week in
| THE NEWS.
Commander Ty Cason of Post
32 American Legion has an
nounced that committee assign
• ments from his organization to
‘ help with the show are as fol
| lows:
Overall Committee; Ed Hunt,
chairman, Frank Meadors,
Charles King and Ty Cason.
Tickets: Walter Day.
Grounds: Bernard Greer and
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