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Dr. D. Grier Martin Inaugurated At Davidson College
Covington Native Youngest
Prexy In School's History
Davidson College, in North Carolina amid ceremonial
pomp and academic processional, inaugurated its thirteenth
president Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. D. Grier Martin a native
of Covington, was formally in
augurated as president of the
famed liberal arts college as
^representatives from more than
250 American colleges and uni
versities watched the impres
sive ceremony.
Dr. J. McDowell Richards,
president of the Davidson Col
lege Board of Trustees and pres
ident of Columbia Theological
Seminary, Decatur, Ga., offici
ated. ;
Dr. Howard F. Lowry, presi- I
dent of The College of Wooster |
(Ohio), made the main address
in Chambers Auditorium which
was filled with visiting dele
gates, special guests, alumni,
faculty and administration, stu
dents, and visitors.
Dr. Martin, in his inaugural
speech, said Davidson can “best
serve by producing responsible,
creative, intelligent individuals,
who can take their places as
Christian leaders.”
“We must produce men of
competence and conscience,” he
added, quoting Dartmouth’s
President Dickey.
Dr. Martin outlined a four
point program for strengthen
ing even more Davidson’s abili
ty to produce men of “com
petence and conscience.” David
son requires, he said, (1) a
faculty well trained and dedi
cated to the goal of producing
the whole man; (2) students of
good character, mental capa
city, and personality, with a
strong desire for learning and
wisdom: (3) a curriculum that
provides depth and affords stu
dents the opportunity to learn
not only facts but also relation-
Continued on Page 12
Eddie Burney, 71
Is Inferred At
Mansfield, Sun.
Funeral services for Eddie
B urney of Boggs Road, Mable
ton, Ga., were held Sunday,
Aoril 26 at 11 a m. at the Milan
Memorial Methodist Church.
Rev. W. B. Reeves, officiated,
with interment in Carmel Cem
etery, Mansfield.
Mr. Burney, 71, died Friday,
Anril 24 in a private hospital.
Survivors include his wife;
two sons, W. E. Burney of Ma
bleton and W. G. Burney of De
catur; two daughters, Mrs. A.
A. Howard of Atlanta and Mrs.
H. O. Flanigan of Decatur: one
brother, Hubert B. Burney of
Scottdale: 28 grandchildren and
9 great-grandchildren.
The NEWS extends deeoest
sympathy to the members of the
bereaved family. Vaughn and
Witt Funeral Home and Cald
well and Cowan Funeral Home
were in charge of arrangements.
Wanda Bailey Is Newton's
Entry For Keep Green Title
Miss Wanda Bailey, daugh-l
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Bailey
of the Salem Community is the
Newton County representative
in the “Miss Keep Georgia
Green” contest at the Dinkler-
Plaza Hotel, Wednesday, May
6th.
Miss Bailey, as the entry of
Newton County will be the
standard bearer of the Newton- ;
Rockdale Forestry Unit and the
Covington Kiwanis Club, co
soonsors of the local contestant.
Rockdale County will also have
an entry in the contest.
The Newton entry is a student
at Newton County High School
and has Uken an active part in
4-H Club work and has been
esoecially interested in forestry
work in the county through her
club activities.
James Pinson is the forestry
range’- for the Newton-Rock
dale forestry Unit,
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
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Dr. Martin's Life
Relived Prior
To Inauguration
Davidson — “This Is Your
Life, President Martin” was the
keynote of the evening when
[ a bewildered Davidson College
president, D. Grier Martin, was
escorted to the platform by the
student body president, John
Kuykendall, to watch 25 im
portant people in his life return
as surprise guests on Tuesday
evening, April 21.
Re-living a number of high
lights from his career, Davidson
College President D. Grier Mar
tin was first re-united with his
three brothers for the first time
in over 20 years. On stage for
the reunion were Mrs. E. G.
Martin, of Covington, Ga., his
mother, and her four sons;
Grier, Joseph, Samuel, and Jack.
Seated in an easy chair on a
makeshift stage on the steps of
Johnston Gymnasium, Presi
dent Martin, along with 800 stu
dents, faculty, and guests,
w ha sentience of events in
his life unfold.
Earlier in the evening, before
the program began, Davidson
students and faculty enjoyed a
smorgasbord buffet supper on
Richardson Field as a prelude
1 to the students’ informal inau
guration for their new presi
dent.
Immediately following the
student supper, the “This Is
Your Life” program began on
the steps of the gymnasium.
From Dr. Martin’s past came
over 20 of his close associates,
friends and colleagues, such as
Ned Dwelle. now a real estate
man in Jacksonville, Fla.: and
Nat Sneir. another real estate
man of the class of ’32 from
Charlotte.
Then came Ned Phifer, an
i other classmate of President
Martin and physician from Mor
, I «anton, who said. “All my life
, I I’ve wanted to know a college
nres'dent well enough to call
’ him bv his first name, and now’s
• smv chance.”
Other people Lorn his past
inc’uded Mrs. Fred Lester, the
': former Miss Carolina Lingle,
: who served a= Martin's secre
/ tary in 1933-36 when he was
■ lA’”mni Secretary at Davidson.
’’’hen came a vorie that re
' cai’ed the first time he brought
• Ms wife to the camnus. Mrs. W.
f Henderson of Davidson re-
I hted that while he was Alumni
Secretary he invited Louise Mc
i Michael of Ouitman, Ga. to eat
i at her boarding house one sum-
I' mer evening. A year later he
. married her.
> From the business world came
. some of his associates, such as
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MRS. E. G. MARTIN of Covingion and her four sons are shown in the photo above taken at
the installation of Dr. D. Grier Martin as president of Davidson College (N. C.) Wednesday. Seated
are Dr. Martin and Mrs. Martin. Standing, left to right: Joe, president of Martin Sprocket and
Gear Co., Arlington, Tex.; John (Jack), president of Dana Corporation, Toledo, Ohio; and Sam,
engineer, Martin Sprocket and Gear Co., Arlington, Tex. (Photo by Mcßighi)
800 Expected At Emory-
Oxford Parents Day Friday
Approximately 800 people are
expected to attend the Annual
Parents’ Day at Emory-at-
Oxford on Friday, May 1. In
addition to students, their par
ents, Emory-at-Oxford faculty
and staff, the group will include
special guests. Among these
special guests will be repre
sentatives from the administra
i tion, the faculty, and the Board
of Trustees of Emory Univer
। sity, city officials of Coving
: ton and Oxford, Newton County
I officials, the Newton County
Hospital Board, and represen
tatives from the local news
paper and civic clubs in Cov
ington and Oxford.
The planned activities, ac
cording to Chairman C. Lee
Harwell, will formally begin
with assembly in the Allen
Memorial Auditorium at 11
la.m. Basil Victor Lucas, of
। Newnan, president of the stu
dent body, will preside. O. B.
Johnson, Jr., of Waynesboro,
will welcome the parents. Mrs.
H. P. Crum, of Tifton, will re
ply for the parents. Speaker for
the occasion will be Boisfeuillet
Jones, vice president and ad-
Mr. William Ficklin of Atlanta,
and one of his first customers,
Mr. S. R. Bridges, Jr., also of At
lanta.
In 1940, Mr. Martin went to
Bristol, Va to be sales manager
and partner in the Grey Hosiery
Mills. From this portion of his
past came Mr. Robert Kell, now
president of Grey Hosiery Mills
and business partner of Dr.
Martin. Along with him were
Mrs. Mary Grey Sabine, the
lady for whom the Mary Grey
Mills were named, and several
employees of the mills, Morgan
Singleton and S. L. Dills.
As a final surprise, John
. Kuykendall, president of the
student body, and Roy Gilbert,
president of the senior class,
presented Dr. Martin a mam
moth three-foot greeting card
signed by every member of the
student body.
The program ended with the
students, Mr. Martin and facul
ty standing to sing the college
Alma Mater.
covington’ Georgia, Thursday, april 30, 1959
ministrator of health services
at Emory University.
A native of Macon, Ga., Mr.
Jones attended the public
schools of Atlanta. He received
the B.Ph. and LL.B, degrees
from Emory University. He
served as a Regional Adminis
trator for the National Youth
Administration of the United
States Government, 1936-43.
During World War II he was a
Lieutenant in the U.S.N.R., sta
tioned with the Bureau of Or
dance, Washington, D. C.
He was named Assistant Pro
fessor of Political Science at
Emory University in 1946. Since
that time he has been assistant
to the president, dean of admin
istration, and acting administra
tor of health services. He was
named vice president and ad
ministrator of health services
in 1954.
Mr. Jones is a member of the
Episcopal Church, Omic r o n
Delta Kappa, D.V.S. (Senior
Honor Society), Phi Delta
Theta, Phi Delta Phi (legal),
the Atlanta Athletic Club, the
American Academy of Political
and Social Science, and the
Southern Political Science As
sociation. In 1956 Mr. Jones
was named by the Surgeon
General of the U. S. Public
Health Service to the National
Advisory Health Council.
An interesting feature of the
program will be the presenta
tion of a group of students for
honor recognition. Special music
I will be furnished by Emory- at-
Oxford choral groups under the
direction of Prof. Harold W.
Mann.
The complete Parents’ Day
program is as Follows:
Registration, Upon arrival.
8:30-10:30, Regular Classes.
Parents and guests are invited
to attend. 10:30-11:00, Informal
tour of campus. 11:00-12:15,
Assembly, Allen Memorial Au
ditorium. 12:30-1:30, Compli
mentary barbecue dinner on the
campus. 2:00-3:00, Air Force
R.O.T.C. and Angel Flight pres
entation of sponsors and par
ade. 3:15, Atheletic Activities.
Newton FHA To
Receive Award
At Convention
Future Homemakers of
America are attending the State
Convention at the Dinkier
Plaza Hotel in Atlanta where
more than a thousand Future
Homemakers of America are
gathered for their annual State
Convention.
After registration there will
be a Fun Feast in the evening
to permit the girls to become
acquainted and renew friend
ships.
Friday morning the general
sessions begin. State officers
will be installed after the ban
quet in the Dinkier Plaza Room.
Saturday morning the Hon
or Roll Chapters for the year
will be recognized. Newton High
Chapter has been notified that
they will be among those who
will be honor. Nancy Head will
receive the award for the chap
ter.
Those who will attend State
Convention from Newton High
Chapter are Nancy Head, new
ly elected president; Dianne
Johnson, Miss Ruth Tanner, ad
| visor and the apprentice teach
lers Miss Annette Duke and Miss
i Shirley Trammell.
Rev. Burke To
Speak at Calvary
Service, Sunday
The Reverend William Burke
of the Home Mission Board, a
converted Catholic, will speak
at the Calvary Baptist Church
Sunday morning May 3 at the
11:00 a.m. service.
Rev. Leon Piper is the pastor
of the Calvary Church.
W. B. Thompson
Dies Following
Short Illness
Funeral services for William
Bryce Thompson of Covington
and Porterdale were held Tues
day, April 28 at 4 p.m. at the
Hopewell A. R. Presbyterian
Church. Rev. E. P. Nichols,
pastor of the Covington Presby
terian Church, officiated, with
interment in the Hopewell
Cemetery.
Mr. Thompson, 69, died Mon
day, April 27 in a private hos
pital following a very short ill
ness. He was a native of New
ton County, a member of Hope
well Church and a veteran of
World War One.
Mr. Thompson was the last
of his immediate family but is
survived by seven nieces: Miss
Sue Cureton of Moreland, Miss
Gladney Cureton and Mrs.
Pauline C. Perry, both of At
lanta, Mrs. M. A. Prowell of
Fairburn, Miss Sue Thompson
of Covington, Miss Martha
Thompson of Clarkdale and
Mrs. Jim Byce of Greensboro;
four nephews, Harry Stewart
and Stewart Thompson, both of
Covington, Fred Cureton of
Moreland and Frank Thomp
son of Ellenwood.
Serving as pallbearers were
Henry Whitfield, Eugene Har
vey, Ernest Lee Stephenson, C.
G. Henderson, Harmon H. No
lan and W. G. Horning.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of the
bereaved family. J. C. Harwell
and Son Funeral Home were in
charge of arrangements.
Father Os
Jack Dooley
Succumbs
B. F. Dooley, age 78. of Monti
cello, died Monday afternoon in
Monticello. He was the father
of Covington’s Jack Dooley.
Funeral services were held
for Mr. Dooley Tuesday after
noon at 3 o’clock at the Pros
pect Church. Rev. Burch Fan
ning, officiated. Interment was
in the Prospect Church Ceme
tery.
Other survivors of Mr. Dooley
are: two daughters, Mrs. Grace
Middlebrooks and Mrs. Wil
burn Lowery, both of Monti
cello; and another son George
Dooley of Monticello.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of the
bereaved family.
CD Official Speaks
At Rotary Meeting
An official of the Civil De
fense Department of the State
of Georgia, Jack Grantham of
Atlanta, was the main speaker
at the regular Tuesday lunch
eon meeting of the Covington
Rotary Club. The speaker was
introduced by Otis Spillers, Ro
tarian and member of the Cov
ington City Council.
Mr. Grantham discussed the
possibility of an enemy attack
and the repercussions of such
an holocaust in relation to Cov
ington and Newton County.
Covington Fire Chief R. T.
Floyd, Newton County director
of the CD Program, was a vis-
I itor at the meeting.
Other visitors present for the
program included Dan Cole, a
\ guest of Herbert Vining.
Singing Sunday
At Porterdale
The Community Church of
l Jesus Christ will hold a singing
Sunday, May 3 at the church at
2 p.m.
Charlie Speer will be in
charge of the singing and every
one in cordially invited to at
tend.
Experts estimate that at least
5000 new churches must be
constructed each year to cope
with population growth, espy -
cially in suburban areas.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Sandra Bowden, Saleta Lunsford
Band Members of The Month
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MISS BOWDEN
The band member of the ;
month for the month of April
is Miss Sandra Bowden, daugh- 1
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wyman 1
Bowden of Covington. Sandra is 1
a Senior, and has been a mem- I
ber of the band for 4 years. ;
She is active in the Baptist :
Church of Porterdale. She is
Libraian for the Band, Vice
President for the FTA, and a
member of the Senior Tri-Hi-Y.
Sandra plays the Contra-Bass
Clarinet, and has been playing
Bill Allgood Cited For
Labor Relations Record
William I. “Bill” Allgood, Ox
ford, was awarded a cash first
prize and citation of merit at
Savannah, Saturday, April 25,
by Georgia’s Commissioner of
Labor Ben T. Huiet.
The Newton Countain was
cited for the most effective con
tribution to the over-all devel
opment and progress of work
in the field of Employment Se
curity in Georgia through per
sonnel relationships, job im
provement, public relations,
service to veterans, and emplo
yee association activities.
The presentation was made at
the annual meeting of the Geor
gia Chapter International As
sociation of Personnel in Em
ployment Security (IAPES),
which furnished the cash award.
Allgood is Georgia’s entrant
in the International Associa
tion’s Merit Award contest. He
is chairman of the IAPES In
ternational Editorial and Pub
lications Board. Announcement .
of the international winner will
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GEORGIA'S COMMISIONER OF LABOR Ban T. Huiet (right)
awards citation of merit and check io W. I. "Bill" Allgood of Ox
ford, at Savannah, April 25, during the Georgia Department of
Labor's 16th annual training institute held in conjunction with She
Georgia Chapter International Association of Personnel in Employ
ment Security. ■■Hi
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MiSS LUNSFORD
assistant Solo Bb Clarinet.
The Rookie of the month for
the month of April is Saleta
Lunsford, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Lunsford of Por
terdale. Saleta is a Sophomore,
an dhas been in the Band one
year. She is active in the Pres
byterian Church of Porterdale,
she is in the FTA, Alpha Tri-
Hi-Y. Saleta is in the Percussion
Section of the Band.
We are indeed proud to claim
these two fine young people as
members of the NCHS Band!
be made at the organization’s
annual convention in Boston in
June.
Formerly associated with the
Covington News, Allgood is now
Chief of Informational Service,
Publications, and Public Re
lations, Georgia Department of
Labor.
Elks Dance For
Benefit Cancer
There will be a dance at the
Covington Elks Club Saturday
evening, May 2 for the benefit
of the Newton County Cancer
Fund.
Music will be furnished by
H. O. Whelchel’s Orchestra.
Admission will be $2.00 per
couple.
Drivers under 25 years of age
were involved in 27 per cent of
the fatal accidents in 1958.