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By the Office Boy
Gratitude wells within our
hearts as we, with this great
nation in which we proudly
claim citizenship, set aside this
week, May 3-9, as Christian
Home Week. Gratitude for the
privilege of living in a nation
which recognizes the vital role
the Christian Home plays in
shaping the future of our na
tion, in the type of leaders who
go out from these homes. Grati
tude, that despite evidence of
decline in moral standards,
political and business ethics,
there are still heads of homes
who say, “As for me and my
house, we shall serve the Lord ’
Gratitude, that despite the ap
palling example of corruption
in high places, and success at
tained by unethical practices
rather than honest endeavor,
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Harry Cowan Is
New City Clerk
Harry P. Cowan, an adminis
trative employee of the City of
Covington for the past seven
years, Monday night was nam
ed City Clerk to succeed Wil
liam Crawford. Mr. Crawford
resigned his position some four
weeks ago to take a position
with an insurance firm.
Mr. Cowan is presently the
comptroller for the City of
Covington. He has been active
in civic and public affairs for
the past several years.
The selection of the new city
clerk was made Monday night
at the regular monthly meet
ing of the Mayor and Council.
City officials are now seeking
a qualified male accountant to
work at City Hall under the
clerk.
Music Club To
Unveil Plaque
Miss Lunsford
A short dedication service for
a plaque on the piano in the
auditorium of Ficquett school
will be held as part of the Cov
ington Music Club program
next Tuesday, May 12.
The honoree is the late Miss
Fletcher Lou Lunsford, who
was president of the Music
Club, 1956-57, and who for
forty years taught piano in the
local school. It was through her
efforts that money was secur
ed to buy the piano.
The Rev. E. A. Callaway,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, will participate in the
dedication with a short devo
tional prayer. The Music Club
extends an invitation to the
friends of Miss Lunsford and
of her family to attend at least
that portion of the program,
beginning at 8:00 p.m. accord
ing to the president, Prof. Har
old W. Mann.
Mother's Day
Sunday, May 10
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VOLUME 95
BL' 'MOBILE TO VISIT HOSPITAL TUESDAY
Ex 2ette Club 1959-60 Officers Are Installed
Mrs. Fred Lott, President,
Names Comm. Assignments
New Officers of the Covington Elkadettes were installed
at the April dinner meeting at the Elks Lodge. Mrs. Mary
Hines of Dalton, State President of the Elks Auxiliary was
the installing officer.
Newly elected officers are as
follows: *1
President, Mrs. Fred Lott;
First Vice President, Miss Mary
Trippe; Second Vice President,
Mrs. Hoke Randall; Recording
Secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Nor
ton; Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. Wattie Lewis; Treasurer,
Mrs. Sarah Chesnut; Chaplain,
Mrs. John Mask; Parlimentar
ian, Mrs. Don Wood; Historian,
Mrs. Frank Stone; Immediate
Past President, Mrs. Dan Clow
er.
Mrs. Lott announced the fol
lowing standing committees to
serve this year:
Membership, Mrs. Jack
Chapman, Chm.; Mrs. Dura
Austin, Mrs. Zack Johnson, Mrs.
Ruby Brown.
Finance, Miss Mary Trippe,
Chm.; Mrs. L. C. Gibson, Mrs.
Mickey Johnson.
Ways and Means, Mrs. Horace
Day, Chm.
Program Committee. Mrs. C.
T. Bohanan, Chm.;' Mrs. Pat
Johnson.
Courtsey Committee, Mrs.
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State Official
Commends Local
Hospital Staff
Harold T. Ward, Hospital
Field Representative from the
Georgia Department of Public
Health made an inspection of
the Newton County Hospital
for the purpose of issuing the
annual license for operation of
a Hospital on April 17, 1959.
These inspections are con
ducted by very rigid standards.
Mr. Ward spent a half day go
ing over every department in
the hospital with “A fine tooth
ed comb” proverbially speak
ing.
In his “Report of Licensure
Inspection” to the Georgia
1 State Health Department, a
copy of which was sent to the
Newton County Hospital, Mr.
Ward made this comment. “It
was a pleasure to visit the Hos
pital and to note its general
excellence.”
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Presbyterian
Services Al
Ficquett School
Rev. E. P. Nichols, pastor of
The Cov i n g t o n Presbyterian
Church wishes to announce that
the morning worship service
will be held at The E. L. Fic
quett School in the cafeteria at
11 A.M. for the next three Sun
day mornings.
This change is necessary due
to the renovating of the church
Sanctuary. All departments of
the Sunday School will meet in
their usual places at 10 A.M.
each Sunday and Sunday School
will be dismissed in time for
all members and friends to ar
rive at the E. L. Ficquett School
for the morning worship at 11
A. M.
AH of the young peoples
groups will meet each Sunday
evening at the usual time and
at the usual place. There will
be no evening service of the
church for the next three Sun
day evenings.
Prayer meeting will be held
each Wednesday evening at
7:15 P.M. upstairs in the new
Educational Building.
Mr. Nichols states that the
Sanctuary will probably be
ready for worship services on
Sunday, May 31st.
Pre-School
Shots At Bibb
Clinic Monday
PORTERDALE — Immuni
zation shots and vaccinations
pre-school children will be
given at the Bibb Clinic by
Mrs. Frank Day beginning on
Monday, May 11. Diptheria,
whooping oought, and tetanus
shots will be given to those
children who have not been
given them previously.
These immunizations are es
sential, and Mrs. Day urges all
parents of these children who
will enter school in September
to begin on the first day in or
der to complete before the
summer heat comes. The hours
will be eight-thirty to nine
thirty each morning.
Kiwanis Club To Hear Plans
Os Local Soap Box Derby
Covington Kiwanis Club
members who attend the reg
ular weekly luncheon meeting
today (Thursday) at American
Legion Home will get first
hand information relative to
the 1959 Soap Box Derby in
Covington. Dan Clower, direc
tor of the first Soap Box event
here last year, will have charge
of the program today.
Mr. Clower will show the
official color film of the 1958
All-American Soap Box Derby
held at Akron, Ohio, which
was entered by Steve Biggers of
Covington as the local stand
ard-bearer.
During the meeting Mr.
Clower is expected to outline
the plans for the local derby
this year, which will be held
sometime in July on Highway
278 near the Thrift Oil Service
Station. He said that he expects
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 7. 1959
1959 - 60 Officers of Covington Elkadette Club
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at the installation ceremony. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Hoke Randall, 2nd Vice-President; Miss
Mary Trippe, Ist Vice-President; Mrs. Fred Lott. President; Mn. Mary Hines of Dalton, President.
Elks Auxiliary. Installing Officer: Mrs. Elizabeth Norton, Recording Secretary; Mrs. W. B. Lewis,
Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. JoJhn Mask, Chaplain. Standing: Mrs. Otis Spillers, Chairman.
Scrapbook; Mrs. Frank Stone, Historian; Mrs. Sam Hay, Publicity Chairman; Mrs. Jack Chapman,
Chairman Membership; Mrs. Lewis White, Chairman. Courtesy Committee; Mrs. Horace Day,
Chairman. Ways and Means; Mrs. Jack Allen, Chairman, Yearbook; Mrs. C. T. Bohanan, Program
Chairman; Mrs. Don Wood, Parliamentarian: Mrs. Dan dower. Immediate Past President. Cov
ington Elkadettes.
Dodge Wire Corp. Moving
Local Plant To Covington
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce, in a called session
Monday at the Masonic Build
ing, set the wheels rolling for
the immediate construction of
a new building to house the
Dodge Wire Corporation opera
tions which are presently at
Snapping Shoals.
A committee was named to
carry out the final plans for the
building. Chairman of the com
mittee is Walker Harris, and
the other committee members
are Dan Clower, Gilbert Gober
and Donald Ballard. The build
ing will be located on Indus
trial Blvd.
Mr. William Thompson, pres
ident of the Dodge firm, has
requested a building which will
have approximately 50,000
square feet of floor space. Of
fices will also be maintained
in the structure. It was under
stood that the Dodge organiza
tion wants to get its Newton
County operations under one
roof and therefore the structure
here will solve that problem.
There are approximately 65
employees of the plant at Snap
ping Shoals at the present time
and it was reported that many
more workers will be hired in
the near future* according to
Carl Smith, President of the
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce.
Another important item on the
'some 75 to 100 entries from the
, four towns of the franchised
iarea. Those towns are Coving
i ton, Monroe, Conyers and Jack
son. Thirty-two boys entered
■their racers in the 1959 derby.
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A simulated lunacy trial was
held at the Covington Kiwanis
Club meeting Thursday at Le
gion Home. The program was
lin keeping with Mental Health
Week, which was observed over
, the nation last week.
Dr. Goodwin Tuck was in
charge of the program and Ki
wanians who appeared in the
hearing were Dr. Harry Faulk
ner. Judge Don Stephenson, Dr.
E. J. Callaway, Charles King,
Jr., Dr. J. B. Mitchell, Sam
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chamber's agenda for the meet
ing was the question of busi
ness firms around the square
closing for July 4th holiday.
Independence day this year falls
on Saturday and many of the
member-merchants pres e n t
Monday were divided as wheth
er to close on Saturday or take
Monday as the holiday. Accord
ing to a vote taken by the mem
bers present it was recommend
ed that merchants close on
Monday, July 6.
Hy Simmons gave the re
port of the effect that two new
signs be constructed on High
way US 278, East and West of
the city. He showed a scale
model of the signs to be built
and painted at the expense of
the chamber of commerce.
Three visitors were present
for the meeting. They were
Layton V. Carson of the Con
solidated 5-10 c Store, guest of
Ray Dew; and Scott W. Hol
man, Jr., and William Craw
ford, guests of Mayor Nat Tur
ner.
Representing members of the
C. of C. at the meeting were
President Carl Smith. Secre
retary John Jernigan, Otis Spil
lers, Howard Milligan, Robert
Fowler, Herbert Vining, Ham
lin Callahan, Bonham Johnson,
Royal Arch Masonic Officers After Installation Ceremony
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SHOWN AT THE Royal Arch Masonic meeting held at the Ma
sonic Hall here last week are the following officers of the organi
zation, first row, left io right! Thomas Lott, Donald Helms, Hulin
Pulliam Macris HiUey. Ezell Payton. Second row, left to nghC
Donald Ballard, S. J. Harlin. E.
M. McCart, Ed Robinson. Mrs.
Larry Capes, Miss Ann Wood
ward. Bill Hoffman, Don Ste
phenson, Frank Meadors, Don
Wood, Ray Dew, Nat Turner,
Harold Rice, Dan Clower. Gil
bert Gober, E. G. Lassiter. Jr.,
Jack Chapman, Hy Simmons,
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Pre-Registration
Friday Palmer-Stone
Children who will enter the
first grade at Palmer-Stone
School next year are asked to
register Friday, May 8 from
8:30 a.m. until 3 o’clock in the
afternoon.
Parents are asked to some
with their children if at all
possible and bring the child’s
birth certificate and immuniza
tion record.
Children must be six years
old by December 1, 1959 in or
der to register. The present first
grade students will not be re
quired to come to school on
registration day.
Lunch will be served to the
mothers and children for those
who wish to stay.
MORE TH AM
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Continued Good Response
Is Urged By Co-Chairmen
Next Tuesday, May 12. the first drive in 1959 to re
plenish blood used by Newton County citizens will be cli
maxed in the visit of a Bloodmobile unit to the hospital.
Donations will be accepted between the hours of twelve and
six o’clock. The drive is under the sponsorship of the local
board of directors of the Amer
ican Red Cross, Mrs. Curry T.
Haynes, acting chairman, and
Mrs. G. L. Dennison, chairman
of the Blood donation program.
This first of three drives for
the year is directed at Newton
County citizens not already
participating in donation. The
donors of the last drive, in De
cember, will be asked to repeat
their contributions to the coun
ty blood-bank at the second
visit of the bloodmobile.
Efforts have been made this i
time toward families directly
benefiting from previous dona
tions by others, through use in
the local hospital facility. Em
ory-at-Oxford students be
tween the ages of eighteen and
twenty-one have furthermore
been given the opportunity to
give their blood.
The blood program, affiliat
ed with the Atlanta storage
system of the Red Cross depends
entirely on public donation of
blood. The blood is made avail
able to hospitals in good stand
ing, for use in emergencies or
other need, the nominal cost
covering only the transfusion
itself.
“A hopsital similar to that of
Newton County remains in good
standing only through continu
ed donations by citizens at a
rate to equal the average year
ly use,” a local Red Cross
spokesman stated.
City Adopts New System For
Garbage and Rei'use Disposal
The Covington City Council
has voted unanimous approval
for purchase of the Dempster
Dumpster System of disposal
for all refuse in the business
section of Covington.
Equipment of the new sys
tem will be placed at strategic
points in the business section
of town during the coming week
and will include some 30 con
tainers in that area. Containers
will also be placed at schools,
hospitals and wherever public
facilities are used, Mayor Nat
S. Turner said yesterday.
The system consists of all
steel containers of avrying ca
pacities into which the mer
chants place all types of gar
bage, trash and refuse. They
are completely enclosed and
provide fireproof, odor-proof.
CoL W. J. Dingus Jr„ Billy Dobbs, Ernest Alien. Joel Bowen
Worshipful Master; Col. R. M- Tuck. Arthur Jones, Charlee
and Louis MwrriU. * wetoer,
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Ministers Protest
Wearing of Shorts
In Business Section
The Newton County Minis
terial Association, in its reg
ular monthly meeting, unani
mously passed a resolution
deploring the wearing of im
modest clothing (including
short* by both men and wo
men. and men without shirts)
in the business district of
Covington.
“It was further agreed to
present a copy of this resolu
tion to the City Council of
Covington, and to have it
published in our local news
paper, THE COVINGTON
NEWS,” according to the
Reverend Frank H. Prince of
I Lie Assn.
and rat-proof storage making a
marked improvement in sanita
tion and appearance over the
present method of accumulation
in bins and garbage cans. When
filled these containers are tak
en to the dump by a specially
equipped truck where they are
emptied and returned to their
original location.
Since only man operates the
system, sufficient labor-saving
to enable the city to offer more
frequent residential garbage
collection. A special container
used with the same truck will
also supplement the present
sanitary truck in the residential
area when not occupied in tha
downtown area. This equip
ment, which waa purchased
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