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“Whatever is human inter
ests Harry Golden. Honest men,
erooks, knuckleheads, particu-
Jarty anybody out of the ordin
ary ... He writes about them.
Me drops the sheet of writing in
a barrel. Comes the time of
month to get out his paper he
digs into the barrel and finds
copy. As you go along in this
book . . . you may be saying
‘That fellow doesn’t miss any
thing -— he has ears to hear
and a pencil to write it down.’ ”
The above is part of Carl
Sandburg’s foreword to Only in
America by Harry Golden, the
owner, publisher, editor and
writer of The Carolina Israelite
whose subscribers range from
the haghest-ups to many who
aren’t high at all but know
something good when they see
M.
The subjects Mr. Golden has
chosen to discuss in Only in
America range from death and
book burning to Eddie Fisher,
Debbie Reynolds and what to
say when you are dining out
and your guest says, “Go ahead
(and pay the bill), I’ll take
care of the tip.” The first se
lection in the book, “Why I
Never Bawl Out a ‘ Waitress”
should be memorized by all of
us.
Some of the pieces are only
a paragraph in length. A few
are two or more pages, but all
are good entertainment and, as
the author often points out most
of them could happen only in
America.
As you read from page to
page, sometimes with a laugh,
sometimes bemused, sometimes
indignant and once in a while
with a lump in your throat,
you know you are seeing life
in depth. But the real impact
comes after you have read it
all and gone about your busi
ness. You think back on what
you’ve been reading and you
seem to have returned from a
journey with a pleasant, know
ing companion who has shown
you America as you could not
have seen it without him; and
you are grateful to him for the
good time and the new knowl
edge.
Only in America has been on
♦he best-seller lists for a long
time. It is in the Library. Call
3936 and ask if it is in. Li
brary hours are: Monday, Fri
day and Saturday, 3:00 - 5:30
p.m. Tuesday and Thursday,
10:00 - 12.00 and 3:00 - 5:00
p.m. and Thursday night 7:00 -
9.00 p.m. Closed Wednesday.
An act which provides a
•‘privileged” status for com
munications to ministers, rabbis
and priests has been passed by
the South Carolina state legis
lature. The bill protects mater
ial disclosed in confidence to
spiritual leaders by granting
them immunity from being held
in contempt of court.
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Pray or simply "be still and know that I am God." Our
Church is open day and night. You are welcome.
Church Os The Good Shepherd
The Reverend Peyton E. Splane, Rector
Phone - 2246, Covington
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The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established In 1953
Mrs. Sybil Ellington Had A
Most Interesting Teaching Career
If “life is judged by love and
love is shown by its fruits” as
Benjamin A. Williams has so
well expressed it, then Sybil
; Johnson Ellington is a true em-
I bodiment. She has loved her
family, her friends, her “chil
dren”. She and they have borne
fruit abundantly.
In June 1958, this lady, a
school teacher, completed one
phase of her life and embarked
on quite a different adventure
called retirement.
Benjamin Williams has pen
ned these other words: “At the
end of life, we shall not be
asked how much pleasure we
had in it, but how much service
and pleasure we gave in it; not
how full it was of success, but
how full it was of sacrifice; not
how happy we were but how
helpful we were; not how am
bition was gratified, but how
life was served . .These help
to characterize her life.
Take the service and plea
sure she has given: Imagine
giving 36 years of a lifetime to
teaching and training boys and
girls, including her own daugh
ter, now Mrs. Allen Loach of
Lakeland, Florida. Her call to
teach came as a need she could
meet in her community of Win
terville in Clark County, Geor
gia. She began in 1921 and has
also served in these other fields:
Archer’s Grove, Jackson Coun
ty; Danielsville, Madison Coun
ty; Palmer Stone and Porter
dale, Newton County.
What pleasure sne gave in
being instrumental in securing
an effective lunchroom program
at Palmer Stone School. Al
ways, she was keenly interest
ed in primary age children who
fascinated her with that em
phatic “Why?” to everything.
That she did not confine her
interests to them alone, how
ever, is evidenced in her lead
ership in Methodist Youth Fel
lowship groups and P. T. A. She
sponsored a Girl Reserves Troop
and was considered a regular
squad member because of faith
ful attendance at basketball
games. She was a charter mem
ber of her W. S. C. S. and also
a member of the Federated Wo
man’s Club in her community.
Consider the sacrifices: It
was not easy to attend State
Normal and graduate from Lucy
Cobb, nor was it comfortable
and entertaining to sandwich
summer and afternoon sessions
into busy days. Yet, when she
recalled the influence of a
teacher like Miss Mildred (Miss
Millie) Rutherford, these ex
periences must be termed suc
cessful.
It was a sacrifice for her
young heart in love to see Mel
vin Ellington, her sweetheart,
who boarded with her parents,
leave Winterville for Emory
at Oxford in 1923. This was to
test the genuineness of that
love — and did. He brought her
to the Emory campus as his
bride the next year. She im
mediately became “Miss Sybil”
to the students.
It required sacrifice on num
erous occasions to be in her par
ticular classroom. For only 1
period of time and that a part
(Enuingimt Sfruw
lof two school sessions in the
: same year was she absent.
। How helpful she has been is
revealed in her plans for the
Jack and Jill Kindergarten in
Oxford this fall. Her pupils?
The children of her former pu
pils who literally drafted her,
j “Miss Sybil” to fill this role.
{She is especially proud of two
students who became outstand
ing representatives in State
Government, one of whom is
Representative Don Ballard.
She has given service and
endured sacrifice, but her plea
sure, success, and Ihappiness
have gratified any fond ambi
tions she may have cherished,
j It will be a happy “Miss Sy
bil” with a humble heart beat
ing within her who opens the
doors to a new experience for
herself and her children’s chil
dren in September.
P'dale Baptists
Attend Tr. Union
At Ridgecrest
PORTERDALE — The week
of July 2-8 was Southern Bap
tist Training Union Leadership
Asembly at Ridgecrest, North
{Carolina. As representatives of
Porterdale Baptist Church, the
following people were given
this opportunity of training: Mr.
and Mrs. Terrell Lindsey, Mr.
and Mrs. James Head, Mrs.
Herbert Burch, Mrs. Archie
Patterson, Miss Christine Rye,
Franklin Richardson, Ronald
Carter, and Carol Burch.
All ten were awarded a gold
badge for attending forty-two
periods of study.
The surrounding mountains
are majestic and beautiful and
the Christian spirit displayed
by everyone affords a wonder
ful week of training and fellow
ship. This was the first of three
such weeks for Training Union,
and there was an estimated
3,000 in attendance.
Mr. Jerry E. Lambdin served
as Director of the meeting, and
this year will be his last year
of active service in Training
Union for Southern Baptist
Convention, ending 25 years of
dedicated service.
Dr. C. Roy Angell was pastor
{for the week, and Dr. Charles
A. Jolly had the Bible Hour
each morning and lakeside ser
vice each evening. Under such
excellent leadership, much in
formation and inspiration was
I brought back to the home
church.
Vet Check Wrong
Amount? Here's
What To Do
ATLANTA — What’s the
safest thing for a veteran to do
when he gets a federal check
which he knows is erroneous?
Promptly, either return it to
the Veterans Administration, or
write about it.
That’s the advice offered by
Pete Wheeler, director of the
State Department of Veterans
Service.
Many Georgia veterans, wi
dows, and children, receive
checks regularly from the VA
for compensation, pensions,
schooling, and other benefits,
Wheeler said.
If a person receives a check
to which he knows he is not
{entitled, he should either
I promptly return it or write to
j the VA for an explanation,
{ Wheeler said.
Money once spent is difficult
to pay back, and the veteran
will be required to return an
overpayment sooner or later
If a person gets a check
which is less than the amount
{ to which he believes he is en
, titled, he may accept it and
cash it without in any way
waiving his right to claim the
greater amount, Wheeler said.
Additional compensation must
Ibe actually claimed, and dates
only from the receipt of the sub
' stantiating evidence. It cannot
! be made retroactive, and is not
{automatic.
। Veteran students on subsist
ence allowance sometimes re
ceive overpayments. In these
cases, the checks should not be
| cashed, Wheeler said, but re
turned to the VA immediately.
(This is better than having to
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959
Rev. Murphy To
Teach Bible At
Emory-at-Oxford
REV. MURPHY
The Reverend Walter Young
Murphy, recently appointed
pastor of the Allen Memorial
Methodist Church, Oxford, will
also serve as teacher of Bible
at Emory-at-Oxford.
Born in Chester, South Caro
lina, and reared in Thomaston,
Ga., Rev. Murphy holds the
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor
of Divinity degrees from Emory
University.
He joined the North Georgia
Conference of the Methodist
Church in 1952. He has served
as assistant pastor of the First
Methodist Church in Decatur
and pastor of the Newborn Cir
cuit in Newton County and the
Skyland Methodist Church in
Atlanta.
His wife, the former Miss
, Marianne Perdue, of Thomas
ton, Ga., received the B.A. de
gree from Bessie Tift College.
She taught English and drama
tics in the DeKalb County
Schools in 1952 and at South
west DeKalb High School in
1953.
Their children are Mary
Clarice, age 4-1/2 years and
Julianne, age 2 years.
Kansan Thanks
City Police
The Covington Police depart
ment has been given another
bouquet from a motorist who
was involved in an accident
here on June 9th. Frank L.
Walburn of Clay Center, Kan
sas. wrote the local police de
partment a letter of apprecia
tion for the manner in which
Officer Frank Ridling handled
the situation.
Mr. Walburn’s letter was ad
dressed to Police Chief Wendell
Kitchens and was dated Julv
8. 1959. It follows:
Dear Sir:-
About one month ago (June
9th. to be exact) I had a little |
accident in Covington. No one
of course relishes having an ac
cident occur, but in this particu
lar case it wasn’t too bad, and
it did furnish an incident which
(to me at least) showed what a
oolice officer can do in line of
dutv and still be a gentleman.
Officer Frank Didling an
swered the call on the accident,
and you can well be nroud of
this officer for he was a gentle
man all the way thru and at
the same time showed nrofi
c'ency in nerforminr his duties.
Am sure in mv mind that this is
a result of training from su
perior officers, and really leaves
rood feeling in regards to your
Ci + v Police Denartment. ,
Please thank Officer Ridling {
for me for his courtesv and di- {
plomacy in handling the little I
affair.
In closing will sav that. I
hone it is the last accident that {
hapnens to me. BUT, if I am |
elated for another, th^t it can i
haooen to me in Covington )
would be my truest wish, for j
I Vnow that T could count on |
efficient, courteous assistance
in anv a^diustments that were
necessary in retting the affair
oronerty settled.
t’rjth iHrjdest regards to the
entiTe ’’olice force, I am,
Gratefully yours,
Frank L Walburn
make a refund or run the risk
of having training stopped if
the overpayment is not imme
diately repaid on demand.
IT p ^YS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
Newton County
Gives 0,03032
To Heart Fund
Citizens of Newton county
I voted a solid endorsement of
| the program of the Georgia
Heart Association in the past
year by contributing $2,030.82
to the State’s only voluntary
{ health organization fighting the
heart diseases, according to the
{ final 1959 Heart Fund report
released this week.
Mrs. Harry Faulkner was
chairman of the fund drive in {
Newton County.
A record-smashing $415,- '
464.11 was received by the
Georgia Heart Association from
the people of Georgia during the
past fiscal year ending June 30,
it is stated in a “Report to
Georgians” from Elfred S. Papv.
GHA Chairman of the Board of
Directors.
“This total,” Papy said, “rep- j
resents an increase of $102,343
over $313,121 raised in the
year 1957-58.”
Papy expressed “thanks on
behalf of all of us who are
vitally interested in the Geor
gia Heart program” to all
County Chairmen and the 20,-
000 volunteer workers who par
ticipated in the February Heart
Fund drive under the leader
ship of State Co-Chairmen
Brunswick A. Bagdon and Car
ter L. Redd, both of Atlanta.
“The reason for rapidly in
creasing public supoort of th *
Heart program is a simple one,”
the report states.
“It is simply that cardiovas
cular disease is the number one
killer and crippier and that the
Heart Fund seems to be dealing
with cardiovascular disease in
{ a manner that the people of
| Georgia like.
“Stated another way.” the
i report continues, “Georgians
know that of all health prob
lems heart disease is the num
ber one enemv and the Heart
Fund is the number one de
sense.”
In 1957. the latest year for
which figures are available,
cardiovascular diseases were re
i sponsible for 53 per cent — or
17.632 —of the 33.421 deaths
recorded in the State, according
to figures from the Georgia De
partment of Public Health.
Decatur Elks
Win National
Ritualistic Contest
The grand opening services
were held in the Grand Ball
Room of the Conrad Hilton
Hotel at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday,
July sth. with Hon. Henry C.
Warner presiding. Addresses of
welcome were given by Hon.
Floyd E. Thompson, past grand
exalted ruler, Hon. Richard J.
Daley, Mayor of Chicago. Ths
{principal address was given by
| Hon. Horace R. Wisely, grand
exalted ruler. A congratulatory
wire was read from President
Eisenhour.
At the business meeting on
Monday, Bro. William S. Haw- j
kins, an attorney from Corin' j
d’Alene, Idaho was elected
Grang Exalted Ruler. Bro.
Hawkins is a bov scout execu
tive and said his goal was to j
double the number of boy
scouts soonsored by the lodge. !
On Tuesday at 11:00 am.,
memorial services were held in
the grand ballroom of the Con
rad Hilton Hotel. This was a
very beautiful and impressive
service.
On Tuesday at 1:15 p m a
luncheon and clinic given bv
the grand exalted ruler elect
for all exalted rulers were at
tended by representives from
1.866 lodges from 49 states and
3 territories. It was announced
that membership now stood at
an all time high — 1.232.007.
It was also announced that Elks
now lead all other fraternal
organizations in sponsoring {
youth activities.
Decatur Ga. Lodge No. 1602. {
nlaced first in th n National
Ritualistic contest. They com- ■
peted against teams from 39
states. In this competition De- {;
catur, Ga. Lodge made the
highest score ever recorded in 1
national competition. Decatur i
Lodge won first place in state 1
competition at state convention |
held recently in Brunswick, Ga.
Covington Lodge No. 1806 ।
was represented at the conven
tion by Mr. and Mrs. H. V.
Johnson, Jr. ,
J. Alton Parr
Continued from Page 1
DF&PA at W.P.B. as Chief
Clerk, then appointed Freight
Traffic Representative.
In 1949, Al met Miss Karen
Slagel from Massapequa, Long
Island, New York. She has now
become Mrs. Parr and the
mother of two fine children,
Kenny and Kathy. They com
prise the Parr household, newly
established at 335 Ellamar
Road in the south part of West
Palm.
Al is a member of the West
Palm Beach Jaycees, Palm
Lodge No. 327, Scottish Rite
Bodies of Lake Worth Grace
{ Episcopal Church, Clerk of the
■ Vestry.
I He was one of the originators
■of the Traffic Chib of Palm
Beach County and a Charter
Member. Knowing Al since
1949, I can say, in a personal
wav. as well as business wav.
he is the kind of man I feel
most qualified to earn the re
' spect of all his contacts.
Plans Are Made
Continued From Page 1
convenience as well as safety
for loading and unloading the
children off the main street.
Mrs. Hugh McDonald, Kin
dergarten teacher, is very en
thusiastic about the coming
school year, “With the 29 ador
able youngsters we have en
rol’ed for the next term”, Mrs.
McDonald stated, “and the fine
new home the Service Guild is
{ providing for us, we are antici
) Dating the most successful year
{ we have ever had”.
The work on Uw new build
; ing will begin within the next
few weeks, the Service Guild
j reported.
Chamber of Comm.
’ Continued from Page 1
: siding officer for the business
session.
Miss Jakie Hooten, one of
{the Newton County girl repre
[sentatives to the recent Georgia
Girls State at Macon, spoke to
[ the members present and re
ported on her election and par
ticipation at the American Le
gion Auxiliary sponsored event.
Miss Hooten was the represen
tative of the Chamber of Com
merce. She was introduced by
Mrs. Dan Clower, overall Le
gion Auxiliary chairman for the
’ annual affair.
During the meeting a motion
was made to dispense with the
, regular monthly meeting for
I August, since many of the
members are taking their an
nual vacation during the month.
However, if business necessi
tates, a call meeting will be
held.
Rev. and Mrs. Nichols
Children are Visitors
From Canal Zone
Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Nichols
are very happy over the arrival
of their son and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. William C. Rhinehart.
Jr. for a visit with them until
the end of August. Mr. Rhine
hart is an engineer with the
Geodetic Survey in the Canal
Zone, Panama, and Mrs. Rhine
hart teaches in one of the
schools in the Canal Zone. They
arrived in New York on board
I one of the luxury liners that'
fly between New York and the
Canal Zone and then drove :
their car from New York to
Covington.
Rev. and Mrs. Nichols and
। Linda are looking forward to an
enjoyable time this summer,
now that their entire family is
together again.
CARD OF THANKS
We want to express our heart- {
felt thanks to friends, neighbors [
and loved ones, who have been {
so wonderful and good to send
food, clothing, money and many
other things which we lost
when our home was destroyed
by fire on June 24, 1959.
We want to thank Brasher
Bentley, J. B. and Herman Ellis
and Fred Townley for saving a
few of our clothes and bedding
and other things from the burn
ing building, also Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford White for their help
in so many ways, and to Al
mon and Covington Fire De
partment we are grateful.
May God bless and keep each ।
one who has helped us in any ,
way.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold;
Stowe and children |
1960 Horse Show
Set For May 4
The 1960 Horse Show Com
mittee met Tuesday in the
Board of Directors Room of the
Bank of Covington to formulate
plans for the Covington Horse
Show to be held on Wednesday, {
May 4, 1960.
Col. “Jimmie” Seash ole, •
manager of the show met with
the committee, and stated that
the 1959 show received a AA
rating from The National
Horseman Magazine.
The committee, headed by
Mrs. Everett Pratt, from the
Covington Service Guild and
Mr. Edward Hunt, from the
American Legion, tentatively
decided to have a two-perform- {
ance show. An afternoon show i
featuring events that appeal to
ihe young people and the even- I
ing performance featuring the
Championship classes.
The Legion and the Guild :
are extremely pleased over'
the enthusiasm and support for '
the 1960 show throughout the
County. The first concrete evi
dence of this came from Jack
Morgan who stated Tuesday at
the meeting that he will do
nate and build the ring for the {
show.
Commander Charles King and ’
Mrs. Guy Evans, Guild Presi
dent, are working deligently to
give Covington another good 1
show.
Pine Grove 4-H
Continued From Page 1
coming year are as follows:
President, Carol Hitchcock;
Girls Vice President, Sandra
Hodges; Boys Vice President.
Ronnie Elliott; Secretary, Vic
kie Whisnante; T reasurer,
Wayne Robertson; and Report
er, Reuben Whisnante.
After the election of officers
several of the club members
gave de m o n s t r a t i o n s and
speeches. Those giving demon
strations were Carol Hitchcock
in Rural Electric, Meg Adams
in Yeast Breads, Suzan Elliott
in Freezing Peaches, and Mary
Della Robertson in Jr. Electric.
Sandra Hodges, Vickie Whis
nante, and Suzanne Adams gave
speeches as part of their Pub
lic Speaking project. They were
all very interesting and educa
tional. Most of these speeches
and demonstrations will be giv
en at District Achievement
Meeting at Rock Eagle in Au
gust by the 4-H members.
After the meeting was ad
journed the 4-H'ers enjoyed a
picnic lunch.
In Quiet,
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A Prize-Winning
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1959
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■ J
Dr. Burdine
Named Member
Youth Fitness
WASHINGTON — Dr. Win
ston E. Burdine, AMVETS’ na
tional commander and Atlanta
psychiatrist, has been appoint
ed to President Eisenhower’s
Citizens Advisory Committee
on the Fitness of American
Youth.
In a letter advising Dr. Bur
dine of his appointment, Fred
A. Seaton, Secretary of the In
terior and chairman of the
President’s Council on Youth
Fitness, explained that the pri
mary function of the Citizen.’
Advisory Committee is to help
the President’s Council in alert
ing the Nation to the ill effects
of soft living, particularly as
this relates to the habits of
youth.”
Secretary Seaton’s letter add
ed that Dr. Burdine’s “personal
and organizational leadership in
motivating public awareness,
cooperation, and action pro
grams will . . . prove valuable
to the cause of youth fitness.”
Dr. Burdine will attend the
joint Council-Committee annual
meeting Sept. 13 to 15 at the
Air Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo.
AMVETS recently inaugurat
-led a nation-wide program to
{ promote youth fitness, Dr. Bur
!dine said. Bonnie Prudden. di
rector of the Institute for Phy
sical Fitness, and star of Dave
Garroway’s “Today” TV show,
is a special fitness adviser to
AMVETS. Dr. Burdine also re
: ported that AMVETS recently
; established a special $2,000
{scholarship under which a stu
{dent whose father is a deceas -
ed or totally disabled veteran of
World War II or Korea may
study physical education.
The AMVETS commander re
sides at 160 Littlejohn Trail.
{N. E., Atlanta. He is married
and the father of two daugh
j ters.
Tri-County Sale
Tri-County Livestock Auction
Company sold 447 head of cat
tle and 32 hogs for a total of
$44,806.94. Milk cows and
springers topped at $300; pigs
at $9. Baby calves sold from
$5 to $27.
Price ranges were: hogs, sl2
to sl4; calves, $lO to $29; heif
ers, $18.50 to $26; stackers,
$16.50 to S2B; steers, $lB to
$27.50; light bulls, sl6 to $24;
heavy bulls, $18.50 to $22; can
ners. sl3 to sls; cutters, sls
to $16.80; and fat cows, sl7 to
$19.50.
NUMBER 29