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Georgia Tech and Georgia both got their 1959 seasons
off to a flying start with impressive victories. Tech edged
Kentucky 14-12 and Georgia turned back Alabama 17-3.
However, in the Associated Press’ “Popularity Poll” Monday
neither team was listed in the first 10.
Football was strictly a game for kicks until 1823. The
World Book Encyclopedia reports that a player at Rugby,
England, disgusted with his ineffective kicks at the ball,
finally picked it up and ran with it. Carrying the ball be
came an accepted practice — except for those purists who
refused to use their hands. They called their game “asso
ciation football” to distinguish it from the other, which
became known as rugby. Association football was later
abbreviated to assoc . . . and then changed to soccer.
Ram Halfback Phil White reeled off an apparent TO
run in the third quarter Friday night against Elberton. He
went 59 yards for what looked like a score, but a penalty
nullified the play. Longest run of the game from scrimmage
was by the Rams’ Bobby Hunter, a 32-yarder.
The father of American football . . . and the originator
of the “Daily Dozen” physical exercises . . . was Walter
Chauncey Camp. The World Book Encyclopedia says Camp,
a football coach, started the practice of annually selecting
noted football players for an All-American team in 1889.
FOOTBALL SEASON: The only time of the year when
girls whistle at men in sweaters. — Howie Lassiter.
One modem college is going to adopt a three-platoon
system for football. One squad for offense, one for defense,
and the other to attend classes.
The veteran coach of Region 4AA East is, no doubt,
Elberton’s Lee Atkinson who started his regime at the
Elbert County school in 1948.
Mike Castronis, former football and basketball mentor
at Winder, scouted the Elberton team for Athens High.
Mike is an assistant coach at Athens High.
Another large crowd of local football fans were on hand
Friday for the Elberton-Ram game here. However, not
many Elbert County fans came along with their team due
probably to the long distance and the fact that Elbert
County is weaker this year on the football field.
The Georgia Bulldogs’ 17 points against Alabama Satur
day at Athens was the most points to be scored on Coach
Bear Bryant's team in the past two years. All their losses
last year were by 14 points or less.
Tech upheld a record of playing an opening game of
the season at Kentucky and not losing. No Tech team has
lost two opening games in a row.
Golf is believed to be the descendant of the ancient
Roman came of “paganica.” The World Book Encyclopedia
says the game was played with a bent stick and a ball stuffed
with feathers.
The first 18-hole golf course in the U. S was opened for
niav in 1893 at Wheaton, 111. The course was designated for
the Chicago Golf Club, according to The World Book Ency
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Fishing Expert Tells Os
Castro's Cuban Angling
Frank Carter, a represents- . I
five of Zebco reels, was the
main speaker at the Covington .
Lions Club meeting Thursday I
night at the Pavilion, Academy <
Springs Park. Carter was ac- ।
companied to Covington by i
Gordon Robinson and James .
Rorke. both executives of the i
Robinson Company of Atlanta i
and former residents of Cov- 1
ington.
Mr. Carter gave a demon
stration on casting and ex
plained many of the tricks used ]
by an angler to “land the big
ones.”
An interesting part of the
program, and Mr. Carter’s ।
speech, was his versoin of a trip ;
to Treasure Island Lake in Cu
ba when he met and taught Fi
del Castro how to cast.
The speaker said that the
Jake was ‘‘fabulous and one
would have to see it to believe
that fishing is so good there.”
He said that any kind of plug
or spinner or what-have-you
would land almost any size fish
in the lake. His party, many
of whom were fellow Atlan
tans. spent four days fishing in
the •eystal-clear waters of the
The Covinaton Interprise, fitoMished in 1864 — The Corington Star, trtobtished in 1874 and The Citiien-Obsemr, fstablished in 1953
(Euiringtim sea
SPORTS
808 GREER. Editor
lake.
Returning from a fishing
jaunt one day to their camp
they were accosted by Cuban
soldiers with pointed guns, and
among them was the noted
Cuban leader Castro himself.
Aftre much explaining as to
their identity by their host and
the Atlantians themselves, Cas
tro wanted to go fishing just as
soon as he saw the big haul
brought in by Carter’s party.
Carter said that the Cuban
Leader, his young son, his se*-
retary, and a soldier comprised
the party in the boat for the trip
into the lake country. Castro
carried his gun along and took
several pot-shots at ducks,
geese, some fish, and almost
anything that moved within
sight.
After one cast and bring
ing in a large bass, the Cuban
boss was baptised into the
Izaak Walton fraternity. The
edict at the start of the trip
that prevented pictures went
into the lake as Castro hauled
in fish after fish. Carter show
ed many pictures made during
the trip and the bearded Cu
ban was most happy in ail of
dflnwgtnn Nms
NCHS Senior
Class Has
167 Members
The Senior Class of 1959-60
can boast that they have the
largest senior class ever to at
tend Newton County High
School—l 67 members.
There are five senior home
rooms with the following spon
sors: 12 A —Miss Mary Leila
Ellington, 12 B— Mrs. D. C.
Moore, 12 C — Mrs. Howard
Brooks. 12 D—Mrs. C. B. Meyer,
and 12 E—Mrs. J. T. McKay.
Recent homeroom and class
meetings organized and elected
the following officers:
12 A— president, Johnny
Capes: vice president, Donald
Carter; secretary, Linda Batch
elor: treasurer, Norma Jean
Brooking; reporter, Ronald Car
ter.
12 B —president. Sam Hay;
vice president, Stephanie Ginn;
secretary, Gwen Hill; treasurer,
Camilla Dietz; reporter, Cynthia
Harris.
12 C —president, Russell Hin
ton; vice president, Bob Hinton;
secretary, Jakie Hooten; trea
surer, Jimmy Johnson; repor
ter, Johnny Hitchcock.
12 D —president, John Rich
ardson: vice president, Linda
Mobley: secretary, Anthony Oz
burn; treasurer, Lanier Patter
son; reporter, Rebekah Patrick.
12 E — president, Donna
Steadham: vice president, Billy
Strickland; secretary, Rita A.
Thompson; treasurer, Phillip
White; reporter, Larry Stud
dard.
Class officers: president, Don
ald Carter; vice president, Ron
ald Carter; secretary, Anita
Millwood; treasurer, Mike Lott;
and reporter. Bonnie Stubbs.
Senior Superlatives have also
been selected with Doug Dooley
and Miss Peggy McClure hav
ing the distinction of being Mr.
and Miss N. C. H. S.
Best Personality, Anita Mill
wood and Ronald Carter; Most ,
Dependable, Camilla Dietz and
Mack McCants: Best Leaders,
Sandra Harwell and Donald
Carter; Most Likely to Succeed,
Kathy Ellington and Mike Lott,
Most Attractive. Stephanie Ginn
and Ronnie Patterson: Best
School Spirit, Jakie Hooten and
Jimmy Johnson: Most Versatile,
Karen Stone and Robert House
worth; Friendliest, Gwen Kit
chens and Grier Holifield; Most ,
Athletic, Cynthia Harns and
Johnny Capes: Most Courteous,
Donna Steadham and Jerry
Standard; Wittiest Bonnie
Stubbs and Russell Hinton.
Most Intelligent has not yet
been named but the selection
will soon be made from the
three bovs and three girls who
have the highest scholastic
averages thus far high
school.
Bonnie Stubbs
Reporter
them.
Mr. Carter said that the Cu
ban soldiers and his party all
occupied the same cabin that
night under heavy guard and
that he (Carter) had a long
talk with Castro before they
left for the States.
When Castro visited the
United States last summer Mr.
Carter presented the Cuban
with a gold spinning rod and
reel. Mr. and Mrs. Carter visi
ted Castro in New York sev
eral days while he was in our
country for television and per
sonal appearances.
Lion President Walker Har
ris was in charge of the busi
ness session of the meeting
Thursday after the members
and guests enjoyed a delicious
barbecued chicken supper.
Lion Jack Chapman was in
charge bf the program and he
introduced Mr. Robinson, who
,in turn presented the speaker.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 94, 1959
Bobby Capes Is
Football Official
in South Carolina
Bobby Capes, one of the bet
ter tackles in Newton County
football history, has taken up
officiating duties of high school
football games in South Caro
lina. Bobby is a resident of
Columbia, S. C. where he is
affiliated with Southern Bell
Telephone Company.
Capes played his collegiate
ball at Wofford College in
Spartanburg, S. C. He was used
at both guard and tackle posi
tions while he performed for
the Wofford team.
According to reports Bobby
enjoys officiating and during
the Labor Day Weekend he
worked three high school games
in the Columbia area.
Elberton Downs Rams 19-7
BY 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
Newton County took it on the chin Friday night, losing
to a regional foe, Elbert County by a 19 to 7 score on the
local gridiron. This marked the third straight loss of the
season for the NCHS eleven.
The game started off as if
the two teams would do battle
for the 48 minutes without
scoring. Elberton pushed over
their first TD in the last half
minute of the first half. The
visitors took the ball on their
own 47 and Quarterback Stan
ley Ayers chunked a long pass
to End Rosser which was good
for 45 yards and a first down
on the Ram 8. Halfback Jimmy
Yeary carried the pigskin over
in two plays and Ayers added
the point-after.
An intercepted pass on the
Ram 34 in the third period set
up the Elberton second touch
down. Once they got their hands
on the ball the visitors ate up
the yardage to pay dirt through
i the Newton County line.
The Rams got back into the
game momentarily in the fourth
period when End Charlie Childs
of Newton County recovered a
fumble on the Elberton 28.
Newton drew a 5-yard penalty
and then Ronald Carter passed
to Johnny Capes on the 27. An
other Carter pass found End
Larry Wagner on the 11 and
the Rams scented pay dirt.
Fullback Bobby Hunter ram
med the center of the line for
7 yards, Randall Meadows made
two at tackle, and then Hunter
went over from the two-yard
stripe. Wagner added the PAT
from placement, That made the
score Elberton 13, Newton
County 7.
The final TD of the game was
the result of the clock running
out and the charges of Coach
McLaney taking a chance on a
long-scoring play. Elberton got
the ball on the Ram 13 and in
two plays the visitors scored
their third TD.
Several Newton players perk
ed up outstanding games with
special laurels going to Bobby
Hunter, Ronald Carter, Doug
Dooley, Donald Carter and Phil
lip White. Hunter was the lead
ing ball carrier in the game
with 61 yards in 8 carries for
a good 7.6 yards per carry aver
age.
The Carter brothers —Donald
"Fair Time" Again in Covington Next Week
NEXT WEEK WILL BE FAIR TIME in Covington and the big midway furnished by ihe popular
James H Drew Shows will be present throughout ihe week of Monday September 28 to Satur
day October 3 at Legion Field. There will be some 40 rides and shows for the delight and en
joyment of every member of the family. Many exhibits, a flower show, livestock show, home and
farm products exhibit, and numerous other attractions will be shown during the fan week. New
ton County American Legion Post 32 sponsors the local fair.
Bulldogs Shellack Alabama 17-3
Georgia’s Bulldogs looked like
the championship teams of
Coach Wallace Butts in the late
1940’s Saturday on Sanford
Stadium as they got their 1959
season off to an auspicious
start. Alabama was the victim
17 to 3.
The score told only part of
the story as the offense and
defense collaborated to twart
every scoring threat of Coach
Bear Bry a n t’s Alabamians.
From the first quarter on when
Durward Pennington booted a
38-yard field goal, the Bulldogs
took complete charge of the
game and added a TD in the
second quarter. The score at
halftime was a comfortable 10-
0.
At the outset of the second
• • • •
and Ronald, and Bobby Hun
ter —also vanned the defense
with 8 individual tackles each.
The Rams will make the trip
to Gainesville for an important
Region 4AA East game on the
Red Elephant’s field at 8 o’clock
Friday night. This game will
mark the third straight region
al foe that the Ram will have
met this season.
New Land Clearing
Demonstration
On Jackson Farm
The Supervisors of the Upper
Ocmulgee Soil Conservation
District sponsored a demon
stration of the latest Land
Clearing Equipment in New
ton County at 1:00 P. M., Wed
nesday, September 16th.
The site of the demonstration
was on the farm of A. L.
“Louie” Jackson on Georgia
State Route 213 (Between
Mansfield and Anderson’s
Store.)
On the demonstration, the
new Rome K/G Clearing Blade
was used on a Caterpillar Dies
el Tractor in place of the usual
Bulldozer Blade. The opera
tion of this angled Blade, with
cutting edge parallel to the
ground, shears off trees and
scrub and sheds the material
to the right. The K/G Blade is
also used to pile the sheared
material for burning. With the
Blade set to pick up the down
ed forest cover without picking
up dirt, the resulting windrows
have the absolute minimum of
dirt and burn easily, according
to James P. Knight, Soil Con
servationist.
The Clearing was followed by
a heavy offset plowing harrow
which was designed for the
first plowing of new ground.
In discussion plans for the
demonstration, James P.
Knight, Newton Counity Work
half H looked like Coach Bry
ant’s team meant to score a TD
but they had to settle for a field
goal with fourth down and a
yard and a half to go for a chain
mover at the eight.
In fact, the Bulldog defense
was so impregnable that Ala
bama had the ball for 12 1/2-
minutes in the third period
without letting the Bulldogs run
a play from scrimmage. The
Crimson Tide marched from
their own 13 to the Georgia 8
and then resorted to the three
pointer. On the ensuing kick
off Georgia fumbled and the
Alabamians went on offense
again. They failed to move in
side the 15 and the Bulldogs
took over.
Sophomore Bill Godfrey of
Foul-Water Fishing
How many times have you
been counseled not to go fish
ing this weekend “because the
water’s muddy?” Probably quite
often, especially during spring
and fall when rains whisk silt
down the rivers and into lakes.
For most anglers, fishing comes
to a standstill.
But there’s an exception to
every rule, particularly when
fishing is concerned, notes the
Mercury outboard company.
And, there’s one special style
of fishing in which muddy wa
ter is a real asset.
Fishing when a lake’s all
cloudy and “messed up” is bas
ed on the idea that if a bass
can’t see a lure, then offer him
something he can hear, smell
and taste And it’s good logic.
A cork is carved into a con
cave shape so that it will “plop”
when cast by rod or long cane
pole to the shoreline. Two feet
down from the cork, the hook
is strung with a glob of worms.
As this rig is retrieved, the rod
is jerked up and down briskly.
Mr. Bass hears, smells, and
tastes both worms and a 2/0
hook, and he’ on!
For the best rewards, cruise
your outboard around the shore
line until you find a spot where
the muddy water is just start
ing to clear at the edges and
near stumps. That’s where this
method works best.
So instead of staying home
the next time the water looks
like earth soup, take Mercury’s
advice. Try your hand at this
technique.
Unit Conservationist, said:
"To justify the cost of stream
channel work and structures
on the small watershed pro
gram, the bottom lands which
are given protection by the pro
gram must be utilized to best
advantage. The Bear Creek
Project in Newton County
which was recently completed
under P.L 566, will protect
more than 1.000 acres of good
bottom land which has been
lost to agriculture because of
periodic flooding. There lands,
Charlotte, N. C, taking over the
FB duties from starter Tommy
Lewis, busted the game wide
open in the fourth period when
he raced for a 40-yard touch
down.
More than 41,000 fans saw the
opener, the biggest opening day
crowd in years. Georgia will be
home again next Saturday as
the Vanderbilt Commodores
come to Athens. Game time is
2 P.M. —Greer. ..
Yellow School j
Bus Means
Everybody Slop
Schools are open in Georgia,
and children are again riding
the yellow school buses. Each
school day there will be ap
proximately 442,000 pupils
transported on buses, and it is
predicted that this figure will
soon reach the half million
mark.
Joe T. DeFoor, assistant <fi
rector, Pupil Transportation
Services, State Department of
Education, reminds all drivers
—including school bus drivers
—of the laws regulating school
bus travel. Keep these in mind
when you see one of these
brightly painted vehicles:
1. A yellow school bus is a
big stop command to all driv
ers. The motorist must come to
a complete stop, whether ap
proaching or following a bus.
The only exception i s on a
four-lane divided highway,
where stopping would only ap
ply to motorists following the
bus.
2. The motorist must stop
and wait until school bus pas
sengers disembark and safely
cross the street.
3. The motorist on resum
ing travel, should drive slowly
and cautiously in the event
of any unexpected behavior by
the children, remembering that
occasionally they will dart out
of a bus and into the road with,
out warning.
Just as those driving cars are
expected to exercise judgment
and skill in passing or follow
ing school buses, so the bus
drivers are expected to play a
major role in maintaining safe
ty of the passengers.
All bus drivers have passed
the health standards set by the
State Deparemnt of Education.
They have further passed tests
by specialits in highway safety
on quickkness of perception, re
action time, perception of dis
tance, and certain spatial di
mensions. They have nad a rig
id physical examination, in
cluding vision and laboratory
tests as prescribed by a medical
advisory group.
“Safe, careful driving and
rigid adherence to traffic rules
by bus drivers alone cannot in
sure adequate saftety for
school children. It requires
thoughtful, careful and court
eous obedience to traffic rules
by every person who drives,.”
Mr. DeFoor said. “Let’s resolve
to have no school bus accidents
in Georgia to mar the happi
ness and joy of thia school
year."
"Ram" Annual
Subscriptions
The subscription staff of the
“Ram” of Newton County High
Schoo! would like to announce
that the subscriptions for the
1960 RAM (annual) are on
sale.
Everyone who is interested in
buying an annual should contact
Bonnie Stubbs at 3392 or Miss
Mary Leila Ellington.
The annual costs $4.50 and
the down payment is $1.50 and
must be paid by October 15.
The U.S. Department of Agri
culture reports one out of ten
families need enriched corn
meal, flour, grits, rice and
bread.
once the most fertile in the wa
tershed, have been largely cov
ered by forest growth of rela
tively little value. We hope this
demonstration will show how
these lands may be economical
ly cleared now that they are
protected from overflow."
A Prize- Winning
Newspaper
1959
Better Newspaper
Contests
NUMBER 39
3-Way Battle *
On For Middle
Georgia Lead
A three-way battle Is still
taking place in the Middle
Georgia baseball league as the
season draws to a close. Porter
dale, White Hall and Oconee
County all won victories during
the past week to stay in con
tention for the pennant.
The Porterdale team is cur
rently a half-game ahead of
the White Hall club and Oconee
County is only a game off the
lead.
Saturday night Porterdale
scored three runs in the last
of the ninth frame to shade the
Livingston nine 8 to 7. Huff
and Ogletree delivered the key
hits of the frame to bring home
the victory for hurler Bobby
Hopkins, who fanned 15 bat
ters in the tilt.
Oconee County took two
games from Stewart Sunday at
Watkinsville, and White Hall
blasted Eatonton and Madison
in games over the weekend.
The Standings:
Team L
Porterdale 26
White Hall 25 7
Oconee County 24 7
Livingston 18 13
Madison 17 15
Monroe 15
Stewart 15
Eatonton 14
Monticello 4 28
Jackson 1 JI
Newton FTA
Holds Initial
Meeting Os Year
On September 2. the FTA of
Newton County High School
had their first meeting.
The president, Merie Paden,
welcomed the old members and
the new ones.
The new officers were intro
duced to the new members.
They are as follows: president,
Merie Paden; vice president,
Diane Johnson; secretary, Rob
bie Elizer; treasurer, Jackie
Latham; reporter Harriet Dietz
and scrapbook ehairman, Carol
Hitchcock.
Robbie Elizer read the min
utes for the last years secre
tary Jan Sears.
Dianne Johnson read the de
votional which was taken from
Matthew 6:15-16, which was
very inspiratiaooal.
Miss Josie Smith, FTA Ad
visor gave the program on
“What FTA is?" Renee Dial
and Lanelie Hudson told wbat
they enjoyed most in FTA'
They both agreed on teaching.
The meeting was ended with
discussion.
4-H Center Rooms
To Be Named For
Georgia Leaders
Georgia 4-H Club members,
leaders, and friends have raised
more than $11,900 to contribute
to the National 4-H Club Cen
ter, according to Tommy Wal
ton, state 4-H Club leader, Ag
jricultural Extension Service,
'University of Georgia College
of Agriculture.
Part of the Georgia fund will
be used to furnish two bedrooms
lin Warren Hall at the Center.
I One of the bedrooms will be
i named to honor Former Exten
sion Director Walter S. Brown
and the other will be named for
W. A. Sutton, present Extension
director.
Walton said Brown was a
member of the committee which
filed the Certificate of Incor
poration for the Foundation
with the state of Delaware on
November 18, 1948. The Na
tional Center, which is located
on a 12-and-a-half-acre site in
Chevy Chase, Maryland, was
formally opened last June 16.
When laying-by sweet pota
toes, says The Progressive
Farmer, ridge them up 6 to 10
inches high for better yield*
20000