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My! Oh me! It hardly seems
possible that Thanksgiving has
come and gone! This sacred day
brings so many joys . . . The
sacred gathering of family and
frienda around the festive
board. . . It reminds u« of how
thankful we are for each mem
ber of our family. . . that God
makes it possible for us to be
well, and to be together. . .And
the friends! How thankful we
are for those, so close to us,
who come to share a place with
us in the family circle. Os
course, there are many families
wishing for those who could
not be here, for various rea
sons. . . yet, we will not grieve
that they are not here. . . we
are just thankful that they
are safe and well. We had a
dual roll in just this. A. B. and
family could not be here for
they could not bring the brand
new baby out in the cold, this
far. However, he came up for a
couple of days, sacred days
with us, after Thanksgiving.
Yes, we love the friends, so
close that they are not com
pany. . . friends who know and
love our children and Grands
and do not mind being in the
gay group.
We have many friends in the
hospital. . . we’ve just learned
this morning that Mabel Smith,
(Mrs. Linton) is again at New
ton . . . our own hospital, where
loving hands of Doctors and
nurses, who are close friends
are taking care of her. . . and
we are wishing her a speedy
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Porterdale City
Election Set
For January 7th
The annual election for Ma
yor. Recorder, and five Alder -
men for the Town of Porter
dale, Georgia, to serve for the
ensuing year, will be held in
the Council Chamber of the
Town of Porterdale, Thursday,
January 7, 1960.
All persons who have been
bona fide residents of the Town
of Porterdale for six months
preceding the date of election,
and who are qualified under
the Constitution and laws of the
State of Georgia to vote for
county officers of the County
of Newton and the State of
Georgia, shall be allowed ^o
vote and run for office at said
Municipal Election. No person
shall be deemed a resident of
the Town of Porterdale by rea
son of being situated therein
for temporary purposes.
The registration book for ap
plicants or candidates for the
above offices will be closed
Saturday, December 19, 1959,
at which time ballots for the
election to be held on the date
of January 7, 1960, will be
printed.
Oxford Chorus To Present
Choral Music At EAO Chapel
The Oxford Chorus will pre
sent an Advent Program of
Choral Music at the Emory-at-
Oxford chapel assembly on
Monday. December 7, at 10 a.
m.. in the Allen Memorial Au
ditorium. The public is invited
to attend this program.
The chorus of 50-60 voices
is directed by Prof. Harold W.
Mapn. Accompanists are Jim
my Youngblood, North Augusta,
ta. S. C., and Roger Lynn. Adel.
Officers of the Oxford Chorale
are Jimmy Youngblood, presi
dent, and Jimmy Pope secre
tary. The reader for this par
ticular program is Prof. P. F.
EP’ott.
The program is as follows:
1. O Magnum Mysterium —
the 17th century Spanish com
poser, Victoria;
2. How still and Tiny —a
movingly emotional Polish ca
rel;
3. Rise Up Shepherd and
Follow —a Negro Spiritual;
4. Several of the “Liesbeslie
der” waltzes — Johannes Bra
hms (These are love-song wal
tzes —a setting of German
folk-songs of a gay, unrepress
ed nature by a master choral
writer.)
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Covington Lions Club Annual Auction Friday
Event Starts
At I P. M.
Jr. High Gym
Covington Lions Club will
stage their Annual Auction
Friday night, December 4,
starting at 7 o’clock at the Con
yers Street gymnasium.
The auction sale chairman of
the event this year is J. B.
Dial. President of the club is
Walker Harris.
It has been announced by
club officials that the proceeds
from the sale will be used to
build another public park and
picnic grounds for the city. The
Covington Lions have already
built and equipped two parks
inside the city, one on Newton
Drive across from the high
school and the other at Aca
demy Springs Park opposite
the American Legion Home.
Covington Lions Club has also
been instrumental in buying
glasses for needy children in
the city and county.
The Lions Pavilion and park
at Academy Springs has been
in constant use this past sum
mer as the three month period
June through August showed it
was engaged six days or nights
each week. The giant pavilion
seats 144 persons and afforded
shelter for group meetings all
during the summer.
The Auction Friday will have
a top door prize of 500 gallons
of gasoline to some lucky per
son present. There will also be
other attractive prizes given
away during the sale.
Main auctioneers of the sale
will be Walker Harris and A.
L. Key. Members of the club
will be on hand to assist pro
spective bidders when the sale
gets underway.
A concession stand will again
be operated by the club. Sand
wiches, coffee, soft drinks, can
dy, pop com, peanuts etc. will
be sold during the evening.
, A feature of the sale this
year will be a big selection of
toys for the children. Also
there will be household fur
nishings, electric appliances,
clothing, luggage, and many
other items to go under the
auctioneers’ hammer.
PROF. MANN
est — Pergolesi (18th century
Italian composer).
Members of the Oxford
Chorus for 1959-60 are: Sopra
no — Mary Helen Price, Atlan
ta; Mrs. Lee Stephenson, Cov
ington; Sandra Johns, Dallas;
Vai Dodson. Atlanta; Pat Wol
cott, Marietta: Joan Pass, Bu
ford: Linda Compton, Atlanta;
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New Covington City Municipal Building To Be Shown On Sunday At Open House
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COVINGTON S NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING will be open lo
the public Sunday afternoon, December 6, from 4 until 7 o'clock
at which time all departments will be open for inspection by
: The 95th Annual Christmas
; Shopping Edition Next Week
f The Covington News will publish its 95th An-
Fnua! Christmas Shopping Edition next week, Decem
iber 10. Be sure and read the many specials which
s will be offered by our own local merchants. You can
F know you will be pleased if you buy from them.
.They have proven their value and the value of their
merchandise. Shop at home this year. Read the many
values offered in today's paper and be sure and get
'next week's paper also, the Great 95th Annual Christ-
Imas Shopping Edition and save and be pleased by
ibuying at home where there is no parking problem
^and no long ride io tire you in the Christmas season.
.You will find anything you need right here in Cov
.ington — why go elsewhere?
”M" Night Program at Porterdale
Church Monday Night at 8 P.M.
The annual "M” Night pro
gram, sponsored by Baptist
Training Unions, will be held
for churches in this area on
Monday night, December 7 at
the Porterdale Baptist Church
beginning at 8 o’clock.
Bryant Steele, Associational
Training Union Director, says
the following churches are ex
pected to bring large delega
tions:
Calvary, Covington, County
Line, High Point, Macedonia,
Mt. Zion, West End, Willow
Springs, Zion, Grace, Canaan
and Porterdale.
At this meeting, the 1960
Training Union program will
be launched. Special music will
be directed by the Association
al Chorister, Henry Whitehead
Jr.
The speaker for the occasion
will be the Rev. Charles Pol
lock, pastor of Calvary Bap
tist Church, and pastor-advisor
for the Associational Training
Union organization.
Ministerial Assn.
To Meet Monday
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Newton County
Ministerial Association will be
held next Monday morning, De
cember 7 at 11 a.m. at the Cov
ington Presbyterian Church.
A ladies night program, which
had been planned for Thurs
day night, December 3, has
been postponed. This program
will be held after the Christ
mas holidays.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1959
Oxford Election
Tuesday 12-7 p.m.
Those who have qualified for
mayor and council for the com
ing election in Oxford, Decem
ber 8, are for mayor: A. W.
Jackson; and for council: Tho
mas Dial, E. V. Moss and Gar
land Williams.
Polls will be open from 12
noon until 7 p.m. on Election
Day.
The announced candidates are
without opposition in the elec
tion as three councilmen and a
mayor will be named. John W.
Burson did not announce for
re-election as a councilman.
The only new candidate in the
race is E. V. Moss.
Muscular Dystrophy
Drive Nets $704
Lt. Hugh Steele, March
Chairman for the Newton
County Muscular Dystrophy
Fund, reports that $704.00 has
been collected so far in this
drive. The campaign will end
Dec.lo, and canisters located
throughout Newton County will
be picked up on that date. Any
one who whishes to make a
contribution to the Muscular
Dystrophy Fund Campaign may
do so by mailing their check
to: Muscular Dystrophy Fund
c/o Newton County National
Guard, Covington, Ga.
the citizens of the city. The main entrance to the building is
located on East Conyers Street on the site formerly occupied
by the old Covington Junior High School.
Main Speaker At
Boy Scout Banquet
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GUNNAR H. BERG
National Director es Professional
Training, Boy Scouts of America.
DR. GUNNAR H. BERG, Na
tional Director of Professional
Training of the Boy Scouts of
America, will be the main
speaker at the Annual Atlanta
Area Council Banquet Tuesday
evening, December 8 at the
Dinkle-Plaza Hotel in Atlanta
at 6:30 o’clock. A large dele
gation of Newton-Rockdale Boy
Scout leaders are expected to
attend the banquet.
Church Os The Good Shepherd Installs Officers Os Brotherhood of St. Andrew
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PICTURED ABOVE are officeri who were installed at the
Church of the Good Shepherd last Sunday morning at 11 a. m.
at special ceremonies. They are. left to right: Charles Starling,
who was elected director of the Brotherhood of Si. Andrew; Hy
City Election
Next Wed.
The annual Covington City
election will be held Wednes
day, December 9, when a may
or and three councilmen will
be named for a two-year term
of office.
Polls will be open at the new
City Hall from 7 a.m. until 6
p.m.
The mayor’s race has drawn
two candidates including the
incumbent Nat S. Turner. W.
Tom Greer, who formerly serv
ed on the City Council for
eight years, is his opponent.
The three incumbent coun
cilmen who do not have oppo
sition in the election are Mel
Waggoner, Fred Kitchens and
E. E. (Buck) Callaway.
Nurses Aid
Class Graduation
Tonight 8 P.M.
Graduation exercises for the
Red Cross Nurses Aid will be
held Thursday, December 3 at
8 p.m. at the First Methodist
Church.
The public is eordially invit
ed to attend.
Public Invited To Tour
Structure From 4-7 PM
Covington's new municipal building will be open to
the public Sunday afternoon, December 6, from 4 until 7
p. m.. when open house will be observed. All citizens of
the city and county are invited to view the building which
is located on East Conyers Street on the site formerly oc-
"Y" Program
Today At
Kiwanis Club
Newton County High School
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs will
be honored today (Thursday)
at the regular weekly luncheon
meeting of the Covington Ki
wanis Club at Legion Home at
1 o’clock. Robert O. Arnold will
have charge of the program.
The school this year has five
YMCA clubs—three Tri-Hi-Ys
and two Hi-Ys. The president
of each club and faculty ad
visor will be present for the
program todav.
Dr. J. B. Mitchell presented
the program at the Kiwanis
' meeting on Wednesday of last
week. He is presently compil
ing and writing a history of the
Covington Kiwanis club.
I The club was chartered in
1927 and Dr. Mitchell has done
a lot of research into the activi
ties of the organization back in
the 1920's and 1930’5. His re
port covered the period up un
til World War 11. At a later
program he will present the
history of the club from that
time on to the present.
At the expiration of time
Wednesday, the club members
gave Dr. Mitchell a rising vote
of thanks for his work on the
historical project.
During the proguam Wednes
day, two of the veteran mem
bers of the club, Leon Cohen
and Dr. J. R. Sams, were hon
ored with certificates of service
for 32 years as faithful Ki
wanians. President Ed Robin
son made the presentations.
Basketball
The Newton County High
basketball teams will play
Baldwin County here Friday
night with the girls game start
ing at 7:30.
Both local teams are now
three victories and one loss for
the season.
• Simmons, president of the Men of the Episcopal Chnrch: Peyton
. Splane, Rector; Laverne Cowan, secretary-treasurer of the Men
, of the Episcopal Church; James Smith, key man of the Men
r of the Episcopal Chiuch.
MORI THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
cupied by the Covington Jun
ior High School.
Mayor Nat S. Turner and
members of the City Council
will be on hand to greet the
public and escort viewers
through the spacious 13,600 sq.
ft. building. Construction of
the municipal facility was au
thorized at a voter referendum
on September 3, 1958. Actual
construction of the split-level
building was begun in the
spring of 1959 and recently
completed.
Main entrance to the struc
ture is on the Conyers Street
side .with ample parking space
and a drive way to the steps
of the building. On the main
floor are located the adminis
trative and executive offices of
the city. Most offices are easily
accessible from the spacious
lobby.
On the Oak Street side of the
lobby is the billing and book
keeping departments and also
the drive-in window for per
sons who desire to pay bills
from their automobile.
On the opposite side of tha
lobby is the Council Chamber.
Other offices nearby are for
the City Clerk, Mayor, Engi
neer, Tax department. The Fire
Department’s space is also on
the main floor and includes
bunk room, chief’s office and
kitchenette. Also the communi
cations center is located here
for the local Civil Defense set-
I up.
An entrance from Oak Street
makes the City Court Room
easily accessible. This is where
City Judge Dr. W. K. Swann
holds court. The two stained
glass windows which were re
cently returned to Newton
County from the State Capital
Library in Atlanta are per
manent fixtures of the room.
The city fathers felt that the
windows be given a prominent
place in the new building and
Commissioner Tom Bates ar
ranged for them to be given the
city. Mrs. Sally Clark present
ed the two windows-to the Cot
ton States Exposition in At
lanta in 1895. One of the win
dows shows a acene of the
northside of the Public Square
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