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95th Annual Christmas Shopping Edition
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Covington Brags! Texas al
ways has. . but we have some
thing to really brag about in
our new City Hall. It is not
only lovely to look at from the
outside, but the inside is beau
tifully furnished and geared
for efficency in every respect.
One part of the building
houses the City Fire Depart
ment, with one large room
nicely furnished for the mem
bers of the fire department who
sleep there at night. Os course
the office set up is perfect, but
to me the nicest part is the Jail
underneath the building where,
you can drive down to it. There
you find comfortable quarters
for those who are unfortunate
enough to have to be jailed.
Nicely furnished, but best of
all it is steam heated in winter
and airconditioned for the sum
mer months. Yes, siree! If you
come to Covington as a new
citizen you will be proud of
this building. If you come as a
prisoner you will always talk
about the care and comfort pro
vided for you. So you come to
Covington, the city of opportu
nity industrially and build
your plants. Here you will find
the finest white and colored
school in the south, for a town
our size and larger. You will
find the Church of your choice
with fine education buildings.
You will find a fine efficient
staff at the post office. You will
find, for your new business a
town that is growing in leaps
and bounds, and one of the
largest pay rolls here, than
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Rev. Splane
Hospitalized
Our Rector, the Reverend
Peyton E. Splane, underwent
an emergency appendectomy at
the Newton County Hospital
late Monday night. He is re
ported in good condition.
Due to the Rector’s illness
Holy Communion will not be
observed on Wednesday nor
Sunday. Morning Prayer will be
celebrated Sunday with lay
readers in charge.
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At the regular semi-monthly
meeting of the Young Church
men Sunday night, the follow
ing officers were elected: Bar
bara Wenzel, President; Peyton
Splane, HI, Vice - President;
Sandy King, Secretary-Trea
surer. Sponsors chosen were
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hornbuckle
and Mr. and Mrs. Channing
Cope. Sandra Harwell was wel
comed as a new member.
The regular meeting of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew will
meet tonight (Thursday) at
8:00 p.m. The new officers,
headed by Charles Starling,
will be in charge.
The Church learned with
pleasure that Mrs. Laverne
Cowan has recovered from her
recent illness and has returned
home.
Dodge Wire Corporation Officials
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DODGE WIRE CORPORATION Official* are shown standing at
the main entrance of the newly-constructed 50,000 sq. ft. building
which will be shown at Open House tomorrow (Friday) from
10 a. m. until 4 p. m. A wire-cutting ceremony and dedication
program will be held at 1:45 p. m. Pictured from left io right are:
T. L. Higgins, vice-president, sales; W. B. Thompson, president;
X W. Thompson, vice-president and secretary.
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Open House At Dodge Wire Building Friday
Wire Cutting-Dedication
Ceremony At 1:45 P. M.
Open House and a wire cutting-dedication ceremony will
be held at the new Dodge Wire Corporation building on
Industrial Boulevard in Covington tomorrrow (Friday),
according to an announcement from W. B. Thompson,
president of the corporation.
The open house will be ob
served at the building from 10
a.m. until 4 p.m. The wire cut
ting and dedication ceremony
will be held at 1:45 P. M. A
short program has been plan
ned at the dedication.
When the ceremonial wire is
cut tomorrow, and the doors
open upon 50,000 square feet of
Dodge plant, Covington can lay
A complete section is car
ried in The Covington News
today showing appreciation
and thanks of city and county
organizations and business
firms to the Dodge Wire
Corporation.
claim to an industrial facility
that is the largest in the South,
and one of the most modern of
its kind in America.
Modern machines and talent
ed craftsmen, practically all of
whom are Covington citizens,
will begin turning out a qual
ity aluminum screen cloth that
will be used in plants and sold
in stores all over the country.
It all began only five years
ago, when W. B. and J. W.
Thompson purchased a small
wire weaving operation in
Snapping Shoals. They had 14
looms then, and production
amounted to a few thousand
square feet of wire a month.
Now, sixty-five separate
weaving installations will turn
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Nat Turner Is
Re-Elected Mayor
Nat S. Turner was re-elected
Mayor of Covington in the City
Election yesterday (Wednes
day) by a vote of 667 to 237
over W. Tom Greer.
The three councilmen, M. H.
Waggoner, Fred Kitchens and
E. E. (Buck) Callaway, did not
have opposition in their bids
for re-election. Each polled
910 votes. There were 87
throw-out ballots in the council
race and only three throw-outs
in the mayor's race.
The GJninttntnn Nema
Two Heart
Specialists
Are Speakers
Two Atlanta specialists In
heart diseases will address two
Covington civic clubs in separ
ate meetings at the Covington
Legion Home today and to
night, announces Mrs. Helen
Dickinson, chairman.
Dr. Nicholas Davies will
speak before the Kiwanis Club
at 1 p.m., and Dr. Carroll B.
Quinlan will address the Lions
Club at a 7:30 p.m. dinner
meeting.
Mrs. Dickenson said both doc
tors will discuss diseases of the
heart and blood vessels.
Dr. Davies is a specialist in
internal medicine and cardio
vascular diseases. He has done
post graduate work at Atlanta’s
Grady Hospital and is now
teaching there.
Dr. Quinlan is associate di
rector of the Heart Disease Con
trol Division of the Georgia
Department of Public Health.
He has served on the profes
sional educational and rheu-
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Oxford Election
Vote Is Light
Oxford’s Mayor A. W. Jack
son was elected for a second
term at the town election held
Tuesday. Three councilmen
were also named at the ballot
ing Tuesday.
Councilmen Thomas Dial and
Garland Williams led the ticket
with 88 votes. E. V. Moss was
elected to the third spot with
73 votes. A write-in candidate,
W. H. Bailey, received 15 votes
in the council race. Mayor
Jackson polled 86 votes.
Letters To Santa
Arriving at The
NEWS Office
The Covington NEWS is al
ready receiving many letters to
Santa Claus. These letters, as
in the past, will be printed in
the paper in the two issues pre
ceding Christmas day.
All girls and boys are Invited
to mail in their letter to “San
ta” as soon as oossible and we’ll
see that the Jolly Old Man at
the North Pole gets them in
time for his Christmas visit to
Newton County children.
Leaion-Aux’ , iary
Christmas Trpr>
Saturday 7:^o PM.
The American Legion and
Auxiliary will hold their an
nual Christmas tree and dance
Saturday. December 1 2. at 7:30
p.m. in the Legion Home. Al!
Legion and Auxiliary members
are invited. Please bring gift.
Install Officers
PORTERDALE — There will
be an Election and Installation
of Officers at the regular meet
ing of Pace Lodge No. 558 on
December 15 at seven - thirty
o’clock. All brethren are urged
to keep this in mind.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1959
Covington Lions Auction Helps Further Two Big Projects
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COVINGTON LIONS CLUB'S Annual Auction Friday at the Conyarc Street gymnacivan was an
other big success with the proceeds going to two important project* of the club, eyesight conser
vation and a children's playbround. Four Lion officials who helped in the sale are shown in the
photo above just before the first article went under the auctioneer's hammer. From left to right:
J. B. Dial, overall chairman of the auction: A. L. Key, auctioneer; Walker Harrie, auctioneer and
club president; and Olin Allen, clvj> director.
Charles Burnett Named Campaign
Director of Local March of Dimes
Charles A. Burnett, intra
mural director of athletics at
Emory at Oxford College, will
serve as campaign director of
Newton County’s New March
of Dimes, it was announced by
Abit Massey, state chairman.
The director will head an or
ganization of volunteer work
ers who will seek funds in Jan
uary for The National Founda
tion’s broad - scale attack on
birth defects, arthritis and po
lio. These three crippiers, ac
cording to the campaign direc
tor, affect one in every four
U. S. families.
“Both birth defects and ar
thritis are among the most
cruel of crippling disorders,”
the March of Dimes director
said. “In birth defects and ar
thritis The National Foundation
has taken on health challen
ges of major proportions. Some
250,000 infants, or one in 16,
are born each year with signi
ficant birth defects. Arthritis
and rheumatism are the na
tion’s number one cripplers, as-
Covington Rotarians Make Plans For Their Annual Empty Stocking Fund Campaign in County
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COVINGTON ROTARIANS MAP PLANS for the Annual Empty Stocking Christ
ina* Fund campaign which start* Saturday, Dacambar 12. Chairman of the project
again ihi* year i* Hugh Harri*, and the co-chairman i* Alvin Rap*. Shown in
the picture above ar* from l*ft to right *eat*d: Howard Milligan, Mack Johneon,
Alvin Rap*. John Mackney, Dan Clowar (club president), Hamlin Callahan, Bill
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flicting more than 11 million
persons. And because of public
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Wesleyan Church
Revival Dec. 11-13
Revival services will begin
at the Wesleyan Methodist
Church Friday night, Decem
ber 11 and continued through
December 13. Services will be
gin each night at 7 p.m.
Rev. R. C. Eastman, evange
list, from the Jolley Home in
Conyers, will bring the mess
ages.
The church is located on the
corner of Highway 278 and
Gordy Street. The public is cor
dially invited to attend these
services.
Christmas Decorations Feature
Trees of Other Countries
An innovation in the way of
Christmas Decorations on the
public square this year will be
“Christmas Trees of Other
Lands”, which are being au
thentically decorated by New
ton County Home Demonstra
tion and Covington Garden
Clubs. Germany, Norway, Ja-
Hoffman and Richard Bellairs. Standing, left to right: C. G. Henderson, Jr„ R. A.
Tribble, Hugh Steel*. Aubra Sh*rwood, Howard Brook*. Hugh Harri* Dr. W S
Cook, Jr., E. G. La**ii*r, Jr., E. M. McCart, Bud Dennison, Bill Crawford and
Jame* Roger*.
Rotary Club Committee
Assignments Announced
Covington Rotary Club will start the wheels rolling
Saturday, December 12, for another Empty Stocking Fund
in the county, according to the announced plans by of
ficials of the local civic organization. Again named as chair
man of the event is Hugh Harris. The co-chairman is Alvin
Rape.
Bibb Christmas
Tree Friday,
December 18th
PORTERDALE — The An
nual Christmas Tree sponsored
by the Bibb Manufacturing
Company will be held on Fri
day afternoon, December 18,
1959.
Children of white employees
will come at five o'clock.
Children of colored em
ployees will come at six o’clock.
Tickets for children of em
ployees who do not attend the
Porterdale School will be given
in the mills by the overseers.
Tickets for children of em
ployees who attend Porterdale
School will be given at school
for both these children and pre
school children at home.
Tickets for children of em
ployees living in Porterdale
who are of pre-school age and
have no older brothers or sis
ters in school will be given at
the Porterdale School Office on
Monday, December 14, from
eight o’clock to four - thirty
o’clock, and on Wednesday. De
cember 16, from eight o’clock
to four-thirty o’clock.
For those children who can
not attend the party on Friday
afternoon, boxes will be ex
changed for tickets at the Por
ter Gymnasium on Saturday
morning, December 19, from
seven o’clock to eleven o’clock
ONLY.
pan and Switzerland are the
countries to be represented with
Yule trees which will be rep
licas of those to be found in
their respective countries. The
educational feature of the
“Trees of Other Lands”, will be
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MOR2 THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Covington Rotary Club will
start the wheels rolling Satur
day, December 12, for another
Empty Stocking Fund in the
county, according to the an-
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nounced plans by officials of
the local civic organization.
Again named as chairman of
the event is Hugh Harris. The
co-chairman is Alvin Rape.
An office for receiving appli
cations for baskets, clothes and
other forms of Christmas cheer
for the needy of the city and
county, will be setup at the
Sheriff’s Office in the Court
house Saturday and will be
operated daily from 10 to 12
noon and from 1 until 4 p.m. by
Rotariannes of the club. The
coordinating chairmen of the
Rotariannes are Mrs. W. C. Me
| Gahee and Mrs. Dan Clower.
The Empty Stocking Fund
headquarters will be located at
the Consolidated 5 & 10c Store
on the South side of the Public
Square. Starling Saturday the
drive will be centered on the
corner and inside the store as
club members will be on duty
for the fund drive. Hours will
be 10 a m. until 4 p.m.
Dan Clower, president of the
Rotary Club, has announced the
committee appointments for the
Empty Stocking event. Other
than the two chairmen, the
committee members are as fol
lows :
Advisor to all committees,
| Dan Clower.
Advance Arrangements. Zig
| Callaway, Chmn.; William
Crawford. Bud Dennison, Her
bert Vining.
Rotary Information. Bulletin
and Magazine, Ray Dew.
Public Information (Radio),
Bill Hoffman.
Public Information (News
papers), Leo Mallard.
Promotional Materials and
Displays, Howard Milligan
Chmn.; John Jernigan, Herbert
Katz, Hugh Steele.
Container Collections. D. M.
Johnson, Chm.; Dick Bellaires,
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