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C. D. Ramsey, Jr. Awarded Silver Beaver In Scouting
One Os Seven Honored
At Atlanta Area Banquet
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C. D. RAMSEY, JR.
C. D. Ramsey, Jr., a veteran Boy Scout leader of the
Newton-Rockdale District, was tapped Tuesday evening at
the Annual Atlanta Area Council Boy Scout Banquet at
the Dinkler-Plaza Hotel in Atlanta for the coveted Silver
Beaver, highest honor that can be accorded an adult in
BSA work.
Mr. Ramsey, a prominent
Covington business, church and ;
civic leader, has been actively
engaged in Boy ScoW work for
the past 17 years and has held
every major office in local ।
Newton-Rockdale District. At
present he is a member of the
Advisory Committee of the At- ।
lanta Area Council and locally i
is a member of the Explorer i
Post committee.
While serving as district
chairman in 1953 and 1954 the
Newton-Rockdale District vron
the Moe Goldman trophy cup 1
for outstanding work in all 1
phases of BSA work. Prior to
1953 Ramsey served on the dis
trict finance campaign com
mittee and was a member of ,
the Atlanta Area District Fi-
nance Committee in 1959.
In recent years the Silver
Beaver recipient has taken an
active part in staging the an
nual Newton - Rockdale Dis
trict Banquet and has served
as ticket chairman and pro
gram chairman of that event
during the early 1950'5.
Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey are the
parents of a son, Sam Ramsey,
who is presently a student at
Emory University in Atlanta.
Sam was a Cub, Boy Scout and
Explorer before he was made a
member of the Order of The
Arrow.
In charge of the awarding of
only seven Silver Beavers at
the banquet Tuesday evening
was Lewis Gordon, Sr., who
was dressed in Indian regalia
in a campfire setting on the
stage of the hotel’s ballroom.
After an appropriate eulogy
on the accomplishments of Mr.
Ramsey, the Indian Chief in
vited Mrs. Ramsey to “make
your Chief a Great Silver Bea
ver.” Mrs. Ramsey then placed
the Silver Beaver ribbon around
the neck of her husband.
Mr. Gordon, in making the
Silver Beaver citation to Mr.
Ramsey said: “C. D. Ramsey,
Jr., Covington, Newton - Rock
dale District, has 17 years of
Scouting.
“name any committee, pro
ject or activity of the past 17
years in the Newton-Rockdale
District and you have named
the Chairman or member of the
Board in C. D. Ramsey, Jr.
“Proof positive — at a dinner
he was honored for unselfish
service to boys, receiving at
that dinner a letter from every
scout in the District.
“Youth has been his abiding
devotion. Participates in camp
ing at the Salem Camp Ground
and for 20 years he has made
for a program of study
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
“ COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1959
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and recreation for children and
young people each summer.
“Was President of the Ki
wanis Club when a $50,000
Youth Center was built and
opened.
“Civic and Church leader, he
is or has been vice Chairman
of the Trustees of the Salem
Camp Ground, member of the
Covington City Council, Chair
man of the Board of the First
Methodist Church and Trus
tee, President, Men’s Bible
Class, District Treasurer, De
catur - Oxford District Metho
dist Church.
“Across the nation marches
a parade of the young people
whose lives he has touched and
affected for good.
“Squaw Ramsey make your
Chief Great Silver Beaver.”
Those fro Newton County at
tending the Atlanta Area Coun
cil Boy Scout Banquet Tuesday
other than Mr. and Mrs. Ram
sey, were Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Snow, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Mor
cock, Mr. and Mrs. Belmont
Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hoff
man, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Cro
well, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Shaw,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hertwig, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Kitchens, Mr.
and Mrs. Spence Ramsey, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Meadors, Ho
mer F. Sharp, Sam Ramsey and
Bob Greer.
Also present at the banquet
was a former Newton - Rock
dale District chairman, John
I. Alford, of Atlanta. Mr. Al
ford was the first N- R- District
recipient of the Silver Beaver
some 10 years ago. All the New
ton-Rockdale Silver Beaver
award recipients were present
for the banquet which includes
Billy Crowell and B. B. Snow
of Porterdale, S. J. Morcock,
Homer Sharp and Frank Mea
dors of Covington.
White's Gift
Guide Is Carried
In NEWS Today
Stores of White’s Enterpris
es in both Covington and Por
terdale are participating in a
special tabloid section (in color)
in The Covington News today
devoted to “Christmas Gift
Guide.”
The 12 - page section in two
colors advertises hundreds of
gift items suitable for presents
for every member of the family.
We suggest that you turn to
the pages in today’s News.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
(The (Jwttuitmi Nema
Newton Bands To Present
Concert Thursday, Dec. 17th
The Music Department of
Newton County High School
will present in Concert the
Newton County Cadet Band and
Newton County High School
Symphonic Band in their pre-
Ohristmas concert on Thursday
evening, December 17, at 8 p.m.
at the high school auditorium.
Basil Rigney, band director,
will present the Cadet Band in
the following program. “Death
and the Maiden”, Schubert;
“Sourwood Mountain”, arr.
McLin and “Deep River Suite”,
by Erickson,
The second part of the pro
gram, presented by the High
School Symphonic Band will
be as follows: “Jesu. Joy of
Man’s Desiring”, J. S. Bach;
“Colorama”, De Rose, arr. Yo
der; “Second Suite in F”, Holst.
(1) “March”, (2) “Song With
out Words” and in conclusion
“A Christmas Festival”, by An
derson.
Members of the High School
Band and the instruments they
play are: Oboe, Mada Patter
son; Flute, Tommy Haynes;
Clarinet, Mike Lott, Penny Col
lins, Elise Goode, Eddie Smith,
Jimmy Henderson, Sheil ah
Graham, Linda Christian, Su
san Snodgrass, Tommy Allgood,
Tommy Scarborough, Jerry
Huff, Jane Bowen.
Alto Clarinet, Rita Thompson;
Bass Clarinet, Gwen Hill; Con
tra-Bass Clarinet, Eli za b e t h
Ann Greer: Bassoon, Patsy Por
terfield: Alto Saxophone, Carol
Woodruff, Randy Price: Tenor
Saxophone, Sandra Richardson,
Bobbie Holifield: Baritone Sax
ophone, David Rainey.
Horns, Billy Skinner, Oliver
Bowden; Trumpet, John Jor
dan, Lee Campbell, Wayne
Doster, Gary Budd, Billy Blair,
Tony Hodges, Martha Goss.
Trombones, Michael Budd,
Tommy Brown, Charles Loyd,
Donald Johnson, Jimmy Pat
rick.
Baritone, Grier Stephenson,
Mason Stephenson; Bass, Larry
Dial, Jimmy Byrd, Charles Wil
banks. Percussion, Linda Bat
chelor, Brenda Brooks, Marie
Moss. Lanier Forrester, Saleta
Lunsford and Jean Bowen.
The Cadet Band members
are: Flute, Sarah Haynes; Clar
inet, Susan Snodgrass, Sheilah
Graham, Linda Christian, Deb
ra Floyd, Terry Barnes, Mary
Beth Hill, Marguerite Horst
man. Regina Thompson, Tommy
Scarborough, Allen Barnett,
Hugh McDonald, Warren Clark,
Kenny Johnson, Larry Day,
YMCA Plaques Are Awarded NCHS Clubs At Covinqton Kiwanis Club Meetinq
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NEWTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 'Y' DAT was observed at
the Covington Kiwanis Club Thursday. AA plaques were award
ed to the club presidents by Kiwanian Robert O. Arnold. Shown
in the picture front row, left to right: Jack Edwards, president
of Senior Hi-Y Club: Elizabeth Ann Greer, president of Alpha
Tri-Hi-Y; Lee Campbell, president of Junior Hi-Y; Penny Col-
Gail Moore; Bass Clarinet,
Jerry Huff.
Alto Saxophone, Randy Price,
Phil Waters, Joey Hackett;
Tenor Saxophone, Larry Dan
iel, Robert Fuller; Baritone
Saxophone, David Rainey;
Trumpet, Tony Hodges, Barry
King, Thomas Whelchel, H. B.
Adams, Jerry Ragan, Ricky
Dimsdale, Peggy Porterfield,
Mike Kitchens; Trombone, Jim
my Patrick, John Corley. Dan
ny Standard, Teddy Owens;
Baritone, Mason Stephenson.
Cotton Quota
Referendum
Vote Tuesday
Tuesday December 15, 1959
is the date on which the Re
ferendum for the 1960 Cotton
and Peanut Marketing Quotas
will be held according to W.
Roy Aiken, County Office Man
ager of the Newton ASC of
fice.
The following have been de
signated as polling places:
Community A, Wiley All
good’s Store, Oxford.
Community B, A. S. Elling
ton’s Store, Salem.
Community C, Hardeman’s
Store, Livingston School.
Community D, ASC Office,
Covington.
Community E. H. G. Jones’
Store, Heard Mixon: Ruth Da
vis’ Store. Rocky Plains.
Community F, L. H. Cook’s
Store, Starrsville; A. E. Hays’
Warehouse, Mansfield.
Community G, The Hub, Hub
Junction.
The polls will open at 8:00
A. M. and close at 6:00 P. M.
All eligible farmers are urged
to vote.
No Service At
Presby. Church
Sunday Night
There will be no services
Sunday night December 13 at
the First Presbyterian Church.
The members are urged to
attend the musical program at
the Allen Memorial Methodist
Church in Oxford.
Newton County 4-H Club Council Officers For 1960
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NEWTON COUNTY 4-H Club Council Officers for 1960 are shown in the photo above. Seated in
front, left to right: Ginger Knight, secretary-treasurer: Carole Hitchcock, girls vice-president: Vickie
Whisnante, president. Back Row, left to right: Dickie George, boys vice-president; Johnny Cow
an, parliamentarian: and Frank Lazenby, reporter.
Dedication Service Held At
Snapping Shoals Meth. Church
Sunday marked a day of
especial significance at Snap
ping Shoals Methodist Church,
whose pastor is the Rev. Mr.
Carl Standard, when an im
pressive Dedication Service
was held for contributions and
improvements in the church
building.
Rev. Standard was in charge
of the service held at the morn
ing worship hour. Others par
ticipating were Mrs. Fred
Piper, Jr., who made the pre
sentation of the various contri
butions; and Mrs. John Weldon,
who accepted the gifts in be
half of the church. Included in
the contributions were: the al
tar rail and additional light fix
tures, contributed by Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Elliott in memory of
Mrs. Elliott’s parents, the late
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Newton
Smith; communion table, giv
en by Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Starr
of Atlanta; the pulpit, gift of
Mr. and Mrs. Artis Standard
and other Veteran Trainees;
Hnz, president Senior Tri-Hi-Y; Merry Hertwig. president Gamma
Tri-Hi-Y. Back Row. left to right: L. M. Bwke, Hi-Y faculty
advisor; Homer Sharp, NCHS Supervising Principal; Mr. Arnold:
Mrs. Sam Burney Hay, Jr., Tri-Hi-Y faculty advisor: and David
Jordan, Secretary of the Northeast District YMCA of Georgia.
picture of Christ, the gift of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Piper and
daughter Mrs. Fred Piper, Jr.
and Teddy, in memory of the
late Fred Piper, Jr.; pulpit
chair, the gift of James Stroud
of McDonough in honor of his
aunt, Mrs. Nan Dickerson
Adair; paint, given by Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Wallace and Mrs.
W. H. Smith; lighting improve
ments, gift of Mrs. Steele and
Snapping Shoals E.M.C.: new
flooring, pulpit chair, rug, run
ner, blinds and paneling by
membership and friends.
The Dedication was made by
the pastor, who closed the ser
vice with a moving dedicatory
prayer.
The renovation and improve
ments of the church, aggregat
ing some $1,500, have all been
accomplished within the past
year, with most of them materi
alizing during the last six
months.
Despite the small member
ship of Snapping Shoals, its
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Two Newton
Students Enroll
In Atlanta College
Freddie Duress Martin Jr.
former student at Newton
1 County high school is now en-
I rolled in Atlanta Technical
■ College, studying Engineering
: Technology.
Freddie is the son of Mr. and
I Mrs. Fred D. Martin of Route
: 11, Oxford, Georgia.
; Freddie was graduated from
Newton County High School in
June of 1959.
Atlanta Technical College is
located at 238 Marietta Street,
N.W., Atlanta, Georgia, and
specializes in Engineering Tech
nology.
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Lawrence Rabun Mann,
former student at Newton
County High School is now en
rolled in Atlanta Technical Col
lege, studying Engineering
Technology.
Lawrence is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Mann of Dial
Mill Road, Oxford, Georgia. He
was graduated from Newton
[County High School in June of
, 1958.
Funeral Held
Wednesday For
John W. Smith
Funeral services for John W.
Smith of Covington were held
Wednesday, December 9, at 3
p.m. at the Lovejoy Methodist
Church with Rev. Cecil Dudley,
pastor, officiating. Interment
was in the Lovejoy Cemetery.
Mr. Smith, 65, died suddenly
Tuesday, December 8.
His kind personality endear
ed him to a wide circle of
friends.
A member of Lovejoy Metho
dist Church, he was an electri
cian.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Clara Meadors Smith and
one brother, Robert Carson,
both of Covington.
Serving as pallbearers were
[Jack Lee Meadors, David Rich
ardson, Caswell Johnson, Dan
Greer, Candler Meadors Jr. and
Richard Ridling.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. J. C. Har
well and Son. Funeral Home
were in charge of arrange
ments.
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work and ministry is moving 1
forward in a remarkable way ‘
under the capable leadership of ‘
Rev. Standard and the consec- 1
ration and determination of <
those who make it their spiri
tual home.
NUMBER 50
Dudley Williams
Former School
Official, Dies
Mr. Dudley Williams, of 268
Eleventh St. N. E., Atlanta,
died at his residence on Sunday
afternoon, three days before
his ninetieth birthday. Born in
Macon, Ga., on Dec. 9, 1869, he
was educated at Elam Alexan
der Free School and Mercer
University. He succeeded his
father, William Dismukes Wil
liams ,as head of the Georgia
Academy for the Blind, Macon.
Later he was assistant super
intendent of public schools at
Columbus, Ga., and superin
tendent of public schools at
Covington. Ga. On giving up
teaching, Mr. Williams entered
the railway mail service, from
which he retired in 1932.
Mr. Williams’ wife, the for
mer Ethel Turner, died in 1929.
He is survived by: daughters,
Miss Carrie T. Williams, At
lanta, Ga., and Mrs. Claude C.
। Sill, Olean, N. Y.; a son, Dr.
। Francis Dudley Williams, Co
lumbus, Ohio; and two grand
children.
Private services were held at
Riverside Cemetery, Macon, on
Tuesday in the presence of the
immediate family.
Deepest sympathy is extend-
J ed to the members of the be
reaved family.
1 Graveside Rites
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: Ellis, Wednesday
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■ Graveside services for Doyle
Wesley EUis, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clinton W. Ellis of
Route 1, Oxford, were held
Wednesday, December 9 at 2:30
p.m. at the Cornish Mountain
Cemetery. The Rev. H. H. Dil
lard, pastor of the Julia A.
• Porter Memorial Methodist
Church, officiated.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, include: one sister,
Karen Elaine Ellis; paternal
grandfather, John H. Ellis of
Sandy Springs; maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jay
of Omega.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of the
bereaved family. Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home were in
charge of arrangements.
Guy Jones
Elected Mayor
Os Newborn
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GUY JONES
Tn the election for Mayor and
Council held at Newborn Mon
day, December 7, Guy Jones
defeated Bill Zeigler, present
mayor, by a vote of 47-7. Elect
ed for councilmen were Hugh
Sams, Albert Ozburn Jr., Joe
Davis. Mac Gay and Luthei
Carson.
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