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Local-County-State
By the Office Bov
Here I go again! Surely, none
of you ever had a new Grand
baby! We all like to brag about
them . . . and bo help me . . .
they all look just alike to every
body else!
We have Just been down
there for a few days to SEE
ours tho, the 7th one, and as the
Office Boy would say, I’ll be
blessed if it’s not the cutest
one of all. . . ’Jus because she’s
the youngest. . . and just be
cause she cackled out and ■
laughed out loud at my “coo
ing” to her. Well we had a good
time and you can bet on that
... if we did come home too ।
dead tired to think about Santa
Claus! And I won’t ask you
how many days until Christ
mas! Just know. . . if you read
this. . . that I’m wishing you a
Merry Christmas and the hap
piest of New Years. . . even if
you do not get a card.
“30” at the end of a column,
in the newspaper world means
“that is all” or “The end” of
any article. Thirty has been
written in the newspaper world.
We learned this as we came
home. . . one of our fine Geor
gia Editors has passed on , , .
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Mansfield MYF
Presents "Living
Christmas Scenes"
Mansfield Methodist Youth
Fellowship is staging something
of an innovation in Christmas
outdoor scenes, in “Living
Christmas Scenes”, which will
be presented in front of Mans
field Methodist Church, on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day evenings, December 21, 22,
and 23, between the hours of
7:00 and 8:00 o'clock.
Members of the Youth Fel
lowship will participate in the
tableaux; and the public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Retail Sales In
Co. Takes Big
Jump 3rd Qtr.
Retail sales in Newton Coun
ty totaled $4,674,674 during the
third quarter of 1959 as com
pared to $3,941,900 in the same
period of 1958, according to the
Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce in its latest report
based on sales-use tax collec
tions. The increase totalled
$732, 774.
Third quarter business for
the State as a whole showed an
increase of $151,425,879 over
the third quarter of 1958. State
totals were $1,262, 993,055 com
pared to $1,111,567,176 in 1958.
“It is most gratifying to note
that in the third quarter of
1959 Georgia compiled a record
increase in business volume
©ver that for the correspond
ing period of 1958.” stated L.
W. Robert, Jr., Industrial De
partment Chairman for the
Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce. “Unquestion ably,
this econonomic improvement
stems in great part from indus
trial location achievements of
the past year by our active lo
cal and state development or
ganizations in Georgia.”
Re-Elected Mayor
MAYOR TURNER
Nat S. Turner was re-elect
ed Mayor of Covington for a
second term Wednesday in the
city municipal election by a
vote of 667 to 327 over W. Tom
Greer, Sr., according to official
tabulation of the ballots.
The three incumbent council
men, M. H. Waggoner, Fred
Kitchens and E. E. (Buck) Call
away, each received 910 votes
w>d were enoposed.
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NF .ON BANDS CHRISTMAS CONCERT TONIGT
Spillers Elected President Chamber Os Commerce
Dan Clower Is
Vice-President
Otis Spillers, Covington lum
berman and home building sup
plier, has been elected presi
dent of the Newton County
Chamber of Commerce for
1960. He was elected at the De
cember meeting of the chamber
Friday at the Teen Can.
Other officers unanimously
elected to serve with Mr. Spill
ers for the coming year are Dan
Clower, vice - president; John
Jernigan, secretary; and Ho
ward Milligan, treasurer. Mr.
Jernigan and Mr. Milligan
were re-elected to their of
fices.
The nominating committee,
through its chairman, Frank
Meadors, offered the slate of
officers at the meeting during
the brief business session. Main
part of the program Friday was
devoted to the Dodge Wire Cor
poration officials and visitors
who were attending the open
house of the new industry in
Covington.
One new member was taken
into the C. of C. as Mann-Chap-
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H. Milligan
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O. Spillers
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J. Jernigan
man Realty Company joined
the ranks of the association.
Jack Chapman was present as
the firm’s representative.
Presiding at the meeting was
Carl Smith, president for the
past two years. After the busi
ness session was over the in
troduction of guests was hand
led by Otis Spillers and the in
troduction of the main speaker,
Dodge Wire President W. B.
Thompson, was by Mayor Nat
S. Turner.
Mr. Thompson presented the
members of his official family
at Dodge Wire. In his speech
he outlined the history, of his
company and expressed his
thanks to members of the
Chamber of Commerce, county
and city officials for the help
and cooperation in construct
ing their new and modern
building on Industrial Boule
vard.
Dan Clower, chairman of the
industrial development commit
tee of the chamber, reported
that three contacts had been
made recently as to new indus
tries for the county and city.
When the meeting was ad
i journed the members went in
I a body to the newly-construct
j cd Dodge Wire Building for the
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NEWS To Print
Early Next Week
In order that your copy of
The Covington News reaches
you in plenty of time for
Christmas, all correspondents
and advertisers are asked to
submit their copy to the paper
by Tuesday noon.
The paper next week will
carry the annual Christmas
greetings of the various mer
chants, business firms and civic
organizations.
jM’rise-Winning"!
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£> J*™ Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
Ram Football Players Are Honored At Annual Banquet at High School
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PARTICIPANTS ON THE 1959 NEWTON COUNTY High School
football banquet program Thursday at the school cafeteria were
the persons shown in the picture above. From left to right:
Rev. Frank Prince, pastor Covingion First Methodist Church,
main speaker; Coach Bobby Way; Donald Carter, Rams' out
standing lineman for 1959; Homer F. Sharp, NCHS Supervising
Principal and toastmaster; H. V. Johnson, Jr., Exalted Ruler
Jurors Drawn For January
Term of Superior Court
Grand jurors and traverse
jurors have been drawn for the
January term of Newton Coun
ty Superior Court. Both lists as
furnished by the Clerk of Su
perior Court, Sam Hay, follows.
LIST OF GRAND JURORS
NEWTON SUPERIOR COURT
JANUARY TERM 1960:
Ralph N. Adams, Leo Mal
lard, Leon Cohen, James Hut
chins, Jack L. Meadors, A. H.
David, B. W. Harwell, C. S.
mitcham, C. P. Hammond and
Terry H. Avery.
E. A. Veal, Konrad Purdy,
J. T. Dennard, O. L. Holmes,
Jr., H. F. Meadors, J. G. Ro
gers, C. T. Bohanan, J. R.
Whelchel, Bert Adams, C. C.
Mason.
P. G. Neely, H. H. Nolen, J.
Z. Capes, J. T. McKay, T. D.
Trainer, G. H. Dobbs, Harry
Cowan, J. M. Aiken, Daniel M.
Clower and James P. Benton.
LIST OF TRAVERSE JUR
ORS NEWTON SUPERIOR
COURT JANUARY TERM
1960:
A. W. Bledsoe, O. L. Parnell,
Warren Kirkland, W. A. Pratt,
Claud Cason, Kenneth Johnson,
Clyde Stone, M. M. Stephens,
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Georgia Speaker
Os House To
Appear Here
George L. Smith. Speaker of
the Georgia House of Represen
tatives, will be the main speak
er at the Covington Kiwanis
luncheon meeting today at the
American Legion Home at 1
o’clock.
Charles C. King. Jr. is in
charge of the program today and
he will introduce the speaker.
Mr. Smith, a native of
Swainsboro, is expected to talk
on important legislation con
fronting the 1960 General As
sembly.
» » * •
Dr. Nicholas Davies, cardio
vascular specialist of Atlanta,
was the guest speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis meeting
Thursday. Dr. Davies was in
troduced by Dr. Harry Faulk
ner.
Before the main part of the
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959
Mansfield Town
Election Held
The town of Mansfield held
their regular election Monday,
December 14 which named a
mayor and five members of the
council. The result of the elec
tion, as reported by Town Clerk
H. C. Hays follows:
A. E. Hays, Sr., was re
elected mayor without an op
position. He polled 44 votes. In
the council race one new coun
cilman was named — J. Leo
nard Davis, who polled 26
votes.
Councilmen who were re
elected at the polls Monday in
clude: M. D. Bledsoe 34, Jimmy
L. Hays 35, E. Lee Hays 40,
and C. Rabun Prosser 43.
Defeated candidates in the
council race were Paul Roque
more 21 votes, and George W.
Davis 21 votes.
Official Opening Os The New Dodge Wire Corporation Building In Covington Held On Friday
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MAIN ENTRANCE AND PART OF THE CROWD attending wire-cutting and
dedication ceremonies at the new Dodge Wire building in Covington are shown
in the photo above Friday afternoon. Dodge Wire officials, employee* and mem
bers of the Newton County Chamber of Commerce are ihown in the picture as
wall as many citizens of the county. A dedication prayer was given by the
of Covingion Elks Lodge, who presented the trophies to the
football players; Coach Stone Cooper; Phil White, outstanding
back of the year; Coach Ronald Bradley; and Head Coach Milton
McLaney. The other three trophy winners are not shown. They
were: Doug Dooley, sportsmanship; Larry Studdard, most Im
proved lineman: and Ronald Carter, most improved back.
Dan Greer Is
Appointed To
Revenue Post
Dan Greer, a native of Cov
ington and the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Greer, 910 Emory
Street, has been appointed
Deputy Commissioner in the
Georgia Revenue Department,
according to an announcement
by Commissioner Dixon Oxford.
Commissioner Oxford Tues
day announced the resignation
of George Sims from the post
of Deputy Commissioner. Mr.
Greer and his family presently
live in Decatur.
Sims left private business to
take the position a year ago
with the understanding that he
would remain only 12 months,
Oxford said.
Sims has been one of the
chief architects in the reorga
nization of the Revenue depart
ment.
For a time he served both as
deputy commissioner and as
head of the sales tax unit. Dur-
pr' ' W/f,
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DAN GREER
ing that time he instituted new
methods which have resulted in
about a 12 oer cent boost in
sales tax collections.
Greer, 30, is a native of Cov
ington and a graduate of Emory
University. He served as a
deputy assistant attorney gen
era] from 1951 to 1954.
He has been assistant county
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Reverend Edgar A. Callaway, parlor, Covington First Baptist Church, and Iha
wire-cutting at the front door w» by Mn. J. W. Thompson, wife of the firm s
nee-president. t lt was estimated that between 400 and 500 people toured the
building during the Open House Friday.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Cadet And High School
Groups Perform At 8 PM
The Newton County High School Symphonic Band and
the Newton County Cadet Band, both under the direction
of Basil Rigney, will present a joint concert tonight (Thurs
day), at 8 o’clock at the Newton High auditorium.
Schools Take
Holiday Until
January 4th
Elementary and high schools
of Newton County will have
two full weeks off for the
Christmas - New Years holi
days, according to an announce
ment from the County Super
intendent’s office yesterday.
All schools of the county will
be dismissed after classes on
Friday December 18 and class
es will not be resumed until
Monday morning January 4th.
Only activity scheduled at
the school during the holiday
is a basketball doubleheader on
Saturday night, December 19,
when the Jackson teams will
meet the NCHS aggregations on
the local gym floor. Game time
of the girls class is 7:30 p. m.
Bibb Christmas
Tree Tomorrow
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.
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.
NUMBER 51
The Cadet Band will be fea
tured in the following program:
“Death and the Maiden”, Schu
bert; “Sourwood Mountain”,
arr. McLin and “Deep River
Suite”, by Erickson.
Members of the Cadet Band
are: Sarah Haynes, Susan Snod
grass, Sheilah Graham, Linda
Christian, Debra Floyd, Terry
Barnes, Mary Beth Hill, Mar
guerite Horstman, Regina
Thompson, Tommy Scar
; borough, Allen Barnett, Hugh
! McDonald, Warren Clark, Ken
! ny Johnson, Larry Day, Gail
■ Moore, Jerry Huff.
Randy Price, Phil Waters,
’ Joey Hackett, Larry Daniel,
Robert Fuller, David Rainey,
I Tony Hodges, Barry King,
> Thomas Whelchel, H. B. Adams,
■ Jerry Ragan, Ricky Dimsdale,
1 Peggy Porterfield, Mike Kit
chens, Jimmy Patrick, John
t Corley, Danny Standard, Ted
r dy Owens and Mason Stephen
j son.
i, The second part of the pro
-1 gram, featuring the High
t (School Symphonic Band will be
e as follows: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s
L Desiring”, J. S. Bach; “Colo
rama”, De Rose, arr. Yoder;
“Second Suite in F", Holst. (I)
“March”, (2) “Song Without
Words”, and in conclusion “A
Christmas Festival”, by Ander
son.
Members of the High School
Band are: Mada Patterson,
Tommy Haynes, Mike Lott,
. Penny Collins, Elise Goode,
I Eddie Smith, Jimmy Hender
, son, Sheilah Graham, Linda
‘Chri s t i an, Susan Snodgrass,
Tommy Allgood, Tommy Scar
' borough, Jerry Huff, Jane
. Bowen.
Rita Thompson, Gwen Hill,
Elizabeth Ann Greer, Patsy
Porterfield, Carol Woodruff,
Randy Price, Sandra Richard
son, Bobbie Holifield, David
Rainey, Billy Skinner, Oliver
Bowden, John Jordan, Lee
Campbell, Wayne Doster, Gary
Budd, Billy Blair.
Tony Hodges. Martha Goss,
Michael Budd, Tommy Brown,
Charles Loyd, Donald Johnson,
Jimmy Patrick, Grier Stephen
son, Mason Stephenson, Larry
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