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VOLUME 96
Newton County Has 211
Business Firms, Says Survey
Statistics released today by
Wm. M. Gordon, district man
ager of the Atlanta office of
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., shows
the growth of two business
firms in Newton County dur
ing the past year. Figures ob
tained from physical count of
the Dun and Bradstreet Re
ference Book for 1960 totaled
211 manufacturers, wholesal
ers and retailers in this area
as compared to 209 in 1959.
The Reference Book lists on
ly manufacturers, wholesalers
and retailers. It does not in
clude the service and profes
sional businesses such as beau
ty and barber shops, and stock
and real estate brokers.
As one phase in revising cre~
dit reports and keeping them
Parents Cautioned To Be Alert
For Symptoms of Heart Diseases
Mayor Jackson
Begins 2nd Term
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OXFORD MAYOR A. W.
JACKSON, above, last week
began his second term as Mayor
of the Town Os Oxford. Mr.
Jackson was re-elected to the
post without opposition in the
recent town election at Oxford.
Councilmen named to serve
with the mayor are: Thomas
Dial. Garland Williams and E.
V. Moss.
Arthur Davis
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Funeral Held
Funeral services for Arthur’
Davis of Atlanta were held
Thursday, December 31 at 4
pm. at the Church of Lord
Jesus Christ, Porterdale, with
Bishop J. T. Payne, officiating
Interment was in the Porter
dale Baptist Cemetery.
Mr. Davis, 57, died Wednes
day, December 30 in a private
hospital following a lingering
illness.
Survivors include two bro
thers, James M. and Herbert
Davis, both of Tampa; six sis
ters, Mrs. E. N. Swafford of
Tampa, Fla., Mrs. J. S. Stewart
of Valrico, Fla, Mrs. R. M.
Parnell of Barnesville, Mrs. J.
H. Brumbelow of Lawrencville,
Mrs. J. W. Rogers and Mrs.
Roy E. Bowie, both of Coving
ton: and a large number of
nieces and nephews.
The NEWS extends deepest
gsympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home
were in charge of arrange
ments.
Better Beef Gains |
Agronomists, Agricultural
Extension Service, say re
search has shown that on Coas
tal Bermuda, per-acre beef
gains can be increased from
256 pounds with 50 pounds ni
trogen to 620 pounds with 200
pounds of nitrogen. Yetz on an
average, farmers are using on
1y about 25 pounds of nitrogen
wor sere on Coastal Bermuda.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 ,—JJ'E_C ovington Star, Established in 1874 ond The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1960
up-to-date, every y ea r the
credit reporting agency writes
to all businesses listed in the
Reference Book to request their
balance sheets. Gordon says
this letter speeds up the flow
and processing of some of the
facts on which credit ratings
are based. “More than 95% of
all commercial transactions in
the U. S. are made on credit
terms,” he added. “The purpose
of the Reference Book is to
help businessmen in any part
of the country make prompt and
accurate credit decisions to
ship or sell businessmen in any
other part of the country.”
Each Reference Book list
ing, which includes the rat
ing, is a condensed summary
of the information contained in
With nose and throat infec
tions approaching their annual
peak, the Georgia Heart As
sociation urges parents to be
on the lookout for symptoms of
diseases that can lead to heart
trouble for children.
The Heart Association, point
ing out that youths are still
vulnerable to heart diseases,
particularly rheumatic fever
and rheumatic heart disease,
suggests that parents follow
these six New Year’s resolu-‘
tions to protect the health of
their children during 1960 and
in the years to follow:
“I resolve that in 1960 I will
“l. Learn the symptoms cf
‘strep’ throat, which can some
times lead to rheumatic fever
(these symptoms include sore
throat, hi g h temperatures,
headaches, nausea, vomiting,
ete.);
“2. Be on the alert for these
symptoms and promptly con
tact the doctor if they develop;
“3. Check with my child
ren’s teachers to see if they
know the symptoms of ’strep’
throat and to see if children
‘with these symptoms are iso
lated wuntil they can receive
proper medical attention; -
“4. Take my children f o r
periodical physical checkups
and ask the doctor if he ecan
detect heart ‘murmurs’, indica
tions that a heart malforma
tion might be present or that
the heart may have been dam
laged by rheumatic fever or
other diseases:
{ “5. Seek expert advice and
diagnosis if there are indica
tions of murmurs:
“6. See that my children
are properly fed, properly
clothed and get plenty of sleep
and rest.”
| The Georgia Heart Associa
tion added this word of advice:
“When you help the Heart
Fund you are aiding in the
fight against diseases of the
heart and blood vessels. When
you contribute to the Heart
Fund campaign, conducted
each February, you are help-~
ing yourself, your ehildren and
your eountry.”
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pital supervisory personnel are shown in the photo above taken at the class grad
uation recently at the First Methodist Church, Covington. This is one of the lar.
Che Uovington News
the Dun & Bradstreet credit
report. The report includes a
history of the business (who
owns it, who runs it and how
long it has been operating); a
description of what the busi
ness does and how it does it; a
financial section which usually
includes the latest finnancial
statement; and a record of how
the concern pays its bills.
Graveside Rises
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Graveside services for the
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J,
C. Capes of Almon were held
Tuesday, January 5 at 11 a.m.,
at Lawnwood Memorial Park
with Rev. Herbert A. Owen,
officiating.
Survivors, in addition to the
parents, include: two brothers,
Larry Capes of Oxford, Ron
nie Capes of Almon; two sis
ters, Clara Sue and Glenda
Diann Capes, of Almon; grand
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Jeff
Capes of Covington and Mrs.
J. L. Dobbs of Almon.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
Piedmont Hereford
Assoc. Elects
1960 Officers
The 1960 slate of officers for
the Piedmont Hereford Asso
ciation, Inc. was elected at the
annual meeting of the group
in Athens, Tuesday night.
Newly-elected president is
Ernest L. Loyd of Atlanta and
Cleveland, Ga. He succeeds
Konrad Purdy of Covington.
Other officers elected for the
association for the new year
includes A. M. Bennett, vice
president, Washington, Ga.;
Jim Knight, secretary-treasur
er, Social Circle Rt. 1; and
board directors: R. F. Calla
way, Hoschton; W. A. Knox,
Thomson; Mose Gordon, Com
merce; Dr. A. A. Rogers, Com
merce; Haywood O’Kelley,
Murrayville; S. L. Shirley,
Gainesville.
The past presidents and hon
orary directors are Konrad
Purdy of Covington, and Gor
don Dudley, Athens.
The Weather In
Newton County
Jack Chapman announces
the foi'owing temperature for
the week in Covington.
High Low
Wed. Dec. 30 | 43 32
Thurs. Dec. 31 50 26
Fri. Jan. 1 45 31
Sat. Jan. 2 36 32
Sun. Jan. 3 53 35
Mon. Jan. 4 53 30
Tues. Jan. 5 50 32
Total rainfall during week
11.36.
Mrs. Ola Young]
Funeral services for Mrs.
Claude R. (Ola) Young of Ox
ford were held Sunday, Janu
ary 3 at 3 p.m. at the Corinth
Christian Church in Walton
County with Rev. Olin Moon,
officiating. Interment was in
the Corinth Cemetery near
Walnut Grove.
Mrs. Young, 69, died Satur
day, January 2 in a private
hospital following a lingering
illness. A native of Rockdale
County, she was a member of
Sardis Church.
Survivors include her hus
band; two daughters, Mrs. Jo
seph H. Berry of East Point and
Mrs. Truel Wells of Covington;
one brother, Clifford Mann of
Monticello; two sisters, Mrs. J.
R. Borders and Mrs. P. D.
Leach, both of Covington; 4
grandchildren and 3 great -
grandchildren.
The nephews served as pall
bearers.
The NEWS extends deepest
sypmathy to the members of
the bereaved family. J, C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home
were in charge of arrange
ments.
Robt. Sammons, Jr.
Ship USS Essex
Sets A Record
MEDITERRANEAN — Rob
ert W. Sammons, Jr., ship fitter
second class, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert W. Sammons
of 908 Newton Dr., Covington,
Ga., and husband of the form
er Miss Evelyn G. Hicks of
909 Newton Dr., Covington,
serving aboard the attack air
craft carrier USS Essex, wit-‘
nessed the 95,000th arrested
aircraft landing Dec. 16, while
the carrier, accompanying the
heavy cruiser USS Des Moines
with President Eisenhower and
his party aboard, was en route
to Tunis.
The Essex’s total landings to
date falls a little short of the
Navy’s all-time record set by
the old aircraft carrier USS
Saratoga. The Sara’s 97,549
landings were made before
1948 when she was sunk by
the U.S. in A-Bomb tests held
at Bikini.
After the Essex returns to
the states early in 1960, she
will be converted to an anti
submarine aircraft carrier.
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 272 head of
cattle and 46 hogs for a total of
$25,065.76. Milk cows and
springers topped at $310.00;
stockers at $139; calves at $25;
and pigs at $6.50.
Price ranges were: calves,
$5 to $35; heifers, sls to $23.50;
steers, $17.50 to $28.50; light
bulls, $16.50 to $19.00; heavy
bulls, $18.50 to S2O; canners,
$10.50 to $14.50; cutters, $14.-
50 to $15.50; and fat cows, sl6
to $19.80.
There were 140 shippers and
66 buyers, including 8 packers.
Cub Scout Pack Is Organized In The Mansfield Community
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MANSFIELD CUB SCOUTS recently presented a skit “The Night
Before Christmas” to the delight of their parents and members
of the Mansfield Lions Club, sponsor of the new BSA organiza
tion in their town. Cub Scouts shown in the photo seated on
the floor are, from left to right: Den Chief Byron Hays, Cubs
Decatur - Oxford
Dist. Cons
ist. Conference
Monday, Tucker
Delagates, members, an d
visitors from the 50 charges
of the Decatur - Oxford Dis
trict will meet at the Tucker
Methodist Church at 9:30 A, M.,
January 11, for their annual
district Conference.
More than 300 ministers and
lay persons are expected to at
tend. Rev. Delma L. Hagood,
district superintendant, will
preside.
Reports on the work for the
first half of the conference year
will be made. Os special in
terest will be the dedication of
members in the “SIO.OO Church
Extension Club”, Some 1300
memberships are expected by
district conference. The lay re
presentative or pastor for each
charge will give his report.
A number of men will re
ceive their local licence to
preach.
The noon meal will be pro
vided by the host church for
a nominal fee. The Rev, Frank
Jenkins is host pastor.
Dearing And
Capps Named
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To Dean’s List
Two North Georgia College
students from Covington made
the Dean’s List for the Fall
Quarter, according to Dean
Will D. Young. Dean’s List
students must make a “B”
average or above on a normal
load of course work and no in
dividual course grade may be
below a “C”.
Students making the Dean’s
List include: Cadet Melvin
Thomas Capps, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Clifford Capps
of 1003 Frances Street; and
Cadet Perino Marcellin (Lin)
Dearing, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. M. Dearing of 1022
Floyd Street, Covington.
gest classes to complete the extensive course at the local hospital. During the
graduation program each member of the clasg xeceived a certificate,
Rev. Callaway ‘
Emory Chapel
Speaker Monday
The Reverend Edgar A. Cal
laway, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church in Covington, will
be the guest speaker at the
Emory at Oxford chapel assem
bly on Monday, January 11, at
10 a.m., in the Allen Memorial
Auditorium,
The public is invited to at
tend.
“Explorer Scout
j Convention At
“Rock Eagle Jan
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~ The annual Atlanta Area
will be held at Rock Eagle Fri
day and Saturday, January 8-
9. Advisors and leaders from
all the area will join with the
Explorer Scouts for the an
nual meeting which was start
ed last year for the purpose of
electing officers for the year for
the district and area.
Friday nights activities will
include door prizes, skits, games
and various type activities for
the boys with district officers
to be elected at this time.
Saturday morning among the
activities of the group will be
the election of Area Council
officers and the setting up of
activities for the year for the
Explorers.
Attending t h e convention
from Covington will be Willie
Campbell, District Cabinet Ad
visor; Lee Campbell, secretary
Newton - Rockdale District:
Billy Skinner, Johnny Ches
nut, Alva Spillers, committee
man on Atlanta Area Chair
mans Committee; Michael Cost
ley and Walker Birdsong.
“The huge national debt our
younger generation will inherit
should keep them from one in
dulgence — ancestor worship.”
— Wall Street Journal.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
| PROSPERITY
Sammy Osborn, Jimmy Christian, Jackie Spears, Cliff Prosser,
G. W. Davis, Artie Hays, Wallace Bates, Jodie Webb, Bill Marks,
Ralphie Spears, and Den Chief Tim Prosser. Parenis and Lions
Clud members are shown in the background.
Georgia Legislature Faces
Numerous Vital Decisions
ATLANTA (GPS) — The
stage is set for Georgia's legis
lative mill to start up again on
Capitol Hill in Atlanta. And
judging from pre - session
planning, the General Assem
bly’s 1960 session likely will be
one of the busiest in the state’s
history; certainly since it has
been meeting annually instead
of biennially.
What will the 40-day session
accomplish? Nobody knows at
this stage; not even the legisla
tors themselves. But one thing
the lawmakers do know —
their work has been eut out for
them.,
For example, they are con
fronted at this session with
(1) the ever - present school
segregation problem which has
moved closer to Georgia’s door=-
step since the last session; (2)
numerous bills based on re
commendations of Gov. Ernest
Vandiver’s Economy and Re
organization Commission; (3)
some 30 - odd bills designed to
strengthen and improve Geor
gia’s traffic safety laws, and
(4) countless other measures of
a general or local nature.
In all, more than 1,000 bills
are expected to be dropped in
to the legislative hopper. How
many of these measures will be
written into law? There again
nobody can say for sure. But
it’s pretty safe to say some
of them will be controversial
and their sponsors will find
rough sledding in seeking leg
islative approval.
Gov. Vandiver has said the
theme of the 1960 session will
be “reorganization and pro
gress.” With few possible ex
ceptions, he undoubtedly will
get most of what he asks for,
especially in the area of
changes in the financial and
administrative structure of the
state government.
Segregation versus integra
tion in Georgia’s public schools
still is an explosive issue. Gov.
Vandiver, who was elected
chief executive on the pledge
that there will be no school in
tegration in Georgia during
his administration, is opposed
to any weakening of the state’s
present segregation laws and
has said he anticipates no new
segregation legislation at the
current session.
However, in view of U. S.
Distriet Court Judge Frank A.
Hooper’s recent order calling
for a desegregation plan in the
Atlanta public school system,
intense pressure likely will be
put on the legislators in an
effort to get them to repeal
some of the existing state laws,
particularly the one which
would close a school in thel
event of integration.
This pressure will come from
groups and individuals who
obviously have thrown in the
towel and are now willing to
accept “token” integration.
But the answer they'll get
might well be found in this
comment of a veteran lawmak
er:
~ “Knowing the attitude of
\the rank - and - file of o u r
elected representatives, t h e
NUMBER 1
General Assembly won’t budge
an inch in its stand against in
tegration — token or other
wise. Like pregnancy, there
is no such thing as a little in
tegration.”
| High up on the administra
|tion’s legislative program is
| mental health. Mental health
| bills will be introduced aimed
at improving the treatmeat and
| cure of this disease.
l| The Governor’s Commission
‘lon Economy and Reorganiza-i
3 | tion, which officially went ou
*|of business at year’s end after
"|almost a year of seeking met
hods to improve state govern
[ mental operations, claims its
recommendations, if earried
|out, will save the state an es
|timated $8 - million annually.
Here’s what the main recom
mendations would do:
1. Authorize the State De
|pository Board to contract
with banks for depositing idle
state money in time deposits,
where it ecan earn interest.
(Earnings are estimated at $2-
million annually or more.))
2. Authorize the first steps
in a program to allow the state
to write its own fire insurance.
3. Reorganize the State De
partment of Education; raise
the salary of the state school
superintendent, and put in two
new assistant superintendents.
4. Enact a withholding plan
for collecting state income tax
es. (Gov. Vandiver already has
said this will be an administra
tion measure in the current leg:
islative session.)
5. Create a Georgia Prisons
Authority as an operating au
thority only, so that earnings
from a prison industry system
might be retained for capital
expansion.
What promises to be one of
the hottest scraps in the 1960
legislature will be a eontinua
tion of one that got started in
the 1959 session. It’s over a
pending bill which would af
fect rural electric groups.
The bill (passed by the Sen
ate last session and now pend
ing before a House committee)
would permit REAs to remain
in cities where they have erect
'ed power lines. The cities want
to take over lines originally
!constructed hv the REA in ru
'ral territory since annexed by
the cities. Al present, it looks
rlike a fight to the finish be
tween the Georgia Electric
'Membership Corp. and the
‘Georgia Municipal Assn,
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~ Directing Children’s Energy
~ Miss Audrey Morgan, family
life specialist, Agricultural Ex
tension Service, says rather
than try to suppress the bound
less energy of children, wise
parents direet these energies
into creative, constructive out
‘lets. As a result, their children
have a better chance for being
ha_ppy and successful, she main -
tains.
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Alcoholics have a marriage
casualty rate of 45 percent, ac
cording to Miss Audrey Mor
gan, family life specialis Ag
ricultural Extension s&;