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For two and a half hours
Tuesday night we were truly
in a “winter wonderland” at
the City Auditorium, where we
were among spectators at “Hol
iday on Ice”. It was truly a
kaleidoscope of entertainment
at its best. Rarely is it possible
to find such a combination of
multiple arts as this cast pre
sents, Musical scores which
were & treat within them
selves; drama with an operatic
flavor; lighting effects to match
Hollywood’s own; dancing, bal
let, artisans on skates, color
and rythm, pageantry; and a
delightful spicing of comedy
give it tremendous appeal to
young and old alike. It was
a refreshing interlude of show
manship and beauty, which we
are glad not to have missed—
as many others, are, or will be
when they attend.
Some folks say, when we
get “house-bound” with win
ter ailments and bad weather,
that “winters come and go’—
but, they are not talking about
this winter—they couldn’t be
for this one came, but as yet,
has made no move to “go”!
Now we in this section are
recognized for our Southern
Hospitality—but, even that be
gins to wear a little thin after
four months of sniffles and
sneezin’; and waiting to plant
spring flowers, to say nothing
of the fishin’ getting so far
behind! But, a daring daffodil
in the back yard is braving
the icy winds, and the danger
of having its name changed to
“daffy”; so we know the march
of Spring is not too far away.
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In Region Meet
Both Newton County High
School basketball teams are en
tered in the Region 4AA tour
nament currently underway at
the Cross Keys Gym in Atlan
ta.
The local girls team was to
have met the number three
team of Region 4AA West in
a first-round game at 8 o’-
clock Wednesday night. If the
NCHS sextet survives this
clash they will play again on
Friday night a 5 o’clock against
the winner of the College Park-
Hart County game.
Newton’s Rams, champions
of Region 4AA East, will play
their first-round opponent San
dy Springs tonight (Thursday)
at 6:30. Sandy Springs was the
fourth-place team of the other
section of our region.
Semi-finals in the Cross Keys
meet will be held Friday night
and the finals Saturday. It is
an elimination tournament and
once a team loses it is out of
the running for State Tour
nament spot.
Other sports articles on the
tournaments may be found on
the sports page of The Cov
ington NEWS today.
Dr. Noah Langdale Is Pilot
Club “Civic Night' Speaker
Members of the Covington
Pilot Club will observe Civie
Night at a dinner meeting to
be held Monday night, Feb. 22
at 7:30 p.m., at the school Ca
feteria in Porterdale. An an
nual event, the affair will be
attended by civie club repre
sentatives, special guests and
members of Pilot Clubs from
neighboring towns, as well as
local Pilots and their Co-Pilots
(husbands) according to an an
nouncement by Mrs. Hamlin
Callahan, Pres. Mrs. S. M. Hay,
Chairman of Community Ser
vice, and members of her com
mittee will be in charge of ar
rangements.
Dr. Noah Langdale, Jr., A. 8.,
LL @& MB A, LL B
President of the Georgia State
College of Business Adminis
tration, Atlanta, will be t h e
guest speaker of the evening.
Dr. Langdale earned his de
grees at the University of Ala
bama and Harvard Universily.
He served in the U. S. Navy
during World War Il in t h e
North Atlantic and Southwest
Pacific, and taught Navy Math
ematics at the University of
Georgia and other Navy sub
jects of other Navy Installa
tions. Following the War, he
served as Ipstructor, founder
and Departm‘ntal Chairman,
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Baii., Is Captured Asleep In Negro Church
Month-Long
Search Ends
For Fugitive
A month-long search for
John Wesley Bailey, 39-year
old pulpwood worker, ended
early Sunday morning at the
Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Col
ored) near the Oxford City
limits when the fugitive gave
up to Newton County and Cov
ington law enforcement offic
ers.
Bailey had been sought in a
four-county area for the
murder -of his father-in-law,
Lambert Palmer 57, and t h e
wounding of his wife Barbara
Jean Bailey, 22, the night of
January 16th at the Palmer
home, six miles North of Ox
ford.
Sheriff John Berry and New
ton County Deputy Henry
Odum, Jr., accompanied by
City Policemen Hinton Bailey,
Talmadge Cawthon, Albert
Parker, and Harold Pickett had
been on Bailey’s trail earlier
in the night with Bloodhounds
from the Eatonton Prison Camp
but had lost the track.
The two cars carrying the
local law enforcement officers
cruised by the church about
1:30 a.m. Sunday morning with
their car lights off and noticed
a glow from a heater inside the
church. They surrounded the
building and just before en
tering the church Bailey awa
kened and called out “I’m com
ing out peacefully, don’t shoot,”
Sheriff Berry said.
He ‘was carrying a loaded pis
tol at the time of his capture,
Sheriff Berry reported. Later
he told officers that he had
gone inside the church to get
out of the below-freezing wea
ther as cold rains and snow
flakes fell on Newton County
Saturday night.
During the past six weeks
many leads and phone calls had
been received by County and
City officers, many of which
proved to be up “blind alleys”,
Sheriff Berry said yesterday.
However, in recent days the
search had been centered in
Newton and Walton County,
Bailey will be held in t h e
Newton County Jail until the
next term of court in Coving
ton.
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presidency of Georgia State
College of Business Adminis
tration in Atlanta by the State
Board of Regents in July, 1957.
Presently he is a member of
the High School Division of the
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PRINCIPALS who participated in the Sixth Annual Emory-at-
Oxford World Affairs Institute shown above are seated, left to
right: Dr. Harold K. Charlesworth, N. B. Menon, N. Saqib Khan,
Brown Bridge Road Project
Gets OK; To Cost $288,000
The State Highway Board of Georgia has notified New
ton County Representative W. D. Ballard that the Salem
to State Highway Route 81 in Covington will be paved and
a new bridge built at an approximate cost of $288,000. The
length of the project is 5.7 miles.
Mr. Ballard said yesterday N
that Rabert H. Jordan, Mem
ber of the State Highway
Board, had advised him that
the Federal Bureau of Roads
has approved the project.
It was understood that the
road would run from Clark
Street behind the National
Guard Armory into Brown
41 Pct. Increase
Leonard M. Standard, presi
dent of the Newton Breeders,
tan‘nounced today that the as
sociation had shown a mice in
crease in 1959 in number of
first services. Alton Jolly, sec
retary of the association, said
their total of 1,303 first ser
vices is an all-time high for
the organization, and is a 419
increase over the previous
year.
Gordon Dean, technician,
stated that this increase in
business has been brought about
by the desire of dairymen to
breed their cows to great prov
ed dairy sires and farmers to
breed their cows to ABS pro
geny performance tested beef
bulls, He further stated that
the improved conception rate
with the use of semen stored
in liquid nitrogen at -320 de
grees F. had contributed to this
increase. He said that Ameri
can Breeders Service has now
bred over 2,000,000 cows with
this method, and the non-re
turns for the past 4 1/2 years
have continuously been above
70%.
Ed Hunt, county agent, an
nounced that artificial breed
ing is on the increase in Geor
gia. A total of 38,083 cows were
|bred last year in Georgia,
| which is an 189, increase over
|the previous year. This is an
{all-time high for the state he
|said. Mr. Hunt also stated that
service is available from the
Newton Association in Rock
dale and Henry counties as well
as Newton County. For fur
ther information contact your
'county agent{ ex Mr. Dean
Che Couington News
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1960
Bridge road and will follow the
Brown Bridge road as nearly
as possible to Salem in the vie
inity of the Ellington Store.
Mr. Ballard said that the
contract should be let in about
30 days as the survey should
be completed by then. Mr. Jor
dan stated in his letter to Rep.
Mathematics Emphasized In
The Newton County Schools
By Louise Reeves
Instructional Supervisor
In accord with a decision
made last spring by teachers
and principals of the Newton
County elementary schools, es
pecial emphasis is being given
this term to improvement of in
struction in mathematics.
Faculty groups are studying
current professional literature
and utilizing a number of ad
ditional resources to provide
quality instruction in arithme
tic. Many materials for making
arithmetic m o r e meaningful
are being devised by principals,
teachers, and pupils. Bulletin
board displays are being used
by committees of pupils to
share with classmates their
“discoveries” and interpreta
tions” of arithmetical concepts
which are studied at various
grade levels.
Superintendent J. W. Rich
ardson conducted a survey of
visual and manipulative ma
terials in use in classrooms dur
ing the early fall and then en
listed the assistance of the New
ton County Board of Education
in providing half of the funds
required to match money avail
able to the individual schools
through the National Defense
Education Act for the purpose
of materials useful for instruc
tion in mathematics.
Outstanding specialists in the
teaching of arithmetic have vis
ited Newton County to discuss
with teachers techniques and
methods for improving instruc
tion. Henry L. Houston, South
eastern Manager of Row, Pe
terson and Company, was the
Dr. Timothy T. Mar, Second row left to right; Dr. V. Y, C. Eady,
Dr. George S. Parthemos, Dr. R. K. Murdoch, Dr. Rollin Chambliss,
Dr. J. T. Askew and Harold Mann.
Ballard that “We are now in
a position to begin the survey
and plans on this project and
will proceed with it as rapidly
as possible.”
The road which runs by the
Porterdale Golf Course will be
straightened an d re-located
and the new modern bridge
built over the river. The new‘
bridge will probably be locat
ed south of the present bridge,
Mr. Baliard added. |
first of the guest consultants.
On November 12, Houston pre
sented an exhibit of mathema
tical materials that he had con
structed and discussed “Cur-
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Mansfield’s Big
Barbecue Next
Wednesday 5:30 - 8
The Mansfield Methodist
Church barbecue will be held
next Wednesday, February 24,
at the Mansfield Community
House,
Supper will be served be
tween 5:30 and 8 o’clock. Tick
ets are $1.50 and 75¢ — ALL
YOU CAN EAT.
In addition to the barbecue
plate, delicious cakes and pies
will be served. Everyone is
cordially invited.
Local National Guard Open
House Sunday Afternoon 1--5 |
. The commanding officer of
the Newton County National
Guard Unit, Capt. Oliver A.
Morgan, has announced that
his unit will hold Open House
on Sunday, February 21. This
is in observance of Muster Day,
and the hours will be from one
o’clock until five o’clock in the
afternoon.
This will be the first pub
John Clewlow,
Scout Executive
Kiwanis Speaker
J o h n Clewlow, Newton -
Rockdale District Boy Scout
Executive, will be the main
speaker at the Covington Ki
wanis luncheon meeting today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock at Le
gion Home, Mr, Clewlow will
be introduced by Donald Ste
phenson, Vice-Chairman of the
N-R District.
Mr. Clewlow is a native of
Evansville, Indiana, where he
attended the public schools of
Evansville. He was graduated
from the University of Indiana
and soon thereafter entered
Boy Scout work. He came to
the Atlanta Area Council in
1958 from the Pee Dee Council
in South Carolina,
Other than serving as execu
tive for the Newton-Rockdale
District, Mr. Glewlow is the
executive for the Tara District
‘which takes in the area of Clay
ton County. He lives in Forest
Park and is a member of the
Forest Park Kiwanis Club,
Main speaker for the Cov
ington Kiwanis meeting Thurs
day at Legion Home was C
William Cardin, Administra
tive Assistant to Congress
man Edgar W. Hiestand of
California, Wendell Crowe was
in charge of the program for
the day and the introduction of
the speaker was by Prof. Har
old Mann of the Emory-At-
Oxford College faculty.
Mr. Cardin chose for his
subject “Crime Prevention”, as
the past week was observed na
tionally as “National Crime
Prevention Week.”
A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
Mr. Cardin was a visiting
speaker at the World Affairs
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|lic display of equipment and
|facilities since the local unit
was changed to a Signal Com
(pany last Summer. The Open
;House will feature a communi
cations center in operation, dis
playing all types of communi
cations facilities used at Army
Division level. The equipment
will include radio relay, tele
typewriter, telephone, mesnge‘
Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Clower
In Charge Fund Campaign
May Ask 4-H
Members To
Buy Land
~ An appeal was made to Gov
ernor Ernest Vandiver last
week by Robert O. Arnold,
Chairman of the State Board
of Regents, that he use his in
fluence to block plans to build
a state prison ecamp near Rock
Eagle Park in Putman Coun
ty.
- “If you will use your in
fluence to preserve Rock Eagle
for the youth of Georgia, 1
will attempt to raise for the
State of Georgia the sum of
$150,000 to purchase another
site by asking each member of
the 4-H to donate at least $1
for this purpose,” Mr. Arnold
stated.
The Board of Regents has
strongly opposed a move to
build a new industrial prison
in Putnam County on land now
held by the Board. The pro
posed prison would be located
within 5 to 10 miles of the
Rock Eagle center,
A Senate resolution to take
the land from the Regents and
transfer control to the Board
of Corrections has passed the
Senate and is now in the house
where the State of Republic
Committee has recommended
its passage.
Rep. Chappell Mathews of
Clarke County said he will at
tempt to either kill the bill
or have it amended. Mathews
said he has learned that some
counties have offered land free
for a prison camp, and that the
state has other holdings which
would serve just as well.
Yesterday it was learned that
the bill is being studied by a
committee in both the House
and Senate and may come lat
er in the week before the As
sembiy adjourns.
Womanless Wedding
Palmer-Stone Gym
Saturday Night
The PT-A of Palmer Stone
School will present a Womanless
Wedding at the school gym on
Saturday evening, February 20 at
8 pm. The general admission
will be 25 cents. Proceeds will
go toward the purchase of needed
equipment for the school.
Those who will participate in
the wedding are : Thomas Hen
derson, E. D. Whatley, R. E.
Whatley, John Burson, Cary All
good, Carlos Meyer, Darvin
White, Frank Davis, J. Higgins,
Jack Neely, C. H. Berry Jr.,
Cecil Dudley, Tom Williams,
Frank Gwin, Garland Williams,
Russell Dollar, Howard Mitchell,i
Ray Dominy, Jim Knight, Melvin
Conrad, Andy Autry, Jimm y
Bohannon, Joseph Repetske and‘
Walter Murphy. ‘
Every one is invited to attend
this hilarious program and bring
the entire family for an enjoy-i
able evening.
|eenter, and radio.
, The local unit is now Com
pany B of the 248th Signal
Battalion. The mission of this
Company, and the other Com
panies in this battalion, is to
provide communications for the
48th Armored Division, a Geor
gia-Florida National Guard Di
vision,
Capt. Morgan emphasized
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Plans have been made for
holding the annual fund-raising
drive for the American Red
Cross, Newton County Chapter,
according to Mrs. Dan Clower,
local chairman of the board.
The drive will be held during
the week of March 1 with Mrs.
MRS. NAT. TURNER
Nat Turner, wife of the may=-
or, in charge’ of the drive com
mittee.
Newton County has in the
past given generously to this
program, but the committee ¢
hopes that the public will be
more fully aware of the ser
vices of the Red Cross this
year and give more meaning
ful, Mrs. Clower said. Prob
ably the least known of the
services is the aid to the famil
ies of servicement, called the
Home Service program, for
which Mr, Herbert Katz is re
sponsible.
In this county the Nurses
Aid training and the blood
donation days are also assist
ed by moneys received in the
fund drive during March,
e
Band Boosters
Pancake Supper
Tues. 5:30-7:30
The Band Boosters Club of
Newton County High School
are having a pancake supper
at the cafeteria of the high
school on Tuesday evening,
Februry 23. The meal will be
served between the hours of
5:30 and 7:30 p.m. for 60 cents
each. Proceeds from the sup
per will go to the Newton
High School Band.
Come out and enjoy a good
hot, ready fixed meal and
bring the famnily for an en
joyable get-to-gether with
friends as well as helping the
‘band.
~_lf you have not already pur
chased your tickets, you may
do so at the door.
Palmer-Stone P-TA
To Serve Turkey
Palmer Stone School Parent-
Teacher Association will give a
turkey supper at the school cafe
teria on the evening of Friday,
March 4.
Tickets, which will be on sale
in advance, will be 75 cents and
$1.25. Serving will start at 6 p.m.
Ithat the Public is irivited to
‘|the Open House Sunday after
| noon. He stated that he would
| especially like to invite young
' 'men in Newton County of hl’h
|school age who are interest
,in getting valuable ‘Jd:@
training in all phases o¢ com
munications, o
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