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Now I told you last week I’d
tell you about 85 degree Miami,
and all the beauty of the orchid
show. Well all i’m going to
say is just thia. Louis Vaugn
and his lovely wife won all the
top awards in that internation
al show. His orchids, even the
plants are head and shoulders
above anything you have even
seen. His display was just out
of this world! I woke up t h i s
morning and I though I was in
another world it was so white!
It all started something like
this. I always leave my key to
the house here with my sha
dow. The folks out at Emory
have used it for receptions
etc., for whats the use of hav
ing a big house when there are
only two of you, if other folks
can’t use it. But in talking with
my shadow over the telephone,
she said she and two other of
her friends were having a par
ty here. . . Think of how I left
it! To the U. D. C. convention
in Savannah. . . right back for
one night to dump all the cool
clothes and pack for the Na
tional Editorial Conventions
Board Meeting in Chicago. . .
right back from there with
everything messed up. . . and'
piled the things aside to get ■
ready for Thanksgiving for alll
my family and a few friends'
stranded from their families. . .
no time to clean up then for
Opps my dears! Those grands
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Dairy Assn.
Meets Tuesday
Newton County Dairy Asso
ciation will meet Tuesday
evening, March Bth at Hender
son’s Restaurant at 7:30 o’clock.
Main speaker for the meeting
will be Dr. Hayden Rogers,
Agronomist of the University
of Georgia. Athens.
Fowler Fertilizer Company
of Covington, will be the host
at the meeting.
Chas. Patterson
Named District
Scout Executive
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' CHARLES PATTERSON
Charles C. Patterson has
been selected as District Exe
cutive for the Newton - Rock
dale District. This announce
ment was made today by O. B.
Gorman, Scout Executive and
William Hoffman, District
Chairman.
Mr. Patterson comes to this
assignment with a fine back
ground in Scouting. He served
as Scoutmaster for four years
in Clemson and Seneca, South
Carolina. His first assignment
was service in the Okefenokee
Area Council, Waycross, Geor
gia for two and one - half years
as District Executive. On Sep
tember Ist, he joined the Staff
of the Atlanta Area Council,
Boy Scouts of America, where
he served as Assistant District
F rcutive in the DeKalb Dis
trict.
“The record that he has made
in each Professional assign
ment has been such that the
officials of this District feel
most fortunate in having him
serve as District Executive of
the Newton - Rockdale Dis
trict,” Mr. Gorman stated.
Mr. Patterson attended Clem
son College, Clemson, South
Carolina and is married and
has four children, Danny. Ellis.
Lynn, and Lucy. His residence
will be at 156 Stoneybrook
Road, Forest Park, Georgia.
The new Newton - Rockdale
Executive succeeds John Clew
low who has been transferred
to Austin, Texas.
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VOLUME 96
HEA'^/OTE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY PRIMARY
Jaj 'es To Stage Fund Campaign For Red Cross
Will Seek
Funds From
Residences
Members of the Covington
Jaycees will be ringing your
door bell Monday and Tuesday
evening March 7th and Bth,
between the hours of 6 and 9
in a house-to-house call of the
residential section for the Red
Cross Fund Drive, according to
Warren Kirkland, President of
the Jaycees.
Harry Cowan is chairman
of this committee and they are
asking the citizens of Coving
ton to cooperate with gener
ous donations.
The Red Cross in Newton
County is playing a vital part
in each individual life. New
ton County Hospital has 100
Nurses Aides in the county,
under the training of Miss Peg
gy Jaynes and Mrs. Claude
Jordan.
Throughout the month of
March each community in
Newton County will have the
opportunity of helping with
this Fund Drive.
One hundred and one pints
of blood was given last month
when the blood mobile was in
Covington.
The Home Service Commit
tee with Herbert Katz as the
chairman has issued the fol-
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'World Day Os
Prayer' Service
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
The World Day of Prayer
will be observed on Friday
evening. March 4, at 7:30
o’clock in a union service at
the First Presbyterian Church.
The four churches of t h e
downtown area, First Baptist,
First Methodist, and First
Presbyterian; the Episcopal
Church of the Good Shepherd,
and the Allen Memorial Metho
dist Church will join in this
prayer effort. The women’s or
ganizations of the various
churches are sponsoring this
service, which will be conduct
ed by the respective ministers
of the participating churches.
The Rev. Edgar A. Callaway,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, will be in charge of
the program. A period of quiet
meditation will be observed by
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Band Fund Rais
Underway In Newton County
Lanier Hardman, chairman
of the Newton County Band
Fund Raising Drive, which is
currently on in the many com
munities of the county, has
announced that the quota is a
little more than $1,400.
Aiding Mr. Hardman in stay-
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are Martin
Goode and Wil
1i e Campbell,
Band Booster
Pre s i d e n t.
There are also
15 members of
the committee
to engage in so
liciting the
funds. They are: Ben Banks,
Carl Smith, Aubra Sherwood,
Guy Evans, Howard Milligan,
Don Wood, Joe Haymore, Mrs.
Leßoy Loyd, Mrs. Tom Blair,
Dick Bellaires, Neal Banks, Al
vin Rape, Herbert Vining, Her
bert Lott, E. L. Patrick. Spence
Ramsey and Fred Harwell .
It was emphasized that the
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Leap Year Baby Is Born At Newton County Hospital
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COVINGTON'S LEAP YEAR BABY, little Miss Julie Scott
Glanton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Jule Glanton of the
Ginn Apartments, Covington, is the center of attention at Newton
County Hospital since her arrival Monday morning, February 29th.
Shown in the picture with the little girl and her mother, are
Local Girl Scout
Week Activities
Are Scheduled
Sunday, March 6th is the first
day of Girl Scout Week. All
Brownies, Girl Scouts and
leaders will be recognized in
their own church on this day.
They are to be in uniform.
On Wednesday, March 9th,
the Girl Scouts will have a
joint meeting at the Girl Scout
Hut. On Thursday March 10th,
there will be a joint meeting
for all the Brownies. These
meetings will be directly after
school and all dues collected
will go to the Juliet Low World
Friendship Fund.
The Neighborhood meeting
for all Girl Scout and Brownie
leaders, troop consultants and
committee members will be
held at the Girl Scout Hut on
Tuesday March Bth at 7:30 P.M.
ng Campaign
band found drive is in no way
connected with the school nor
does it overlap the activities of
the Band Boosters Club.
“Money is not furnished by
the County Board of Educa
tion for instruments’ repairs,
uniform accessories, guest con
ductor. new instruments and
transportation,” a spokesman
for the drive stated. The Board
of Education hires the band di
rector and owns several of the
larger musical instruments. Pa
rents of the band members own
the smaller instruments.
However, it was stressed that
the band gets a percentage of
the football gate at the home
games. Much, or all of this
money goes to pay for trans
portation for the band to the
out-of-town games.
In order that the public may
know what the money raised
in the drive will be used for
here is a breakdown of the ex-
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The Covington news
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 3, 1960
Jurors Drawn For March
Term Os Superior Court
LIST OF GRAND JURORS
drawn for the MARCH TERM
of Newton Superior Court are
as follows:
Roy Aiken, Homer Holifield,
Isaac Robertson, E. P. Jordan,
Felton W. Heard, E. B. Rogers,
Spence Ramsey, E. G. Tram
mell, Clarence F. Hays, Her
bert Vining, W. W. Crowe, G.
Edwin Aiken, J. T. Owens, Jr.,
Render W. Holder.
J. E. Holcombe, W. E. Wood,
Herbert T. Carson, H. Grady
Jones, Charles O. Benton, T. R.
Ginn, H. S. Randall, George B.
Davis, Thomas T. Henderson,
James Prosser, Ira G. Williams,
A. G. Grove, G. L. Dennison,
Chester Clarke, Ty C. Cason, G.
Dewey Cason.
TRAVERSE JURORS FOR
MARCH TERM OF NEWTON
SUPERIOR COURT are:
D. L. Chambers, J. L. Rye,
John E. Hardman, I. T. Wiley,
U. T. Smith, Jr.. H. Clifford
Capps, Carl A. Standard, H. F.
Stowe Luke R. Lasseter, W. H.
Butler, J. W. Jones, Willie H.
McCart, Charlie Smith. C.
Mack Gay.
T. D. Bracewell, C. R. Hen
derson, Guy Robinson, J. B.
Greer, J. G. Rogers, R. M. Rut
ledge, George Seabor, W. Fir
ley Robinson, John S. Reagan,
W. Howard Parish, S. W. Ran
dall, E. S. Rheberg, Conrad T.
Reynolds, K. C. Martin, Daniel
M. Clower.
Ralph Spears, A. V. John
son, J. C. Sewell, Curtis Rowe,
Jack E. Hinton, H. R. Holifield,
S. A. Ginn, Charles L. Wilson,
Alton Johnson, Alton B. Mann,
John O. McCart, W. F. Hays,
Hoyt Bailey, O. F. Roseberry,
C. A. Aaron..
Darvin White, O. A. Martin,
Jr., C. D. Ramsey, Jr., H. A.
Fincher, Wilson M. Mask, Fred
Ketchum. Aubrey L. Williams,
W. J. Piper, A. S. Ellington,
Jack Banks. Troy Stubbs, A.
Clifford Studdard, Rabun Pros
ser, Buddy Baker, W. D. Col
lum.
John Schell. W. Paul Roberta
J. W. Richardson, J. T. Jaynes,
Claude Townley, W. D. Thomp
son, J. F. Touchstone, J. N.
Morgan, Ross Wilson, W. T.
Womac, Edgar Blanton, W. C.
Smith. T. H. Aiken.
W. E. Moss, John A. Kemp,
from left to right: Mrs. Helen Dickinson, Hospital Administrator;
Dr. F. C. Nesbit, the attending physician; and Miss Peggy Jaynes,
Svpt. of Nurses at the hospital. Little Miss Julie can look for
ward to a birthday every four years instead of the usual one-year.
P. M. Hyatt. C. H. Nash. Ro
bert H. Nash, Ben F. Hays,
R. T. Hull, Hubert
Katz, C. W. Wright, Bert
Adams, Tom Jones, E. L. King.
Jr.
Pilots Meet
The Pilot Club of Covington
will hold a regular meeting to
night (Thursday) at 8 p.m. at
the Newton Federal Building.
President Callahan urges mem
bers to bring staple groceries
for “The Pantry Shelf”.
Five Local Boy Scouts Get Eagle Award At Court of Honor
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FIVE LOCAL BOY SCOUTS RECEIVED their Eagle Award*
Monday night at a Newton-Rockdale District Court of Honor
held at the Church of The Good Shepherd, Episcopal, Covington.
Shown in the photo above following the ceremonies are fovr
of the Eagle recipients, left to right: Curtis Jackson, Mike Prince,
Bobby Travis and William TrammelL Godfrey Trammell, Jr.,
a student at Marion (Ala.) Institu'e, was not present for the
court of honor. On second row are parents of the honorees, left
Six Newton
Countains Named
To EAO Honors
Six students from Newton
County were named to t h e
Emory-at-Oxford honor and
merit lists at the mid - term
grading period of the winter
quarter, according to an an
nouncement by Registrar M. C.
Wiley.
Named to the Honor List was
Leroy Montgomery Willson, Jr.
of Oxford. Named to the Merit
List were: Joe Budd, Oxford;
Mary Ruth Holcombe, New
born; James Spence (Jimmy)
Ramsey, Covington; David
Snodgrass, Oxford; and Roy
Edward Steadham, Jr., Coving
ton.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
6,100 Are Registered;
Polls Open 7 AM 7 PM
A heavy vote is expected to be cast in next Wednesday’s
Newton County Democratic Primary election when eight
county officials and one General Assembly representative
will be named.
Ham And Egg
Auction Today
Kiwanis Club
The Annual Ham and Egg
Show for Colored 4-H mem
bers and adults of Newton
County will be held at the
American Legion Home in Cov
ington. The Auction will get
underway about 1:30 o’clock af
ter the regular weekly lunch
eon meeting of the Covington
Kiwanis Club.
Judging of the hams, shoul
ders, middlings, eggs, lard, etc.
was to have been completed
this morning (Thursday) at the
Washington Street gymnasium.
Prize money donated by the
local Kiwanis Club goes to the
winners in each class on dis
play.
; The auction of the hams
• and shoulders, an annual af
fair at the Kiwenis meeting.
• will be in charge of Dr. Robert
Shannon, chairman of the Ki
wanis Agriculture and Conser
vation Committee; and J. W.
Horne, Negro County Agent.
Asa Marshall will be the auc
tioneer.
Dr. Lee Harwell of the
Emory-at-Oxford faculty was
i the main speaker at the Ki
, wanis Meeting Thursday. He
। was introduced by Charles C.
King, Jr., program chairman.
Visitors at the meeting in
clude: Carl Avan, guest of Carl '
Smith: Johnny Kirk, guest of '
Mel Waggoner: Harold Rice, '
guest of Ray Reece. <
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY
Newton County Schools
will remain closed today
(Thursday), according to an
announcement by Supt. J. W.
Richardson. He stated that
the elementary and high
schools will re-open on Fri
day if weather conditions
to right: A. W. Jackson. Mrs. A. W. Jackson, Mrs Fr.nl, d-s
Mrs. W. B. Travis, W. B. Travis, Mrs. Godfrey Trammell Godf^'
Trammell, Sr. Back row are adults who made the Eagle presen Y
tations to the scouts: George Hutchinson (Bobby Travel ri* i
Candler (William Trammell), Dr. J. R. Sama (Godfr„ i’ Cha * l !?
Jr.), Wendell Crow. (Curtis Jackson) Hamh^ C.Vh^
shown in photo) made the presentation to Mike Price. " no *
NUMBER 9
A total of some 6,100 persons
are registered to vote in the
primary. Old-timers who have
observed county elections in
the past have forecast that
about 4,700 ballots will be cast
in the election. In 1956 there
were 4,513 votes cast in one of
the races.
Polls in the various voting
precincts will be open from 7
a.m. until 7 p.m.
Incumbents for all offices in
the election will be on the bal
lot. In the Sheriff’s race John
L. Berry is opposed by Leon
ard Standard, and the Ordinary
contest has drawn William
(Bill) Crawford as the oppo
nent of incumbent Donald G.
Stephenson.
Three names are on the bal
lot for the office of Tax Receiv
er. Miss Eva Stephenson is op
posed by Mrs. Jack Dooley and
J. Hugh Steele.
The other races in which two
candidates aspire for office in
clude Commissioner of Roads
and Revenues and the candi
dates are Tom Bates and Henry
Anderson, and the Newton
County Representative in the
General Assembly has two
seekers in W. Donald Ballard
and Wallace (Happy) Edwards.
One Justice of the Peace race
— in the Covington militia
district — has two candidates.
They are incumbent Joe Lase
ter and I. V. Malone. Jr.
Unopposed candidates for
re-election are: Sam M. Hay,
Clerk of Superior Court; Bon
ham Johnson, Tax Collector; J.
W. (Whit) Richardson, Supt. of
Schools; and Sam Cowan, Coro
ner.
Officials holding the polls In
the various precincts are asked
to call in their vote tabulation
when they have completed the
count. Please telephone 2634
permitted.
Ice, rain and sleet made
the roads of the county a
driving hazard. As The News
went to press Wednesday
night the temperature waa
down to 27 degrees.