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Gracious! Mercy Me! We
thought this ice storm was all
over . . and oops, My Dears,
we are right back where we
started again! Can’t get out
until it thaws again . . . Right
now tho, I’m thinking of Mr.
Homer Mobley. He came up
here and asked me, in all that
freeze (the first one) to come
down to his house, he had
something to show me ... I
went Well, you will see the
picture of what I saw in to
day’s paper . . . the beautiful
Christmas Cactus ... It would
have won a prize in an Inter
national flower show. I have
never seen anything so beau
tiful in the way of a cactus.
Mr. Mobley is a retired mer
chant, and what a good one
he was! But his secret love
is gardening. He grows on
his farm the best corn, toma
toes and the biggest and best
strawberries in this county, I
know, for I’ve sampled them
all. His beautiful blue hy
drangeas in boxes in front of
his house are conversation
pieces each year .. . He has his
flower pit where he has other
lovely flowers. Os course, Mrs.
Mobley smiles and gives him
all the credit for the flowers,
for she is the homemaker, and
takes great pride in all her
husband does. Yes, the house
finally got all the Christmas
Cards put away, and the gifts,
etc., and a little dust out for
that lovely party for the two
brides and the bride-to-be . . .
and shux . . those mothers
tried to tell me how lovely
it was. . . it was their party
. . . but the lovely part was
that they shared their new
daughters, and daughter-to-be
with us that day . . . for we
never had the joy of daughters
of our own. We are mighty
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Newton Nurses
Are Awarded CD
Certificates
Flora Smith, Beatrice Trib
ble and Elizabeth Sawyers were
among a group of 66 who were
awarder Certificates of Merit
Monday evening-, upon comple
tion of The Disaster Training
Course for Nurses, at Grady
Memorial Hospital Auditorium
in Atlanta. The course consist
ed of eight 2-hour sessions held
at Grady under the auspices of
the Atlanta Metropolitan Area
of Civil Defense.
Topics under discussion were
the Threat to U. S. National
Survival, National Plan for Ci
vil and Defense Mobilization,
Warnings and Communications,
Biological and Chemical War
fare, Early Resuscitation, Sort
ing, Medical Evaluation a n £
Management, Resuscitation and
Care of Severely Wounded, the
Civil Defense Welfare Plan,
Public Health Aspects of Civil
Defense, Phychological Aspects
of Disaster, Maternity and
Child Care in Disaster, and
Communicable Disease in Dis
aster, all covering both na
tural and “manmade” types of
disaster.
In addition, Martha Banks
and Selma Henderson attend
ed 6 of the sessions. All are
employed in the nusing division
of Newton County Hospital.
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ICE-LADEN TREES ARE SHOWN in the picture above on the Public Square in Covington,
Thursday morning. A freezing rain, followed by a barrage of elect Thursday and Friday descend
ed on Newton and surrounding counties wrecking electric and telephone service in a wide area
About 95% of the electric service in Covington was off Wednesday night and Thursday, as
crews worked around-the-clock io restore the utility. (See other picture on Second Front Page)
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VOLUME 96
D. -PHENSON. BERRY, BATES RE-ELECTED
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D. Ballard And H. Steele Are Also Victorious
Jaycees Re-Set
Fund Canvass
Members of the Newton
County Junior Chamber of
Commerce have re-set their
house-to-house canvass for
funds for the local Chapter
American Red Cross. The
homes campaign will be con
ducted Monday and Tuesday
evenings, March 14-15.
Jaycee Harry Cowan is in
charge of the special com
mittee arranging for the can
vass, according to an announce
ment by President Warren
Kirkland.
Homes in the various towns
and communities of the county
will be visited between the
hours of 6 and 9 P. M. Bad
weather caused the postpone
ment of the canvass from Mon
day - Tuesday of the past week.
Appeal Made For
Census Takers
J. Wilkins Smith, district su
pervisor of the 1960 Census of
Population and Housing which
starts April 7, today issued an
appeal to residents of Newton
County to become candidates
for jobs as census takers.
Applications for jobs as cen
sus takers may be obtained
from Mrs. Janice Stover, 623
Rebecca St., Covington. She
states that the test will be giv
en at the Teen Can building on
Newton Drive, Friday after
noon at 1:30 o’clock. All per
sons who are interested in tak
ing the census are asked to
come to the Teen Can at that
time.
Applicants for jobs as census
takers must be over 18 years of
age be citizens of the United
States, and have a high school
education or its equivalent.
Candidates will be required to
pass a selection test demon
strating their ability to under
stand written instructions and
read maps. Persons who are
presently or recently associated
with law enforcement or tax
assessing or collection agencies
are not eligible.
Census takers will be paid on
a piece price basis. A diligent
census taker should earn about
$12.00 per day, the district dis
trict supervisor said. A $20.00
training fee will be paid to cen
sus takers who successfully
complete the course of instruc
tion required before they start
their rounds, and accept a cen
sus assignment.
Spring Holidays At
Emory - Oxford Set
Spring holidays at Emory
at-Oxford will begin after the
last final examination on Wed
nesday, March 16. Classes for
the Spring Quarter will be
gin at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday,
March 23.
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Elks Club Makes Generous Donation To Boy Scout Camp Fund
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NEWTON-ROCKDALE DISTRICT'S general solicitation for Boy
Scout Camp Fund campaign received a generous donation Tues
day night at the Kickoff Dinner at ihe Covington Elks Club. The
Covington Elks presented a check for SI,OOO to the fund and will
make a similar donation next year. Shown in the photo, from left
to right are: William C. Wardlaw, Jr., Co-Chairman of the At-
fee, Sleet Wreck Utilities Here
The worst ice conditions and
sleet storm to hit Newton
County in 24 years last week
wrecked the electric and tele
phone systems in many parts
of the county.
Electric service in both
Covington and Oxford was dis
rupted overnight Wednesday
and on Thursday. Rural areas,
perhaps the hardest hit, were
without electricity from Wed
nesday through Saturday and
in some isolated areas the
service has not yet been fully
restored.
Line crews from South
Georgia cities and Co - Oper
atives were called into Cov
ington Wednesday and other
crews aided the Snapping
Shoals EMC and the town of
Oxford restore the current to
the many homes and business
es.
Mayor Nat Turner of Cov
ington reported that the city
electric service was 95 per-
Pilot Clubbers
Meet Tonight
The business meeting of the
Pilot Club of Covington, which
had to be postponed last week
on account of the ice storm, will
he held tonight (Thursday), at
the Newton Federal Building at
8 p.m.
President Callahan urges
members to bring staple gro
ceries for “The Pantry Shelf”.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 10. 1960
• • * •
See Editorial on Page 10
of today’s Covington NEWS.
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cent out during Wednesday
night and most of Thursday.
However, the main business
section of Covington escaped
the threat of falling limbs la
den with ice, and electric and
telephone lines were intact.
Oxford was hard hit as the
entire electric system was
turned off when it became ap
parent that many hot wires
were down all over the town.
Mayor Jackson and Police
Chief Kitchens recruited vol
unteer crews to help restore
the power by Friday night and
Saturday.
Porterdale had only a few
cases of lines being down due
to the limbs falling. Mayor W.
C. Ivy said that many of the
trees in the town had recent
ly been pruned and thereby
was removed the threat of ice
covered tree branches.
Snapping Shoals officials re
ported that some 750 miles
of their 1,000 - mile system
were down during the worst
part of the storm and sub -
freezing weather Wednesday
through Sunday. Crews from
contractors and other co-oper
atives came to the rescus of the
Snapping Shoals situation.
They reported that the worst
hit sections of their service
lines were in DeKalb. Rock
dale, northern part of Newton,
and sections of Henry counties.
Ray Reece. Southern Bell Tel
ephone Company manager in
Covineton, said yesterday that
Continued on Page 11
Soring Holidays
Next Week
Schools of Newton County
will observe the spring holi
days all next week, March 14-
20, as originally scheduled, ac
cording to an announcement
from Supt. of Schools J. W.
(Whit) Richardson.
It was also announced that
the school days lost due to the
recent bad weather would be
made up at the end of the
school term in June.
Schools of the county were
closed again yesterday (Wed
nesday) after the lunch hour
due to snow and ice. As The
News went to press it was
not known whether the schools
will reconvene today (Thurs
day).
lanta Area drive and main speaker at the meeting Tuesday; E. G.
Lassiter, Jr., Co-Chairman of the Newton County drive, receives
the first check: James M. Johnson. Chairman of Elks Board of
Trustees who presented ihe check: and B. B. Snow, Newton-
Rockdale Camp Development Fund Chairman.
Richardson Is
Elected Head
Rotary Club
In an election held prior to :
the program of the regular
meeting of Covington Rotary
Club, at the Teen - Can Build
ing on Tuesday, J. W. Richard
son was named president;
James Purcell, secretary; and
Bill Hoffman, treasurer.
Elected as new directors for
the 1960 - 61 slate are James
Knight and Ray Dew.
The program was then turn
ed over to Moncey Pratt, pro
gram chairman, by President
Dan Clower.
The Rev. Peyton Splane,
Rector of the Church of the
Good Shepherd, and guest of
Rotarian Pratt, introduced The
Right Rev. George Henry, Bis
hop of the Diocese of Western
North Carolina, who is con
ducting revival services at the
local Episcopal Church, as the
guest speaker.
Bishop Henry made a most
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UNOFFICIAL TABULATION NEWTON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
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ferry 477 59 29 144 96~102 34 21 61 43 126 123 134~76 65 143 33 1484 3200
Standard 171 35 7 132 48 51 37 921 40 38 38 39 21 129 9 8 383 1231’
COMMISSIONER —
Anderton 175 44 9 73 38 85 ~!4 20 54 33 44 ~89 95 28 123 135 26 651 1703“
fe— 453 48 27 200 106 68 58 10 27 49 115 66 76 68 ~86 16~15 1207 2728
ORPINARY ~~~~ — ~
Crawford 288 48 18 124 77 66 48 15 40 20 60 102 115 37 156 49 9 755 2027
Stephenson 355 43 16 148 70 87 23 15 40 62 105 56 57 59 56 99 32 1113 243A
TAX RECEIVER — — -
Dooley 147 25 12 31 ~~43 39 16 5 17 14 24 23 21 26 44 20 4 352 SZr-
Steele 207 36 18 122 41 62 38 15 31 30 78 88 114 42 09 66 13 664 1834
Stephenson 200 31 6 116 60 51 16 10 33 39 60 41 34 27 76 58 23 823 1704
REPRESENTATIVE —
Ballard 348 69 26 220 107 110 51 26 55 138 127 108 68 ~ 133 115 36 1342 3070
Edwards 289 25 8 44 39 41 10 427 13 23 25 59 25 69 27 5 476 1209 ’
Library Asks
That Books
Be Returned
The Newton County Library
has issued an appeal that all
books due to be returned to the
library on Conyers Street, be
returned as soon as possible,
according to Librarian Mrs.
Harry Dietz. She suggests that
books may be deposited in mail
slot at the library anytime day
or night.
The appeal is made so that
an inventory of the books can
be made before the summer
reading program gets started.
“The cooperation of the public
will be most sincerely appre
ciated,” Mrs. Dietz stated yes
terday.
Mayor Turner To
Speak at Lions
Meeting, Tonight
Covington Mayor Nat Turner
will be the guest speaker at
the Covington Lions Club
meeting tonight (Thursday) at
Legion Home at 7:30 o’clock.
The Mayor is expected to
speak on the subject of “Zon-
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Newton County
4-H'ers on TV
The Newton County 4-H Club
members will appear on WAGA
TV, Saturday, March 12th, at
1:00 P. M. The theme of our
program will be poultry and
Newton County 4-H Club
news is carried today in The
Covington NEWS, today on
the third front page and in
displeyed ads throughout the
paper. The occasion is Na
tional 4-H Week.
be centered around our 4-H
Poultry Chain here in Newton
County.
Those appearing on the pro
gram will be Vickie Whisnante,
Arthur and Arlene Hargrove,
Gail Duncan, J. W. Aaron of
Patrick Feed Company, Mrs.
Hazel Malone and Ed Hunt,
Extension Agents of Newton
County.
'A* Student List
Announced At
Newton Co. High
The following students made
all A’s on their report cards
during the fourth grading pe
riod at Newton County High
School.
Ninth grade—Jordye Bailey,
Joan Gazaway, Carol George,
Day Morcock, Carolyn Strange.
Tenth grade — Judy Barker,
Brenda Chambers, Mike Cost
ley, Robbie Elizer, Betty Ann
Maddox, Libby Wright.
Eleventh grade — Mickey
Brooks, Bruce Lovern.
Twelfth grade — Sandra
Day, Camilla Dietz, Sandra
Harwell, George Harper, Linda
Hudson, Sandra Oglesby, Rita
A. Thompson, Grier Stephen
son.
Bishop Henry
Speaker Today
Kiwanis Club
The Right Reverend M.
George Henry, Bishop of Wes
tern North Carolina, will be
the main speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis meeting today
(Thursday at American Le
gion Home at 1 o’clock. He will
be introduced by Kiwanian Dr.
Laverne Cowan.
Bishop Henry is currently
conducting a Preaching Mis
sion at the Episcopal Church
of the Good Shepherd in Cov
ington. He consecrated the
local Episcopal Church in
September 1951 and preached
the first sermon in the n e w
building at that time.
ing The City.”
NUMBER 10
All incumbent Newton Coun
ty officials were re - elected in
yesterday’s Democratic Primary
with the exception of one of
fice. J. Hugh Steele defeated
Miss Eva Stephenson and Mrs.
Jack Dooley for the office of
Tax Receiver.
Sheriff John Berry polled a
total of 3200 votes in his bid
for a third term. His opponent.
Leonard Standard, had a total
of 1231 votes. The margin of
victory in this race was 1969
votes.
Donald G. Stephenson, also
seeking a third regular four -
year term as Ordinary won a
victory over William (Bill)
Crawford. Stephenson polled
2436 votes and Crawford had
2027. The margin of victory in
the Ordinary race was 409
votes.
In the Commissioner of Roads
and Revenue race incumbent
Tom Bates polled 2728 votes
and his opponent Henry An
derson had 1703. The Bates’
victory margin was 1025.
Representative Donald Bal
lard won a third term to t h e
General Assembly as the coun
ty’s representative by polling
3079 votes to Wallace (Happy)
Edwards 1209. Ballard’s victory
was by 1870 votes.
(In the only race in the pri
mary to draw three candidates,
J. Hugh Steele won over his two
women opponents Miss Step
' henson and Mrs. Dooley.
( Steele had 1834 votes to Miss
Stephenson’s 1704 and Mrs.
Dooley’s 865. The margin of
’ Steel’s victory was 130 votes.
/ Joe Laseter, Justice of ihe
• Peace for the Covington Dis
’ trict, won re-election to that
’ office by defeating I. V. Ma
lone, Jr., 1323 votes to 668. The
, margin of victory here was 655
ballots.
Unopposed candidates on the
ballot included Supt. of Schools
J. W. (Whit) Richardson, Clerk
of Court S. M. Hay, Tax Collec
tor Bonham Johnson, and Coro
ner Sam Cowan.
The heaviest vote cast in the
various races were recorded in
the Ordinary race between
Stephenson and Crawford. A
total of 4463 ballots were cast in
the race. Weather conditions in
the county apparently held the
vote down as snow and rain
made driving hazardous dur
ing the day. Observers stated
that there would have been a
total of some 4,800 votes cast
in the primary had the weather
been fair.
In the Covington precinct
there were some 1958 votes cast
which was a surprising large
turnout in view of the incle
ment conditions of the weath
er. The vote tabulation in the
Courthouse took until 11:55 to
complete.
A large crowd of Interested
persons waited until t h e fi
nal ballots were tabulated to
learn if their favorite candidate
or kinsman had won his or her
race.
The slate of officers will take
office next January. The regu
lar election will be held in No
vember.