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I Newton Coach Moves To Chicago
Newton^ County has lost two fine citizens as Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Guritz have moved to Chicago, Illinois. Both were
boosters of sports in the county and Jim was formerly the
boys basketball coach at Livingston. Mrs. Guritz instructed
many swimming classes in Covington over the past years.
Jim is entering private business in Chicago as a member
of his father-in-law’s pipe fitting and plumbing firm. Mr.
and Mrs. Guritz are both natives of Chicago.
Coach Guritz was probably best known in our county
and surrounding areas as a competent football and basket
ball official. He also helped in the Newton County Little
League program during the past three years.
The Blob Slab
Coach Ronald Bradley states that he has an ample supply
of 1959-60 Ram Basketball Statistical booklets for any fan
who may wish to have one. The booklet gives all pertinent
information of the team during the past campaign.
All Georgians this week are saddened over the untimely
dearth of J. B. (Ears) Whitworth, line coach at the Univer
sity of Georgia. He was found dead Monday at his home,
apparently a victim of a heart attack. Coach Whitworth
•poke to the Covington Kiwanis club only a month ago.
He was 51 years of age.
We are told that gasoline and water don’t mix, which
prompts us to mention that you don’t have to drive down
the white line on the highway to prove that you are sober.
Never before in the history of Newton County Hi School
has the football team prepared for a campaign with only
two lettermen from the previous season. However, Coaches
Milton McLaney and Bobby Way face that task come the
middle of August when practice starts at the local FFA
Camp. Randall Meadows and Charlie Childs, both backs, are
the lone lettermen available.
As for yours truly, I’m hoping that both Bobby Hunter
and Phil White come out for the NCHS baseball team next
week when Coach Ronald Bradley calls for candidates. Our
team could go all the way in the state this year if some of the
key players come through. White and Hunter could help im
mensely.
In the near future Newton County High may have two
Carol Georges on their basketball team. However, there is
a distinguishing feature about each one. Palmer-Stone’s
Carol is a brunette, and the Livingston Carol is a blonde.
TV announced describing a pro basketball player ‘’He’s
only 6 foot, five, but he can jump.”
Ned Day, a bowler of note, has rolled 83 perfect games
during his life. He’s another athlete that turned to bowling
as he was a track star in college.
OKEFENOKEES WILD
BUT PEOPLE ENJOY IT
WAYCROSS, Ga.—They’ll tell you that the Okefenokee
swamp is treacherous, that it’s quivering earth will
•at a man alive, that alligators as big as horses roam the
<bn<hy channels in search of nourishment, the sweet meat of man if
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“killer instinct”. But the kind of a fight one would expect from a wild
animal, because that was what Lint’s opponent was on this day. A
fierce, blood-thirsty animal that had turned against the hand that does
the feeding.
Lint, who can tell true stories of boating bull gators with nothing
but his bare hands, barely escaped the clutches of the deer.
All of this, however, is looked upon as just part of a day’s work
for Lint and the crew that maintains the Okefenokee Park near here.
They feed giant black bears, otters, clownish cousins of the beaver,
rattlesnakes and other forms of reptile life every day without incident.
In addition, they conduct regularly-scheduled tours through the great
Okefenokee swamp, a mysterious, grassy jungle that never fails to
arouse emotion.
Several movies have been filmed m the swamp and Uto always
make* it a point to show visitors the quivering earth portrayed in
one called “Swamp Water”, the story of a boy and his dog.
Fishing has picked up throughout the swamp, following several
years of drought Anglers pick up bass, redbreasts and warmouth in
the clear lake* deep in the swamp. Crawfish, minnows and artificial
lures, when it’s possible to use them, seem to be the best baits.
Since the Okefenokee Is a federal wildlife sanctuary, no hunt
ing is allowed. Rut there is an abundance of game here and tourists
enjoy watching it even though they cannot hunt IL
One thing that is impressive about the swamp is its wide variety
of birds. Giant cranes and other forms of bird life never fail to create
excitement among tourists who are unfamiliar with the creatures of
the wild.
The Okefenokee is treacherous to those who do not know it Ito
quivering earth can eat a man alive and alligators roam at will. Rut
Rm greet swamp has an appeal to it that keeps people coming back.
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808 GREER, Editor
nothing else, and that there is every type of bosh
life and flower imagineable in this tosh domain at
seven hundred square miles.
What they tell you is not far from snrong.
Square-shouldered, deeply-tanned lent Ixxaa,
who has wrestled gators since he was a mere boy,
will tell you, however, that it was a buck deer, not
a gator, that provided him with hie ckmest eafl.
Lint, a guide at the park near here, wan
going about hie chores of feeding the animato
confined for the looking plea— rt of aight-ecere.
The next thing he knew he had a fight on his
hands. Not the same kind of fight one expects
from a man, for man often does not possess the
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Talmadge Stars
In Civil Rights
War in Congress
ATLANTA (GPS) — It pret
ty obvious to one and all by
now that the Southerners in
the U. S. Senate are putting up
a great fight in the current war
over new civil rights legisla
tion. All 18 of the Southern
senators are battling courage
ously against overwhelming
odds, just as their forbearers
did in the first War Between
the States.
But, as in all wars, there is
always someone whose perfor
mance is particularly outstand
ing. And in this case, accord
ing to reports out of Washing
ton, this someone is Georgia’s
own junior senator from Love
joy — Herman E. Talmadge.
Talmadge not only is taking
his own turn in the around-the
-clock filibuster, but he is tak
ing the floor and pinch - .hit
ting for his colleagues when
they are unable to go on be
cause of illness or some other
cause.
Sen Talmadge is said to be
perhaps the best preparted of
any of the Southern senators
in this civil rights conflict. One
reason: For more than a year
his staff has been doing re
search and preparing material
for him to use in his speeches.
“He could speak to dooms
day on the subject,” is the way
one observer put it. And mem
bers of the Senate likely are
beginning to think that is true,
for example, the Georgia sen
ator has delivered speeches
within a matter of days that
ran in length from six to two
hours each.
Not only that, but Talmadge
has managed to find the time
to go out of the Senate to pre
sent the South’s viewpoint in
the civil rights fight to the na
tion — something considered
extremely important in t h e
long - range aspect of battle.
Just recently, for instance,
he debated Sen. Paul Douglas
(D-ILL) on Dave Garroway’s
NBC-TV “Today” show and
then appeared on NBC-TV’s
“Meet the Press” program,
March 6th.
Whether on the Senate floor
ot on television. Sen. Talmadge
is giving a good account of him
self. according to all reports.
He knows his subject from A to
Z, and he’s seizing every op
portunity to denounce what he
terms “force Legislation” aim
ed at penalizing the South.
Negro Semi-Pro
Cage Tourney
Starts Here
Garrett Wade has announced
that the Negro Semi - Pro bas
ketball tournament, set for the
Washington Street gymnasium
last week, was postponed to
this weekend. Play will contin
ue through Saturday night.
Semi - final games will be
played tomorrow (Friday)
night and the finals Saturday.
Teams from Griffin, Law
renceville, Greensboro, Mon
ticello, Conyers, Monroe and
McDonough will be entered.
Freezer Feature
One feature which is always
worthwhile to have on a home
freezer regardless of the kind,
is a signal which warns when
the interior temperature is ris
ing, or a light which glows as
long as everything is operating
satisfactorily. This suggestion is
from Miss Doris Oglesby, hous
ing equipment specialist. Agri
cultural Extension Service.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1960
Basketball Players Are Honored At Fans Banquet; Coach Hyder Was Speaker
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BASKETBALL FANS APPRECIATION Banquet held
Monday night at NCHS spotlighted the persons shown in
the picture above. From left to right: Bob Mitchell, hold
ing his trophy for Most Improved player during the season
awarded to him by NCHS Key Club; Ram Coach Ronald
Bradley; Allan Rowe, Most Valuable player, holding his
Outstanding Cage Players Are
Honored At Banquet Monday
By 808 GREER •
News Sports Editor
The first venture on the part
of appreciative Newton County
basketball fans proved to be a
big success Monday night at
the NCHS cafeteria as some
215 loyal fans, players, and
friends of the two teams gath
ered for a “Fans Appreciation
Banquet.”
Four outstanding members
of the girls and boys teams were
honored during the program,
and an interesting speech by
Georgia Tech Coach John
(Whack) Hyder highlighted the
occasion.
The most valuable player
awards went to Mary Jo Hale,
guard, of the girls team & Allan
Rowe, forward on the Ram
team. These trophies were pre
sented by Aubra Sherwood,
Chairman of the Covington
Elks Club Youth Committee.
Most improved player tro
phies were awarded to Jean
Hammond, guard, and Bob Mit
chell, guard. The NCHS Key
Club president Jimmy John
son made the presentations on
behalf of the local Key Clw,.
Coach Hyder’s speech was re
ceived with enthusiasm as the
assemblage seemed to enjoy it
more than any after - dinner
speaker heard in Covington in
many months. He intermingl
ed his encounters while coach
ing in appropriate joke form
and he gave some philosophical
creeds to follow in later life.
Coach Hyder ended hi s
speech with a bit of advice to
the players: “Get an education,
go to Sunday School and
Church, and be an All - Amer
ican girl or boy.”
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CAPTAINS OF THE BLUE AND WHITE teams of NCHS are shown in the photo above
with Head Coach Milton McLaney on the eve of the annual Blue-White game Friday
night on Homer Sharp Field at 8 o'clock. From left to right: Jerry Bouchillon, Thomas
Glanto. co-captains of the Blue team; Coach McLaney, holding the roster clip-board; and
Randall Meadows, co-captain of the White team. Charlie Childs, co-captaln of the
Whites, was absent when the picture was taken.
The fast - moving program 1
was emceed by Homer F.
Sharp. Invocation was given by
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway, Pas
tor of the Covington First Bap- I
tist Church, and a resume of
the season was given by girls
Coach Stone Cooper and boys
Coach Ronald Bradley.
Introduction of the speaker
was handled very capably by
Ed Hertwig, of the banquet
program committee. M. B. Shaw
presented medallions to mem
bers of the girls team, boys
team and the cheerleaders. The
medallions were gifts of the
fans present.
Coach Bradley announced the
1959-60 lettermen as follows:
Johnny Capes, Bobby Hunter,
Mack McCants, Billy Presley,
Terry Evans. Bob Mitchell,
Allan Rowe, Billy Shaw. Also
managers.
Coach Cooper named the
girl letter - winners: Mary
Jo Hale, Cynthia Harris, Jean
Hammond, Gwen Kitchens,
Carole Bryant, Dianne Moore,
Helen Masten, Sandy King and
Sherry Jeffries. Also Managers.
Dr. Maurice Griffin preser t
ed certificates for a suit of
clothes to Coaches Bradley and
Cooper during the program.
At a given time grouse over
a wide area will feed on the
same food. Open up your first
bird and see what he has been
feeding on. Then hunt other
covers that contain the same
food he does.—Sports Afield
Blue-White Game Friday
trophy awarded by the Covington Elks Club; Georglo Tech
Coach John (Whack) Hyder, main speaker for the banquet;
Homer Sharp, Master of Ceremonies; Mary Jo Hale, girls
trophy winner as Most Valuable player; girls Coach Stone
Cooper; Jean Hammond. Most Improved girls player during
the year-
Bennie Dooley
Promoted Airman
First Class
HUNTER AFB, GA., (SAC)
Bennie J. Dooley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Dooley, 105 N.
Second Street, Madison, Geor
gia has been promoted to the
grade of Airman First Class in
the United States Air Force.
Airman Dooley is assigned
at Hunter Air Force Base, Ga.,
as an Information Specialist in
the 2nd Bombardment Wing,
a Strategic Air Command, B
-47, medium bomb wing. Air
man Dooley’s present job is
reporter for the base news
paper, the “Hunter GUARD
IAN,” chosen second place in
a competition for the best base
paper in the Air Force for
1959.
During his four years mili
tary service, Airman Dooley
has been stationed at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas; Gunter
Air Force Base, Alabama; Lor
ing Air Force Base, Maine and
at Hunter.
Airman Dooley attended
Morgan County High School in
Madison and completed the re
quirements for graduation thru
the Air Force education pro
gram.
Airman Dooley is married to
the former Hazel Duke of Cov
ington, Georgia where they
now make their home.
NeWtOn High FHA
Met Wednesday
The regular meeting of the
Newton High FHA was held ini
I I the Homemaking Department on
. Wednesday. President Nancy |
. Head presided. The sophomores
- led the creed.
e The theme was “Youth Can Do”
n and program chairman Merry
Hertwig led the group in a dis
i cussion of what the chapter could
, do to make Future Homemakers
1 of America Week a week of acti
, vities for every chapter member.
• Several girls volunteered to assist
• with publicity by making posters.
> Twenty-one girls volunteered to
• attend the district meeting in
Carrollton, Saturday, March 12.
They thought that his would get
them in the right spirit and give
them enthusiasm for observance
of national week.
An inspiring devotional was
given by Lynn Clower.
The members were reminded
it is almost time to make reser
vations for next summer’s camp i
and that State Convention will be j
held at the Dinkler-Plaza in At- ,
lanta April 21-23. (
Brenda Chambers ]
Reporter
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Sand eels, also known as sand
launces, are delicious when clean
-■d. covered with egg and covered
with bread crumbs and fried nice
I and brown.—Sports Afield.
Two squads of players will
battle on Homer Sharp Field,
Friday night at 8 o’clock, in
the Rams annual spring game.
The clash culminates the
month - long practice of t h e
NCHS 1960 squad.
Listed on the White team
are backs: Charhe Childs, Ran
dall Meadows, Ronald Martin,
Mickey Goins, Terry Hender
son. Linemen are: Richard El
kins, Steve Coggins, Johnny
Chestnut, David Davis, Ken
neth Smith, Mickey Davis,
Walker Birdsong, Billy Finley.
Blue team backs are: Terry
Rutledge, Monty Laster, Ron
nie Lynch, Bob Wheeler. Lar
ry White, and Buster Moore.
Linemen are: Jerry Bouchillon,
Alva Spillers, Lewis Warren,
Butch Woodruff, James Knight,
Kenneth Willis, Thomas Glan
ton, Dwight Rutledge. Dennis
Hammonds, Jimmy Jordan and
Drake Sammons.
The “Minorettes" will per
form at halftime and the New
ton County Junior Chamber of
Commerce will make awards
to the senior players of the
1959 Ram Team. Jaycee Presi
dent Warren Kirkland will
handle the presentation cere
mony at the intermission.
Advance sale of tickets to
the game is being conducted by
football players. The players
selling the most advanced tic-
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1959
Better Newspaper
Contests
NUMBER 10
Little Boats
For Big Fish
Small boats frequently open
the door to nv.n-sized fishing.
They provide the “entree”
to streams too deep for wading,
and furnish a convenient way
to fish those small lakes fre
quently neglected by most ang
lers. These little boats may
have been pushed into the
background by big pleasure
craft, the Mercury outboard
makers say, but point out that
they still pky an important
role on the fishing scene.
Unless your biceps are big
and your back broad, Mercury
suggests that you limit cartop
pers to boats weighing less
than 120 pounds. Wood and
fiberglass construction seldom
meet this weight requirement so
the firm suggests that you con
fine your small boat choice to
sturdy aluminum or a strip
canvas combination.
Canoes are natural cartoppers.
Light and extremely portable,
they represent one of the finest
craft available for fishing rivers
o rsmall lakes. Aluminum Ca
noes are especially light, won't
soak up additional aquatic
pounds and can take a beat
ing. Square - Sterned models
powered with small outboards
make it almost unnecessary to
pick up a paddle.
Small skiffs are handy also.
They’re stable in calm waters,
and offer more freedom of
movement by boat occupants.
But they can’t compete with
the canoe for shooting river
rapids or busting through
whitecaps on a wind-ruffled
lake.
Select your car-top boat with
an eye toward the type of wat
ers you’ll be fishing most oft
en.
Portability is the main sea-
Iture of car-top boat. You can
load it on a $lO car-top plat
form and can take it wherever
you can drive a car. With one
of these lightweight craft, you
can seek out the lonely fishing
waters bypassed by less adven
turous anglers, and discover
a lot of fishing action in the
process.
• Mrs. Callahan
' (Continued from page 9)
outlining the 1960 - 61 theme,
Mrs. Burnham called on Pilots
to make themselves better
through faith and understand
ing.
“Renewal of your faith In
yourself as a simple human be
ing,” she said, “will renew
your faith in everyone around
you, will bring the understand
ing of you fellow men. What
tremendous resources we then
can bring to a world beset with
problems!”
Headquarters of Pilot Inter
national is in Macon, Georgia.
Observations...
Carp fishing is a game for pat
ience and stealth. Hits will be sup
erlight touches. Wait them out.
Then when you set the hook be
ready for a long run. Doughballs
and yellow corn are the best baits
for these fish anywhere. Cover the
point of the hook and fish with a
tight line to the sinker.—SPOßTS
AFIELD
A seine is a small mesh net that
is used in motion in attempting to
surround a school of fish. A gill net,
catches fish by trapping the fish
around its gills as the fish tries
to pass through the mesh of the
net.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
kets will get the game football
as a prize.
The entire proceeds from the
game will go to the school’s
athletic fund.
My Neighbors
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