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Thursday. March 10, 1960
This Memory” is being written
on March 3rd and the whole cos
mopoUtan area of Atlanta is cover
ed with snow and ice. The
skeletons of trees are shrouded in
ice, and the lavender tints of our
Japanse Magnolia blossoms show
through their translucent coating.
All public schools and nearly
B business establishments are
closed, this being the worst ice
storm here within the past 25
years.
With the exception of Denver.
Colorado, Atlanta has the highest
altitude of any city of its size
east of the Rocky Mountains. This
naturally places her foremost in
this area for such storms.
During the early days of the
week, I began re-reading some of
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NEWTON
MEMORIES
BY
J. O. MARTIN
my stored-away mail and I wish
to quote from some of it. Here
is a letter from Mr. Bob Bostwick
(now deceased) of the Gum Creek
district of Northern Newton. “In
your last letter, you asked about
a certain cold spell. My father
said it was known as ‘the cold
Saturday In May’ (the 27th 1894).
Cotton was up knee high. A
neighbor thought all crops were
killed. He went from home to
home carrying specimens of the
cotton plants, and advised the
farmers to plough their cotton up
and plant again. My father listen,
ed, but did not take his advice.
He continued to cultivate his crop
including his cotton, and he made
a good crop while those who took
his advice did not.”
The Atlanta Journal of Feb. 24,
1959, carried a two-column article
written by correspondent Robert
McKee. He reviewed the 1c e
storm of Monday. February 13,
1899. He sayd “The blizzard kept
the city in a paralyzing three day
embrace. The thermometer at
the Custom House showed a tem
perature of eight degrees below
zero. Old-timers turned up their
noses and referred to the ice
storm of 1835 when the tempera
ture dropped to 15 degrees below
zero.”
Referring again to the freeze of
1899, it was stated that “food and
fuel were distributed to five
thousand families. Mankind, bird
and beast suffered and there were
many deaths.”
With reference to this blizzard.
I received a communication from
Mr. H. H Wicks of 2115 North
Decatur Rd., Atlanta, who is a
native of Newton County. He says
"The blizzard of February 1899
made quite an impression on me.
My father had made my brother
and me the flattering offer of his
gun and dog and the day off if we
got up enough fire and Stove wood,
well-stacked, for the weekend. On
Saturday, February 11, 1899, the
snow came down in a blinding
blizzard with a 30 mile per hour
north wind. It was soon dark and
we were lost in a deep forest.
Finally we came to an opening
and could see a house. I asked
my brother to hold our gun and
dog while I sought information as
to where we were. When the door
opened to my amazement, there
stood our mother. She had an
anxious face and had been won
dering if we could find our way
home in the blinding snow. We
were so completely lost we did
not recognize our own home as
old-timers would say, we were
‘turned around’.
The next morning we found a
ten-inch snow with a thermometer
reading of seven degrees below
zero.
“Not being willing to rely
। wholly upon my memory I went
to the Constitution-Journal office
to consult the files on this sub
ject. I was met at the desk by
Miss Marian Higginbotham, whose
parents lived at Brick Store. She
directed me to a machine which
produced copies of the Feb, 13,
1899 headlines: “The coldest day
on record. Peach crops complete
ly wiped out here in Georgia. Not
only are the feeds killed but many
of the trees. February 14 — The
voice of distress has been met
with instant response; trucks load
ed with food and fuel for the
suffering people here in the city
were delivered to all sections and
many hearts were gladdened. The
women of the city raised large
sums for the needy, and the com
missioners will handle the contri
butions. Some ten thousand suffer
ing people were at the police
barracks.”
“Reference was made to t h e
thousands of our domestic birds,
quail and doves, that were frozen.
Blue birds, plentiful in Newton
County, were ■wiped out. The At
lanta Journal offered a prize of
SSO for the first pair of blue birds
presented at their office. It was
the following autumn before some
man in South Georgia claimed the
prize.”
“Note was also made of Florida
orange crop being completely
THE COVINGTON NEWS
PALMER-STONE
SCHOOL NEWS
Mrs. Knight's
Second Grade
Most of us enjoyed our icy
weekend and we had much
news to tell about candles, lan
terns, broken trees, no baths
and many, many sandwiches.
On our weather calendar we’re
counting the days until spring.
We all miss Jody Guritz who
has moved to Chicago. She
wrote us that she wished we
were all there to see the deep
snow. Before she left she gave
us a funny little man’s head
and we’re enjoying watching
the grass grow in the top for
his hair.
All these indoor days are
giving us a good chance to en
joy the many arithmetic games
and aids that we’ve just re
ceived We lik,e the toy cash
register, the toy money,’ the
big clock, the abacus, but our
favorite is still Bingo.
We asked Mrs. Knight to
mention the good lunches we
have in our lunchroom and the
interesting films we’ve been
seeing lately on the Navajo In
dians.
February was our busiest
month. We made February
books of stories, poems and
pictures about Valentine, Ab
raham Lincoln and George
Washington. Now we’re ready
to enjoy March and springtime.
Mrs. Bonner's
Fifth Grade
It is good to be together
again after the bad weather.
We have been thinking and
writing about important les
sons on ice storms and what
they teach us. We thought of
words and phrases to describe
the storm and agreed that “bea
utiful but treacherous” fitted
it best. It was a surprise to
find what a long list of “Do’s
and Don’t" about an ice storm
we could make. Next time the
weather plays such a trick we
hope to be better prepared.
Our class has elected the new
officers for the second semes
ter. They are: president, Joyce
White; Vice - president, Billy
Daws and secretary and treas
urer, Frances Barnes.
Bonnie Knight was the re
presentative from our section
of the fifth grade in the spell
ing contest to determine who
would represent Palmer - Stone
School in the county try - outs.
Joyce White won first place
and Bonnie Knight won second
place in the 4-H muffin mak
ing contest. Becky Denman and
Frances Barnes tied for third
place. Congratulations to our
girls!
When Mr. Eisenhower left on
his South American tour, we
decided since it was so cold up
here that we would “take off”
too. With the help of our so
cial studies textbooks, refer
ence books, Weekly Readers,
National Geographic and Life
Magazine, radio TV and news
papers, we had a most inter
esting trip and have learned
lots of important facts about
the continent and our neigh
bors to the south. We also
learned something about the
languages they speak and we
even learned some Spanish
words. Do you know what
Buenos Aires means? Many of
us decided we would like to
study Spanish when we get to
Newton High — or maybe be
fore.
Church of God
Radio Rally
Service in Atlanta
the entire FORWARD IN
FAITH Staff will be presented in
a special service, March 18, at
the Hemphill Avenue Church of
God. FORWARD IN FAITH, the
National Broadcast of the Church
of God, is heard over radio sta
tion WGUN, Decatur at 4:30 p.m.
each Sunday and also over other
stations throughout Georgia.
Personnel will include: a 40—
voice mixed choir; soloists,
Glenda Aultman, Juanelle Willi
ams, Otis McCoy and Roosevelt
Miller; instrumentalists, Clarice
Miller, pianist, and Lois Sherlln,
organist; special groups, the
Male Quartet and the Ladies'
Trio.
This First Anniversary Radio
Rally will mark the first year ot
broadcasting in the greater At-.
lanta area. Services will begin I
at 7:30 p.m.
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wiped out; damage along the coast
very heavy; railroads at a stand
still, mail delayed and business
paralyzed.”
So. history repeats itself - and'
tis only 18 more days until the j
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