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My, Oh Me! We have had it
for the past week or so . . .
weatherwise 1 mean . . . but
did you ever see anything more
beautiful? Hope each one of
you made a good picture of
your home and will bring them
to the NEWS early for they
can truly make you a beauti
ful Christmas card to send to
your friends, of the picture, if
it’s a good one. The Dean’s
home at Emory-at-Oxford, and
other scenes out there were
beautiful . . . Going to make
a Christmas card of ours for
the snow really banked up
here . . . and some Southern
ers in distant places won’t be
lieve their eyes when they see
all that ice and snow!
There was another side to it
however . . . the ice storms I
mean. People were cold for the
current was off because of fall
ing trees and limbs . . . fur
naces ceased to function with
the current off . . . many cook
ed on the fire place . . . our
telephone line went down with
a limb . . . but you know OR
CHIDS go to all the workers
who fix up the wires for tele
phones . . . those who bring
the heat back to your home . . .
those who clear the streets of
fallen debris. There were paid
workers in all these fields . . .
but shux! There were so many
who just went out and work
ed for free . . . there were
those who cooked for families
who had no current . . . there
were those who kept others in
their homes . . What a good
world this is. and we appreci
ate our neighbors more at a
time like this when they go all
out to help their fellow man.
Each person did a dynamic
work and our hats are off to
them.
Newton Hospital seems to
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New Boy Scout
Reservation
Tour Sat. 2 p.m.
A tour of the 1490 acres of
the new Bert Adams Boy Scout
Reservation will be conducted
this Saturady, March 19th, at
2 P. M. for District Unit Lead
ers serving the Atlanta Area
Council, according to an an
nouncement made today by O.
B. Gorman, Scout Executive. An
Old Fashioned Pit Barbecue
will be held in connection with
the afternoon and evening
event.
Mr. Gorman said the event
will be one of the outstanding
affairs held this year for Unit
Leaders in the various Districts.
Cubmasters, Soutmasters, and
Explorer Advisors of the
Districts, together with two
men from each of these Units,
are invited to participate.
Scouting skills and Scout Out
door Crafts will be demonstrat
ed.
Plans are underway to build
a fifty acre lake and four new
camps as large as the present
Bert Adams Scout Camp near
Smyrna on the new Bert Adams
Reservation south of Coving
ton.
Pupils of Mesdames Rape, Caldwell and Goode Took Part Jefferson Festival
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Jefferson at piano are shown left to right seated: Elisabeth Fitz
patrick, Good; Ginger Knight. Excellent; standing left to right:
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VOLUME 96
PEGP WHITLEY COUNTY SPELLING CHAMPION
Dr. Faulkirv
To Discuss
Insurance Bill
Members of the Covington
Kiwanis Club will get an op
inion of a local medical doctor
as to the text of the “Forand
Bill” which is presently in the
hands of the House Ways and
Means Committee in Congress.
The “Forand Bill” outlines pro
posed legislation relative to
Government Insurance.
Program chairman for the
day is Ed Hunt, and he will
present the speaker, Dr. Harry
Faulker, of Covington. Dr.
Faulkner is also a member of
the local Kiwanis Club.
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Bishop M. George Henry of
the Episcopal Church of Wes
tern North Carolina was the
guest speaker at the weekly
luncheon meeting of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club Thursday
at Legion Home. Dr. Laverne
Cowan introduced the speaker.
Bishop Henry’s subject was a
discussion of “Communism vs
Americanism.” He stated that
“Communism is built on the
perfection of mankind”, and
that Americanism is built on
“the sinfulness of mankind.”
The speaker conducted a
Preaching Mission last week at
the Church of The Good Shep
herd, Episcopal, in Covington.
Visitors at the meeting
Thursday included: Reverend
Peyton Splain, Rector of t h e
local Episcopal Church; L. J.
Moore, Channing Cope, Rev. E.
P. Nichols, Ronald. Carter and
Donald Carter, all of Coving
ton; and C. D. Spivey, of At
hens.
“KIWANIS KETTLE”
The next Kiwanis Club La
dies Night program will be held
on Thursday, March 24th, ac
cording to an announcement by
Program Chairman Dr. J. B.
Mitchell.
Newest member of the Cov
ington Club to return is W. B.
Thompson, of the Dodge Wire
Corporation, Covington. Mr.
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Oxford Police
Chief Is Patient
In Hospital
Police Chief T. W. Kitchens
of Oxford underwent surgery
at Newton County Hospital yes
terday (Wednesday) morning.
His condition as The News
went to press Wednesday even
ing was pronounced as good.
The Oxford Police chief is
expected to be hospitalized for
several days. His many friends
wish for him a speedy and
complete recovery.
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CHAMPION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Spellers of Newton Coun
ty are shown in the picture above at the Championship Bee
held at the Board of Education btylding Thursday. Mis* Peggy
Anne Whitley of the Livingston School was the winner n the
spell - down. In the photo from left io right, front, ares Keith
Graham, Ficquett School: Alma Jean Rutledge, Palmer - Stone;
Mozelle Biggers
Elected Baptist
Student Officer
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — New
officers have been elected for
the Baptist Student Union at Geor.
gia State College for Women.
Election results were announced
by the Reverend John Steen, direc
tor of Baptist student work and
associate pastor at the First
Baptist Church.
Named were Brenda Clark,
Fitzgerald, president- Carolyn
Sims, Atlanta, vice-president; Kay
Bryant, Fitzgerald, secretary,
Mary Nell Proctor, Louisville,
treasurer; Pat Edwards, Macan,
recreation chairman; Rosalyn
Miller, Louisville, food chairman;
Beverly Pape, Griffin, devotional
chairman, Becky Evans, Marietta
publicity chairman.
Barbara Ellerbee, Thomaston,
missions chairman; Frances Lyle
Crawfordville, music chairman;
Faye Tanner, Milledgeville, citizen
ship chairman and freshman ad
visor; Pat Kitchens, Social Circle,
editor; Pat Rabon. Manchester,
enclistment chairman; Mariella
Glenn, Pelham, Sunday S c h o ol
representative; Diane Lawrence,
East Point, YWA representative;
Pat Dorris, Fairburn, student cen
ter chairman; Mozelle Biggers,
Covington, Librarian; Johnnie
Ann Trammell, Luthersville, train
ing union representative; and
Miss Beatrice McNeill and Miss
Ann Bell, faculty advisors.
Emily Day Morcock. Superior Rank: Nelda White, Good; Michael
Budd, Good: Elizabeth Ann Greer, Excellent: Mack McCants,
Good; Janelle Wood and Susan Snodgrass, Excellent.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1960
Chamber of Commerce Hears
Mayor, Newton Representative
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Newton County
Chamber of Commerce at the
Teen Can Monday heard two
local speakers as part of the
program. Covington Mayor Nat
Turner and Newton County
Representative Donald Ballard
made speeches.
Rep. Ballard’s talk was main
ly a review of the work of
the recent General Assembly
in Atlanta. He discussed the
teachers’ pay increase and the
state budget for education,
which is a timely subject and
of vital interest to all Geor
gians. He stressed that the lo
cal citizenry would eventually
have to come to the aid of the
teachers in relation to pay in
creases in the future.
Mayor Turner told the Cham
ber members that the recent
ice storm had damaged city
utilities to the extent of “about
SIO,OOO, not including the loss
of revenue for the time that
the electricity was off.”
He especially praised the
cities of Albany and Moultrie
for sending crews to Coving
ton to aid in the restoration of I
electricity in a relatively short:
time. The members present
passed a resolution that a letter
of thanks be dispatched to the
mayors of Albany and Moul
trie for their assistance to the
city, Snapping Shoals EMC,
Oxford, and Southern Bell
Noel Hayes, Porterdale (second place); Peggy Anne Whitley.
Livingston (first place); Mary Della Robertson, Mansfield (third
place); Joyce Patricia Coady, Heard-Mixon. Back, left io right:
Mist Clara Mae Hays, Visiting Teacher; Eddie Najjar, Newton
County High School Counselor: School Sv«>t. J. W. (Whit)
Richardson; and Miss Louise Reeves, Instructional Supervisor.
Telephone.
One new member was wel
comed into the Chamber as J.
Hugh Steele was recognized.
No visitors were present at the
meeting.
Carl Smith, of the Industrial
Development Committee, re
ported that his committee has
hopes of contacting some new
prospects for the county. Bud
Dennison reported that a small
manufacturer had con t a c t e d
him in relation to building a
plant and operating here. Mr.
Dennison said that the busi
ness would eventually hire
some 15 to 20 workers.
Otis Spillers, president, had
charge of the meeting follow
ing the meal at 12:30 o’clock.
Miss Anne Woodward read the
minutes of the previous meet
ing and they were approved
as read.
A committee report by Supt.
of Schools J. W. (Whit) Rich
ardson was to have been heard,
but Mr. Richardson asked for
a time extension so that he
might give a complete account
of the classroom situation in
the county. Other members of
this committee are Phillip
Cohen and S. M. Hay.
4-H And FFA-ers
Show Livestock
April 11-13
ATLANTA—The Thirteenth
Annual Georgia Livestock Ex
position sponsored by the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce
will be held April 11-13 at the
Southeastern Fairgrounds.
Hundreds of 4-H Club and
FFA boys and girls from all
over Georgia will exhibit their
prize fat steers during this
event, which is under the di
rection of the Livestock Com- ;
mittee of the Chamber. Her- 1
man Purdy, Pennsylvania State
University, will be the official
judge for the Show.
The Exposition held here
each year serves as a show
window for Georgia’s growing
cattle industry. The animals 1
exhibited by the youngsters
will represent many months of
careful grooming and feeding
as their young owners compete
for nearly $5,000 in prize mon
ey and premiums.
The boy or girl exhibiting
the Grand Champion will re- I
ceive a trophy from the Gov
ernor of Georgia, a banner,
and additional cash money for
having the Grand Champion.
Other placings in the show will
share in the total prize money
on a prorated basis. The mon
ey the youngsters receive when i
the champions are sold usually
goes toward paying for col
lege educations.
J. T. (Jim) McKay
Returns Home
From Hospital
J. T. (Jim) McKay, of the
local branch of Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, re
turned Wednesday from Emory
• Hospital, where he has been a
patient for several weeks, fol
; lowing major surgery.
Although making satisfactory
progress, Mr. McKay will be
in a cast for some time. His
many friends are wishing him
a pleasant and rapid recovery
at his home, where he is con
valescing.
Ivey Elected
President Men's
Club, Porterdale
At the meeting of the Porter
dale Men’s Club Monday night,
the following men were elected
as Officers for 1960:
W. C. Ivey, President; J. G.
Hunt, Vice President; James
Adams, Secretary: J. C. Mc-
Clure, Treasurer; H, V. John
son, Recording Secretary.
House Committee: B. O.
Hewell, Leroy Bailey, J. B.
Patterson.
The Club Room has been re
decorated with new sofas, new
chairs new tables, new piano
and new snack bar. We are
proud of our new Club Room
and we invite all our friends
to visit the Club and see our
new furniture.
A dance will be held Satur
day night at the Club for all
members and their friends. The
Divie Swingettes will furnish
the music.
| Saturday Was
Coldest Day Her?
Jack Chapman announces a
total of 1.56 inches of rain,
sleet and snow for the past
week with a three inch blanket
of snow covering the ground on
Friday morning, March 11.
Temperatures during the past
j two weeks were:
High Low
Wed. Meh. 2 39 28
Thurs. Meh 3 33 27 I
Fri. Meh. 4 33 19
Sat. Meh. 5 33 12
Sun. Meh. 6 40 16
Mon. Meh. 7 40 24
Tues. Meh. 8 49 21
Wednesday, March 9, 42 28
Thurs. March 10, 56 25
Fri. Meh. 11 52 30
Sat. Meh. 12 41 28 1
Sun. Meh. 13 51 25 ’
Mon. Meh. 14 55 24 '
Tues. Meh. 15 48 34 1
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Rheberg Is
In Hospital
E. S. (Buddy) Rheberg is 1
still confined to Newton County 1
Hospital after being admitted
Saturday. At present he is not i
allowed to have company. j
Newton Champ Will Enter
District 5 Finals March 30
Pretty Peggy Anne Whitley, a i
13-year-old eighth grader from
the Livingston School, won the
Newton County Elementary Sch
ool Spelling Championship during
a 110-word-bee on Thursday morn
ing, March 10.
Peggy Anne, the daughter of i
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Whitley of
Oak Hill Road, is an “A” student
who especially likes to study his
tory and math. Her hobbies are
basketball and reading. She
played guard on Coach Paden's
team that recently won the New
ton County Junior High Basket- (
ball Championship.
The spelling match was held in t
the office of County School Super- i
intendent J. W. Richardson under <
the direction of Miss Louise ]
Reeves, instructional supervisor.
Miss Reeves was assisted by ;
Miss Clara Mae Hays, visiting i
teacher, and Eddie Najjar, New- i
ton County High School Counselor,
who gave out the words to the I
contestants.
Noel Hayes, representative of
the Porterdale School, was the
runner-up in the spelling bee.
Other contestants included: Mary-
Della Robertson from Mansfield;
Sidney Keith Graham from the
Ficquett School; Joyce Patricia
Coady, Heard-Mixon; and Alma
Jean Rutledge, who was Palmer-
Stone's participant.
Miss Whitley will resieve a $25.,
00 U. S. Savings Bond from the At
lanta Journal for her victory in the
county championship match. She
is now eligible for the sth District
Finals at Grady High School in
( Atlanta, March 30th.
The following faculty members
from the elementary schools ser
ved as judges for the spelling bee:
G. B. Hutchinson. M. D. Mcßae,
B. M. Paden. Mrs. L. L. Harwell,
E. D. Whatley and Miss Jordye
Tanner.
Decatur Elder
Is Presbyterian
Speaker, Sunday
Guest speaker at the First
Presbyterian Church for t h e
Sunday morning and evening
services will be J. Ross Mc-
Cain an elder in the First Pres
byterian Church of Decatur.
Mr. McCain is a former mo- '
derator of the General Assem- ]
bly of the Presbyterian Church i
U. S. of 1951, president Emeri
tus of Agnes Scott College and
holds many important com- •
mittee assignments in the Sy
nod and the General Assembly.
The public is invited to at- 1
tend, according to the pastor, ,
Rev. E. P. Nichols.
Ralph Cowan i
Retires From
Paper Route
1
Ralph Cowan of North Cov
ington, who has operated the
Atlanta Constitution and At- 1
lanta Journal paper route in p
Oxford for the past 10 years
has retired from that assign- «
ment. He has assumed a full
time position with Quonsett Ap
pliance Company in Coving- I
ton.
The new Atlanta paper car- ,
ier for Oxford is Guy Durand,
who also has the Covington
routes for the Atlanta dailies. J
Fourth-Quarter Business
Topped ^-Million in County
Fourth quarter business vol
ume in Newton County totaled
$5,066,653, last year, compared
with $4,690,749 for the same
period of 1958, according to
the Georgia State C. of C. in
its latest report based on State
sales - use tax collections.
Statewide, fourth quarter
business reflected a jump of
$57,543,022, or 4.6 % above
totals for the last quarter of
1958.
The most impressive results
were reflected, however, in the
year - end totals for 1959 which
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Decatur-Oxford
District Nears
Expansion Goal
Methodist Churches in the
Decatur-Oxford District are
, close to paying their District
'Expansion Day quota in full
for the first time. On March 6,
eighteen of the fifty pastoral
charges in the district over
paid their quotas by $2200.
Covington First Church, with
a quota of 589, paid $1239.00,
to more than double their
quota. Eatonton First Church,
with a goal of 489, padi
$746.00. Monroe First Church,
with a goal of 502, paid $750.
Northwoods, with 293 as a quo
ta, paid $465.75. In addition to
the eighteen charges already
overpaid, another 18 have
reached or will reach their
quota.
The District quota is $24,-
928. Over $19,000 of this has
already been received and an
other $3000.00 is included in
church budgets. This means
. that the district is within
, $3000.00 of paying in full its
' quota for Methodist Expansion
t Day.
jjl The District Superintendent,
the Rev. De Ima L. Hagood,
s thanks all the churches and
pastors for their support of
. Methodist Expansion Day, and
asks that all who can do «o
’ pay their quota in full.
’ Methodist Expansion Day
funds are divided between ten
great causes committed by
Christ to His Church.
Larry A. Bauman
(District Reporter)
Official Newton
Primary Vole
Official tabulation of the bal
lots cast in the Newton County
Primary, Wednesday, March 9,
is given below:
For Sheriff:
John Berry 3260
Leonard Standard 1225
For Ordinary:
William Crawford 2027
D. G. Stephenson 2436
For Commissioner:
Tom Bates 2729
Henry Anderson 1703
For Tax Receiver:
Mrs. Jack Dooley 873
Hugh Steele 1834
Miss Eva Stephenson 1694
For Representative:
Donald Ballard 3143
Wallace Edwards 1209
For Clerk of Court:
S. M. Hay 4502
For Tax Collector:
Bonham Johnson 4516
For Supt. of Schools:
J. W. Richardson 4443
For Coroner:
Sam Cowan 4521
• nearly attained the $5 billion
I mark and which leaped more
I than 11 per cent above 1958’s
■ highly creditable figures.
। Georgia’s retail sales were
$4,422,369 during calendar 1958
and $4,913,665,828 in 1958, of
ficial records showed.
“The healthy increase in
Georgia’s retail sales is indica
tive of the burgeoning growth
of industrial development in
Georgia,” said L. W. Robert,
Jr., chairman of the Georgia
State Chamber's Industrial De
partment.
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