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Oh What a Beautiful Morn
ing! The sun is bright . . , the
birds are singing ... it looks
like Spring will be here soon,
after all! My birds were about
to get tired of bought bird seed
. . . They liked the Canary
seed best , . , but now with a
damp, or wet ground they can
get al] the worms, come to the
top, they want. They really
liked the suet given us by the
city markets, and it meant so
much to them. We need our
bird* to keep all kind of in
sects off our gardens, crops
and flower*. We sometimes for
get how necessary they are
when we just sit and enjoy
their songs. We are grateful to
all who helped feed the birds
during the cold spell, and to
the stores supplying suet for
them.
Our hearts ache to know Mr.
Jeff Ramsey is ill, and has un
dergone surgery in Athens Gen
eral Hospital, and will be re
membering him in our prayers
along with Mrs. Greer, at Em
ory, and all these fine friends
in Newton County Hospital. . .
and the ones who have return
ed from the many hospitals to
their homes here to recuperate.
All is fine with us until an
illness comes . . . and we can’t
know just what it’s all about
but if we just leave it in HIS
hands, with faith and courage
. . . praying and believing our
Father will watch over us.
Some of us just go along in
this rush of life and are amaz
ed when we come down with
a gall bladder or something
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Vehicle Tag
Deadline
Draws Hear
Newton County automobile
and truck owners have just a
little more than a week in
which to purchase their 1960
vehicle license plates. The dead
line is Friday April Ist, ac
cording to Boham L. Johnson,
Newton County Tax Collector
in whose office the tag’s are on
sale.
Mr. Johnson stated this week
that a waiting line is in pro
spect for many car owners as
the sale of auto tags has not
been at an accelerated pace
since they went on sale on
January 2nd.
The simplified application
form, which is filled out in tri
plicate this year, makes the
time necessary to get the tags
at the Tax Office very short,
Mr. Johnson stated. “A few
minutes today will save a hour
or more waiting in linenext
week,” the county official add
ed.
After April Ist there will be
a 20 percent penalty plus a
charge of $1 to delinquent ap
plicants.
Mr. Johnson said that about
2.000 car and truck owners
are yet to purchase the tags
in Newton County.
Scenes Os Tour qnd Barbecue At New Boy Scout Camp Reservation Area Near Heard - Mixon School Saturday
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NEWTON COUNTY BOY SCOUT Adult leaders were among the persons touring the new site for
the gigantic 1,490-acre reservation West of the Heard-Mixon School Saturday. The event was cli
maxed with a barbecue supper in the late afternoon. In the picture, from left to right are: Tom
Bates, Newton County Commissioner:: S. J. Morcock, Newton-Rockdale District Camping Chair
man who did a lot of the paper work in securing the camp for our covmty; E. M. McCart, one of
the owners of the land on which the camp will be built: Donald Stephenson, vice-chairman of
Newton-Rockdale Dstrict; and Sidney Graham, Scoutmaster of Troop 58 in Covingion.
VOLUME 96
FIP ^BAPTIST REVIVAL TO START SUNDAY
Covington Elks Lodge Elects Dr. E. L. Smith
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New Officer Installation
Set Thursday, April 7th
Dr. E. L. (Peaches) Smith, Covington dentist, was elected
Exaltd Ruler of Covington Lodge Number 1806 at the club’s
meeting Thursday night. He succeeds H. V. Johnson, Jr.,
of Porterdale, who now becomes a member of the board
of trustees.
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DR. E. L. SMITH
Newton Little
League To Meet
Monday 7:30 P.M.
A meeting of persons inter
ested in the Newton County
Little League is set for Monday
night, March 28 at the Ameri
can Legion home in Cov
ington, according to an an
nouncement by outgoing pre
sident Billy Crowell.
A new president of the lea
gue is expected to be named
More Sports on The Cov
ington News Sports Page.
at the meeting Monday. Also
plans will be made for the 1960
Little League season in the
county. All teams who plan
to field teams in the leagues
this year are asked to have
representatives at the meeting
Monday.
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a f.-f sterprise, established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
| The new head of the local
i Elks has been active in club
work for the past several years.
During the past year he was
Esteemed Leading Knight of
the lodge. Other officers nam
ed to serve with Dr. Smith in
clude Herbert Lott, Esteemed
Leading Knight; William Galt,
Esteemed Loyal Knight; Dan
Clower, Esteemed Lecturing
Knight; Jack Allen, Tiler;
James Hardman, Secretary;
and Bonham Johnson, Treasur
er; Olin Costley, Inner Guard;
Jack McGiboney, Chaplain;
William Crawford, Esquire.
Dr. Smith is the father of'
three children, two boys and
a girl. Eddie is 15 years of
age, Terry is 13 and Susan is
nine.
A member of the Julia A.
Porter Methodist Church at
Porterdale, Dr. Smith also
holds membership in the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club, Newton
County Post 32 American Le
gion, Pace Lodge Number 558
Porterdale, and the Newton
County Chamber of Commerce.
The installation of t h e new
slate of officers will take place
at the club’s regular meeting
on Thursday April 7th.
Dr. Smith will be the eighth
Exalted Ruler of the local lodge
since it was organized in 1950.
Past Exalted Rulers of Coving
ton Lodge Number 1806 are:
W. C. Ivey, B. B. Snow, M. R.
Gardner, Carl Smith, M. B.
Shaw, Otis Spillers and the
immediate past Exalted Ruler
H. V. Johnson, Jr.
Covington RAM
Meets Monday
The Regular Convocation of
Covington Chapter No. 71,
RAM, will be held Monday,
March 28, at 8 p.m. All quali
fied companions are invited to
attend.
Arthur M. Jones, H P.
Wm. J. Dingus Jr. Sec.
(Unuinntnn Nema
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1960
Dr. Jim Mitchell To Give !
Kiwanis Club History Tonight
Dr. Jim Mitchell will give
the history of Covington Ki
wanis Club tonight (Thursday)
at Porterdale Cafeteria when
a Ladies Ninght program will
be observed. The event starts
at 7:30 o’clock.
Dr. Mitchell has been en
gaged in research into the
past records and secretaries re
ports of the club for the past
wto years. Recently at t h e
club’s weekly meeting he gave
a portion of the history and the
members asked that he have
a complete program in which
to give the rest of the interest
ing document.
He will trace the club’s ac
tivities since it was organized
in 1927 right up until the
present time. He will enumer
ate many of the hundreds of
.worthwhile projects and achie
vements accomplished by the
club on the program tonight.
An award will be made dur
ing the program tonight as the
Covington Kiwanis Vovational
Guidance Committee has an
nounced that Miss Camille
Dietz has been chosen as STAR
Student of the year in Newton
County. Miss Dietz has named
Mrs. Jim McKay as her STAR
Teacher.
They will be recognized and
presented certificates by Ki
wanian Robert O. Arnold.
The club’s Vocational Guid
ance Committee is composed of
Dr. Harry Faulkner, chairman;
Al David. Belmont Dennis, Sam
B - Hay, S. J. Morcock, Homer
Lions Members
To Visit Crime
Lab In Atlanta
Members of the Covington
' Lions Club will take a tour
of the State Crime Lab in At
lanta Thursday evening (To
night). The trip will take the
place of the regular bi-month
।ly meeting.
Lions who plan to make the
trip are asked to meet at the
Colonial Store parking lot at
6:15 where a bus will carry
them to Atlanta. The evening
meal will be eaten after the
Lab trip, according to program
chairman Jack Chapman.
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BOY SCOUT LEADERS of the Atlanta Area Council were on hand
for the Camp Bert Adams Reservation tour Sativday in Newton
County. Three of the leaders present are shown in the photo
above, left to right: B. B. Snow, Newton-Rockdale District Chair
man of Camp Development Fund: Darby Coker of Atlanta, general
chairman of Metropolitan District: and R. E. Fendler, Scout Com
missioner of the Atlanta Area Council.
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DR. JIM MITCHELL
Sharp, and Dr. E. L. Smith.
Dr. Harry Faulkner, a mem
ber of the Covington Kiwanis
I Club, was the guest speaker at
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; Red Cross Funds
Drive Still On Here
The 1960 drive for funds for
the local chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross is still on
throughout the city and coun
ty, according to the fund chair
man Mrs. Nat S. Turner. The
month of March has been des
ignated for the drive.
All persons who have not
yet been contacted in the Red
Cross drive are asked to make
their contribution to any mem
ber of the Newton County Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, or
to Leon Cohen, Mrs. Dan Clow
er or Mrs. Turner in Coving
tor
Mrs. Turner stated yester
-1 day that the recent ice and
l snow storm in Western North
1 Local Teachers,
Officers Attend
GEA Meeting
Seven official delegates at
tended the Georgia Education
Association in Atlanta last
week-end as representatives of
the Newton County Unit, GEA.
They were: Mr. and Mrs. L.
M. Burke. Miss Jordye Tanner,
Miss Pauline Hardman, Miss
Mary Trippe, Mr. B. M. Paden,
and Mr. E. D. Whatley.
Misses Hardman and Trippe
were guests at the Dinkier
Plaza Hotel and attended the
President’s Reception at which
Mrs. Gladys Darling GEA, Pres
ident, was hostess on Thurs
day evening there. Miss Mary
Trippe, who is State Secre
tary of Classroom Teachers,
gave the innvocation at the
CRT Breakfast in the Mag
nolia Room at Rich’s on Fri
day morning, March 18. As
President of the Newton Coun
ty Unit GEA, Miss Pauline
Hardman was guest at a break
fast honoring local unit presi
dents on Saturday morning.
Misses Louise Reeves and
Clara Mae Hays also attended
departmental activities for the
Departments of Supervision and
Visiting Teachers, respectively,
• throughout the meeting.
■ Carolina and North Georgia
• pointed out the work in disas
i ter relief being done by units
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Census Takers
Needed Here
An urgent appeal is being
made in Covington and Newton
■ County for census enumerators,
according to an announcement
by Mrs. Janice Stover.
Applicants for the local cen
sus jobs may file them with
Mrs. Stover. Her telephone
i number is 6183.
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BOY SCOUTS FROM ALL LEVELS OF the organisation were present for the tour and h,,K.
at the new site for Camp Bert Adams, seven miles South of Covington, Saturday afternoon T , U *
picture above from left to right: Charlie Patterson, newly-appointed executive for ih« m ". "*
Rockdale District: Henry Price, one of the oldest scoutmasters in the Atlanta Area Cornyn ?u*
has had 81 members of his troops receive the Eagle Scout award): O. B. (Country) Gorman c "*
Executive of the Area Council; and Marion Jordan, wearer of many BSA awards of Carrolh° U *
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READERS WEEKLY
Dr. Guy Atkinson Preacher;
H. Whitehead Song Leader
Revival services begin at the First Baptist Church in
Covington this coining Sunday, March 27 and will continue
throughout the entire week. Dr. Guy N. Atkinson, president
of Norman College, Norman Park, will be the preacher.
Mr. Henry Whitehead of Stone Mountain and Atlanta, will
lead the singing.
Services will be held at the
regular hours on Sunday, ele
ven o’clock on the morning and
seven - thirty in the evening.
During the week days there
will be an early morning ser
vice at seven - .thirty A. M.
This has proven to be a very
splendid time for a morning
service since boys and girls on
their way to school, adults on
their way to work, and mothers
having gotten the family off
for the day, all find it a very
convenient meeting. This week
day service at seven - thirty A.
M. will be held to a thirty -
minute time limit. Evening
hour for all services will be the
usual seven-thirty.
Dr. Atkinson has been pre
sident of Norman College,
since 1952. Norman is one of
colleges owned and operated by
the Georgia Baptist Convention.
Prior to going to the college,
Dr. Atkinson had served three
churches as pastor - First Bap
tist, McDonough, Cartersville
and Baxley - all in Georgia.
For three years he was Direc
tor of the Mercer University
Extension Program. He is a na
tive of Georgia, a graduate of
Mercer University and of
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ken
tucky.
Mr. Whitehead is a native of
Georgia. His home is at Stone
Mountain He is a professional
man, an archietct with offices
in Atlanta. However, he has
given himself freely to the ser
vice of the Lord in his own
church and in the Stone Moun
tain Baptist Association. He is
well known in the churches of
this association as an excellent
Music Director. For six years
he directed the music at the
Mountain View Baptist Church.
Only recently has he gone to
the Stone Mountain as Director
of Music.
During the present week, in
preparation for the coming re- i
vival, First Baptist Church is
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DR. GUY ATKINSON
Newton County
p Beauty Pageant
: Set April 30th
>' Newton County Junior
, Chamber of Commerce mem
bers have announced that the
Annual “Miss Newton County”
Beauty Pageant will be held on
Saturday, April 30th. James
Pound is overall chairman of
the 1960 event.
The pageant is held in accor
dance with rules and regula
tions of the Miss America Pa
geant and the winner in Cov
ington will be eligible for the
Miss Georgia title at Columbu*
later in the summer.
Entries for the local conte/
must be in the age range of
18 and 25. Many of the civic
and fraternal clubs sponsor
the young ladies in the local
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