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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Storm Brewing As The
General Assembly Os The
United Nations Convenes
United Nations diplomats are braced
for a major battle in the cold war as the
15th Session of the General Assembly of
the United Nations convened on September
20 at United Nations Headquarters in New
York.
The United Nations ome into actual
being when the U.N. Charter, hammered
out by 51 nations in the San Francisco Con
ference, was signed at San Francisco on
June 26, 1945.
The U.N. Charter includes among the
statements of purpose the following — to
save succeeding generations from the
scourge of war; to reaffirm faith in the
dignity and worth of the human person;
to promote social progress; and to unite
the strength of the member nations to
maintain international peace and security.
From the beginning with 51 members
the U.N has grown to include a total of
97 members. Many of the new members
are young African nations carved from
former colonial empires.
The United States Delegates to the lith
Session of the General Assembly are: James
J. Wadsworth, head of the delegation, Sen.
Geo. D. Aiken (Vt.) and Sen. Wayne Morse
(Oreg.), Francis O. Wilcox, Assistant Sec
retary of State; Mrs. Oswald B. Lord (N.
Y),. Mrs. Zelma Watson George (Ohio), Ar
thur F. Lamey (Mont.), Frederick Blake
Payne (N. Y.), Charles Rosenbaum (Colo.),
and Frances E. Willis, U. S. Ambassador
to Norway.
In the early days with 51 members, 20
Latin-American States made up the big
gest bloc. However, bloc voting with the
exception of the Soviet bloc, has never
been a serious problem since the other so
called blocs were usually nothing more than
informal discussion groups within the one
great discussion group which is the U.N.
itself.
With independence sweeping over Asia
that area came up with 20 members. Now
with 16 new Alrican nations being ad
mitted, the African membership will reach
at least 23. However, there is not too much
concern being expressed that this shift in
voting strength will mean that the U.N.
will be ruled by the new states. More at
tention at present is given to the bluster
ing storm that Khrushchev hopes to whip
up.
In this great world reform where world
opinion is both formed and forcefully ex
pressed by the millions throughout the
world who earnestly seek freedom and a
belter way of life, let us welcome the
opportunity to meet Mr. Khrushchev head
on.
The Soviet head of state says that his
reason for attending the General Assembly
is to take part in disarmament discussions.
This is extremely hard to believe coming
from the one who wrecked the Paris sum
mit conference of last May and says that
no further discussions would be under
taken with the present United States Ad
ministration.
It should be clearly understood that this
is a very important session for the U.N.
"’he success of this session of the General
Assembly and of the U.N. itself in the
continuing search for real peace depends
heavily on how much support comes from
the members when the going gets tough.
Grass-root support is needed as never be
fore from the people of the United States
and the free world.
What Are You Doing
November 8? Mark That
Date As Election Day
It is hard for the thoughtful citizen to
decide — even in retrospect — whether
he should be angered or saddened by the
national convention spectacles he has been
seeing and hearing electronically.
These were probably the most efficient
conventions ever conducted in free Ameri
ca. In fact they were so efficient they
seemed rather superfluous. The nomina
tion of Senator Kennedy had been settled
long before the expensive trek across the
hot sands to Los Angeles, Republicans had
known since President Eisenhower ex
pressed approval of his Vice President in
a press conference in March that they
would convene, not to consider candidates
for the Presidency, but to confirm Mr.
Nixon.
Another striking feature is that de
spite predictions of bitter battle over
both party platforms, the Democratic plat
form was’accepted calmly after a minority
report and a few speeches of protest over
civil rights planks and the Republican
platform was adopted without incident.
Another switch from traditional politics is
that both candidates, rather than assuring
their followers of victory, have warned
that this fall’s campaign will be the hard
est-fought and the closest in American his
tory.
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Duty On Imports Is Blow
To Textile Industry
[ The great minds in Washington who
r dream of a World State of milk-and-honey
seem to think that global reform can start
, only when all nations are reduced to the
poverty level of the most miserable. At
I least, that is the only way we can explain
the disastrous philosophy of the General
Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT, is
the short and ugly term), under which we
have managed in a few short years to con
, vert a highly favorable foreign trade bal-
’ ance into a minus figure of frightening pro-
portions.
Having cut our tariffs by 80 percent
over the previous 12 years, the “hand
writing on the wall” that many had seen
since the beginning of GATT should have
been apparent to all by 1959. In that year
the tide of virtually duty-free goods from
low-wage countries rose $2 billion above all
previous high-water marks to inundate our
export volume by the shocking differen
tial of $3 to $4 billion!
But the end is not yet. The “planners”
who have threatened many of our
industries with extinction - notably tex
tiles (cotton, woolen and silk), clothing,
cameras, toys, bicycles and even certain
building materials - are now urging the
US Tariff Commission to cut another 20
percent off of the already drastically re
duced tariff on imported sardines.
One of the most stable industries in the
South, textiles, has long been the object of
an unfair tariff law in regards to cheap
Japanese goods being imparted in this
country. The fortunes and hopes and fu
ture of more than a score of southern tex
tile towns are the present pawns in this
odd game the Washington globalists con
tinue to play long after they have convinc
ed the world that Americans are its great
est fools.
Here, we think, is as good a place as
any for the Tariff Commission to call a
halt to ALL further tariff reductions, and
consider instead the need of tariff tourni
quets to stanch the flow of blood from our
economic arteries.
One American In Six
Plays Some Musical
Instrument, Survey Shows
Most Americans will be astonished and
many may feel frustrated to learn that as
of now in this land-of-the-free and home
of-the-brave one person in six (actually
slightly more than that) plays some musi
cal instrument regularly!
As a result, the sale of musical instru
ments has soared from $Bl million in 1939
to $220 million in 1949 and more than
doubled in the next decade to reach $502
million, over half a billion, in 1959.
Why this has happened, perhaps no one
knows. But we would expect as shrewd a
guess as any from Fred Gretsch, Jr., third
generation head of the musical instrument
firm founded by his immigrant grandfother
in 1883 and who began absorbing news and
views of the music trade with whatever it
was they used for pablum in those days.
At ten, young Fred began working in the
family factory on Sat., packing phono
graph needles, and has since taken time
out to go to Cornell and to fight World
War IL from which he emerged with a
commander’s stripes and a distinguished
। service citation from Admiral Nimitz.
The general do-it-yourself “cultural ex
: plosion” that has been taking place in all
the arts, and which Mr. Gretsch sees as
a logical result of the shorter work week
that has provided the leisure needed for
i creative expression, has simply been set
to music. This is reflected, he points out,
in the 1,500 symphony orchestras compos
ed of community neighbors that were re
ported last year - one third of them in
cities of less than 50,000 and nearly ten
percent in cities of less than 10,000.
The greatest single factor, however, in
leading America onward and upward, if
you ask Fred Gretsch, is the school band -
of which there are presently 47,000 with
26.000 school orchestras besides. Our
youngsters, he says, are being introduced
to music earlier in life - both at home and
in school - and are getting better instruc
tion. Os our 31 million amateur musicians
(65 percent more than in 1950), nine mil
lion are still in grade school. Thus, if you
think this upsurge in welkin-ringing is a
passing phase, you might as well take to
the woods now.
A better idea, we think, and doubtless
Mr. Gretsch would agree, would be to get
the beat and start to work- whether on the
harmonica, like Ike; the French horn, like
Debbie Reynolds or the drums a la Bill
Holden. A player in an orchestra, we are
told, doesn’t hear the others.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
’mARY SESSIONS MALLARD
I Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington. Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
Micah’s View of True Religion
Bible Material: Micah 6:1-8.
Devotional Reading: Micah;
7:18 - 20. Memory Selection:
He has showed you, O man, ।
what is good: and what does
the Lord require of you but to
do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your
God? Micah 6:8
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
What Is True Worship?
Young People-Adult Topic:
What Is Real Religion?
This passage is one of the
more familiar prophetic utter
ances of Scripture, and verse 8
has often been quoted as fitting
definition of religion, even as
others defined religion in terms
of the Sermon on the Mount.
But, even as the Sermon on
the Mount includes an affirma
tion of the whole of the Old
Testament (Matt. 5:17). so this
passage rests on Micah’s con
cern over the then current con- '
tempt of the law, of God’s re
velation to his people, of t h e;
disregard for the true meaning
of both sacrifice and obedience.
Micah came as a defender of
the validity of God’s revelation,
prophesying against two vicious
tendencies: first, the total dis
regard of God’s law by some
and, second, the reduction by
others of law to formalism, and
sacrifice to barren ritualism, i
The prophetic ministry of Mi
cah was a strong protest against,
these tendencies.
The letter of the law and
the bare conformity to sacrifice
were meaningless when holi-■
ness, righteousness, and justice
were absent from man’s heart
and will.
Each of the writers of Scrip
ture was the strong champion
of a continuing faith and of a
specific revelation. The pro-I
phets spoke in terms of the law,
and the New Testament writ
ers appealed to the law and the
prophets. This means that in
each instance a common faith
and revelation is not only as
sumed and defended but is ba
sic to their every word. No at
tempt at understanding any
section of Scripture can be suc
cessful if this basic unity is,
ignored or by-passed. j
The basic premise of all
Scripture is one revelation in
common, being unfolded in
terms of one sovereign and Al
mighty God, and manifested tn
each successive era in unity
with what has gone before and
in terms of that which is to
come.
We have previously seen, in
studying Hosea, that the use of
a bill of indictment by God
against his people is a common
aspect of prophetic preaching.
The indictment is more than
merely symbolic. Jehovah, as
true king of the nation, indicted
rebellious and treasonable sub
jects and then proceeded with
their sentence in very literal
fashion. Moreover, since the
indictments were usually re
peated, and time given before
the sentence was executed, the
people were without excuse.
Here again we have an in
dictment. In this instance, God
summoned nature itself, the
mountains and hills of the pro
mised land, to join Him in con
tending against his people. The
earth had suffered because of
man's fall (Gen. 3:17, Rom.
8:20-22). When man’s redemp
tion was advanced even one
step, then earth was called to
rejoice (Isa. 44:23; 49:13).
This is not merely poetry.
Nature’s fall from her original
glory was a product of man’s
sin. Nature’s eternal destiny
lin God’s plan is to be re-creat
ed (as we saw two weeks ago).;
Nature therefore has a great;
stake in man's redemption. ,
Paul, accordingly, dealt with
the destiny of creation in Ro
mans 8. and saw nature strain
ing potentialities and hopes,
but now burdened and inarti
culate as compared to her eter
nal glory and freedom in terms
of God’s new creation. Nature’s
stake in man’s future is thus
constantly brought into view,
and the believer is never allow
ed to forget it.
In verse 2, the enduring as
pect of nature is stressed, “ye
strong foundations of the
earth," to emphasize that na
ture has been the witness to
God's many blessings and
mercies. The historic sites and
places of Israel were by their
very names associated with mi
raculous deliverances, blessings,
and mercies. This fact alone
should be a source of daily
shame to the nation for its way- I
wardness. I;
But these things meant no- [;
thing to the nation. Like all ’ (
ungrateful peoples, they took ]
great gifts for granted, assum
ed that God’s service was their 1
right, and were more proud of i
themse l ves than joyful in t h e |
Lord. Not only Nebuchadnez-I<
izar but every man meets his
downfall when he surveys his
I domain and proudly says, “Is
not this great Babylon, that 1
.have built for the house of the
■kingdom by the might of my
j power, and for the honour of
my majesty?” (Daniel 4:30)
The Lord enumerated h 1 s
■ blessing to the nation. “O my
people, what have I done unto
thee?” We might, in modern
idiom, render it, “What haven’t
I done for you?” However, this
question needs to be connected
with the following, “and where-;
in have I wearied thee? testify
against me.” God asked, have I
done something to make you
tired of me? It is I who should
be angry, I who am the offend- |
ed one, I whose faithfulness ■
has been despised and abused;!
but you nevertheless act as
'though I were at fault rather
than you. Answer me testify
against me if you dare, in de
fense of your perverse and
wicked behavior.
The Lord then reminded the
nation that they owned their
very existence to his act of re
demption whereby “I brought
ithee up out of the land of Egypt,
and redeemed thee out of the
house of servants.” At first
■ glance, this referrenee might
I seem strange, in that God
could have easily pointed to
(closer acts of grace and deliv
erance. But, in reminding them
!of this, He reminded them
of all that followed.
They owed their birth to a
' supernatural deliverance by
God, and that same superna
tural care had never forsaken
them b' t surrounded them con
stantly. They were people born
of a miracle and sustained by a
‘miracle-working God.
Not only that, “I sent before
thee Moses, Aaron, and Mir
iam.” Their leadership also
’ from the beginning was su
■pernaturally blessed and guid
ed. and, more than that, di
vinely called. Priests, prophets,
judges, kings, captains and
others had been given them
who were men divinely called
and guided. The inclusion of
Miriam is significant, because
|of her sex. Among them, even
a women had been made pro
phetess and exalted beyond the
greatest of the heathen kings!
She had been singled out for
service by God who had bypass
ed the mighty of the world. Ac
cordingly, God’s challenge left
.them all the more guilty. What
answer could they make in the
face of all their privileges?
But more followed from Je
hovah. “Remember now what
Balak king of Moab consulted,
and what Balaam the son of
Beor answered him from Shit
tim unto Gilgal; that ye may
know the righteousness of the
Lord.” The reference here is
to Numbers 22-25; 31:16. Balak
asked Balaam to curse Israel,
but Jehovah used Balaam to de
clare the greatness of Israel in
terms of the Messiah and to
predict their preservation and
blessing in terms of it. This pre
servation was manifested even
against Moab, when God spared
the nation in spite of their fla
grant immorality, puhishing on
ly the offenders.
Letters To
The Editor
403 Floyd St.
Covington, Georgia
September 20. 1960
Mr. A. Belmont Dennis, Editor
Covington News
Covington, Ga.
Dear Mr. Dennis:
In behalf of the Sergeant
Newton Chapter Daughters of
the American Revolution I
wish to thank you for your
most instructive and interest
ing Editorial in the Covington
News on our United States
Constitution.
The States need just such
men as you, if we had more
of your sort the ordinary citi
zen would have less to worry j
about.
Again our congratulations
and many thanks.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Lyda Sue B. Hall.'
Regent
Sergeant Newton Chap
ter, D.A.R
Belmont Dennis
Editor Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis:
United we stand, divided we
fall. I’m now in my eighties. At
no time can I recall anything
having confronted us that caus
ed such discord and confusion
jOut Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
as what we are facing, the
| Supreme Court School Deci
sion. It not only violates the
' Constitution where it gives you
i the freedom to choose your re
i ligion, your associates and
your pursuit of happiness, but
it does not show that anyone
is to be benefitted either social
ly, Morally, financially or edu
i rationally.
I hope that in the coming
November election we will not
have another toe - stumping
’similar to 1928 when we de
j seated a statesman, Governor
Al Smith of New York, on ac
; count of his religion. Our re
ward then for so doing was the
worst depression ever known
to the American people. We
j were fortunate in putting a
। statesman in the White House
. in 1932 and relieved us of this
'tepression. none other than
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the
greatest humanitarian of all
’ times. He remained in office
j until death overtook him.
After a period of 20 years of
peace and prosperity we had
another toe-stumping in 1952
by defeating a statesman, for
mer Governor Adlai Stephen
son of Illinois, by nutting in a
। military man of high honor,
which was similar to putting a
hardware salesman in a drug
: store. His sounding board was
to maintain neace and prosper-
I itv, yet he has too often issued
niils that have caused indiges
tion of neace. The one that he
issued at Little Rock has be
come chronic and if not check
।ed will destroy our wav of life
. that we have enioved for past
। generations, under which we
have nronosed to where we are
; recognized tn have the greatest
I wealth and best form of gov
, ernment of any country.
In the coming November
election we have one candidate
from the field of integration,
the other the field of Catholic
religion. T he voters are under
! moral nbl'^at'on to cast their
I vote regardless of party lines for
the one- they think will best
serve the people, where we
vision both the present and the
past and judge politicians by
what they do instead of what
they say. Is it not time to raise
our foresight and look beyond
our shadow in the interest of
the present and coming gen
erations. else we may soon be
overtaken bv a high politician
wearing a dictator’s robe label
ed Law of the Land and have
our freedom farther shackled
to where we can no longer
stand.
B. A. Bouchillion
Covington, Georgia
September 8, 1960
Oxford. Georgia
Sept. 14, 1960
The Editor
Covington News
Covington. Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis;
The members of the Newton
High Band and the Band Boost
| ers Club would like to thank
you and your fine staff for
the publicity you gave to their
recent barbeque. We know that
this helped greatly in making
it the success that it was and
we deeply appreciate all that
. you did.
Your continued support and
; interest i« an inspiration.
Sincerely,
Band Boosters Club
Ozella W. Allgood
Secretary
Newton Fair
Continued From Page 1
Co-Chairman.
The following are also re
quested to report at the Fair
Office on the following nights
to assist the above listed Chair
| men.
Monday — Neal Banks, Hill
Riggers, T. W. Binford, E. S.
Bowen. Jr.. S. A. Bowers, J. B.
Brooking, Donald Carter, Joel
Bowen, William T. Cartledge,
Jack Chapman. James W.
Chestnut.
Tuesday— John Chestnut,
i John Clegg, Bill Crawford, C.
N. Crawford, Billv C. Crowell,
John F. Criswell, George Davis,
J. H. Dawkins. Leon Dick, J. C.
Day, Jack Cason.
Wednesday — W. J. Dickey,
Grady Freeman. Jimmy Gard
ner, Jr.. Omer Hall, Roy Davis,
James Halstead. Leon Evans.
Bill Galt, Larry Greer. Fred
i Hays, Forris Finley.
Thursday — C. C. Hood. Jr.,
j Ray James Johnson, Wallace
Jones. Julius Laseter, Thomas
C. Johnson, Billy Jones, C. C.
King, Jr., Felton Jones, Victor
Johnson, Hulon Jones. Julian
Kitchens.
Friday — A. H. Maloney,
Fred Lott, Tolbert Moody, Vol
ley G. Parr, Charlie Mask, I. V.
Malone Bennell Myers, John H.
Pound. James W. Lord, Albert
S. Mask. R. H. Nash. ।
Saturday — Ralph J. Mul
key, H. H. Sears. Jr., Acie Wil
der, Robert Trippe, Aubrey <
Barnes, James E. Hardman, H. I
Georgia Income, Outgo Now
Equal Under New Budget
The State of Georgia’s fi
nancial picture, ofttimes fuzzy,
appears to have been brought
into focus.
“State income now equals,
outgo,” declared Gov. Ernest |
Vandiver in announcing that :
work has been completed an |
the state budget for the fiscal
year 1960-61.
Total state appropriations
and allotments for the new fis
' cal year (it actually began
July 1) currently are at the
rate of $396,325,859.95 and
present reliable estimates place
the current rate of state in
come at $396.5-rhillion annual
! ly, the Governor pointed ou*. *
: Said he:
j “The total surplus available
at the beginning of the fiscal
year July 1, 1960, was $50,-
769,630.19. This budget rep
i resents total increases to vari
| ous departments of the state
government for new or ex-
I panded services of $47,123,680.-
I 88.
“That leaves a total surplus
■ available for the remainder of
: the current fiscal year to June
30. 1961, of $3,645,949 31 . . .
The Vandiver administration
takes pride in its record of
' i fiscal accomplishment.”
Largest increase in the new
i budget is for common schools
and higher education. A total
increase of $23,316,323.88, or
', approximately one-half of all
increases, goes for educational
purposes. Discussing this phase
of the new budget, Gov. Van
i diver said:
“The $19,016,323.88 increase
for common schools raises to
tal state spending in the
. school budget to $170,936,023.-
88 This figure is s34,million
higher than the amount pro
. vided for common school edu
cation in 1957-58, the last full
fiscal year of the preceding
, administration.
“The sl9-million increase
Veterans Burial
Expenses Paid
In Some Cases
।
Reimbursement from the
’ Veterans Administration for
I the burial expenses of an eli
■ gible deceased veteran may be
claimed by the person who
bore the expenses if a claim
is filed within two years after
the veteran’s permanent burial
or cremation.
The payment, not to exceed
$250, is available toward the
burial expenses of deceased
veterans of any war or the
Korean Conflict and peace
time veterans who were re
i ceiving VA service-connected
disability compensation at the
; time of death, or who were
• discharged or retired for dis
• abilities incurred in line of
: duty.
; A. W. Tate, Manager, Vet-
I erans Administration Regional
; Office, Atlanta, Georgia, stress
ed that those persons who will
I make claim for the benefit
should be certain to obtain a
receipt from the undertaker
indicating that they have paid
the burial expenses and sub
mit it with their claims.
Or, Mr. Tate explained, the
undertaker may be authorized
by the payer to make claim to
the VA for the $250 portion
of the burial expenses.
An American flag to drape
the casket of the veteran, and
which later can be given to the
next of kin or close friend or
associate of the deceased, also
■ is available from any VA of
fice or most local post offices,
Mr. Tate added.
Any VA Office can assist in
obtaining these benefits, and
in making application to the
Office of The Quartermaster
General of the Army for head
stones or grave markers also
available for the veterans’
graves.
B. Tuck. Ralph Wyatt, Hugh
Steele, W. T. Rowe, R. M. Tuck,
Robert Sammons, and Cole
man Henry.
Any that cannot work on
night shown but can another
‘night please report and advise
what night is acceptable.
It will be noted that all the
Legion Post membership is not
listed. This by no means indi
cates the services of all are not
desired, for they certainly are.
There is always a need for ex
tra help, and it will be great
ly appreciated if any of the un
listed membership will volun
teer their service at any time, i
Just report at the Fair Office.
The Chairman for each night
if requested to contact each
member of his Committee in
advance if possible.
Making hay isn’t to hard to
day. but stacking it up—that’s
the problem. I
Thursday, September 22, 1960
provided for common schools
is the largest single increase
in state support for this pur
pose since the Minimum Foun
dation Program was activated
I in 1952,
I “Extra money provided for
I schools during the Vandiver
' administration has made it pos
sible for Georgia to increase
the number of state allotted
teachers this year to 31,200.
I That is an increase of 2,100
I over the number allotted in
the last full fiscal year of the
preceding administration.
“The new budget this year
is affording our teachers an
average salary increase of S2OO
i annually. Current operating
expenses and sick leave have
been raised to SSOO per state
allotted teacher. This repre
sents an increase of SSO per
tpachpr
“The $5.5-milli®n item for
capital out lay will make pos
sible the new S6O-million
school building program and
will release another SB-million
for new area trade school con
struction. Increases for other
individual items are included
in the school budget.
“In the new budget for the
University System a $3,550,-
j 000 increase is being provided
। for all purposes . . . Total state
! appropriations for the Univer
; sity System this year are $30,-
; 925,000. This marks an increase
for University System opera
tions alone of $6,696,087 over
the amount provided in the last
full fiscal year of the preced
ing administration.”
The balance of the $47,123,-
680 transferred from the
state's surplus funds for new
or expanded services went s o
virtually every department and
agency in the state govern
ment with the lion's share go
ing to the other major depart
ments — public health and
highway.
7th Jackson
, Industrial Day
; Celebration
)
Final plans have been made
I for the Seventh Jaycee-spon
sored Industrial Day celebra
[ tion scheduled this year for
. Wednesday, September 28, ba
i ginning at 1 p.m. at Jackson,
, Ga.
Jim Robertson, Jayeee pre
sident, announced that the
! celebration will begin with a
talent show Tuesday night,
: September 27th, at 8 o’clock in
the school auditorium with
' anyone from neighboring coun
ties eligible to compete for the
cash prizes of $37.50, $25.00,
and $15.00 for first, second and
third places, respectively.
i Wednesday’s program will
begin at 1 p.m. with a welcome
i by Jackson Mayor W. M. Red
• man and recognition of county
i officials and representatives of
the local industries as well as
visiting dignitaries. The most
popular event of the day will
be the beauty pageant which
। will begin on the courthouse
lawn around 1:30. Contestanta
from Henry, Lamar, Monroe,
Newton, Pike, Jasper, Spalding,
Meriwether, and Butts coun
ties are expected to compete
for the coveted “Miss Industry
of 1961” title, won last year by
Miss Cissi Mansour of Barnes
ville.
A parade follows the beauty
pageant at 4:30 p. m. with nu
merous high school bands and
floats taking part. The Indus
trial Dav dance will get under
way at 8 o’clock in the Jackson
High School Gym with a popu
lar Macon orchestra, The
Sheiks, furnishing the musical
entertainment.
Talent show awards will be
made at 8:30 at the dance and
the new “Miss Industry” will
be crowned at 8:45. Attractive
nrizes will be awarded the top
three beauty winners as well
as award for the best band,
which was won last year by
Henry County.
All during the day barbecue
will be served on the court
house lawn beginning at 11
a. m. and ending at 6:30 p. m.
Judge Richard W. Watkins
Jr. is general chairman of the
Industrial Day activities with
M. L. Hodges Jr. as co-chair
man.
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