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“When the Spirit is weary
and seeks release,
I walk down aisles my par
ents trod,
Os a small quiet chureh that
whispers ‘Peace’,
And my Soul finds Oneness
with God”.
M.S.M.
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There are many wonderful
things which make the South
land rich in the true values of
life. This is the section of our
great nation which is glad to
be known as “The Bible Belt”.
To us the Bible is not just the
world’s greatest piece of litera
ture, to be put on a library
shelf. It is the Holy Word of
God, and the Guide for build
ing our lives into monuments
to Christ rather than stumbling
blocks to those seeking Him.
Perhaps nothing so graphically
reflects the strength of our
Christian Heritage as the mul
tiple church Homecomings
which bless our communities
from early summer until fall.
Descendants of early found
ers of these churches put aside
routine tasks, and find their
wav back from distant cities
and states to the scenes of
their childhood, and the church
where they were taken as ba
bes in arms. John Success and
Jim Failure know no pretense
or pride as they clasp hands
with genuine affection, and re
call the ole’ swimmin’ hole,
the frog in the teacher’s desk,
and catch up on the intervening
years. Some have been away
so long, very few know them;
but the warmth of welcome is
there. For this sanctuary where
they heard their parents’ voices
l ;/ ted in praise and nrayer to
their Creator is a Holy place:
and here they find again that
“Peace that Passeth Under
standing”.
We are grateful for these
Homecomings, and the renewed
dedications to Christian liv-
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Belmont Dennis To
Undergo Surgery
Belmont Dennis, Editor
and Publisher of The Cov
ington News, will undergo
major surgery at Emory Uni
versity Hospital, Atlanta,
Friday morning.
Mr. Dennis’ condition is
reported as good. Surgery
was deemed necessary by his
physicians after observation
for which he entered the hos
pital 10 days ago.
His many friends wish him
a speedy recovery.
Berry College
Octet on Kiwanis
Program Today
The Berry College Mixed
Octet, under the direction of
Ross Magoulas, will present a
program at the Covington Ki
wanis Club luncheon meeting
today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock
at Legion Home. Ed Hunt is in
charge of the program today.
Dr. Garland Rickey, a mem
ber of the Rome Kiwanis Club,
will accompany the musical
group to Covington and he will
introduce the program. Dr.
Rickey is director of athletics
at Berry College.
Included on the program to
day will be several number*
from “South Pacific” and “Ca
rousel.” Also a Calypso number
will be rendered. Accompanist
for the octet will be Miss Louise
Haack of the college.
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Newton County’s Represen
tative in the Georgia General
assembly, Donald Ballard, was
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Peggy Pannell
Second in Beauty
Contest, Jackson
Peggy Pannell of Covington,
was second plance winnei in
the Butts County Beauty In
dustrial Day contest at Jack
son yesterday (Wednesday).
Winner of the contest was
Miss Judy Apple of Jenkinsx
bU See "Jaycee Corner” on
page 30 for list of local eon
testant*.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1960
Better Newspaper
Conteata
'The Covir /S/ jrise, Established in J 864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
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VOLUME 96
NEW ^LEPHONE NUMBERING SYSTEM SUNDAY
Rev. Thos. White New
Will Begin
Ministry Sun.
Sunday morning. October
2nd the Rev. Thomas J. White
will begin his pastorate at The
First Presbyterian Church of
Covington. Mr. White comes to
Covington from the First Pres
byterian Church of Quitman,
Ga. His other former pastorates
were at The White Bluffs
Church, Savannah, Ga. and The
Presbyterian Church of Cuth
bert, Ga. Mr. White will suc
ceed Rev. E. P. Nichols, who
resigned to accept the pastorate
of The First Presbyterian
Church of Alexandria, La.
Mrs. White comes to Coving
ton endowed with natural ta
lents which will be of great
value to the congregation of
the First Presbyterian Church
and to Mr. White in his new
work here. Covington will
greatly appreciate both of these
fine people and they will be an
asset to the whole community.
The following article is taken
from the editorial page of The
Quitman Free Press and gives
some idea of the response of
the whole community of Quit
man for the fine work of both
of these devoted servants of our
Lord.
“Hail And Farewell”
“Now is the hour to say good
bye to the Rev. Thomas J.
White, minister and humani
tarian. It is not “Au Revoir”
but a farewell of finality. Mr.
White resigned last Sunday as
minister of The First Presby
terian Church of Quitman to
assume the greater responsi
bilities and larger opportunities
in a broader field.
The loss is not contained in
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the local First Church, nor is
it confined to Presbyterianism
here. Although firmly anchor
ed in the tenets and doctrines
of the church of his choice and
allegience, Mr. White’s cheer
ful leadership, his love of peo
ple, his understanding of their
problems, his built-in human
itarianism, crossed denomina-
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Hunters Asked
To Use Caution
Near 'Phone Lines
With the hunting season un
der way, sportsmen and others
who might fire shotguns, rifles
or pistols in the country side
near aerial telephone equip
ment were asked to be careful
of communication lines.
The request came from Ray
Reece, manager of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company
here.
Mr. Reece disclosed that
there have been instances of
damage to telephone equipment
in the vicinity recently.
Even the smallest shot can
cut a wire, shatter an insula
tor or otherwise disrupt ser
vice. which may affect your
telephone he said.
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ROTARY DISTRICT GOVERNOR AL REICHERT (Standing at
speaker's rostrum) was the guest of the Covingion Rotary Club
recently. Shown in the photo above are, from left to right seated:
Dan Clower, vice-president of Covingion Club: J. W. (Whit) Rich-
Fair Is Underway Here
Newton County’s Annual
Fair is underway through Sat
urday of this week at Legion
Field, Covington. The event
started Monday.
On the schedule for judging
this afternoon is the Livestock
Show for 4-H members and
adults. The show will start
about 2:30 o’clock and will be
under the supervision of Fair
Chairman Ed Hunt, Newton
County Agent.
Winners in the booth contest
were announced yesterday by
fair officials. Taking first place
in the Community Club Booth
competition was the Pine Grove
Club. Second place went to
Brick Store, and third place
to Heard-Mixon.
In the Home Demonstration
Booth contest the Heard-Mixon
Club won first place. Second
Grand Jury Names Committee To
Study Surplus Food Program
The September Term New
ton County Superior Court’s
Grand Jury Presentments, re
leased Wednesday, appointed
a committee to .work with the
Newton County Health Wel
fare Department to investigate
the possibility of whether or
not the Surplus Commodity
Program is needed in the coun
ty. Named on the Grand Jury
committee were Ira Dickerson
(chairman), Julius Lazenby
and Ben Glanton.
Commissioner Tom Bates,
Miss Rebecca Pennington and
Ed King appeared before the
grand jury to discuss the pro
gram, which has been advocat
ed recently in speeches before
civic clubs and community or
ganizations by Dr. James Pur
cell and Belmont Dennis.
Other items in the present
ments included the recommen
dation that the Courthouse be
kept in a more sanitary con
dition, and that the grand jury
room be equipped with an air
conditioner so as to eliminate
outside noises from the public
square.
The presentments of the
September Jury follows:
September 21,1960
Grand Jury Presentments
September Term 1960
Newton Superior Court
We the Grand Jury selected
•nd sworn for the Sept, term of
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1960
Rotary District Governor Visits Covington Club
place went to Almon, and third
place to Hays District.
In the judging of the Colored
booths the winner of the Home
Demonstration contest was
Spring Hill. Starrsville was
second. In Community Booths
Competition the Spring Hill
entry was first, Flint Hill sec
ond, and Livingston third.
Prize money in each category
was SSO. first, $45.00 second,
and $40.00 third.
Patrons of the midway at
the fair state that it is the big
gest and best yet to visit the
local Legion Field. Legion
Commander C. T. Bohanan
said yesterday that if the
weather is clear the rest of the
week that the attendance will
be more than last year’s re
cord.
Newton County Superior Court
submit the following:
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Walton Strozier City Judge
The new City Judge in Cov
ington is E. Walton Strozier,
former member of the Emory-
At - Oxford College faculty.
Judge Strozier succeeds the late
Dr. W. K. Swann.
Judge Strozier is no stranger
to the legal profession having
been admitted to the American
Bar Association in 1923. He re
ceived his license to practice
law from Judge W. P. Meld
rin, who at that time was pre
sident of the American Bar
Assn. He also served as New
ton County attorney during the
1920’5, and later served as Ma
yor of Oxford from 1940 until
1947.
Prof. Strozier, as he is famil
iarly known in Covington, Ox
ford and Newton Co. retired
from his faculty duties at Em
ory-At-Oxford in Augusta. He
had served as a far itly member
at Oxford for the past 36 years.
Since the death of Dr. Swann
some four weeks ago the po
sition of city judge had been
filled temporary by Mayor Nat
Turner and Councilman Otia
Spillers.
Presbyterian Pastor Here
■rdson. President; Fred Ketchem, member of board of directors:
Jack McGiboney. sergeant-at-arms. Standing: Bill Hoffman (left),
treasurer; and Dr. James Purcell, (right), secretary.
Jerry Standard
Receives Swann
Scholarship
Jerry Standard, son of the
Reverend and Mrs. Carl A.
Standard of Oak Hill, is the
first recipient of the Thomas
Chalmers Swann 111 Memorial
Scholarship Fund, endowed at
Emory at Oxford by Mrs.
Frank Miller of Covington in
memory of her son, a former
student of Newton High School
and Emory-at-Oxford.
Born in Newton County, Jer
ry attended Livingston Elemen
tary School and Newton Coun
ty High School, where he grad
uated last June with honors.
He was a member of the Sen
ior Hi-Y Club, the Beta Club,
and the Student Council.
He participates actively in
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JUDGE STROZIER
Newton DCT Cl.
Elects Officers
The Newton D. C. T. Club
elected a new slate of officers
at its first regular meeting in
September to serve for the
1960 - 61 school year.
The following were elected:
President, Marion Savage; Vice
President, Harold Stowe; Sec
retary, Sandra Tuggle; Trea
surer, Eloise Parish; Parlia
mentarian, Billy Ellis; Histor
ian, Joe Norwood; Reporter,
Jimmy Martin; Sergeant-at
arms, Willie McMichael.
The following chairman of
standing committees were ap
pointed: Program Committee,
Carol Hayes; Membership and
Attendance, Bobby Lassiter;
Social Committee, Willie Mc-
Michael; Photo Committee,
Sandra Tuggle; Publicity Com
mittee, Ophelia Sheppard: Pub
lic Relations, Harold Stowe;
Community Service Commit
tee, Dianne Smith; Fund Rais
ing Committee, Eloise Parish;
Scrapbook Committee, Joe
Norwood.
Mr. McCants D. C. T. co-
Continued On Page 11
MORE THAW
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Conyers And Social Circle
Also On New DOD Setup
The Covington, Conyers and Social Circle telephone
System will make an important step forward on October 2nd
at 2:01 A. M. says Ray Reece, Southern Bell Manager here.
That’s the day and hour that all existing telephone numbers
in the three exchanges will be cut over to the new number-
ing system. This new numbering
system, which has been estab
lished throughout the nation,
paves the way for major tele
phone improvements including
customer dialing of long dis-,
tance calls.
Telephone people stay busy
all the time, but we are espec
ially busy now getting ready
for the big change-over Reece
said. Southern Bell people are
working around the clock test
ing and making last minute
changes in equipment.
The Traffic department em
subscribers about new number
subccribers about new number
plates, directories, and also
training operators with the new
system and how it works.
Commercial employees are
busy changing customers re
cords and listing their new
numbers.
Our Engineers are probably
feeling the last - minute rush
less than any of our folks,” Mr.
Reece says, but they’re already
busy making plans for other
programs and future expansion
and development of service
here.
Although the change-over is
a joint effort which is brought
about smoothly by the com
bination and cooperation of the
many specialized groups of
telephone people, Mr. Reece
pointed out that the public has
an important effect on t h e
change - over, too.
The cooperation of our cus
tomers in using the new blue
directory being delivered this
week before dialing after Oc-
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Tri - County
Sole Report
Tri - County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 661 head of
cattle and 23 hogs for a total
of $49,600.49. Milk cows and
springers topped at $275.00 and
baby calves at $26.00. Stock
ers sold from $67.00 to $149.
Price ranges were: hogs, sl4
to $17.90; calves, $14.00 to $25;
heifers, $16.00 to $23.50; steers,
$14.00 to $24.50; light bulls,
$12.00 to $20.00; heavy bulls,
$16.00 to $18.70; canners, $9.50
to $13.00; cutters, $14.00 to
$14.50; and fat cows, $14.50 to
$15.90.
There were 211 shippers and
80 buyers, including 9 packers.!
Rare Caterpillar
Stings Bill Moate
A rare caterpillar stung City
Gas meter reader Bill Moate
last Tuesday and caused his
hospitalization for two days.
Mr. Moate was reading the
gas meter at the home of the
Warren Kirklands, 1320 Floyd
Street, when his arm came in j
contact with a bush and the
caterpillar.
Prof. C. T. Haynes of t h e
Emory-At-Oxford College Bio- I
logy department examined the ■
caterpillar and after perform
ing several tests said that it is .
commonly called flannel cater- I
pillar or slug caterpillar. He
said that its specie is very rare
in this section of the country.
"The result of coming in con
tact with the flannel caterpil
lar is quite poisonous and the
pain lasts for several hours!
with the after - effect lingering
NUMBER 40
Rev. W. P. Perry
Resigns From
Porterdale Ch.
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REV. PERRY
W. P. Perry, Jr., resigned as
pastor of the Porterdale Bantist
Church Sunday Sept. 25, hav
ing accepted a call to the Sil
vertown Baptist Church of
Thomaston, Georgia.
During the three - year min
istry of Rev. Perry there have
been 155 members added to the
church, 114 by baptism and 41
by letter.
Growth in the Sunday Schoo!
necessitated the renting of the
adjoining dwelling for two de
partments to be housed in.
Some $20,000.00 plus have been
added to the Building Fund
and an architect employed, who
has presented preleminary
drawings of e proposed educa
tional Building to be erected. A
grand piano was added to the
auditorium and also a new paint
job. The Sunday School class
rooms of the church building
were equipped with electric
fans and chalk boards. There
was a new and modern Bulletin
Board erected in front of t h e
church and a new program for
1 keeping the cemetary cleaned
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for several days. The hairs or
bristles are hooked, brittle and
break off readily. These bris
tles contain the poison,” he
added. Prof. Haynes also said
that a person may get the
bristle dust in their nostrils and
that is very painful and poison
ous.
Mr. Kirkland reported that
I he has sprayed the bush with
DDT and that it took some two
I days to kill the caterpillars on
■ this particular bush. He said
that about 20 or 25 were on the
। bush at the time he sprayed it.
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