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By the Office Boy
We, along with several thou
sand other readers, enjoy col
umns written by Georgia
writers, many of whom are top
flight journalists. Among these
is Ernest Rogers, whose column
appears daily in the Journal.
We don’t always analyze our
reasons for liking an author’s
style; perhaps he is able to say
the things we would like to
say in a much better way than
is possible to us. In addition
to that ability, tho, we like
Ernest Rogers because he has
the happy faculty of being
correct without being caustic;
pointing up a fact without
needling; and measuring is
sues by the yardstick of the
Golden Rule.
In Monday’s column, Mr.
Rogers prefaced his column on
J. Roy Gentry’s retirement
with, “ ‘Hitchhiking’ in colum
nese, is a device whereby the!
columnist finds something!
especially good that someone
else has written, composes a
brief introduction, claps quo
tation marks around it and is
practically through for the
day”; and then quoted Mr.
Gentry’s statement.
That being the case, we are
doing a double take on the
‘‘hitchhiking” score this week,
in quoting Mr. Rogers, as well
as another eminent columnist,
Continued on Page 6
Call Meeting For
Tuesday 10:30 am.
Mrs. Wendell Crowe, chairman
of the Newton County Republican
Party invites everyone who is in
terested in a two-party system for
Georgia to attend a meeting at
her home at 10:30 Tuesday morn
ing, October 11.
A morning coffee will follow
for the guests, so please call 786-
2620 and let her know if you plan
to attend.
John Alford, Jr.
Receives Air
Force Medal
Capt. John I. Alford, Jr. has
been awarded the Air Force
Commendation Medal for his
record as Chief of The Ma
chine Accounting Branch at
Headquarters, Second Air
Force, Barksdale AFB, Louis
iana, according to an announce
ment from an Air Force news
paper.
Capt. Alford formerly lived
in Covington where his father
John I. Alford was superinten
dent of Covington Mills prior
to 1956.
Now stationed at the Ander
son Air Force Base on the is
land of Guam, Capt. Alford is
assigned to the base’s statisti
cal service division.
Capt. Alford has been in the
Air Force since 1951. He is
married and the father of three
children. Other tours of duty
by Capt. Alford includes North
Africa and Germany,
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first prise in the 1960 Newton County Fair. Shown above is the
farm-scene entry of the club. The message is especially timely to-
A Prize-Winning
1960
As Better Newspaper
Contests
The Coving' , Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 96
STOFxiOUMTAIN ASSOCIATION MEETS TODAY
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Don Vood Is Elected President Kiwanis Club
Harwell,
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Vice-Prexys
Don Wood, Covington busi
nessman and civic leader, was
elected president of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club Thursday
at the regular weekly meeting
of the organization.
Heading the nominating com
mittee and reading the list of
nominees was Ed Robinson, a
past president of Kiwanis.
The past presidents of the
club served as the nominating
committee.
Other officers elected to ser
ve with Mr. Wood are as fol
lows: Robert Shannon and
Fred Harwell, vice - presi
dent: Phillip Cohen, secretary;
Moody Summers, treasurer.
Members of the board of di
rectors will be: Dr. E. L.
(Peaches) Smith, Lanier Hard
man, Dr. Harry Faulkner, Wen
dell W. Crowe and Edgar Wood.
The Kiwanis president-elect
is presently serving as secre
tary of the club. In 1959 he
was vice-president and is also
a former member of the board
of directors.
Mr. Wood is a Covington City
Councilman, member of t h e
First Baptist Church, Coving
ton, and is a Mason. He is also
a member of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks,
Lodge Number 1806 Covington,
and is also a member of New
ton County Post 32 American
Legion and the National Retail
Furniture Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood are the
parents of three children. Don
Continued on Page 6
TheCof C
Meets Monday
The regular October meet
ing of the Newton County
Chamber of Commerce will be
held Monday, October 10 at
12:30 *j’clock. Place of the
meeting will be announced by
Monday.
President Otis Spillers stated
that the regular business ses
sion would follow the lunch
eon.
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Rescue Truck (shown abov-) which was recently purchased
through matching funds. In the photo above is one of the local CD
Rescue Teams. From left to right; Newton County-Covington CD
Legion Welcomes
5 New Members
At Oct. Meeting
Newton County Post 32 wel
comed five new members Tues
day night at Legion Home at
the regular October meeting
of the organization. Command
er C. T. Bohanan was in charge
of the meeting.
Those signing into Post 32
for the first time are Emmett
Nichols, Roy Gazaway, Julian
Kitchens, Aubrey Barnes and
Roy Cheek.
After the meal was served
in the Legion Home dining
room, the business session was
held in the main auditorium
upstairs. Several committee
chairmen made reports during
the meeting.
day 'Wise Up' Prevent Accidents Before They Happen." (Other
booth pictures on Second Front Page.)
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1960
Mansfield P-TA
To Hear Talk
By Dr. Cowan
The Mansfield Parent Teach
er Association will meet Thurs
day night in the Mansfield
School Cafeteria at 7:30. The
Health Committee with Mrs.
Elmer Hitchcock as Chairman,
is in charge of the program.
Dr. Laverne M. Cowan will
speak on Dental Care.
Everyone is cordially invit
ed to attend, whether you have
joined the P.T.A. or not.
Stroke Clinic
Meets Friday
The Newton County Stroke
Clinic will meet Friday, Octo
ber 7 at 1 o’clock at City Hall.
A physical therapist from
Atlanta will make individual
evaluations, advising each pa
tient which special exercise
they need most.
Persons attending the clinic
may use the Oak Street en
trance at City Hall.
Director R. T. Floyd, Calvin Fincher, Joe Hunt, Jr., W. J. Lane,
Jack Parker and Clayton Bailey. The truck was received Thursday
and answered its first emergency call Friday to the home of J.
W. Few at Walnut Grove. (See other picture on page 8).
Revival Meeting
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A revival meeting is sche
duled at the Covington Wes
leyan Methodist Church, corn
er Highway 278 and Gordy
Street, for October 10 through
Sunday, October 16.
The Evangelist for the ser
vices will be the Reverend S.
A. Hamby, of Griffin, Ga. Rev.
Ralph Day is the pastor of the
local church.
Members of the Wesleyan
Methodist Church invite the
public to attend the services
which start Monday evening
at 7:30 o’clock.
Pilot Club
Meets Tonight
The Pilot Club will hold
their October business meet
ing Thursday evening (today),
at 7:30 p.m. at the Newton
Federal Loan Building. All
members are urged to bring
groceries for the pantry shelf.
Due to the many calls the gro
cery supply has been complete
ly exhausted.
Harvey Family
Reunion Sunday
The Harvey Family will at
tend the worship services Sun
day at Hopewell Presbyterian
Church. Following morning
worship they will gather in
the Educational Building where
they will hold their reunion.
Anita Millwood,
Louise Baldwin
Enter Grady School
Misses Anita Millwood and
j Elma Louise Baldwin of Cov
ington have entered the Grady
Memorial Hospital School of
Nursing in Atlanta. Both are
honor graduates of Newton
County High School.
Miss Smallwood, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. L. Millwood,
won the DAR Good Citizenship
Award at Newton High. Miss
Baldwin, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. P. J. Baldwin, was the
recipient of the Covington Pilot
Club Scholarship
Uncle Sam Collects
$122-Million More
In Georgia Taxes
Uncle Sam collected about
$122-million more in taxes
from Georgians during the fis
cal year ended June 30 than in
the previous year, according to
reports from Washington. Geor
gia’s total was exceeded in the
Southeast only by North Caro
lina and Florida. Georgia’s to
tal was sl.Ol - billion; North
Carolina, $2.28 - billion, and
Florida, $1.37 - billion.
Local Boy Scout
Survey Started
In N-R District
As part of the nationwide fall
Round-Up of the Boy Scouts of
America, Newton-Rockdale Dis
trict of the Atlanta Area Coun
cil is conducting a newspaper
survey of boys who are inter
ested in becoming Scouts. Bill
Hoffman, District Chairman
announced today.
Mr. Hoffman stated that
through the newspaper survey
many boys will be reached who
otherwise might not have an
opportunity to indicate they
would like to be Scouts.
Boys desiring to be Scouts
should contact Mr. Spence
Ramsey. Covington, Georgia.
Mr. Ramsey said that boys who
are 8,9, or 10 years of age
may become Cub Scouts while
boys 11, 12, and 13 years old
are eligible to be Boy Scouts.
Young men who are high school
students and are 14 years of
age and older may join the
Explorers.
The Atlanta Area Council
ended the past year with a
membership of more than 20,-
000 boys. The goal for the end
of 1960 is 23,000 boys.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Macedonia Church Is
Host To Annual Session
The one-hundred and twenty-first Annual Session of the
Stone Mountain Baptist Association will be held today (Thur
sday) at the Macedonia Baptist Church, seven miles north
of Covington just off Highway 81.
Moderator of the association is the Reverend H. E. Pittard,
Newton Hospital
Administrator
Speaks Today
Mrs. Helen Dickinson, Ad
ministrator of the Newton
County Hospital, will be the
guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club meeting to
day at 1 o’clock at Legion
Home. Kiwanian Don Wood is
in charge of the program to
day.
The speaker will review the
6-year history of the local hos
pital as the anniversary is in
October. She will also discuss
some future plans of the hos
pital.
Fred Greer Jr.
Receives Ag
Scholarship
Scholarships paying a year’s
tuition have been awarded to eight
agricultural students at the Uni
versity of Georgia. Athens.
John W. Lampp of Dublin and
Aaron McKinley of Abbeville re
ceived awards given by the Georg
ia Council of Farmer Cooperatives,
See Picture On 3rd Front Page
of which M. C. Gay of Athens is
secretary. All farmer cooperatives
in Georgia are members of this
Council. In addition to the scholar
hips, the group also provides funds
to pay for meals at three seminars
to which students will be invited to
hear outstanding leaders in farm
er cooperatives.
The Robert Strickland Agricult
ural Memorial Award Club pre
sented tuition scholarships to six
students. The club is made up of
Georgia bankers who have receiv
ed awards for distinguished ser
vice to agriculture. The awards to
bankers are given annually by the
Trust Company of Georgia, honor
ing the late Robert Strickland,
who was president of that firm
and a leader in Georgia's develop
ment. t
The six scholarship winners are
Dennis Adams of Franklin County,
George Deariso of Worth County,
David Durbin of Fulton County,
Fred W. Greer Jr. of Newton
County, Edward Page of Baldwin
County, and T. Ray Payne of Mur
ray County. The awards were pre
sented by Monroe M. Kirr k rel,
executive vice president of the
First National Bank of Thomson,
acting for the R. S. A M. A. Club.
College Rolls
High in State
Over - all enrollment in eight'
senior colleges in Georgia was
higher this year than was ex- I
pected, according to reports. j
Although enrollment w a s j
not higher than predicted at,
each of the colleges, the ac- I
tual total for the eight insti
tutions was 328 greater than I
the pre-semester predicted to- !
tai.
The grand total: 16,725.
NUMBER 41
Pastor of the Wesley Chapel
Church. Sam M. Potts is the
clerk and treasurer. The Rev.
Leon Anthony, Jr. is pastor of
the host church.
The day’s program will get
underway at 9:30 a. m. with a
song service under the direc
tion of J. H. Bradford. Scrip
ture and prayer will then be
heard by the host pastor. The
day’s session will consist of a
morning, afternoon and even
ing program.
Before the noon adjourn
ment for lunch at 12:30 there
will be many committee reports
given by the chairman of each
group. At 11:45 a Memorable
Service will be conducted by
the Rev. T. L. Skelton. The
message of the morning will
be brought by the Rev. Charles
Moody, Pastor of the County
Line Baptist Church.
Dinner-on-the ground will be
served by the church and ladies
of the church families who have
prepared many cakes, pies,
salads, etc. to go with the bar
becue and brunswick stew. Ab
ner Harper is in charge of pre
paring the barbecue. It was
announced that another meat
will be furnished those who
are unable to eat barbecue or
stew. If the weather does not
permit the dinner to be served
in the churchyard, the build
ings of the church will be used.
Rev. Anthony said Tuesday
that an expected assemblage
of some 300 are expected. This
number will include the
preachers, messengers, laymen
and other church members.
Appearing on the program
for the fiist time at the as
sociations! meeting will be two
Baptist missionaries who are
home on leave. They are the
Reverend and Mrs. Jim Smith
of Jerusalem. Rev. Smith, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church
of Jerusalem, will speak dur
ing the evening session. H i *
wife will speak just before the
adjournment of the afternoon
session. Rev. Smith will be
remembered as a former pastor
of the Rockdale Baptist Church.
The Macedonia Church was
constituted in 1852, and was
last host to the association al
meeting in 1946. Ample park
ing space will be provided near
the church and the parking of
cars will be under the direction
of A. W. Roberts
New officers of the associa
tion will be elected at t h •
morning session and and the
installation of the officers will
take place at 7:45 this evening.
Homecoming Sun.
At Pitts Chapel
Annual Homecoming Day will be
observed at Pitts Chapel Methodist
Church, near Newborn. Sunday,
October 9. Rev. W. H. Lunsford,
pastor of the church, will be in
charge of the morning service.
Rev. Charlie Poole of North Cov
ington Methodist Church wall be
the director of the song service
during the afternoon with Miss
Malinda Wyatt to be the guest
pianist.
A basket lunch will be served
at the noon hour. All members and
friends are cordially invited to at
tend.
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