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Just when we, sometimes,
think our nearts are so full
they will pop . . . just as we
think we cannot see the way
. . . there is always that re
minder from our Heavenly
Father ... “I am the way, the
truth and the life.” He has
promised not to put more on
us than we can bear ... we
sometimes, in our sorrows for
get for a moment . . . that we
are not to bear our burdens
alone. But . . . when we sud
denly awaken to the fact that
we do have that Heavenly
Father, upon which we may
cast all our sorrows ... He lifts
the load ... He shows us how
foolish we have been to weight
our bodies and souls to the
breaking point before we sud
denly remember he said “Let
not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.”
Well, your Office Boy and
the room mate went through
the mill for the past few weeks
at Emory University Hospital
. . . but thanks to our Heaven
ly Father he brightened our
pathway when hours were
darkest . . . That little Chapel
in the hospital, where you can
go every or any hour of the
day or night for prayer is a
great blessing, and our prayer
life leads us to a position
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Editor Dennis
Is Improving
Belmont Dennis, Editor and
Publisher of The Covington
News, is reported to be im
proving nicely after under
going surgery at Emory Uni
versity Hospital in Atlanta.
His doctors have inform
ed him that he will be able
to return to his home in a
few days.
Mr. Dennis’ many friends
wish for him a speedy re
turn to his normal activities.
Preliminary
College Test
At High School
A preliminary Scholastic Ap
titude Test will be given to
juniors at the Newton County
High School auditorium. Tues
day morning, October 22nd, ac
cording to an announcement
by high school officials.
This test is a two- hour scho
lastic aptitude test for College
Entrance Examination Board
and can be used for college
guidance purposes.
The cost of the test Tuesday
will be 50 cents.
COVINGTON NEWS
OQ Pages
Today
Mrs. Wendell Crowe Was Hostess To Local Two-Party Organization
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MEWTON COUNTY WOMEN For Two-Party System met Tuesday
morning at the home of Mrs. Wendell Crowe. Officers were elect
ed for the local organisation. Shown in the photo, from left to
right are: Mrs. Moncey Pratt, Vice-Chairwoman: Mrs. Joseph W.
Jones of Atlanta, Vice-Chairwoman of the State Central Com-
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VOLUME 96
M«cG r AOR TO BUILD PLANT IN COVINGTON
Me- if Health Association To Meet Tuesday
Officer Elution And Fund
Drive On Program 7:30
The Newton County Mental Health Association will meet
at City Hall Court Room. Tuesday evening, October 18th at
7:30 o’clock, according to an announcement by President Miss
Clara Mae Hays.
An interesting program, election of officers for 1961, and
plans for the local mental
fund drive will be on the
agenda for the meeting.
Main speaker for the pro
gram will be Mr. John Scan
lon, Assistant Director of The
Georgia Mental Health Assn.
He is expected to explain the
two Constitutional Amend
ments to be voted on in t h e
November General Election
which relate to mental health
in the state of Georgia. These
two amendments will have a
direct bearing on the mental
health program in the state in
future years.
Proposed amendments 13 and
14 are sponsored by mental
health groups in Georgia. The
13th proposal states “. . . to
provide for repayment of medi
cal loans and scholarships by
service at Milledgeville State
Hospital.”
The 14th proposal on the
ballot is . . to provide for
the granting of scholarships to
physicians and other personnel
for specialized training in the
field of mental health.”
Miss Hays stated that the
Newton County Mental Health
drive for funds has not been
held thus far this year. The
drive is set for the week of
November 7-12 and the gen
eral public will be asked to
make donations.
Mrs. Ramsey, Sr.
Funeral Today At
Methodist Church
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey Sr. pass
ed away at her home on Floyd
Street Wednesday morning,
October 12, after a lingering
illness.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ramsey, 86, will be held to
day. (Thursday), at 3:30 p.m.
at the First Methodist Church.
J. C. Harwell and Son Funeral
Home will be in charge of ar
rangements. A complete fu
neral announcement will be
carried in next weeks NEWS.
Stye (Umringtntt Nema
Eddie Najjar
To Direct
Benefit Play
At a joint meeting of com
mittees from the Newton Com
munity Theater and the Band
Boosters’ Crib, held recently
at the home of Mrs. R. P.
Campbell, Theater Chairman,
further plans were made for
the forthcoming play to be
presented by the Theater
Group, sponsored by the Band
Boosters’ Club for the benefit
of the Newton High Band. The
selection of the play and date
'of presentation were decided
upon, to be announced at an
early date.
The play will be under the
capable direction of Mr. Eddie
Najjar, who has shown out
standing ability in both cast
ing and producing in past per
formances.
CD Rescue
Program Tonight
At Lions Club
The Covington Civil Defense
Rescue team, headed by New
ton County - Covington Civil
Defense Director R. T. Floyd,
will conduct the program at
the Covington Lions Club
meeting tonight (Thursday) at
Legion Home. The dinner meal
and program is set for 7:30
o’clock.
The city and county recently
purchased a Light Duty Civil
Defense truck for use in res
cue work in the county. Pro
gram chairman Jack Chapman
said that the program tonight
will center around the work
of the rescue team and other
details of work in this field.
mittee: Mrs. Addison Terry, Chairwoman for Newton County;
Mrs. Charles C. King, Jr., Secretary; Mrs. William Galt. Publi
city Chairman: Mrs. Crowe, the hostess. Mrs. Warren Kirkland
and Mrs. John Fuller, joint treasurers, were not present for the
picture.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1960
Plans Announced For MacGregor Company Plant Here
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A NEW INDUSTRIAL PLANT For Covington and Newton County is the result of the work of the
men shown in this picture. The MacGregor Company broke ground Monday for an 82,000 sq. ft.
building to be constructed on Industrial Boulevard in Covington. Shown in the photo from left to
right are: John Jernigan, Secretary of Newton County Chamber of Commerce: Henry Cowen.
President of ibe MacGregor firm: Clayion McLendon, Vice-President of Citizens and Southern Na
tional Bank of Atlanta: Otis Spillers, President Chamber of Commerce; and Robert Fowler, Presi
dent Bank of Covington. (See article on front page for full details concerning the new industry).
Revs. Lively-White-Mann
Welcomed To Covington
The First Baptist Church
will be hosts to the congrega
tions and pastors of the three
other churches in downtown
Covington. The service is a
“welcome” gesture to the
three ministers who have only
recently come to these church
es. The “welcome service” is a
tradition of long standing dat
ing many years into the past
of Covington.
The Reverend Mr. Grady
Lively and Mrs. Lively came
to Covington in July of this
year following appointment of
the North Georgia Conference
of the Methodist Church. The
Reverend Mr. Gordon Mann and
his family came to Covington
and to the Church of the Good
Shepherd, Episcopal, in Sep
tember. The Reverend and Mrs.
Thomas White came to the Cov
ington Presbyterian Church
the first of October. Mr. Lively
will bring the message of the
evening and the other two men
will participate in the service.
Edgar Callaway, pastor of
the First Baptist Church states
that a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all the people and
friends to attend this service.
He further said that his church
is very pleased to have this op
portunity to extend a warm
welcome to these new ministers
and their families.
Porterdale P-TA
To Meet Thurs.
October 20th
PORTERDALE — The P-TA
of Porterdale School will hold
their second meeting on Octo
ber 20 at seven o’clock in the
school auditorium. “It’s High
Time” will be the theme of a
very interesting panel discus
sion to take place. All parents
are reminded of the responsi
bility of supporting the school I
which does so much for t he
growth and development of
their children.
As October has been desig
nated “Membership Month”, ।
everyone who has not joined al- I
ready is reminded again that
they will not feel as much a
part of P-TA unless they are
members. The dues each year
are fifty cents per person, and
the dividends are immeasur
able.
M. B. Shaw is Membership
Chairman who urges excellent
attendance at each meeting and
full participation of all parents,
as well as friends of the school.
The room having the largest
percentage of paid members
will receive a cash award. j
' Kiwanis To
! Watch Series
‘ At Meeting
Covington Kiwanis Club
- members, following a custom of
i several years when the World
r Series is played on Thurs
» day, will view the 1960 spec
i taele’s seventh game this as
. ternoon. A TV set will be
j placed in the Legion Home
. dining room for the Kiwanians
so that they may or may not
I enjoy the Series while they
partake of their noon lunch.
( Regular meeting time is 1
o’clock.
j Mrs. Helen Dickinson, admin
. istrator of the Newton County
Hospital, was the guest speak
er at the Covington Kiwanis
Club meeting Thursday October
I 6th at Legion Home.
Mrs. Dickinson reviewed the
history of the local hospital,
which this month observes its
6th Anniversary. Her talk cen
tered on statistical information
pertaining to the hospital dur
ing each year since 1954.
Visitors at the Kiwanis meet
ing Thursday included J. B.
j Thrash of Jackson Lake, a guest
of Carl Smith; Jack McGib
oney, guest of Dr. Harry Faulk
ner; Rev. Thomas White, pas
tor of the Covington First
Presbyterian Church, guest of
S. J. Morcock. Also two mem
bers of the NCHS Key Club,
j Phillip Freeman and Dickie
: George, were present for t h e
i meeting.
Covington
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
High Low !
Wed. Oct. 5, 83 60
Thurs. Oct. 6, 83 62 i
Fri. Oct. 7, 77 67
Sat. Oct. 8. 73 68
Sun. Oct. 9. 78 61
Hon. Oct. 10, 81 56
Tues. Oct. 11. 82 57
Rainfall during the week
| totaled 1.13 inches.
more than
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
82,000 Sq. Ft. Building
To Be Ready In 6 Months
Brunswick Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, today announc
ed plans to build an 82,000 sq. ft. building in Covington to
increase the golf ball capacity of its MacGregor Division.
The new facility is expected to be in full operation by April
1961.
"A* Student
List Announced
At Newton High
The Student Council of New
ton County High School proud
ly presents the names of the
students who made all A’s on
their report cards for the
first six weeks grading period.
Ninth Grade
Lila Callaway, Grady Camp
bell, Sheilah Graham, Noel
Hayes, Gary Rooks, Thomas
Scarborough, Betty Jeanne
Pickett, Mason Stephenson.
Tenth Grade
Jordye Bailey, Janet Bell.
Betty Jean McElreath, Day
Morcock, Carolyn Strange.
Eleventh Grade
Henry Baker, Lee Campbell,
Brenda Chambers, Laurie Cook,
Robbie Elizer, Sandy King,
Annette Preston.
Twelfth Grade
Jack Edwards, Jackie Lath
am, Allan Rowe, Dave Smith
and Janelle Wood.
Church Os God
Revival Starts
Sunday, 7:30 P.M.
Revival services will begin
at the Church of God Sunday,
October 16.
The Rev. Arthur Smith, pas
tor of the Church of God in
Riverdale, will be the guest
speaker each evening at 7:30.
Each night there will be
congregational singing and spe
cial singing.
The Covington Church of
God is located on Newton
Drive. The pastor is Roland
McDaniel and everyone is in
vited to attend.
Motorcade To
McDonough Fri.
The Pep Club of NCHS is
sponsoring a motorcade to
morrow night to Henry
County (McDonough).
The motorcade will have
an escort from the Sheriff's
Department and will leave
from the High School at 7
p. m.
Members of the Pep Club
will be on hand at 6:15 to
decorate cars.
Let's have the longest and
best motorcade ever, Ram
fans! !
Revival Starts Sunday At
Porterdale Methodist Church
Revival services at the Julia
A. Porter Memoriel M.thodist
Church will begin Sunday
night, October 16 at 7 p. m. and
continue each night through
Friday. The Rev. Walter Y.
Murphy, pastor of the Allen
Memorial Methodist Church in
Oxford, will be the guest
preacher for the meeting.
Rev. Charles Poole, pastor
of the North Covington Metho
dist Church, will be the song
leader.
Preparation for the meeting
has been planned carefully by
the committee on membership
and evangelism with N. S.
Avery Tr. as chairman.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
NUMBER 42
The building is of one floor,
windowless construction. It has
a 14 ft. clear ceiling height and
a 40 ft. by 40 ft. bay column
spacing throughout. Seventy
percent is air - conditioned.
Four inside truck docks pro
tect shipping and receiving ac
tivities from inclement wea
ther. The building will be con
structed on a 15-acre tract of
land on Covington’s Industrial
Boulevard.
“Our present facilities in
Cincinnati which are unable to
meet the unprecedented de
mand for MacGregor golf balls
will be augmented by the new
Covington plant,” says F. E.
Troy, Vice- President of
Brunswick’s Marine and Sport
ing Goods Division. “We se
lected the Georgia plant sight
i because of the need for a man
ufacturing and distribution cen-
I ter close to the southern mar
kets where coif is plaved the
year round,” Troy added.
Henry P. Cowen. MacGregor
i Division President and a mem
ber of Brunswick’s Board of
Directors, pointed out that with
this additional facility, Mac-
Gregor, a leading manufacture
of golf and other athletic equip
ment since 1875, will have three
major factories. Its two large
Diants in Cincinnati also are
being fitted for growth in pro
duction and will continue the
manufacture of golf balls to
serve other market areas, ac
cording to Mr. Cowen.
He continued, “Our parent
firm. Brunswick, is playing an
important part in recreation
throughout the world. As a
member of the family, it is our
Assignment to provide the
finest equipment for golf, base
ball, football, basketball, tra-k
and other competitive sports in
the quantity the market re
quires. Our new golf ball on
eration is just one more step to
fulfi’l that assignment.
“With the growing accen
tance of the Tourney golf ball
and the introduction of t h e
1961 DX Tourney, which was
officially announced last month
we have been swamped with
orders and iquiries about the
new ball. This potential, plus
a tremendous interest in golf
throughout the United States
and the world, made it manda
tory for us to seek increased
production,” Mr. Cowen stated.
“For many years we have
been manufacturers of bowling
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