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Heard-Mixon Science Facilities Lauded By State Official
P-TA Helping Secure Funds
For Additional Equipment
Heard-Mixon School’s science room was rated as one of
the most outstanding potential science facilities to be found
in Georgia’s small elementary schools by Mr. H. V. Bullock,
coordinator of science instruction for the State Department
of Education, during a visit to the school on October 6.
Mrs. Thornley
Riles Are Held
Fri. Afternoon
Mrs. W. E. (Sara Celeste
Fisher) Thornley, died at an At
lanta hospital on Thursday, Oct.
13, after an illness of several
months.
Mrs. Thornley, 79. was born in
Abbeville, South Carolina. She
and her husband, the late William
Elwood Thornley, made their
home in Toccoa until his death in
1935, when she moved to Coving
ton to make her home with her
daughter, Mrs. S. M. Hay. During
her residence in Toccoa she was
active in all civic and religious
affairs of the community and ser
ved as president of the Toccoa
Womans Club and the Parent-
Teacher Association, as well as
serving actively in the First Bap
tist Church.
During her residence in Coving
ton she was an active member of
the First Baptist Church where
she had served as teacher in the
Sunday School, Chairman of t h e
Littleton Missionary Society and
various other offices in both Sun
day School and other church
organisations. The “Sara Thorn
ley Circle”, a branch of the
Missionary Society was named in
her honor. She was also a mem
ber of the Covingion Womans
Chib and a past member of the
United Daughters of the Confede
racy. Mrs. Thornley, who had
endeared herself to a ho s t of
friends, was always interested in
the betterment of the community
and had a vital love for people.
i uncral services were held at
orc p. m. Friday, at the First Bap
tist Church in Covington, with
Ft v. Mr. Edgar A. Callaway, pas
to-. officiating. Graveside se r
vic;s were conducted in Toccoa
C. nctery at 5 p.m. with the
Rev. Mr. Edgar A. Callaway and
Dr. A. T. Cline, her former
Toccoa pastor, conducting the
final rites. Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home of Covington and
D. n Mathews Mortuary of Toccoa
w< e in charge of funeral ar
re "ci lents.
Striving are one son, Major
J. cs F. Thornley of Alexandria,
Vidnia; two daughters, Mrs.
R. E. Irvin, Nashville, Tennessee;
F ;. S. M. Hay, Covington, with
wiwm she made her home; five
gi ndchildren and two great
gi ndchildren.
Carving as pallbearers were
H"ke Randall, Moncey Pratt,
C 0. Nixon, Hugh Harris.
Everett Pratt and Robert Nash,
Honorary escort were members
of the Sara Thornley Circle, mem
bers of the Womans Missionary
Society and the Fidelis Matrons
Class of the Sunday School.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in their
sorrow.
Covington
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
this week were:
High Low
Wed. Oct. 12, 82 58
Thurs. Oct. 13, 82 57
Fri. Oct. 14, 82 58
Sat. Oct. 15. 80 61
Sun. Oct. 16, 81 57
Mon. Oct. 17, 82 56
Tues. Oct. 18, 82 51
Emory - Oxford
Athletic Schedule
October 20. Touch Football,
Company A vs C, 4:30 p.m.,
October 21, Blitz Ball, Com-
t>anv A vs B. 4:00 p.m.
P October 25. Girls’ Volleyball,
Company A vs B, 5:00 p.m.,
“SS'k Tickle Football.
Company Ava C, 4:IS P*
(Unuington Nms
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
In an evaluation of the
school’s science program Mr,
Bullock said. “In very few in
stances has it been my privi
lege to observe a small school
with a room designed and fit
ted with equipment and sup
plies to give youngsters experi
ences in science. This is very
important for young people who
are living in this age of em
phasis on science.
“With the addition of sup
plies and materials determined
by Principal Mcßae and h i s
faculty for full implementation
of the state science guides, this
science room will truly be a
model for other small schools
to emulate.
“The problem - solving tech
niques can be demonstrated
beautifully in this room because
of the potential for demonstra
tion and individual and group
experimentation and also be
cause of the excellent collec
tion of books available for ref
erence.”
Mr. Bullock was accompanied
to the school by Miss Louise
Reeves, director of curriculum
for the Newton County Schools.
After viewing one of the State
Educational Television Pro
grams, a biology lesson, via
channel 8 from the University
of Georgia’s television studios,
with Mr. Mcßae and his sev
enth and eighth grades, the
visitors reviewed the students’
science notebooks, inspected
the equipment and facilities of
the school science laboratory,
and visited the classrooms.
Heard - Mixon’s excellent
science facilities are the result
of much serious thought and
long-range planning. When the
building was in the blue print
stage. Superintendent J. W. Ri
chardson and Principal M. D.
Mcßae resolved that this new
est Newton County school
would contain a model science
laboratory suitable for boys
and girls of grades one through
eight. The County Board of Ed
ucation was in accord with
these plans and assisted in the
construction of the type room
designed by Superintendent
Richardson and Mr. Mcßae.
Countv funds were exhausted
before the “model laboratory”
was equipped. Fortunitely, Ti
tle 111 of the 1958 National De
fense Education Act made
money available for the pur
chase of science, math, and
modern foreign language ma
terials on a matching fund bas
is. On request of Superinten-
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Episcopal
Church Notes
This is the Eighteenth Week
after Trinity and the appropriate
Gospel is St. Matthew 22:34-46.
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew
met last Thursday at 8 p.m. for
prayer and discussion.
Regular choir practice was
hold on Tuesday night under the
direction of Mrs. Alcie Penick.
Holy Communion was celebrat
ed Wednesday at 10 a.m.
A covered dish supper was en
joyed by the parishioners on Wed
nesday night at 7 p.m. followed
by a business meeting.
The Church welcomed Mrs.
Henry S. Corley who is back
from a visit to her former home
in England.
The Canterbury Club visited the
Church of Our Saviour in Atlanta
last Sunday evening.
St. Luke’s Day will be honored
next Sunday by a special service
for those engaged in the healing
arts. Doctors and nurses, med
ical technicians, are cordially in
vited.
Regular Sunday services in
clude: Holy Communion at 8 am.,
Sunday School at 10 a.m., morn
ing prayer and Sermon at 11 a.m.
The public is invited.
Heard-Mixon School Science Room One Os Best In The State
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HEARD-MIXON SCHOOL'S SCIENCE ROOM and equipment was
praised highly by H. V. Bullock, Coordinator of Science Insiruc
iion for the State Department of Education, on a recent trip io
the school. Shown in the picture above is part of the 7th-Bth grade
class viewing a TV program from the University of Georgia's
Channel 8. Part of the science equipment is shown at left with
"HMS Pinafore" Set For
Ficqueft Stage Thursday
Ship ahoy! Maties, and let's all
go to sea come Thursday evening,
Oct. 27 at the Ficquett Auditorium.
The hour is thirty minutes past
seven bells, Aye, aye! Sirs,, and
the occasion is an abbreviated
version of the Gilbert and Sullivan
comic opera, H. M. S. Pinafore,
being presented by piano pupils
of Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Rape
and Mrs. Goode.
Now, the Pinafore is the sau
ciest little ship in the Queen’s
Navy, with Ann Klimaszewski as
the Admiral, Sir Joseph Porter,
Knight Commander of the Bath,
who has never even been on a
ship before. Beth Cooper is
Captain - that is, for awhile - until
“dear little Buttercup’’ or Mrs.
See picture on Front
Page
Cripps, a fat, jolly bumboat wo
man, played by Regina Morton,
discloses that many years ago,
when she was young and charm
ing she got two babies mixed up,
and the real captain is Ralph
Rakestraw, Josephine’s lover
boy,, played by Susan Kirkland.
Now* Josephine is the Captain’s
beauteous daughter, played by
Kathy Klimaszewski.
Susan Cooper, as the ugly and
deformed Dick Deadeye, warns
the Captain that Josephine and
Ralph plan to elope that night and
go ashore to be married. All goes
well until the ship’s cat jumps
across the deck. The Admiral
orders Ralph to be arrested, for
he. himself has his eyes on Jose
phine. But when Buttercup dis
closes that Josephine’s father is
not a man of high birth, the
' Admiral refuses to marry the
| girl, • anyway, he is satisfied to
remain an old bachelor, adored by
his sisters and his cousins (whom
he reckons by the dozens) and
his aunts. Buttercup and the for
mer captain take a big liking to
each other, and Josephine and
Ralph - well you know the rest.
Other crew members are June
I and Becky Kirkland, Ga i 1 and
' Elaine Wood, Vicki and Vanessa
Baker, Gayle Purcell and Betsy
Robinson as Bill, the Boatswain’s
! mate.
Sir Joseph's admiring sisters,
Golden Fleece
Meets Tuesday
The Regular Communication
of Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6,
F and A. M. will be held Tues
day, October 25, at 7:30 p.m.
All qualified Masons welcome.
Arthur M. Hilley, W.M.
Reuben M. Tuck, Sec.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1960
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i cousins and aunts are: Sherry and
Donna Carithers. Becky Hutchins.
Emily Morgan. Bonnie Johnson
and Linda Evans.
The operetta was arranged and
directed by Mrs. Patterson. Mrs.
Rape is accompanying.
Short subjects before the play
will feature two of Mrs. Milton
McLaney’s flag twirlers in a nau
tical routine. Susan Lott soloing
“Red Sails in the Sunset.” and
Leon Hughes. Terry Savage, Ricky
Pratt, Lee Piper and Mark Davis
in “The Pirate Crew.”
So, if enough of you landlubbers
will come aboard ship Thursday
night, it will swell the tide of pro
ceeds which will help buy another
piano for the school.
Chicken Stew
Sale At P'dale
November 19th
The Porterdale Woman’s Club
will sponsor a Chicken Stew Sale
at the Porter Gymnasium Kitchen
on Saturday, November 19. From
ten o'clock to two o’clock, the
stew will be sold at SI.OO a quart.
Mrs. Claud Cason and Mrs. J. T.
Elkins are in charge of this pro
ject. Advance tickets are now on
sale.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
Newton County High Dance Band Called "Townsmen"
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"TOWNSMEN," Newton County High School dance band has been organised here under the di
rection of Basil Rigney. Thus far they have played for one dance, the Freshman-Sophomore Dance
last week. Members of the band are shown in the photo above, Hirst Row, left to right: Dickie
George. Tommy Scarborough, Eddie Smith, Joey Hackett, Randy Price, Jerry Huff, Sandra Rich
ardson, Carol Woodruff, David Rainey (sax). Second Row: Lanier Forrester (drum), Billy Blair,
Thomas Whelchel, Gary Budd, Tony Hodges, Jack Haney, Lee Campbell, John Jordan (trumpet),
Norma Wilson (piano). Third Row: Bill Allgood. Jimmy Patrick, Tommy Brown, Charles Loyd,
Mike Budd. The next engagement for the Townsmen will be the NCHS Homecoming dance at the
gym.
Principal M. D. Mcßae and students Phil Jone, (center) and
Stevie Norman examining the Ken-A-Scope. Ai the time this
photo was snapped the class was viewing Elementary Spanish
from Channel 8, but the picture on the screen did not photograph
on our press camera film.
Pilot Club
Dinner Meeting
The Pilot Club of Covington
will have its dinner meeting
Thursday evening (tonight) at
7:30 in the lunchroom at t h e
Porterdale School.
All members are urged to
be present.
Lions To Stage
Final "Cracker
Jack" Sale Sun.
The Covington Lions Club
will hold its final “Cracker
Jack” sale for the year on Sun
day afternoon, October 23, ac
cording to an announcement by
the club President James Dobbs
and past President Walker Har
ris.
“We wish to thank the many
people, local and transit, who
have donated to the club on
our past sales,” they stated.
“The money you have donated
has helped some child in your
community to have better eye
sight. It has also helped to build
the Pavilion, located on Le
gion Drive.”
The Lions have announced
that the Pavilion is for the en
joyment of the public and there
is no charge for its use. It may
be reserved for Church socials,
family reunions, or any other
type of outdoor gathering, just
by calling Lion Sam Cowan at
786-7062.
Have you ever laughed at a
murder? (See next week’s pa-|
per.
Rev. Landiss
Speaker At EAO
Worship 10 AM.
The Reverend C. William
Landiss, minister of the Uni
versity Heights Methodist
Church, Decatur, will be the
guest speaker at the service of
college worship Thursday (to
day), at 10 a. m., in the Allen
Memorial Auditorium.
Mr. Landiss was born in Or
lando, Florida and was grad
uated from Landon High School
in Jacksonville. He received the
B. A. degree from Emory Uni
versity in 1948 and the S. T. B.
degree was conferred on him by
Boston University School of
Theology in 1951. Graduate
work was done at Boston Uni
versity and at Harvard Uni
versity. At Emory Mr. Lan
diss was president and asso
ciate director of the Emory
Glee Club, a member of Omi
cron Delta Kappa honorary fra
ternity and Sigma Chi social
fraternity.
In 1957 he became associate
pastor of Glenn Memorial
Church in Atlanta, where he
served for two years before
going to University, Heights
Methodist Church in Decatur in
July, 1959. He is an instructor
in the Department rs Bible and
Religion at Emory University.
There are 1100 blind stu
dents currently enrolled in
United States colleges, the j
American Foundation for the
Blind reports.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Final Tribute
To Mrs. Ramsey
Thurs. Afternoon
Final tribute was paid Mrs.
Coe David Ramsey, Sr., belov
ed Newton County matron,
who died at her home on Floyd
St. Wednesday morning, in ser
vices at the Covington Metho
dist Church, Thursday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock. The Rev.
Mr. Grady A. Lively, pastor,
was assisted in officiating, by
Dr. Delma Hagood.
Mrs. Ramsey, 86, nee Miss;
Susie Cunningham, was a des
cendant of one of the pioneer ,
families of this section, and a
true daughter of the Confeder
acy. Her father, Major George
Monroe Cunningham, Jr. was
the first white child born in
Newton County; and her mo
ther was the former Miss Mar
tha Pullen. She snent her girl
hood in Salem, where she was
born, and where she and Mr.
Ramsey lived after their mar
riage. until 1917, since when
Covington had been her home.
A typical mother and home
maker, the outreach of her al
truism was manifested in her
ministry to friends and neigh
bors. Her chief interest outside
of her home was the First
I Methodist Church of which she
had been a member for 43
I vears; and Salem Camp
I Ground, whose services she at
tended throughout her lifetime.
Interment was in Covineton
Cemetery, with J. C. Harwell
and Son in charge of arrange
ments. Serving as pallbearers
were: Messers Edward King,
Robert Fowler. Fred Harwell,
L. H. Smith, Otis Nixon. Ro
bert Christian, A. H. David, and
Dr. J. R. Sams.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Miss Martha Ramsey and
Mrs. J. B. Maddox, of Rome;
three sons, G. W. Ramsey. C. D.
Ramsey, Jr., and J. Spence
Ramsey; one sister. Mrs. J. T. 1
McCollum. Fayetteville: seven
grandchildren and eight great- I
grandchildren.
The News joins numerous
other friends in extending
deepest sympathy to the family
in their Bereavement.
Cle^g Funeral
Was Held As
Porterdale Sun.
Mis. Joe (Nena) Clegg. 61.
of Porterdale, died at a private
hospital on Friday, October 14.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clegg,
■ a native of Jackson County,
I were held at Julia A. Porter
Methodist Church with Rev.
Henry H. Dillard and Rev. Ivan
Juhan officiating.
Surviving are her husband
Joseph E. Clegg. Porterdale;
three sons, J. T. Clegg, College
Park: John Frank Clegg, James
I E. Clegg, brother Thomer Wil
i Hams, sisters, Mrs, Jessie
I Thompson, all of Covington;
' Mrs. Gladys Wilson, Mrs. Bob
Ferguson, Miss Clara Williams,
all of Atlanta; Mrs. Moena
Brownlee, Mrs. Kate Patterson
of Porterdale and seven grand
children.
Interment was in Lawnwood
Memorial Park, Covington, with
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments. Pallbearers were Walter
Allgood, Hollis Clegg, Hugert
Tucker, Harold Hodge, Glen
Patterson, Rudolph Ferguson
and Nip Ferguson.
The NEWS extends deepest I
sympathy to the members of |
the bereaved family in their
sorrow.
Blind children have been
successfully integrated into
regular public school programs
since 1900, according to the
American Foundation for the
Blind.
Have you ever laughed at a
murder? (See next week’s pa
per.
NUMBER 43
Charles King, Jr.
Chmn. "Veterans
For Kennedy"
Charles C. King, Jr. of Coving
ton, has been named Newton
County “Veterans For Kennedy-
Johnson” chairman, in the com
ing presidential election November
8. Mr. King was appointed to th*
post by Fourth District Chairman
Maurice Webb of Newnan.
The new Newton County chair
man said yesterday, “In the atmos
phere of a two-party system, after
careful observance of candidates,
all of whom are veterans and loyal
patriots, we feel that the Kennedy-
Johnson Democratic ticket offer,
more forceful leadership for a
stronger America for the next four
I years.”
Mr. King also said that the
“Veterans For Kennedy-Johnson”
ticket are primarily interested in
‘ getting out the vote on election
, day.
Glover Farrow
Funeral Held As
Grace Church
Glover M. Farrow, 54. a native
of Newton County, died at hi*
home on October 11. Funeral ser
vice* were held on Thursday, Oct.
13, at Grace Baptist Church
with Rev. Ivan Juhan, officiating.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Doris K. Farrow. Covington; two
sons, Joel L. Farrow. U. S. Air
i Force; Wayne Farrow, Covington;
two daughters. Mrs. Randolph Wil
kerson, McDonough; Mrs. Harry
D. Melton, Covington; two brot
hers, Lee Farrow, Covington;
James Farrow. Chester. South
Carolina; three sisters, Mrs. Ros
coe Reynolds, Macon; Mr*. /. W.
Edwards, Porterdale; Mrs. Geo.
Sowell, Atlanta, and five grand
children.
Interment was in the Baptist
Cemetery at Porterdale with
Caldwell and Cowan Fu n e ral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Serving as pallbearers were
Everett Coady, H. H. Kitchens,
J. M. Kitchens, A. E. Kitchens,
C. L. Kitchens and C. O. Kitchens.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in their
sorrow.
J. J. Stephenson
Native Newton
Co., Succumbs
Funeral services for James
; John Stephenson Sr. of 507
Candler Street, Decatur, were
held Sunday afternoon at Tri
-1 nity Chapel with interment in
Rest Haven.
Mr. Stephenson, 87, was a
native of Newton County. He
died at the home of his son
J. J. Stephenson Jr., after a
lingering illness.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
J. J. Stephenson Sr., son, J. J.
Stephenson Jr., two grandchil
dren and five great-grandchil
dren.
Attending the funeral from
Covington were Mr. and Mrs.
E. Lee Stephenson and Mrs.
Mamie Gaillard Collier.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the family in their bereave
ment.
Livestock Sale
Totals $45,448
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 636 h"ad of
cattle and 12 hogs for a total
of $45,448.44. Milk cows and
I springers topped at $305.00;
baby calves at $26.00; and
pigs at $14.50. Stockers sold
from $57.00 to $147.00.
Price ranges were: hogs sls
to $18; calves, $14.50 to $27.50;
heifers, sls to $22 50; steers
$14.00 to $25.00; light bulls,
$11.50 to $19.00; heavy bulls,
$14.00 to $17.00; canners, $9 00*
to $13.00; cutters, sl3 to 14.50;
and fat cows, $15.00 to $16.40’
There were 201 shippers and
76 buyers, including 10 pack
ers.