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By the Office Boy
My, Oh Me! What a “won
derful world”, as our good
friend Mills Lane, of Atlanta
always says.
He even named his boat
“Wonderful World” ... he
wears a tie with “Wonderful
World” printed on it. Had you
ever stopped, looked, and lis
tened! It is a Wonderful World.
I think if each of us would get
up each morning saying “Won
derful World”, as he does . . .
we would find it so .... You
know the Bible tells us that
“As a man thinketh in his
heart, so is he.” This is true.
Sometimes before we THINK
to look UP, we look down . . .
but that is not right. No matter
what may be the test, we
KNOW God will take care of
us.
Oh yes, we have cups of life
. . . dregs in every cup . . .
dregs of sorrow, dregs of dis
appointment, when things do
not go our way . . . dregs of
reverses financially . . . but it’s
a wonderful world God gave
to us to live in. Our lives will
be exactly what we make of
them ... if we bend and break
under the trials of life we can
go down and down and down
to destruction. However, if we
stop and look up . . . into the
beautiful skies He gave us . . .
The beautiful sunshine . . the
wonderful rain to make our
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Heard - Mixon
Harvest Festival
Friday, 6 P.M.
Heard Mixon Parent-Teach
er Association Harvest Festi
val will be held Friday (to- i
morrow), at 6 p. m. at t h e
Community Building.
Elks' Elk-Dorado
Saturday Night
Members of Covington Elks
Lodge Number 1806 and their
friends are invited to the an
nual Elk - Dorado at the club
home Saturday night, October
29th.
Western- style dress is re
quested as the theme of t h e
evening centers around the
roundup, chuck - wagon, etc.
Admission is $2.00 per couple.
Music will be furnished by
the Dixie Swingeroos. Starting
time of the annual shingdig
will be 9 P. M.
Masonic Play
Saturday Night
A Mason’c play “The Rose
On The Altar” will be present
ed Saturday, October 29 at 7
p m. at the Golden Fleece Lodge
Hall.
Supper will be served. All
Mason’s invited.
Miss Peggy Pannell Is 1960 Newton High School Homecoming Queen
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tl- Ahntnsraoh above taken at the Ram-Briarcliff football game Friday night.
From left io right: Ann Patrick. Madelyn Bates, Sandra Seabolt. Peggy Pannell
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VOLUME 96
GIRI .OUT RESIDENTIAL FUND DRIVE TONIGHT
New. jn Theater To Present ‘Bull In China Shop
Two Benefit
Performances
For Band
Have you ever seen a bull in
a china shop? Have you ever
laughed at a murder? You will
do both when the Newton Com
munity Theater presents its
first play of the season, “Bull
in a China Shop,” a mystery
comedy, on November 16th -
17th at the Newton County
High School Auditorium.
This production is being
sponsored by the Band Boost
ers’ Club for the benefit of the
Newton High School Band, and
will be under the direction of
Mr. Eddie Najjar, Mr. Najjar’s
outstanding ability and fabu
lous success as a director has
been demonstrated in past per
formances of the Theater
Group, the Senior Plays, and
the Newton High One - Act
Plays.
“Bull in a China Shop”, by
C. B. Gilford, is a delightful
selection. It was originally pub
lished in Ellery Queen’s Mys
tery Magazine and selected as
one of the best mystery stories
of the year for inclusion in the
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Dennis Returns
To His Home
Friends of Belmont Dennis,
Editor and Publisher of The
Covington NEWS, will be
pleased to learn that he has
returned to his home in Cov
ington after undergoing sur
gery at Emory University Hos
pital in Atlanta.
Mr. Dennis is recuperating
satisfactory after six weeks
hospitalization. He returned to
Covington Saturday morning.
At present he is confined to
his home for another month.
However, he is enjoying visits
of his many friends.
The Cov' prise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
Oxford Lions Club Members Are Building A Boy Scout Hut
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OXFORD LIONS CLUB President Andrew Autry (left) is shewn
shaking hands with Cecil Allgood (right) Boy Scout Chairman,
as he presents a check io Mr. Allgood for the Oxford Boy Scout
Hut building ftwd. The check represented money raised by the
Oxford Lions at their booth at the Newton County Fair. Other
4th District Ga. Municipal
Association Meets Here Today
Covington will be host to the
Fourth District Meeting of the
Georgia Municipal Association
today (Thursday) starting at.
City Hall at 10:00 A.M.
Listed among the prominent
speakers for the program dur
ing the morning and early af
ternoon are: Carl E. Pruitt,
President of the Georgia Mu
nicipal Association; W. Elmer
George. Executive Director of
the GMA; Tom Morgan, Vice-
President 4th District GMA;
(Enumgtnn Nma
(Queen), and Jackie Smith. The queen and her princesses were presented at the
halftime festivities of the game. Miss Pannell -.-as crowned by Dave Smith, Presi
dent of the NCHS Sivrini Council.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1960
Earl Edwards, Chairman Board
of Managers, Assn. Os County
Commissioners of Georgia; and
Dr. James E. Gates, Dean of
the School of Business Admin
istration, University of Geor
gia, Athens.
A question and answer period
will be held after the speaches
of the various dignitaries.
Mayor Nat Turner of Cov
ington stated that the public
is invited to the sessions at
City Hall.
1 Lions Club members looking on are from left to right: Carlos
, Meyer. Carey Allgood, Charles Ellis. Clyde Webb, Charlie Burnett,
t J. L. Higgins. Marshall Eliser, E. D. Whailley, Russell Dollar and
i Melvin Conrad.
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Just before the noon lunch
period Cliff Adams, Director of
Legal And Research Activities,
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High School
Open House Set
November 10th
The annual Open House at
Newton County High School
will be held the evening of
November 10, according to a
preliminary announcement by
Homer F. Sharp, supervising
principal.
The program will bi in con
nection with National Educa
tion Week, and will start at
7:30.
Oxford Lions
Building New
Boy Scout Hut
Oxford Lions Club has taken
on a most worth-while com
munity project in building a
Boy Scout Hut which will be
valued at some $5,000 when
completed.
The building will have 1,500
sq. ft. of floor space in its as
sembly room, two storage
rooms, kitchen and two rest
rooms. Cecil Allgood, building
committee chairman and trea
surer, said that the building
should be completed by early
next year. The members of the
club are doing most of t h e
construction work on the
structure.
Oxford Lions sponsor three
BSA units: Boy Scout Troop
211 with Scout master Cecil
Allgood: Cup Pack 211 with
Cubmaster Elmer Blankenship;
and Explorer Post 211 with
Post Advisor Frank Gwin.
Tri-County Sole
Totals $53,950
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 634 head of
cattle and 51 hogs for a total
of $53,950.21 Milk cows and
springers topped at $267.50;
baby calves at $20.; and pigs
at $10.25. Stockers sold from
sllO. to $l5O.
Price ranges were: hogs,
$16.25 to $18.00; calves, $20.25
to $26.00; steers, $17.25 to
$26.00; heifers. $14.25 to $23 50;
light bulls, $12.25 to $15.50;
heavy bulls, sls. to $18.00;
canners, SIO.OO to $12.00; cut
ters, $12.00 to $14.25; and fat
cows. $14.25 to $17.25.
There were 211 shippers and
74 buyers, including 11 pack
ers.
COVINGTON NEWS
HO Pages
Today
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Goal Os $2,200 Sought
For Newton 1961 Program
The Girl Scouts fund campaign in Newton County will
reach its peak tonight (Thursday) when a house-to-house
canvass will be held in both Covington and Oxford.
Oxford Mayor
Urges Support
Amendment 4
Citizens of Oxford and New
ton County were urged today
by Mayor A. W. Jackson to
“join other Georgians in voting
for progress” by voting for
Constitutional Amendment No.
4 on November Bth.
This amendment is the one j
which would permit the state
, to aid cities and towns. City
j governments throughout the
| state have adopted resolutions
| urging passage of the amend
ment.
| The Board of Managers of
the Association of County Com
missioners has also endorsen it,
as well as the Associated in
dustries of Georgia.
Mayor Jackson said the
amendment will write into the
Constitution of Georgia a basic
' principle of government which
; has been missing.
He said that when the
amendment is passed, leaders
of the Georgia Municipal As
sociation then will meet with
state and legislative officials,
and with representatives of
stat e w id e organizations, to
work out specific legislation. I
“In itself,” said Mayor Jack
son, “Amendment No. 4 esta
blishes the Constitutional right
of our cities and towns to take
their proper place in affairs of
government in Georgia.
“It is a recognition of the in
creased responsibility and im
portance which the municipali
ties now have. The majority of
Georgians now live within the
boundaries of a city or town,
and many more depend upon
the city or town for jobs. If
we are to continue to progress,
we must modernize our govern
mental structure.”
No organized opposition has
developed to the amendment,
which will be voted on in the j
General Election Nov. Bth,
Mayor Jackson added.
Cake Sale
Saturday
The members of the Minia
ture Garden Club will have a
cake sale Saturday, October 29 ।
in front of the Courthouse.
The sale will start at 9:30
a. m. and all proceeds will go ’
to the project for the year, the .
planning and care of the Girl !
Scout Hut. ! ।
Farmers Mutual Exchange Met
Tuesday In Annual Session
The Annual Membership J
Meeting of the Farmers Mu- .
tual Exchange of Covington'
was held at the E. L. Ficquett ■
Junior High Cafetorium Tues
day evening.
During the business session
two new directors were nam
ed. They are D B Dixon and
Gray Hinton. Other members
of the board are Leonard Stan
dard, L. M. Jolley, James El
liott, R. L. Ellington. J. H. El
lington, Chester Clarke, and A. :
C. Ewing. R. C. Schneider is
the secretary of the local ex
change. i
A movie was enjoyed during
the evening. The title of the :
movie was "Bread Fr o m i
NUMBER 44
Co-Chairmen of the local
drive are Mrs. Godfrey Tram
mell and Ed Robinson. M r s.
Trammell is in charge of the
residential canvass and Mr.
Robinson will supervise t h e
contracting of business firms
I of the City.
In Oxford the homes will be
I visited by members of t h e
Oxford Woman’s Club. Other
area campaign workers have
already started their drive in
their various communities. Mrs.
Trammell stated Tuesday.
The campaign in the city
residential areas tonight will
get underway soon after 5 p. m.
It is requested that all porch
। lights be turned on after dark.
Last year the Girl Scout
drive netted some $2,000 from
I Covington and the surround
. ing area. This year the quota is
$2,000. Girl Scout membership
in Newton County is now 225.
The population for girls eligi
. ble for GS in the county is
, 1,428.
Heading the GS movement in
I the county is Mrs. Frances
: i Gillham, who is the profession
: al staff member working in the
Newton County. Mrs. Wendell
Crowe is the Neighborhood
j Chairman, and the Troop Or
ganizer is Mrs. J. B. Dial. The
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GMA President
To Speak At
Kiwanis Today
Carl E. Pruitt, President of
the Georgia Municipal Associa
tion, will be the guest speaker
at the Covington Kiwanis Club
meeting today (Thursday) at 1
o’clock at Legion Home.
Kiwanian and Mayor of Cov
ington, Nat S. Turner is in
charge of the program today
and will introduce the speaker.
The Fourth District of GMA is
presently holding their district
meeting in Covington.
Mr. Pruitt will discuss the
proposed amendments to be
voted upon in the General Elec
tion, Tuesday, November 8.
Constitutional Amend m e n t
Number 4 specifically involves
small municipalities, Mayor
Turner added.
Mrs. Charles Burnett was the
guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwjanis meeting Thursday of
last week. Her talk was on the
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| Stones.” Some 20 door prizei
were awarded with the two
! top prizes going to Miss Judy
Standard, 1,000 pounds of ferti
lizer; and L. A. Biggers, 500
pounds of feed.
Dwain Fitzpatrick, District
Manager of the Farmers Mu
tual Exchange, made a report
on CPA Operations. The Man
ager’s Report given by Mr.
Schneider.
Leonard Standard, Chairman,
spoke briefly during the busi
ness session. James Elliott
made the nominating Com
mittee report.
Wesley Morgan Class of the
Mansfield Methodist Church
served refreshment*.