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By the Office Boy
Just two months ago about the
time my room mate became ill,
several people called and said
“Did you know you, the Office
Boy, were written up in the
Magazine section of the Atlan
ta Journal - Constitution, by
Ralph McGill?” Os course
when there is such serious ill
ness as ours we do not look at
our own paper even . . . but
friends sent me a copy of it.
I’ve tried to write Ralph Mc-
Gill, who is a personal friend
of the Fourth Estate, of many
years, for I wanted to tell him
something about his interesting
story that ho did not know and
I'm sure the lady involved did
not have time to tell him when
he was interviewing June
Lockhart, in Hollywood.
He said in his story, in part,
“In Lassie she (June Lockhart)
plays Ruth Martin, Timmie s.
mother. Timmie is Jon Provost.
He was seven when he began
the Lassie series. He is now al
most 11. But he was already a
veteran when he signed on as
Timmie, having begun a stage
career at the age of three. He
also had appeared in 10 movies,
including “So Big,” with Jane
Wyman, “Country Girl” with
Bing Crosby and “Escapade in
Japan” with Teresa Wright
and Cameron Mitchell.”
“I chatted for a while with
his mother, Mrs. Cecil Provost.
I was somewhat startled
to have her open the conver
sation by asking to be remem
bered to Mrs. Belmont Dennis,
of Covington, Georgia. Mrs.
Provost is an enthusiastic mem
ber of the Daughters of the
Confederacy as is Mrs. Dennis.
They had met and become
friends at national Conventions
of the Daughters.”
Now Ralph, here’s the inter
esting story which would make
a good movie within itself. My
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Newton County
Has 511 Farms
The 1959 Census of Agri
culture, conducted in Newton
County last fall, counted 511
fa^ms, according to a preli-
Tninarv report lust issued bv
th® Bureau of the Census,
U. S. Denartment of Com
merce. I'otal land ’n farms
was 97.564 acres. The aver
age size of farm was 190.9
acres. The average value of
farms (land and boilings) in
th" countv was $21,776.
Os th® county’s farm oner
a’ors. 292 owned their farms.
87 owned nart of the land and
r°"*ed additional acreage, and
73’ were tenant farmers.
The average age of farm
curators in the county was
5? 2 years. There were 84
farm onerators 65 or more
years of age.
Os the 511 fams in the
county, 312 were commercial
farms.
Detailed statistics on crops,
livestock, equipment, etc., are
presented in the preliminary
rcnort, with comparable sta
tistics for 1954. Copies of the
county report may be obtain
ed for 10 cents each from the
Bureau of the Census. Wash
ington 25. D. C.
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uru/TON COUNTY JUNIOR HIGH football coaches are shown in the photo above. From left to
• M-* Melvin Criswell, L. G. Carney, Billy Crowell, Julius Johnson and James Bohannon. The
,| 9 hl: „ un « v team, organised this season for the first time, is undefeated in seven games with
on*y 8 a tie marring their string. Tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 on Covington's Homer Sharp Field the
team meets Jonesb?“
A Prise-Winning
Newspaper
1960
Better Newspaper
Contest*
The Covinc'^n Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 96
GEHF^I ELECTION OVER NATION TUESDAY
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Op House Set At Newton County High School
Program lo
Observe '6O
Ed. Week
Plans are being completed
for the annual Open House to
be held at Newton County
High School on Thursday night,
November 10 at 7:30 o’clock.
All parents and friends of the
school are invited and urged
to avail themselves of this op
portunity to visit the school
and become better acquainted
with its program and instruc
tion.
The guests will register in
the lobby of the school audi
torium. As has been the cus
tom for a number of years, the
Student Council will add a new
plate to the Open House Plaque
for the homeroom and the class
who have the largest percen
tage of parents present. At the
time of registration parents will
be given a copy of their child
ren’s schedules to aid them in
finding the various teachers at
the conclusion of the meeting
in the auditorium and talking
with them.
Dave Smith, president of the
Student Body, will preside at
the meeting in the auditorium.
Janelle Wood, vice president of
the Student Body, will present
the devotional. Mr. Eddie Naj
jar, Counselor, will discuss what
the counselling program is try
ing to accomplish for the stu
dents. Mr. H. F. Sharp, super
vising principal, will introduce
the faculty members, and dis
cuss the 18 unit requirement
for being an honor graduate.
After the period of visitation
with the teachers, light re
freshments will be served in
the cafeteria.
The week of November 6-12
is American Education Week.
Continued On Page 18
Applications
For College Ent.
Exams Now Due
Newton County High School
officials have announced that
the Scholastic Aptitude Test
For College Entrance Exami
nation Board will be held at
the NCHS auditorium on De
cember 3. However, the Appli
cation must be in Princeton, N.
J. by Saturday, November sth.
There will be another test in
January, but all students who
take the December test here
will be eligible for the STAR
Award in Georgia.
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Fourth District Municipal Officials Met In Covington Thursday
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GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION'S Fourth District Meet
ing was held in Covington on Thursday of last week. Officials
present for the day's sessions at City Hall were, seated left to
right. Tom Morgan of West Point, Vice-President of 4th District
GMA: Carl E. Pruett of Griffin, President of the Georgia Muni
cipal Assn., main speaker at the luncheon program at Kiwanis
Club; Mayor Nat Turner of Covington. Standing, left io right:
W. Elmer George, Executive Director of the GMA; Senator Otis
Thomas Davis
Gets Research
Fellowship
Thomas C. Davis, of Coving
ton, Georgia, has been award
ed the Ethyl Corporation gra
duate research fellowship in
chemistry at Florida State Uni
versity for the 1960-1961 aca
demic year, the company an
nounced today.
He will receive a stipend of
$1,900 for living expenses plus
an allowance for tuition and
fees. In addition, the chemistry
department at the university
will receive S6OO from Ethyl
for expenses in connection with
Davis’ research work, which is
being directed by Prof. Harry
M. Walborsky.
Davis received his B S. in
chemistry from North Georgia
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1960
Red Oak Church
Turkey Supper
Set Nov. 10th
Red Oak Methodist Church
will have another of their fa
mous Turkey Suppers Novem
ber 10 at the Heard Mixon Club
House.
Serving will be from five
o’clock until 8 o’clock.
Price for the tickets will be
$1.50 for adults and 75c for
children.
James Daniel
Cited For
Preventing Fire
A civilian night supervisor at
the Quartermaster Laundry Plant
at Fort Benning has been cited for
his alertness in preventing a fire
that could have resulted in ex‘ens
ive damage to the million-dollar
plant.
James R. Daniel of Porterdale,
Ga., a laundry and dry-cleaning
repairman, was presented a letter
of appreciation by Col. Charles A.
Ritchie. The Infantry Center's
Quartermaster officer, at a cere
mony at the plant Monday (Oct.
24).
Shortly before midnight on Oct.
11, during National Fire Preven-
Continued on Page 20
College in 1954 and later at
tended the University of North
Carolina for a year. Under the
Ethyl fellowship, he will study
for his Ph. D.
This marks the 24th conse
cutive year that Ethyl Cor
poration has provided gradu
ate research fellowships as one
phase of its over-all program
of aid-to-education.
COVINGTON NEWS
OQ Pages
•■O Today
Nixon of the 35th Senatorial Disiric ; Tom Bates, Commissioner
of Roads and Revenue of Newton County; Dr. James E. Gates,
Dean of the School of Business Administration, University of Ga.,
one of the main speakers on the program; and Newton County
Representative Donald Ballard. Forty-Eight city officials of the
4th District's cities and towns attended the meeting. (See other
picture on Third Front Page).
Leo S. Mallard
Joins Staff On
Covington NEWS
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LEO S. MALLARD
Leo Sessions Mallard, former
ly of Covington, returned this
week from Carrollton, to as
sume his duties with the
Covington News as Assistant
to the Publisher, A. Belmo"'
Dennis.
For the past year Mr. Mal
lard has been news editor of
The Carroll County Georgian,
and Times Free Press, publish
ed by Carroll Publishing Com
pany. of which Stanley Park
man is editor. On the News
staff, he will assist in .he var
ious phases of publishing, ad
vertising and news depart
ments; and in servicing out of
town accounts.
Mr. Mallard is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Mallard, also of
the News Staff. He is a 1956
graduate of Newton County
High, where he was Student
Council president and Rotary
Achievement winner. His fresh
man year of college was spent
at Mercer University: and he
received his A. B. degree in
Journalism in 1959. from the
Continued on Page 19
City Election
December J
Covington City Election will
be held on Saturday, Decem
ber 3 at which time three coun
cilmen will be named for a
two-year term. Posts now held
by Rucker Ginn, Don Wood
and Otis Spillers will be at
stake in the balloting this year.
The last date qualification
for candidates will be Novem
ber 23 at 12 o’clock noon at
City Hall, according to an an
nouncement by city officials.
Candidates must qualify with
City Clerk Harry Cowan.
Voter registration in t h e
forthcoming city election will
close on Monday, November
7th. All persons 18 years and
older who have resided in the
city for the past six months
and in Georgia for the p a s t
year, are eligible to vote in
the December election.
Tri-County Sells
UI Hd. Livestock
On Monday
Livestock sales at the Tri-
County Auction Company barn
at Hub Junction continues a
record volume in their Mon
day sales.
Monday the auction sold 750
’ head of cattle and 32 hogs for
| a total of $53,004.16. Milk cows
and springers topped at $290.00
and baby calves at $22.00.
Stockers sold from $55.00 to
$140.00.
Price ranges were: hogs, sl3
to $17.50; calves, $ll.OO to $23;
heifers, $13.00 to $18.00; steers,
$14.00 to $21.00; light bulls,
$11.50 to $15.50; heavy bulls,
$14.00 to $17.00; canners, $9.00
to $12.00; cutters, sl2 to sl3;
and fat cows, sl3 to sl6.
There were 188 shippers and
j 92 buyers, including 12 packers.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
President, 19 Amendments
On Ballot In Newton County
Tuesday, November Bth, is National Election day all over
the nation when a President and Vice-President will be
elected for a four-year term in the White House. Vieing for
the top office in the land is Democratic Nominee John F.
Kennedy of Massachusetts and Richard M. Nixon, Republi
can Nominee of California.
5 Community
Clubs Blue
Award Winners
The Community Club judging
was held on October 17th with five
Newton County Community Clubs
completing the year. Blue Awards
were announced by the judges for
each of the following communities:
Brickstore, Flint Hill, Hays Dis
trict, Heard - Mixon and Pine
Grove.
The Community Development
Program is sponsored jointly in
Newton County by the Newton
County Chamber of Commerce and
the Farmers Club of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce in coopera
tion with the Extension Service.
Newton County is one of 39 count
ies in the Atlanta Area participat
ing in the Farmers Club of the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce.
Community Development program
is sponsored in cooperation with
the Agricultural Extension Service,
College of Agriculture, of the Uni
versity of Georgia.
The Newton County Clubs have
shown much progress in the pro
gram and especially in their re
spective clubs. The members of
the local clubs know the value of
working together on projects which
benefit the entire community. The
families participating in these
clubs develop their own program
for the year and from time to time
have educational programs of dif
ferent types These programs en
able them to keep abreast of the
trends in Agriculture and the home
as well as Community living.
Boy Scout
Ranger To
Speak Today
Jim Heatley, Boy Scout
Ranger for the new Camp Bert
Adams BSA Reservation just
off the Covington - Jackson
highway, will be the guest
speaker at the Covington Ki
wanis Club luncheon meeting
today (Thursday) at Legion
Home at 1 o’clock.
S. J. Morcock, Kiwanian and
prominent Boy Scout worker
in the county, is in charge of
the program today and will in
troduce Mr. Heatley. The BSA
Continued On Page 18
Candidates For President Os U. S.
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RICHARD NIXON
Republican Nominee
NUMBER 45
The election ballot this year
also includes the names of
Georgia’s Congressmen, one
Senator and other state offi
cials. Also to be elected a e
the Newton County officials
who were nominated in the
March primary.
All incumbents in Newton
will be returned to office with
one exception. That is t h e
office of Newton County Tax
Receiver where J. Hugh Steele
will be sworn in soon after the
first of the year. Miss Eva
Stephenson has been ..he tax
receiver for the past 36 years.
Incumbent county officials
are: Ordinary Donald Stephen
son. Sheriff John Berry, Clerk
of Suuerior Court Sam M. Hay,
Commissioner of Roads and Re
venue Tom Bates, Countv
Supt. of Schools J. W. (Whit)
Richardson, Nekton Countv
Representative Donald Ballard,
, Tax Collector Bonham Johnson,
I and Coroner Sam Cowan. Also
the militia district Justices of
the Peaoe and Constab.es will
be electci Tuesday.
Nineteen Constitutional
Amendments will also be voted
I on in the coming election. Tb®v
pre given elsewhere in The
Covington NEWS today in con
densed form.
The 1960 Presidential cam
oaign has been hot and manv
heated words have been ex
changed between the two major
candidates. Each candidate has
appeared in Georgia during the
course of the past two months.
In the 1956 Presidential elec
tion Georgia was one of seven
states voting Democratic. Other
than Georgia, the states of Ala
bama, Arkansas. Mississippi.
Missouri. North Carolina and
South Carolina voted for the
Democratic nominee Adl a i
Stevenson.
As election time draws near
political observers believe that
seven big states hold the an-
Continued On Page 18
Bloodmobile At
Porterdale Mon.
The second visit of the Red
Cross Bloodmobile to Newton
County for the blood year
1960 - 61 will be at Porterdale,
Thursday, November 10, from
10 a. m. until 4 p. m. at t h e
Porterdale gymnasium.
James- E. Hardman, co-chair
man of the county blood pro
gram for Newton County with
Marshall Elizer, is in charge.
The first visit, in September,
brought out a fair response, ac
cording to Mr. Elizer. However,
the deficit remains, he said.
JOHN KENNEDY
Democratic Nomine*