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VOLUME 96
Judge Clarence R. Vaughn
Dies While Enroufe Home
Superior Court Judge Clar
ence Rowland Vaughn of the
Stone Mountain Circuit, died
Wednesday afternoon in a Cai
ro hospital, where he was
taken after being stricken on a
trip from Florida to his home
in Conyers.
Officials at the Grady Gen
eral Hospital in Cario said
Judge Vaughn died following
a cerebral hemorrhage. He was
«9.
With his at the time of his
death were his wife, who was
with him on the trip, and his
sons, Clarence R. Vaughn Jr.,
Conyers lawyer and state sen
ator, and Augustus Guinn
Vaughn, a LaGrange druggist,
who recently was named his
home town’s outstanding man
of the year.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 11 a.m. at Conyers
Methodist Church, Rev. J.
Douglas Gibson and Rev. Max
Whittemore officiating. Burial
was in Eastview Cemetery.
Judge Vaughn was entering
his 10th year as judge in the
Stone Mountain Judicial Cir
cuit which includes DeKalb,
Newton, and Rockdale counties.
In tribute to Judge Vaughn,
Judge Frank Guess, also of the
Stone Mountain Circuit’s Su
perior Court, said:
“He was one of our most out
standing jurists. Judge Vaughn
was as fair as a man can be—
fair to rich and poor, the high
and low. All who knew him
have suffered a tremendous
loss.”
Judge Guess noted that he
had known Judge Vaughn for
40 years and that they prac
ticed law at the same time.
During the 25 years that Judge
Guess served as judge and be
fore Judge Vaughn was elected
to the post, the latter practiced
law under Judge Guess.
Upon hearing of Judge
Vaughn’s death Wednesday af
ternoon, Judge Guess and Judge
H. O. Hubert dismissed court
for the remainder of the week.
The tall court official was
noted for his simple dignity
and gentle humor. Several of
his “on the bench” remarks
were history in court circles.
One of the oft-told tales is his
remark after being presented
an extremely lengthy petition.
On reading the many legal
prayers. Judge Vaughn solemn
ly announced, “It seems the
plaintiff has prayed for almost
everything except the judge.
The court might suggest he
amend the petition and include
him.”
Judge Vaughn was a steward
and trustee of the Conyers
Methodist Church where he had
served as superintendent of the
Sunday School for 16 years. He
■was born in Newton County
near Salem Campground. He
had served as chairman of the
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The Covington enterprise, established in 1864 — The Covington Star, established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, established in 1953
board of trustees of the camp
ground.
Following his graduation
from Conyers High School in
1911 he attended the Universi
ty of Georgia, receiving his
bachelor of laws degree in
1914. During World War I he
served as an enlisted man in
the infantry.
He served in the Georgia
House of Representatives from
1923 to 1927 and again in 1933
at a special session. He was a
senator from the 34th District
from 1929 to 1931 and again
in 1935. He served on the State
Highway Board from 1946 to
1948 and was a member of the
governor’s staff under several
administrations. He was a
Democrat.
Judge Vaughn was vice pres
ident and chairman of the
board of directors for the Bank
of Rockdale at Conyers. He was
past master of Philologia Ma
sonic Lodge, past commander
for several terms of Conyers
American Legion Post No. 77
and was former state judge ad
vocate for the American Le
gion.
He and his wife, the former
Mary Julia Guinn, had been
married more than 40 years.
In addition to his widow and
sons, survivors are three broth
ers, L. C. and J. A. Vaughn of
West Palm Beach, Fla., and H.
G. Vaughn of Atlanta, and sev
eral, nieces and nephews.
Rites Held At
Hopewell For
Mrs. Boyd
Funeral services for Mrs.
Frances Boyd, 1203 Cypress
Drive, Forest Park, were held
Tuesday, November 22 at 3:00
p.m. at Hopewell Presbyterian
Church.
Mrs. Boyd, a native of New
ton County, died Sunday, No
vember 20 at her residence fol
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lowing a lingering illness.
Survivors include one son,
i Ralph Gunn; mother, Mrs. R.
I P. Boyd, both of Forest Park;
sisters. Mrs. J. D. Wicks of
Forest Park, Mrs. Paul Stew
art of Covington; brothers,
Ernest Boyd of Charleston, S.
C., T. E. Boyd of McDonough;
sister-in-law, Mrs. C. Pressley
Boyd of Porterdale; one grand
child, Kathy Gunn.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
thv bereaved family.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
The Covington news
Ivan Allen, Jr. Was Main Speaker At Newton-Rockdale District BSA Banquet
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IVAN ALLEN, JR., of Atlanta, prominent in Boy Scout work for
a quarter-century, is shown in the picture above as he addressed
the Newton-Rockdale District Banquet assemblage Monday at
Ficqueti School. Shown on Mr. Allen's left is Bill Hoffman, New
ton-Rockdale District Chairman who presided at the banquet.
Duvall Biggers
Funeral Held
Saturday
Funeral services for Duvall
Biggers of Covington, were held
Saturday afternoon, November
19, at the Chapel of Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home with
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway and
Rev. Roland McDaniel officiat
ing.
Mr. Biggers, 60 was a native
of Newton County and was a
self-employed merchant with
his business on Newton Drive.
He died at a nrivate hospital on
November 17.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Ruby W. Biggers. Covington:
brothers. W. M. Biggers, Toc
coa; C. D. Biggers, Covington:
two sisters, Mrs. M. C. Knight,
Dacula and Mrs. Howell Hays,
Hayston.
Interment was in Lawnwood
Memorial Park with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Johnny
Hinton. Roy Reynolds, Roscoe
Reynolds, Dan Biggers, Carrol
Kniyht and Olin Cook.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in ectend
ing deepest sympathy to them
in their sorrow.
Jaycee Corner
At the regular meeting held
Monday night at the Elks Club
the following committees were
appointed for the month of De-
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1960
Preparing First Thanksgiving
Dinner Took Many Days In 1621
The Pilgrim homemaker
boiled and toiled for days to
prepare for the first Thanks
giving dinner in 1621. But,
thanks to methods of food pre
servation she never dreamed
of, her modern sister can put
a similar feast on the table in
a matter of hours.
It was almost 200 years af
ter Governor William Bradford
decreed a day of thanksgiving
that canning was invented. A
candymaker named Nicolas Ap
pert published the report of
his invention in 1810, after col
lecting the prize of 12,000
francs that the French govern
ment had offered for a method
of preserving food for its troops.
Now the housewife can sim
ply open a can of mincemeat,
pumpkin, or cranberry sauce
—or any of the other foods
that bring the yearly retail
value of canned foods to ap
proximately $4.5 billion.
Or, she can roast a frozen tur
key and open a package of fro
zen corn, part of the $2 billion
worth of frozen food that is
produced annually, according
to World Book Encyclopedia.
The Pilgrims probably kept
some foods on ice, but it was
the mechanical refrigeration
developed in the late 1800’s
and the quick-freezing pro
cess of Clarence Birdseye de
veloped in the 1920’s that made
freezing an important means
of food preservation.
In Thanksgiving dinners yet
to come, the housewife may
serve a freeze-dried turkey, one
;hat has been quick-frozen and
the moisture removed. Freeze
drying was used in the days of
Pilgrims but only for preserv
ing biological specimens in the
laboratory. Just a few decades
ago, scientists began to apply
this method to food. A shipment
of freeze-dired food currently
is nourishing the World Book
Encyclopedia Scientific Expe
dition to the Himalaya, led by
Sir Edmund Hillary.
Recently scientist have been
experimenting with irradiation
as a method of preserving food.
If further experiments are suc
cessful, tomorrow’s turkey din
ner may be chock full of gam
ma rays.
cember Jaycee Projects and
activities.
In charge of the annual
Christmas Shopping Tour for
the needy children of the coun
ty are Cloud Abernathy, James
Anderson and Terry Avery.
This has been an annual pro
ject for the Newton County
Jaycees and a very worth
while and rewarding one.
Plans were made to hold the
annual Jaycee Christmas Dance
and Ladies Night on December
12th at the Elks Club. Heading
this committee will be P. W.
Pratt Jr. and John Bledsoe.
Jack Chandler will head the
committee for selecting the
Outstanding Young Farmer of
Newton County.
The Jaycees also got plans
underway for their annual Miss
Newton County Beauty Pagaent
which will be held on April Bth
at the Newton County High
School auditorium. Commit
tees are now being formed
Others at the speaker's table in the picture are, from left to right:
Mrs. Hoffman; Charlie Patterson, District BSA Executive; Harry
Maner, of The Atlanta Area Council; and Mrs. Billy C. Crowell,
At the right foreground is Charles C. King, Jr.
Why The
Yellow Pages?
Why are the yellow pages
yellow?
Ray Reece, local manager for
Southern Bell, has come up;
with the answer.
About 40 years ago all pages
of the telephone directory were
white. This made it difficult to
distinguish the alphabetical
listings from the classified.
Some unidentified geni u s
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solved the problem by pointing
out if the classified section was
printed on colored paper it
could be quickly identified.
To determine the most read
able color, a New York eye
specialist was consulted. After
some research he reported the
most legible combination was
black print on white stock —
which we were already using
and still use in the alphabetical
section, Mr. Reece said.
The second most legible com
bination was black print on
pastel paper — and the most
readable was pale yellow. Thus
, was born Yellow Pages.
The classified sections in
most telephone directories in
’ South America, Japan and
Korea are yellow too. Those of
many other countries are white.
The classified pages of the
Paris, France, telephone direc
tory are —naturally—pink!
A Priae-winning
few Newspaper
1960
Xv^—Better Newspaper
Contests
Rev Harris Rees
Preaches Sun.
Oxford Mission
Rev. Harris Rees, former
Missionary to Nigeria, will
conduct the evening prayer
service on Wednesday night at
the Oxford Baptist Mission.
Mrs. Rees and three sons will
also be with him at this ser-
vice.
The doors of the Oxford
Baptist Mission will remain (
open all day Thanksgiving Day,
giving every one an oppor
tunity to enter at their con
venience to spend a while in
reading God’s word, quiet med
itation and talking with God.
The Sunday School enroll
ment now is 67, with the at
tendance this past Sunday
reaching 66. Rev. R. Hudson
Moody brought the message on
Sunday morning. Sunday night
the Baptist Training Union was
organized with the following
officers: Ross Wilson, Train
ing Union Director; Nursery,
Mrs. Howard Taylor,; Begin
ners, Mrs. Wilbur Noles; Pri
mary, Mrs. James Anglin;
Junior, Mrs. Tom Blair;
Intermediate, James Anglin;
Young Peoples Counselor, R. E.
Whatley; Adult President, C.
E. David.
Bryant Steele of High Point
Baptist Church, helped with
organizing the Training Union
and brought the message at the
evening worship service.
The United States’ agricul
tural industry employs six mil
lion people to supply farmers
and another 10 million to store,
transport, process and merch
andise agricultral products in
addition to the 7 1/2 million
workers on farms and ranches,
■ according to United States De
partment of Agriculture statis
tics.
NUMBER 48
Episcopal
Church Notes
This is the week before Ad
vent and the appropriate Gos
pel is John 6:5-14.
Choir practice continues each
Tuesday night at 6:45 under
the direction of Mrs. Alcie
Penick. Guest soloist last Sun
day was Miss Anne Edwards.
Holy Communion will be
celebrated Wednesday and
Thursday of this week at
10:00 a.m.
The Brotherhood of St. An
drew meets at 12:30 p.m. on
Friday.
The Corporate Communion
of the Men of the Church will
be held next Sunday at 8:00
a.m. and will be followed by
breakfast at the Parish House.
Officers elected last Sunday
of the Primary class are: Pres
ident, India Fuller; Vice-Presi
dent, June Kirkland; Treasur
er, Carol Thomas; Secretary,
Ivy Summers; Parliamentarian,
Virginia Budd; and Reporter,
Becky Kirkland.
Regular services each Sun
day are: Holy Communion 8:00
a.m.; Sunday School, 10:00
a.m.; Morning Prayer and Ser
mon, 11:00 a.m.
American Farms
Compared With Russian
If American farmers were
no more efficient than those of
the Soviet Union, 22 1/2 mil
lion Americans who now work
in manufacturing construction,
mining, the trades, transporta
tion and other non-farm busi
■ ness would have to produce
• food, clothing and forest pro
> ducts, according to United
> States Department of Agricul
■ ture reports.
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1 Have plenty of help, tools
•r and water on hand before
- burning trash, brush, or grass,
- warn engineers with the Agri
cultural Extension Service.