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By the Office Boy
Hi there! Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Cook, way down in Florida,
where we would like to be. It
turned cold here last night,
down around 26 they tell me,
and at 10 o’clock it’s around
30 degrees .. . after a record
high of 75 for this time of
year. But you can bet your
life we are not cold up here
. . . cause our pulse, and heart
throbs of joy, for you and
yours went sky high ... when
we heard the good news of
your son Dr. Jim Cook, Jr.
Yes, siree! Your legion of
friends throughout this section
of the state have their chests
out until our suspenders are
about to pop. Ain’t nuthin’
never made us any prouder . ..
went to the top in his adopted
State of Florida, and now to the
top in the NATION . . . Gosh!
The Office Boy can’'t steal
the Covington News story . , .
so you just read about it else
where in the paper. I can just
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Election
The Town of Oxford will
elect three councilmen on Mon
day, December 12. The three
ecouncilmen whose terms of of
fice are involved in the voting
are Charlie Burnett, Fred Tay
lor and E. D. Whatley.
Deadline for qualifying in
the eouncil race is 12 o’clock
noon, Friday, December 2nd.
Election day the voting will
be conducted at City Hall
from 1 until 7 P.M.
Georgia Power
Receives Market
Award of Merit
The American Marketing As
gociation’s 1960 award of merit
has been presented to t h e
Georgia Power Company. H.
Selby Hill, the association’s At
lJanta chapter president, pre
sented the award to John J.
McDonough, power company
president, at a luncheon in At
lanta Fiiday, Nov. 17. W, F.
O’'Dell, national association
president, addressed the group.
The power company’s acti=
vities in improving the state’s
business climate and business
image through its industrial,
area and community develop
ment programs and other pro
jects were cited by Mr. Hill
snd Mr. O’Dell.
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the U. S. International Cooperation Administration in Sudan, is
amused by two donkeys hitched to a lathe. The lathe is a United
States surplus item and the donkeys are used as transportation for
workers at the ICA mission in Khartoum. In addition to helping
develop vocational education program in Sudan, Mr, Wommack
served on a special committee in Leopoldville to study educational
problems in the Congo. Prior to his assignment, he was a voca
tional education advisor for two years with the ICA in Paraguay
and four years in Panama. Mr. Wommack is presently on vacation
in the United States and expects so return to Khartoum in early
February for another two-year ICA assignment. He formerly taught
school at Porterdale.
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VOLUME 96
S/ 7:A CLAUS TO_VISIT COVINGTON FRIDAY
6 . andidates Are Entered In City Council Race
Elect
Next Wed.
Six candidates have qualified
for the post of Covington City
Councilman next Wednesday,
December 7th. Three spots on
the six-man council will be
filled in the voting this year.
The three incumbents on the
council, Don Wood, Rucker
Ginn and Otis Spillers, an
nounced two weeks ago. Y. B.
(Buddy) Baker, Guy V. Evans
and J. T. (Jake) Hooten an
nounced last week prior to the
Wednesday noon deadline.
Mr. Evans, local druggist,
formerly served as councilman.
'The other two new aspirants
for the council are asking for
‘a first term. Mr. Baker is an
employee of Covington Mills,
‘and Mr. Hooten is a business
‘man of the city.
Polls at City Hall next Wed
nesday will be open from 7
a. m. until 7 p. m.
A personal message from
each of the six candidates is
given in the NEWS today on
page 26.
Pilot Club To
~ Gather Gifts
For Hospital ;
The Covington Pilot Club will
meet Thursday evening, Decem
ber 1 at 7:30 at the Newton Fede
ral Building.
Members please bring your
Christmas gift for a patient at the
State Hospital in Milledgeville.
Label the gift so that the hospital
will be able to tell whether the
gift is for a man or a woman.
Those who have finished their
scrapbooks are asked to bring
them to the meeting.
Each member is asked to bring
something for the pantry shelf.
Also keep in mind the movie
which will be shown at the Strand
Theatre next Saturday morning.
Admission is any item of gro
ceries.
Che @onington News
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MRS. FREDERICK W. BULL (right), state president of the Hos
pital Auxiliary of Georgia, met with a group of local ladies
Tuesday afternoon at the American Legion Home to discuss plans
for organizing a Hospital Auxiliary unit in Covington. Shown left
to right are: Mrs. Blake R. Van Leer, past president of Georgia
Bloodmobile To Visit
Oxford Tuesday 12-6 PM
The third visit this year by
the American Re d Cross
Bloodmobile to Newton Coun
ty will take place next Tues
day, December 6, in Oxford,
according to Mr. Marshall Eli
zer, chairman of the blood
drives. The donations in the
county are still running behind
use of blood and blood deriva
tives.
The Bloodmobile unit will be
installed in the Church School
Building of the Allen Memor
ial Methodist Church 'in Ox
ford from noon wuntil six
o’'clock.
A special invitation is ex
tended persons living in Ox
ford and north of Oxford to
make a donation of blood.
Mr. Elizer is quoted as say
ing that “Newton Countians es-
Dr. James Cook Awarded
High Medical Honor
(Editor’s Note: All Newton
Countains are proud of Dr,
James T. Cook and the re
cent honors bestowed upon
him. He was named “Flori
da’s General Practioner of
The Year” and on Monday
was named as the “Nation’s
Practitioner Os the Year”,
by the American Medical
Association. The following
article was carried by the
wire services Tuesday.)
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“He’'s a high type gentle
man who's always wanting to
do his part,” Mayor John L.
McFarlin said of a Marianna
physician honored as the na
tion'’s General Practitioner of
the Year.”
“His enthusiasm is one of
his greatest traits,” said Mrs.
James T. Cook Sr., whose 44-
year-old son is the second
youngest doctor to receive the
award, presented annually by
the American Medical Assn.
Dr. James T. Cook received
the honor at Washington Mon
day for “outstanding contribu
tion to his community.”
His contributions make a
long list.
Dr. Cook’s 15 years of prac
tice, starting on his return
from- World War II with two
decorations as an Army cap
tain in Europe, have all been
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY., DECEMBER 1, 1960
pecially should realize t h a {
a sufficient time has elapsed
since the bloodmobile was at
the hospital, and that they are
all again eligible. The other
visit, in Porterdale in Novem
ber, produced a small number
of donations, and the county
continues in its precarious liv
ing with the ultimate possibil
ity of losing the Red Cross’s
supply of free blood of all
blood - types.”
During the last two years
December has brought out the
best response, according to the
chairman. It was two years
ago that the county rallied to
the alarm raised by Dr. Harry
Faulkner and reinstated t h e
county’s reputation by the do
nation of over three hundred
citizens of this life - giving
fluid.
spent in this northwest Florida
town of about 10,000.
He was the first male pres
ident of the Parent-Teachers
Assn. here. He is a board
member of the Florida Heart
Assn. He is president-elect of
the General Practitioners of
Florida.
He is a member of the state
park board, an active Rotarian,
a former steward in the Meth~
odist Church.
One of his accomplishments
was the establishment of a
heart clinic in Marianna. He
started the clinic after his fa
ther, now an invalid here, suf
fered a heart attack 10 years
ago.
Although a general practitioner,
Dr. Cook has specialized to some
degree in heart work.
Born in Porterdale, Ga., he is
the youngest of three children. A
brother, a Marine dive bomber
Continued on 3rd Front Page
Today
Hospital Auxiliary; Mrs. E. E, Callaway, chairman of the local
steering committee; Mrs. John E. Fuller, Mrs. Hazel Malone,
and Mrs. Frank Williams, commitiee members: Mrs. Charles Neal,
state secretary: and Mrs. Bull,
High School
TAL
A’ Student
List Announced
The Student Council of Newton
County High School announces
that the following students made
all A’s on their report cards for
the second grading period which
ended November 18.
Twelfth grade: Jackie Latham,
Allan Rowe and Dave Smith;
eleventh grade: Judy Barker,
Bede Campbell, Jimmy Capps,
Brenda Chambers, Lauree Cook
and Emalyn Singley; tenth grade:
Day Morcock; ninth grade: Jim
Benton, Grady Campbell, Ronnie
Elliott, Tim Exley, Noel Hayes,
Gary Rooks, Mason Stephenson
and Robert Travis.
Local Postmaster
Urges Early
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- Christmas Mailing
Postmaster E. L. Stephenson
said today, “Early mailing of
all Christmas cards and gifts is
the biggest single factor in
getting all of the mail deliver
ed before Christmas. Post Of
fice facilities have been ex
panded, extra help will be
available, and everything is
geared up to handle a record
Christmas mail in 1960 this
year.”
The entire Christmas mail
ing period is a big battle against
time. Even though Christmas
is a month away by the calen
dar, it’s Christmas every day
at the Post Office from now on.
T h e Postmaster advises,
“Don’t take chances on mailing
poorly wrapped packages. Use
sturdy corrugated mailing car
tons, plenty of heavy wrapping
paper and strong cord. Car
tons containing several gift
packages should be well stuff
ed with tissue or old newspa
pers to cushion the contents.”
He said further, “If you have
articles of unusual size or bulk,
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Kiwanis Ladies
Night Program
I:30 Legion Home
' The Covington Kiwanis Club
will observe “Ladies Night” to
night (Thursday) at Legion
Home, starting at 7:30.
Entertainment part of { h e
program will be conducted by
the Berry School Chorus, un
der the direction of Ross Ma
goulas. Part of this group ap
peared on the local Kiwanis
program some two months ago
and was thoroughly enjoyed.
E. E . (Buck) Callaway is in
charge of the affair tonight
and the program will be intro
duced by Ed Hunt, who for
merly served on the staff at
Berry Schools.
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Guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club meeting
Thursday was the Reverend
Thomas J. White, pastor of the
Covington Presbyterian Church.
The program was ir. charge of
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MR. AND MRS. J. 8. GARDNER, SR. of Covington observed their 63rd Wedding Anniversary on
November 25. The Gardners were married at Bethany in 1897, Mrs, Gardner is the former Lois
i King. They are the perents of one son, Jimmy Gardner, Jr,
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“Treats” For Small Children
.
On Public Square 3 PM.
Covington and Newton County boys and girls will wel
come Santa Claus on the Public Square next Friday, De
cember 2, at 3 P. M. The visit of the Jolly Old Man will
hail the opening of the Christmas season in the county.
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To Santa Claus |
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Reccived liere |
Billy Dawkins, 7-yesr-o 1 dt
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Dawkins of Covington, is get-~
ting his request in early for a
Christmas visit by Santa Claus.
Billy’s letter to Santa is the
first that The Covington NEWS
has received thus far.
Each Christmas season The
NEWS forwards the “Letters To
Santa” on to the Jolly Man
at The North Pole and he in
turn packs his bag and loads
his sleigh for the trip to New
ton County on Christmas Eve.
Letters received from now
until our lissue of Thursday,
December 22 will be printed in
‘The News.
~ Just to be sure that we re
lay Billy Dawkins’ reauest on
to Santa we are carrying his
letter this week:
Dear Santa Claus,
For Christmas I want a tent
and a typewriter with a desk.
Please bring me some typing
paper with my typewriter.
Would vou please bring me a
ring with a red set. Would you
‘bring some wooden ABC blocks
for my baby sister with a lit
‘tle cuddle cat.
} Would you please bring my
grandmother some earrings and
‘necklace and I want for my
father a new pair of pants and
for my mother a new pair of
‘earrlngs and necklace and for
'my grandfather a shirt, size 17.
For my Aunt Sara I want a
pretty sweater and earrings
and a necklace. Bring my Uncle
Walt a new bowtie.
Love.
Billy Dawkins.
Marion Piper In
Hospital Again
Marion Piper, popular Coving
ton businessman, has re-entered
Emory University Hospital.
Mr. Piper returned to his home
some six weeks ago and had limit
ed his activities at Piper Hard
ware Company since his illness.
N UMBER 49
The event, sponsored by the
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce, will feature a pa
rade, program and band con
cert as well as the distribution
of “treats” to the small chil
dren.
Soon after Santa’s arrival at
City Hall he will board a
Christmas decorated float for
a ride to the Covington Pub
lic Sqare. He will be preceded
by a Police escort and the New=
ton County High School band.
Presiding at the brief pro
gram on the square will be
Otis Spillers, President of the
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce. Comments and wel
come will be delivered by
Mayor Nat Turner. Mrs. R. P.
Campbell, general chairman of
the garden clubs, will also be
on the program and the lights
will be turned on the Christ
mas decorations on the Publie
Square. Other members of Mrs,
Campbell’s committee include
Mrs. E. G, Lassiter, Jr. of the
Miniature Garden Club, and
Mrs. Terry Avery of the Green
Thumb Garden Club.
After the treats are distribut
ed to the small children they
will have a chance to meet and
talk with Ole Santa.
The Chamber of Commerce
committee that made plans for
Santa’s visit includes: Lanier
Hardman, chairman; Johr Por
ter, Frank Meadors, Fred
Kitchens, Dr. E. J. Callaway
and Mayor Nat Turner.
Further particulars of San
ta's visit to Covington may be
found in an advertisement in
today’s Covington NEWS.
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- Woman's Club
Christmas Tea
Tues., 3:30 P.M.
The Covington Woman's Club
will hold its annual Christ
mas Tea at the Woman’s Club
Library on Tuesday afternoon,
December 6, at 3:30 p.m.
Mr. Eddie Najjar's speech
class will present a Christ
mas program. All retired mems~
bers, expresidents and meme
bers are cordially invited