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By the Office Boy
My! Goodness Gracious Me!
Somebody tells me it’s nearly
Christmas! I’ll have to come
out from under and try to do
something about it. Whatcher
gonner do when your room
mate is ill and just getting on
his feet and you can’t leave
him? I just wish Santa would
leave his sleigh here for me to
grab a gift of most anything,
just so it was tied up and had
all my friends, grandchillun
•nd chillun’s names on them,
to say nothing of my precious
Aunt Emma, way out in Cali
fornia, almost to Seattle.
But wait! Somethung just
happened to give me the great
est joy Christmas could bring!
My Sunday School class and
my room mate’s class has just
been given the joy of helping
atage a Christmas party on De
eember 16th for the Stroke
Clinic patients, and there are
forty-five of them. We took it
up with our classes and they
are as thrilled as we are. Now
you know this is what has
given me more of the Christ
mas Spirit than I would have
ever gotten, under the circum
•tances, in any other way.
Now we are just hoping you
who are to be the guests at
this Christmas party will all
be there! We are looking for
ward to seeing each of you . . .
that we may have a few Christ
mas Carols together ... a lit
tle fun, and surely some nice
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Legion And
Auxiliary Yule
Party Monday
The American Legion Aux
iliary will join with the Amer
ican Legion in having their
Christmas party this coming
Monday night, December 12, at
the Legion Hall. Dinner will be
•erved promptly at 7 p.m.
This year the Legion and
Auxiliary are asking their
members to please bring an
item for a pantry shelf to be
used in helping to bring Christ
mas to others not quite as for
tunate as we are. Every mem
ber is urged to attend. A very
interesting and entertaining
program is planned for all.
Hospital Auxiliary
Meets Tuesday
The newly-organized New
ton County Hospital Auxiliary
Unit will meet Tuesday, De
eemoer 13 at 10 A.M. in the
Dining Room of the Newton
County Hospital.
Anyone interested in helping
with the auxiliary is cordially
invited to attend this meeting.
COVINGTON NEWS
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Covington Kiwonis Club Receives 1959 District Plaque
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ACHIEVEMENT Plaque is presented Ed Robinson (left) by 12th Division
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Lt.-Gov. W. J. Die ey Ki nit District convention at Savannah in October but was delayed
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at the entertainment program at the ladies night affair.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1960
Better Newspaper
Contests
The Covington vise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 96
EVAN' jINN, wood are elected to council
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Eim. y Stocking Fund Drive Starts Saturday
Food, Clothing, Toys Sought
For Needy Os Newton Co.
Covington Rotary Club has completed plans for the 1960
Empty Stocking Fund drive which will formally get under
way Saturday, December 10. The office at which applica
tions will be received for Christmas boxes win oe established
in the Sheriff’s Office in the Courthouse.
H. Harris
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Covington Mills
Banquet To
Honor Employees
Covington Mills, Incorporat
ed will hold their first annual
awards banquet Saturday
night, December 10, 1960 at the
E. L. Ficq jett school cafeteria.
The affair will start at 7
o’clock.
The honor guests will consist
of some 200 employees whose
service at the mill spans peri
ods from 10 to 40 years and
up. Service pins, buttons and
other appropriate gifts will be
presented to employees.
Main speaker for the ban
quet will be the Reverend Hu
bert White of Stockbridge, Ga.
Rev. White is Nationally known
for his after-dinner speeches
of wit and home-spun philo
sophy.
Golden Fleece
Lodge To Elect
Officers Tuesday
The 134th annual communi
cation of Golden Fleece Lodge
No. 6. F&AM will be held Tues
day, December 13, at 7:30 p. m.,
at which time the annual elec
tion of officers will be held.
Oyster stew will be served. All
members are urged to attend
and visiting brethern are wel
come.
Arthur M. Hilley, W. M.
Reuben M. Tuck. Sec.
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Chairman of the Empty
Stocking drive again this year
will be Hugh Harris. The co -
chairman the venture will
be Alvin Rape. All committee
appointments have been made
byby Rotary President J. W.
(Whit) Richardson.
Soliciting of funds, clothing,
food, toys, etc. will be carried
on in Covington and Newton
County during the next two
weeks, Mr. Harris stated. De
livery of Christmas baskets |
will be undertaken on Friday I
and Saturday, December 23-
24.
Anyone desiring to turn in a
name for a needy family to re
ceive a Christmas box is ask 'd
to come by the Sheriff’s Office
starting Saturday morning at 9
o’clock and a Rotarianne will
be present to take the applica
tion. Mrs. Walter MeGahee is
chairman of applications. She
will be aided on this committee
by Mrs. J. W. Richardson. The
office hours will be 9 to 12 and
1 to 4 p. m. daily.
The Rotary Club committees
for the Empty Stocking Fund
are as follows:
Hugh Harris. Chairman; Al
vin Rape, Co-chairman.
Advisor To All Committees,
President Whit Richardson.
Advance Arrangements. Zig
Callaway, Chmn., William
Crawford, Bud Dennison. Her
bert Vining, Emmett Nichols.
Rotary Information. Bulletin
and Magazine, Mack Johnson.
Public Information (Radio),
Bill Hoffman.
Public Information (Newspa
pers), Leo Mallard.
Promotional Materials & Dis
plays, Signs, Banners, Posters
and Etc., Jack McGiboney,
Chmn., Herbert Katz, Hugh
Steele. Walter MeGahee.
Container Collections, James
Purcell, Chmn., Dick Bellaires,
Hugh King, Bill Crawford,
Hugh Steele.
Religious Organization Con
tacts, Howard Brooks, Chmn.,
Hugh Aiken, E. M. McCart, Tom
Whit?, Henry Dillard.
Industrial Plant Contacts,
Dan Clower, Chmn., James Ro
gers, Dick Bellaires, John
Thompson.
Over All Daily Fund Cam
paign Chairman, Bill Cook,
Chmn., E. G. Lassiter, Jr.
Open Day Saturday, Decem
ber 10th, Zig Callaway, Chmn.,
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COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1960
Rotary Club Makes Final Plans For Empty Stocking Fund Drive
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COVINGTON ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS mapped final plans
for the start of the Empty Stocking Fund Drive. Sat., December
10. Shown in the picture above at the committee meeting Tues
day are, seated from left to right: Rev. Thomas White. Jack Mc-
Gibboney, J. W. (Whit) Richardson, Mack Johnson, E. G. Lassiter,
Football Banquet
Tonight 7 O’clock
Bibb Christmas
Tree At P'dale
December 20th
PORTERDALE — The An
nual Community Christmas
Tree sponsored by the Bibb
Manufacturing Company will
be held on Tuesday afternoon,
December 20, 1960.
Children of white employees
will come at five o’clock.
Children of colored employees
will come at six o’clock.
Tickets will be given in the
mills bj the overseers for child
ren of employees who do not
attend Porterdale School.
Tickets will be given at
school to those children in
school and for pre-school bro
thers and sisters at home.
Tickets will be given at the
school office for pre-school
children of employees living in
Porterdale whose parents will
call for them either on Friday,
December 16. or Monday, De
cember 19. from eight o’clock
to four - thirty o'clock.
For those children who can
not attend the party on Tues
day afternoon, boxes will be ex
changed for tickets at the Por
ter Gymnasium on Wednesday
morning, December 21, from
seven o’clock to eleven o’clock
ONLY.
96th Annual Christmas
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Shopping Edition / * \ x 1
Next Week
The Covington NEWS will publish its 96th
Annual Christmas Shopping Edition next week.
December 15. Be sure and read the many apeciala
which will bo offered by our own local merchants.
You can know you will be pleased If you buy
from them. They have proven their value and the
value of their merchandise. Shop at home this
year. Read the many values offered in today's
paper and be sure and get next week's paper also,
the Groat 96th Annual Christmas Shopping Edi
tion and save and be pleased by buying at homo
where there is no parking problem and no long
ride to tire you in the Christmas season. You will
find anything you need right hero in Covington—
why go elsewhere?
Newton County High School
Rams’ football banquet will be
held tonight (Thursday) at the
NCHS cafeteria starting at 7
o’clock.
Highlight of the annual pro
gram, following the banquet
meal, will be the awarding of
outstanding gridiron honors
for the year. The most valua-
More football and basket-
ball on Sports Page
ble lineman and back will re
ceive the Elks Club trophy. Al
so the most improved lineman
and back and the sportsman
ship trophy will be awarded
during the evening.
Letter-winners will be an
nounced by the coaching staff
and monograms awarded to the
varsity and “B” team mem
bers selected. Also awards will
be made to the cheerleaders
and managers of the team.
Acting as toastmaster will be
Homer F. Sharp, supervising
principal. Coaches Milton Mc-
Laney, Bobby Way, Ronald
Bradley and Stone Cooper will
have a part on the program.
Outstanding lineman on the
Ram team last year was Don
ald Carter, center. The back
award went to Phillip White,
halfback.
Jr. and Dan Clower. Standing, left to right: Bill Hoffman, Dr.
James Purcell. Zig Callaway, Hugh Harris, overall chairman of
the Empty Stocking Program; Otis Spillers, Alvin Rape, and Leo
Mallard. The fund drive officially starts Saturday at the Court
house with headquarters in the Sheriff's Office.
Traverse, Grand Jurors Drawn
for January 1961 Court Term
Traverse jurors and grand
jurors have been drawn for
the Newton County Superior
Court, January term, 1961.
The complete list is given be
low:
TRAVERSE JURY. JANUARY
TERM, 1961. NEWTON SU
PERIOR COURT:
John C. Burton Jr., W. An
drew Burch, Lewis D. Cald
well, W. B. Ficquett, Edward
H. Hunt, D. B. Dixon, Jr., Wal
lace Aiken, Phillip Cohen, J.
P. Walls, E. F. Callaway,
Homer Hammonds.
C. O. Hall, B. B. Lewis, W
T. Knight, D. T. Dobbs, A.
Louie Jackson, Franklin N.
Anderson, Clinton J. Borders,
Herbert Vining, Joe Wall, E.
A. Veal, S. L. Vaughn, Herbert
T. Carson, John T. Cline.
Samuel Capes, D. K. Hicks
Jr., E. J. Hertwig, O. R. Rainey,
Boyce Aiken, Sam Burney Hay,
Curtis Johnson, Vermont Pratt,
C. G. Henderson, Jr., Joe T.
Webb Jr., Lee Farrow.
J. T. Polk, J. Robert Adams,
C. T. Bohanan, Carl J. Elkins,
M. E. Hitchcock, S. J. Morcock,
D. T. Williams, Ted Bates,
Felton A. Ellington, E. M. Mc-
Cart, Sam Reagan, Okanus Mc-
Cart.
C. L. Bostwick, A. A. Goins,
Louis Lang, O. S. Day, Marion
Children Talk To Jolly Ole Santa on Public Square Here
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OLE SANTA CLAUS had a busy afternoon in Covington Friday as he talked with hundreds of
boys and girls on th. Public Square. Here h. is shown talking to Richard Moor., 5-year-old son
of Mr and Mrs. Hiv. Moor, of Jackson Highway, Covington. Richard told Santa what he wani.d
for Christmas and th.n got his present of a big appl. from th. Jolly Old Man as a departing
treat. Looking on at left is Covington Policewoman Mrs. Wallace Edwards and at right Alvin Rape,
Newton County Chamber of Commerce comm itieeman who sponsored the visit of Santa.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
W. Goins, T. L. Burns, G. L.
Dennison, W. G. Carter, G. L.
Williams, Dixon Hays, Wales E.
Ellis, C. E. Castleberry.
Joel T. Bowen, G. A. Jones,
Henry Harwell, Paul D. Mad
den, Wilbur C. Johnson, Mell
Hedgwood, H. L. Moody, J. 0.
Harper, Hoke S. Lord, G. N.
Continued On Page 12
Newton Cage
Coaches Speak
Today, Kiwanis
Coaches of the Newton Coun
ty High School basketball teams
will be the guest speakers at
the Covington Kiwanis meet
ing today (Thursday) at 1
o’clock at Legion Home.
Coach Stone Cooper of the
Newton girls team and Coach
Ronald Bradley of the boys
outfit will discuss team person
nel and future games in which
their teams will be involved
throughout February. Homer
Sharp, NCHS Supervising Prin
cipal, will introduce the coach
es today.
NUMBER 50
893 Ballots
Are Cast
Guy V. Evans, Don Wood and
Rucker Ginn were elected to
the Covington City Council
yesterday in the annual City
Election in which six candidates
aspired to the three posts.
Mr. Ginn and Mr. Wood are
incumbents and the third coun
cilman, Mr. Evans formerly
served in that capacity from
1956 until ’ 958. M. Spillers was
the defeated incumbent in the
balloting yesterday.
Evans led the ticket with 516
votes. There were a total of 893
ballots cast in the election. Sec
ond highest vote total went to
Wood with 474, and the third
councilman, Ginn polled 442.
Spillers had 434, Y. B. (Bud
dy) Baker 428 and J. T. (Jake)
Hooten 311.
Covington Lions
Ladies Night
Legion Home 7:30
The Covington Lions Club
will have their Ladies Night
Thursday night, December 8 at
7:30 p. m. at the American Le
gion "ome.
On the program will be Mrs.
Laura Jean Fisher, first violin;
Mrs. Rachel Chapman, second
violin; accompanied by Mrs.
Sara Kate Pratt on the piano.
The Sunset Trio will sing for
the occasion also. The trio con
sists of Mrs. Dura Austin, so
prary?; Mrs. Vivian Armistead,
Alto; Mrs. Hazel Hopkins, so
prano; accompanied by Mrs.
1 Jacque Farr on the piano.
1 Candidates
In Oxford
Council Race
Seven candidates have enter
ed the Town of Oxford council
race with the election set for
Monday, December 12. Ballot
ing will be conducted at Ox
ford City Hall from 1 until 7
p. m. Monday.
Three council posts will be
filled at the voting Monday.
Only one incumbent is seeking
re-election. He is Fred Taylor.
The other two councilmen who
did not offer for election ar«
E. D. Whatley and Charles Bur
nett.
Other than Councilman Tay
lor the candidates are: J. B.
McDaniel, Joseph (Rip) Repet
ske, Cary Allgood, Carlos
Meyer, J. C. Day and Ira
(Shorty) Bowen.