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William (Bill) Dean Named
Judge Stone Mtn. Circuit
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WILLIAM (Bill) DEAN
Billy Dawley
Dies At Home
Os His Parents
Billy James Dawley, the
nine months old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Herbert Dawley
of Route 2, Covington, died at
his home Tuesday, December 6.
He was born in Clark County.
Funeral services for the baby
were held at the graveside in
Harmony Grove Cemetery in
Gwinnett County with Rev.
Barney Williams officiating, on
Wednesday morning, Decern- 1
ber 7. Caldwell and Cowan |
Funeral Home were in charge ।
of arrangements.
Surviving besides his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herbert
Dawley are brothers, Christo
pher, Charles Jr., Courtney,
Carl, Clifford and Coady Daw
ley, all of Covington, and
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Ar
low Payne and Christopher B.
Dawley.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to the family in
their sorrow.
Graveside Rites
Are Held For
Infant Stowe
Funeral services for little Ge
neva Stowe, three-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam B. Stowe of Route 1, Ox
ford, were held Sunday, De
cember 4 at 2 p. m. at the Cor
nish Mountain Baptist Church
with Rev. Tillman Singleton,
officiating. Interment was in
the Cornish Mountain Ceme
tery near Oxford.
The infant died Saturday,
December 3 in an Atlanta hos
pital.
Survivors, in addition to the
parents, include: two brothers,
Olin Neal Stowe and William
Nathan Stowe; on sister
Retta Jeanette Stowe: step -
grandmother, Mrs. A. N. Stowe
of Oxford.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home
were in charge of arrangements.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN
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The Covington Enterprise, established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
Gov, Ernest Vandiver Wed
nesday announced the appoint
ment of William T. Dean of
Conyers as judge of the Stone
Mountain Superior Court cir
cuit to succeed the late Clar
ennce Vaughn Sr.
Dean, who is 57 years old
and is chairman of the State
Board of Workmen's Compen
sation, sworn in at 9.50 a.m.
Thursday in the old State Su
preme Court chamber, on the
third floor of the Capitol
Building.
Judge Vaughn died of a
heart attack two weeks ago
while visiting in Cairo.
Dean has served several
terms as state representative
from Rockdale County and as
state senator from the 34th
District. He was Senate presi
dent in 1947-48.
Dean has practiced law in
Conyers since Jan. 1, 1925. He
is past president of the Stone
Mountain Bar Association and
past vice president of the
Georgia Bar Association.
He is a Methodist, Mason,
Shriner, Elk and Woodman of
the World. He is married to
the former Miss Sarah Will
Cowan and has two sons, Wil
liam T. Dean Jr. and James
C. Dean.
W Pints Os
Blood Donated
At Oxford
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
came again to Newton County
Tuesday. In its visit to Oxford
a total of 67 pints of blood
were collected and credit
ed to the quota of over five
hundred pints set for this
county during the year July 1,
1960-June 30, 1961.
This brings the total col
lected in Newton County for
this Blood Year to two hun
dred seven pints. The next op
portunity to contribute to the
Red Cross Blood Bank in New
ton will be early spring at
Newton County Hospital.
The following persons made
donations in behalf of Mrs.
Ruby Mitchell: William Mit
chell, Bennie Smith. Rex Mit
chell, Robert Mitchell, and
Terrell Loyd.
“In behalf of toe Newton
County Chapter, American Red
Cross, I wish to express grate
ful appreciation to the follow
ing ladies for service rendered
in making the Bloodmobile
visit a success in Oxford, De
cember 6” stated Marshall R.
Elizer, Newton County Blood
Program Chairman.
“Mrs. Laverne Haynes, Mrs.
Elizabeth Dennison, Mrs.
Marianne Murphy, Mrs.
Ozella Allgood, Mrs. Jerri
Barton, Mrs. Pirkle, Mrs.
Annie Bo Jackson, Mrs. Grace
Budd, Mrs. Suzanne Eady,
Mrs. Ruth Burson, Mrs. Bim
Meyer, Mrs. Joan Tuck, Miss
Elisabeth Winchester, Mrs.
Fran Elizer. There were many
others, of course, who lent
their support in a quiet and ef
fective way and we wish to
thank you, too.”
Others donating, or offering
to do so in behalf of the citi
zens of Newton County were:
Carlos Meyer, William Cook,
Huanne Burnett, Lunn Earl
Chestnut, Charles A. Burnett,
Roger Williams, Bruce Pre
vatt, J. Hamby Barton Jr., An
ne Borland Jackson, Fanny H.
Elizer.
James R. Black, William B.
Stubbs 111, Steve Carter, Hueal
Walls Jr., Jerry Frank Kerby,
William Bryan, William Col
lins, William D. Fortson Jr.,
Hugh Butler, Henry Davis
Burrell.
Joe Miller, J. D. Peters. Bill
Bennett, Douglas McGinty,
Gordon Wright, John Penning
ton, Hugh Hunt, Barrett Smith,
John M. Walker, William Clay
ton.
Robert Gordon Fitzgerald,
William Lanford, Butch Hou
ston, Freddie Payne, Richard
E. Harris, Betty Avery, Michael
Milligan, Roger Swint, Barbara
Ann Bowles, Carol Adams.
i Patricia Kline. William W
i Williams, Waighta Henry 111,
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COVINGTON PILOT CLUB'S PANTRY SHELF va» replenished
with 375 cans of foodstuff Saturday after the Strand Theater
staged a benefit show for children with the admission being a
can of food for the club's needy family program. Shown in the
John B. Scarboro
Interred In
Local Cemetery
Funeral services for John
Brewton Scarboro of 476 Starl
ling St., Atlanta, were held
Tuesday. December 6 at 3 p.m.
at the Chapel of Harwell Fun
eral Home with Rev. G. A.
Lively, pastor of the Coving
ton First Methodist Church, of
ficiating. Interment was in the
Covington Cemetery.
Mr. Scarboro, 75. died Mon
day, Dec. 5 in a private hospital
following a lingering illness. He
was retired from Bowen Re
frigeration Company, Atlanta,
where he served as secretary
and treasurer. He was a mem
ber of the Morningside Masonic
Lodge, Atlanta and member of
Yaarab Temple, Shriners.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Sadie McDonald Scar
boro, Atlanta; four brothers,
Joe Scarboro of Camden, Ark
ansas, Paul Scarboro of Tar
pon Springs, Fla., Leon Scar
boro of New Ellenwood, S. C.,
and E. E. Scarboro of Atlanta;
four sisters, Mrs. Arthur Miller
of Athens, Mrs. A. G. Rocker
of Statesboro, Mrs. Joe lewis
and Mrs. Grover Chester, both
of New Ellenwood, S. C.
Masons served as pallbearers
and rendered Masonic Rites at
the graveside.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home
were in charge of arrange
ments.
'Cotton' Harwell
Hospitalized
At Emory
Branham (Cotton) Harwell,
popular groceryman of Oxford,
has undergone surgery at Em
ory University Hospital in At
lanta.
His condition Wednesday was
reported as serious. His many
friends in Oxford and over the
country wish for him a speedy
and complete recovery.
Ralph Hancock Jr., Joe Guille
beau, Nathan L. Atkinson, Mrs.
Roy Piper, Grant Abbey War
ren, Harry Griner Jr., Robert
J. Mitchell.
Melvin Conrad, Eddie Drane,
Monty Willson, James L. Mil
ton, Marvin Hardy Jr., Leland
Collins, Robert Lee Baker, J.
F. Landt, James Collier, Ina
Thompson, Charles Ellis, John
W. Burson, Ozella Allgood,
Grace Budd and Marshall Eli
zer.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1960
Porterdale Town
Election Set
For January 5
The annual election for Por
terdale city officials will be
held on Thursday, January 5,
1961. A mayor, recorder and
five aidermen will be elected.
Candidates have until Sat
urday, December 17 to qualify
for any of the offices.
Qualification for voting in
the Porterdale election stipu
lates that the voter must have
been a resident of the town
six months preceding the date
of election. No person shall be
deemed a resident of the Town
of Porterdale by reason of be
ing situated therein for tem
porary purposes.
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 497 head of
cattle and 55 hogs for a total of
$40,192.55. Milk cows and
springers topped at $255.00; ba
by calves at $20.00; and pigs at
SB.OO. Stockers sold from $50.00
to $142.50.
Price ranges were: hogs,
$14.50 to $18.00; calves, $14.00
to $27.00; heifers, $14.50 to
$22.00; steers, $13.00 to $26.40;
light bulls, $11.50 to $18.50;
heavy bulls, $17.00 to $18.50;
canners, SIO.OO to $12.90; cut
ters, $13.00 to $14.50; and fat
cows, $14.50 to $17.80.
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W. J. Dickey is Covington. The banner was pr* -nted to Covington Kiwanis President-Elect Don
Wood (right) by Judge Tom Brown (left) of f onoxih at Ladies Night program Thursday at
Legion Home. Mr. Dickey is shown seated at the lower right. Mrs. Rucker Ginn, is shown in
the center at the speaker's table.
picture looking over part of the canned goods are from leii to
right: Mrs. J. B. Dial. Pilot club chairman of Ihe project; Mrs. M.
M. Osman, Strand Theater owner who made possible the showing
for the project; and Miss Ruth Parker, Pilot Club president.
Joe Rainey
Takes EGA
Presidency
Joe Rainey was chosen presi
dent of the Emory University
Christian association for 1961
in an election held Monday,
Nov. 21.
Rainey, who was chosen to
the top ECA office by the elec
tors from the religious organi
zations on campus, defeated
Andy Dzirkalis.
Vice - president of the ECA
last year, Rainey has been an
ECA member for the past three
years, attending freshman camp
as a counselor for the past two
years.
He is a member of Delta Tau
Delta fraternity, Wesley fellow
ship The Wheel, Alpha Epsilon
Upsilon, and is ’'ice-chairman
of the Stripe scholars. Rainey
is also vice - president of the
College council.
In the other elections, Blan
ton Bessenger, a member of Al
pha Tau Omega fraternity, won
over Ben Landey for vice-presi
dent, while Sue Spaeder, an Al
pha Chi Omega, defeated Bon
nie Neiner in the race for sec
retary.
Charles Hales, a member of
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, was
elected treasurer without op
position.
Polling Places
Named For
Cotton Vote
Tuesday, December 13, 1960,
is the date on which the Re
ferendum for the 1960 cotton
and peanut marketing quotas
i will be held according to W.
Roy Aiken, County Office
Manager of the Newton Coun
’ ty ASC Office.
The following have been
designated as polling places:
Community A, Wiley All
good’s Store, Oxford.
Community B, A. S. Elling
ton’s Store, Salem.
Community C, Hardeman’s
Store, Livingston School.
Community D, ASC Office,
Covington.
Community E, H. G. Jones’
Store. Heard Mixon; Ruth Da
vis’ Store, Rocky Plains.
Community F. L. H Cook’s
Store, Starrsville; A. E. Hays’,
Warehouse, Mansfield.
Community G, The Hub, Hub
Junction.
The polls will open at 8:00 A
M. and close at 6:00 P. M. All
eligible farmers are urged to
vote.
The Pharmaceutical Manu
facturers Association is setting
up a committee of experts to
keep constant watch on fac
tors influencing the cost of
drugs. This is part of a nine -
point program dealing with the
nation’s health needs and how
to best meet them.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Funeral Held
Sunday For
Ernest Morris
Funeral services for Ernest
B. Morris of Covington, were
held at Canaan Baptist Church,
Sunday afternoon with Rev.
Jimmy Edwards and Rev. Eu
gene Holder officiating.
Mr. Morris, 56. died Friday,
December 2, at a private hos
pital. He was a native of Chero
kee County.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Lillie Mae Morris, Covington;
two sons, David Morris, Bobby
Morris. Marietta: three daugh
ters, Mrs. Regina Weider, New
York: Mrs. Martha Geary, Car
onada, California; Miss Dixie
Morriss, Marietta.
Interment was in the Baptist
Cemetery, Porterdale with
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments. Serving as pallbearers
were Sam H. Atwood, R. C.
Shipp. Jack E. Pace. Charles H.
Dulaney, Earl T. Shaffer and
J. D. Hewell.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to the members of the
bereaved family.
Weyman Hicks,
Riles Are Held
Al Prospecl
Weyman Potter Hicks. 87, of
Atlanta, formerly of Conyers,
died at his home Monday, De
cember 5, after a lingering ill
ness. Funeral services were
held Tuesday morning at Pros
■ pect Methodist Church with
interment in Prospect Cemetery
' with Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Surviving are his wife. Johnie
Willie Ellison Hicks, two sons
Byron Hicks, Swanson Hicks,
three daughters Mrs. George P.
Crumbley. Mrs. Foy Lou Pink
ard and Mrs. Kate Sanders, all
of Atlanta.
Serving as pallbearers were
J. T. Hicks, Lovick Hull, Clyde
Hicks, Leonadis Hicks. Mercer
Hull and J. W. Freeman.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extend
ing deepest sympathy to them
| in their sorrow.
Charles Dick,
Former Resident
Dies in Griffin
Funeral services for Charles
P. Dick of Griffin, formerly of
Covington, were held Saturday,
November 26 at Hastings Fun
eral Home in Griffin.
Rev. Peter Manning, officiat
ed, with interment in the Grif
fin Cemetery.
Mr. Dick suffered a heart at
tack on November 23.
Survivors include his wife;
two daughters, Mrs. Thomas
Powers and Dorothy Ann Dick;
two sons, Roy Charles and
George Dick; mother, Mrs. C.
E. Dick of Covington; brothers,
Herbert Dick of Charlotte. N.
C., and Franklin Dick of Cov
ington; sister, Mrs. J. W. Ar
ledge of Atlanta.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family.
Arden D. Davis
Participates In
Field Exercises
Marine Pvt. Arden D. Davis,
son of Mr. and Mrs, Harvey F.
Davis of Newborn. Ga., partici
pated in field firing exercises
Oct. 24 to Nov. 4 at Fort Bragg,
N. C., with the Tenth Marine
Regiment from Camp Lejeune,
N. C.
The regiment, an artillery
unit of the Second Marine Di
vision uses 105 mm howitzers
for shock power in support of
the division's infantry troops.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
NUMBER 50
Layman's Revival
Service Al Ml.
Zion, Dec. 12-18
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Layman's revival services
will begin at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church December 12 and con
tinue through December 18.
Layman - Evangelist, F. M.
Davis of Atlanta will be t h e
guest speaker.
There will be special singing
each night, servi^to will begin
at 7:30.
Everyone is invited to come
out and worship with us.
Rev. Barney Williams is pas
tor of the church, which is lo
cated near Oxford.
Mike Lott And
Anson Prosser In
Special Tech Class
r A group of 190 out of approx
-1 imately 1,360 Georgia Tech
' freshmen have been placed in
a special merit section of En
glish by the faculty of the In-
1 stitute’s English Department.
’ Selection was based on the Stu
dent’s scores on the verbal fa
cility section of the College En
trance Examination and on the
English Placement Test.
Selection is an indication of
the high quality of English
training received in high school
as well as scholastic aptitude on
the part of the student.
Selected from Covington,
were Michael H. Lott, 721 Le
gion Drive and Anson A. Pros
ser, Mansfield, both graduates
of Newton County High School.
Episcopal
Church Noles
This is the Second week 1n
Advent and the appropriate
Gospel is St. Luke 21:25 - 33.
Choir practice continues on
Tuesday nights at 6:45 directed
by Mrs. Alcie Penick.
Holy Communion was cele
brated Wednesday last at 10:00
a. m.
The Brotherhood of St. An
drew will meet at t h e Parish
House tomorrow (Friday) at
M.
The Confirmation class con
tinues each Sunday afternoon
at 3 00.
The Canterbury Club will
meet at the Rectory with the
Reverend and Mrs. Gordon
Mann at 5:00 p. m. on Sunday.
The Episcopal Church women
are sponsoring a Silver Tea at
the home of Mrs. L. J. Moore
on December 16 from 4 to 6
p. m The public is invited, both
men and women.
Regular Sunday Services are
as follows: Holy Communion.
8:00 a. m.; Sunday School, 10
a. m.; Morning Prayer and Ser
mon, 11:00 a. m. The public is
invited.
Covington Lions
Now Selling
Christmas Trees
The Covington Lions Club
will have Christmas trees for
sale at Emory Street and
Highway 278 in the near fu
ture.
The trees will be 4. 5, and
6 foot Cypress and Cedar for
$2 each.