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Sheilah Graham, Lee Campbell
Band Members Os The Month
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SHEILAH GRAHAM
Sheilah Graham, a freshman
• t Newton County High, was
chosen Band Rookie of the
month. Sheilah plays first
clarinet in the Newton County
High School Band. She attends
the Porterdale Baptist Church.
She is treasurer of her Home
Room 9-D, and belongs to the
Latin and FHA Clubs. Her par
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gra
ham of Porterdale.
Lee Campbell, a junior at j
Newton County High School •
"Birth Os The Chris! Child"
Sets Performances Al P'dale
PORTERDALE — The Birth ।
es the Christ Child will be i
commemorated again with'
beautiful services at the Por
terdale Baptist Church on Sat
urday and Sunday evenings,
December 17 and 18, respec
tively.
The Annual Family Night
will be observed at six-thirty
o'clock on Saturday after
which a combined choir of
Primary and Junior Age
children will present “T he.
Christmas Message in Song” in ,
the sanctuary. Everyone will I
bring the Lottie Moon Christ- |
mas Offering and place it on a ■
special tree prepared for the *
occasion. Solos and duets will I
be rendered by the following:
Cmdy Moss, Brenda Herring,
Linda Maddox, Cathy Bennett,
Deborah Head, Kay Kerbow.
Sally Smallwood, and Mary
Williams.
A brief message will be
brought by the Rev. William E.
Dragoo of Louisville, Kentucky,
who with Mrs. Dragoo will be
guests of the church for the
week-end.
“Love Transcending”, a ca
ntata presenting the Greatest
Story of the Ages, will be giv
en by the Adult Choir on Sun
day evening, December 18, at
seven - thirty o’clock under the
direction of Mr. Herbert Burch,
Music Director. Misses Jordye
Tanner and Carol Burch will be
organist and pianist, respec
tively. Narrator for the presen
tation will be Claxton Stubbs.
Special numbers will be ren- -
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The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
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LEE CAMPBELL
was chosen Band Member of
the Month. He is a very fine
trumpet player. He is 16 and
has been in the band four
years. Besides being a very
fine musician he belongs to the
Beta Club, Hi-Y and Key
Clubs. Lee is a member of the
First Methodist Church in
Covington and is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Campbell.
We congratulate these two for
I acquiring this honor.
Billy Blair, reporter
dered by the following choir
members: Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Norwood, Mrs. Claud Madden,
Franklin Richardson, Mrs. J.
V. Norwood, and Gene Nor
wood.
immediately following the
cantata, A Service of Lights
will be led by the deacons with
everyone participating in an
impressive candlelighting ser
vice of dedication.
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Prof. Wm. Stubbs
Kiwanis Club
Speaker Today
Prof. William Stubbs of the
Emory-At-Oxford faculty will
be the guest speaker Thursday
(today) at the Covington Ki
wanis Club weekly luncheon
meeting at Legion Home. The
meeting is set for the usual 1
o’clock hour.
Prof. Stubbs is expected to
discuss the Algerian situation.
He will be introduced by S. J.
Morcock. program chairman for
the month.
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Newton County high school
basketball coaches were the
guest speakers at the Kiwanis
Club luncheon meeting Thurs-
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Mrs. Landrum
Funeral Held
Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. H.
B. Landrum of Epworth, were
held Wednesday afternoon. De
cember 14, at the First Metho
dist Church with Rev. E. D.
Rusisill. Rev. V.’. H. Gardner,
Rev. Paul Smith and Rev. Gro
ver Jones officiating in t h •
service.
Mrs. Landrum was born in
Jasper County but was a resi
dent of Covington most of her
life, where she took an active
part in all church activities.
She died on Monday. December
12, at a Chattanooga. Tennes
see hospital, after being a pa
tient for one week.
She is survived by her hus
band, Rev. H. B. Landrum, of
Epworth.
Interment was in Covington
Cemetery with J. C. Harwell
and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Clar
ence F. Hays, Wilbur Jones,
Tom Watts, Early Sikes, Earl
Arp. Kermit Corn, A. E. Hays,
L. R. Willbanks, Clayton Bur
gess and Ed Key.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to her husband and
relatives.
John Massey
DCT Student
Os The Month
John Massey was selected
D. C. T. student of the month
for November. This contest is
conducted monthly for the pur
pose of determining the out
standing student. The student
who has contributed most to
his club through participation
in the planned club activities
and made the highest scholastic
average in all high school sub
jects, along with being a good
citizen at school and on t h e
job is the basis for this selec
tion.
This places John in line for
the student of the year contest
in which nine students-of-the
months will compete for the
Lion’s Club scholarship award
at our D. C. T. banquet next
April 14th. There is much en
thusiasm among the D. C. T.
students this year in this con
test.
Jimmy Martin
D C. T. Reporter
Christmas Pageant
Wednesday At
Porterdale Church
PORTERDALE — A Christ
mas Pageant will be presented
at the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church on Wednes
day evening, December 21, at
seven o’clock. In addition to
the cast, all choirs: the Adult,
Men’s, and Junior Choirs, will
participate.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1960
Stolen Goods Recovered by Covington And Newton Law Enforcement Officers
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COVINGTON POLICE look over a part of the stolen property recovered recently
in the county which brought the arrest of seven local teen-agers. Captain C. J.
Gunnells is shown at left, and Police Chief Wendell Kitchens is at right holding
Wm. (Mac) Pope,
Former Resident
Covington, Dies
William McDowell (Mac)
Pope, 69, of 1254 N. Highland
Ave. NE Atlanta, died Thurs
day at his home. He was a
former resident of Covington
and has a number of friends
and relatives here.
He was a native of Monti
cello and was a retired state
tax auditor for the W. C. Shep
herd Construction Co., and
later retired as senior sales tax
division auditor for the state.
He was a member of the Hay
good Memorial Methodist
Church and the Morningside
Lodge F. & A. M.
Funeral services were held
on Saturday, December 3, at
Spring Hill with Rev. James
J. Sneed officiating and burial
in Westview Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Ellen Harwell, a
daughter, Mrs. R. C. (Johnny)
Johnson, Atlanta; sister, Mrs.
Harry Cimino, Falls River,
Conn., and a brother A. L.
Pope, Washington, D. C.
The NEWS joins in extend
ing deepest sympathy to the
members of the bereaved fam
ily.
Reduce broiler condemna
tion by giving each bird 1
square foot of floorspace.
Pilot Club
Yule Party
Tonight 7:30
Members of Covington Pilot
Club will have a Christmas
party Thursday evening, De
cember 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Otis
Nixon’s cabin by the lake.
Each person will bring a gift
for the Christmas tree for
members also a gift for a
young lady.
Post Office
Repair Contract
Price $4,696
The contract for repairs and
improvements to the Coving
ton Post Office has been let to
the Austin Construction Com
pany of Dallas, Ga. The price
is $4,696 and includes work on
a new composition roof, flag
pole, and other miscellaneous
repair.
The Austin firm's bid was
lowest of six bids received,
according to an announcement
by the Atlanta Regional Office
of General Services Admin
istration. Estimated time for
completion of the local job is
60 days.
PLEASE BAY YBB VO
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some of the goods. City Police. County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation have worked on the case in the past week. (See story elsewhere in
The News today). __________ —
Aubrey Harvey,
Mrs. Gazaway Join
Steele Agency
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AUBREY HARVEY
Aubrey W. Harvey, of Route
One, Covington, has recently
joined the firm of Steele In
surance Agency. Aubrey is a
graduate of Newton County
High School and was formerly
employed by Fisher Body Di
vision of General Motors. He
served two years in the Arm
ed Forces, including an eigh
teen month tour in Germany.
Mrs. Dorothy W. Gazaway
also became a recent addition
to the firm of Steele Insurance
Agency. Mrs. Gazaway, form
erly employed by Sears Roe
buck, Ives on North Street in
Covington Mills Employees To Receive Chrrtmos Club Checks
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COVINGTON MILLS CHRISTMAS CLUB checke are being delivered to George Jolley (left), plan
manager, by John Bob Weaver (right), c iehier of the Bank Os Covington in the photo above. Look
ing on is office manager W. A. (Bud) Childers. The 246 checks tofe”ed 626 054 ranging in amount!
from $42.00 io $630.00. The money was accumv.at?d over a period of 42 weeks.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
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Better Newspaper
Contests
Seven Newton
Dairy Farmers
Are Honored
Seven Newton County Dairy
men were among seventy (70)
Georgia Dairymen presented
outstanding production record
certificates at Rock Eagle 4-H
Club Center last Friday and to
membership in the Georgia 10-
4 Dairy Club. These men had
herds on Dairy Herd Improve-
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ment Association test during
the period October 1, 1959 to
September 30, 1960 which av
eraged 10,000 lbs. of milk or
400 lbs. of butterfat or both per
cow during the test period.
Those presented certificates
are members of the Georgia
10-4 Dairy Club, which was
organized to recognize dairy
men who have reached this high
level of production and effi
ciency on official DHIA test,
according to Ed Hunt, County
Agent. The testing work is un-
Covington. Her husband is Roy
H. Gazaway Jr.
Both Mr. Harvey and Mrs. j
Gazaway would like to extend I
a cordial welcome t o their
friends to come in and see
them.
NUMBER 5
der the supervision of t h •
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.
The awards program is spon
sored by the Amer jan Breed
ers Service, of which Neil Man
ley is district sales manager
and who has wifices in 4 th’' .s,
Georgia. Gordon Der . of Con
: yers is the technician re
| presenting this organizat.on i”.
i our area.
Each of the seven men were
on hand to receive their awards
and were the largest delegation
from any county present. There
were only two counties in
Georgia having a larger mem
bership in the new club than
Newton. These were Macon
County with nine and Jones
County with eight.
Those receiving the awards
from Newton County; D. B.
Dixon, A. C. Ewing and Sons,
Sam B. Hay, Jr., C. A. Jolley,
Melvin King, T. L. Marks and
Sons, and Leonard Standard.
St. Bernard
Commandery
Meets Monday
The St. Bernard Command
ery No. 25. will hold its regular
conclave Monday night, Decem
ber 19, at 7:30 p. m. Orders of
Red Cross and Malta will be
conferred. Sir Knights welcome.
Charles Geiger, Commander
J. L. Skinner, rec.
“It begins to look as if the
price of liberty is eternal vigi
lance and no ceiling on t h e
national debt.” — Dan Bennett.