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How wonderful that this
Sacred Season brings our Sa
viours Birthday Anniversary on
the Sabbath Day! I am sure
we will take time to keep it a
Holy Day!
So many quaint and beauti
ful customs have grown up
about the Christmas season,
that very often the vital sig
nificance of the season is lost.
In our lives, so little time
is spent in pondering the true
Christmas message: that Jesus
Christ is God’s supreme GIFT
to our souls. We exclaim over
the beauty of His gift of the
Christ child . , . but so often
we think more of the gifts we
are to receive and the wonder
ful Christmas Dinner we are
to have . . . the parties we are
to give and the parties that
we are going to. Without Christ
in our hearts and homes, our
lives would be, and our spirit
ual future would be chaos.
So, let us be absolutely sure
amid our festivities, that we
take time to say the thing that
needs most to be said . . . Jesus
Christ IS the Word made flesh,
the consummation of God’s re
velation to our hearts and
minds, the gift of a Saviour
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Special Yule
Joint Service
Sardis Church
A combined worship service
for members of Mount Tabor
Methodist Church, Gum Creek
Presbyterian Church and Sar
dis Congregational Church, will
be held at Sardis Church on
Walnut Grove Road, Route 1.
Oxford, Sunday morning, De
cember 25, at 9 a.m.
Rev. Carlton Knight, pastor
of Mount Tabor; Rev. David
Daniels, pastor of Gum Creek
and Rev. Bob Dean, pastor of
Sardis, will conduct the
Christmas service.
All members of the church
es and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Lt. Hayes' Ship
Picks Up Space
Capsule, Monday
Lt. James M. Hayes, a pilot
aboard the aircraft carried
USS Valley Forge presently in
the Bahama Island section,
Monday picked up a space
capsule fired from Cape Ca
naveral, Florida.
Lt. Hayes’ parents, Mr. and
M s. James L. Hayes of Salem
Road, haven’t heard from their
son since December Bth. Tues
day morning they read in the
newspaper that the Valley
Forge had retrieved the im
portant capsule.
COVINGTON NEWS
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Kiwanis Club Officers, Committee Chairmen Held Organizational Meeting For 1961
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•TWNGTON KIWANIS CLUB committee chairmen for 1961 met at Henderson's
Restaurant Thursday to map plans for the coming club year. The meeting was
■resided over by President Elect Don Wood. Shown in the picture, left to right,
•eated are: Don Wood president; Fred Harwell, vice • president; Dr. R. O. Shan
non, vice • president; Phillip Cohen, secretary; Moody Summers, treasurer; and
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The Cov enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 96
CHP'^AS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
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Rc ‘ y Club Starts Filling The Empty Stockings
Christmas Boxes To Be
Delivered By Saturday
The Rotary Club's Teen-Can building on Newton Drive
will be a bee-hive of activity from now until Sunday when
the club starts preparing box esof food, clohting and toys
for distribution to needy people of Newton County before
Christmas eve.
Hugh Harris, overall chair
man of the Empty Stocking
Fund in the county, says that
any person who may know of
a needy family, please sign an
application so that the club
may send a box to them by
Christmas.
Delivery of the boxes will
be undertaken Thursday and
Friday, Mr. Harris said.
Mr. Harris warmly thanked
the many Newton Countains
who have and will contribute
to the Empty Stocking Funds.
He stated yesterday:
“I would like to thank the
good people of Newton Coun
ty, in behalf of the less for
tunate children and old peo
ple of our county, for their
many contributions and won
derful Cooperation during the
past 11 years, as this is our
12th annual Rotary Club spon
sored Empty Stocking Fund
campaign. Without you this
project could never have been
a success, therefore, to each of
you that have had anything to
do with the success of this
project thanks a million.
‘‘During the month of De
cember each year we all look
around and appraise our many
blessings. As the Christmas
Season approaches there are
on blessings greater than the
opportunity to help those that
are less fortunate than our
selves.
“The less fortunate children
and old people of our county
will be counting on us again
this year to see that Santa
Claus visits them on Christ
mas Eve and certainly we can
not let them down. Your con
tribution regardless of the
amount will go a long way in
seeing that some child has a
visit from Santa Claus that
otherwise might be forgotten
and so badly disappointed on
Christmas Morning.
“Your contribution will be
highly appreciated by the less
fortunate children and old peo
ple. Their wants are few and
small in comparison, but their
disappointments can be just as
real and Great as any other
“Forgotten” child. Your con
tribution will provide a Joy
ful Christmas with toys, fruits,
nuts, candy, food, clothing and
surprises. It will also serve to
help very worthy cases
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Christmas Music
Set For Kiwanis
Program Today
Members of the Covington
Kiwanis Club will again have
the pleasure of hearing Christ
mas music and a reading
Thursday (today) at the club’s
regular weekly luncheon meet
ing at Legion luncheon meeting
at Legion Home at 1 o'clock.
Dean V. Y. C. Eady, who
always plans an interesting
program of music for the Ki
wanians at Christmas, will
have charge of the program
today. He will lead the group
singing of. familiar carols and
Mrs. Walter Murphy will read
a Christmas Story.
Prof. William Stubbs 111 was
the guest speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club meeting
Thursday. His subject was
“Algeria.”
Prof. Stubbs, a member of
the Emory-At-Oxford faculty,
was introduced by S. J. Mor
cock, program chairman for the
month of December. The speak
er reviewed the present back
ground crisis in Algeria and
told the members about the
Continued From Pag* 17
Cohen, Harris
Named Directors
C. Commerce
Phillip Cohen and Walker
Harris, young businessmen of
Covington, were named to the
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce board of directors at
the organization’s December
meeting at Buck-N-Kid Restau
rant.
President Otis Spillers, who
will turn the gavel over to the
1961 President Dan Clower in
January, was given a standing
vote of thanks for his efforts as
the head of the organization
during 1960.
One visitor was present for
the December meeting. He was
Sutton L. Hardy of the J. C.
Pool Company, Covington.
Dr. Harry Faulkner, member board of directors. Standing left to right are com
mittee chairmen; Lanier Hardman, Greeley Ellis, Charles C. "mg, Jr., Homer
Sharp, Rev. Gordon Mann, Dr. Don Briscoe, Frank Meadors, Everett Pratt, Nat
Turner, Dean V. Y. C. Eady M. H. Waggoner, Bob Greer and Leo S. Mallard.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1960
Bibb Manufacturing Company Has Christmas Tree Tuesday
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8188 MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S Anneal Christmas Tree is always a big affair for the
children of Porterdale. This is the scene at the Porter gymnasium showing the choirs and some
of the children seated near the Christmas tree at left. Gift boxes were distributed to the children
by Bibb Mfg. Company.
Kiwanis Officers, Committee
Chairmen Map 1%1 Plans
Officers of the Covington Ki
wanis Club for 1961 and com
mittee chairmen made final
plans for the new year of club
activity at a meeting at Hen
derson’s Restaurant Thursday
evening. Newly - elected Presi
dent Don Wood presided at the
meeting, which followed a de
licious dinner.
Mr. Wood gave out pertinent
information for the committee
chairmen and explained the
aims and aspirations of Kiwan
is International’s motto for the
coming year, “Build Respon
sible Citizenship.”
Each committee chairman
submitted names of his parti
cular committee for the year of
1961.
Induction of the new slate of
Kiwanis officers will be held
on Thursday, December 29.
Twelfth Division Lt. Gov. W. J.
Dickey of Oxford will be the
inducting official.
Other than President Wood,
the new officers of the Cov
ington club will be Fred Har
well and Dr. Robert O. Shan
non, vice - presidents: Phillip
Cohen, secretary: and Moody
Summers, treasurer. Board of
directors will be Dr. Harry
Faulkner, Edgar Wood, W W.
Crowe, Dr. E. L. Smith, and La
nier Hardman.
All officers • elect attended
the meeting Thursday. Com
mittee chairmen at the organi
zation affair were: Dean V. Y.
C. Eady, achievement; Frank
Meadors, inter - club; Homer
Sharp, programs and music; S.
J. Morcock, boys and girls; M.
H. Waggoner, finance; Nat Tur
ner, membership; Greeley Ellis,
attendance and reception:
Charles King, house; Leo S.
Mallard, Key Club; Bob Greer,
public relations; Gordon Mann,
Cocational guidance; Everett
Pratt, swimming pool; Don
Briscoe, agriculture.
Lions Club Meeting
Is Called OH
The Covington Lions Club
will not meet tonight (Thurs
day), December 22.
The program for the next
regularly scheduled meeting in
January will be announced
inn The Covington News.
Purchasing License Plales
Made Easier For 11 Tags
Brrr! It's
Getting Cold
Jack Chapman announces the
so 1 1o w in g temperatures for
Covington for the past week:
High Low
Wed. Dec. 14. 50 17
Thurs. Dec. 15, 42 32
Fri. Dec. 16, 43 32
Sat. Dec. 17. 52 21
Sun. Dec. 18, 53 22
Mon. Dec. 19. 57 23
Tues. Dec. 20, 58 24
Joe B. Aiken
Elected To
Alpha Zeta
Joe Bryant Aiken of Route
1. Covington, has recently been
elected to active membership
in the Georgia Chapter of Al
pha Zeta.
Alpha Zeta is a national hon
orary fraternity to which mem
bers are elected. The Georgia
Chapter is located at the Uni
versity of Georgia, Athens.
Joe was elected because he
has exhibited outstanding qual
ities of leadership, character
and scholarship.
। Bonham Johnson, Newton
County Tax Receiver, has an
nounced that new procedures
to be followed in filling out ap
plications for 1961 motor ve
hicle licenses will be simplified
next year. Most of the neces
sarv information (in triplicate)
is already printed on the appli
cation for next year, thereby
exnediting the time it takes to
get your licenses in Mr. John
son's office.
When applying for a 1961
pre-printed application, the
applicant must tell the tag
agent the license plate number
I which was issued to him in
j 1960.
If a person has purchased a
used vehicle and has failed to
transfer the license plate to his I
name or has transferred late in
the year and does not have a
pre-printed application in his'
name, he must fill out anew
application. A person who pur
chased a new car late in 1960.
must fill out a new application.
The applicant must show
proof of ownership on all new ,
applications.
All persons purchasing a |
truck, trailer on motorcycle j
must fill out a new application. ;
Mr. Johnson said that the’
1961 tags will go on sale in
I his office on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Stores, Offices Will Close
Monday, December 26th
The Christmas holiday schedule for stores, public offices
and schools of Newton County has been announced as the
Yuletide season approaches.
Bid Let For
Lithonia To
Conyers Road
Another important section of
the Interstate Highway 20 be
tween Covington and Atlanta
has apparently been let to con
tract by the Highway Depart
ment of Georgia.
The bid for 6,769 miles of the
superhighway route between
Lithonia and Conyers was sub
mitted by the Shepherd Con
struction Company, Atlanta,
and Southeastern Highway
Construction Company of
Gainesville, Ga. The bid on this
project totalled $3,490,666.05.
The Lithonia - Conyers pro
ject includes grading, paving
and bridges on Interstate 20,
between the end of current con
struction South of Lithonia and
a point just East of Conyers.
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GEORGIA IS 15TH
IN ROAD WORK
The latest report from the
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Bureau of Public Roads, shows
that Georgia now stands 15th
in the nation in the amount of
Interstate work actually under
construction, according to High
way Board Chairman Jim L.
Gillis.
The report credits Georgia
with 128.8 million dollars in
current Interstate construction.
California leads the nation with
490.5 million, New York 434
million, Illinois 316.4 million,
Texas 252.6 million, Michigan
241.4 million, Minnesota 196 1
million, Tennessee 182.1 mil
lion, Virginia 163.6 million, In
diana 143.4 million, New Jer
sey 142.6 million, Pennsyl-
Continued On Page 37
Newton Band
Leaves Tuesday
For Gator Bowl
The Newton County High
School band, some 50 members
strong and chaperones will de
part from Covington Tuesday,
December 27th for Jacksonville,
Fla. and the Gator Bowl.
Newton’s band will leave the
Newton Countv High School at
7 a m. and will stay at St. Au
gustine. Fla. The Seabreeze
Motel will be the headquarters
of the band.
Chaperones who are accom
panying the band are Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Goode and Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Gardner, Jr. Band
Director and Mrs. Basill Rigney
will also act as chaperones on
the trip.
The band will perform at the
Gator Bowl on Saturday. De
cember 31st at 1 O'clock. Their
performance will be for six)
minutes
Since school is out for t h e i
Christmas holidays the band
has been practicing at the foot- !
ball field and band building at!
7 A. M.
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RATE
Effective January 1, IHI, Hie rate for all classified
advertising will be 75c per issue for each advertisement.
All classifieds to be published one time only MUST be
paid for In cash in advance. We trust that we shall have
your co-operation in adopting the above change.
NUMBER 52
The closing schedule of stores
who are members of the New
ton County Chamber of Com
merce was announced last week
as Chairman Guy Evans re
ported that members would
take Monday, December 26th
as a holiday. The chamber will
also observe Monday, January
2nd as a holiday.
Covington’s three downtown
supermarkets—Big Apple, Co
lonial and Kroger — will be
closed Monday, December 26
and Monday, January 2nd, the
managers of these stores re
ported.
Offices in the Newton Coun
ty Courthouse will close Mon
day, December 26. However,
business at the courthouse may
be transacted on Saturday, De
cember 31, as usual.
Taking the same two holi
days over the county are tha
various post offices. The Cov
ington post office has announc
ed that they will offer window
service all day Saturday. De
cember 24th for the Christ
mas mail.
Covington City Hall is tak
ing the same holidays, Decem
ber 26th and January 2nd.
Schools of Newton County
were let out Tuesday for th*
Yule holiday. They will resume
classes on Monday, January
2nd.
Many churches of the coun
ty are planning special service
for Christmas day which
comes on Sunday this year.
We suggest that you read the
individual news items on
Christmas services in The News
today.
Senator Kelly
Gets Committee
Appointments
Senator Eugen* Kelly of
Monroe has been named Vice-
Chairman of the Senate Inter
state Cooperative Committee,
Lt. Governor Garland T. Byrd
announced today.
Senator Kelly represents th*
35th Senatorial District which
includes Henry, Newton, and
Walton Counties.
The Lieutenant Governor al
so announced that Senator Kel
ly will be a member of the Ap
propriations, Rules and Tem
perance Committees.
Senator Kelly, who was
elected in the November Gen
eral Election, will be sworn in
for a two year term when the
General Assembly convenes
January 9.
Convocation RAM
Chapter 71
Monday 7:30 P. M.
The 103rd annual convoca
tion of Covington Chapter No.
71, Royal Arch Masons will be
held Monday, December 26. at
7:30 p.m. Companions, this
meeting will be short as pos
sible.
New officers for the com
ing year will be elected so
please attend. Visiting com
panions welcome.