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By the Office Boy
FIRECRACKERS! Yes Sir,
and Yes Mam! Thats my sub
ject, and I know I'm setting off
one now. You may say, “Well,
I like to see the children have
a good time with firecrackers,
for I remember that was half
of Christmas for me.” We lived
when we were children in wide
open spaces. Our parents were
right there guiding us in where
we exploded the tiny little fire
crackers, laced together w i t h
threads. But now it’s not Fire
works for the children. Grown
people are exploding what theyv
call some kind of bombs, as well
as cannon crackers. Never have
we ever heard, even in olden
days, such a noisy city as Cov
ington was during the sacred
Christmas Season. Oh yes, we
do have a law that no fireworks
can be used “within the city
limits.” Why? Because we are
so densely populated now, with
most of the Fall Leaves on the
ground it is too dangerous. But,
with illness at our house since
September sth, we could not
even sleep until after one or
two o’clock for the bombs go
ing off on our side of town. It
was 80, I know in other sections
of town. Dogs had to be taken
into the house they were so
frightened.
No, its not the children. 1
have never called the Police !
about anything but burglars
but I did this year, when my
husband was trying to rest in
bed, and he’d just had the doc
tor. ~ . I was sitting in my liv-(
ing room with all the doors and ‘
windows closed during this cold |
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Chairman Os ’
Commitfee
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REP. DON BALLARD ]
Newton County Representa-|
tive Donald Ballard has been
notified that he has been named
chairman of the Highway Com
mittee. House Speaker George
Smith made the announcement.
Rep. Ballard has also been
named to two other committees
for the next two years. They
are the University System of
Georgia Committee and State
of Republic Committee.
At the January session of
the General Assembly in At
lanta, Mr. Ballard will start his
third term as Newton’s Repre
sentative. Generally a house
member with considerably more
than three terms is named as
the Chairman of the important
Highway Committee, but Rep.
Ballard’s record in the Assem
bly for the past four years
brought him this honor for
1961-62. |
Midway Baptist
Mission Starts |
Meeting Sunday
Midway Baptist Mission,
spon<ored jointly by High Point |
and County Line Baptist Chur-l
ches, will begin services thi S |
Sunday, January 1 as follows: |
Sundav School, 9:45; Morning |
Worship, 11 a. m.; Evening|
Worship, 7:30 p. m. |
The Mission is located on the
Collum Road in the O, E.
Smith store building. |
Many people in this fast =
growing section of our county
have expressed the desire for
a Baptist Church in this area.
An invitation is extended to
all interested people.
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RATE
Effective January 1, 1961, the rate for all classified
advertising will be 75¢ 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.
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4o 3 1960
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The Covington Erterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in IWW
VOLUME 96
BRUMZ:ICK COMPANY CONTINUES EXPANSION
Ki- #iis Club To Install 1961 Officers Today
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Slate; Wood Is President
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Officers of the Covington Kiwanis Club for 1961 will be
installed at ceremonies at Legion Home today (Thursday)
at 1 o'clock. The installation official will be 12th Division
Lt.-Gov. W. J. Dickey of Oxford.
Newly-elected president of
the local Kiwanis Club is Don
Wood, prominent young busi
nessman of Covington. He will
succeed Rucker Ginn.
Other officers to be inducted
today are: Fred Harwell and
Dr. Robert O. Shannon, vice
presidents; Moody Summers,
Treasurer; and Phillip Cohen,
secretary, Members of the board
of directors for 1961 are: Dr.
Harry Faulkner, Lanier Hard
man, Wendell Crowe, Edgar
Wood and Dr. E. L. Smith.
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The Covington Kiwanis
Club’s annual Christmas musi
cal program was very much
enjoyed by all present Thurs
day at Legion Home. The pro
gram was arranged and pre
sented by Kiwanian Dean V.
Y. C. Eady.
An added feature of the pro
gram was two readings by Mrs.
Walter Murphy. A poem en=
titled “The Adoration” and a
reading “Little Lost Angel”
was warmly received by those
present.
_..A vocal duet of Mrs. R.«R.
Fowler and Dean Eady ren
dered the ever-popular Christ
mas carol, “O Holy Night.”
Mrs. J. Hamby Barton was the
accompanist at the piano.
Group singing of favorite
Christmas carols was led by
Dean Eady, aided by a quartet
composed of Mrs. Fowler, Dr.
Goodwin Tuck, Rev. Walter
Murphy and Dean Eady. |
The program was brought
to an end by the group sing-}
ing “We Wish You A Merry
Christmas.” |
Bill Daughtre
Resigns His
Bill Daughtrey, well known
Covington insurance man, has
announced that he has resign
ed effective December 31st, his
local agency with the State
Farm Insurance Companies.
Mr. Daughtrey is entering the
general insurance business in
Albany, Ga., where he will rep
resent the Nationwide Insur
ance Company group. He and
Mrs. Daughtrey will .move to
Albany shortly after the first
of the year.
The local State Farm agency
office will move to new quar
ters this week, and will be lo
cated at 30 E. Reynolds Street.
Although a new agent has not
been named as yet, this is to
be done very shortly, In the
meantime, Mrs. Daughtrey will
maintain the local office, under
the supervision of Mr. W. Mor
gan Harvill, of Griffin, who is
District Manager for the State
Farm Insurance Companies.
Mr. and Mrs. Daughtrey and
their son Billy, who is attend
ing Georgia State College in
Atlanta, will be missed by their
many friends in the Covington
area.
Che @ouington News
Is In Florid
Newton County High School
Band is in St. Augustine, Flori
da, preparing for, the appear
ance at the Gator Bowl foot
ball game Saturday, December
31. The band, some 50 mem
bers strong, and chaperones Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Gardner and
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Goode,
left Covington Tuesday morn
ing at 7 o’clock,
The local band is scheduled
to appear at the game Satur
day at 1 o'clock and will pre
sent a six - minute pre-game
show. The game starts at 2
P.M. and will be televised over
the Columbia Broadcasting
System. Channel 5 in Atlanta
will carry the game.
Band Director Basil Rigney
has worked out a drill and
practice sessions for the band
while they are at St. Augustine.
The headquarters of the New
ton organization at St. Au
gustine will be the Seabreeze
Motel.
The schedule calls for the
band to return to Covington
late Saturday night or early
Sunday morning. They will de
part from the Gator Bowl after
the game Saturday.
Band Boosters projects, band
concerts, a barbecue, and a
Newton Theater Play helped
raise the money for the mem
bers to attend the game.
Covington Had
Low of 11 Degrees
On Thursday
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
High Low
Wed. Dec 21, 54 21
Thurs. Dec. 22, 33 11
Fri. Deec. 23; 40 14
Sat. Dec. 24, 47 28
Sun. Dec. 25, 56 27
Mon. Dec. 26, 60 30
Tues. Dec. 27, 59 43
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6 Installs Officers For Coming Year
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SHOWN ABOVE ARE OFFICERS of Golden Fleece Masonic Lodge No. 6 F. & A.
M. of Covington, after their installation Tuesday night at open installation services.
Left to right are: S. T, Kendrick, Tyler;: C. H. Geiger, Chaplain: Jack Christian,
Junior Steward; Donald Helm, Senior Warden: Ralph James, Grand Installing
Marshal of Madison Chapter; Charles Kitchens, Worshipful Master: P. H. Ponder,
First Grand Steward of Grand Lodge and Past Grand Master, Madison, installing
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1960
Newton High Drum Major, Majorettes At Gator Bowl Saturday
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DRUM MAJOR AND MAJORETTES who will lead the Newton County High School band at the
Gator Bowl Saturday, are shown in the photo above. Kneeling in front are Carol Woodruff (left)
and Elise Goode (right). Standing, left o right: Miriam Gardner, Sandra Richardson (drum major),
and Elizabeth Anne Greer. The band left Tuesday morning and will return to Covington early Sun
day morning. The NCHS Band will appear on the Gator Bowl field at 1 o'clock and will give a
six-minute show.
New Year Begins With Full-
Year Million Employed Base
“For the first time in Geor
gia’s history, non-farm emp’oy
ment has remained abcve one
million for a full year, current
ly 7,017,200. While 1960 has not
soared as some expected, the
year has become a stable
launching pad for a decade of
progress in Georgia,” Commis
sioner of Labor T. Huiet said
in reporting on the year just
past and in forecasting pros
.pects for 1961.
“Over 95 per cent of the
State’s wage earners in business
and industry have carried home
regular pay checks all year,
Job opportunities not only con
tinue to develop in Georgia, un
employment here is below the
national average,” Commission
er Huiet stated.
“The year now going to his
tory saw a net gain of about
250 firms whose workers have
insured wages under the Geor
gia Employment Security law,
bringing the total insured firms
to 28,432. From Jan. 1 through
November 30, 1960, employers
filled over 113,000 non - farm
jobs using the facilities of the
Georgia State Employment Ser
vice of the Georgia Department
of Labor, Georgia farmers filled
imore than 144,700 farm jobs
through these offices during the
same time.”
Huiet said that as Georgia be
comes more highly industrializ
ed, fluctuations in demand tend
to increase the number of work
ers subject to temporary un
employment. Consequently such
measures as job insurance be
come increasingly important to
preserve consumer purchasing
power and keeping the wheels
of industry turning.
“Georgia’s economic machin
ery will get bigger in 1961,
More workers will join t h e
wage-earned ranks. Fewer peo
ple will depend on the farm for
a living. And the Employment
Security program of t h e Geor
gia Department of Labor will
continue to serve the people of
the State of Georgia.
“The expected increase in the
State’s population will mean an
increase in demand for goods
and services. More workers will
join wage-earner ranks, a n d
the new year, if faced with con
fidence, careful planning a n d
wisdom, will bring happiness
and prosperity,” Commissioner
Huiet concluded.
officer; Ofis T. Lott, Junior Warden: O. H. Meador, Junior Deacon; William L.
Dawkins, Senior Deacon and R. M, Tuck, Secretary. Mrs. Thomas Jay, soloist, was
accompanied by Mrs. H. O. Whelchel in singing two selections of the Worshipfii
Master, At the conclusion of the program delicious refreshments were served in
the dining hall. Morris Hilley, outgoing Worshipful Master, was presented his
Past Masters ring by Charles Kitchens, newly installed Master,
’ Aptly Spoken
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“ .. For our prosperity
and well-being much credit
is to be given to the fact that
our forefathers established
this nation on the belief that
man is a free agent, respon
sible for his acts and for his
relationship with others;
that he is capable of improv
ing his own condition through
faith, self-reliance and in
dividual initiative. Had
America been established on
the false notion that the in
dividual should look to some
one else to run his life and
provide for him, it is quite
certain that today we would
be neither free nor prosper
ous. — Wildwood (N. J.)
Leader.
Legion Post 32
Meets Tuesday
The January meeting of
Newton County Post 32 Ameri
can Legion will be held at Le
gion Home, Tuesday evening,
January 3rd, according to an
announcement by Commander
C. T. Bohanan.
Supper will be served at 7
o'clock and the business ses~
sion will start about 7:30.
Covington's MacGregor
Plant To Open In April
Announcement has been made from the Chicago head
quarters of the Brunswick Corporation that practically all
of the assets of the Roehr Products Company, Waterbury,
Conn., has been purchased by Brunswick. The Brunswick
Corp. is the parent company of MacGregor Sports Products
Award Winners
In Decorations ‘
In the annual Yuletide Deco
rations Contest, sponsored by
the garden clubs of Covington,
and held on Wednesday even
ing, award winners have been
announced by the Judges
Chairman Mrs. E. G. Lassiter,
Jr., Miniature Garden Club, of
the Decorations Committee,
headed by Mrs. R. P. Camp
bell of the Covington Garden
Club.
First place went to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Moody Sum
mers on Conyers St.; second to
Dr. and Mrs. Guy Evans, Floyd
St.; third, Mr., and Mrs. Zig
Callaway on Brookhaven Drive.
Receiving honorable mention
were the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Hardman, Conyers
St.,, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Free
man, S, Dearing Road; and Mr.
and Mrs. David Bohanan on
Conyers St.
The judges, Mesdames Jack
Ford, Watson McDonald and
I. H. Rainwater of Monroe,
were very favorable in their
comments, both from the
standpoint of both the number
of entries evidencing coopera
tion of residents with the Con
test, and in the beauty, sim
plicity, and taste reflected in
decorations, according to Mrs.
W. B. Travis who accompanied
them on their judging tour.
Family Income
To Shoot Up
Writing in Nation’s Business,
economist Robinson Newcomb
forecast that households with
more than SIO,OOO income will
increase by 6 million in the
1960’5, more than twice the
rate of increase in the 1950-60
period. The $7,500 to SIO,OOO
group will increase by 5.75 mil
lion, he goes on, while house
holds with incomes under $5,-
000 will decline by 2 million.
20,000
Company, which is now con=
structing a golf ball plant in
Covington.
Covington businessmen saw
in the announcement the pos=
sibility of the Brunswick firm
locating more of their products
production here in Newton
County in the near future. Otis
Spillers, President of the New
ton County Chamber of Com
merce, has already expressed
the opinion of his organization
that once the MacGregor com=
pany starts its golf ball opera=-
tion here that another division
of the Brunswick firm will
soon follow to our city.
~ Covington's MacGregor
plant, now under construction
on Industrial Boulevard near
the Dodge Wire Building is
scheduled to be ready for dedi=
cation in April. Public Rela
tions officials of the Cincinnati
plant of the MacGregor Com
pany have stated that it is
hoped the opening of their new -
tacilities here will’be held dur
ing the 1961 Masters Golf
Tournament, held annually at
Augusta. .
The announcement of the
purchase of the Roehr firm
Tuesday by the Brunswick
Corporation was made by a
joint statement by the two
presidents of the organizations,
B. E. Bensinger of Brunswick,
and Z. M. Roehr of Roehr
Products.
’ The proposed purchase in
volves an undisclosed number
of Brunswick shares.
Roehr products is the coun
try’s largest producer of Dis
posahle hypodermic needles for
use by Hospitals, physicians,
dentists and pharmaceutical in
dustry. They are also the lead
ing Manufacturer of sterile dis=
posable hypodermic syringes.
In addition to its principal
plant in Waterbury, Connecti
cut, Roehr also hag facilities in
Deland, Florida.
A third plant i®¢ now wnder
construction *at Norfolk, Ne
braska.
Sales of Roehr have increased
fifty percent each year during
the past two years and are ex
pected to exceed eight million
dollars in 1960.
The firm has about 880 em
ployees, including 400 in the
Waterbury plant and 480 in the
Deland facility.
' Traverse Jurors
/ Need Not Report
| Until Jan. 10th
| 8. M. Hay, Clerk of Superior
| Court, announces that the Tra
| verse Jurors summoned for the
' January Term 1961 Superior
'Court need not report for jury
'duty Monday morning January
2, as no jury trials will be call
‘ed on this date. Traverse Jurors
will be required to report for
duty Tuesday January 10,
The Grand Jurors will be ex~
pected to report for duty on
Monday morning January 2, as
subpoened. Also, all civil mat
ters not requiring jury, uncon
tested divorces and default
judgments may be heard by the
Juda~ Monday Morning, Jan
uary 2.
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