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By the Office Boy
We are off to the war, to the
war we must go . . . not to fight
for our country right now . . .
but to fight for my room
mates health! Yes, the doctor
•aid, when he dismissed him
from the hospital: “Go right on
down to Florida and get on
your little boat, forget your
troubles, get some good sun
•hine and all will be well.” We
could not go! One thing I did
not want to get away from his
doctors . . . and a good thing it
was ... his doctors have been
wonderful and a good tonic
for him.
Now that he has made up
his mind he can go without
taking his doctor with him (and
don't think he hasn’t tried his
best to) we will start next
week . . . but don’t be sur
prised if he’s not calling his
doctor anyway. If we get to
Miami, we will be alright. For
there we have a cousin who
is one of Cocoanut Grove’s fam
ous doctors . . . there for forty
years with a wonderful clinic
. . . Dr. Lawson Rentz . . . and
he will be a good tonic for
him for we have every faith
in him. He’s about the last
word with us . . . and besides
his wife is our very own cou
»in . . . my mother’s niece. She
i« a gracious hostess and tljat
room mate of mine had rath
er eat at her house than any
where ... so had we. She is
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Rotary Club
Hears Hospital
Administrator
Covington Rotary Club
members heard an informative
report of the operation of the
Newton County Hospital at
their regular weekly meeting
Tuesday at the Teen Can. Mrs.
Helen Dickinson was the speak
er. She was introduced by Jack
McGiboney, comptroller of the
hospital.
Mrs. Dickinson reviewed the
progress of the hospital since
it was opened in 1954. October
of 1960 marked the sixth birth
day of the facility.
The speaker said that the
hospital employs some 62 em
ployees and that the first year
of operation the gross income
was $93,768. In 1959 the gross
income was $260,430. She
■aid that 1960 would bring an
•ven higher figure than 1959.
The first year of the hospi
tal's operation there were 951
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Midway Baptist
Mission Started
New Years Day
A new Baptist work was
started Sunday morning, Jan
uary 1, with the opening of
Midway Baptist Mission on the
Collum Road. Meeting in the
O. E. Smith store building, the
mission is sponsored jointly by
the County Line and High
Point Baptist Churches.
Rev. Charles Moody and Rev.
Hudson Moody were both on
hand to greet the people, and
the services were under the di
rection of Bryant Steele, Sun
day School Supt., and Chair
man of the Missions Committee
of High Point Church.
Thirty people were in Sun
day School and remained for
the morning worship service
which followed. Services each
Sunday will be as follows: Sun
day School. 9:45: morning
worship, 11:00: evening wor
thip. 7:30. Beginning next
week, mid-week prayer ser
vice will be held at 7 30 on
Wednesday nights. AU interest
ed people are cordially invited
to any and all the services.
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Retail Firms, Sales Show Increase In County
13 New Businesses In
Newton County In 1960
Business firms in Newton County increased during the
past year and also a healthy increase in retail sales in the
county was registered, according to two recent reports re
ceived at The Covington NEWS.
Laura Jean Hale
Is First Baby
Os Year 1961
Little Miss Laura Jean Hale,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy
Lewis Hale, of Route 2 Cov
ington, was the first baby born
at Newton County Hospital in
the new year of 1961.
Miss Hale only missed being
a New Years’ baby by some 15
minutes as she made her debut
at 12:15 a.m. Monday, January
2.
Mother and baby are now at
their home and getting along
nicely. Mrs. Hale is the form
er Miss Annie Elizabeth Christ
ian.*
Dr. Arthur Hinson
Preaches Sunday
Oxford, High Point
Dr. Arthur Hinson, assistant
to Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, exe
cutive-secretary of the Geor
gia Baptist Convention, will be
speaking at two churches Sun
day morninf January Bth.
He is to speak at the Oxford
Baptist Mission at 9:45 o’clock,
and at 11:00 o’clock at the High
Point Church.
Members at both places are
urged to hear this dedicated
Baptist leader, and friends are
invited.
Newton Rainfall
For Year Was
Below Normal
Newton County’s rainfall for
the year totaled 39.53 with a
deficiency of 7.42 from the
normal 46 95 inches, according
to figures released by Jack
Chapman, local weather au
thority.
Temperatures during the
past week Were:
High Low
Wed. Dec. 28, 49 40
Thurs. Dec. 29, 50 32
Fri. Dec. 30, 48 34
Sat. Dec. 31, 56 40
Sun. Jan. 1, 55 38
Mon. Jan. 2, 53 27
Tues. Jan. 3, 44 29 1
Grand Jury Recommends New
Courthouse Be Constructed
Among the grand jury present
ments of the January Term of the
Newton County Superior Court is
the recommendaton that a new
courthouse be built in Covington.
The jury also recommended that
the citizens be allowed to vote on
a bond issue for same. ♦
Robert Stanton. Jr. was the fore
man of the jury. M. B. Shaw was
clerk and Holland Tuck was the
assistant clerk.
Also listed in the January Term
presentments was the commenda
tion to Governor Ernest Vandiver
for his appointment of Judge Wil
liam T. Dean to fill the vacancy
created when death claimed Judge
Clarence Vaughn.
The entire January Grand Jury
Presentments follow:
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
JANUARY TERM 1961
NEWTON SUPERIOR COURT
We the Grand Jury selected and
sworn for the January term of i
Newton County Superior Court sub-1
mit the following:
enterprise. Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
The business population in
Newton County increased 6
per cent during 1960, accord
ing to statistics released by
Wm. M. Gordon, district man-<
ager of the Atlanta office of
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. Bas
ing his facts on a physical
count of the January, 1961 edi
tion of the Dun and Bradstreet
Reference Book, Gordon re
ports that in 1960 211 busi
nesses were listed in Newton
County and today 224 are list
ed.
Retail sales figures are re
leased quarterly by the State
Chamber of Commerce in At
lanta. The most recent report
showed that the retail sales
in Newton County for the
third-quarter period, July-
September, was $4,917,658
which showed a gain over the
same period in 1959 of $242,-
984.00. The figures for the Oc
tober - December period have
not been compiled as yet, but
many local business people feel
that the period will show a
gain over the same period of
a year ago.
According to Mr. Gordon,
each January business concerns
in all parts of the United
States are asked by Dun and
Bradstreet for copies of their
financial statements. This year
requests are being sent to ap
proximately three million busi
ness concerns —to the corner
grocery worth a few thousand
dollars as well as to businesses
worth millions.
The Dun and Bradstreet Ref
erence Book lists those manu
factures. wholesalers and re
tailers who seek or grant com
mercial credit, but it does not
include some of the service and
professional businesses such as
beauty and barber shops, se
curity dealers and real estate
brokers. Therefore, the figures
for total business in the United
States would be higher than
the three million quoted above.
Back of each listing of a
business in the Reference Book
is a Dun and Bradstreet credit
report. The report includes: a
history of the business (who
owns it, who runs it, and how
long it has been operating); a
description of what the busi
ness does and how it does it;
a financial section which usu
ally includes the latest finan
cial statement; and a record'
of how the business pays its
bills.
Hl. We recommend that J. C.
Capes be appointed Notary Public
and Ex-Officio J. P to succeed J.
T. Wallace who has been elected
for Almon 1717th District G. M.
#2. We -ecommend J. Henry
Anderson be re-appmnted to the 1
.Newton C unty Scnool Board fori
a term of five years as of January
। 1, 1961. thru December 31, 1965. I
#3. We approve the resolution
received from the Morgan County
Grand Jury (copy of resolution
herewith attached) and recom
mends its study by Cie Represent
ative and Senator cf this District.
Said resolution being on the sub
ject of illegitimacy and child aban
donment.
#4. We recommend that our
Representative and Senator sup
port legislation for stricter enforce-1
ment of the sale and use of fire
works.
#5. We recommend that legis
lation be presented at the forth-
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961
Kiwanis Club Officers For Year Os 1961 Are Installed
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COVINGTON KIWANIS CLUB officers for 1961 are shown in the picture above at the installation
ceremony Thursday at Legion Home. Front Row, seated left io right: Phillip Cohen, secretary; Fred
Harwell, vice-president: Don Wood, president; Dr. Robert Shannon, vice-president: Moody Sum
mers, treasurer. Back Row, left to right: Dr. Harry Faulkner, board of directors; Edgar Wood,
board of directors: W. J. Dickey, 12th Division Lt.-Gov., installation official; Rucker Ginn, im
mediate past president and member board of directors; Lanier Hardman, board of directors:
and Dr. E. L. Smith, board of directors.
MacGregor To Finance
Covington Building Cost
Officials of Newton County
Chamber of Commerce have
been notified by the MacGre
gor Sports Products division of
Cincinnati that their firm will
finance their building in Cov
ington 100 per cent. The Mac-
Gregor organization therefore
is not asking for any local fi
nancing on their $600,000
building now being construct
ed on Industrial Boulevard.
MacGregor officials contact
ed Otis Spillers, President of
the Newton County Chamber
of Commerce, and Robert R.
Fowler, President of the Bank
of Covington, and informed
them that “the building will be
entirely financed by an out
side organization. Therefore,
we will not need to call on the
citizens of Covington for
participation.”
Both Mr. Fowler and Mr.
Spillers expressed the opinion
that the MacGregor company
is completely satisfied with
the proposed Covington plant
at which site they will make
golf balls. The building is
scheduled to be completed by
next spring. Time for the
grand opening of the new fa
cility will be announced later
by the MacGregor division of
Brunswick Corporation.
MacGregor President Henry
Cowen visited Covington re
cently and was favorably im
pressed with the p ogress of
the new plant for our county.
Jack Meye’hoff, treasurer of
the MacGregor Sports Pro-
Aptly Spoken
— And Printed
‘‘Luxuries, power, indul
gence had made the once
tough Roman people soft.
To stay popular, their em
perors gave them more and
more of the ease they craved
—free bread, free circuses,
easier living.
“So the Romans softened
up th'm.selves for the am
bitious, hard-working bar
barians. And in 410 A.I)
the greatest nation the world
had ever seen was invaded
and destroyed. The Roman
emperors promised the peo
ple handouts—but they turn
ed out to be anything hut
free!” — Duluth (Minn.)
Publicity.
। ducts Inc., stated “the cooper
ation of the citizens of Coving
ton has been excellent through
out the negotiation period and
we look forward to our forth
coming operations in Coving
ton. and feel sure that our new
facility will be mutually profi
table to both MacGregor and
the citizens of Covington.”
Mr. Fowler, upon receiving
the recent letter from Mr.
Meyerhoff said “MacGregor
: and Brunswick have shown
more confidence in Newton
County than any other industry
from outside Georgia. We con
sider this the greatest compli
ment we could receive since
they are not calling on us to
finance any part of their
building program.”
The letter from Treasurer
Meyerhoff also praised Coving
ton Mayor Nat Turner, and in
coming Chamber President
Dan Clower for their help and
cooperation throughout the
planning of the project.
Covington Officials Admire New Sewage Treatment Plant In Operation
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COVINGTON OFFICIALS and employees are shown in front of
the main building of the new $381,000 Sewage Treatment Plant,
located one-quarter mile outside the city limits off Jackson road.
The new plant, v ich is designed to adequately care for Coving
ton's sewage for *he next 15 years, went into operation on Dec.
20, 1960. Pictured left io right are; Oscar Parnell, superintendent
Frances Mitchell,
Mary Lee Costley
Make GSCW List
Mary Lee Costley and Fran
ces Louise Mitchell were in
cluded on the Fall Quarter
Dean’s List at the Georgia
State College for Women. This
announcemenrt. came from Dr.
Donald H. MacMahon, dean of
instruction.
There were 97 students on
the entire list.
To be given this distinction,
a student must have an aver
age of 3.3 on 15 or more hours
work in any quarter and must
have an all college average of
2.5 ,
Mis« Costley is the daughter
of Guy Howard Costley, 829
Washington St., Co v i n gto n.
Miss Mitchell is the daughter
of Dr. J. B. Mitchell, 30 N.
Broad St., Porterdale.
$381,000 Facility Expected
To Meet Needs For Years
By LEO S. MALLARD
A milestone to progress was laid in the latter days of 1960
as Covingtcn began operating a newly constructed sewage
treatment plant valued at $381,000. Mayor N. S. Turner said
that the new plant “will adequately meet the needs of Cov
ington residents and industries for a period of at least 15
years.”
Kiwanis Club
Chairmen To
Make Reports
Covington Kiwanis Club
committee chairmen will give
reports tcJay (Thursday) at
Legion Home at 1 o’clock on
proposed activities of their
committee for the year 1961.
Presiding will be newly-in
stalled president Don Wood.
Committee chairmen for
1961 are as follows:
Achievement Reports, Dean
V. Y. C. Eady; Attendance and
Reception, Greeley Ellis; Boys
and Girls, G. B. Hutchinson;
Scouts, S. J. Morcock; Agricul
ture and Conservation, Don
Briscoe; Swimming Pool, Ever
ett Pratt; Circle K. Club W. J.
Dickey; Key Club, Leo S. Mal
lard: Finance, M. H. Waggoner;
House. Charles C. King: Inter-
Club Relations, H. F. Meadors;
Kiwanis Education and Fellow
ship, Guy Evans.
Membership, Nat Turner;
Programs and Music, Homer
Sharp; Public and Business Af
fair*, Ed Robinson; Public Re
lations, Bob Greer; Support of
Churches, James Hutchins;
Special Events, Ed Hunt; Spe
cial Projects, Sam M. Hay; Vo
: cational Guidance, Gordon
Mann.
Installation of 1961 officers
of the Covington Kiwanis Club
comprised the program for the
regular meeting Thursday af
ternoon at Legion Home.
12th Division Lt.-Gov W. J.
Dickey of Oxford was the in
stalling officer. The newly-in
stalled president of the Cov
ington Club is Don Wood.
Rucker Ginn is the immediate
past president.
Visi t or s at the meeting
Thursday included Mrs. Ruck
er Ginn and Mrs. Don Wood,
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of streets, parks, and sanitary pick-up: C. H. Geiger, general
sivoerintendent of water, sewage, and gas: C. Q. Nevitt. repre
sentative of Wiedeman & Singleton Engineers of Atlanta: Mayor
N. S. Turner; Councilman Fred Kitchens, chairman of committee
on water, sewage, and gas; and H. O. Whelchel. superintendent of
the water and sewage plants.
NUMBER 1
Operation of the new plant
was begun on Dec. 20, under
the direct’on of Superintendent
H. O. Whelehel and Plant Op
erator H. B. Potts.
C. Q Nevitt, representative
of Wiedeman and Singleton
Engineers of Atlanta, design
ing with Whelehel and Potts
for the past two weeks to help
iron out any technical prob
lems that might arise.
■ The plant was built by J.
W. Meadors Construction Com
pany of Jacksonville, Fla., R.
P. Meadors of Mansfield serv
ed as superintendent of con
struction for his brother J. W.
Meadors. Both men are former
Covington residents.
Mayor Turner said that the
people of Covington will be in
vited to come out and see the
new sewage treatment plant on
and after Jan. 15. He urged,
however, that persons touring
the plant please obey all no
smoking signs due to the pres
ence of explosive gases in some
areas.
PLANT OPERATION
Engineer Nevitt. while tour
ing the plant with city offici
als, said that “this plant, for
the money invested and for
the size of the town that it is
to serve, is as modem as any
sewage plant anywhere in the
country.”
Only two persons, a plant
operator and one employee, are
needed to oversee the plant
when it is operating at full
capacity. Mr. Nevitt described
the plant as a “fully automatic
operation that is capable of re
ducing the sewage polution
load 85 per cent.”
Sewage piped into the plant
from Covington first goes into
a comminutor where the solids
are grounds up and chemically
treated to control odor and kiil
bacteria. The plant is equip
ped with two comminutors but
is presently operating only one
of them to handle sewage.
The comminutors are also
equipped with manual bar
screens which will be used in
an emergency such as power
or mechanical failure. In ease
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