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My Goodness Gracious Me!
Down to 12 degrees this morn
ing when we start to Florida!
And friends of the Fellowship
Sunday School Class. , . just
remember we are leaving on
Tuesday morning., . . but not
that he conceded. . . the light
ing system went bad on his
ear, , . at any rate I had my
wayv for once in just 30 years!
We regret to learn t h a t
Rev, Edward Hawkins h a s
not been well for the last few
days and I know vou men of
his class will be letting both
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins know
that you are sorry too.
- We've been “batting down
the hatches” here, as we say
on the boat for several days
and after we get there we will
have a good time, but it’s like
taking out eye teeth to have to
leave. ~ .they do give you a
shot for that! But this hurts
more than you can know for
I'm an old home body!
We leave just as our sweet
neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Mobley get back from a weeks
vacation in Augusta with their
children and grands. .t hey
had a wonderful time there.
I had forgotten how wonder
ful those fried apple tarts were
that our Mother used to make
until one of my sweet neighbors
sent us a tray of them just at
lunch time, and yum yum,
were they good!
The Hospital Auxiliary is
meeting this week and I will
not be here, but I surely want
to be counted in on this for
the Hospital is one of my
sweetest pets. . . we were
out there night before last to
see how James Rogers, B o b
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Tuesday, NCHS
Region 4AA One-Act Play
contest will be staged at the
Newton County High School
guditorium Tuesday, January
17, starting at 6 P.M.
Schools entered in the con
test are Newton County, Hart
County, Gainesville, Chamblee
and Madison County. The win
ner of the competition here will
enter the State Contest at a
later date. Admission price
Tuesday is 25¢ and 50c.
The local play this year is
titled “Helena’s Husband.” It
will be presented about 6:30
o’clock Tuesday. Eddie Najjar
is the director of the play.
Covington Weather
Temperatures during the
past week in Covington were:
High Low
Wed. Jan. 4, 53 22
Thurs. Jan. 5, 53 26
¥Fri, Jan, 6, 60 27
Sat. Jan. 7, 57 34
Sun, Jan. 8, 51 33
Mon. Jan, 9, 51 21
Tues. Jan, 10, 52 20
COVINGTON NEWS
32 Pages
Today
’ i A ded Covington Rotary Club Meeting Tuesd
Georgia, Newton County Educational Leaders Att ended Covington Rotary Club Meeting Tuesday
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PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS are shown in the photo above at the Tuesday noon
meeting of the Covington Rotary Club at which the main speaker was Jim Peters,
Chairman of the State Board of Education. Shown from left to right are: E. D.
Whatley, principal of Palmer-Stone School; N. S. Turner, member of Newion
County board of education; Homer Sharp, supervising principal of Newton County
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VOLUME 97
ROT/ AY HEARS EDUCATION BOARD CHAIRMAN
Lc4%] Basketball Tournament Starts Wednesday
Annual Event Slated For
NCHS Gym January 18-21
Newton County’s Annual Invitational Basketball Tourna
ment will get underway Wednesday, January 18, at the
NCHS gymnasium with three girls’ games on the slate for
the first night of the event. The tipoff for the first battle is
set for 6:30.
Work Bid To Be
Let On Conyers-
According to a legal Notice
To Contractors in today’s Cov
ington News sealed proposals
will be received in Atlanta un
til February 3 for furnishing
all labor, materials, equipment
and other things necessary for
the construction of the road
from Conyers to Walnut Grove.
The road, known as State
Route 138, takes in 7.694 miles
of grading and paving and two
bridges. The project covers
three counties, Newton, Wal
ton and Rockdale.
The work on the project will
begin within 10 days after for
mal execution of contract and
is scheduled for completion in
360 working days. . . ..
Already the leg of State
Route 138 from Walnut Grove
to U. S. Highway 78 just west
of the Monroe City limits re
ceives a lot of travel between
Covington and Monroe. It is
one of the better State high
ways in this section of Georgia.
Newton Countians
Named To Honor,
Merit List at EAO
The following Emory Oxford
students from Newton County
have been named to the Honor
and Merit Lists at the end of
the fall quarter grading period.
Honor List — Linda Hudson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles B. Hudson, Covington,
and Leroy Montgomery Will
son, Jr., son of Prof. and Mrs.
Leroy M. Willson, Oxford.
Merit List — Delores Mal
colm, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Malcolm, Cov
ington; Kathryn Ellington,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Ellington, Oxford; Johnny
Capes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Capes, Covington; and
Merritt Hertwig, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hertwig, Por
terdale.
These scholastic honors are
granted to students for out
standing academic work a n d
excellent deportment during the
quarter.
The @ovington Nems
| Games of Thursday night will
| feature three boys games with
the first encounter starting at
6:30 o’clock. Semifinals on Fri
day night will see all the sur
viving teams in action with
four games on the card. The
two girls games will start at
{ 6:00 and 8:30 o’clock. The boys
tussles will tipoff at 7:15 and
l 9:45 P.M.
| Top seeded team in the boys’
bracket is the Newton County
Rams who now have a 14-0
season record. The top-seeded
(See Page 20-21 For Special
Spread on Newton Tourna
ment)
team in the girls’ bracket is the
NCHS lassies. Their season rec
ord is 12-2. Both local teams
are defending champions of the
tournament.
Drawing byes into the Fri
day night semi-finals are the
Lithonia girls and Newton boys.
The Rams will meet the winner
of the Lithonia - Loganville
_game on Friday night at-S:=@
o'clock. The NCHS girls will
meet the Monroe sextet on
Wednesday night at 7:45
o’clock.
Referees for the tournament
will be Bill White, Tom Har
vill and Glenn Patterson, all of
Athens.
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Newton County sports-mind
ed merchants who are spon
soring the double-page spread
in The Covington NEWS today
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Oxford Plans
Youth Club For
Entertainment
Parents of children in Ox
ford between ages of 6 and 16
interested in forming a youth
club for your children, please
contact Mrs. Clarence Williams,
Mrs. Curtis Bankston or Mar
shal Bill Cook before Feb
ruary lst.
The purpose of this youth
club is to provide group enter
tainment supervised by two or
more parents.
Plans are being made to have
three age groups and further
plans will be discussed at the
first meeting of parents Fri
day, February 3rd, 1961 at
7:30 P.M. at the Community
Center in Oxford.
High Schoo.; Mr. Peters; Dr. Claude Purcell, State Supt. of Schoois: J. W. (Whit)
Richardson, Newton Count rupt. of Schools: J. H. Anderson, chairman of Newion
County school board: Ralph Spears, Newion school board member: and George
Hutchinson, principal of E. L. ?ieqwn School, Covington.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961
Legion Lifetime Membership Cards Are Awarded |
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LIFi (iME MeMBLRSHIP CARDS were presenied so two charler members, Bernard Greer (left)
and Frank Meadors (right) by Newion County Post 32 American Legion. Shown presenting the gold
engraved cards to the two prominent Legionnaires is Post 32 Commander C. T. Bohanan. Both Mr,
Greer and Mr. Meadors have been members of Post 32 since 1919.
P-TA Program At
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Portercale Has
_Library Theme
PORTERDALE — “What the
Library Offers Our School” will
be the subject of the P-TA pro
gram at the Porterdale School
Auditorium on Thursday even
ing, January 19,0 at seven
o’clock. The entire program in
cluding the inspirational will
be given by the Fifth Grades
which are taught by Mrs. E.
B. Morris and Miss Mary Trip
pe.
As this is the first meeting
of the year 1961, everyone is
urged to attend and bring a
guest with him.
Aptly Spoken
— And Printed
“The agreement of hoth
sides — labor and manage
ment — to refer a dispute
over working rules on the
railroads to a government
studv panel is historically
significant.
“Congratulations are due
on all sides — to the unions,
management and to the De
partment of Labor. If more
labor disputes could be re
ferred to a fair Commission.
with the public, welfare and
simple justice, as that com
mission’s guiding princinle,
we would have moved for
ward a giant step in mana
gement - labor relations.” —
— Cuero (Texas) Record,
Rev. Lively Speaker
EEV. GRADY LIVELY |
Rev. G. A. Lively will bring |
the sermon for District Ki—i
wanis at Rock Eagle Camp |
Sunday evening, January 15,
at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker at
the First Methodist Church of
Covington will be Rev, Charles
Poole, pastor of North Coving- |
ton Methodist Church. l
University of Georgic
Now lategrated l
As we go to press two Negro
students have entered the Um-!
versity of Georgia (Wednes
day) after several court a(--!
tions seeking a delay to inte
gration in the college. ,
Charlayne Hunter and Ham- |
ilton Holmes were scheduled |
to begin classes yesterday. (
Mrs. Moffelt
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Ind in Contest
Georgia now has her own de
sign for a Civil War Centen
nial seal. It was selected from
among 44 entries in a state -
wide contest judged by an At
lanta art jury.
The winning seal design was
submitted by David Jay, of
Fitzgerald, according to Peter
Zack Geer, Centennial Com
'mission chairman. Mrs. Paul
‘David Moffett, of Covington,
took second place.
~ First prize is SIOO cash and
'second prize is a set of four
bird plates painted by Atlan
ta artist Athos Menaboni. Both
awards are being given by the
Citizens & Southern National
Bank as an indication of its
interest in Georgia’s centennial
plans, Geer said.
The winning seal design will
be put to use immediately. In
full color, it depicts crossed ri
fles with a Confeder~te soldier
clasping hand with his adver
‘sary. The jury voted .ue de
sign “excellent in concept and
execution.” |
. The judees, including Dr.
Reginald Poland, of the At
lanta Art Institute, Julian Har
ris and Ferdinand Warren, ci
ted entries of John H. Alder
man Jr. and Robert A. Meek,
both of Decatur, and Dan
Morse, of Atlanta. for honorable
mention. Mrs. V. E. Forten
berry, of Clarkston, submitted
four entries and won two hon
orable mentions.
“We wish to thank the 44
Georgians who submitted de
siens for Georgia’s use,” said
Chairman Geer, who is execu
tive secretary to Gov. Ernest
Vandiver,
“Each work offered reveal-|
ed a deep pride in Georgia and
the Confederacy, and each en
try was notably thoughtful and
tastefully conceived, The com
mission thanks the jury of At
lanta artists who gave their
time and services to judge the
entries.” |
Stroke Clinic Is
Postponed Until
February 3rd.
The next Stroke Clinic will
not be held until the first Fri
day in February. All interest
ed parties are asked to please
note this date, Friday, Febru
ary 3, as there will n o t be
another clinie until this time,
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Jim Peters Reviews Past
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10 Years In Georgia Schools
The chairman of the State Board of Education, Jim Peters
of Manchester, was the guest speaker at the regular weekly
luncheon meeting of the Covington Rotary Club Tuesday at
the Teen Can. ;
State Crime Lab
Kiwanis, Tod
iwanis, Today
Dr. Herman Jones, State
Director of the Crime Labora-!
tory in Atlanta, will be t h e
main speaker at the Coving—‘
ton Kiwanis Club meeting to
day (Thursday) at Legion
Home at 1 o’clock.
* The program will be under
the direction of January Ki
wanis Progr-m Chairman Ray
Reece and ne will introduce the
speaker today.
Dr. Jones is expected to dis
cuss the function of the State
Crime Lab and its work in the
solving of crimes and detection
and apprehension of eriminals
in the State of Georgia.
Adron Harden
Is Farm Bureau
Speaker, Tuesday
Adron Harden, former New
ton County agent, and now as
sistant to Georgia State Farm
Bureau President John Dun
can, will be the guest speaker
at the Newton County Farm
Bureau meeting Tuesday even
at Henderson's Restaurant.
The dinner - meeting will
get underway at 7:30 and will
be a husband and wife affair.
Reservations are requested at
an early time,
Prospective members of the
local farm bureau are also in
vited to attend the meeting
Tuesday.
Newton Hospital
To Have Auxiliary
The Newton County Hospi
tal Board announces ‘*he af
filiation to the hosni.2" of the
recently organizzd Newton
County Hospital Auxiliary,
Having held two recent board
meetings, the organization is
n o w soliciting membership.
The newly elected officers and
board members are: Mrs. Ro
bert R. Fowler, President; Mrs.
Frank Williams, vice-president;
Mrs. Laverne Cowan, Record
ing secretary; Mrs. Rucker
Ginn, Corresponding secre=-
tary; Mrs. Sam Gainer, trea
surer.,
Mrs.. Otis Spillers, Parlia
mentarian; Mrs. E. E. Calla
way, Organization and Rules
Committee; Mrs. Jordan Cal
laway, Organization and Rules
committee; Mrs. Godfrey Tram
mell, Project Chairman: Mrs,
Moncey Pratt, volunteer service
Chairman; Mrs. John Fuller,
Ways and Means Chairman; |
Mrs. James Purcell, Member
ship Chairman; Mrs. W. S.
C o o k Jr., Public Relations
Chairman.
The first regular meeting
will be held January 12, at
10:30 a. m. at the hospital din
ing room. All interested citi
zens throughout the county are |
urged to attend.
Types of membership desir
ed are: Active — Shall pay
annual dues of sl. and shall
participate in the active ser
vice program of the Auxiliary,
NUMBER 2
Accompanying Mr. Peters tc
Covington and introducing him
to the Rotarians was Dr
Claude Purcell, State Schoo
Superintendent. Zig Callaway
had charge of the program,
Mr. Peters, in his talk, gave
much information on the back
ground of education in th-
State of Georgia and how it
has grown in the past 10 year:.
He said that 10 years ago th
budget called for $77,500,00".
In 1960 the budget was $170,-
000,000, and in 1961 the boa !
is asking for a budget of $193,-
000,000.
In the past 10 years th
‘school buiiding program in tl -
‘state has been stepped - uH.
The transportation of t h ¢
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school children has also been
streamlined and effic.ie?ly op
erated in the past few years,
he stated.
Teachers’ pay in the state i
fourth from the bottom amo
the states. He cited the ave /
age (t:enchen.’n;ahriu in Nev -
ton County compared the -
to those of Atlanta, He so
that the average in Newt
County is $3,427 per year, ar
in the Atlanta system it is $3,-
840 per year.
Many visitors were on har '
to hear the Stzte Board Chai -
man. Among them were t h
Newton County Board of Edu -
‘cation members: J. H. Andc -
‘son, Wiley Allgood, N. 8. Tu:-
ner, Ralph Spears, and Leonar.l
Standard.
Other visitors at the meetin«
were: Carl Smith, guest of Ot :
Spillers; Charlie Harris, guc
of Hugh Steele; Miss Jord
Tanner, Homer Sharp, E. D.
Whatley and George Hutchin
son, guests of E. M. MeCart:
B. B. Snow, guest of E. G, Las
siter, Jr.; W. R. Porter, guest
of Guy Jones; Gaine Brown
of Conyers, guest of James
Knight; Charlie Patterson,
guest of the eclub.
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MRS. R. R. FOWLER
Sixty hour minimum jervice
per year required. Associate—
Shall pay annual aues of $2.
No active service required.
Life — Shall pay SIOO,
These dues must be paid with=
in a four year period. Member
ship applications are availab'e
at the hospital and can be ob
tained by contacting Mrs. James
Purcell, membership chairman,
Members who pay dues by
February 28, will be charter
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