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When is “Later"? How many
times do we sincerely intend to
shoulder our share of com
munity responsibility — “later”
—that is? How many young
couples fully intend to build a
Christian Foundation for their
new home ■ — when they can
clear away a few financial, per
sonal and business problems,
which of course, will be soon,
just a little “later”?? How
many of us plan to really be
gin measuring our lives by the
Golden Rule, just as soon as
we have accumulated enough
of this world’s goods so that
we may be comfortably, as well
as actually, conscientious —it
shouldn’t take long, but, defi
nitely “later”? There are a
thousand ways of deluding our
selves about our reasons for
neglecting the factors essential
to building a good life, and
justifying the space we occu
py on this Good Earth. But,
let’s quit kidding ourselves,
“later” is NOW!
And, NOW is the time we
need, but desperately, a Chair
man for Newton County’s New
March of Dimes! January, the
National March of Dimes
month, is past the half-way
mark—we are still without a
Chairman for this great hu
manitarian project.
No doubt, some of the leth
argy which seems to threaten
the program springs from the
assumption that the Polio bat
tle is won, and all that is ne
cessary is just to lean back on
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35 Attend Aux
First Meeting
The first quarterly meeting
of the Newton County Hospi
tal Auxiliary was held last
Thursday at the hospital din
ing room with about 35 ladies
present. Mrs. Otis Spillers read
the proposed constitution and
by-laws. Mrs. Betty Purcell,
Chairman of the Membership
Committee Reported that the
Applications for membership
were now being received and
that anyone interested should
contact her. Mrs. Bill Cook,
chairman of the Public Rela
tions Committee, Expressed our
appreciation for the excellent
publicity given by the Coving
ton News and Requested that
each member act as an ex of
ficio member of her committee
to promote the service oppor
tunities offered by the Auxil
iary.
Mrs. Godfrey Trammell,
ehairman of the Projects Com
mittee, explained the plans for
the food cart, information desk,
central supply needs, and sew
ing at home, all of which will
be the responsibilities of t h e
members. It was voted to make
the major project of the year
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Drs. Hicks, Shufelt
To Direct Study
“Classroom Practices in Men
tal Health” will be the topic
for discussion when teachers,
principals, and administrators
of the schools of Newton Coun
ty convene at the Newton
County High School for a two
hour session on Tuesday, Jan
uary 24. This will be the sec
ond in a series of in-service
education prosrams on the an
nual theme. “Meeting the Emo
tional Needs of Children and
Young People.”
Following a brief general
session in the school auditorium
at 2:30 P.M., the teachers will
divide into two groups. Those
who work with children in
grades 1-6 will meet in the
school cafeteria with Dr. Lynn
Shufelt, Consultant in Human
Growth and Development,
AATES, Emory University, as
the leader of the group.
Dr. Frances Ross Hicks. Pro-
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Met’ School Os Missions Opens Sunday
Rev. De Ku. Missionary
Belgian Congo, Speaker
The annual School of Missions will begin at the First
Methodist Church of Covington on Sunday, January 22
with the morning worship service at 11:00 a. m. The speaker
at that hour will be Reverend William De Ruiter, a Meth
odist missionary in the Belgian Congo for 34 years.
Rev. De Ruiter comes as a
dynamic evangelistic preacher
and has first hand information
regarding the current Belgian
Congo crisis.
The class sessions of the
School of Missions will begin
Sunday evening at 7:00 P.M.
in the main auditorium of the
Church. From the combined
opening session each member
attending will go to the class
of his choice having four
courses from which to choose.
The home mission study theme
is “Heritage and Horizons in
Home Missions” wi\h the Wes
leyan Service Guild in charge
of this course. The foreign mis
sion study is entitled “Into All
the World Together’-, and the
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service is responsible for this
course. The Commission on
Missions and the Christian So
cial Relations Committee will
be offering the Chureh wide
study entitled “The Stumbling
Block” with alcohol and Christ
ian responsibility as its theme.
The Spiritual Life Groups of
the Woman’s Society and the
Wesleyan Service Guild will
offer a course in “Basic Christ
ian Beliefs”.
The subject of the young
people’s study is “Youth and
Alcohol.” The children’s divi
sion will study “Into the World
with the Bible.”
The School of Missions will
continue each night through
Wednesday. January 25. with
classes beginning at 7:00 P.M.
and ending at 8:30 P.M. On the
last night of the school, the
regular monthly Family Night
Supper will be held at 6:00
P.M. with classes following at
the regular 7:00 o’clock hour.
All members are asked to re
serve these dates and make
their plans to take part in this
year’s School of Missions.
fessor of Phychology, Georgia
State College for Women, will
direct the study session for the
teachers of grades 7-12.
NEWTON COUNTY FARM BUREAU meeting Tuesday night at Henderson's Res
taurant spotlighted the persons shown in the picture above. Left to right: Joe Marks,
president of Newton County Farm Bureau; Jack Chandler, vice-president of local
FB: Charles Ewing, local FB insurance agent; Adron Harden, assistant to State
Ty Cason Named
To National
Legion Group
Covington’s Ty Cason has
been notified that he is now a
member of the National Ameri
can Legion’s Membership Com
mittee, according to National
Commander William R. Burke
of Indianapolis, Ind., who made
the appointment this week.
Mr. Cason has been promi
nent in local and state activ
ities of the American Legion
and is presently serving as
Junior Vice - Commander of
the Department of Georgia.
Commander Cason has also
served Newton County Post
32 as commander (1957 1959).
He was most recently com
mander of the Fourth District
of Georgia.
Pilot Dinner
Meeting Tonight
The Pilot Club of Covington
will have their January Dinner
Meeting in the Lunch Room
of the Porterdale School at
7:30 ton.ight, January 19.
Publicity and Public Rela
tions committee is in charge
of the program. Special guests
who will be featured on the
program are Edward Laurence
Sells, Shlomo Baroon. Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson M. Hoffman and
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Stubbs
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Hunting, Fishing
Blue Law To Be
Enforced Here
Persons who hunt and fish
on Sunday will face possible
arrest, according to a recent
recommendation of the New
ton County Superior Court
Grand Jury.
Newton - Rockdale Wildlife
Ranger M. E. Aiken has issued
a warning that, pursuant to the
Grand Jury recommendation,
he will issue citations to of
fenders in Newton County.
It was emphasized that not
only hunting and fishing was
in violation of the Blue Law
but trespassing is also an of
fense that may bring court ac
tion.
Newton County Farm Bureau Held Dinner Meeting Tuesday Evening
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961
Much Os The Rams Success Depends On These 3 Players
THREE NEWTON COUNTY RAMS upon whose shooting and rebounding ability depends the sv.-cess
of NCHS in the Eighth Annual Newton County Invitational Tournament (now underway here) are
shown in the photo above. From left to right: Allen Rowe, center: Billy Shaw, guard; and Bob Mitchell,
forward. The Rams will meet the winner of the Monroe-Loganville game Friday night at 9:45 o clock.
Dr. Georgia B. Watson To Do
Post-Doctoral Research At Yale
Dr. Georgie B. Watson, Pro
fessor of Education at Georgia
Southern College. Statesboro,
has been accepted as a post
doctoral research fellow in phy
chology at Yale University for
the academic year 1961-62.
Dr. Watson is a native of
Covington and her family still
lives here.
Dr. Jack N. Averitt, chair
man of the Division of Social
Science at Georgia Southern
has just released the informa
tion that upon return from the
year of leave Dr. Watson will
join the faculty of the social
science division as professor of
psychology. The new position
to be filled by Dr. Watson was
created with the recent appro
val of the minor in psychology
in the social science offerings.
At the undergraduate level
Dr. Watson holds a degree from
Georgia Southern College with
a major in social science. Af
ter receiving the bachelors de
gree in 1946 Dr. Watson at
tended Peabody College where
she majored in history for the
Master of Arts degree and com
bined history and college per
sonnel work for the Doctor of
Philosophy degree.
Upon receiving the Ph. D. in
1949 Dr. Watson returned to
Georgia Southern College
where she has served as Direc
tor of Guidance and Counsel
ing, Director of Alumni Activi-
Farm Bureau President John Duncan, main speaker at the meeting; Mrs. Billy
Aiken, office secretary: Ed Hunt, Newton County Agent; Mort Ewing, secretary
treasurer; and Mark Faulk, field representative of the State Farm Bureau office.
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DR. GEORGIA WATSON
ties and as Professor of Edu
cation.
Dr. Watson’s career includes
four years in the armed forces,
two of them in Europe, where
she attained the rank of major.
She has also taught eleven
years in the public schools of
Georgia.
Tourney Results
Rockdale Co. 29, Loganville 17
Newton Co. 58, Monroe 17
Three boys games are set for
tonight starting at 6:30 o’clock.
(See Sports Page for other
basketball article).
Social Security
Officials Seek
Survivor Data
The SoctaS Security Admin
istration is trying to get in
touch with about 25.000 peo
ple who are now able to col
lect monthly social security
benefits as a result of recent
changes in the law. They are
the survivors of workers who
died after March 31. 1938, and
before January 1, 1940, after
working under social security
for at least a year and a half
before their deaths. Included
among those newly eligible are
widows, aged dependent par
ents, and disabled children age
18 and over.
The original Social Security
Act provided benefits only for
retired workers. The Act was
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Golden Fleece
Meets Tuesday
A Regular Communication
of Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6
F. & A. M. will be held Tues
day, January 24 at 7:30 p.m.
The Entered Apprentice De
gree will be conferred. All qual
ified Mason's welcme and urged I
to attend.
Members of Golden Fleece!
please attend a meeting and
get a copy of the new By-Laws.
Charles B. Kitchens W. M.
Reuben M. Tuck Sec.
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READERS WEEKLY
Elecricity And Gas Main
Revenue Sources For 1961
City of Covington budget for 1961 will engross almost a
million dollars, according to a budget report released this
week by City officials. Mayor N. S. Turner and the city
council adopted the budget at a meeting on Monday Jan. 16.
The budget for the coming year reflects the growth of the
Dr. Faulkner Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Today 10'clock
Dr. Harry Faulkner will be
the guest speaker at the Cov-I
ington Kiwanis Club meeting
today at Legion Home at 1 ;
o’clock.
The speaker will discuss the
Newton County Heart Council
Stroke Clinic which has been
cited for the outstanding work
being accomplished here in
Covington. Dr. Faulkner is also
the chairman of the local Heart
Fund Drive and he is expected
to outline part of the work
connected with the 1961 cam
paign.
• * * *
Dr. Larry Howard. Assistant
Director of the State Crime
Laboratory, Atlanta, was the
guest speaker and lecturer at
the Kiwanis meeting Thurs
day. Dr. Howard was intro
duced by Ray Reece, program
chairman for January - Febru
ary.
Using a series of slides on
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‘X Students
Listed at NCHS
The following students from
Newton County High School
have maintained an “A” in all
subjects for the third six weeks
grading period according to an
announcement by the Student
Council.
Sr.: Dave Smith, Janelle Wood.
Beverly McDonald; Jr.: Lee
Campbell, Brenda Chambers,
Robbie Elizer, Sandy King So
phomores — Gail Duncan, Bet
ty Jean McElreath, Day Mor
cock. Freshmen — Jim Benton,
Lila Callaway, Ronnie Elliott,
Noel Hayes, Jeanne Pickett,
Mason Stephenson and Bob
Travis.
Porterdale P-TA
To Hear Library
Program Tonight
PORTERDALE—Fifth Grade
boys and girls of the Porter
dale School will present an in
teresting program entitled
“What the Library Offers Our
School” at the P-TA meeting
on Thursday evening, January
19. in the auditorium at seven
o’clock.
This is the first meeting of
1961 and everyone is urged to
attend. This is a wonderful op
portunity to support your
school and your children.
We Love That Steady Subscriber
How dear to our hearts is the steady subscriber.
Who pays in advance at the birth of each year.
Who lays down the money, and does it quite gladly
And casts round the office a halo of cheer.
He never says, "Stoo it, I cannot afford it,
I'm getting more papers now than I can read."
Bui always says, “Send it: our people all like it.
In fact we all think it a help and a need."
How welcome his check when it reaches cur office,
How it makes our pulse throb — how it ’--.akes our
heart dance
We outwardly thank bin.; we inwardly bless him —
The steady subscriber who pays in advance.
— Cortland (Neb' w —
NUMBER 3
city in all departments inas
much as the figure is $138,720
above the 1960 total of $816,-
935.
Main revenue sources for the
city this year will again be
from sale of electricity, gas and
from ad valorem tax. Elec' .ci
ty brings ,nt<s the city some
$435,000 per year.
The report also points out
the growth of customers for
electricity, gas and water dur
ing the past year. Forty-nine
new customers were added to
the electric system, 175 to the
gas system and 74 to the water
system of the city. Electricity
and gas revenues jumned up in
1960 over 1969 by $61,053 and
$53,704 respectively.
Mayor and council at the
meeting Monday elected offi
cers for the coming year. Har
ry P. Cowan is the city clerk
and treasurer; Charles H. Gei-
A hearing has been set for
the Covington Municipal
building court room, Febru
ary Bth at 2:30 p.m. for the
purpose of considering a pro
posed zoning ordinance, build
ing regulations and restric
tions with in the city limits
of the city. The legal adver
tisement explaining further
details of the hearing is car
ried in The Covington News
today.
-ger, supt. of water, sewer and
gas departments; Albert R.
Parker, supt. of electric dept.;
O. L. Parnell, supt. of street
and sanitary dept.; W. W. Kit
chens, chief of police: and R. T.
Floyd, chief of fire dept.
Meanwhile the police de
partment reported that 945 ar
rests were made during 1960.
Mayor Turner announced
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Aptly Spoken
— And Printed
“The latest time table,
measuring United States’
chances for survival in the
race with the communist
world, have been quietly
outlined in a joint Army
civilian study ... In brief,
the estimate is grim. It is
that unless the United States
changes its ways, recognizes
(he force which is confront
ing and challenging it today,
it has only approximately
seven years of grace left.
“The latest estimate means
that the United States is at
the crossroads — either w*
make some sacrifices today,
tighten our belts and do th*
job, or risk losing the preci
ous freedom and democracy
which we enjoy, and have en
joyed. for almost two hun
years.”—Rich Square (N.C.)
Times-News.