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C. D. Ramsey, Jr. Is Elected
Chairman Salem Camp Trustees
The trustees of Salem Camp
ground held a called meeting on
last Sunday, January 15, at one
O'clock at the Salem Camp ho
tel. A delightful chicken din
ner was enjoyed by the trus
tees and their guests.
C. D. Ram
sey, Jr., vice
chairman, wel
corned the
group and they
stood for a mo-
I'ent of silent
prayer in me
mory of the
late departed
Chairman Cla- Mr. Ramsey
rence R. Vaughn Sr., before
Edward King returned thanks.
Mr. Ramsey thanked Mr. and
Mrs. Jaynes for the delicious
meal.
Following dinner, the trustees
went into the hotel lobby where
an inviting log fire welcomed
them. Vice - chairman Ram
sey presided over the business
session. Bob H. Elliott of Con
yers, secretary and treasurer,
gave the minutes of the pre
vious meeting and the finan
cial report.
Dean Virgil Y. C. Eady of
Emory-at-Oxford, read resolu
tions on the passing of Judge
Vaughn the beloved late chair
man. These were adopted by
the board.
C. D. Ramsey Jr., of Coving
ton. was unanimously elected
chairman of the board of trus
tees. He accepted graciously
and told how his grandfather,
Sam Ramsey and his father,
Coe David Ramsey Sr., had
served as chairman before him.
He pledged his best efforts to
the board. Harry Y. McCord
of Atlanta, whose late father
H. Y. McCord Sr., loved Salem
and worked untiringly for it,
Martin Goode
Named President
LUTC Class
The Life Underwriters Train
ing Council Class being held
in Atlanta under the guidance
of William H. Humnhlett has
elected Martin Goode president,
according to Floyd H. Crowd
er. district manager of Metro
politan Life in Decatur. Charles
R. Carter and A. William Craw
ford, the other local represen
tatives, are also enrolled in
this 6-month course and attend
classes each Friday.
The course provides instruc
tions for life underwriters to
aid them in giving more com
prehensive service to their
clients. Field and study as
signments are required each
week and a final examination
is given in May upon comple
tion of the assigned work.
Georgia Sheriffs Boys Ranch
Completes Ifs First Building
The first dormitory, a $130.-
000 building made possible
largely through public contri
butions, has been completed at
the Georgia Sheriffs Boys’
Ranch near here. The building
is now being equipped and
within a few weeks will accept
the first group of needy, home
less boys who will come from
all parts of Georgia.
Atty. John Jernigan of Cov
ington is a member of the Boys
Ranch executive committee.
Sheriff Tom C. Greer of Tifton,
is the committee chairman.
Plans have been announced
by the Georgia Sheriffs Asso
ciation for more dormitories,
an administration building, a
recreation hall-library, a non
denominational chapel and a
vocational building, to be con
structed as funds become avail
able.
Fifteen months ago the sher
iffs purchased the 406-acre
property for $52,500 and in
vited fellow Georgians to join
with them in establishing the
home for neglected youngsters
—not delinquents, but boys
whose environments are likely
to lead them to become delin
quents.
The response to this invita
tion has been gratifying, Geor
gia Sheriffs Association Presi
dent Jewell Futch, Lowndes
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
was unanimously elected vice
chairman. C. R. Vaughn Jr.,
of Conyers was elected to fill
the vacancy on the board.
After discussing improve
ments on the campground, Mr.
Ramsey gave a resume of the
program for camp meeting
which will begin on August 11,
1961. The nest meeting of the
trustees will be held in May.
Dean Eady dismissed the group
with prayer.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Rutland, Decatur;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Candler,
Madison: Mr. and Mrs. Bob H.
Elliott. Mercer Hull, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Ogletree. Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Hicks, Beth, Jimmi
and Sonny Hicks. Conyers; Mr.
and Mrs. V. C. Ellington, De
catur; Dean and Mrs. V. Y. C.
Eady, Oxford; Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Ramsey Jr., Sam Ramsey,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward King,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dobbs
and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Kemp, C. O. Nixon Miss Neil
Mitcham, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Christian and Miss Martha
Ramsey of Covington.
Local Vet Office
Handled $787,388
In '6O Benefits
The Covington office of the
Georgia Department of Veter
ans Service wSs responsible for
Georgia veterans and their
families in this area receiving
$787,388.31 in benefits during
calendar year 1960, Manager
Mrs. Dorothy Cason reports.
The Covington office serves
Newton. Rockdale and Henry
Counties.
Mrs. Cason said $451,622.10
for compensation and pension,
$311,085.88 for education bene
fits, $21,812.60. insurance, $2,-
867.73 in Burial Allowances, ac
crued benefits and Death Gra
tuity.
Mrs. Cason has been manager
of the Covington Veterans Ser
vice Office since 1948.
Sixty-four Veterans Service
field offices located throughout
the state serve every county in
Georgia and aid smaller com
munities on a regular schedule.
The Department, under Di
rector Pete Wheeler, assists
veterans in filing claims and
helps them obtain various fed
eral benefits.
The Department also serves
as the approval agency for in
stitutions offering training un
der the GI Bill and recently
took over the Department of
Confederate Pensions and Re
cords, disbursing checks to the
widows of Confederate vete
rans now receiving pensions.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
JOHN JERNIGAN
county sheriff, said. “However,
we have just begun. Applica
tions from many boys in des
perate circumstances are pour
ing in from every part of our
state. If we are to meet the
moral obligation to rescue
these innocent youngsters and
put them on the right road in
life, we still have a long way
to go.” He appealed to interest
ed citizens who want to have
a part, small or large, in this
project, to contact their local
sheriffs.
Stye Cuuingtutt Nma
Newton High One-Act Play Wins Region 4AA Contest
A NEWTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL cast won first place in region "One Act Play" competition for
the fifth year in succession Tuesday night with their presentation of "Helena's Husband." Members of
the cast are: (first row) Jack Haney, Marilyn McKay. Ginger Knight; (standing), Dicky George. John
Jordan Tony Hodges, Lee Campbell, and Jack Edwards. Director of the play was Mr. Eddie Najjar.
• • • * — — — ‘
Newton One-Act
Play Is Winner
Region Contest
“Helena’s Husband”, a play
presented by a cast of Newton
County High School students,
won first place in Region 4-AA
competition of the annual “One
Act Play” held Tuesday night
at the Newton County High
School auditorium.
Second place was awarded to
Hart County students for their
presentation of “The Purple
Doorknob.” Chamblee High
School won third place with a
production entitled “Dear De
parted.” A fourth place was
given to Madison County for
the play “Lost Kiss.”
Eddie Najjar, director of the
Newton play, was overjoyed
with the announcement of the
judges decision. This is the fifth
straight year that Mr. Najjar
has coached Newton “one act
players” to a 4AA region vic
tory. In 1958 and 1960 Newton
High casts won the state crown
in the one act play competi
tion.
Student participating in
“Helena’s Husband” were Jack
Haney, Marilyn McKay, Ginger
Knight, Dickie George, John
Jordan, Tony Hodges, Lee
Campbell, and Jack Edwards.
Offstage music for the produc
tion was provided by Lanier
Forrester (drum) and Mada
(oboe).
Director Najjar will take his
all-star cast to the State One
Act Play Finals on Saturday,
January 28. to compete with
region winners from other parts
of the state. The Newton play
will be presented at 11:00 a.m.
in the Fine Arts Auditorium
on the University of Georgia
campus.
Episcopal
Church Notes
This is the second week in
Epiphany and the appropriate
Gospel is St. Mark 1:1-11.
Choir practice will be held
under the direction of Mrs.
Alcie Penick Tuesday at 6:45
p.m.
Holy Communion will be
celebrated Wednesday at 10:00
a.m. commemorating the Con
version of St. Paul.
The fourth session of the
Teachers Training class will be
held at the Parish House Wed
nesday at 7:30 p.m.
The Right Reverend Ran
dolph R. Claiborne. Bishop of
the Diocese of Atlanta, will vis
it the Church of the Good
Shepherd Sunday, January
29th. A luncheon in his honor
will follow Morning Prayer
Service.
Regular Sunday Services
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961
Georgia Baptist Evangelistic
Conference In Macon, Jan. 1 3-25
The role of laymen in church
work will receive special at
tention when the 13th annual
Georgia Baptist Evangelism
Conference meets ip Macon
January 23-25.
A special feature of the
three-day conference, largest
single conference held by Geor
gia Baptists, will be Layman’s
Night, Tuesday, the 24th, with
more than 3000 from through
out the state expected to be
in attendance. All conference
sessions will be held in the
sanctuary of Macon’s Mabel
White Memorial Baptist church,
with The Rev. James W.
In Legislature
With Ballard
BY LEO S. MALLARD
A Federal Court Order ad
mitting two Negro students
from Atlanta to the University
of Georgia in Athens has caused
the Georgia General Assembly
to turn aside from general and
local legislation and devote
most of its time to the inegra
tion crisis that is presently fac
ing Georgia’s schools during the
first two weeks of the 1961 ses
sion.
Representative Ballard of
Newton County pointed out
that the usual number of gen
eral and local bills were put
in the “hopper” at the begin
ning of the first week and
tthat a seven day period was
allowed to put the bills on dock
et before starting action on the
proposed legislation.
“Adjournment had been plan
ned for the week of Jan. 16,”
Mr. Ballard said, “in order that
members of the legislature migh
have an opportunity to attend
the inauguration of John F.
Kennedy as President. But
when integration was ordered
at the University by Judge
Bootle, the General Assembly
voted to stay in session and
study the developments in order
to try and figure out some way
to keep the schools of Georgia
segregated.”
During the latter part of the
first week both houses of the
legislature passed a bill author
izing a $100,000,000 bond issue
for rebuilding and repairing
6,000 miles of Georgia’s pri
mary and secondary highways.
In Newton County this will
mean the rebuilding of Georgia
Highway 81 and Georgia 142.
On Wednesday, Jan. 18. the
House and Senate started ac
tion on several general bills.
Continued On Page 12
are: Holy Communion — 8:00
a.m.; Sunday School — 10:00
a.m.; Morning Prayer and Ser
mon—ll:oo a.m. The public is
invited.
Waters as host pastor.
Speakers prominent in Geor
gia and Southern Baptist Con
vention life are scheduled to
appear on the program which
gets under way Monday, the
23rd, at 2 p.m. and continues
through noon on the 25th. Dr.
R. T. Russell, Atlanta, Secre
tary of the Department of
Evangelism for the convention,
is conference director.
Conference speakers include
Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, At
lanta, executive secretary-trea
surer for the Georgia Baptist
Convention: The Rev. Fred E.
White, pastor of the Second
Avenue Baptist church, Rome;
Dr. Dick H. Hall, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Decatur,
and president of the Georgia
Convention; Dr. C. Y. Dossey,
Dallas, Texas, associate director
of the Southern Baptist Con
vention’s department of evan
gelism; Dr. G. Earl Guinn,
president of Louisiana college,
Pineville, La.; Dr. Wayne E.
Ward, associate professor of
theology at the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Ky.; and Jimmy
Karam, Little Rock, Ark.,
businessman.
Theme of the conference will
be “Building An Evangelistic
Church.”
Commenting on the confer
ence, Russell said: “Judging
from reports over the state,
our evangelistic conference will
enjoy an unusually good at
tendance . . . Many associa
tions! officers and Brotherhood
leaders . . . will be present.”
Almost A Million Gallons Os Sewage Treated Per Day
C. Q. NEVITT, Engineer (center), explain* the gauge that records the n u m b e r of gallons of sewage
that passes thigh Covington's new sewage treatment plant to Mayor N. S. Turner (left) and Coun
cilman Fred K..chens. Presently, there is a variation of sewage flow at the plant of from 200.000 gal
lons at night io 650.000 gallons during the day. The plant is designed to remove 85 per cent of the po
lulioo in tb« sewage that it receives
Mrs. J. F. Wilson, ’
Sister, Mrs. Paly,
Is Wreck Victim
Mrs. Joseph F. Wilson, the
sister of Mrs. R. M. Paty, was
killed in an automobile wreck
near Albany Saturday. She
was born in Atlanta and made
her home at 2562 Midway
Road, Decatur. Mrs. Wilson was
a supervisor for the Cripple
Children’s Aidmore Hospital.
She served as a first lieuten
ant nurse in France and Ger
many during World War 11. Af
ter the war she joined the De-
Kalb County Public Health
Service and has recently trans
ferred to the Aidmore Hos
pital.
The accident occured near
Albany as she was returning
from the Albany Cripple
Children’s Hospital.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at Trinity
Chapel with Rev. Harry Tis
dale officiating.
She is survived by her hus
band, three sisters, Mrs. Wil
liam Keller, Whittier, Califor
nia; Mrs. R. M. Paty. Coving
ton; Mrs. Joe Gentry, Kingston,
North Carolina and one brother
Arthur Scharding, Decatur.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
GSCW To Change
Name To "Woman's
College of Georgia"
The Woman’s College of
Georgia will be the new name
of Georgia State College for
Women on September 1. The
name change was approved by
the Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia
at their January meeting Wed
nesday.
“We believe that this action
will have benefit because The
Woman’s College of Georgia is
more distinctive and more com
pact.” stated Dr. Lee. “Furth
ermore, it reemphasizes our
unique personality, and will
better distinguish us from other
state institutions with the ini
tials GSC.”
President Lee announced
that the most distinctive part
of the college’s name now
comes last instead of first, and
that with the supporting evi
dence of the 30 percent enroll
ment jump in the past two
years the name change would
enable the college to re-affirm
the promising future as a wo
man’s college of distinction.
The college has undergone
one other name change. It was
founded as the Georgia Normal
and Industrial College in 1889,
and in 1922 the name was
changed to Georgia State Col
lege for Women.
Extension foresters predict
that 1961 will be a good year
for the pulpwood and naval
stores industries and a better
year than 1959 for the sawtim
ber industry.
This Paper Is Covington’s I
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Milledgeville To Launch 3-Day
Observance Os War Centennial
A three-day program of I
spectacular events ringing back i
the curtain to Georgia’s his- 1
toric Secession Convention in
its old capitol city of Milledge
ville will be staged Jan. 19.20,
21 to launch the statewide ob
servance of the Civil War Cen
tennial.
A mammoth stieet parade
headed by Actress Susan Hay
ward, a costume ball with
Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra fur
nishing the music, nightly per
formances of The Pageant of I
the Secession Convention are
Hoffman Speaks
To Rotary Club
Prof. Nelson M. Hoffman of
the Emory-At-Oxford faculty
was the guest speaker at the
Covington Rotary Club meet
ing Tuesday at the Teen Can.
He was introduced by Aubra
Sherwood.
Mr. Hoffman, who for eight
years was a missionary to In
dia, spoke on China and India.
He startled the Rotarians with
several revelations of condi
tions in both countries.
China, a country with 550
millions of people, can only
produce food for 200-million.
The rest of the food must come
from foreign countries.
He said that the soil of Chi
na is poor and the people wres
tle with their ploblems and
that actually, they want better
conditions. Communism is
slowly engulfing the country,
he stated.
Poverty and illiteracy is pre
valent in India, a country of
some 450-million people. Mr.
Hoffman stated that 85 per
cent of the people could not
read and that the per capita
income of each person is ssl
per year.
The speaker stated that the
religions of India number some
3,400 and that the caste system
has kept the country at a
standstill for years. The coun
try has hot, humid days and
nights and that only about two
inches of rainfall is recorded
each year.
The United States sent some
SSO-millions of dollars to In
dia last year as foreign aid, Mr
Hoffman added.
Local Western
Auto Emnloyees
Attend Show
W J. Walker and Omer L
Prickett attended the Western
Auto Merchandise Show at
Nashville, Tennessee last Sun
day. The new 1961 appliances
were featured as well as the
new line of 1961 power mow
ers, outboard motors and boats.
Mr. Walker and Mr. Prickett
stated that these new lines will
begin arriving at the store in
a few days.
NUMBER 3
some of the highlights plan
ned, along with a fireworks
display, a tour of ante-bellum
homes, tea at the old execu
tive mansion and a square
dance.
In the parade at 4 P.M. Jan,
19, Miss Hayward will share
the spotlight with other cele
brities and state ofricials in
vited here for the occasion. This
event will be preceded by a
luncheon at the Milledgeville
Country Club and followed by
a dinner at the same place,
where a fashion show will ex
hibit original costumes of a
century ago.
The pageant on each of the
three nights will be performed
at 8 P.M. in Russell Auditori
um of Georgia State College
for Women, with the fireworks
display taking spectators later
to old capitol square (now
Georgia Military College). The
latter event has been planned
as a means of recalling the
spirit of celebration that pre
vailed after the Ordinance of
Session had been signed Jan
uary 19. 1861.
Open for the tour of homes
will be six houses of the an
te-bellum period and several
historic buildings, including
the state house, Georgia's first
permanent capitol which serv
ed as the seat of government
for more than 60 years. The
tour of homes will be held
from 3 until 5 P.M. on Jan. 20
and 21, with tea being served
in conclusion at the old man
sion.
The square dance at the Na
tional Guard Armory, Jan. 20,
will feature Jimmy Strickland
of Atlanta as caller for the
Western Style sets. The cos
tume ball the following night
with music by Tommy Dorsey’s
orchestra will be held in the
auditorium a t Milledgeville
Hospital. The latter dance is
being billed as an old fashion
ball and costumes will be op
tional.
Overall plans for the pro
gram of commemoration were
co-ordinated by the Milledge
ville and Baldwin County
Chamber of Commerce with its
Manager, W. K. Holt, as gen
eral chairman. The schedule of
events represent more that six
months of planning and pre
paration by the scores of sep
arate committees and local or
ganizations.
A souvenir Program soon to
be off the press relates his
toric facts concerning the an
te-bellum and the civil war
periods in Georgia’s first per
manent capital. It contain#
photographs of the homes and
buildings to be included in the
tour, along with an account of
the Secession Convention and
an on-the-scene description of
Sherman's invation of Milledge
ville in a letter written (by
Editor Richard McAllistor Orme
of the Southern Recorder) the
day after the federal troop#
left the capital city.
Local Kiwanians
Attend Mid-Winter
Kiwanis Meeting
Eigtht members of the Cov
■ ington Kiwanis Club attended
' the Mid-Winter Conference of
। Georgia District Kiwanis In
ternational at Rock Eagle dur
ing the past weekend.
Attending at least part of
the three-day session were:
Don Wood, president of the
Covington Club: W. J. Dickev,
Lt.-Gov. 12th Division; Fred
Harwell, vice - president: Dr.
Don Briscoe, agriculture and
conservation chairman; H. F.
Meadors, inter-club relations;
Bob Greer, public relations; C.
D. Ramsey and Rev. Grady A.
Lively.
Rev. Lively brought the Sun
day evening sermon at the
main auditorium at the center.
According to the Southern
Pine Association, wood boards
and-battens are popular both
on the exterior walls of con
temporary homes and for the
fences around them. The com
bination tempers the simplici
ty of the contemporary sty'e
with a warm, natural look, and
provides the link that “mar
ries” the home and its land
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