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There are times when we
find life’s problems beginning
to weigh upon us as unbeara
ble burdens, when all our ef
forts to “fight the good fight”
seem to no avail. The injustices
and heartaches we know tend
to gather shadows of our lack
of understanding into dark
clouds to shroud our weary
journey along life’s way. And,
then some incident, or day,
lifts us out of the darkness in
to the radiant light of glowing
Faith.
Sunday was that sort of day
in one of our local churches.
A young mother, who had
never before ventured to speak
in public, was asked to bring
the adult assembly devotional.
But, her compulsion to witness
for Christ moved her to accept
the opportunity. Hers was no
erudite discourse, with well
turned phrases — her words
were as unencumbered and
simple, as her Faith—but their
impact was impelling — you
knew they came straight from
a heart wherein Christ had
found a welcome.
There was only gratitude in
her heart for the privilege of
caring for their seven year
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Heart Fund Dance
Saturday Night
The Heart Fund Dance will
be held at the Elks Club on
February 11. The music will be
furnished by The King’s Men
(H. O. Whelchel and Orches
tra).
All Elks and guests are in
vited.
Piano Recital Tuesday Has
Theme Os "Wizard Os Oz"
“They’re off to see the Wiz
ard, the Wonderful Wizard of
Oz”! “They”, are a number of
Mrs. Patterson's piano pupils
who will be heard in an infor
mal recital Tuesday, February
14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fic
quett Auditorium. The first
half of the program will be de
voted to solos, duets and two
piano numbers based on the
beloved children's story, “The
Land of Oz”.
Each pupil will enter byway
of a “yellow brick road”, laid
across the stage, play his or
her number, then leave through
the glittering green gates into
Emerald City. A gate Keeper,
Betsy Robinson, wearing al
most every shade of green, will
present each student with a
pair of green glasses at the
gates.
Some of the familiar charac
ters in the story who will be
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LOCAL MODELS are »hown as they appeared in the Fashion
Show held at Newton County High School last Wednesday night
modeling fashions from the local depart tent stores. Left to right
are Robbie Eiiaer, J. C. Pool ^ompanji Gail Robinson, White's;
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VOLUME 97
EMO’dXFORD BIRTHDAY DINNER SATURDAY
Fire*ept. Had 132 Calls In 1960
Damage Listed At $131,201;
Crest Motel Was Costiest
Covington’s Fire Department had one of their busiest
years in 1960 when they answered 132 calls dirring the 12-
month period. The total damage to property was listed at
$131,201.40.
Fire Chief R. T. Floyd, in his
report covering the past year,
said that the losses for the
previous year 1959, was $52,-
168. The number of calls in
1959 was 118.
The biggest single fire loss
of the year was the lightning
struck Crest Motel in late July.
The damage was estimated at
$75,000. Second largest loss of
the year was the fire at The
Covington News plant in late
April.
Chief Floyd said that two
deaths caused by fires, both of
aged Colored persons who were
burned to death in their
houses.
The local Fire Department
made 28 courtesy calls during
the year. These calls were
made to residents outside the
city limits. Two of the calls
I present on the stage are the
Scarecrow, the Tinman, The
Cowardly Lion and Toto, the
little dog. Marcia Elizer will
be Dorothy, playing a solo by
that name.
Other pupils who will play
are: Becky Hutchins, Terry
Savage, Emily Morgan, Deb
bie Lott, Leon Hughes, Dianne
Wilbanks, Nah c y Hopkins,
Ricky Pratt, John Gregory,
Susan Lott, Kathy Klimasze
wski, Anne Klimaszewski, La
nette Lott, Mary Zena Baker,
Elsie Cawthon, Lorie Heg
wood, Susan Kirkland, Regina
Morton, Claudia Wells, Paula
Wells, Lee Piper, Patricia Pin
ion, Mack McKibben, Vanessa
Baker and Vicki Baker.
These students extend to all
their friends an invitation to
join them on their journey to
the Land of Oz.
Bie tottingtnit Jfrw
listed in the overall total were
false alarms.
The only other year in which
the city sustained a greater
loss from fire was in 19157. Ginn
Auto Parts Company burned
in 1957 and was the highest
priced loss in recent years in
Covington. The loss in, 1957
was listed at $153,155.7K The
local fire department had 73
calls in 1957.
The report showed that 22
of the fires last year were
extinguished without equip
ment, showing that the fire
men did a most commendaible
preventive job soon after ar
riving at the scene.
Chief Floyd stated that
the public can best “help the
fire department if they will
not follow the fire trucks when
the alarm is sounded. We ap
preciate the help that arrives
quickly but many times the
average motorist who follows
the trucks only impedes our
efficiency.”
At present the Covington Fire
Department has only four re
gular fireman. The others are
volunteers.
Chamber of C.
Meets Mon. 12:30
The February meeting of the
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce will be held Mon
day, February 13 at Buck ’N
Ki d Restaurant at 12.30
o’clock.
Committee plans relative to
the remainder of 1961 will be
discussed during the regular
business meeting following the
luncheon period. President Dan
Clower will be in charge of the
program.
Committee membership was
announced at the January
meeting of the organization by
President Clower. They are
carried in another article in
The News today.
Peggy Pannell, Parsons-Hutchins; Bede Campbell, Callaway's:
Kay Shaw, White's: Jerre Morris, Diets; Brenda Chambers, Cohen's.
Standing in front is little Laura Pound, representing Bulk's Child
ren's Department.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1961
Former Congressman Mitchell Was Rotary Speaker Tuesday
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COVINGTON ROTARIANS heard a speech by former Congressman Irwin Mitchell of Dalton at
their regular weekly luncheon meeting Tuesday at the Teen Can. Shown in the photo, from left
to right: J. W. (Whit) Richardson, club president; Rep. Mitchell, now a representative in the Georgia
General Assembly; Miss Melca G. Dionela of the Philippine Islands: Dr. Maurice Griffin, program
chairman who introduced the guest speaker; Mrs. Irwin Mitchell.
Death Claims
Dr. Haroi-! Paly
In Nashville
Dr. Harold Paty of Nash
ville, Tenn., brother of Dr.
Morris Paty of Oxford, died
late Friday night at Nashville.
Funeral services were held
Monday at Nashville with
burial in Bell Buckle, Tenn.
Dr. Paty, an orthopedic sur
geon, had” been ill for sometime
but died suddenly of compli
cations due to pneumonia.
Survivors include his wife:
two daughters: Mrs. Duncan
Rabey of Vandenberg AFB,
Calif., and Mrs. John Higgins
of Houston, Tex.; three sisters:
Mrs. Leone Mann, Shelbyville,
Tenn., Mrs. Jesse Cleveland,
Nashville, Mrs. E. H. Barks
dale, Nashville; three brothers:
Dr. Morris Paly, Oxford, John
C. Paty, Elizabethtown, Tenn.,
Wayne A. Paty, Shelbyville.
Newton Civil War
Commission Is
Organized Here
Newton County’s Civil War
Centennial Commission got
rolling Thursday night as the
first committee meeting was
held at the office of County
Commissioner Tom Bates.
Officers were elected to
head the local commemoration
of the War. Charles C. King,
Jr., was named as chairman
and Mrs. R. H. Patterson, sec
retary. Other members of the
commission are: Mrs. R. R.
Fowler, Mrs. R. M. Paty, Mrs.
Hoke Randall, Mrs. Douglas
Yancey, Mrs. Charles Burnett,
Grady Jones, Parks Lawrence,
W. C. Ivey and Bob Greer.
First local observance of the
war will be held on Confeder
ate Memorial Day, April 26. A
committee composed of Mrs.
Patterson, Mrs. Fowler and
Mrs. Randall was appointed to
further the plans for the pro
gram on that particular day.
Mrs. Paty was appointed to
supervise the collection of rel
ics which, it is hoped, that
Newton Countians will loan to
the commission for display at
the Newton County Library on
Conyers Street.
Articles wanted include:
coins, bank notes, coffee grind
er. snuff boxes, letters, old
pictures, books, uniforms,
lamps, jewelry, bottles, watch
es, dishes, cooking utensils,
etc. Mrs. Paty requests that
persons who loan these arti
cles to the commission may
rest assured that they will be
taken care of and returned to
their owners.
Library hours are as follows:
Monday, 3 to 5:30 p.m.; Tues
day and Thursday, 10 to 12
noon, and 3 to 5:30 p.m.; Fri
day and Saturday, 3 to 5:30
p.m. The library is closed on
Wednesdays an u Sundays.
Several projects were dis-
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Dr. Nesbit Is
Hospitalized
Dr. F. C Nesbit, prominent
Covington Physician is a pa
tient at Georgia Baptist Hos
pital in Atlanta.
His many friends wish him
a speedy recovery.
Major Thigpen
Joins Local
Law Firm
Major Troy R. Thigpen. Jr.,
who has retired from the USAF
after 20 years’ service, has
joined the law firm of King,
Ballard and King of Coving
ton. He will be engaged in the
general practice of law with
the local firm.
Major Thigpen is a native of
Macon where he was graduat
ed from Lanier High School.
He received his AB and MA
degrees from the University of
Georgia, and his LLB from
Emory University.
He was associated with
Emory-At-Oxford from 1952 -
1956 as Associate Professor of
Air Science. Major Thigpen
now holds membership in Phi
Kappa Phi scholastic society
and Phi Delta Phi, Internation
al legal fraternity.
Mrs. Thigpen is the former
Genevieve Camille Schwarz
walder of Natchez, Miss., and
Louisville, Ky. They have two
daughters and one son; Joanne
Belle, Mary Torrance, and
James Randolph.
Major Thigpen’s last station
with the USAF was at Warner
Robins as Assistant Staff Judge
Advocate. Before that he held
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Dr. James Cook, Porterdale
Native, Is Main Speaker
Monroe-Covington-Oxford area alumni of Emory Univer
sity and Emory-At-Oxford and local parents of students at
both institutions have been invited to attend a dinner in
observance of the 124th birthday of Emory College and
the 46th birthday of Emory University. The party is schedul-
ed for 7:00 p. m., Feb- i
ruary 11, at Haygood
Hall on the Emory-at-
Oxford campus.
Dr. James T. Cook, of I
Marianna, Florida, will
be the speaker. Dr. j
Cook was recently j
named “General Prac
titioner of the Year” by
the American Medical
Association. A native of
Porterdale, Dr. Cook
graduated from Cov
ington High School. Af
ter completing two
years at Emory - at -
Oxford, he attended
Emory University, re
ceiving the Bachelor of
Arts degree in 1937,
and the degree of Doc
tor of Medicine from
the Emory University
School of Medicine in
1941. After serving a
i one year internshin at
Emory University Hos
pital, Dr. Cook entered
military service and
was attached to the
Army Medical Corps
during World War 11.
Upon discharge from
military service with
the rank of captain in
1945, he entered the
general practice of
medicine in Marianna,
Florida.
Quoting from the Journal of
the Florida Medical Associa
tion, January, 1961: “Since
that time Dr. Cook has enter
-d into every facet of the so
cial, business and medical ac
tivities of his community. He
has been extremely active in
Parent - Teacher and in B o y
Scout and Girl Scout affairs.
He served as the first male pre
sident of the Marianna PTA
and in 1958 was campaign
chairman for the Girl Scouts.
Among other organizations he
has served in various capacities
are the Rotary Club (past
I pres.), the Sportsman Club
(past pres), the Methodist
Church (Board of Stewards),
and the Civic Music Associa
tion (pres.). . . ”
"... In addition to caring for
a large general practice, Dr.
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Local Delegates
Named To State
Teachers Meet
The Newton County Teachers
Association met Tuesday to nomi
nate the delegates and alternates
to the State Convention in March.
They are: Porterdale, Miss Mar
tha Ramsey, delegate. Miss Mary
Trippe, alternate; Livingston, Mrs.
Paul Alexander and Melvin Cris
well; Heard Mixon, Mrs. J. D.
Smith and Mrs. E. G. McCants;
Mansfield. Mrs. Lois Robertson
and Harvey Kitchens; E. L. Ficq
uett, Mrs. Spence Ramsey and
George Hutchinson; Palmer Stone,
Mrs. John Riley Thompson and
Eugene Whatley.
There will be a called meeting ■
of the Teachers Assentation at
Newton County High school at 4
O’clock Tuesday, February 14. ,
The discussion will be on the prob- (
lems of the teaching profession.
And Printed ;
Aptly Spoken
“We Americans are eating
more and better but exer
cising less. As a result, ac
tual statistics show that an
alarmingly large number of
persons are seriously over
weight, and obesity and long
life usually don’t go togeth
er.”
—Dr. E. Vincent Askey,
President American
Medical Association
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! Jack Chandler
Is Newton's
'Young Farmer'
Jaycee President Matt Kli
maszewski announced today
the selection of Jack Chandler,
as Newton County Outstand
ing Young Farmer for 1960.
The selection of Mr. Chand
ler as the local OYF winner
was based on his outstanding
record of progress in farming,
soil and natural conservation
practices, and his contribution
to the betterment of the com
munity.
Mr. Chandler will compete
in the state finals of the OYF
program which is being co -
sponsored by the state Jaycees
and Southern Nitrogen Com
pany, manufacturer of DIXIE
Nitrogen. State winners will be
honored at the Jaycee State
Board Meeting to be held in
Macon Georgia on February
18th.
Chairman of the Jaycee OYF
Committee which handled the
local search was John Fuller.
Mr. Ed Hunt Cou tty Agent,
headed the Judging Commit
tee.
Legion Auxiliary
Sets Americanism
Program Monday
The American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 32. will meet at the Legion
Hall Monday, February 13, at 7:30
p. m. for their regular monthly
meeting. Mrs. Virginia Lott, A
mericanism Chairman, will be in
charge of the program.
Plans for the American Legion
Birthday will be discussed and the
new yearbook will be given out.
Every Auxiliary member or any
one wishing to join the Auxiliary
is urged to attend to help plan the
Auxiliary's activities and projects
for the coming months.
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