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Pine Grove 4-H
January Meeting
At Whisnante Home
January 23, the Pine Grove 4-H
meeting was held at Mrs. Lewis
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Georgia Department of Commerce
tThe Light of The
Confederacy
j
On a peaceful December morning in 1939, a
reverent crowd assembled around a flag-draped
platform at the corner of Whitehall and Alabama
Streets in Atlanta. An ancient gas street lamp,
bearing shell marks of the Battle of Atlanta, was
• be relighted. The occasion—Che world premiere of
“Gone With the Wind."
The story of this lamp post is simple, but calls
to every reminiscent Southerner the glorious ante
helium years and the tragic years that followed.
Fifty of these gas lamps, lighted on Christmas
Day in 1855, had burned brightly until Sherman’s
destruction of the city. Only one remains now.
Solomon Luckie, a well-known colored barber,
j was standing at this comer when a shell struck
Kjtj ■■ i] the lamp post, ricocheted and exploded. A frag
ment struck Luckie, mortally wounding him.
This lamp post by which Luckie stood was, until
■■ 1880, kept in the City Hall as a memento of the
|lj war. 1“ that ** was rest<>re d its original
|| site. On October 26, 1919, the United Daughters of
u the Confederacy, interested in marking historic
11 spots in Atlanta, placed a bronze tablet on the poet
% and dedicated it t» the memory of General A. J.
West, prominent Atlantan and Confederate veteran.
The tall, east iron lamp la the stem for a glass
encasement which holds the light. Atop the poet a
VfiMf reproduction of the symbolic eagle, slightly turned
JFL to one side, perches.
The flame is still glowing today. Standing alone,
• ! in the midst of the hustle and bustle of a modern
■Kll empire, the battered old lamp post remains the
Bx > “Eternal Flame to the Confederacy.”
Hlj —by Laura Anderson
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Whisnante’s home. The meeting
was brought to order by the presi
dent Ronnie Elliott. Sandra Hodges
the secretary read the minutes.
The treasurer Wayne Robertson
gave a report.
Then the old and new business
was discussed. The meeting was
turned over to Mr. Ed Hunt and
Mrs. Hazel Malone.
Then drinks were served, and the
meeting was adjourned.
Jan Hitchcock,
Reporter
Rep. Mitchell
Speaks To The
Rotary Club
Members of the Covington Ro
tary Club heard an interesting
speech Tuesday by Representative (
Irwin Mitchell of Dalton, Ga. The <
speaker is a former member of
the United States House of Rep
resnetatives but did not seek re- {
election in 1960. ]
Rep. Mitchell, who is a member j
of the Georgia House Appropria
tions Committee, was introduced
at the meeting Tuesday by Rotar- ,
ian Dr. Maurice Griffin. }
He told the mebers of the local t
civic club that “this session of the
Georgia General Assembly is one
of the most historic sessions in the ,
history of the state. We are trying f
to find the truth in writing an ap- ]
propriation bill.”
Visitors at the meeting included
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Cline of
Brick Store, and Miss Melca Dio
nela of the Philippine Islands.
They were guests of E. M. McCart
at the Rotary meeting. Mrs. Mau
rice Griffin was also present.
Beauty Pageant
Eligibility
Is Announced
The Entries Committee of the
Newton Junior Chamber of Com
merce has begun seeking contest
ants for the Miss Newton County
Beauty Pageant to be held on April
8. Heading the committee as chair
man is J. Hugh Steele and working
on the committee with him are
James Anderson, Mrs. Milton Mc-
Laney, John Carter Bledsoe, and
Mrs. James Anderson.
The Jaycees are taking steps to
insure that the Pageant this year
; will be one of the best ever pro
duced in Newton County. As in
| the past, civic clubs and other
(organizations throughout the county
I are being asked to sponsor con
-1 testants.
Contestants, to be eligible, must
i be single and never have been
: married, divorced, or had mar
: riage annulled. They must be 18
' by Sept 4, 1961 and not more than
j 28 by this date. If they are high
school students, they must gradu
ate by Sept. 4. 1961. Also, they
must be residents of this locality.
This rule does not apply, however,
to students attending college here
I who live elsewhere. These girls
will be eligible to participate.
Each contestant will be required
to enter in not more than a three
minute talent routine. This talent
may be singing, dancing, playing
' a musical instrument, dramatic
reading, art display, dress design
ing, etc., or she may give a three
minute talk on the career she
wishes to pursue.
In addition to the local prizes,
' the contestants selected as Miss
> Newton County will be eligible to
participate in the Miss Georgia
Pageant, where many valuable
scholarships and other prizes will
be awarded. The winner of the
Miss Georgia Pageant will, of
course, compete for the Miss
America crown where more than
$50,000 in scholarships will be a
warded.
A contestant who is interested,
or anyone who wishes to recom
mend a contestant, may get an
entry blank and further informa
tion from the Entries Committee
named above or any member of
the Newton County Junior Chamb
er of Commerce.
PTA Founders Day
Program Set
For Porterdale
PORTERDALE —An unusual
and memorable program has
been planned to commemorate
Founders Day at the PTA in
Porterdale School Auditorium
on Thursday evening, February
16. at seven o’clock. February
birthdays and outstanding
achievements will share hon
ors with the founders of this ,
wonderful organization. Pupils j
of Miss Martha Ramsey’s Six- ।
th Grade will present the pro- ।
gram which will be narrated ;
by Miss Ramsey. Pupils of the j
‘ third grades will have the de
votional. An offering will be I
received for the birthday of- i
sering of the PTA at the con
> elusion of the meeting.
I All members and friends are 1
1 urged to mark this date and I
participate in this wonderful ■
’ । presentation. |
THE COVINGTON NEWS
News Notes From
Flint Hill
By Sora Townley
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Conner
and baby of Athens were visi
tors of Mr. and Mrs. Okanus
McCart and family over the
weekend.
Harold McCart was home
from Norfolk, Virginia over
the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haw
kins visited Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Morris Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ellis and
boys visited Claude Townley,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P Mitchum
of Atlanta visited Mr. and
Mrs. Barney Mitchum and
Mrs. T. G. Boggus on Sunday.
i
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Digby ’
visited Mr. and Mrs. Claude i
Barnes and children Tuesday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Co
wan and Johnny were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Olin
Fincher and son Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Grier ■
Secretary of State Dean Rusk, native of Cherokee County, Geor
i gia, takes time out from the Washington inaugural festivities to re
” ceive a personal invitation to “Vacation in Georgia” from Sandra
f Talley, Miss Georgia of 1961.—Georgia Dept, of Commerce.
i Miss Dionela Os
: Philippines Is
Visitor Here
Editor’s Note: Miss Melca G.
Dionela, Regional Home Eco
nomics Demonstrator in the
Philippines, which will be the
same as a District Home Agent
in this country, has written
the following article).
* • • •
I supervise seven counties or
provinces in the Philippines.
Through the joint cooperation
of the U. S. Government
through the office of the In
ternational Cooperation Ad
ministration and the Philip
pine Government, my trip has
been made possible to the U.S.
The Philippines has an Ag
ricultural Extension service
patterned after the U. S. and
. through its training program,
i I was sent with eight other
j Philippines to the U. S. to ob-
I serve home extension, and ag
‘ ricultural activities in this
country. Henry and Newton
Counties were the places
I was made to see. the
■set-up of home extension
I work. After this observation,
I shall attend the three-weeks
; winter session at University of
Georgia.
Louisiana, will be the next
state I shall visit, and then I
shall go to Puerto Rico, Wash
ington, D. C. and. Mawaii, be
fore returning back to the
Philippines, and that will be
sometime in June when I shall
be home.
This training program will
eventually make me see how
I can improve the different
home extension activities in
। the places I work in the Phil
ippines. I have lived with dif
j ferent American families since
I came and everybody has been
very nice to me.
Listed below are the homes
in which Miss Dionela visited;
Mr. and Mrs. Hazel B. Malone,
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Aiken, Mr
and Mrs. A L Hargrove, Mr
and Mrs. Pierce Cline. Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Hitchcock and Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Yancey.
She will re*”-ned to Athens
i Friday.
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. “Tap” Jones Sunday.
Mrs. Ruth Wrenn of Augus
ta and Miss Christine George
of Atlanta were visitors of
Mrs. H. F. George this week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Wat
kins and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Mason and Mr. and
Mrs. William Allgood and
children were visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Doster Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Howell Ellis
and children and Miss Mildred
Johnson visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Ellis and children Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Rolfe Bloodworth and
Mrs. Hiram Dingier of Cov
ington visited Mr. and Mrs.
George Berry Wednesday af
ternoon.
Among the Sunday after
noon visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
George Berry were Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd E. Hays, Calvin and
Cathy of Lawrenceville, Mr.
Cornelius P. Lee and Grand
son Woody of Atlanta, Mr. and
Mrs. William B. Jackson of
Monroe, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Grier and Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Jones.
Mrs. Alf Lackey visited Mrs.
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Jiggin' Is
Popular Way
To Catch Fish
The great ice fishing coun
try of the northern hemisphere
has everything it needs to
make it perfect—not too much
snow, plenty of fish, enough
ice and decent enough weath
er to make fishing halfway
comfortable.
There’s only one thing it
lacks —people.
The fish are waiting to be
taken, according to the Mer
cury outboard company, but
fishermen have been reluctant
to make the trip to the lakes
to haul them in.
Smith Young on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Starr
were visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Kitchens Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Maughon were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Knight
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Mann
and children visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Dial and family
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Brook
ing and Lynn were the week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Garrett in Atlanta.
Rev. and Mrs. Bob Dean
were the weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Eddle
man. The following were din
ner guests Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Williams, Randy and
Sammy and Rev. William Atha
of Winder and Marshal.
Mrs. Nell Maddox of Madi
son visited Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Eddleman Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Maug
hon were the weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Dan McCart
and girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Daven
port, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mc-
Cart, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Davenport, Mr. Herbert Da
venport and Terry, Mr. and
Mrs. James Byrd and Teresa,
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Maughon,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daven
nort and boys and Mrs. Lula
Davenport were the dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Bruce and Thomas Sunday.
Perhaps it’s a fear of losing
a car, and if so it’s a very le
gitimate bit of caution. A
number of anglers have ven
tured too far onto weak ice
in northern lakes and have
had to sit idly by while the
family bus sunk out of sight.
Others might be a little slow
to use live bait, for a number
of reasons. If this is the case,
there’s an “out”.
Try jigging. This is an ex
tremely fruitful process in i
which a hunk of lead and a I
hook, to which is attached a
tuft of feathers, is bounced up
and down just off the bottom
of the lake.
Some waters produce well
when fished with a plastic eel
or plastic worm, worked the I
same way as the jig. Usually
the plastic imitations do best
when fished or “jigged” a lit
tle-slower that the feather and
hook combinations.
Either solution works—and
the waters of the North are
waiting.
The waters of the South (any
that aren’t frozen) also pro
duce well at this time of the
year, and the use of jigs and
with new improved
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plastic imitations is highly re
commended there, too.
A new way to fish them in
open water, says Mercury, is
to “wind-drift,” to zoom out
to where the fishing looks pro
ductive, shut off your out
board, • cast out and drift with
the wind.
This method offers the bait
to a lot of territory, therefore
tempting a lot of fish.
Outdoors Legal
Responsibilities
Are Important
For every man who has ever
wondered exactly what his le-
I gal responsibilities are while
he enjoys himself in the “great
outdoors,” John Warren Giles
endeavors to point up the lia
bilities that are inherent in the
title “Sportsman.”
Writing in the new Sporta
Afield. Giles covers legal re
sponsibilities in boating, fish
ing, trespassing, hunting —
and vividly pictures the unfore
seen accidents that can easily
occur on any outdoor trip.