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LEGALS
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Porter late
of Newton County, deceased,
are hereby notified to render in
their demands to the under
signed according to law. and all
persons indebted to said Estate
are required to make immedi
ate payment.
January 27, 1961
Mrs. Julia P. Scurry, Har
riet P. Scurry and The First
National Bank of Atlanta
Executors U/W Mrs. Eliza
beth T. Porter P. O. Box
4148, Atlanta 2, Georgia
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GEORGIA.
NEWTON COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that
Gladys Holcombe as admini
strator of Johnice H. Owens
has applied to the Ordinary of
said County for leave to sell
land belonging to the Estate of
JOHNCIE H. OWENS for the
purpose of payment of debts
and distribution.
Said ap p 1 i c a t i o n will be
heard at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary for said
County, to be held on the first
Monday in March, 1961.
Donald G. Stephenson
Ordinary
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GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY
To All Whom it May Concern: !
Edgar Wallace having in
proper form applied to me for
Permanent Letters of Admin
istration on the estate of
FRANK PRESTON, late of said
County, this is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next
of kin of Frank Preston to be
and appear at my office with
in the time allowed by law,
and show cause, if any they
can, why permanent admini
stration should not be granted
to Edgar Wallace on Frank
Preston’s estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 6th day of Feb
ruary, 1961.
Donald G. Stephenson,
Ordinary
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GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY
To All Whom it May Concern:
Miss Lucy Robinson having
in proper form applied to me
for Permanent Letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of
Mrs. EMMA G. ROBINSON,
late of said County, this is to
cite all and singular the credi
tors and next of kin of Mrs.
Emma G. Robinson to be and
appear at my office within the
time allowed by law, and show
cause, if any they can, why
permanent administration
should not be granted to Miss
Lucy Robinson on Mrs. Emma
G. Robinson’s estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 6th day of Feb
ruary, 1961.
Donald G. Stephenson
Ordinary.
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GEORGIA.
NEWTON COUNTY.
Albert I. Armstrong, of said
State, having applied for let
ters of Administration de bonis
non cum testamento annexe on
the estate of Miss GEORGIA
SHADDOX, late of said Coun
ty, deceased, this is to cite all
and singular the heirs and
creditors of said deceased to be
and appear at the next term
of Newton Court of Ordinary,
to be held on the first Mon
day in March next, and show
cause, if any they can. why
such letters should not be
granted.
February 6th, 1961.
Donald G. Stephenson,
Ordinary
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GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY.
Porter Barnett, Guardian of
Odessa B. McDermon, and ex
officio administrator of her
estate, has applied to me for
a discharge from his guardian
ship of ODESSA B. McDER
MON:
This is therefore to notify
all persons concerned to file
their objections, if any they
have, on or before the first
Monday in March next, else he
will be discharged from his
guardianship as applied for.
Donald G. Stephenson,
Ordinary
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GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY
To LOUISE LACKEY. Ad
ministratrix of the estate of
Flem Lackey, deceased:
The Ordinary of said Coun
ty being informed that you
have failed to make annual re
turns to the Court of the man
agement of the estate of Flem
Lackey, deceased, you are
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
| hereby required to answer such
| charge to the March Term,
; 1961, of the Newton Court of
' Ordinary, or abide the conse
। quences.
This 7th day of February,
1961.
Donald G. Stephenson,
Ordinary
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PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that
on Tuesday, February 21, 1961,
at 10:00 A.M. at the Newton
County Courthouse, Covington,
Georgia, the State Highway
Department will hold a Public
Hearing at which an opportun
ity will be afforded any inter
ested person or group of per
sons to be heard in connection
with the proposed location of
a portion of National Inter
state Highway 20 in Newton
and Walton Counties, which is
more particularly described as
follows:
“That Section of FAI Route
20-2 between Atlanta, Geor
gia, and Columbia, South
Carolina, which begins at in
tersection with a county road
approximately 0.2 mile west of
city limits of Covington and
extends easterly along State
Route 12 to the intersection
with Clark Street, thence on
new location to the east side
of the intersection with State
Route 12 in Walton County
near the Newton-Walton Coun
ty Line, a distance of approxi
mately 11.7 miles.”
The Interstate project is to
be a four-lane (divided)
Standard Design Limited Ac
cess Highway.
This Hearing is to be held
in compliance with terms of
Section 128 of Title 23, U.S.C.
This 30th day of January,
1961.
STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT OF
GEORGIA
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GEORGIA.
NEWTON COUNTY
Under the powers in a deed
from Howell R. Bone and Sara
Bone to Jim Walter Corpora
tion dated Sept. 14. 1959, re
corded in Deed Book 52 Folio
280, Clerk’s Office, Newton
Superior Court, the same hav
ing been duly transferred and
assigned to the undersigned
transferree, there will be sold
during the legal hours of sale
on March 7, 1961, before the
courthouse door in said Coun
ty, at public outcry, to the
highest bidder for cash, the
following property: All that
tract or parcel of land lying
and being in Newton County,
Georgia, to-wit: In Stansells
District and described as fol
lows: BEGINNING at the in
tersection of State Highway
No. 20 and dirt road leading to
Reuben Hull’s home, thence in
a northwesterly direction, along
the East side of said dirt road.
247 feet to line of Reuben Hull;
thence East along the line of
Reuben Hull, 162 feet to the
West side of Highway No. 20;
thence in a southwesterly di
rection, along the right of way
of said highway a distance of
242 feet to the point of be
ginning. Said lot being triang
ular in shape and bounded on
the North by lands of Reu
ben Hull; Southeast by High
way No. 20; and Southwest by
said dirt road. This being a
part of the lands conveyed by
Mrs. Ophelia Howard to the
grantor herein in the year
1953. 3
Default having occurred un
der the terms of the note se
cured by said deed, and the
holder having elected to de
clare the entire debt due and
payable, the power of sale
contained in said deed has be
come operative.
Sale will be held, deed made
and proceeds thereof distribut
ed in strict compliance with
the terms of said deed.
Mid-State Homes, Inc.
Transferee
William K. Buffington,
Attorney
Macon, Georgia
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
A Hearing will be held on
the 3rd day of March 1961,
10:30 A.M., at the City Court
Room of the new Municipal
Building for the purpose of
considering a proposed Air
Port Zoning Ordinance regu
lating and restricting the height
of structures and objects of
natural growth, and otherwise
regulating the use of Property,
in the vicinity of the Coving
ton Municipal Airport by
creating Approach Zones.
Transmission Zones, Horizontal
Zone and Conical Zone, and
establishing the Boundaries
Thereof: Providing for changes
in the Restrictions and Boun
daries of such Zones: Defining
certain terms used. Referring
to the Covington Municipal Air
Port Zoning Map now on file
for inspection: Providing for
enforcement; Establishing a
Control The Climate—lndoors
At this time of year, more
than a few of us are wheezing
and sneezing—wondering why
we can’t get rid of those nag
ging colds.
Instead of wasting our vitri
ol on the weather, we should
turn our attention to something
we can control—the “climate”
indoors.
As jobholders, we work an
average eight-hour day, and
very likely we are at home the
greater portion of each 24
hours. So if colds are frequent
and linger, the source is often
traceable to some adverse ele
ment in the residential atmos
phere.
For example, it can be just
Board of Appeals and Impos
ing Penalties.
This 9th day of February
1961.
N. S. TURNER
Mayor
Attest:
HARRY P. COWAN
Clerk.
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GEORGIA
NEWTON COUNTY
There will be sold at pub
lic outcry before the court
house door in Covington, said
State and County, within the
legal hours of judicial sales, on
the first Tuesday in March,
1961, the following property,
to wit:
All that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in the
Ist District of Newton Coun
ty, Georgia, containing 45
1/3 acres, and being more
particularly described as fol
lows:
BEGINNING at a point
Two Hundred Fifty (250)
Feet due West of the Tri-
County Marker, where the
boundary lines of Newton
County. Walton County and
Morgan County intersect;
running thence South, 42
Degrees, 25 Minutes West,
along the line of porperty of
W. B. Jackson, a distance of
297 Feet; thence South, 88
Degrees, 53 Minutes West,
along the line of property of
W. B. Jackson, a distance of
2108 Feet to Dennis Creek;
running thence in a Norther
ly direction up Dennis Creek
and following the meander
ings thereof, a distance of
962.3 Feet to an iron pin;
running thence North, 60
Degrees East, a distance of
1056 Feet; running thence
South, 31 Degrees East, a
a distance of 1452 Feet; and
running thence South, 88 1/4
Degrees East, a distance of
395.34 Feet to the point of
beginning; said beginning
point being the point where
courses 4 and 5 intersect, as
shown on Plat of Property
of W. B. Jackson, dated June
24, 1947, and recorded in
Plat Book 1, page ”3, New
ton County Records.
This property is sold as the
property of Wiley H. Stanton,
under levy of tax executions
numbered 2178, 2763, 2291,
2429, 2515, 2603 and 2763, for
the years 1954 through 1960,
respectively, issued by the Tax
Collector of said County against
Wiley H. Stanton and transfer
red to J. A. Stanton.
John L. Berry
Sheriff
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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
GEORGIA. Newton COUNTY
By virtue of the .powers
granted in a security deed exe
cuted bv Earnest C. Smith, Jr.,
to the Bank of Mansfield, dat
ed July 14. 1959 and recorded
in Deed Book 53. page 219,
Newton County, Georgia Re
cords, there will be sold at an
auction to the highest bidder
for cash before the Court
House Door in Newton County,
Georgia, during the legal hour
of sale on March 7th, 1961, the
following described property,
to-wit:
One lot on Hill Crest Drive,
Covington, Newton County,
Georgia, bounded as follows:
North by Hill Crest Drive
and on each side by lands of
Earnest C. Smith, Jr., and
McElroy, containing 50 ft,
frontage on Hill Crest Drive
and extending 145 feet deep.
The debt secured by the said
loan deed being in default, the
Bank of Mansfield will exer
cise the powers conferred by
said deed and will sell said
property for the purpose of
paying off said indebtness. The
proceeds of the sale will be ap
plied first, to the expense of the
sale, and then to the payment
of said indebtedness, and the
balance, if any, will be distri
buted, according to law.
Bank of Mansfield
As attorney in fact for
Earnest C. Smith, Jr.
John L. Jernigan, Attorney
Covin "ton, Georgia
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
as tough on our respiratory sys
tems for our homes to be too
hot as too cold. A “hot-box"
is more likely to promote colds
than prevent them. By the
mere act of departing a stuffy,
over-heated interior for the
frigid out-doors, we may be in
viting pneumonia.
Drafty domiciles have been
responsible for many a case of
the sniffles, and excessive hu
midity is most stimulating to
cold bacteria.
As this indicates, the resi
dential climate should be pro
perly conditioned. Not only
does this require a good, well
balanced heating system, but
also the kind of house in which
it can function efficiently. Here
are some prescriptions from
the Southern Pine Association:
It’s desirable to have a ther
mostatically controlled heat
ing system—adequate for the
size of the house and any con
templated additions. It should
be located where it can be con
veniently serviced. If the fuel
bills are running too high, the
units should be checked by a
heating contractor.
The ability to maintain com
fortable, even room tempera
tures depends on factors other
than they system itself. The
most important is the overall
weathertightness of the dwell
ing—determined by the degree
of structural soundness and
quality of insulation.
First, the house structure
should be close knit. It is usual
ly built of lumber. The latter
should be ”pre-shrunk” by pro
per seasoning to assure nail
holding strength and snug
points. When Southern Pine
framing is grade-marked, the
buyer has assurance of proper
seasoning.
A second requirement is ad
equate insulation. Good prac
tice calls for a layer of lumber
called “sheathing” as bracing
for the floor, wall and roof
structures. This vital feature
should never be omitted since
it greatly improves the insu
lation and weathertightness of
the house. In some climates,
the natural insulating proper
ties of wood sheathing pre
clude the need for additional
insulation. Elsewhere, it may
be needed. If in doubt, consult
a heating and cooling engi
neer.
Doors and windows should
be properly weather stripped
and in areas of severe cold,
storm windows provided.
If the house is tightly built
with adequate insulation, the
heating system will work with
maximum efficiency at mini
mum cost. Room temperatures
will stay even and excess hu
midity eliminated. It’s also
healthy to have a raised plat
form floor structure of wood.
Not only does this remove the
base of the house from earth
moisture, but it also uses the
natural resiliency of lumber to
cushion the feet, which makes
for easy walking. With the
strain of housework reduced
along with the humidity, the
housewife is not prone to ex
hustion that brings on colds.
For further information on
those and other prescriptions
for residential health, write for
“Home Buyers Guide.” care of
Southern Pine Association, P.
O. Box 1170, New Orleans 4,
Louisiana.
Mechanics Needed
By Air Force
Air Force manpower needs,
particularly mechanics, are
continuing to climb, reports
Staff Sergeant James D. Kirk,
Air Force Recruiter for New
ton County. At the present
time, young men who can
qualify on the Air Force ap
titude test will be guaranteed
enlistment in the mechanical
field.
In fact, noted the sergeant,
mechanical vacancies are more
than double vacancies in all
other specialties. The mechan
ical field offers the qualified
young man training in Missile
and Aircraft maintenance, Mis
sle and Aircraft Accessory re
pair, Metal processing and fab
rication, and Motorized and
Miscellaneous Equipment
maintenance to name a few.
Interested young men can
arrange for aptitude testing,
without obligation, by contact
ing Sergeant Kirk at the Cov
ington Post Office on Tuesdays
from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00
p.m.
Children like to be shown
more and told less—one good
example is worth hundreds of
words to a child, says Miss
Auddey Morgan, head of the
Extension family life depart
ment.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
While Superintendent of the
Newton County Schools, I found
somewhere in the office an article
which I am reproducing for this
Newton Memory. There was no
name given as the author. It is as |
follows: “Story of the first con-1
solidated school in the South. The
Mixon School in Newton County,
Georgia.”
“One hundred years ago one of
my grandmothers was not allow
ed to learn to write because her
parents said she would write
notes to young men and hide them
in hollow logs and stumps. In
those days only a small portion of
the population could read and
write. For the average citizen,
the school played no import ant
part.
Nearly all of the teachers were
men often one-legged, one-armed
or one-eyed, as they were not so
well fixed for manual labor and,
too, the better muscle of the
sterner sex gave them a decided
advantage. It being a question at
that time, which was the better !
qualification for teaching, brawn
or brain.
The New England Primer, The
New York Reader, Some Ge o
graphy of the Heavens and a
home-made arithmetic constituted
the course of study. A little
later Webster’s Blueback Speller,
Davies’ Arithmetic and Cornell’s
Geography came into use.
Some fifty years ago there were
some real worthwhile Academies
in Georgia, such as Chatham,
Richmond, Penfield, Bibb and
Culloden, presided over by San
ford, Looney, Derry and Smith.
In 1871, the Public School
System of Georgia was establish
ed. Schools were held at co n
venient places where men of
influence lived in old vacant out
houses. blacksmith shops, church
es or brush arbors. At first,
these schools looked upon as
schools for the poor and ignorant
white and negroes, but soon they
became the pride of the communi
ties in which they were located
Rapid progress began in school
improvement in Georgia in the
90 s. In some of the more pro-
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NEWTON
MEMORIES
BY
1 O MARTIN
gressive communities small weak
schools were merged into larger
and better equipped with teachers
of ability in charge.
The first consolidation with
I transportation in the South was
the Mixon School in Newton
County, Georgia, twelve miles
south of Covington, the nearest
railroad.
The school was named for
Rev. Asbury Mixon one of the most
beloved ministers and educators of
the state. He was a local resident.
He married and buried nearly all
of two generations of his neigh
bors and friends. He preached
and taught over a period of more
than sixty years and recently
passed away nearing the century
mark.
There were in this part of the
county, four small schools (or
spelling shops as Prof. Stone
called them) having young lady
teachers receiveing from 27 to 40
dollars per month. One of these
was taught in a church, one in a
school house and two were taught
in old tenant houses. Only one of
the four had patent desks, other
wise, all were in globes, maps,
pictures, shades, dictionaries,
black-boards or the like. The
attendance in them was 61 where
as it was 115 after the consolida
tion. The girls and boys found
something at this school worth
while.
I n 1904, these schools were
merged into the Mixon at a cen
tral location on four acres of land.
A commodious four-room house
was built and furnished with the
best equipment for doing good
teaching and three conveyances
were employed to transport the
more distant pupils. Prof. R. A.
Whitworth, an experienced college
man was chosen Principal with
three well-trained assistants.
Now, instead of each teacher
having 30 or 40 lessons daily with
five to ten minutes to the lesson
they could give four times as
much time to one-fourth as many
classes and at least a little to
character building, the most im
portant school work of all.
They beautified their school
Russell Urges
Prompt Action on
Farm Problem
Senator Russell has called the
farm income slump the nation's
“most critical domestic problem”
and urged the Kennedy Adminis
tration to make it “the first order
of business.”
Georgia’s senior senator, a con
gressional farm leader, expressed
some disappointment that the new
Administration had not “moved
with greater urgency to meet the
farm problem.” He said a “high
grounds until they attracted state
wide attention. They took an old
fence row near the school and
made a veritable flower garden of
it. They planted the name of the
school in variegated flowers on
the slope toward the highway.
Many men and women of worth
have come out of this school dur
ing the past 25 years and have
given the Mixon Consolidated
School all the credit for their
training for better and higher
citizenship.”
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Thursday, February 9. 1961
er priority” has apparently been
assigned to other economic trouble
spots.
“I realize that a new. long
range farm program cannot be
hammered into law overnight,
I Russell said in an address to the
Cotton Ginners’ Association. “But
there is much the Secretary of
Agriculture can do under existing
law to bolster farm prices and
reverse the downward skid i a
farm income.”
He specifically called on Agricul
ture Secretary Freeman to raise
the support level for 1961 cotton to
“not less than 80 percent of
parity.” Russell said such a sup
port level would be “entirely fair
and reasonable.”
Russell predicted one feature of
the new Administration’s farm pro
gram would be some plan for land
retirement. But he noted that a
“task force” on agriculture
appointed by the President had re
commended that funds for such a
land retirement program be taken
from the present Agricultural Con
servation Program.
“This, to me, is totally unaccept
-1 able,” he said. “I will vigorously
oppose any attempt to raid tne
' Agricultural Conservation Pr o
gram for any purpose whatever.’’
1 Georgia farmers spent som*
' $4 1/2 million on cotton pick
■ ers last year, reports Exten
sion Engineer H. B. Goolsby.