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Ficquett School Sixth Grade
Students Are "Science Conscious"
Th a sixth grade boys and
girls of the E. L. Ficquett
School are “science conscious”
these days. They have been
engaged in a unit of study on
electricity and magnetism as
related to communications.
The class was divided into
groups, each group being re
sponsible for information pre
sented, as well as at least one
experiment on each topic.
The following topics have
been discussed with much em
thusiasm shown by all mem
bers of the class:
Telegraph —a simple tele
graph was made and messages
sent using the Morse Code.
Telephone — simple tele
phone made and quite an in
teresting lesson on telephone
manners. Bulletins and book
lets from the telephone com
pany were given each pupil.
Radio — several kinds of ra
dio and intercom systems were
demonstrated by this group. A
simple radio was made.
Printing and Paper — ink,
paper, and movable type were i
made.
Camera and Motion Picture;
—a demonstration of different
types of cameras and film was
used. The committee made the
group picture appearing in the
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I Phonograph and tape recor
i' decs — this committee explain
ed the operation and mechan
i ism of these two devices. Each
person had his voice recorded
, ■ and played back.
J In addition to class discus
.l sions group activities and ex-
I periments, members of the
class have had two Ty les
, sons and several films shown
by their teacher, Mrs. J. W.
Richardson.
As a climax to the study the
class is planning field trips to
, the Western Union office^ tele
phone office, and the radio sta
! tion.
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A stout schoolteacher was
talking about birds and their
habits. “Now,” she said, “at
home I have a canary, and it
can do something I canmot do.
| I wonder if any of you know
: exactly what that is?”
One boy raised his hand. “I
i know, teacher,” he said. “Take
a bath in a saucer.”
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Mrs. Richardson's Sixth Grade Class Studies Science
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FICQUETT SCHOOL SIXTH GRADE Students studied science recently in their class. Shown a
bove are the students holding the various subject matter: From left io right: Sherell Haygood,
Valerie Young. Virginia Galt, Beverly Hinton, Larry Martin, Harold Callaway and Pat Yancey.
Dr. Goldburg
Emory Chapel
Speaker Monday
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Rabbi Nornum M Goldtmrg
Dr. Norman M. Goldburg,
spiritual leader of the Walton
Way Temple, Augusta, will be
the guest speaker at the Emo
ry-at-Oxford chapel assembly
on Monday, February 20, at 10
a.m., in the Allen Memorial
Auditorium.
Dr. Goldburg graduated
from the University of Cincin
nati in 1927 and was ordained
a rabbi at Hebrew Union Col
lege in 1929, receiving his M.
H. L. Degree. In June 1955,
Rabbi Goldburg was awarded
an H. D. D. Degree by Hebrew
Union College.
Upon his ordination Dr.
Goldburg was called to the
pulpit of Temple B’nai Israel
in Sacramento, California. In
addition to his congregational
duties there, the rabbi lectur
ed on Biblical literature at the
University of California and
taught public speaking at
Hoald’s College in Sacramento, j
Since 1949, Dr. Goldburg [
has been spiritual leader of
the Walton Way Temple in
Augusta, Georgia.
Agriculture has advanced
more in the past 50 years than
in all the prior years of man’r
history, says Extension Econo
mist S. J. Brannen.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
James S. Peters
I Continued From Page 1
member of the committee that
worked out the slogan for the
youth organization.
r He said that the slogan for
j the coming year in “Scouting
।is ‘Strengthen America, Char
। acter Counts’ as a criterion
that all should follow.”
Guests at the meeting Thurs
day included: H. M. Hudson of
Miami, Fla.; Prof. Melvin Con
rad of Emory-at-Oxford Col
lege; Simon Smith, BSA exe
cutive of Atlanta; Julian
Thomas, Troop 222 Scoutmast
er; Jack Edwards and Floyd
Cross, Newton High Key Club
members.
National Guard
'Muster Dav'
Here Sunday
Taking part in a traditional
activity that dates back to pre-
Revolutionary War days, mem
bers of the Newton County Na
tional Guard Unit, Company
B, 248th Signal Battalion, will
hold Open House at the Na
tional Guard Armory Sunday
Afternoon.
The local unit will be join
ing Guard units all over the
United States to celebrate Na
tional Guard Muster Day. The
purpose of Muster Day is to
commemorate the days when
the Militia was mustered an
nually on the village green to
see how many able bodied men
were available to bear arms in
the event of an emergency. To
day’s National Guard has come
a long way from the days when
it was mustered on the Village
green. Right now. there are
5.000 Army and Air National
Guard units located in t h e
United States. There are over
470,00 men in the Guard,
equipped with the same missile
age weapons of war that are
| found in the active services.
Locally, February 19 has
been selected as Muster Day
since this is near the birthday
of George Washington, who be
gan his career as a citizen •
soldier as a member of the mi
litia in his home state of Vir
ginia.
Visitors to the armory Sun
day afternoon will see the com
munication equipment used by
the Guard unit. The equipment
will be in operation and
Guardsmen will be standing by
to demonstrate and answer
questions.
Hours for the Open House
Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19 will
be from 2 til 4 P. M. and the
public is cordially invited.
Rev. Samuel Laird
EAO Speaker
The Reverend Samuel L.
Laird, Jr., Director of Religious
Life at Emory University, will
be the guest speaker at t h e
Emory-at-Oxford chapel as
sembly on Thursday, (today)
at 10 a. m., in the Allen Me
morial Auditorium. The public
is invited to attend.
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri - County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 373 head of
cattle and 37 hogs for a total
of $32,396.55. Milk cows and
springers topped at $255.00;
baby calves at $33 00; and pigs
at $9.00. Stockers sold from
SBO.OO to $135.00.
Price ranges were: hogs, sl6
to $19.30; calves, $11.50 to $35;
heifers, $15.00 to $23.50; steers,
$16.00 to $26.00; light bulls,
$14.50 to $20.00; heavy bulls,
$17.50 to $20.20, canners, $13.-
50 to $15.50; cutters, $15.50 to
$16.50; and fat cows, $17.00 to
sl9 00.
There were 171 shippers and
65 buyers, including 9 packers, I
Equalla Blue
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of the R. L. Cousins High
School is happy to announce
the annual winner of the Betty
’ Crocker award: Miss Equalla
I Blue, who is a graduating sen
ior at the R. L. Cousins school.
r Miss Blue is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Clements
. of Covington Georgia.
( She is an active member in
. such school activities as: High
» School Chorus, N. H. A., Eng
) lish Club and French Club,
i She is a member of the Beth
• lehem Baptist Church, Coving
» ton, Georgia, and is a very ac
i tive member in the church ac
। tivities.
Miss Blue has attended Na
tional, District, and State meet
ings of the N. H. A. last year.
She was chosen by Miss Daisy
Lewis, State N. H. A. Adviser
to represent the State of Geor
gia at the National N. H. A.
meeting in Tennessee at Ten
nessee State College, with a
song (Let us Break Bread To
gether). that was enjoyed by
the audience.
Miss Blue hopes after grad
uating to attend Dillard Univer
sity in New Orleans, La. She
hopes to major in a branch of
special education and minor in
psychology.
She made her advisors, par
ents and school very proud of
her,
Jacquelyn Banks,
Reporter
Businessmen
Continued From Page 1
dent Clower appoint a eom
mittee to study the route and
make a report back to a called
session of the Chamber of
Commerce as to the route that
the C. of C. recommend.
A public meeting in regards
to the highway through Cov-
A special call meeting has
been set for Thursday (to
day at 5:15 at the Court
Room of the Courthouse.
ington and Newton County
will be held at the Courthouse
on Tuesday, February 21, has
been announced by highway
authorities.
At the stockholders meeting
the entire slate of officers of
the Businessmens’ group was
re-elected. Three additional
members were added to the
Board of Directors. They are
E. G. Lassiter, Jr., Jimmy Mor
gan and Otis Spillers. Other
board members are Fowler,
Herbert Vining, Don Wood, Ed
King. Marion Piper.
Herbert Vining, secretary
and treasurer of the Business
men, gave his financial report
for the year. All agreed that
the report reflected the sound
financial condition of the or
ganization. |
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Wesleyan Church
Will Observe
Day Os Prayer
A special observance of the
World Day of Prayer will be
held February 17 at the Wes
leyan Methodist Church, Cov
ington. The announcement was
made by Ralph Day, Pastor.
The World Day of Prayer is
observed annually by churches
throughout the world. “A So
wer Went Forth” is the theme
for the observation this year.
Emphasis will be placed on
prayer for Christians in many
areas of the world where wor
ship and witnessing are re
stricted or prohibited.
Local services will be held at
7 p. m. and the public is invit
ed to attend.
The prayer booklet which
will be used as a guide for the
services has been written by
Dr. Merrill C. Tenney, dean of
the graduate school at Wheaton
College, Wheaton, 111., with an
introduction by Dr. Armin
Gesswein, chairman of the
Spiritual Life Commission of
the National Association of
Evangelicals and well known
for his revival-prayer confer
ences.
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