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HOME AGAIN, HURRAH!
Happy? Well you should see
the grin on our faces! Glad to
say this man, at our house, is
gaining weight and strength,
and is feeling almost up to
par . . . He's led us all a life
since Sept. sth . . . but now we
are going to make him jump
thru the hoops for awhile.
Y-E-S . . . Florida was beau
tiful. the water was fine . . .
the sunshine has tanned me
until I could not tell me from
my Cuban friends 150.000
strong in Miami alone . . . when
we got mixed up on the streets
. . . we just did nothing much
in Florida . . sat around on the
boat . . . went to dinner with
many friends . . and we do
have many there . . . out to our
cousins many evenings where
this man won fame at his ca
nasta playing ... we never
play any kind of cards as you
well know here, but they
taught us that game . . . and
my cousin and I beat the socks
off of those turn men . . . Her
husband is a grand physician
too . . . and he had to give me
some pills for my aching joints
or something . . . and he warn
ed me so about beating them
that I was afraid to take his
pills . . at least that's what I
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Spillers Is Elected President
Os The Covington Rotary Club
Otis Spillers, prominent
building supply businessman of
Covington, was elected presi-'
dent of the Covington Rotary
Club Tuesday at the club’s re- |
gular weekly luncheon meeting |
4-H Club Comp
Set July 3-7
Newton County 4-H Club
boys and girls will be attend
ing Camp Fulton in Southwest
Atlanta according to Ed Hunt,
County Agent. Space for 80 is
reserved for the week of July
3-7th this year.
Any of the club members
who have not received a camp
application should contact the
county Extension Office im
mediately because reservations
for the summer must be in my
March 20th with a five dollar
($5.00) deposit.
Newton County and Henry
County 4-H’ers will camp
jointly at this camp.
COVINGTON NEWS
Pages
Today
RAMS SWEEP REGION 4AA TOURNEY
Coach Bradley Gets A "Victory Ride"
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RONALD BRADLEY, popular coach of tha Region 4AA champion
Newton County High School Rama, it shown getting a victory ride
at Danielsville Saturday night after his team won the championship
same over host Madison County 69 to 48. Ram players carried their
• h to the center of the gym floor in celebration of the first
weaional title the NCHS boys have ever won. The Rams are now
e^iible for the State Class A A tournament in Atlanta March 9-11.
They are presently undefeated in season and tournament play with
28 straight Victoria#.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1960
Better Newspaper
Contest*
The Covington ' .stablished in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 97
HEP RAINS SWELL NEWTON COUNTY RIVERS
—
Grand ju.
Traverse Jurors
Drawn For March
Grand jurors and traverse
jurors for the March Term of
the Newton County Superior
Court have been announced.
Grand Jury March Term
1961, Newton Superior Court,
are as follows:
Darwin T. Vaughn, Henry
Harwell, W. Russell Braden, T.
A. Rape, M. D. Bledsoe, H. O.
Whelchel, P. W. Pratt, R. T.
Hull, J. W. Burson, Guy
Robinson, S. L. Vaughn.
Harvey Jones, Felton A. El
lington, F. W. Moss, John C.
Burton Jr., J. B. Greer, Ru
dolph Harris, James P. Knight,
Fred M. Harwell, George C.
Jolley, J. S. Gardner Jr., C.
D. Ramsey Jr., Howard Brooks,
J. F. Touchstone.
Vermont Pratt, Fred J.
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at the Teen Can. He will suc
ceed J. W. (Whit) Richardson.
MW
Otis Spillers
Other offi
cers elected to
serve with Mr.
Spillers when
the slate is in
ducted in July
are: Dr. James
Purcell, secre
tary; Herbert
Vining, treas
urer; J. W. Ri-
chardson, vice-president. Mack
Johnson and Dan Clower were
named to the board of directors
for a two-year term.
This week marks the obser
vance of the birthday of Rotary
International. The Covington
Club was founded in 1939 and
the first president was the late
Dr. Sidney Waites. Only two
charter members of the Cov-
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Golden Fleece
Lodge To Meet
There will be a called com
’ munication of Golden Fleece
Lodge No. 6 F&M Saturday,
March 4, at 7:30 p. m. Masters
Degree will be conferred. All
| qualified Masons welcome.
Charles B. Kitchens, W. M.
Reuben M. Tuck, Sec.'
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Snapping Shoals Bridge Made Impassable By High Waters Past Weekend
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’ SWIRLING WATERS OF THE SNAPPING Shoals creek at the
• L. P. Hull Store are shown early Monday soon after the receding
’ from the bridge roadbed level. Debris shown on the bridge, gives
• an indication of the crest of the flood-waters early Sunday. Large
- Singing Sunday
- At Canaan Church
. There will be Singing at the
» ’ Canaan Baptist Church Sun
-5 day, March 5, starting at 2
o’clock.
Among the vocal groups ex
r pected are: Canaan Quartet,
1 Sunset Trio, Mt. Zion Trio,
I Cornish Mountain Quartet, and
! others.
> The public is cordially in
• vited.
Covington Pilots
Meet Tonight 8
The Pilto Club of Coving
ton will meet at Newton Fed
’ eral Building Thursday even
-5 ing, March 2, at 8 p.m. The
' executive committee will meet
, at 7:15.
Members are reminded to
. bring groceries to supply the
pantry shelf.
Local Victory String Now
28 Straight Without A Loss
By 808 GREER
(Nawa Sports Editor)
The amazing Newton County Rams basketball team sack
ed three more victims in the Region 4AA tournament at
Danielsville over the weekend, taking the Saturday night
championship game over Madison County 69-41.
This marked the first time I
in the history of NCHS that the
Rams have won the region
championship. In 1955 the team
was runner-up to Athens High
for the region diadem.
Newton County girls lost
their semi - final Friday night
to the Forsyth County six by
a 49 - 43 score. The Forsyth
girls won the Region title game
Saturday night over top-seeded
Hart County 42 - 39.
Coach Cooper’s girls team
now end the 1960 - 61 cam
paign with a season slate of
22 wins and six defeats. The
Rams victory string is now 28
games won without a loss.
The Rams’ three victories in
the tournament were ail rather
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1961
' Annual Ham and Egg Show,
Auction At Wash. Street School
Covington Kiwanis Club,
sponsor of the Annual Ham
and Egg Show and Auction,
have announced that the 1961
show will be held at the Wash
ington Street School auditor
ium today (Thursday) start
ing at 1 o’clock.
Kiwanis will have their re
gular weekly luncheon meet
ing at the school cafetorium and
then the Ham auction will fol
low, according to program
chairman Dr. Don Briscoe Ki
wanis Chairman for Agricul
ture and Conservation.
The Ham and Egg Show, an
nually highlighting Negro 4 -
H’ers and adults, got underway
yesterday (Wednesday) at
Washington Street School.
Wednesday afternoon a Ladies
• • • •
easily won as the scores posted ,
were: Newton 65, Hart County I
41; Newton 58. Gainesville 39;
REGION 4AA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Newton 69 Madison Co. 48
|F —Mitchell 22 Collins 2
IF—Evans 8 Watson 31
C—Rowe 10 Whitehead 11
G—Shaw 19 Martin 21
G—Rutledge 1 Dudley 2
Subs: Newton County— Farr 3, Bowen, Tim Evans 2,
Travis. Smith 2, Laster, Freeman 2. Jordan. Madison County—
Coile, Fleming 1, Davis 1.
Score at halftime; Newton 35, Madison Co. 18.
logs wer« deposited in the trees near the bridge as the creek over
flowed its bank to a height of some 15 feet. Buildings nearby which
formerly housed the Dodge Wire Corporation were flooded.
Dress Revue was held and last
night L. D. Kennedy, Hancock
County Agent, was the speaker
at the school auditorium.
This morning (Thursday)
Newton County Supt. of Schools
J. W. (Whit) Richardson will
be the main speaker to Negro
4-H members at the auditor
ium. At 10 a. m. Myles Hack
i y, retired county agent of
Washington, Ga., will be t h e
speaker. J. W. Horne, Newton
County agent is in charge of
the programs.
Following the Kiwanis Club
luncheon the auction of prize
hams and shoulders will be
held. The auctioneer will be Asa
Marshall.
Prize money for the show is
donated by the show is donated
by the Covington Kiwanis Club.
and Newton 69. Madison Coun
ty 48.
Forward Bob Mitchell, Cen
ter Allan Rowe and Guard
Billy Shaw led the Ram scor
ing in the trio of games. Rowe
had a total of 53, Mitchell 50
and Shaw 49
In the rebounding depart-
ment it was Rowe and Mit
chell who hauled in 49 and 47
respectively. Coach Bradley
got superb performance from
Forward Terry Evans and
Guard Terry Rutledge, the
other starters, in the meet.
The team shooting percen
tage in the tournament was
a fine 43.7 percent from t h e
floor. In 160 shots at the buc
ket the Rams connected on 70
field goals. Against Hart Coun-
Legion Special
Call Meeting
Friday 7:30 P.M.
A special call meeting of
Newton County Post 32 mem
! bers has been issued for Fri
-1 day evening, March 3 at Le
gion Home at 7:30 o’clock.
Commander C. T. Bohanan
has announced that the regu
lar March meeting of the post
will not be held Tuesday,
! March 7th, as the post is mak
ing plans for a Birthday Din
ner on March 14th.
At the special meeting Fri
, day night Commander Bohan
■
i ; an said that many urgent items
will be discussed. He urges all
members of the post to attend
the session which will be very
, short.
1 ty the NCHS five hit 24 of 53, •
against Gainesville the chart ■
I showed 20 of 44, and in t h e
title clincher the Rams had
26 of 63. I
Newton County fans were
present in large numbers at the '
games, and on Saturday night ।
the gymnasium was packed at
the time the girls game started
at 7:30 o'clock. By the time the
Rams and host Madison Coun
ty took the floor the crowd
had increased so that many
fans sat on the sidelines near
the playing floor.
Presentation of the trophies
was handled by Region 4AA
। Secretary Homer F. Sharp of
. Covington.
• » • •
• 4AA Tourney Notes
It always happens in tour
nament play! We refer to the
scoreboard clock. It went hay
wire Friday night at Daniels
ville and two weeks ago at
Porterdale the clock there went
on the blink during the tourn
ey. The last time the Region
meet was held in Covington
the clock went out. That was
in 1956. (
■ i
Johnny Johnson, a former i
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MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
10.46 Inches Poured On
Local Area In Past Week
Extremely heavy rains that visited many sections of
Georgia during the past 10 days also swelled the three main
rivers of Newton County during the latter part of the week.
The Yellow River. Alcovy River and Snapping Shoals creek
areas were flooded Saturday and Sunday.
James T. Cook,
Former Bibb
Supt., Dies
Final tribute was paid James i
Talmadge Cook, prominent '
Newton County native, of Ma
rianna, Fla., at Harwell’s Cha
pel, Tuesday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock. The Rev. Dr. Daniel
Jones of Marianna, was as
sisted in officiating by t h e
Rev. Messers Grady Lively ,
Covington Methodist Church
pastor; and Chandler Lanier,
nephew of the deceased, and
pastor of Wadley Methodist
Church.
Mr. Cook, 77, was the son of
James Thomas and Mrs. Vene
tia Carter Cook, a pioneer fam
ily of this section. He attended
Boys Academy, and was an
alumnus of old Emory College,
which he entered at the age of
twelve, as a sub-freshman.
At an early age he joined the
personnel of Bibb Manufactur
ing Company, with whom he
was affiliated throughout his
active years, with the excep
tion of a brief interval. He and
Mrs. Cook, nee Miss Bess Har
well of Eatonton, whom he
married in 1916, had made
Covington their home until ten
years ago, when ill health pre
cipitated his retirement, and
they moved to Marianna, Fla.
He was a member of Marian
na Methodist Church. During
his years in Newton County he
participated in activities of both
the Porterdale and Covington
Methodist Churches. In the lat
ter, he helped organize the
Barraca Class, now the Men’s
Bible Class, and was its first
teacher. In the Porterdale
Church he also taught Sunday
School, served as S. S. Super
intendent, Chairman of t h e
Board of Stewards, Church
Trustee and treasurer. He
helped organize the Four
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Dr. Nesbit Is
Expected Home
In Near Future
Many friends are glad to
| learn that Dr. F. C. Nesbit is
reported as making satisfactory
progress at Georgia Baptist
Hospital, where he is a patient,
I following surgery last Thurs
day.
With continued improvement,
Dr. Nesbit is expected to be able
to return home in the near fu
ture. He is extended good wish
es for an early recovery by a
wide circle of friends through- I
out Newton County.
Eastern Star Chapter Aids Hospital
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COVINGTON CHAPTER OF ORDER OF EASTERN Star rocontly
made a contribution to tha Newton County Hospital to furnish ono
of the n«w roomn. Shown pr-ssntmg th* ch-ck is Mrs. Olin Costley
(right), Worthy Matron of the OES. Receiving the check is Mr»
Helen Dickinson, Newton County Hospital Administrator.
NUMBER 9
Many residents of the Snap
ping Shoals area of the county,
some of the Almon community
section and other residents of
the Jackson Lake section were
cutoff from their normal roads
to Covington, Jackson and other
nearby towns. Alternate routes
were taken Saturday and Sun
day as the waters continued
their relentless swirl through
the county.
Buildings at Snapping Shoals
which formerly housed the
Dodge Wire Corporation plant
were flooded early Saturday
I
More Flood Pictures On
2nd Front Page
and Sunday. The water covered
the old bridge at Snapping
Shoals near the L. P. Hull
Store. The crest of the flooded
creek reached about halfway
up the old wire plant building
and covered the road some 200
yards up the hill leading to
the Jackson - Covington high
way.
Near Almon, tho backed up
waters of the Yellow River
almost reached the home of the
, Harold Dobbs. The roadway
I leading to U. S. Highway 278
। was covered Saturday night and
■ Sunday. However, it had re
i ceded Monday morning so that
i residents of the area could re
• sume their normal routes to
I Covington and Conyers.
The Jackson Lake Dam re
i minded many folks of the wa
: ters spilling over Niagara Falls.
. The mist and foam just below
the dam was swirling and
spewing Monday as the lake
waters rushed over the dam
spillway. Some of the water i
mist at the dam shot upward
some 100 to 150 feet. Boat dock
operators were notified Satur
day to keep all boats off the
Jake by Newton County Civil
Defense Director R. T. Floyd.
Mr. Floyd reported that the
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Bloodmobile In
l
Covington Today
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile will be at the
Newton County Hospital to
day (Thursday) from 12
noon until 6 P.M.
Marshall Eiizer, Chairman
of the Newton County Blood
' Program, has issued an earn
est plea for all donors who
possibly can to visit tho
Bloodmobile this afternoon.
He says that Newton Conn
tians are far behind in their
blood donorship for the pres
ent year.
Anyone who desires trans
portation or information rel
ative to the Bloodmobile vis
it are asked to call the hos-
I pital, Telephone 786-7053.