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TKarsday, March 2, 1361
News Notes From
Salvm
By Mrs. Douglas Yancey
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Good morning to you readers
this morning. March will bring
around a new crop of birthdays
and some of very special interest.
Mrs. Hulda Kirkland of Covington
is being remembered in a special
way, as she will celebrate her,
birthday this month. We are also
remembering Mrs. Sally Sowell,
who will celebrate her 87th birth
day on March 9. Other people
who make March a special month
when it comes to birthdays is j
Mrs. Douglas Robertson and Rose
mary Robertson. Joel Burns will
also be receiving best wishes for
“Many Happy Returns of the Day”
along with these others mentioned
during the month of March. :
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March will be sort of special in
j that we will begin to see many
; early spring flowers — and may
■be we will have a chance at a
little sunshine after all this rain.
In the sympathy corner this
week we find the Melton family.
Mrs. Ella Melton’s funeral was
held at Salem Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Wilson Holifield’s friends ex
tend sincere sympathy to her in
the death of her father. Mr. Kim
ble in Atlanta last week. To each
one that is bereaved we send
sincere sympathy from an under
standing heart. We all travel the
road of sorrow sometime in life.
The sick list this week contains
the name of Harry Melton who is
a patient at Newton Hospital at
this writing.
Our congratulations go this week
to Mrs. Jessie Piper and Linda
Standard. They both were first
prize winners in the Newton
County Dress Revue last Friday
at Legion Hall. Others from
Salem to attend the Dress Revue
were Mrs. J. F. Burns, Mrs.
Slade Ellington, Miss Christine
Loyd, Mrs. G. W. Ramsey, Mrs.
W. C. Bates, Mrs. Douglas Yan
cey and Miss Mary Alice Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ramsey,
Assured Os Results)
। Mrs. E. G. Martin and Miss Mar-1
tha Ramsey were dinner guests of I
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kemp last i
Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Lovie Hull of
Snapping Shoals visited Mr. and!
Mrs. G. W. Ramsey Thursd a y
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Yancey
had as their dinner guests Satur
-1 day night Mr. and Mrs. Earl Avery
and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bowden i
of Covington.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ramsey j
and Mrs. Douglas Robertson andj
girls visited relatives in the Oak
Hill section Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. J. F. Bums had as hem
dinner guests Sunday night the:
Joel Burns family from Decatur. :
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Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hayes and
baby were down from Marietta for
the weekend with his parents, the
1 James L. Hayes.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McGibbo
ney and their family were here
from Anniston, Ala., last week for
a few days visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. David McGibboney. j
Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Fears
were called to Orlando, Fla., last
week due to the serious illness of
his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Allen and
daughter Vickie of Covington visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Bailey and
Miss Brenda Bailey spent Sundayj
in Decatur with the Sidney Bailey
family.
Mr. and Mrs. John Zack Almand
of Conyers visited Miss L e i t h a
Cowan on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Hulsey and
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Harrison of,
Detroit, Michigan, have returned
home after several days vis ill
with Mr. and Mrs. Jim McGibbo
ney and other relatives in Newton
County.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bates Sr.
had their sons, W. C. Jr. and For
rest and their families of Lithonia
and Decatur, respectively, as their !
visitors during the weekend.
In 1958. 1 out of every 6 of
the Nation’s population aged 22
years or over had a bachelor’s
degree, compared with 1 out
of 50 in 1900, according to data
published by the U. S. Labor
Department’s Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
E. L. Ficquett School News
Mrs. Swann’s First Grade
On Tuesday, February 14, (
our class was given a lovely
Valentine party by the follow
; ing mothers: Mesdames Rob
ert Blasingame, Gordon Mann,
R. L. O’Kelley, H. R. Vaughn,
C. P. Griffith, Tom Daniel and
iE. N. Jones. The party was
I held the last hour of our school
day. There was a beautifully
decorated Valentine box with
many Valentines for each child.
Tables were gay with Valen
tine plates, napkins, red can
dies, greenery and favors. Ice
; cream, cookies and mints were
I served. We want to say
: ‘‘Thank You” again for the
j party. Today was a bright,
sunny day, so we played out
side. What fun it was to join
our other First Grade friends
on the playground and ride on
the slides, swings and see
saws.
Eighteen of us have com
pleted “Day In and Day Out” i
i the accompanying workbooks]
and have had our Achievement
Tests. We are enjoying “Wish
ing Well”, and other books on
the Primer level. Another
group will complete the “Day
lln and Day Out”, very soon. :
We are glad to have Eddie
Lackey from Youth School join I
our class. Gene Kitchens and
j Leroy Dale have brought us
lovely daffodiles, and Pussy
j Willow boughs. Spring can’t
be far away. Kim Austin and I
Kathie McDaniel surprised us 1
with lollioops and cookies re
cently. We ate them after we
came from lunch room. We like
I surprises. Robbin Childers, Kim
Austin and Kevin Howell cel
’ ebrated birthdays during Feb-
Iruary.
: Our attendance has been off ]
this month due to virus infec- ,
tions and colds. We hope to do
better in March. Dean Brode
rick was out over a week due
to a tonsillectomy. We are glad
he is well and back in school.
, Our new Science books and
. Row, Peterson Number books
i are very helpful. We are for
i tunate to have these interest
| ing, colorful books.
Mrs. Thompson’s First Grade
These are busy days in our
room. We have been learning
about different kinds of ma
chines and how they help us
to work and play. We like our
science and have learned lots;
of things about the world |
around us.
The flowers that are begin
ning to bloom and the birds ■
are some of the things that tell
us that spring is coming. We ,
have enjoyed going to the play- t
ground lately.
We want to thank the moth
ers who gave us such a lovely i
Valentine Party. They are Mrs. v
J. B. Hutchins, Mrs. J. A. John- 11
son, Mrs. A. L. Haygood, Mrs. |
J. M. Kitchens, Mrs. Dorothy
Blankenship, Mrs. D. H. Parker 1
and Mrs. Jack Ray. Mrs. J.O. *
Costley came to help out for
some who could not be there.
We enjoyed the ice cream, can
dy and dainty Valentine cook
ies. After we were served the
mothers helped to give out the
Valentines. (
We are looking forward to
our Spring Holidays in March.
Most of our class members
are now 100 Club Members but
we have one new member this
week. Danny Blankenship.
Our February Birthdays are
Libby Callaway, Sheila kitch
ens and Jim Anderson. We
wish each of these a Happyl
| Birthday.
Southern Tech
Registration Date
Changed June 19th
Because of an impending
move the Southern Technical
Institute of Chamblee, Geor
gia, is changing its registra
tion and closing dates for the
summer quarter of this year.
; Registration for the summer
। will take place on Monday,
; June 19, instead of the pre- i
j viously announced date of two
weeks later.
| The change in the college
| schedule will allow more time
lat the end of the summer
quarter for the move to the
new campus now being com
pleted in Marietta, Georgia.
The summer quarter will close
on September 2.
Georgia’s Big Four in wages
and salaries was led in 1959 by
industry and followed, in or
der by trade, government and
agriculture. In 1959, 1,007,000
persons were employed in non- :
farm activities.
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly fn The State)
News Notes From
Kocky
Plains
By Miss Irene Harvey
“I am the good shepherd: t h e |
good shepherd giveth his life for I
the sheep.” John 10:11.
Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Mcßride and i
Miss Martha Mcßride of Decatur
were Sunday dinner guests of Miss
es Bell, Leila and Eva Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ellington and
Fay had as their supper guests
Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Thurman Hudson, Cathy and ■
Wayne of Porterdale.
Mrs. C E. Chesnut and J. W. i
Chesnut had as their Sunday din
ner guests Mr. and Mrs. William
Rosser and Randle of McDonough.
Other visitors in the astern oo n
were Dr. and Mrs. Charles Mac-
Neill and sons of Decatur.
Mrs. W S. Chesnut, Mr. and
Mrs. Grier Chesnut, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Riley
Stewart were dinner guests Sun
day of Miss Martha Jane Stewart
Cowan Lumber Company
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210 #Certain Teed Roofing All colors and white 6.75 »q.
15 or 30 #Felt Z 2.25 roll
90 - Roll Roofing — 3.10 roll
Range Hoods - Copperton* 36" or 42" 2 speed _— 25.00 each
Attic Stairways — 16.00 each
5/4" X 4’/a" or 4 3/4" Pine Door Jambs .. ... 3.30 set
Outside Door Frames W/Brick Mldg. and sill _ 0.60 each
Prehung Door Units 2' 6" X 6' 8" Mahog or Gum 14.10 Each
Ext. Prehung Door Units 3' 0" X 6' 8" W/Weather Strip & Threshold — 25.50
Iron Columns 8' Corners _ 8.00 each
Aluminum Sliding Glass Doors 6' 0" X 6' 8" W/Soreen 85.00 each
Weslock Key in Knob Locks 4.50 each
Vinyl Floor Tile 16c sq. ft.
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Pay — Any Quantity.
CASH AND CARRY OR DELIVERED
and brothers at Snapping Shoals.
In the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. T B.
Harvey and children visited the
Stewarts. I
Miss Sue Thompson spent the;
weekend in Greensboro with Mr. ,
and Mrs. Jim Byce and John.
Thompson.
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Fay Ellington had as her week-;
end guests Josie Fincher of Salem.
Martha Johnson of High Point
' spent the weekend with her grand-1
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul!
Stewart.
We are glad Mrs. Paul Stewart
is feeling better and we trust she
will soon be well
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pace and
I Billy of Covington were recent
; visitors of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. EU-
I ington and Fay.
Mrs. J. F. Daniel is the guest of
her granddaughter, Mrs. J. F.
Harvey.
Mrs. Mary Faulk of Atlanta was
dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Chesnut and sons.
Our community extends deepest
sympathy to Mr. Thomas Range
and family and Mrs. Jannette
Hamby and family in the death of
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Mrs. Range last week. May God
bless and comfort them.
We are glad to see the sunny
weather after several days of rainy
weather.
Mrs. George Cochran, Kenneth
and Randy and Mrs. Louise
Owens of Covington visited Mrs.
R. E Thacker. Ronnie and Linda
Ann, Monday afternoon.
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri - County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 326 head of
cattle and 36 hogs for a total of
$33,719.19. Milk cows springers
topped at $257.50; baby calves
at $23.00; and pigs at SIO.OO.
Stockers sold from $58.00 to
$140.00.
Price ranges were: hogs, sl3
to $18; calves, $lO to $27.25;
heifers, $15.00 to $22.50; steers,
$16.00 to $25.50; light bulls, sls
to sl7; heavy bulls, sl7 to sl9;
canners, $12.50 to $14.50; cut
ters, $15.00 to sl6; and fat cows,
$16.00 to $18.70.
There were 178 shippers and
68 buyers, including 10 pack
ers.