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W. B. Thompson Is Named Red Cross Fund Leader
County Campaign Set For
March 8 Through 27th
William B. Thompson, President of Dodge Wire Corpora
tion, has accepted chairmanship of the 1961 fund drive for the
Newton County American Rod Cross needs, according to
Mrs. Dan Clower, president of the local board of directors.
The drive will officially begin with a “kick-off” meet-
ing in Oxford on Wednesday,
March 8. Mr. Thompson will at
that time give his associates in
the campaign information about
collections which will contin
ue until March 27.
This year’s county leader of
the Red Cross fund drive has
become well known here dur
ing the past five years, since
h s purchase of the Snapping
Shoals wire plant. Mr. Thomp
son, a native of Texas, but
longtime resident of Cullman,
A'abama, and more recently
oi Atlanta, moved to Oxford in
December, 1960, with the inau
guration of his present main
interest, the Dodge Wire Cor
poration. His wife, the former
Mary Alice McLane of Atlanta,
and he have built a beautiful
home in Oxford, which was
the scene of the organizational
meeting of this year’s fund
drive on Wednesday, February
22. Their three children, Mrs.
C. L. Durepo, of West Palm
Beach, Florida; Walter B. a
graduate student in economics
• t Texas Christian University;
and Evelyn, a student at Ho
ward College in Birmingham,
reached maturity in the
Thompson's former home in
Atlanta, when Mr. Thompson’s
business interest was centered
in the Western Venetian Blind
Company.
Newton County’s civic life
Death Claims
Mrs. Leia Lane
After Illness
Mrs. Leia T. Lane of Route
1, Conyers died February 28 at
the home of her son, Grady
Lane in Conyers, after a lin
gering illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, March 1 at 4 p. m.
at Zion Baptist Church. Rev.
Carl Standard officiated with
interment in the Zion Cemetery
in the churchyard.
Mrs. Lane, 87, was a native
of Henry County.
Survivors include two sons,
Dewey and Grady Lane of Con
yers; two daughters, Mrs. Tom
Floyd of Conyers and Mrs.
Everett Wilson of Porterdale;
15 grandchildren; 14 great -
grandchildren and 1 great -
great grandchild.
Serving as pallbearers were
J. W. Foyd, R. H. Gazaway, W.
H. Lane. Bill Standard, Grady
Standard and Sam McCuller.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
Snapping Shoals Has 15-Feet Os High Water On Saturday And Sunday
WTER WAS OVER th* bridge bed at Snapping Shoals Sunday , I
a resv.’t of torrential rains in the connty over th* past week.
Shown above is th* bridge with the L. P. Hull Stor* in th* back-, i
•roi.no. Wat*r was up to th* stor*'* door. i
■
The Covington enterprise, established in 1564 — The Covington Star, Established in 1574 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
: l has already been enriched by
11 the fund leader’s participation
. in the Covington Kiwanis Club.
■ Mr. Thompson accepted the re
sponsibility for the Red Cross
drive for collections to sustain
; local benefits, he said recently,
“out of a commitment to the
■ wide range of Red Cross con
; i tributions to the local scene,
and, further, out of a desire to
. fulfill my civic obligations in
, sofar as I could.”
’ Mr. Thompson has divided
the county into several geo
graphical areas and other col
lections categories based on so
cial and economic associations.
The city of Covington’s resi
, dential areas will be canvassed
by the Covington Woman’s
; Club, Mrs. L. A. Patrick, Pre
. sident, which three years ago
led the Red Cross blood-dona
tion campaign to its most
successful conclusion.
Other community leaders
। ‘ are: T. Rucker Ginn, Coving
ton business district; B. B.
Snow, Porterdale; Harvey Kit
chens, Mansfield; Mrs. Gray
Hinton, Newborn; Mrs. C. T.
Haynes. Oxford; Mrs. Donald
Helm, Almon; Mrs. Billy Aiken,
Jackson Highway area; Mrs.
Charles Ewing, Starrsville; Mrs.
Pierce Cline, Hub Junction;
I Mrs. Jack Hinton, Flint Hill;
■ Mrs. Floyd George, Oak Hill;
Mrs. Elmer Hitchcock, Pine
Grove. Collections heads have
not yet been appointed for
Salem, Dial Town, Gum Creek,
Livingston, Rocky Plains, or
any of the Negro communities
i in the county.
Co-chairmen for the drive
in county businesses are:
George Jolley, for Covington
Mills; J. W. Thompson, for
Dodge Wire; E. J. Hertwig, for
Osprey Mill; M. B. Shaw, for
Porterdale Mill; with W. C.
Ivey and Claud Cason assist
ing as “General Outside” and
“Master Mechanic” categories
in Porterdale, respectively. Ira
Dickerson is F. F. A. leader;
and Miss Jordye Tanner, in
charge for the Porterdale
school. Harry Faulkner will
represent the doctors and den
tists, and Charles King, Jr., the
j lawyers. Mrs. Moncey Pratt is
“special gifts” co-chairman.
Stroke Clinic
Friday 1 P.M.
Patients are reminded that
the next Stroke Clinic in Cov
ington will be held Friday,
March 3 at 1 P.M. at the Cov
ington City Hall.
Individual evaluation of each
■ patient will be made at the
I clinic Friday.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
Stye (Cnnuujtnn New
Covington Cub Scouts Os Pack 58 Have Annual Banquet
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CUB SCOUTS OF PACK 58 who received awards at their annual Blue and Gold Banquet held last
Tuesday night at E. L. Ficquitt School are (left to right): first row, William Lawson, Steve Colquitt,
Warren Christian, Bruce Haraleson, Ricky Edwards. Ricky Colquitt, (second row) Wayne Vaughn,
Mike Smith, Joe Shell, Steve Hinton, and Luke Hill. Scout leaders standing in the background
are: E. G. Lassiter Jr., chairman Newton-Rockdale District: Hugh Steele, secretary of Pack 58; Loyd
Alexander, Cub Master: and George Hutchinson, District Advancement Chairman.
Cub Pack 111
Held Blue And
Gold Banquet
Covington Kiwanis Cub i
Pack 222 held its Blue and
Gold Banquet at Ficquett Cafe
torium Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 28. The tables were de
corated by the Cubs and Den
Mothers in the traditional Blue
and Gold colors with many in
teresting and skillfully design
ed center pieces. A delicious
dinner course was served by
Mrs. Alexander and staff and'
enjoyed by all attending.
Cubmaster Lamar Callaway
presided over the meeting and
welcomed all Cub families and
introduced the guests of the
evening. They were Major
Camp, U. S. Air Force, Mr. and
Mrs. George Hutchinson and
son Biff, and Mr. and Mrs. S.
J. Morcock. Mr. S. J. Morcock,
Institutional Representative of
the local Kiwanis club, pre
sented the advance m e nt
awards for the month.
Mr. George Hutchinson, ad
vancement chairman of the
Newton - Rockdale District,
presented the Gold and Silver
Arrows. Mr. Morcock and Mr.
Hutchinson gave the boys their
congratulations and encouraged
them to continue their good
work. Major Camp was the
guest speaker and gave a most
challenging talk to the boys
along with encouragement to
stay in Scouting. He also fur
nished the entertainment with
a film “Air Age”.
The following received ad
vancements and awards: Jud
Callaway-Webelos. Mike Hoff
man—Lion, Freddie Adams and 1
SNAPPING SHOALS BRIDGE had to b* cleaned off Monday of
river debris so that cars could resume crossing as this picture
shows. In the center just beyond th* bridge rail is a log lodged in
a clump of tr**s. Water was at least a foot over the bridge Sunday
I morning.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1961
Billy Galt—Wolf, Gold Arrow
Points: Richard Allen, Charles
Bohanan, Jimmy Braswell,
John Mell Callaway, John L.
Callaway, Mark Davis, Slade
Exley, Billy Galt, Johnnie Gre
gory, Clark McDaniel, Archie
McDaniel, John Travis, Terry
Schell. Silver Arrow Points:
Tommy Armstrong, Lane Britt,
Bill Brooks, John L. Callaway,
Robbie Rape, Lynn Rainey,
■ Johnnie Gregory, Jeb Terry,
Tim Terry, Mark Davis.
Emmett Pope's
Brother Dies
In Miami, Fla.
Funeral services for Walter
C. Pope, age 47, of Miami,
Florida were held on Friday,
February 24, 1961 at eleven
o’clock at Lithgow’s Coral Way
Center in Miami with inter
ment in Miami Memorial Cem
etery.
He had lived in Miami for
twelve years and was in the
landscape business before ill
health forced him to retire.
Surviving are his wife, Lou
ise Harwell Pope: two sons,
James W. and Robert W. of
Miami: two daughters, Mrs.
Sara Lewellyn of Monroeville,
Alabama and Mrs. Mary Fair
weather of Erie. Pennsylvania;
two brothers, James T. Pope
of Miami and Emmett H. Pope
of Porterdale. Georgia; and
five grandchildren.
He is remembered by many
friends in Newton County as
a former resident of this coun
ty.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
l IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
J. C. Pool Co.
Celebrates Its
Grand Opening
J. C. Pool Company cele
brated its formal opening on
Thursday, Friday and Satur
day of last week. According to
Sutton L. Hardy, partner -
manager of the new store, the
response was excellent in spite
of the bad weather.
Pool’s is owned jointly by
Claude Tuck, Jr., Winder; W.
M. Hardy, Jr., Elberton and
Sutton Hardy, Covington. Be
sides the store here and in
Winder and Elberton, J. C.
Pool has another new store in
Hartwell.
Since Pool's is a successor to
Fred’s Department Store, they
will carry many of the lines
which Fred carried, however,
in addition they are adding
many new and Nationally ad
vertised brands for the whole
family.
The Hardys reside at 202 Oak
Street. They have three daugh
ters: Susan, 17, a freshman at
Furman University; Kathie, 14,
freshman at Newton County
High, and Jan, 8 second grade
at Ficquett School. Mrs. Hardy
is the form?r Mae Eppinger of
Concord, Georgia.
Mr. Hardy is a graduate of
the University of Georgia, class
Os ’4l, and was formerly em
ployed by the Atlanta
Journal - Constitution in the
advertising department. They
are members of the First Bap
tist Church.
Earnings from work account
for more than 70 percent of U.
S. national income, the U. S.
Labor Department points out.
| Jackson Lake Dam Scenes Show Water Going Over The Dam Mon. Morning
TREE LIMBS, LOGS and small pieces of wood went shooting over JACKSON LAKE DAM and water* over the »pillway ar* shown in
th* Jackson Lake Dam as this picture shows. Water was at it* th* picture abov*. Foam and undercurrent wa* kicked up v - the
highest level in the dam area since the flood rains of 1936 visited waters below the dam for about a quarter-mile Sunday and Monday
Newton County. Boat* were not allowed on the lake in thia area In the photo aero** the dans is the power house.
I Sunday or Monday.
Furniture Sale
At Covington
Furniture Co.
A gigantic “Spring Furni
ture Sale” is now on at the
Covington Furniture Company
store on the Square in Coving
ton and at the Covington Fur
niture Exchange, 308 Wash
ington Street.
In a two-page advertisement
in The Covington News today
many unusual values are of
fered in the two stores' furni
ture clearance.
One of the featured items
for sale at a bargain is the an
nual 3ale of mattresses. We
suggest that you turn to the
Covington Furniture ads in to
day’s paper for further parti
culars.
Eugene P. Logue
Named Manager
Richmond Credit
Eugene P. Logue has been
named manager of the Rich
mond Credit Association. 107
Clark Street in Covington.
Announcement of Logue’s ap
pointment was made by L. B.
Cooper of Atlanta, Executive
Supervisor of the Southern Di
vision of American Investment
Company of Illinois. Richmond
Credit is the principal subsidi
ary of American Investment in
this area.
At the time of his transfer,
; Logue was serving as manager
of another American-affiliated
office in Huntsvi’le. Ala.
A native of Pennsylvania,
Logue was educated in the
public schools in Philadelphia,
and attended West Chester
State Teachers College in West
Chester, Pa. He joined the
company in 1958 in Miami, Fla.
Logue is a mem be r of the
Knights of Columbus, and lists
his hobbies as golf and bowl
ing.
“The Richmond Credit of
fice in Covington is a part of
a nationwide system of con
sumer finance offices which
each year make over a million
loans to qualified borrowers,"
Logue said.
Mr. Logue succeeds Went
worth Allagood as the manager
of the l-ocal Richmond firm.
J. M. Humphries'
Father Succumbs
Friends of J. M. Humphries,
formerly of Covington, regret
to learn that his father passed
away recently after a major
operation and illness in Selma,
Alabama.
The Humphries, while living
in Covington, made their home
in the Capes Apartments near
Covington.
i The NEWS joins the many
friends of the Humphries fam-
| ily in extending deepest sym
i pathy to them in their bereave
i ment.
This Paper Is Covington's
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Funeral Services
For Grady Dyer
Today 4 P.M.
Funeral services for Grady Dyer
of Route 1, Covington, will be held
Thursday (today), March 2 at 4
p. m. at the Community Church of
Jesus Christ. Rev. Carl D. Cannon
and Rev. Herschel Ollis will of
ficiate with interment in Lawnwood
Memorial Park near Covington.
Mr. Dyer. 59. died suddenly Feb
ruary 28 at his home. A native of
Gilmer County, he was retired
from the Bibb Manufacturing
Company. He was a charter mem- :
ber of the Community Church of
Jesus Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Grady Dyer of Covington; mother,
Mrs. Mollie Watson of Covington;
two sons, Henry Dyer of Coving
ton and Robert A. Dyer of Fort
Lee, Virginia; one daughter, Mrs.
Carl Patterson of Covington; three
half-brothers, Ernest Watson of
Dawsonville. Fred Watson of Coe
ta. Oklahoma and Frank Watson
of Covington and seven grandchild
ren.
The NEWS extends deepest sym
pathy to the members of the be
reaved family. Caldwell and Cow
an Funeral Home were in charge
[ of arrangements.
Grand Jurors
Continued from Page 1
I Kitchens, M. H. Waggoner,
Jack Neely, W. A. Childers,
. Otis Spillers, E. S. Rheberg, W.
> L. Hooper, Rufus W. Chancey,
, Carter Robertson, S. R. Camp
r bell, Jr.
- Traverse Jury, March Term,
! 1961 Newton Superior Court,
■ follows:
■ Hoke S. Randall, Charles
! Robertson. R. R. Fowler, W. E.
’ Parker, Chester H. Jones, J. E.
Mann. E. B. Rogers, T. D.
’ [ Trainer, G. Dewey Cason, J.
‘ Tom Ellington, Mark L. Davis,
’ C. S. Mitcham, C. H. Berry,
1 James L. Hayes, Randolph Har
[ ris, A. E. Hays, Jessie I. Dims
dale, C. V. Autrey.
W. A. Gaston, W. L. Hooper,
’ Jack Schell, Channing Cope,
J. M. Bonner, Ray Henderson,
Felton W. Heard, C. T. Young,
J. L. Price. Mort Ewing. W
W. Haralson. O. E. White, Ron
ald Cook, E. Walton Strozier,
Fred Taylor, Wren Thompson,
Tillman W. Towns, Fred Town
-1 ley.
) A. W. Arnold, E. Edward
Stubbs, J. S. Bramblitt. Hew
lit C. Piper, Arthur Hender
' son. Miss Annie White, Henry
: Norman, H. M. Bohanan Jr.,
. Irman L. Treadwell, W. C. Me-
Gahee. Albert D. Moody, T. B.
’ Digby, Roy E. Martin, Lanier
, Cowan, James N. Dobbs, R. H.
i Cook, C. N. Crawford, Chester
Clarke.
Hugh W Pannell, Edward
E. Pickett, J. R. Parnell, Jack
। H. Morgan, J. T Owens Jr., W
IS. Oldham. C. H. Pennington,
. IL. J. Owensby, Steve Polk, W.
IE Walton, C. P. McAlister.
NUMBER I
Speaker Tuesday
MRS. BIGGERS
Mrs. Charles Biggers will be
the guest speaker at Covington
Woman’s Club on Tuesday af
ternoon, March 7, at 3:30 p. in.
at the Woman's Club Library.
Mrs. Biggers is chairman of
Civil Defense in Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs,
chairman of the Atlanta Area
of the Women’s Advisory Coun
cil for Civil Defense and has
been newly elected to t h »
National Council’s board. Sha
is a very gifted speaker and
all members of the club aie
urged to be present.
Marion Britt Is
In New York On
Trip For Belk's
Marion Britt, assistant man
ager of Belk - Gallant Depart
ment Store in Covington, is
presently in New York on a
buying trip for the main store
and Belk’s Bargain Annex,
which is scheduled for opening
next week.
Belk - Gallant manager Joe
Webb stated yesterday that the
Bargain Annex and the main
store will carry “wonderful
bargains that will mean real
savings to our customers and
friends.”
We suggest that you turn to
the Delk - Gallant pages of ad
vertisement in today’s News
and see the many gift valueg
listed in their ads.
Otis E. Cook, Volley Parr, Le
land K. Ellis, John Chesnut,
E. H. Biggers Jr., J. T. Laster,
Herman W. Kerbow.
H. Guy Crowell, Sylvan
Lumsden, George Davis, G. F.
Costley, Charles O. Benton, C.
D. Williams, W. C. Bates, F. W.
Moss, Grier Holifield, W. H.
Hollingsworth, Jack Spears, J.
W. Chesnut, C. C. Hood Jr.,
Julius F. Lazenby, R. C. Kit
chens, I. Grady Lawson, Paul
H. Turner. G. W. Hosch.
Harold Hays, L. H. Cook, W.
E. Jackson, J. Leonard Davis,
C. W. Moseley, Jones T. Polk,
A. B. Dennis, Ossie E. Smith,
T. C. Castleberry, Edgar H.
Phillips, Boyce Piper, S. R. El
lington, A. R. Parker, Hugh H,
Kesler, E. S. Bowen, Walter H.
Harris, Render W. Holder, J.
P. Moseley, T. W. Force, L. E,
Welch.