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By Ilie Oilice Boy
Well, a vacation for six
months sounds just wonderful
. . . and that’s what your office
boy had had . . . but not the
kind you would want, or choose
. . . During the first of Septem
ber, the sth to be exact ... we
we went into the hospital . . .
and his Dock there said right on
to Florida . . . (that Dock only
saw his bills not all the others
for nurses, surgery etc.) but
when he got home he wasn’t
able to make the trip . . . fin
ally we loaded the jalloppy
down and left . . . Took a whole
week to drive to Miami . . .
and then we sorter slept some
nights and some we didn’t but
Shucks! Thats over with . . .
what I'm talking about is I’m
home. . . I’m ready not for a
log rolling or a hog killing’ as
the neighbors used to “pitch
in” and help the neighbors
with. . . But I’m trying’ to
clean up this house. ..One
week away and the dust, spi
ders, the lawn the hedges. . . .
the winds and broken limbs on
the lawn. . . but you just look
at the lawn and get sorry for
me. . . Don’t dare come in the
house after six months or run
ning in and out and throwing
things to get back to the hos
pital, and then coming back
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Robert 0. Arnold
Receives Mercer
Honorary Degree
Mercer University will for
mally inaugurate its 16th pre
sident, Dr. Rufus Carrollton
Harris, and award eight hon
orary degrees — one to Ro
bert 0. Arnold, Chairman of
the Board of Regents, of Cov
ington — in a colorful cere-
mony March 29.
The Doctor of
Laws degree
will be confer
red upon Dr.
Spright Dowell,
Mercer’s presi
dent - emeri
tus, who serv
ed as president
longer than any
other in the
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R. O. Arnold
college’s history; Robert O. Ar
nold, Covington, chairman of
the Board of Regents of the
University System; Walter C.
Dowling, ambassador to West
Germany, Bonn, and Pulitzer
prize winner Ralph McGill.
The Doctor of Divinity de
gree will be awarded to G. Earl
Guinn, president of Louisiana
College, Pineville, La.; Dr.
Dick Houston Hall. Jr., pastor
of First Baptist Church, Deca
tur, and president of the Geor
gia Baptist Convention; Dr.
Penrose St. Amant, dean of the
School of Theology, Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Ky„ and the Rev.
Harvey T. Whaley, pastor of
Calder Baptist Church, Beau
mont, Texas.
Dr. Walter Pope Binns, pre
sident of William Jewell Col
lege in Missouri, will make the
principal address. He is a na
tive Georgian, a graduate of
Mercer and a one-time room
mate of Dr. Harris.
Other inaugural speakers in
clude Dr. Harmon Caldwell,
Ralph McGill, and Ambassa
dor Dowling.
Annual Ham and Egg Show, Auction Was Successful Event
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COVINGTON KIWANIS CLUB SPONSORED Ham and Egg Show and Auction was a tremendous
■uccess at the Washington Street School cafetorium Thursday. Shown in the photo above are two
# the buyers of prised hams showing their purchases. From left to right: Dr. Robert Shannon.
Kiwanian who helped stage the show-auction; R. R. Fowler (Bank of Covington); Don Wood
/Wood-Dickinson Furnit >re Co.), and Asa Marshall. Jr. of Macon, the auctioneer. Mr. Wood paid
$4 00 per pound for his ham which weighed 21 pounds and was judged the best entry of the show.!
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The Covington
VOLUME 97
RA’ v ^AKE BID FOR STATE AA TITLE TODAY
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A. z ican Legion Birthday Dinner Set Tuesday
42nd Annual
Program At
Legion Home
Members of Newton County
American Legion Post 32 and
the local Unit American Le
gion Auxiliary will jointly
stage a 42nd Birthday Anni
versary Dinner at Legion Home
Tuesday evening, March 14 at
7:30 o’clock.
Although there will not be a
featured speaker many Ameri
can Legion and Auxiliary of
ficers from the Fourth District
and Department of Georgia are
expected to attend.
Among those invited are
Department Commander Sam
Whitehead of Monroe; Jimmy
Powers, National Executive
Committeeman, of Macon; Ty
Cason and Perry Purcell, both
Junior Vice - Commanders of
the State Department; George
Osborne, Department Adjutant;
and several district and State
officers of the American Le
gion Auxiliary.
Post 32 Commander C. T. Bo
hanan and Auxiliary President
Mrs. Larry Greer have an
nounced that all Legionnaires
and their wives and all Auxi
liary members and their hus
bands are invited to attend the
dinner Tuesday.
The theme of the birthday
anniversary celebration here
will be “Welcome Back” to all
prospective members of either
organization. Commander Bo
hanan says that the local post
is now over its quota in mem
bership and that many pros
pective members and former
members are invited to join
the Newton County post.
In a full - page advertisement
in today’s Covington News
many merchants and business
firms call your attention to the
founding of the American Le
gion in Paris, France in 1919.
The date was March 15 - 17.
The American Legion is the
largest service organization in
the United States.
Aptly Spoken
And Printed
“An official of one of the
two companies in the United
States — and the world—
which manufactures voting
machines says that Josef
Stalin considered buying
some of the machines at one
time. But the deal fell
through — probably because
the old Russian stringman
liked to do his own lever
pulling.”
—Great Falls (Montana)
Leader
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''arise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
Newton County High School Rams Squad Entered In State Class AA Tourney
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NEWTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL RAMS, winner of 28
traighi games without a defeat thus far this season, makes its bid
for the State Class AA baketball championship at the Alexander
Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta tonight at 6:25 o'clock. Cairo of
Region lAA is the Rams' opponent tonight. Shown in the recent
squad picture with Coach Ronald Bradley and the two trophies
won in the Region 4AA tournament and the local Invitational
Sam Marfin Is
Killed In Auto
Wreck at Conyers
Funeral services for Samuel
Luther Martin, 40, of Collum
Road, Covington, were held
Friday, March 3 at 2 p. m. at
the Porterdale Presbyterian
Church. Rev. Irving G. Ru
dolph officiated with interment
in Lawnwood Memorial Park.
“Sam,” as was known to
friends, died March 1 in an
automobile accident at the in
tersection of Highway 20 and
278. He was born in Porter
dale.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Lillie Mae Hall Martin;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Doc
Martin of Covington; step-son,
Larry Wilson of Porterdale;
two sisters, Mrs. Jackie M.
Walden of Covington and Mrs.
L. C. Cribb of Atlanta; grand
mother, Mrs. Lillie L. Martin
of Covington.
Serving as pallbearers were
Wilson Haralson, Harry Bishop,
Billy Hester, Charlie Griffin,
Howard King and Jack Jen
nings.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MARCH 9. 1961
Three Local Road Projects
On New Highway Bid Letting
According to a letter receiv
ed in Covington by Newto.i
County Representative Don
Ballard, the State Highway
Department has plans for three
road projects in the county
which will be let in the very
near future.
The letter from Clark Dun
can, State Highway Board
member, states that Project
S-US-1701 beginning at FBS-
Route 922 at Pace (Salem
Road) and extending South
westerly to SR-112 near the
junction of SR-20 at Oak Hill
will be let soon. The distance
of the road is approximately 4
miles. It will be built under
the new Federal Aid program.
Georgia Highway 81 will be
widened and resurfaced to a
width of 24 feet from the Wal
ton County line through Ox
ford and Covington. This will
include Emory Street and
Washington Streets where
right-of-way permits, accord
ing to Mr. Ballard. It will be
plant-mixed type surface.
Also the Georgia 142 high
way from Covington to New
। born will be widened and re
, surfaced. This includes the
road in Newborn as well.
Mr. Ballard said he under
stood the work will cost about
$25,000 per mile for the widen
ing and resurfacing.
Benefit Party
Elks Club For
Kindergarten
The Covington Service Guild
is sponsoring a benefit bridge
party on Tuesday night. March
14, at 8 p. m. at the Elks Club
All the proceeds of this will go
to the very worthwhile project
of this group, the Little Red
School House.
Many beautiful prizes will
be given and delicious refresh
ments will be served. The tick
ets are only $1.25 and may be
obtained from any member of
I the Covington Service Guild or
at the door on the evening of
. the party.
! Tables for Rock. Canasta and
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Tournament, are seated on the gym floor: Phillip Freeman (left)
and Bobby Travis. Middle Row. lert to right: Henry Bowen, Jimmy
Jordan, Terry Smith, Monty Laster, James Knight. Terry Evans
and Terry Rutledge. Back Row: Henry Baker (manager), Billy
Shaw, Allan Rowe, Tim Evans, Bob Mitchell, Butch Farr and
Coach Bradley.
Wood-Dickinson
Robbed Again
Monday Night
Thieves are apparently set
on cleaning out the Wood-
Dickinson Furniture Company
on Monticello Street in Cov
ington. Monday night the cul
prits broke into the store and
hauled away 10 Television sets
and some 12 radios.
Don Wood, part owner and
manager of the store stated
that the value of the loot was
about $2,500. Monday’s rob
bery was the second time with
in three months that the store
has been entered by thieves.
In December several radios,
hi-fi set and numerous small
items were taken in a break
in by a gang of teenagers who
were apprehended by the GBT
and Covington Police. How
ever, the Monday robbery was
left without a lead as to the
identity of the robbers, accord
ing to Mr. Wood.
It was theorized that the
robbers used a truck to haul
away their loot. They broke
open the back door to the
building and then proceeded
through the main showroom
and took several expensive TV
sets from the front display
windows.
Chamber Commerce
Meets Monday 12:30
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce will hold its March
meeting Monday, March 13 at
Buck-’N-K i d Restaurant at
12:30 o’clock
President Dan Clower states
that many items of business
will be discussed at the meet
ing, following the luncheon.
COVINGTON NEWS
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Newton High
"A" Student List
Is Announced
The Student Council of New
ton County High School re
ports the following students
made all “A’s” (93 or above),
on their report cards for the
fourth six weeks' grading pe
riod.
Ninth Grade: Jim Benton,
Lila Callaway. Grady Camp
bell, Ronnie Elliott, Sheilahj
Graham, Noel Hayes, Margue- .
rite Horstmann, Jane Kesler,
Betty Jeanne Pickett, David
Rainey, Gary Rooks, Mason
Stephenson, James Townsend,
Robert Travis, Jane Womack.
Tenth Grade: Janet Bell,
Gail Duncan, Betty Jean Me-'
Elreath.
Eleventh Grade: Michael
Budd, Brenda Chambers, Rob
bie Elizer.
Twelfth Grade: Dave Smith.
Newton County Piano Students Participate in Music Festival
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NEWTON COUNTY PIANO STUDENTS participating in the Music Festival at LaGrange on March
4, are shown seated left tc right: Lou Ann Tuck, Good; Marilyn Lord. Excellent; Becky Blair, Ex
cellent. Standing left to right (clockwise): Sherill Crowell. Excellent; Ginger Knight, Excellent;
Billy Blair, Excellent; Michael Budd, Excellent: Kay Shaw, Excellent: Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Rape,
Mrs. Goode. Teachers of the students: E'iiabeth \nn Gre"r. Ext'Osni- F cj Sup« r;
Marilyn McKay. Superior; Janelle Wood, Excellent. George Barton, Ercellent (Not shown in picture).
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
28 Straight Victory String
Carried Into Atlanta Event
Newton County Ranis basketball team, standing on the
threshold of immortality, makes its bid for the biggest crown
of all in the State Class AA cage tournament at Alexander
Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta today at 6:25 P. M. Cairo
of South Georgia is tht opponent.
MacGregor Plant
Employment
Applications
All inquires concerning
employment at the MacGre
gor Plant in Covington
should be made through the
Georgia State Employment
office in Griffin, Ga.
This office will review the
qualifications of applicants
and then will notify quali
fied applicants who are be
ing considered for further
interviews.
No applications will be
received for production em
ployment at the Covington
Plant.
4 - H CLUB NEWS
IN PAPER TODAY
The Covington News, in
cooperation with local mer
chants and public - spirited
citizens of the county, is car
rying in today’s paper a
Special Section devoted to
the 4-H Clubs of the county
and nation. This week is Na
tional 4-H Week over the
nation.
News articles, pictures and
advertisements are in the sec
tion today in commemoration
of the 4-H club movement
which had its roots right here
in Newton County. The late
Prof. G. C. Adams founded a
Corn Club in the county in
1905 and from that venture
came the present day youth
organization.
We suggest that you turn
to The News' Third Front
Section in the paper today to
learn more of the 4 H club
work and activities and its
past history.
NUMBER 10
Eight teams are entered in
the 1961 meet as the Rams
carry the best record in t h e
entire state into the three-day
meet featuring the four region
champs and runners - up. New
ton High, under the guidance of
Coach Ronald Bradley, has won
28 straight games this season
without a loss.
Four seniors on the team will
be making their farewell ap
pearance in a Ram uniform.
They are Bob Mitchell, Allan
Rowe, Terry Evans and Phillip
Freeman.
The Newton team, stymied on
two occasions since Coach
Bradley took over the varsity
reins in 1958, looked exception
ally sharp in their conquest of
the Region 4AA tournament at
Danielsville two weeks
ago. A f t e r a slight slump
near the end of the regular
campaign, the team took on
new vigor in the region meet
and now appears ready to give
a good account of itself in “the
big meet.”
If the Rams dispose of their
opponent tonight the stage will
be set for a ding-dong game
Friday night at 9 o’clock with
Headland, champion of Region
i 2AA and probably the team
most picked to win the stale
title.
The Newton County boys
have made only one other trip
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McDaniel Succeeds
Allgood On The
Oxford Council
J. B. McDaniel has succeed
ed Cary Allgood on the Ox
ford Town Council due to the
resignation of Mr. Allgood.
The Oxford councilman was
sworn in by Judge J. O. Loverti
on Tuesday March 7th. Mr. All
good, who is a mail carrier at
Oxford, resigned after serv
ing on the council since early
January.
Mr. McDaniel polled the next
highest number of votes in the
recent town election and there
fore was appointed to the coun
cil to serve for the next two
years.