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By the Office Boy
Well, I've tried very hard to
get fired. No Office Boy ever
tried harder., Six months I
staved away with the room
mate who was ill. Now, after
all the wonderful columns my
shadow did in my absence,
really good columns. ~ . the
room mate hears all my friends
saying how they love me be
ing back, with all my non
sense! Franklly, I appre
ciated and loved her worth
while columns as did all those
who have not told me they re
gretted the time when I had to
come back., But this morning I
think I have something that
will finish me off as the Of
ficial Office Boy of the Cov
ington News. The room mate
all but fired me once when I
gave a whole column of free
advertising to a certain Vac
uum Cleaner. I had not meant
it that way. I had just bought
one, and he was in a rush, but
would be back the next week
to show me how to operate it
“efficiently”. . . so he demon
strated it at the home of my
dear neighbor, and they called
me over. . . she was so em-‘
barrassed when he got about a
pint of dust off her mattress!
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Melvin King
Receives Top I
DHIA Award |
The 1961 Newton County
DHIA Awards were made at
the regular Newton County
Dairy Association Meeting on
the night of March 14th. This |
was the seventh presentation of
these awards. '
Melvin King received first
place; T. L. Marks and Sons,
second place; and Leonard
Standard and Son, third place.
Norman Cole and Jim Quin
trell representing National
Dairy Products Corporation,
Sealtest Southern Dairies Di
vision were on hand and pre
gonted Melvin - King with an
award. Three local companies,
Farmers Mutual Exchange,
Fowler Fertilizer Company,
and Patrick Feed and S e e d
Company presented local
awards. |
An interesting program was
provided by W. H. McKiuney,
former County Agent, now Ex
tension Dairy Specialist a n d
John Conner, Extension Dairyl
Marketing Specialist fro m|
Athens. l
Aptly Spoken
And Printed
“The American people
know full well that we are
engaged in a deadly war,
after seeing Khrushchev’s
outrageous onslaughts and
vilification of everyone and
everything that stood in his
way at the United Nations
General Assembly. His great
est weapon in the cold war
is secrecy. To beat him, we
must use Theodore Roose
velt's policy, to talk softly
and carry a big stick — in
other words, to keep our
counsel and be so armed that
no one would dare test our
intentions anywhere in the
world.”
—lnternational Falls
(Minn.) Journal
Charter Members Os Newton County Post 32 American Legion Are Honored
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NEWTON COUNTY POST 32 American Legion charter members
were honored at the 42nd birthday celebration dinner held at
the Legion Home Tuesday evening, Charter members and 1961
efficers of the local post are shown above. Seated left to right:
Thomas Binford, Guy Rogers, Charles Candler, H. F. Meadors and
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The Covingtén Fserprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 897
HIG!7“SCHOOL BAND CONCERT FRIDAY 8 PM
G: “idolyn Stubbs Is County’s Champion Speller
Will Represent Newton
At Fifth Districc Contest
Gwendolyn Ann Stubbs, 12-year-old seventh grader
from the Ficquett School, outspelled five other champions
to win the 1961 Newton County spelling title on Tuesday
morning, March 14. The contest which is sponsored by The
Atlanta Journal, was held at the Newton County Board of
{0 Civic Clubs
The Miss Newton County
Pageant, to be held here April
8, will have approximately ten
civic clubs or other organiza
tions in the county sponsoring
contestants. A complete list of
the contestants and the clubs
they are sponsored by will be
in the next two editions of the
Covington News.
The Miss Newton County Pa
geant is presented each year by
the Jaycees and is the official
preliminary to the Miss Geor
gia and Miss America con=-
tests. The young lady who is
crowned Miss Newton County
here will compete for the Miss
Georgia title in Columbus la
ter this Summer. To be eligible,
contestants must be 18 by Sep
tember 4, not more than 28,
and single. In addition, they
must participate in a three min
ute talent routine on the night
of the pageant.
The pageant will be at the
Newton High auditorium at 8
P. M. on April 8.
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chairmen Reports Are Heard
Committee chairmen made
reports at the March meeting
of the Newton County Chamber
of Commerce Monday at the
Buck-'N-Kid Restaurant. Some
43 members of the organization
were present for the meeting.
Presiding at the business ses
sion was Dan Clower, presi
dent of the local C. of C.
During the program a new
member of the chamber w a s
welcomed into the group. Sut
ton L. Hardy, partner-manager
of the J. C. Pool Company in
Covington -is the new member.
Emmett Nichols was appoint
ed by the chamber to act as
the chairman of the club’s
“Beauty Queen Contest” which
is scheduled for the high schcol
auditorium on April Bth.
Education. Superintendent J.
W. Richardson welcomed the
contestants and their faculty
sponsors. After congratulating
the school champions, Superin
tendent Richard reviewed the
rules that were to govern the
county bee,
Gwendolyn, the pretty brown
haired daughter of Mr. an d
Mrs. H. C. Stubbs of the Dixie
Community, has beenag o o d
speller since first entering
school. She studies words by
dividing them into syllables and
then getting her mother to give
out lists of words to her.
The champion speller plays
the piano, reads avidly, a n d
enjoys kickball and softball.
When she finds time to spare
she likes to attend movies.
As the local champion, Gwen-~
dolyn will be awarded a $25
“E” Savings Bond by The At
lanta Journal and will repre
sent Newton County at t h e
sth District Spelling Match on
April 7 at 10:30 A. M . in the
Grady High School Library in
Atlanta.
The runner - up in the local
¢pelling bee was Linda Dale
Jones, attractive daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W, O. Jones who
live on the Jackson Road. Dale
is in the seventh grade at the
Heard-Mixon School. She, also,
has a long record of achieve
ment in spelling. Dale reads
everything that she can find,
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A motion was made and car
ried at the meeting that a com
mittee be appointed by t h e
Chamber of Commerce to re
commended the advisability of
remodeling the present Newton
County Courthouse or rebuild
ing a new one. President Clow
er will name the members of
the committee to appear be
fore the next Newton County
Grand Jury and give their re
commendation.
Heard on the program were
interesting reports fr o m
Newton County Rep. Don Bal
lard, Covington Mayor Nat
Turner, C of C Secretary John
Jernigan and Dr. Maurice Grif
fin.
One guest was present at the
meeting. He was Troy Thigpen.
E. B. Rogers, all charter members. Standing, left to right: J. B.
Greer, charter member; C, T, Bahanan, Post 32 Commander;
Rembert Kitchens, junior vice-commander: Bill Hoffman, senior
vice-commander; Richard Lord, adjutant; Lewis White, junior
vice-commander; and Dr, J. R. Sams, charter member.
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CHAMPION SPELLERS OF NEWTON COUNTY Junior High Schools are shown in the picture
above taken at the county’s Spelling Bee Tuesday at the Board of Education Building. Seated,
from left to right: LaVerne Hewell, Porterdale, third place: Gwendolyn Stubbs, Ficquett, first
place: Dale Jones, Heard-Mixon, second. Standing, left to right: Saralyn Christian, Livingston;
Byron Hays, Mansfield; and Donna Kay Repetske, Palmer-Stone. The word which decided the champ
was “succeeded.”
School Board Puts Clamp On
Students Getting Married
- The Newton County Beard of
Education at their March neet
ing passed a regulation which
is intended to prohibit students
from getting married while in
school. The new regulation
takes effect with the 1961 - 62
school term in the county.
In the resolution passed by
the school board if a boy or
girl is married while a student
in a county school the only pro
ceedure by which they may re
enter school is to apply in per
son to the Newton County
Board of Education and sign
a statement that they will not
be eligible for any extra-cur
ricula activities of the school
such as school eclubs, social
functions of the school, athle
tics, band, literary clubs or
cheerleaders.
The board’s resolution fol
lows:
WHEREAS, the practice of
students marrying while still
in high school has become a
greater and greater prablem in
recent years, and
WHEREAS, this problem has
become increasingly acute in
the Newton County school sys
tem, and
WHEREAS, the Newton
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County Board of Education
wishes to encourage completion
of high school before marriage,
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Ed
ucation feels that it must take
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C.W. Crawford
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Receives Purina’s
High Sales Honor
C. W. Crawford, Purina
Chow salesman of this area,
has received Purina’s - highest
sales honor — membership on
the General Salesmanager’s
Advisory Board—it has been
announced at the company's
headquarters in St. Louis.
Crawford’s membership on
the board came as a result of
his record last year of sales and
service to livestock and poul
try feeders through the Purina
dealers of this area. He gave
wide credit to the Purina deal
ers of his area for this honor.
Board members and their
wives were guests of the Ral
ston Purina Company at the
annual General Salesmanag
er's Advisory Board meeting
March 2 through March 5 at
the Roosevelt Hotel in New
Orleans, Louisiana.
Crawford lives at Covington,
Georgia.
Pilot Club
Dinner Meeting
Tonight 7:30
The March dinner meeting of
the Pilot Club of Covington
will be held in the Dining Hall
of the Buck 'N Kid Restaurant
at 7:30 o'clock tonight, Thurs
day. Mrs. Cecile Dial, chairman
of Community Service, will be
in charge of the program.
Rev. Carl Cassady
Preaches Sunday
Calvary Church
The Rev. Carl Cassady of
Cave Springs will conduct the
morning worship services at
Calvary Baptist Church in Cov
ington on Sunday, March 19.
Deadline Nears
Bonham L. Johnson, Newton
County Tax Collector, from
whose office the sale of vehicle
license plates is handled, says
that only about half the car
and truck owners have pur
chased their 1961 tags. The
deadline date for buying tags
without penalty is April Ist.
Mr. Johnson reported Tues
day that some 3,000 persons
in Newton County have yet to
purchase the tags. He added
that the last-minute rush al
ways creates long lines for
persons who do not make their
purchases early.
A representative of the State
Motor License Unit, Murray
A. Chappell, will be at the tax
office Monday, March 21 at 9
A. M. to explain the new 1961
truck laws pertaining to reg
istration and license.
“The new bill is based on
the total gross weight, includ
ing the weight of the truck
plus load, instead of the old
method of the pulling tonnage
of the truck,” Mr. Chappell
stated. Truck and trailer
owners are invited to the tax
office Tuesday to talk over
their problem with Mr,
Chappell.
Fund Drive |
The American Red Cross
Newton County Fund Drive for
1961 is underway! Mr, William
B. Thompson, chairman, held
the organizing meeting for col~
lectors at the Church School
Building of Allen Memorial
Methodist Church in Oxford on
Wednesday, March 8. |
Collections will begin in the
residential areas of Covington
under the plans of Mesdames
Dan Clower, H. S. Randall, Al
David, and B. F. Patrick, to be
continued through Saturday of
next week, March 25. |
Both Bands To Perform
At The NCHS Auditorium
Newton County High School Band and the Cadet Band
will present their winter concert at the Newton County
High Auditorium on Friday evening, March 17, at 8 p. m.
with Basil Rigney, Director, in charge. Featured on the
program to be presented by the high school band will be
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Over §l-Million
Retail sales in Georgia to
taled $5,073,122,877 in 1960 as
compared to $4,913,665852 in
1959, a State Chamber of Com
merce report showed today. 1
Fourth quarter sales last
year registered $1,332,936,875
as against $1,301,175,423 dur~
ing the same period in 1959,
the report showed.
Twenty-seven counties re
corded a decline in sale in 1960
over the previous year, the re
" port revealed.
~ Fourth quarter businesg vol=
‘ume in Newton County totaled
$65,374, 927 in 1960, compared
with the $5,066,653 for the
same period in 1959.
Year-end totals were: $lB,~
536,476 in 1959, and $19,636,~
039 in 1960,
Kiwanis Today
Members of the Newton
| County Rams basketball team
will be the guests of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at Legion Home
at 1 o'clock.
Ben Banks ig program chair
man for the day and he will
present Coach Bradley. After
the introduction of the 15~
player squad Coach Bradley
will show a film of the State
Class AA tournament, held
last weekend in Atlanta at the
' Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
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Three members of the New
ton County 4-H clubs were
present and appeared on t h e
Covington Kiwanis program
Thursday at Legion Home. The
program was held in conjunc
tion with the National 4 - H
Club Week.
~ Speaking to the Kiwanians
were: Dickie George, px'esident‘
of the Newton County 4 - H
Council; Sandra Hodge, Junior
public speaking champion of the
State 4 - H; and Ronnie El
liott, junior public speaking
champion of the State. Dr. R.
O. Shannon had charge of the
program and introduced Presi
dent George who in turn pre
sented the other local 4-H'ers.
Each of the 4-H'ers explain
ed an integral part of their
club work and told the civie
club members about the
many advantages offered to
the youth of our nation through
the work of the organization. ‘
Visitors at the meeting|
Thursday included: Tommy
Rape and Tommy Wiley, NCHS
Key club members; Hugh Co
mer, Bibb Manufacturing Com
pany Vice-Pres.; John Thomp
son, Dodge Wire Company Exe
cutive: Lester Dollar, Simon
Smith and John Maynard, all
Kiwanians and Boy Scout Exe
cutives, of Atlanta.
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part of the Festival m u s ie
played at t h e State Music
Festival last Friday.
Guest conductor for t h »
Concert and directing the hign
school band in Festival scores
will be Kenneth L. Pace of
Middle Tennessee State Col
lege, Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
Mr. Pace is Associate Profes
sor of Music at Middle Ten
nessee and will' complete his
Doctorate at Peabody College
‘this year. He was formerly a
performer with professional
city bands, radio, theatre and
symphony orchestras.
He has been conductor of
school bands and orchestras in
Nebraska for 12 years, contest
judge and clinician in Illinois,
lowa, South Dakota, Minneso
ta, Colorado and Kansas. Dur
‘ing the past seven years he has
’worked as woodwind teacher,
| festival judge, guest conductor
land clinician in Tennessee. The
clarinet and oboe are his ma
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jor instruments but he teaches
all woodwinds and also per«
forms on the string bass. He
received his education at Peru
State Teachers College in Ne
braska; Colorado College of
Education; Indiana University;
| University of lowa and Pea
body College. He will be in
Covington for work with the
band on Thursday evening,
during the day Friday and for
the Concert on Friday even=
mng.
The program to be presented
on March 17, will be as follows:
“Military Escort March”, Ben
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Heard-Mixon PTA
Turkey Supper
Friday Night
| The Heard - Mixon School
| P-TA will sponsor a Turkey
lSupp(-r on Friday night, March
17
| Supper will be served at the
’<(-1100l lunchroom from 5 to 8
p. m.
. Tickets are no w available
} from any member of the P-TA,
The price is $1.25 for adults 75¢
for children.
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