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Local-County-State
By Ilic Office Boy
While the Office Boy lan
guishes on a bed of illness, the
Boss makes a feeble effort to
substitute. . . Our neighbor Ho
mer E. Mobley has just return
ed home from a forced stay at
the Newton County Hospital
.... He is recovering nicely
and it is believed he will con
tinue (if the Doctor can keep
him in bed). . . Many of our
citizens have been ill recently
with this “one-day virus”. . . .
and from all accounts it is
some virus while it lasts. . , .
here's hoping this will all pass
away and our long awaited
Spring Weather may pay us a
visit. . . The Baptist Church
revival will continue through
this week. . . the crowds have
been good and the preaching
excellent and we trust the re
vival will mean much to our
community and the members of
the Baptist Church. . . We were
in Atlanta yesterday (Tue’iay)
and wish to advise the dogvood
is in full blossom all over the
city and if you want to view
it at its most beautiful phase
now is the time. . . After church
Sunday ride up there and go
out into the Northeast section
and the blossoms will delight
the eye. . . . but be sure and
get home in time for church
Sunday night for you are need
ed there. . . We believe Atlan
ta has more beautiful dogwood
trees in bloom than ever be
fore. . . We are not bad right
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Stroke Clinic
Friday 1 P M
Newton County Stroke
Clinic will be held at the
City Hall Courtroom Friday,
April 14th at 1 P.M.
During the clinic Friday
individual evaluation and at- >
tention will be given all
stroke elinic patients.
School Annual
Is Dedicated Io
Mrs. Patterson
The Senior Class of Newton
County High School dedicated
the 1960-61 Ram to Mrs. R. H.
Patterson in ceremonies last
week at the school. Following
is the Dedication Message in
the school annual:
“We know no language, or
other means of expression, with
which we might adequately ex
press our love and apprecia
tion to our teacher, Mrs. R. H.
Patterson. Our flower, the
Southern Magnolia, shades her
beautiful antebellum home.
We pay tribute to her in this
Centennial Year of the War
Between the States, for she is
a “Smiling Rebel” who served
the local Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
with distinction. She is a sea
soned historian of the Confed
erate Period. In loving appre
ciation of all she has meant to
us, we fondly dedicate our 1961
yearbook to her”.
NCHS"Ram" Is Dedicated to Mrs. R. H. Patterson
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"THE RAM," Newton County High School's annual, was dedicated and presented to Mrs. R. H.
Patterson last Thursday in special exercises held in the school auditorium. Members of the Annual
Staff surround Mrs. Patterson as Mickey Brooks, assistant editor, presents her "Ram" to her. Pictur
ed left to right are: Ginger Knight, assistant manager, Mickey Brooks, Phyllis White, editor. Mrs.
Patterson, Madelyn Ba+-»s. typist, and Margaret Rape, junior editor. Not pictured are Kathryn
Corley, subscription m; ger, and Carolyn Hamby, typist
®A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1960
Better Newspaper
Contest.
The Covington Ed' Ar- fished in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 97
COI’ # SCHOOL BOND ISSUE VOTE MAY 17
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New con High Is Winner 4AA Literary Meet
NCHS Takes Five First
Places; Madison Second
Newton County High School was the winner of the
Region 4AA Literary Meet held on Thursday and Friday of
last week at the Newton County High School. This gives
Newton High the first place trophy for the past three years.
Coach Pinholster
To Speak At
Kiwanis Today
Coach Garland Pinholster,
Athletic Director and Coach of
Aglethorpe University basket
ball - baseball teams, will be
the guest speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club weekly
luncheon meeting Thursday
(today) at 1 o’clock at Legion
Home. Coach Pinholster will
be introduced by Kiwanian
Wendell Crowe.
The Oglethorpe mentor’s cage
team for the past five years
has ranked with the best small
college teams in the nation.
Only last March the team en
tered the National NAI A toun
nament as the representative
of this area of the South.
The speaker will be accom
panied to Covington by Gre
gory Favre, Assistant Sports
Editor of The Atlanta Journal.
Guest speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club meeting
Thursday was Charles P. Har
dy, Area Director Georgia Di
vision of the American Cancer
Society.
His speech was most inter
esting and enlightening
to the club members. April is
the month designated as Can-
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Final Porterdale
P-TA Meeting Os
Year Thursday
PORTERDALE — The final
meeting of the Parent-Teach
er Association for 1960-61 will
be held at the Porterdale
School Auditorium on Thurs
day evening, April 20, at seven
o’clock with Dr. J. B. Mitchell,
Jr., President, presiding. The
inspirational will be presented
by the first and second grades
with the program theme be
ing “Looking to the Future”.
Officers for the new year
will be installed to carry on
work in the ensuing months.
The Covington news
Since its organization in
1950, Newton High has won
six first place trophies and
three second place trophies in
the Regional Literary compe
tition. This year the school
won five first places in the
contest.
The competition this year
was the closest in several years.
Newton County won with 71
points, Madison County High
School, second, with 70 points,
and Hart County, third, with
68 points. Other schools tak
ing part were Elbert County
and Gainesville.
The following events were
entered by N.C.H.S. students:
One Act play, Ist place.
Senior Class Spelling, 4th.
Piano, Ist, Janelle Wood.
Girls’ Trio, 2nd, Judy Parish,
Elise Goode, Marth Jane House.
Girls’ Vocal Solo, 3rd, Bren
da Chambers.
Boy’s Vocal Solo, 3rd, Ray
Amerson.
Girls’ Typing, 4th, Clara Sue
Capes.
Boys’ Typing, 2nd, Ben
Stapp.
Shorthand, Ist, Phyllis
White.
Home Economics, Ist, Bede
Campbell.
Girls’ Essay, 3rd, Carol
Hitchcock.
Boys’ Essay, 3rd, Tommy
Brown.
Girls’ Declamation. Ist, Gin
ger Knight.
Boys’ Declamation, 2nd, Jack
Edwards.
Newton Farm
Bureau Meeting
Tuesday, 7:30 P M
The Newton County Farm
Bureau will hold its regular
monthly meeting Tuesday,
April 18 at 7:30 at Henderson’s
Restaurant. This will be a
dutch dinner meeting.
For the program, Mr. Ted
Sells, who is a student at Em
ory-at-Oxford, and from South
Rhodesia, will be the guest
speaker. Mr. Sells will tell of
the farming conditions in his
country and also show slides.
This is a highly recommended
program, so make plans to at
tend.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961
Constitution Editor Patterson Was Speaker at Institute
PRESS AND WORLD AFFAIRS Institute participants pictured above are: left to right: Covington
News Editor Belmont Dennis: Atlanta Constitution Editor Eugene Patterson, afternoon speaker; Dr.
Richard I. Phillips, evening speaker; Board of Regents Chairman Robert O. Arnold; EAO Academic
Administrator, Rev. Hamby Barton; and Institute Director Harold Mann. (More pictures on page 17).
MacGregor’s Plant To Start
Training Program Monday
The Brunswicik Corpora
tion’s MacGregor Divis i o n
plant at Covington will start
training employees for the lo
cal plant Monday, April 17, ac
cording to two officials of the
organization who spoke to the
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce Monday at Buck-N-
Kid Restaurant.
Carl Lundgren, Production
Manager, and Ed Ricker, Ad
ministration Services Manager
of the Covington affiliate, out
lined the training program
setup for the first group of em
ployees at the Industrial Boul
evard site. An orientation ses
sion will be held at the plant
for these employees Friday
morning at which time Mr.
Lundgren and Mr. Ricker will
explain Brunswick and Mac-
Gregor policies, philosophies,
objectives, fringe benefits and
all other details of the organi
zations’ procedures as to how
a golf ball is made from start
to finish. Also a question and
answer session will be held
during the orientation.
The group will be taken on
a tour of the 82,000 square
foot building during the orien
tation Friday. It was under
stood that the plant will even
tually have about 200 em
ployees.
Both officials told the Cham
ber of Commerce members
present that the hiring policy
Palmer-Stone
Family Night,
Open House Set
The Palmer-Stone Parent
Teacher Association is having
a family night covered dish
supper on Monday, April 17.
Supper will be at 6:30 p.m. in
the school cafetorium.
Mr. Whatley has also an
nounced that the school will
hold open house on this night.
The equipment purchased by
the PTA for the school will
be displayed. The public is cor
dially invited.
COVINGTON NEWS
OCS Pages
fcO Today
of the MacGregor plant here
insofar as possible has been to
hire only those persons who
are not now employed in Cov
ington and Newton County.
The local plant of the nation -
ally-famous MacGregor DX
Tourney brand golf ball will
be the second plant the com
pany will have in operation.
The other plant is located in
Cincinnati and thus far has not
been able to fill the orders for
the MacGregor golf ball.
Covington Music
Club To Present
Two-Piano Program
The Covington Music Club
will present a Two Piano Pro
gram at E. L. Ficquett School
cafetorium on Tuesday even
ing, April 18, at 8 p.m. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
Performers will be Mrs. Ada
Mae Patterson, Miss Pat Shi
rah, Mrs. T. A. Rape, Mrs.
Claude Jordan, Mrs. Bill Pratt,
Mrs. E. W. Exley and Prof.
Harold Mann.
Covington Elks Lodge Officers Installed At Ceremony At Elks Home
COVINGTON ELKS LODGE NUMBER 1806 officers for 1961-62
are shown in the photo above after the installation ceremony at
the Elks Home Thursday night. Seated, from left to right: Jerry
Capes, Esquire: Bill Gali, Esteemed Leading Knight; Walker
Harris, Exalted Ruler; Dan Clower, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Bill
Palmer-Stone
Preßegistration
Next Wednesday
Pre-registration of school
children for Palmer Stone
School will be held on Wednes
day, April 19, from 11 a.m. un
til 3:30 p.m. Parents of all
children in Oxford who will be
six years old before December
1, 1961, will be able to register
them for first grade at this
time.
Parents are urged to accom
pany the child so that all need
ed information may be obtain
ed and papers correctly filled
out. Also of particular impor
tance is that the child’s birth
certificate be brought to the
school when they come for reg
istration. E. D. Whatley, prin
cipal of the school, requests all
parents remember this date and
register your child.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
$200,000 Matched For
Facilities If Okayed In Vote
A $200,000 school bond issue will be submitted to the
voters of Newton County on May 17, 1961, for the purpose
of constructing much-needed facilities in the schools of the
county. According to a recent State Board of Education sur
vey of the classroom situation in the county the new facili-
Newton Senior
Play Sei For
April IMI
Do gentlemen prefer blondes?
Find out Thursday or Friday,
April 20 or 21!
The 1961 Senior Play at
Newton County High School is
the play based on Anita Loos’
novel “Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes”. This play, set in the
flapper days of the “Roaring
Twenties” has been phenomen
ally successful as a novel, as a
play, as a musical and as a mo
vie both in straight comedy and
in musical versions.
The NCHS production will
be complete with flapper dress
es, Charleston and the uninhib
ited excitement of the era. The
plot takes two young girls from
Little Rock to Paris and deals
delightfully with the difficul
ties they encounter. They too
frequently get side - tracked by
their interest in finding “intri
guing gentlemen” who are in
terested in marriage.
The Senior Play will feature
approvimately twenty members
of the Class of 1961 and it pro
mises an evening of uproarious
entertainment.
Tickets will be on sale soon
at 1.00 and 50c. Curtain time
will be 8 PM.
Lt.-Col. King On
Temporary Duty
At Fort Gordon
Charles C. King, Jr., local
attorney and Lieutenant-Col
onel, Infantry, U. S. Army Re
serves, is at Fort Gordon, near
Augusta, this week on tem
porary duty as a G-3 Control
ler for the Third Army Com
mand Post Exercise.
The Exercise will culminate
this weekend with the assem
bly at Fort Gordon of the com
manders and staffs of the di
visions and other major units
of the Regular Army, National
Guard and Army Reserves of
the Southeast.
Crawford, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; and Bonham Johnson
Treasurer. Standing, left to right: Thomas Bailey, Inner Guard
Jack Allen. Tiler; James Johnson, Organist; James Hardmin
Secretary; and O’in Cosily. Chap'ain. The immediate past ex
alted ruler of the club is Dr. E. L. (Peaches) Smith.
NUMBER IS
ties are urgently needed. Some
20 classrooms in all element
ary schools of the county
where needed will be built if
the bond issue is passed.
Supt. of School J. W. (Whit)
Richardson stated yesterday
that each county of the state
will have to be bonded to half
of its bonded capacity in order
to be eligible for state funds.
The state will more than match
the $200,000 asked for in the
bond vote in Newton County,
he added.
It was also announced that
the bonds will not raise taxes
above the millage the county
had a few years ago.
One of the most needed ad
ditions to any school in the
county is the construction of
a gymnasium at the R. L.
Cousins School. This will be
included in the bond money
and the state’s matching fund.
A legal in the Covington
News today states the parti
culars in the bond issue vote.
Also an editorial is carried in
The News toCay on the need
of the bond money for the
schools of the county.
Grace Baptist
Revival Starts
Sunday 7:30
A week’s revival will be held
at the Grace Baptist Church in
the Piper Heights community
just beyond Porterdale start
ing Sunday, April 16, at 7:30
o'clock.
Preaching at the nightly
services at 7:30 during t h a
revival will be the Reverend
Leon Anthony, Jr., pastor of
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Aptly Spoken
... And Printed
“ . . Some 14 million
children will be added to the
elementary and high school
population by 1980. . .
“The final outcome be
tween freedom and totalitar
ianism will most likely he
decided by the quality of
education these children re
ceive, not how many rockets
and nuclear warheads they in
herit.”
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