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By Ilie Office Boy
I always cry when I’m too
happy for words, don’t you?
May be silly but I cry when
I’m happy, and just freeze up
with sorrow or sadness . . it
would be better if you could
cry then. What I’m getting
■ round to is that the heavens
seem to be shedding tears of
gladness on this Wednesday,
when I am writing this col
umn. Yes, tears of gladness at
the home coming of not only
the Sweetheart of the Fidelis
Matron’s Class, of the First
Baptist Church, but of the
Baptist Church and all Cov
ington and Newton County.
This County, and every person
having the joy of knowing
Miss May Livingston, is the
richer for this Christian con
tact.
“Miss May”, as she was
lovingly known by all, would
have been 97 years of age, on
May 13th. She was not a long
faced Christian, she was rich
in Christ, in culture, refine
ment, graciousness . . . and a
beautiful sense of humor. She
was never happier than when
telling you of her childhood
days in a Newton County, fill
ed with fine people of this cul
tural center, but far from the
automobile, lights, water, re
frigerators and what have you.
She passed out gently as she
lived, to the reward she so well
earned and deserved, by her
Christian life. She awaited the
time when He would call her,
and the temple He gave her to
live in, would be laid by the
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Hospital Open
House May 7th
Open House at the Newton
County Hospital has been set.
for Sunday afternoon May 7th
from 3 until 5 o’clock, accord
ing to an announcement by Mrs.
Helen Dickinson, hospital ad
ministrator.
The new West Wing to the
hospital will be shown at that
time including all the facilities
recently added to the hospital.
Further details of the open
house will be given next week
in The News.
Livingston P-TA
Ham Supper
Friday Evening
April 28 is an important
date to remember! The Living
ston Parent-Teacher Associa
tion is sponsoring a Ham Sup
per. serving to begin at 6
o’clock. Adult tickets are $1.25
and a child’s ticket is 75c.
The supper was such a big,
success last year that we know I
everyone will plan to come
•gain.
If you didn’t come last year, |
you really missed a good meal.
You have another chance, so ।
we hope to see YOU at the
Livingston School this Friday
night.
Members of French Institute Entertained At Emory-Oxford
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MT-MWFBS OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE from Emory University in Atlanta were entertained by
MEMBERS Qt in Emory a t Oxford on Friday. Guests and faculty members who attended
the French d p right): Dr. Nelson Brooks, Dr. Oscar Hoac. Dr. Virgil Y. C. Eady, Prof.
?u i lU “r h *Smiih Standing: Mme Coleete Renner. Mme Robert Bunxl, Dr. Robert W. Allen, Mme
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The Covington Ente' sSx 'hed in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 97
CEN T ^IAL sss DAYS THURSDAY-SATURDAY
Elks ^Annual Youth Banquet Monday 7:30 PM
Lt.-Gov. Garland Byrd Is
Main Speaker on Program
The Covington Elks Lodge Number 1806 National Youth
Day Banquet will be held at the Elks Home Monday evening,
May 1, at 7:30 o’clock. Main speaker for the event will be
Lt.-Gov. Garland Byrd.
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Bloodmobile Visit
Set For Porterdale
PORTERDALE — May 29
should have a ring around it
on everybody’s calendar in
Newton County! A Mobile
Unit of the American Red Cross
will visit Porterdale for the
collection of blood to be used
in saving lives. From eleven
to five o’clock, workers from
the Unit and local volunteers
will be present to assist any
donor who wishes to make this
life-giving contribution. It is
one of the most important and
satisfying experiences in any
person's life.
James E. Hardman,
Porterdale Chairman
Newton County Blood
Program
Stroke Clinic
Friday 1 P. M.
Newton County Stroke Re
habilitation Clinic will be held
at the City Hall Courtroom Fri
day at 1 P. M.
Physical Therapist Jack Allis,
Georgia Department of Public
Health, will be present. All pa
tiants aie urged at attend this
clinic.
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Annually the highlight oc
casion for youth of Covington
and Newton County, the affair
turns the spotlight on boys and
girls who have achieved out
standing success during t h e
past year, according to Walker
Harris, Exhaulted Ruler of the
local lodge. The program and
banquet usually draws an as
semblage of some 300 adults
and young people.
Members of the Elks Youth
Committee for 1961 are as fol
lows: Aubra Sherwood, chair
man; B. C. Crowell, Mark Da
vis and Zig Callaway. Mr.
Sherwood will preside at the
banquet
After the invocation by Dr.
J. Hamby Barton of Emory-
At-Oxford, Mr. Harris will give
the welcome address. The re
sponse will be delivered by
Homer F. Sharp, Supervising
Principal of Newton County
High School.
Introduction of guests will
be handled by Mr. Crowell, Mr.
Davis and Mr. Callaway. The
introduction of the guest
speaker will be by Mr. Sher
wood.
After the main speech of the
1 evening by Lt. - Gov. Byrd the
: awarding of special honors will
i be by Dr. E. L. (Peaches)
: Smith, immediate past exalted
; ruler.
Mr. Byrd, a native of Taylor
County, is a graduate of Rey
nolds High School and attended
Georgia Southwestern College
, and the University of Georgia
Law School. He received his
LLB degree from Emory Uni
versity Law School.
Although unannounced for
the governorship of Georgia in
the forthcoming Democratic
Primary, Mr. Byrd is expected
to issue an announcement in
the near future. He was elected
Lieutenant - Governor in 1958
by popular vote of 395,801 and
carried 153 of the state’s count
ies although he had four op
ponents in the race for that of
fice.
He has a long and distin
guished war record as a veteran
of World War 11. Mr. Byrd
is also a member of the Ki
wanis Club, Moose, Elks, Ma
sons, Woodmen of the World,
American Legion and Veterans
of Foreign Wars. He is a Dea
con in the Baptist Church and
is the grandson of a Baptist
minister.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1961
New Officers Os Newton County Medical Association
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NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS of the Newton County Medical Association chat casually in the
lounge of the new West Wing of the Newton County Hospital. Left to right are: Dr. James W.
Purcell, president and chief of staff; Dr. Thomas L. Crews, secretary and treasurer; and Dr. Jim
Mitchell, vice-president.
Newton Mental Assn. To
Meet Tuesday at City Hall
Newton County Mental
Health Association will have a
public meeting at the City Hall
Courtroom, Tuesday, May 2 at
8 p. m. W. J. Dickey is presi
dent of the association.
Main speaker for the meeting'
will be Frank McFall, newly
appointed Executive Director
of Georgia Association For
Mental Health.
During the meeting plans
will be announced for the
1961 drive for funds for the
local Mental Health Associa
tion. Mrs. R. M. Paty is chair
man of the drive for Newton
County.
Mr. McFall’s speech is ex
pected to give much informa
tion on the Mental Health situ
ation in Georgia in regards to
facilities and educational re
search in the area of mental
diseases.
The speaker is a member of
the Georgia Bar Association
and has practiced law in At
lanta. He was a Lt. Col. in the
Army in World War 11.
At a recent called meeting
of the board of directors of
the Newton County MH Asso
ciation a local project was]
placed in motion with M r s.
Pierce Cline as chairman. Util
ity bags are urgently needed by
patients of the Milledgeville
Hospital and the local MH
group has undertaken to sup
ply several hundred of t h e
10,000 requested from all parts
of Georgia.
George Jolley, plant mana
ger of Covington Mills, has do
nated the material for the bags.
Any civic group or ladies club
who are interested in making
the bags, please contact Mrs.
Cline.
Serving as officers with Presi
dent Dickey are Mrs. James
Hardman, secretary; Mrs. Pierce
Cline, vice-president; and Don
Stephenson, treasurer.
COVINGTON NEWS
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Oxford Me Wsl
Revival Starts
Sunday X P. M.
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REV. BAUMAN
A revival meeting starting
Sunday. April 30 and contin
uing through Friday, May 5,
will be held at the Allen Me
morial Methodist Church in Ox
ford. The Reverend Larry Bau
man, pastor of the First Metho
dist Church, Eatonton, will be
the guest preacher nightly
starting at 8 o’clock.
Rev. Walter Murphy, pastor
of Allen Memorial church, in
vites all residents of the Ox
ford community to attend the
revival. He also urges friends
from the Covington area to
hear Rev. Bauman in the night
ly services.
Mr. Bauman is a graduate of
Duke University where he re
ceived his A. B. degree. He is
also a graduate of the Candler
School of Theology of Emory
University in Atlanta. Rev.
Bauman is in great demand as
a preacher and youth work.
The Reverend Mr. Bauman
will also speak at chapel at
Emory - At - Oxford Monday,
May 1, at 10:00 a. m.
Lithonia Gas to
Close Saturdays
The Lithonia Gas Com
pany of Lithonia will be
closed on Saturday’s at noon
starting the first of May and
continuing until the first of
October.
Happy Days
Registration
Mrs. Ben Banks has an
nounced that the children of
the Happy Days Kindergarten
will appear on the Skipper Ray
Television Show on Friday,
April 28.
The program appears on
Channel 11 from 8:30 until 9
a.m.
NCHS Takes Third Place State Literary Meet
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STUDENTS FROM NEWTON COUNTY High School won third place in the State Literary Meet held
Friday in Macon. Holding their trophy is Ginger Knight, first place winner in declamation. Seated
are: Bede Campbell, first place winner in home economics: Phyllis White, third place winner in short
I hand: Janelle Wood, second place winner in piano.
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READERS WEEKLY
City-Wide Sale By All
Merchants Participating
City-wide Centennial Dollar Days will be spotlighted in
Covington during Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April
27-29, at which time all merchants will feature reduced
prices on almost all merchandise in their store.
Memorial Day
Services Called Off
Confederate Memorial Day
Service was called off yester
day (Wednesday) due to rain.
The NEWS band was to have
rendered music at the monu
ment in the Public Square.
However, wreaths were plac
ed at the base of the monu
ment by UDC members.
Civic Group
Sets In Motion
Plan For Pool
Much progress has been re
ported on the Swimming Pool
project for Colored people of
Covington and Newton Coun
ty, according to George Jef
ferson, Chairman of the New
ton County Civic Organiza
tion.
A meeting was held Monday
night at the R. L. Cousins
School and was well-attended.
Mr. Aubra Sherwood and
Don Wood were present also for
the proceedings relative to the
project.
Chairman Jefferson said that
a drive for funds for the pool
would be undertaken in t h e
near future. The pool will be
built near the Cousins School.
Another meeting is planned
for Monday, May 8 at the Cou
sins School at which Mayor
Nat Turner of Covington and
Commissioner Tom Bates of
Newton County will be guests.
The Swimming Pool for
Colored residents of the coun
ty is one of the civic projects
being planned for Covington
The public is invited to attend
the meeting May Bth.
sth Sunday Singing
Covington Mills Methodist
church will have their regular
fifth Sunday night Singing at
the church April 30 at 7 p.m.
Everyone is invited
NUMBER 17
Sponsored by the Newton
County Chamber of Commerce,
the event will come to a cli
max Saturday afternoon at 5
o’clock on the Public Square
when more than $200.00 worth
of merchandise will be given
away. Persons holding the
lucky tickets will have to be
present to win.
More than 51 local merchants
are engaging in the Dollar Day
Sale.
Among the many valuable
prizes to be given away are:
Presto pressure cooker, large
insulated ice cooler, kitchen
stools, outdoor Chaise Lounge,
tree lamp, outdoor serving cart.
Barbecue grill with electric Ro
tisserie, two steam irons, two
table radids, and many other
items.
Registration for the free
prizes may be in any of t h e
stores. A person may register
as many times as he chooses to
visit a store during the ne xs
three days.
Philip Cohen, chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce
Committee for the sale, said
that many of the participating
merchants would display ban
ners and window placards dur
ing the three day event.
In today’s Covington News
our advertisers are offering the
public drastically - reduced
prices in merchandise at their
stores. We suggest that you
read their ads today.
Gospel Singing
Al High School
Tonight At 8
The Covington Fire Depart
ment is sponsoring a Gospel
Singing at the Newton County
High School auditorium on
Thursday evening, April 27 at
8 o’clock.
Featured on the program will
be the Harmoneers, Blue Ridge
Quartet, and a bass singing
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