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Covington Eastern Star Chapter Officers Are Installed
Mr. And Mrs. Chas. Kitchens
To Serve As Top Officials
Installation services were held Wednesday night, April
19, for officers of the Covington Chapter No. 337 Order of
Eastern Star, with Mrs. Dorothy Kitchens and Charles Kit
chens being installed to serve as Worthy Matron and Worthy
Patron for the ensuing year.
The Chapter room was beau
tifully decorated with floor
baskets of purple iris and white
spirea flanked on either side
by seven branched candelabra
entwined with ivy and large
white and purple satin bows.
After the entrance of the
1960-61 officers the invocation
was given by Rev. Grady Live
ly. Tom Skinner, Worthy Pa
tron, led the group in the flag
ceremony and National Athem.
Mrs. Mildred Costley, Wor
thy Matron, extended a cordial
welcome to members and guests
after which she introduced the
Grand Installing Officers for
the evening as follows: Mrs.
Pauline Dillon, Past Grand
Matron of State of Georgia, At
lanta, Grand Installing Offi
cer; John Lee West, Social Cir
cle, Past Grand Patron of State,
giving the Obligation; Mrs. An
nie Sue Stokes, Past Matron of
Chapter 337, as Grand Marshal;
Mrs. Myra West, Past Matron
Social Circle Chapter, Grand
Chaplain; Mrs. Elizabeth Wag
goner, Past Matron Covington
Chapter, Grand Secretary; Mrs.
Vivian Owens, Covington
Chapter, Grand Organist; Mrs.
Leigh Jay, Covington Chapter-
Grand Soloist.
The Sweetheart of the year
Miss Gail Costley, daughter of
the Worthy Matron, and Mas
cot, Master Scott Jay, grand
s o n of the Worthy Patron,
were introduced and presented
gifts.
A very impressive service
was held by outgoing officers
honoring the Worthy Matron
and Worthy Patron and the past
Matron’s pin was presented to
her and pinned on by her hus
band, Olin Costley. Tom Skin
ner, outgoing Patron was then
presented a gift. The Matron’s
song of the year, “Star of the
East”, was used appropriately
during this service.
After the retirement of the
1960-61 officers, incoming of
ficers assumed their stations
and were given the obligation
by John Lee West. Officers in
stalled and their stations are;
Mrs. Dorothy Kitchens, Wor
thy Matron; Charles Kitchens,
Worthy Patron; Mrs. Reba
Whelchel, Associate Matron;
Mel H. Waggoner, Associate
Patron; Mrs. Janet Johnson,
Conductress; Mrs. Grace Ed-
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contest between Fire Chief R.
T. Floyd and Seals (Low Note)
Hilton. Also an amateur sing
ing contest will be held during
the evening.
All amateurs who wish to en
ter the contest are asked to con
tact Wallace (Happy) Edawrds
here in Covington.
Advance sale of tickets is be
ing conducted by Covington
firemen. The advance tickets
are SI.OO for adults and 50
cents for children.
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wards, Associate Conductress;
Mrs. Annie Sue Stokes, Secre
tary; Mrs. Elizabeth Waggon
er, Treasurer; Mrs. Claire Ellis,
Marshal; Mrs. Gail Lemke,
Chaplain; Mrs. Vivian Owens,
Organist. Star Point Officers
are: Mrs. Addie Mae King,
Adah; Mrs. Gertrude Niblett,
Ruth; Mrs. Lucile Skinner,
Esther: Mrs. Inez Lemke, Mar
tha; Mrs. Clareece Bailey,
Electa. Warder is Mrs. Roxie
Harper and Sentinel, Tom Skin
ner.
After the installation ser
vices Mrs. Kitchens introduced
her pro-tem officers which are:
Mrs. Mary Johnson, Adah; Mrs.
Belle Dick, Ruth; Mrs. Thelma
Geiger, Martha; Mrs. Ria Allen,
Marshal; Abner Harper, Sen
tinel with general pro-tem of
ficers, Mrs. Joyce Johnson,
Mrs. Lucille Berry and Mrs.
Mandy Cody.
The Sweetheart for the year,
Miss Debbie Cawley of Augus
ta and Mascot, Master Darrell
Helm of Covington, niece and
nephew of the Worthy Matron
and Worthy Patron, were in
troduced and presented gifts.
“You Are My Sunshine”, was
rendered in their honor. The
Pages, Miss Bobbie Ann Ed
wards and Miss Brenda Bailey,
were then introduced.
During a short talk by the
incoming Matron she thanked
Mrs. Ria Allen, Chairman and
Mrs. Winnie McElroy for the
decorations in the Chapter
room and dining hall and Mrs.
Joyce Johnson, Chairman, with
Mrs. Charlotte Johnson and
Mrs. Louise Kitchens, as the
refreshment committee for the
evening. The Relief Committee
for the year will be Mrs. Doro
thy Kitchens, Chairman with
Mel Waggoner and Mrs. Reba
Whelchel. Calling each meeting
Mrs. Sara Lee Avery and Ways
and Means Committee Mrs.
Elizabeth Waggoner, Chairman
with Mrs. Joyce Johnson, Mrs.
Janet Johnson and Doyle Bai
ley.
A short program honoring
the incoming Matron and Pa
tron was given them, led by
Mrs. Mildred Costley, past Ma
tron, with the Matron’s and
Patron’s song, “How Great
Thou Art”, used at this time.
Members not having missed
a meeting during the past year
were recognized as follows:
Mrs. Mildred Costley, Tom
Skinner, Mrs. Dorothy Kit
chens, Charles Kitchens. Mrs.
Ruth Blackmon and Mrs. Lu
cile Skinner.
After dismissal with the
; Mizpah benediction in unison
the group gathered in the
■ dining hall where delicious re
• freshments were served from a
> beautiful appointed table over
laid with a white satin cloth
■ and centered with an arrange
i ment of white stock and fern
s in a milk glass container.
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OFFICERS OF EASTERN STAR CHAPTER No. 337, are shown above following
installation services held at the Masonic Hall Wednesday night, April 19, First row
left to right are: Mrs. Lucile Skinner, Esther; Mrs. Vivian Owens, Organist; Mrs.
Gail Lemke, Chaplain; Mrs, Roxie Harper, Warder; Mrs, Elwabeth Waggoner.
Treasurer; Mrs. Gertrude Niblett, Ruth; Mrs. Clareece Bailey, Electa: Mrs. Leigh
Jay, Soloist; Mrs. Inez Lemke. Martha. Back row left to right: Mrs. Anma Sue
Stokes Secretary: Mrs. Janet Johnson, Conductress: Mrs. Claire Ellis, Marshal.
Jack Hinton Helped Liberate
Jews Headed For Gas Chamber
The trial of Nazi Adolf Eich
mann, now under way in Is
rael, brings back many scenes
of horror to at least one New
ton Countian who saw first
hand evidence of Nazi torture
and treatment during the last
days of World War 11. He is
Jack Hinton of Route 1, Ox
ford.
Mr. Hinton was a member of
the U. S. Military Police, 30th
Infantry Division. At the time
he was stationed in Farsleden,
Germany.
Thursday of last week Mr.
Hinton viewed the Armstrong
Circle Theater television ver
sion of the Eichmann story and
how he master-minded a sys
tem of killing some 6-million
Jews during the war. The TV
presentation showed how the
men, women and children were
put to death in the gas cham
bers.
Hinton’s outfit liberated a
camp in March of 1945 which
consisted of two buildings that
housed about 300 to 400 wo
men. He said many of them
were Jewish and that they ap
parently were headed for the
gas chamber.
Hinton said that most of the
women in the camp were at
death’; door and nearly all
were suffering from malnutri
tion and lack of medical atten
tion. “Most of these people were
already destroyed long before
they got to the gas chambers,”
Mr. Hinton stated. “Only the
act of doing away with the
body remained,” he added.
Mr. Hinton said that his out
fit guarded this camp four days
before they were processed for
their freedom. During that time
he talked with many of the
prisoners and several told of
horror and mistreatment that
one could hardly believe.
Many of the prisoners appar
ently knew that they were des
tined for the gas chamber and
a lot of them had given up
hope of living much longer, Mr.
Hinton said.
Hinton’s MP outfit moved
on to the Elbe River and there
he said that they helped un
load a train of fourth and fifth
generation Jews (men, momen
' and children). There were 2,-
1400 on the train and many
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1961
(about 50) were dead when the
Military Police inspected the
train.
They loaded the prisoners on
trucks and during this time he
said they saw victims of ty
phus, disease, hunger, and body
mutilation. The 30th Division
slaughtered many sheep and
cattle nearby to feed the lib
erated prisoners. 3
“All the personal possessions
the prisoners had on them was
usually in a small sack. They
clung to these few remaining
things and would not give
them up,” Mr. Hinton said.
When the MP did get to exa
mine one of the small sacks in
it was filled with rocks, glass,
tin cans and other small items
of no apparent value.
“You just couldn’t conceive
that human beings would so
broken in spirit and body as
these people that I saw there in
the camp and those who came
off that train”, Mr. Hinton con
cluded.
Charles Hardy
Was Speaker At
Rotary Meeting
Charles P. Hardy, of the
American Cancer Society, wasi
the guest speaker at the Cov
ington Rotary Club Tuesday
at the Teen Can. He was in
troduced by Dr. Thomas Crews,|
Educational Chairman of the
Newton County Cancer Cru
sade.
The speaker gave many start
ling facts concerning cancer. He ,
said that one out of every four:
persons would eventually have .
cancer, and that cancer will
strike one out of every three
families.
Mr. Hardy said that today
there are more than a million
patient who have been cured
of cancer.
The program was in charge |
of Rotarian Jack McGiboney.
G. I. Johnson, engineer, Ag
ricultural Extension Service,
points out that box nails are i
the same length as common;
nails of the same penny size, i
I but have a more slender shank. I
Mrs. Reba Whelchel, Associate Matron; Mrs. Grace Edwards, Associate Conductress:
Mel Waggoner, Associate Patron; Mrs. Dorothy Kitchens, Worthy Matron: Mrs.
Pauline Dillon, Grand Installing Officer and past Grand Matron of State; Charles
Kitchens, Worthy Patron: Mrs, Addie Mae King, Adah: Mrs. Myra West, installing
officer; John Lee West, past Grand Patron of Georgia who gave the obligation
and Tom Skinner, Sentinel.
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NUMBER 17
Newton F.H.A.
Chapter Honored
At Convention
Rosemary Laster and Betty
Faith Jaynes and their adviser
Miss Ruth Tanner represented
the Newton County FHA
Chapter at the 16th An
nual State Future Homemakers
of America Convention which
was held at the Dinkier Plaza
Hotel in Atlanta April 20-21.
Newton High Chapter re
ceived an Honor Roll certifi
cate at the convention on Sat
urday morning. The certificate
is given to chapters which meet
designated requirement during
the year. This is the fourth
year that Newton High Chap
ter has made Honor Roll. Only
75 chapters out of 360 chap
ters in the state received cer
tificates.
The chapter also received
honorable mention for one of
the news articles which was
sent in to the Georgia News.
The Georgia News is the State
FHA newspaper which is pub
lished 4 times each year by the
University Press in Athens.
Mrs. Causey is editor of the
paper and she selects winners
on the basis of style of writ
ing, information, originality
and length of the article. An
nette Preston is the reporter
for the Newton Chapter.
About 1,300 top-flight scien
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