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Two Bowling Centers Proposed To Be Built Covington
Yancey Brothers To Build
16-Lane Brunswick Setup
Announcement was made yesterday that a 16-lane Bruns
wick equipped bowling center will be built in Covington on
U. S. Highway 278 across from the Buck-N-Kid Restaurant.
Contractors for the building will be Robert and Sidney Yan
cey of Covington.
It was understood that work
on the bowling alley will be
gin within the next two weeks
and that the building will be
completed within three months.
Harold Hoffman of Cincinnati,
Ohio, will manage the lanes.
He heads a group of associates
in the ownership.
The Yancey brothers expect
many more units of a proposed
shopping center to be built as
the needs of Covington dictates
in the future. The parcel of
land, on which the bowling
center will be the first build
ing, takes some 25 acres.
Included in the bowling cen
ter will be a modern restaurant
which will have a private din
ing room for civic group meet-
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ings, and a snack bar. A nur
sery is also included in the
plans and a nurse will be on
duty. Mr. Hoffman said that
later other recreation facilities
will be added.
It was stated that the size
of the building will allow for
an addition of 8 to 16 more
lanes when the need arises.
The name for the new bowl
ing alley will be selected in a
contest with the details of the
contest and the list of prizes
to be announced in next week's
Covington News.
Ed Ricker, of the local Mac-
Gregor Covington plant, said
that free bowling lessons and
instructions will be given soon
after the alley opens. Bruns
wick stars will give the les
sons, he stated.
Dr. Harry Faulkner
Named To Georgia
Heart Committee
Dr. Harry Faulkner, one of
the organizers of the Newton
County Stroke Clinic, is a
member of the Georgia Heart
Association’s cardiac rehabili
tation committee which will
meet at the Biltmore Hotel in
Atlanta at 1 p.m. Saturday,
May 6.
Twenty-three Georgia phy
sicians are members of this
committee which is primarily
concerned with the rehabilita
tion of patients suffering from
heart or circulatory disorders.
Techniques for enabling car
diacs to overcome some of their
disabilities are currently be
ing taught patients and their
families at the instruction clin
ic in Covington as well as at
similar facilities at Savannah
and Milledgeville. These clin
ics are sponsored by the heart
association.
16Lane Brunswick Bowling Center To Be Constructed Here
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SHOWN ABOVE IS THE proposed site for a 16-lane Brunswick
bowlina alley to be located on U. S. Highway 278 aero- from the
Buck-N-Kid Restaurant in Covington. Construction of the build-
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Last Rites For
Miss Livingston
Today At 3:00
Final tribute to Miss May
Henrietta Keyion Livingston
who died in a private hospital
in Atlanta, Tuesday, will be
paid in graveside services,
this (Thursday) afternoon at
3:00 p.m., at Oxford Cemetery.
The Rev. Mr. Edgar A. Calla
way, pastor First Baptist
Church will officiate in the last
rites.
“Miss May” as she was af
fectionately known to scores of
friends, would have been 98
years of age. on her birthday.
May 13th. Born in Conyers in
1863, she was the daughter of
the late Joseph H. and Mrs.
Fanny Zachery Livingston. Her
paternal grandfather, James
Livingston, came directly from
Ireland to Walton County; and
her maternal grandfather,
Lewis Zachery, served as a
former Newton County sheriff.
She had made her home at
the Livingston homesite here,
where she moved with her par
ents at an early age, until some
tw r o years ago, when ill health
orecinitated her hospitalization
in Atlanta.
Miss Livingston attended
Miss Susie Shaw’s School in
North Covington: and was an
alumnae of Southern Masonic
Female Academy, which she
entered at thirteen. At sixteen,
she organized and taught her
first school on Jackson Road,
which was ungraded. and
where she taught the “3 Rs”
to 25 pupils, 23 of whom
were named Johnson. The
school also served as an inter
denominational Sunday School,
which she organized and
taught. In subsequent years
she taught a private school on
Porterdale Road, and in At
lanta, at the home of Mrs. J.
C. Conley. After her return to
Covington, she became a per
sonnel member of the former
Heard-White and Co., later
Heard Brothers, where she re
mained for some 30 years, un
til her retirement.
“Miss May” joined the Cov
ington Baptist Church 83 years
ago. when it was located on
College St., and was its oldest
living member. Her valiant
spirit and deep church loyalty
were a challenge to younger
I Christians; and her ready wit
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Diane Johnson
Named To Dean's
List At Tift
Miss Diane Johnson has been
named among the Tift College
students receiving recognition
on the winter quarter Dean’s
List, according to an announce
ment by Professor Gordon S.
Miller, Dean.
The list includes those stu
dent who have maintained a
2.25 quarter point average for
the quarter’s work.
Miss Johnson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Johnson
Covington, is a member of the
freshman class.
Final Rites For
Lester N. Webb
Held Monday
Lester N. (Jake) Webb of
Salem Community, Covington,
died at a private hospital on
Sunday, April 23, after a ling
ering illness. He was an em
ployee of Georgia Power Com
pany until his retirement.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the
Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home with Rev. Wayne Fears
of Salem Methodist Church of
ficiating. Interment was in
Covington Cemetery with J.
C. Harwell and Son Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. L. N. Webb of Covington.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to Mrs. Webb and
relatives in their sorrow.
and concept of life’s true values
endeared her hosts of friends.
Miss Livingston’s body will
lie in state at Hemperly’s Fu
neral Home, East Point, until
1:30 p.m., today. Interment
will take place in Oxford Cem
etery, with the following pall
bearers serving: J. A. Wall,
Alvin Rape, John Bush, Ross
Wilson, Leo Mallard and Ber
nard Greer.
Survivors include a niece,
Mrs. W. E. Pitts of College
Park: five great-nieces, Mrs.
Virginia Rich. Miss Kate Lewis
of Atlanta; Mrs. R. T. Ader
holdt. Jr. and Mrs. L. B. Law
rence, College Park; and three
great nephews. J. C. Lewis,
Atlanta: W. E. Pitts, Jr.. Mil
ledgeville, and M. C. Pitts of
Albany.
The News joins a wide cir
cle of local friends in extend
ing deepest sympathy to the
bereaved family.
“The Journal, at some fu
ture date, may suggest solu
tions for the state’s and na
tion’s financial problems. Just
now, we are too busy trying
to solve our own.” — James H.
Russell. Belton (Tex.) Journal.
ing is expected to begin within two weeks by Robert and Sidney
Yancey of Covington, contractors.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 27, 1961
Directors Os The Holliday Lanes, Inc. Bowling Group
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LOOKING OVER PLANS For th* new Holliday Bowling lanes to be built in Covington ar* mem
bers of th* board of directors. From Left to right: Dr. E. W. Exley, director; Addison Terry, presi
dent; Dr. Laverne Cowan, director; L. E. Glenn, of Atlanta, director; Dr. E. J. Callaway, director:
E. E. Callaway, director: and Claude H. Jordan, director. Th* drawing of a proposed shopping
center for Covingion is shown in the background.
DCT Members And Employers
Honored As Annual Banquet
The Eleventh Annua’ Diver
sified Cooperative Training
Employer - Employee Ban
quet was held Friday evening
at the NCHS cafeteria.
Garnering top honors as the
Students of The Year was Miss
Eloise Parish, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Parish of Cov
ington. Miss Parish received
the $250.00 Covington Lions
Club scholarship award as the
top DCT student of 1960 - 61.
She also won the notebook con
test.
Other winners at the annual
affair were: Frank Malcolm,
second in the student of t h e
year contest; Sandra Millwood,
third; Carol Townley, fourth;
Gail Womack, fifth; and Glen
da Austin, sixth. The prize
money for the student of the
year contest was donated by
Mrs. M. M. Osman of Coving
ton. These prizes ranged from
$30.00 to SIO.OO.
Five employers of Covington
were made Honorary Members
of the Newton DCT. They were:
Joe Webb, manager of Belk-
Gallant Company; Edgar Wood,
of Wood Company; Marion
Britt, assistant manager of
Belk - Gallant; Clifford Mal
colm, of Malcolm’s Photo Ser
vice; and James N. Dobbs, pre
sident of the Covington Lions
Club.
Main speaker on the program
was Archie Bryant, Head of
Trade and Industrial Educa
tion at the University of Geor
gia. He was introduced by Mark
Davis, now with the State DCT
organization, and a former
DCT Coordinator at Newton
High.
Supt. of Newton County
Schools J. W. (Whit) Richard
son made the presentation of
the awards to the top DCT stu
dents.
Others who were honored at
the banquet included: Char
lene Hyatt, second in note
book contest; Johnny Hamby,
winner of the Ginn Motor Com
pany award. The DCT note
book was dedicated to NCHS
Supervising Principal Homer F.
Sharp.
E. G. McCants is the New
ton DCT Coordinator and he
introduced the employers pre
sent for the occasion.
“All contests were judged by
a different set of judges which
created heated competition
among the students,” Mr. Mc-
Cants stated.
Happy Days
Students On TV
Friday, 8:30-9
Mrs. Ben Banks has an
nounced that registration for
the Happy Days Kindergarten
will be limited to children who
will be eligible to enter school
in September 1962.
Registration is set for Fri
day, April 28 from 2 until 5
p. m. at Legion Home.
Temperatures
Jack Chapman announces the
following temperatures for
the week:
High Low
Wed. Apr. 19, 71 37
Thurs. Apr. 20, 70 44
Fri. Apr. 21, 73 44
Sat. Apr. 22. 80 51
Sun. Apr. 23, 82 54
Mon. Apr. 24, 82 56
Tues. Apr. 25. 81 58
Hollidav Lanes To Build 24-Lane Bowling Alley in Covington
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ARCHITECT'S DRAWING of the Holliday Lanes, Inc. bowling
center to be built in Covington is shown in the sketch above. Lo
-1 cation of the 24 - lane unit will be at the corner of U. S. High-
Service Guild
Kindergarten
Registration Friday
The Covington Service Guild
announces its Kindergarten
Registration to be held in “The
Little Red Schoolhouse” on
Friday, April 28, 1961. Child
ren who will be 5 before De
cember 1, 1961 are eligible to
attend.
September’s fee of $lO is due
at time of registration. All
supplies will be furnished by
the Kindergarten. The Service
Guild members feel very for
tunate in being able to have
two capable and wonderful
teachers, Mrs. Hugh McDonald
and Mrs. Robert Budd. The
Kindergarten is operated on a
non-profit basis, often being
supplemented by the regular
treasury of the Service Guild.
Anyone desiring any further
information, please call Mrs.
Frank Stone 786 - 3731. Mrs.
Tom Freeman 786 - 3992 or
Mrs. Guy Evans 786- 3055.
Sewell's Church
Revival May 4-7
Sewells Methodist Church
revival is planned for May 4-7,
Thursday through Sunday at
7:30 p. m.
The Rev. Charles Poole, pas
tor of North Covington Metho
dist Charge, will preach on
Thursday, Friday and Satur
day.
The Rev. Hollis Lunsford,
pastor of Sewells Church, will
preach on Sunday at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
The public is invited to at
tend.
“Under socialism, everything;
in life is like trying to write a I
letter with a post office pen.”
—Fred W. Grown, Bergen (N.
J.) News.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Holliday Lanes Announce
Plans For 24-Alley Unit
' Holliday Lanes, Inc., has announced plans for the con
struction of a 24-lane bowling alley on U. S. Highway 278
at the intersection of North Elm Street in Covington.
Ministers Urged
To Make Plans
For Soil Week
Urging ministers of the state
to make specific plans now for j
the observation of Soil Stew-I
ardship Week May 7-14, the
Georgia Soil Stewardship Com
mittee announced that the Dis
trict Supervisors will deliver
packets of material soon for
use during the week.
Last year 1,072 ministers de
livered sermons to 130,982
Georgians on man’s responsi
bility for the soil. Many others
included passages on the theme
in their messages. The Soil
Stewardship Committee ii re
commending sixteen ways in
which ministers can share in
the 1961 emphasis. Suggested
Scripture texts are being fur
nished along with an outline
which is in keeping with the
national theme, “The Rewards
of the Steward”.
“Faster than any nation in
history,” Dr. G. Ross Freeman,
Chaplain of GASCDS, pointed
out, “Americans have destroy
ed the topsoil. Only six inches
remain. Below that is desert,
despair, and death.”
Calling for all-out observ
ance of Soil Stewardship Week,
President David Kistner re
marked, “We can forget about
the A-bomb and the H-bomb;
for unless we look after our
soil and water, we shall as
surely perish.”
Ministers are urged to lead
their congregations in beauti
fying the church grounds, of
ferring church facilities for
soil conservation meetings, par
ticipation in conferences which
deal with conservation prob
lems. offer their services to the j
District Supervisor, discuss the I
benefits of “the Good Earth” ।
during radio devotionals, sub- i
mit articles for local papers, j
urge service clubs to which
they belong to plan special
programs on conservation, ar
range *ours of farms where
good soil practices are em
ployed, and plan a special ser
vice of worship in which the
soil, the seed, and the sower is
dedicated.
Factual information and oth
er ideas will be included in
the packet of materials which
the District Supervisors will
present to the ministers.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
way 278 and North Elm Street. The building is scheduled for
completion by August IS.
NUMBER 17
The firm is an organization
of Covington and Atlanta busi
ness and professional men.
Listed on the board of directors
of Holliday Lanes, Inc. are E.
E. (Buck) Callaway, Dr. E. J.
Callaway, Dr. Laverne Cowan,
Dr. E. W. Exley, L. E. Glenn of
Atlanta, Claude Jordan. S. La
nier Hardman and Addison
Terry, all of Covington.
The Covington Lanes are ex
pected to be open by August
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15. according to Mr. Callaway.
Mr. Callaway said that the
company plans to build lanes
in three other Georgia cities
that they now have under op
tion.
“Bowling is an important
American family sport and
every city in Georgia will hav*
a bowling establishment with
in five years,” he added.
Helton Funeral
Held Saturday
At Macedonia
Funeral services for Willi*
L. Helton of Route 2, Coving
ton were held Saturday, April
22 at 3 p.m. at the Macedonia
Baptist Church. Rev. Leon E.
Anthony Jr., pastor, officiated,
assisted by Rev. Leon E. An
thony Sr. and Rev. J. W. Fields.
Interment was in Lawnwood
Memorial Park near Coving
ton.
Mr. Helton, 65, died April
20 while ploughing in a field.
A native of Morgan County, he
was a member of Macedonia
Baptist Church. He was retired
from the mattress business.
Survivors include his wife,
I Mrs. Vera Helton of Covin g
i ton: two sisters, Mrs. H. L.
i Hoody of Porterdale and Mrs.
I Earl Dollar of Clarkston.
Serving as pallbearers were
Melvin Barnett, Edmond Ed
mondson, Elton McMichael,
Clifford McMichael, Otto El
lington and Herbert Lindsey.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
“The United States has 2?
million dogs and 40 per cent
suffer from halitosis, says a re
cent scientific survey. I don’t
question the survey; I’m just
glad I don’t have to make it. -
—James H. Russell, Belton
(Tex.) Journal.