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By the Office Boy
Warm, balmy days and rela
tively cool nights have given
us our first taste of true spring
this week. Maybe the mon
soon season has bowed out for
good—that would really be a
blessing.
The Juniors and Seniors at
Newton County High School
realize that spring is here
though because they have al
ready held the annual Junior-
Senior Prom. It was really a
beautiful occasion. “The Old
South” theme was carried out
to a letter. At one end of the
Newton High gymnasium a
huge picture of an ante bellum
home had been painted by
Mrs. Billy Dobbs. The basket
ball goal was even made to
look like a balcony. Four huge
columns of white cloth added
the true Southern note.
The far side of the gym
was decorated as a cotton field,
and it was complete with real
cotton stalks and “cotton pick
ers.” Southern magnolias and
pine branches were interwoven
everywhere to add a touch of
beauty. Also included in the
decorations were pink dogwood
trees and beautiful red roses.
Upon entering this Southern
wonderland the eye immedi
ately fell on a pretty white
double swing placed in a gar
den setting. As the evening of
the prom wore on this spot be
came very popular.
“General” Homer F. Sharp,
principal of Newton High, was
in the uniform of the 1861-
1865 era—on the side of the
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Charles (Bill) Harwell, Prominent
Covingfonian, Died Thursday
Funeral servicer for Mr.
Charles L. (Bill) Harwell of
Covington, were held Saturday
afternoon at 3 p. m. at the
Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home with Rev. Grady Lively,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, officiating. Assisting
him in the last rites were Rev.
Tom J. White, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church and
Rev. Charlie Davis of Hogans
ville, pastor of the First Metho
dist Church and nephew of
Mrs. C. L. Harwell.
Mr. Bill, as he was affection
ately known by his many
friends both young and old, was
a native of Newton County,
the son of the late J. C. a n d
Susan Hays Harwell, pioneer
citizens of Newton County. He
died at the age of 71, Thursday,
May 11, after two weeks in a
private hospital. He had been in
ill health for a number of years
and retired from active busi
ness in 1958.
He had been owner and op
erator of the J. C. Harwell and
Son Funeral Home since 1907.
He was a member of the Mans
field Methodist Church, a mem
ber of the Mansfield Masonic
Lodge for 50 years and a mem
ber of the Georgia Funeral Di
rector’s Association who acted
as honorary escort at the fun
eral service.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Vessie Davis Harwell, sons J.
Charles Harwell, Covington;
Ralph D. Harwell, Miami, Flor
ida: daughters, Mrs. Marguerite
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VOLUME 97
SCHOMBOND ISSUE IS PASSED BY VOTERS
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New Z County High Bands In Concert Friday
Sousa Awaru And Rookie
Os Year To Be Honored
The Newton County High School Symphonic Band and
the Newton County Cadet Band will present their Spring
Concert at the high school auditorium on Friday (tomorrow)
evening, May 19, at 8 o’clock with Basil Rigney, Director,
in charge.
Featured on the program will
be music of the Civil War Era
in observance of the Centennial
being observed throughout the
country this year.
The Cadet Band will present
the following program:
“South”, Moten - Hayes, arr.
Leonard; “Sunset Soliloquy”,
Walters and “Blue Tango”, An
derson.
The High School Symphonic
Band, who presented a program
of appropriate music at t h e
Centennial program last Satur
day night at the high school
gymnasium, will again stir
their audience with the music
of the War Between the States
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BILL HARWELL
Lawton, Jacksonville. Florida;
Mrs. Charles P. Cochran, At
lanta; sister Mrs. J. S. Mc-
Garity, Chattanooga, Tennes
see; and nine grandchildren.
Interment was in Covington
City Cemetery with J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were L. H.
Smith, C. O. Nixon, Fred Har
well, Dr. J. R. Sams, Thomas
Greer, Hoke Hays, Joe Heard
and Robert Yancey.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in ex
tending to them deepest sym
pathy in their loss.
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as well as other music. To be
presented bv them Friday night
will be: “Gat City”, Weldon;
“Chorale and Alleluia”. Han
son; “Stormy Weather”, Ar
len; “Them Basses”, Huffine;
“Sequoia”, La Gassey; “Ken
tucky - 1800”, Grundman and
“Proud Heritage”, Latham.
A highlight of the evening
will be the presentation of the
John Philip Sousa Award and
Rookie of the Year Award as
well as the presentation of
Band Letters to members of the
band having earned these for
the vear.
Members of the High School
Band are: Flute: Arlene Har
grove, Lynda Holifield, Tommy
Haynes. Oboe: Mada Patterson,
Lila Jo Callaway. Clarinet:
Elise Goode, Tommy Scar
borough, Sheilah Graham, Jer
ry Huff, Marguerite Horstman,
Margaret Rape, Delores Haney,
Tommy Allgood, Arlene Mar
tin, Jane Womac, Brenda Moon.
Alto Clarinet: Jimmy Hen
derson. Bass Clarinet: Eliza
beth Ann Greer. Contra - Bass
Clarinet: Eddie Smith. Alto
Saxophone: Carol Woodruff,
Miriam Gardner, David Rainey,
Randy Price, Joey Hackett.
Tenor Saxophone: Sandra Ric
hardson. Baritone Saxophone:
Dickie George. Horn: Billy
Skinner, Oliver Bowden, Billy
Blair.
Trumpet: John Jordan. Lee
Campbell, Jack Haney, Gary
Budd, Tony Hodges, Thomas
Whelchel, Jane Kesler. Trom
bone: Michael Budd, Charles
Loyd, Tommy Brown, Jimmy
Patrick, Bill Allgood. Baritone:
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Willis Bennett
Dies In Atlanta
Willis B. Bennett of Porter
dale died in an Atlanta hospi
tal Wednesday (yesterday)
morning after a long illness.
As The News went to press
Wednesday afternoon the fun
eral arrangements had not been
announced. Arrangements are
in charge of the Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home.
The News extends deepest
sympathy to members of the
bereaved family.
(right) newly-installed president. Standing, left io right: Mesdames
Tom Freeman, Frank Stone, R. C. Mclntosh. C. W. Crawford. Leo
S. Mallard. Hugh Steele, R. P. Campbell and James Morgan.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 18. 1961
Legion Auxiliary Essay Contest Award Winners
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ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS Are pictured above receiving their awards. They are, left to right:
Madelyn Bates, first place winner who received a $25 award: Mrs. Larry Greer. American Legion
Auxiliary President, who presented the awards; Phyllis White, third place winner who received a
$lO award. Second place winner, Dickie George, received sls award but was not present when the
picture was made. The Essay Contest was entitled "The Tenth Amendment and What It Means to
Me." The contest was sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary and Mrs. Virginia Lott, American
ism Chairman, was in charge of the Essay Contest.
Covington Natural Gas System
Is In Need Os Expansion
The City of Covington, due
to a rapid growth in the past
five years, is faced with a na
tural gas shortage in the near
future unless sufficient exten
sions and repairs are made to
the system.
At the present time the city
has only one supply line source
which feeds the entire town
and there has been occasions
when the pressure on the City
Square, Industrial Boulevard
and the eastern part of the city
has been impaired by the heavy
load.
The Mayor and City Council
of Covington met Monday night
and took the necessary steps to
alleviate this situation in t h e
system. The city’s governing
body is contemplating a b o n d
issue to make the system more
efficient.
Natural gas system in the city
has grown by a yearly increase
in the number of customers on
the system. In April of 1960 the
number of gas customers was
1,725, and in April of this year
the number was over 2,000, ac
cording to City Hall records.
Mayor Nat Turner said that
it looks like the city will need
a SIOO,OOO bond issue OK vote
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|to buy revenue certificates for
the project. The certificates if
passed by the voters^ will not
bring a tax increase and will
retire itself in 14 years. The
certificates will be paid solely
through revenues from the gas
and electricity systems of the
city, the Mayor stated.
When and if the bond refer
endum is submitted to the vot
ers it will mean that 50 per
cent of the registered voters of
the city must cast their ballot
in order to meet the state laws
pertaining to such certificates
issuance. City Clerk Harry Co
wan says that there are about
2,000 registered voters in the
City of Covington. The bond is-
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Plans Made For
"Holiday For The
Hospital" July 4
The Newton County Hospi
tal Auxiliary held its regular
meeting at 10:30 a. m. Thurs
day, May 11 at the hospital
dining room. Mrs. R. R. Fow-i
ler. president, presided.
Plans were di scused for the
“Holiday For The Hospital”
which will take place July 4.]
Civic clubs throughout the
country will participate in pro- ।
viding entertainment for the |
entire family through the I
day at Legion Field. Detailed
plans will be announced late.
Proceeds from the event will
go to buy needed equipment for
the hospital.
Mrs. Stone Cooper
To Direct Girl
Scout Day Camp
The Girl Scout planning
committee announced this week
that plans are well underway
for the Annual Girl Scout Day
Camp to be held from July 10
through July 14.
The camp will be under the
direction of Mrs. Stone Cooper
who will lend her talents and
years of exprience to all par
ticipating girls.
Registration has been car
ried out through the regular
troop meetings. Anyone wish
ing to help may contact Mrs. i
I Cooper at Tel. 786-2830.
Dr. J. C. Bonner,
Noled Historian,
Kiwanis Speaker
Dr. James C. Bonner, pro
fessor of history and head of
that department at the Geor
gia State College For Women,
Milledgeville, will be the guest
speaker at the Covington Ki
wanis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock at Le
gion Home.
Program chairman for the
day is Robert O. Arnold. He
will introduce Dr. Bonner.
Dr. Bonner is a noted au
thority on history and his
speech today is expected to
cover many aspects of the
War Between The States. He
is the author of four books one
of which is “Studies In Geor
gia History and Government.”
He has also written many ar
ticles for national publications
on agriculture, livestock and
history.
Dr. Bonner is a native of
Heard County and is a grad
uate of the University of Geor
gia He received his Ph.D.
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NEWS To Receive One
Os Top Three NEA Awards
Belmont Dennis, Editor and
Publisher of The Covington
News, has been notified that
our newspaper will receive one
of three top awards in General
Excellence in the 1961 Nation
al Editorial Association Better
Newspaper Contest at the NEA
convention in Salt Lake City,
Utah, in June.
Theodore A. Ser rill, Execu
tive Vice - President of t h e
NEA, informed Mr. Dennis that
“your newspaper has been se
lected for one of the three top
awards in the General Excel
lence division of NEA’s 1961
Better Newspaper Contest.”
Mr. Serrill continued, “We
can’t tell you any more at this
time, but we do hope that you
will make definite plans to be
present to accept your plaque
at the Annual Awards Night
Banquet on Thursday, June 22.
I “The selection of your news-
MORE TRAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
State To Match $200,000
Voted For Improvements
Unofficial returns in the Newton County School improve
ment bond issue yesterday (Wednesday) indicated that the
bonds were passed by a substantial majority. Balloting in
17 of the 18 voting precincts in the county showed that
571 cast their ballot for the issuance of the bonds, and 209
voted against the proposal.
Balloting in the various places
was extremely light. However,
the Covington City voting pre
cinct at the Courthouse favored
the bond issue by a 297 to 52
count. The heaviest percentage
vote against the bonds was re
corded at Brewers. The vote
there was nine for, and 25
against.
Supt. of Newton County
Schols J. W. (Whit) Richardson
said last night that the bonds
will be validated as soon as
Armed Forces
Day Observance
Here Sat-Sun.
In observance of Armed
Forces Day, the skies over Cov
ington on Saturday, May 20,
, will play host to a formation
of Navy AD-5 Skyraider air
craft. The flyover will occur
at approximately 3 P. M.
Originating at Naval Air
Station in Atlanta, the flight
is part of the statewide ob
servance of Armed Forces Week
and will provide an opportuni
ty for residents in this area to
see how part of the national
defense dollar is being spent.
The AD-5 is manufactured
by Douglas Aircraft, can be
flown by one man and is used
primarily for close range air
support for amphibious or
ground attack.
Capt. Oliver Morgan, of
Route One, Covington, is Pro
ject Officer for Armed Forces
Day activities in the Newton
County area. Capt. Morgan is
the company commander of the
Newton County National Guard
Unit, Company B, 248th Signal
Battalion.
Also in observance of Arm
ed Forces Week, Capt Morgan
has announced that his unit
will hold Open House at the
Armory on Carroll Street on
Sunday. May 21. Hours for the
Open House will be from 2
P. M. until 4 P. M. The latest
types of Army communication
equipment and all other orga
nizational equipment at the
armory will be on display and
the public is cordially invited.;
paper for this high award is in
deed an honor, since the judg
es this year were confronted
with a great number of entries
— near 2,000.”
The National Editorial As
sociation is made up of weekly
and small daily newspapers ail
over the United States and Can
ada. The Covington News was
an Honorable Mention winner
in the General Excellence Con
test last year when the NEA’s
75th Anniversary convention
was held in Atlanta. This year’s
award will mark the third time
COVINGTON NEWS
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Today
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possible in order that the build
ing program may be carried
out.
The $200,000 okayed in the
referendum yesterday means
that the state will more than
match that amount. The overall
total for the schools of the coun
ty will aggregate some $430,000.
Unoffical returns as reported
were:
Precinct For Against
Alinon 25 21
Cov. Mills 23 11
Cov. City 297 52
Brick Store 6 10
Stansell 17 1
Mansfield 15 12
Oxford 48 3
Porterdale 47 23
Rocky Plains 16 10
Brewers 9 25
Leguin 28 2
Hays Dist. 10 6
Newborn 12 23
Gum Creek 2 1
Wyatt 7 0
I Downs 9 9
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Students In
1 Recital Tonight
r Miss Patricia Shirah will
present her students in a piano
- recital tonight (Thursday),
t May 18, at 8 p.m. at the
. Palmer-Stone Schood gymna
: sium.
The students participating in
। the program are as follows:
Cynthia Meyer, Karen Bran
ham, Susan Chester, Teresa
Ellington, Patti Kinnett, Jerry
Mclntosh, Betty Carol Hoff
man, Janet Burson, Debbie
Garner, Sherry Thompson,
Betsy Garrett, Gail Williams,
Carolyn McCart, Deborah Wat
kins, Faye Wood, Ramona
Townley, Deborah Jones, San
dra Williams, Barbara Parish,
Maridel Meyer, Karen John
son, Harold James, Louise Cur
tis, Stella Hinton, Brenda
Smith, Jenni fe r Ellington,
Joyce White, Sheila Bates,
Joe Branham, Mike Kitchens
and Bernice McCart.
Kindergarten
Program Monday
The Little Red School House
Kindergarten will hold its an
nual graduation exercises at the
E. L. Ficquett School auditor
ium on Monday evening. May
22, at 7:30 p. m. The public is
! cordially invited to atend.
that The News will have been
honored by the NEA. The other
Honorable Mention won by th*
paper was in 1945.
The point system used in
judging newspapers for the
General Excellence contest
follows:
General and departmental
news 20 per cent. Mechani
cal excellence 20 per cent,
Advertising enterprise 15 per
cent, Editorial page 15 per
cent, General appearance,
makeup and style 10 per cent,
and Promotion of commun
ity interests 10 per cent.
The News won five Georgia
Press Association awards last
year at the GPA Convention.
The News Won the first place
plaque for Sports coverage,
second in General Excellence,
Best Editorial, and Local News
coverage, and third in Local
Society coverage.