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Newton High-Senior Prom
Held Amid Ante-Bellum Surroundings
By Kathryn Corley
In honor of the Senior Class
of 1961, the Junior Class of
Newton County High School
turned back the clock one hun
dred years to recapture an era
in American History which has
given its name to away of
life.
On Friday evening, May
12 as the guests of the Junior
Class arrived at the transformed
gym, they stepped through
Wrought iron estate gates to
pass under an arbor of roses
end behold a plantation lawn
party at “Magnolia Hall”.
Surrounded by white fencing
■nd southern pines, “The Big
House”, with a Confederate flag ‘
hanging from the balcony of its 1
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I four columned facade, domin
-1 ated the scene. Flanking this
' house were giant magnolias in
। full bloom.
' To one side could be seen
cotton fields in which dark
. ies were bending to their tasks.
J Opposite was a walled garden
' in which roses cascaded from
lacy scroll work arches amid
blossoming dogwood and
1 syringa.
Across the lawn from “Mag
nolia Hall” stood a lovely
white, ivy entwined “tete-a
tete” swing with space for two
couples to sit and enjoy the:
fragrance of honeysuckle and
watch the white doves flying'
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I the rear.
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The orchestra, on a hill of
pines and magnolias, played a
wealth of selections. The hoop
skirted girls and southern gal
lants. many dressed in Con
federate uniforms danced to
the lovely music of Charlie
Jay’s Orchestra.
Refreshments were served
near the mansion porch from
a table covered in white hold
ing a punch bowl embedded in
magnolias. Trays of assorted
cakes and sandwiches were
served by girls from the sopho
more class who wore gingham :
dresses trimmed in white lace
with white pantaloons com
pleted the costumes. For fa
vors the serving girls present
ed each guest with a small
booklet. On the refreshment
table were small china repli
cas of “Magnolia Hall”, Con
federate flags, and swords.
Mrs. R. H. Patterson served
as sponsor for the prom and
was assisted by Mrs. E. G. Mc-
Cants and Dr. and Mrs. W. L.
Dobbs.
The following were present
ed in the Lead Out:
President of Junior Class,
Jerry Bouchillon with Nancy
Holifield.
Vice President of Jr. Class
and Co-Chairman of Prom,
Jackie Smith escorted by Mic
key Goins Lighting Committee.
Secretary of Jr. Class and
Co-chairman of Lobby, Laura |
Mitchell escorted by Howard
Mobley.
Treasurer of Jr. Class, Tommy j
Alexander with Ann Adams.
Reporter of Jr. Class, Jack
Haney and Dianne Moore, Re
porter of Sr. Class.
President of Senior Class,
Pat Campbell with Madelyn
Bates.
Vice President of Sr. Class,
Bobby Lassiter with Jane Cog
gins.
Secretary of Sr. Class, Phyllis
White escorted by William Pe-
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' ters.
Treasurer of Sr. Class, Floyd'
Cross with Harriett Grant.
President of Student council I
Dave Smith and Janelle Wood, i
1 Vice president of Senior Class. I
Co-chairman of Prom, Jimmy
Harwell with Cheryl Pannell.
1 Chairman of Entrance, Gerry
j Lott escorted by Robert Strange.
Co-chairman of Entrance,
Bootsie Hertwig escorted by
l Ronnie Kitchens.
Lobby Chairman, Ann Pat
rick escorted by Monty Laster, j
Chairman of West Wall, Ol
iver Bowden with Vickie Rey
nolds.
Co-chairman of West Wall,
Tommy Brown and Charlene
Hyatt.
Chairman of South Stands,
Lauree Cook escorted by Joe i
Budd.
Co-chairman of South Stands,
Gail Robinson escorted by
Butch Shelton.
Chairman of North Stands,
Norma Wilson escorted by Billy
Cooper.
Co - chairman of North
Stands, Charlene Hicks escort
ed by Mike Hooten.
Construction Chairman, Tho
mas Glanton and Harriett Dietz,
of House committee.
Lighting Chairman, Fred
Lott with Mary Johnson.
Chairman of Orchestra, Peg
gy Allen escorted by Alan
Rowe.
Co-chairman of Orchestra,
I Evalyn Singley escorted by
Dennis Wagner.
Chairman ofHouse Committee
Marjorie Robertson escorted by
! Mike McCala.
Co-chairman of House, Bede
Campbell escorted by Billy
Brooks.
Chairman of Center Decora,
Elizabeth Ann Greer escorted
by Terry Rutledge.
Co-chairman of Center, Mar
gret Rape escorted by Neal
Hinton.
Chairman of Flowers, Bobbie
Elizer escorted by John An-.
derson.
Co - chairman of Flowers,,
Elise Goode escorted by Hutch
Jordan.
Chairman of Favors, Sandy
King escorted by Phil Martin.
Chairman of Programs, Mi
riam Gardner escorted by Den
nis Hammonds.
Co-chairman of Greens work,
Herbie Duke with Kay Moody.
Co-chairman of Art. Cora
Lemke escorted by Roy Tol
bert.
Co - chairman of Serving
Girls, Annette Preston escorted
by Reggie Allen.
Chairman of Food and Ser
vice, Dean Stapp escorted by
Wayne Smith.
Co-chairman of Food and
Service, Connie Hopkins es
corted by Jerry Standard.
Chairman of Invitations, Mi
kie Savage escorted by C. B.
Ballew.
Co-chairman of Invitations,
Joyce Byrd escorted by Mack
Slaughter.
Greens chairman, Charles
Loyd with Arlene Martin.
The following girls from the I
sophomore class served: Rose
mary Laster, Nancy Holifield,
Jane Richardson, Carol George,
Day Morcock, Betty Faith
Jaynes, Jane Moore, Carol
Burch, Janet Bell, Suzanne
Adams, Sandra Lester, Carolyn
Darby, Roslyn Harper, Dianne
Hale, Judy Fincher, Delores
Haney, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick,
Jordye Bailey, Barbara Stalls
worth and Delores McMullins.
Choir Party Held
Thursday At Home
Os Fred Lotts
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Lott on Madison High
way formed the setting for a
congenial choir party last
Thursday evening when they
entertained 20 members of the
First Baptist Church Choir
with an delightful party after
choir practice.
After enjoying coffee and
pie at the attractively decorat
ed home the group gathered in
the spacious living room for an
enjoyable social hour during
which time old time songs and
spirituals were played and
sung.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sin
cere appreciation and gratitude
for the many lovely flowers,
trays, cards, prayers and every
kindness extended during the
illness and our bereavement at
the passing of our beloved hus
band, father and brother. May
God bless and keep you.
Mrs. Bill Harwell,
Charles. Ralph,
Marguerite and June.
Mrs. J. S. McGanty.
Green Thumb Garden Club Held May
Meeting At The Porterdale Hotel
The Green Thumb Garden Club
held its final meeting of the club
year on Thursday. May 11 at the
Porterdale Hotel. This was a lunch
j eon meeting and installation of
I new officers.
Following a delicious meal. Mrs.
! Milton McLaney gave a very inter-
I esting and helpful demonstration
lon making corsages.
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Mrs. Lilah H. Maddox of Mi
ami, Florida is visiting rela-:
tives here and in Atlanta.
• • • *
Mrs. Claudia Birdsong and
Walker visited Mrs. Annie
i Birdsong in Mansfield, Sunday
afternoon.
» • « •
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Piper
of East Point were the Sunday
spend the day guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Moore and Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Yancey. Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Milner of East Point
visited them Sunday afternoon.
» » » »
Little Miss Barbara Dru
j Capes of Spartanburg, South
Carolina returned home with
her grandparents, Mr. and:
Mrs. Hugh Harris last week to
spend a week, after they had
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Capes.
» » * «
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sav
age and Mrs. Delia Polson vis
ited Mrs. G. W. Whitley in
Lawrenceville, Sunday.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cawhon
and Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Kit
chens were the guests Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Kit
chens in Conyers.
* * • *
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Floyd Sr.,
accompanied her sister, Mrs.
Grace Smith, who had spent
last week with them, to her
home in Sandersville for the
weekend. They all visited rela
tives in Wadley Saturday af
ternoon.
* * • *
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Randall
spent Sunday in Atlanta with
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Marsh.
» • » »
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Crews en
joyed Mothers Day in Atlanta
1 with Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Crews.
« ♦ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jay,
Mrs. Will Jay and Mr. and
■ Mrs. Thomas Jay attended the
’ | wedding in Atlanta Saturday
Newborn M. Y. F.
Met Sunday
The Newborn MYF met May
■ 7, with Dianne Carson giving a
i delightful program the first
part of “What Makes a Chris-
I tian Home?” “Under One
• Roof”. We discussed old and
new business and closed with
the MYF Benediction.
May 14, the MYF meeting
was called to order by the
president. We discussed old and
new business. Liston Durden
had a program on “What Makes
a House a Home?”. We closed
with the benediction.
We cordially invited you to
come to the Newborn MYF car
j wash on Saturday, May 20, at
j 2 O’clock until 5 O'clock at the
I City of Newborn. We are try
ing to raise money to go to
Camp Allison this summer.
One dollar per car.
Gamma TriHi-Y
Begins New
Club Year
The 1961 - 62 business year
of the Newton Gamma Tri-Hi
Y Club began Wednesday, May
' 10, as Carol George called the
meeting to next years prospec
tive members to order. Due to
the insufficient numbers who
voted in last weeks poll, the
election of new officers was
completed at this meeting.
The following officers were
elected: president, Carol
George; vice president, Day
Morcock; corresponding secre
tary, Suzanne Adams; record
ing secretary, Brenda Dickson;
treasurer, Gloria Malcom and
• reporter, Betty Jean McEl
i reath.
, Merie Paden, from the Sen
; ion Tri-Hi-Y, gave an inspiring
j talk on being in organizations
[ with a purpose instead of just
a social club. We enjoyed her
i speech very much and are de
j termined to keep our clubs pur
। pose, the serving of our school.
J To complete the program Jane
Richardson and Day Morcock
; ! conducted a quiz on beauty tips.
' The meeting was adjourned
■ with the benediction.
1 iWe are all looking forward
’ to next year and hope we will
be one of the best Y Clubs in
I Newton County High School's
! history. We will all be work
ing toward the goal next year.'
Betty Jean McElreath
j Reporter (
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The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mrs. Luke Lassi
ter. who welcomed Mrs. Elaine
Ricker, club guest and introduced
and welcomed Mrs. Pat Campbell,
who installed the following slate of
officers with a very impressive
candle lighting ceremony.
Mrs. Bill Vaughn, president:
j Mrs. Oscar Holmes, first vice-
afternoon of Miss Patricia
Tucker, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lucius Tucker, formerly
of Covington, to Douglas Lau
dermilk of Smyrna. Mrs.
Laudermilk is the granddaugh
■ ter and great-granddaughter
[of the Johnny Jays and Mrs.
Will Jay.
• ♦ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hilley:
i spent Sunday in Conyers with
: Mrs. Grady Neeley.
» » • •
Mrs. Andrew Henderson has
returned home after spending a
week in Burlington, North Ca
rolina having returned with her
sister Mrs. J. L. Spinks, who
had been visiting in Coving
ton.
* ♦ ♦ •
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibbs Jr.,
Brenda, Jackie and Greg of
: Madison, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Gibbs and Deelene and Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Gibbs and Bob were
Mother’s Day supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibbs Sr.
♦ ♦ • ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ran
dall and Julie of Chamblee and
Mrs. Gene Walden, Lee and
Alison were the guests of their
mother Mrs. Michele Bouchil
j lon last Sunday.
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The Covington Service Guild
' will meet at the home of Mrs.
; R. P. Campbell on Monday af
' ternoon, May 22 at 3:30 p. m.
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president: Mrs. Luke Lassiter, 2nd;
vice-president; Mrs. Leo S. Mall- i
ard, recording secretary, Mrs.
Mrs. C. W. Crawford, treasurer;
Mrs. James Morgan, assistant sec
retary; Mrs. Frank Stone, Scrap
book; Mrs. Hugh Steele, correspon
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Intosh, reporter; Mrs. James
Hardman, parliamentarian; Mrs.
Lanier Hardman, advisor.
The out-going president, Mrs.
Lassiter, was given a past presi
dents pin in appreciation for her
efforts in making the past club
year a successful one.
Mrs. Hugh Steele was recogniz
ed as having received the most
blue ribbons in artistic arrange
ments and Mrs. Bill Vaughn, the
most blue in horticulture.
Awards were: Mrs. Jimmy Hen
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blue; Mrs. Milton McLaney, red;
Mrs. Ed Hunt, red; Mrs. Hugh
' Steele, red; Mrs. Frank Stone,
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