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Highlighting the News of the
Week is a great Fourth ’o July
celebration. You were not in
vited? OH but you are here
and now. Don’t make any oth
er plans. That is if you love
and appreciate your Newton
County Hospital. If you read
this column tell everybody,
friends and relatives in othei
counties to be here. What’s it
all about? Well it’s an all day
celebration staged by the New
ton Hospital Authority, of
•which Mrs. Robert Fowler is
President, and Mrs. John Ful
ler is over-all Chairman. Time:
Fourth ’o July . . . which is
next Tuesday morning from 11
o’clock until 6 P.M. IT’S A
CARNIVAL FRIENDS, and
don’t you miss it ... . RIGHT
THISERWAY EVERYBODY,
fun galore . . . and bring some
change with you for all the
proceeds will go to NEWTON
COUNTY HOSPITAL ... well,
that it to the Auxiliary and they
buy furnishings, equipment or
whatever the Hospital needs
most, for YOUR comfort. You
have not been IN the hospital
as a patient yet? Well, I have
and it’s superb. I think I told
you a little while ago of my
stay at Emory Hospital where
I was sent .... It does not
compare with ours . . . Except,
of course, for some specialists,
certain equipment we do not
yet have, etc . . . but if you go
to this hospital in Newton
County and our wonderful doc
tors think you need to go to
Atlanta they send you pos‘
haste. We some day will have
all that equipment if all help
to get it . . . then we can all
stay right here, near our friends
and relatives . . . and that’s
not all, where the loving hands
of “home grown” nurses, First
Aiders who are your neighbors
. . . and all love you, and no
where else on earth can you
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Correspondents
Urged To Send
Copy Monday
Correspondents for The Cov
ington News are asked to send
in their community news early
next week due to July Fourth
holiday Tuesday. There will
Members of the Newton
County Chamber of Com
merce will observe Tuesday,
July 4th as a holiday. Mem
ber firms will resume their
regular Wednesday schedule
July Sth.
be no mail delivery on Tues
day, therefore we are asking
our correspondents to mail in
their copy by Monday.
Public offices at the Newton
County Courthouse, Covington
City Hall and the post offices
in the county, will be closed
on the Fourth of July. Most of
the business firms in the city
and county, and downtown
supermarkets will also be
closed Tuesday.
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PROUDLY HOLDING THE GENERAL EXCELLENCE Plaque awarded to The Covington News
at the National Editorial Association Convention is Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mallard of Covington. Looking
on at Mrs. Mallard's left is past NEA vice-president Theodore A. Serrill of Washington, D. C.,
and Guy Easterly of LaFollette. Tenn., newly elected president of NEA. The award for second
place in the NEA contest was presented to The News Thursday night at the 1961 meeting at Salt
Lake City, Utah.
A Prise-Winning
Newspaper
1960
Better Newspaper
Contests
The Covington Enterprise ~<ta Wished in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 97
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Mill. '. Dollar Shopping Center For Covington
Award Is
Presented At
Salt Lake City
The Covington NEWS climb
ed the heights of near-perfec
tion last week when the paper
was awarded second place in
the National Editorial Associa
tion’s General Excellence Con
test. The award was made
Thursday night at the NEA’s
76th Annual Awards Banquet
at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Only one paper in the entire
United States stood between
The NEWS and the top rung
of newspaper excellence. The
Verona (New Jersey) Verona-
Cedar Grove Times was the
first - place winner in t h e
contest for newspapers with a
circulation of 4,000 to 6,000.
The NEA is composed of 3,300
members in America.
Third - place winner in the
contest was Washington (N. J.)
The Star. Honorable mention
was accorded: Oconomowoc
(Wis.) Enterprise, The Scars
dale (New York) Inquirer,
Cranford (N. J.) Citizen and
Chronicle.
The award this year mark
ed the second successive NEA
contest in which The NEWS
won a citation. In 1960 our
paper was given Honorable
Mention in the general excel
lence contest. The rules in the
1961 contest specified that an
issue of the second week in
October and any other conse
cutive issues must be submit
ted for judging. The NEWS
winning entry consisted of an
October 13, 1961 issue and
December 1 and December 8
issues.
Comments of the judges con
cerning The NEWS follows:
“The Covington News. This
is an excellent newspaper.
Its make-up is bright and
generally good. . . Letters to
the editor indicate a wide
public acceptance of this
newspaper. It appears excel
lent from a mechanical view
point and is very clean. So
cial and society news cover
age was exceptionally good.
Local news and sports cov
erage were in line with this
paper’s fine appearance.”
Other winners in the NEA
General Excellence Contest
(weekly) were:
(Under 2,000 Circulation)
First, Benicia (Calif.) Her-
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PROPOSED SHOPPING CENTER For Covingion is shown in the
architect's drawing above. Builder of the million dollar regional
shopping facility is Forest Lanes, Inc. The first building of the
center is now under construction on the North side of U. S. High-
Emmett Floyd,
Former Resident
Kiwanis Speaker
Rev. Emmett Floyd, pastor
of the Clairmont Hills Baptist
Church in Decatur, will be the
guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at 1 o'clock at Le
gion Home.
Rev. Floyd is a former resi
dent of Covington and was
graduated from Covington High
School. The program today is
in charge of Rucker Ginn, pro
gram chairman for May-June.
Mr. Floyd received his AB
degree from Mercer Univer
sity, Macon, and his BD degree
from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Lou
isville, Ky., in 1951.
He was named Atlanta’s
Outstanding Young Man in
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 1961
Do You Want
To Stay Warm
This Winter?
Covington Mayor Nat S. Tur
ner has asked an important
question right in the middle of
the summertime, but evidently
he is looking to some six
months hence. “Do you want
to stay warm this winter?”
the Mayor queried.
Mayor Turner had reference
to the upcoming SIOO,OOO Re
venue Certificate election for
voters of the City of Coving
ton. He says the money is need
ed for improvements to t h e
city gas system and that some
51 per cent of the registered
voters of the city must approve
the proposal at the ballot box
on Saturday, July 8.
City officials have stated that
the improvements will give the
city gas customers high pres
sure where it is now very low,
afford additional gas storage in
the mains, and also afford an
auxiliary supply in case of
emergency.
Mayor Turner emphasized
that the certificates, if voted
on July Bth, will not increase
the city taxes for the project.
Covington Had
3.22 Inches Rain
During The Week
Temperatures for the p a st
week in Covington as recorded
by Jack Chapman were:
High Low
Wed. June 21. 75 64
Thurs. June 22, 82 61
Fri. June 23. 85 59
Sat. June 24, 84 61
Sun. June 25, 82 63 •
Mon. June 26, 78 66
Tues. June 27, 77 64
Rainfall for the week total-
ed 3.22 inches and for the
month 5.18 inches.
Social Security
Representative
Here Tues.-Thurs.
A representative of the So
cial Security Office, 275 Peach
tree Street. Atlanta, will be at
the Courthouse in Covington
on Tuesday and Thursday from
9 until 11:30 a m.
Starting Thursday, July 6.
persons in Newton County may
secure Social Security bene
fits information two days a
week instead of the Tuesday
only date which had been
scheduled in Covington. (
way 278 at the intersection of Elm Street. The name of the shopp
ing center will be Covingion Meadows and the project will in
volve over 120,000 square feet of buildings. Addison Terry is
president of Forest Lanes, Inc.
Oxford To Get
A New Post
' Office Building
i The Town of Oxford is on
the verge of getting a new
Post Office building, according
; to an announcement by the U.
S. Post Office Department.
The building will have in
terior space of 1,000 square
feet, a 96-square foot platform,
and a 3.500-square-foot pav
ed parking area. The present
interior facilities of the Ox
ford office 15 728 square feet.
Postmaster Wilbur Harwell
said yesterday that he has
been notified of the depart
ment’s plans for a new build
ing. Mr. Harwell stated that
an inspector visited Oxford re
cently and assured him that
he would recommend larger
quarters for the local office.
Senator Herman Talmadge
advised The Covington News
Friday that the U. S. Post Of
fice Department was “adver
tising for bids for construction
on a five - year rental basis
with two year rental options”.
Opening date tor receiving
bids for the new post office
structure in Oxford was Wed
nesday, June 28. The bids will
close on July 27. Information
pertaining to the building spe
cifications and other details
may be secured from Carl
Bolt, Assistant Regional Real
Estate Manager, 428 Federal
Annex, Atlanta, Georgia.
Charles Sherwood
Enters Business
With His Father
Charles Sherwood, son of Mr.
I and Mrs. Aubra Sherwood, is
I now associated with Sherwood’s
Flowers & Gifts, 105 Floyd
Street in Covington.
Charles is a 1955 graduate of
° Newton County High School
and attended Georgia State
College, Atlanta, and the Uni
versity of Georgia in Athens.
He recently served a tour of
duty in the Armed Forces with
overseas duty in Europe.
COVINGTON NEWS
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fcO Today
Joe Stewart Is
New Preacher At
Church of Christ
Joseph E. Stewart is the new
minister for the Covington
Church of Christ. He will as
sume his duties on July 1.
Mr. Stewart is a native of
Woodville, Alabama and has
served congregations in Chat
tanooga, Tenn., Eastman, Geor
gia and Woodville, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are
the parents, of a son, Joseph,
Jr., age 10. They will reside on
Wade Street in Oxford.
The local church of Christ,
located on the new Atlanta
Highway at the western edge
of the city, has been withou*
a regular preacher since Sep
tember, 1960.
Veterans Office
Closed Mon.-Tues.
The Veterans Service Office,
located in the Courthouse, will
be closed Monday, July 3 and
Tuesday, July 4, according to
Mrs. Dorothy Cason, manager.
Covington NEWS Receives Plaque At NEA Convention
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COVINGTON NEWS' second place award for General Excellence in the National Editorial Associ.
aiion contest for 1961 is held by Leo Mallard of The News staff who received the plaque Thursday
at Salt Lake City, Utah. W. L. Simpson, chairman of the NEA Awards Banquet, is shown admiring
the citation which is the second consecutive citation extended The News in the national contest.
In 1960 the paper was given Honorable Mention in the NEA contest. Some 2,000 entries were*
judged in the 1961 NEA Better Newspaper Contest.
THORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Forest Lanes Announces
Plan For Modern Facility
Covington has been selected by Forest Lanes, Inc. as the
site of the South’s first non-metropolitan "Regional Shopping
Center”. This announcement was made today by Addison
Terry of Rt. 3, Covington, Georgia.
"Holiday For
Hospital" Set
For Tuesday
Plans are complete for the
“Holiday For The Hospital" which
will be held July 4th at Legion
Field from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with
Gospel Singing starting at 8 p.m.
by the Harmoneers, Sunlighters
and Wally Fowler.
The Singing will be held at the
football field if weather permits.
If raining it will be held in Newton
High Auditorium. Advance tickets
are being sold at Wood-Dickinson
I urniture Store and Standard Phar i
macy, Porterdale.
In addition to the games and
entertainment formerly announced
there will be a Cake Walk spon
sored by the Newborn Community
Club and the Miniature Garden
Club. The Women of the Episcopal
Church will sponsor a Grab Bag
concession. The Home Demonstra
tion Club is expecting to have a
large variety of food and crafts at
their stand.
Those working diligently for the I
success of the event are:
Mrs. John Fuller, chairman of
Ways and Means; working with
her are Mrs. Charles King, Mrs.
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Covington Mill
Closes For A
Week's Vacation
Covington Mill will be
closed all next week for the
annual vacation period for all
employees. The mill will cease
operation on Saturday, July Ist
at 6 A.M. and will resume ope
rations on Monday, July 10 at
6 A M.
An official of the Covington
Mill stated that the 360 em
ployees would receive some
$35,700 for vacation pay.
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This shopping center, to be
known as Covington Meadows,
will occupy both sides of High
way 278 at the intersection of
North Elm Street. The project
will involve over 120,000 square
feet of buildings. Every foot of
the shopping center will be
air conditioned and exemplify
the most advanced architectur
al design. There will be music
piped throughout all of t h e
buildings, the parking lot, and
concourse.
Addison Terry of the Addi
son Terry Co. (consulting ec
onomists), and President of
Forest Lanes, Inc., points out
that Georgia is passing through
the greatest economic and so
cial change in a century. “Most
of Georgia’s 159 counties are
losing population. The agricul
tural economy that was the
basis of Georgia’s commerce
' has gone through radical
| changes. The primary areas of
! growth in our state are cen
tered around the larger me
tropolitan cities. This is not a
phenomena, however, that is
exclusively Georgia’s. This is
happening throughout the Unit
ed States. The cities are grow
ing, and we are becoming an
urban nation,” he stated.
Covington is fortunate from
several points of view and is
in a position to grow and pros
per due to these economic
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Salem Church
Remodeled Its
Sanctuary
Salem Methodist Church will
hold their first service in the
newly remodeled and decorated
sanctuary on Sunday morning,
July 2, with the 11 a. m. wor
ship service. Rev. Wayne Fears,
pastor of the church, invites
everyone to attend the service
and see the beautiful building
after the completion of t h e
extensive remodeling.
Members of the building
committee are: Matson Miller,
chairman; Clifford Savage,
treasurer; Mrs. Douglas Robert
son, Mrs. H. L. Moore and
Aaron Kemp.