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By lite Office Boy
Me ’n My Shadow! We’ve
been separated longer than it
seems possible . . . and I’m not
talkin’ about the rainy weather
and no shadow . . . but I hope
we will all be seein’ our shadow
soon . . . with mine home and
the sun shinin’ again.
She called me last night, that
is Monday night I believe, and
11l bet it was their shadows
that clouded things up here
. . . they were in Colorado
Springs . . . and just down
from atop of Pikes Peak! Never
thought they'd get that high
up in the world . . . she even
refuses to ride around the high
peaks in North Carolina. But
they’ve been and seen it all,
besides lugging that plaque the
NEWS won, with them. She
says they clogged up on reser
vations because of the train
loads of vacationers and fin
ally made it for Tuesday, when
they leave there for Dallas,
and on to New Orleans for a
couple o’ days . . then home!
Monday afternoon was a
happy one for me in two ways
. . . she called, and I had the
joy of telling her I got to keep
"our” grandbaby . . . Debbie,
all the afternoon, at our house.
She was as cute as a bug in a
rug . . . likes to look out at
the window at the light . .
maybe the birds . . you can
look into the eyes of s new
baby and just see heaven it
self . . but you can’t tell what
they are seeing or thinking
. . . she’d look awhile and then
look into my eyes and smile as
big . . . and I think she said:
"Oh Sister, I forgot I was at
your house.” But then when
she wants that bottle, the on
ly way she can tell you, is in
no uncertain terms . . . She is
one who does not like to be
inconvenienced in any way
. . . she opens her little mouth
until you can almost see her
loes and lets out the cutest
yell . . . and if you have to
warm the bottle, holding her in
your arms . . and she does not
get it right now . . . Brother
she geis so mad that chin
quivers up a storm! She slept
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Legion Post To
Elect Officers
Tuesday 7 P. M.
Annual election of officers
for Newton County Post 32
American Legion will be held
Tuesday, July 11th at 7 o’clock
at Legion Home.
The election was moved up
one week on account of the
"Holiday For Hospital” at Le
gion Field Tuesday, July 4th.
Present commander of Post 32
is C. T. Bohanan.
At the June meeting of the
local Legion post a nominating
committee was appointed.
Members of the committee are:
Charles C. King, Jr., chairman:
Tv Cason, Homer Hall, Bob
Greer and Bill Galt. As in the
past, candidates may be nomi
na'ed from the floor preceding
the election.
Civil Defense Exercise Held In Covington Friday
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E IV * rL, n t v Courthouse. Shown above is the first "victim" being placed on a stretcher for the
Newton C Y t Hospital. The "victim" isDebr Floyd. Cooper Harwell (left) and Luke Sav
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MAY~= t'URNER APPEALS FOR VOTE SATURDAY
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T •> New Methodist Assignments In County
Almon, Covington Mills
Now Have New Preachers
Only two new pastoral assignments in Newton County
were announced Friday as the North Georgia Annual Con
ference came to an end in Atlanta.
Reverend William F. Kirby re
places the Rev. J. V. Speer at the
Covington Mills Methodist Church.
Mr. Speer announced his retire
ment some few weeks ago. The
only other change in the county
will be at Almon where William G.
Griffin replaces Herbert A. Owen.
Both new pastors are students
at the Candler School of Theology
in Atlanta. Rev. Owen was assign
ed as an assistant at Augusta.
Dr. Delma Hagood is again the
Superintendent of the Decatur-
Oxford District. This will be his
third year in that post.
Rev. G. A. Lively remains at
the Covington First Methodist
Church, and the Rev. Charles
Poole returns to the North Coving
ton church. Rev. Carl Standard is
again assigned to the Oak Hill
Circuit.
Others returning to the county
for another year are: Walter Y.
Murphy at Allen Memorial in Ox
ford, Henry H. Dillard at Porter
dale, Wayne Fears at Salem, As
bury Craft at Newborn, Robert
Blasingame on the Newton Cir
cuit.
William D. Strickland will be the
assistant on the Newton Circuit
and James W. Thurmon will be the
Associate for North Covington.
Patti Robinson,
Tony McGiboney
Tiny Tot Winners
Patti Robinson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Robinson, and
I Tony McGiboney, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack McGiboney,
were named queen and king of
the Tiny Tot Parade held at
Legion Field Tuesday, July
4th.
Mrs. James Purcell, chair
man of the Tiny Tot Parade,
said that a second and third
place selection was not an
nounced in the contest.
The event was part of the
"Holiday For Hospital” held
at Legion Field during the day.
The climax of the Holiday was
Tuesday evening when a Gos
pel Singing was held at the
football field. All proceeds
from the day’s activities went
to the Newton Hospital Aux
iliary for hospital equipment.
Ty Cason Candidate
For Legion Office
Ty Cason Candidate 1-14-2 . . |
Covington’s Ty Cason is a I
candidate for Senior Vice-I
Commander of the Georgia
Department of The American
I Legion.
Cnuuujtntt Jfrw
"Berf Adams”
Opened Sunday
Ten Boy Scout Troops from
the Newton-Rockdale District
of the Atlanta Area Council
were represented at the open
ing day of new Camp Bert
Adams located South of Cov
ington in Newton County.
Homer Sharp is camping chair
man of the district.
Scouts were registered Sun
day from Troops 58, 207, 141.
209. 211, 222. 226, 232, 276
and newly-formed Troop 483
of North Covington area.
Serving on the Camp Staff
from Newton County are: Bob
by Way, Tommy Alexander,
Egee Lassiter, Bobby Travis,
Eddie Smith and Gary Budd.
Two camps are now in op
eration at Camp Bert Adams.
They are Camp Gorman and
Camp Emerson. There are al
ready some 2,100 boys regist
ered for the coming season
which extends through Au
gust 12th.
A full-page of pictures of
the Camp Bert Adams opening
is carried in The Covington
NEWS today.
Six Covington
FHA Members
Now At Camp
Six members of the Coving
ton Future Homemakers of
America Chapter are spending
this week at the FFA-FHA
Camp. Representatives attend
ing are Lila Callaway, Lynn
Barker, Ira Jean Willard, Ka
thy Hardy, Robin Dennison
and Cindy Richardson. Mrs.
McKinsey, Chapter Adviser, is
at the camp with the girls.
Robin and Ira Jean are recrea
tional co-chairman for their
chapter for the next school
term.
Hospital Auxiliary
Meets Thursday
The Newton County Hospital
Auxiliary will meet Thursday, i
July 13, at 10:30 a. m. at the hos
pital dining room. All members
are asked to attend.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1961
Dr. Hagood Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Guest speaker for the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club regular
luncheon meeting today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock at Le
gion Home will be Dr. Delma
Hagood, district superinten
dent of the Decatur-Oxford
District.
Also appearing on the pro
gram will be soloist Mrs. Hugh
McDonald, accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. Martin Goode.
C. D. Ramsey, Jr. is in charge
of the program today.
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Reverend Emmett Floyd, a
former resident of Covington,
was the main speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis Club meet
ing Thursday at Legion Home.
He was introduced by Rev. Ed
gar Callaway, pastor of the
Covington First Baptist Church.
Rev. Floyd is pastor of the
Clairmont Hills Baptist Churcn
of Decatur. He received his
public school education in Cov
ington before being graduated
from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Lou
isville, Ky.
Visitors at the meeting
Thursday included Pete Hard
man, son of Kiwanian Laniei
Hardman; Mel Criswell and
Billy Norton, manager and
player for the Livingston Lit
tle League baseball team.
C. Os C. Meets
On Monday
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce will meet Monday,
July 10 at Buck-’N-Kid Res
taurant at 12:30 p.m.
Dan Clower, president, urges
all members to be present for
the meeting Monday.
Salem Board Os Trustees
Meet And Complete Plans
For Annual Camp Meeting
Salem Camp Ground Trus
tees held their Pre-Camp-
Meeting Sunday afternoon at
Salem Hotel where the trus
tees, their wives and children
enjoyed a delicious luncheon
furnished by Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Jaynes, caretakers.
President C. D. Ramsey, Jr.,
presided, and
after Re ver- Wp*'y WM
end Wayne K
Fears of Salem K
Church had I^^ W >
pronounced the r J®L
invocation, wel- ? V* “ JFg
corned the
Trustees and
their guests, nrf™”
exp r e s s i n gC. D. Ramsey
pleasure at the large number
present.
After the luncheon, the ladies
were excused and the trustees
handled several business mat
ters of importance, with Pres
ident Ramsey presiding.
Bob H. Elliott, secretary and j
treasurer, read the minutes of
the last meeting which were
approved as read. President
Ramsey then called on the
various chairmen to make their
report.
Col. C. R. Vaughn. Jr., made
the report for the finance
committee in the absence of
H. Y. McCord, Jr., chairman,
who is confined in Emory Uni
versity Hospital for examina
tion.
Col. Vaughn reported on
various phases of the raising
of money for the meeting and
Robert Arnold Honorary 4-H Member
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NEW 4-H CLUB MEMBER, Robert Arnold of Covington, chairman
of the Board of Regent* of the University System of Georgia, gets
his membership pin from Miss Gayle Hill of Hawkinsville, presi
dent of the State 4-H Club Council. Mr. Arnold was named an
honorary 4-H Club member at the recent State 4-H Club Council
meeting at Rock Eagle.
Loyd Retires
After 30 Years
As Mail Carrier
D W. Loyd of Newborn, a mail
carrier, retired on June 30 after
thirty-five years of service. He
was always courteous, loyal and
well loved by those he served.
Mr. Loyd received a thirty year
"Safe Driving Award” from the |
Post Office Department in Wash
ington, D. C. on June 9.
Congratulations to Mr. Loyd on
his receiving this award.
stated he had letters ready to
go out to the various people
who had so generously assist
ed financially in the past.
Tom Bates reported for the
Building and Grounds Com
mittee, in the absence of C. O.
Nixon, chairman, who was ab
sent due to bereavement in his
family.
Commissioner Bates stated
he would help spread the rock
which was to be placed on the
road in back of the cabins and
! also would spread soil and
। have the roal ready for the
camp meeting.
Bob H. Elliott made a mo
tion that the trustees purchase
the gravel best suited instead
of accepting the offer of the
Lithonia Granite Co. to donate
waste rock. This was seconded
by V. C. Ellington and car
ried unanimously.
President Ramsey reported
that the porch honoring the
late President, Judge Clarence
i R. Vaughn, Sr., had been com
: pleted and other necessary re
pairs made on the hotel and
a bill for $2600.00 was voted |
to be paid V. C. Ellington for
this work.
President Ramsey brought
I up the fact that several cabins
COVINGTON NEWS I
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1 Stroke Clinic
Friday 1 P. M.
| The next Newton County
'Stroke Clinic will be held Fri
: day. July 7th at City Hall
1 Courtroom at 1 o’clock.
Individual evaluation and in
, structions will be given each
patient attending the clinic.
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GOLDEN FLEECE
MEETS TUESDAY
1 The Regular Communication of I
the Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6
F. and A. M. will be held Tuesday,
; July 11 at 8 p. m. The Master’s
Degree will be conferred. All
I qualified Masons welcome.
had been entered maliciously
recently and some property
destroyed. He suggested that
Continued on Page 25
Girl Scouts Prepare For Annual Day Camp Activities
GIRL SCOUTS Lisa Callaway (left) and Melanie Crawford (right) prepare for the activities at the
Girl Scout Day Camp to be held next week (July 10-14) at the Girl Scout Hut in Covington. More
than 200 girls are expected io attend the daily camp, which is an annual affair.
“MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
City Gas System Needs
Extensions, Improvements
Mayor Nat Turner of Co 1
voters of Covington to cast th
in the SIOO,OOO Revenue Certif
extensions in the city.
SRWBidTiT
Be Let July 27
Road projects have been se
lected for the first contract let
ting under the SIOO million
dollar Vandiver Reconstruc
tion Program, Highway Chair
man Gillis announced today.
Gillis said the first contract
letting will be held July 27,
one day before the regular
Highway Department contract
letting. These projects will to
tal almost sls million dollars,
about half of the first S3O mil
lion dollar bond increment.
They include 73 projects for
widening and resurfacing of
1168 miles of Primary and
Secondary highways located in
86 counties, Gillis said.
Bids were received today
from bonding companies on the
first S3O million dollar incre
ment of the reconstruction pro
gram. Two joint bids were
submitted and the lowest bid,
by the Equitable Securities
Corporation, was accepted.
This bid was for 3.831118 per
cent interest rate on the first
S3O million dollar bond incre
ment.
The Highway Chairman said
I these bonds will be signed on
July 20 and are scheduled for
delivery on July 25.
Included in the road projects
is a 28.4 miles section of State
Route 142 beginning at a point
East of Covington and continu
ing to State Route 16 West of
Eatonton. The contract calls
for widening and resurfacing
the road in both Newton and
Jasper counties.
Pilot Club I
J
Meets Tonight
The Pilot Club will meet 1
Thursday night, July 6, at the '
Board of Education Building.
The Executive Board will meet e
at 7:15 and the Business meet- r
ing will begin at 8 o’clock. (
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try. 11
NUMBER 27
wington has appealed to the
reir ballot Saturday, July Bth
ficate Election for gas system
At present there are about
2.000 registered voters on the
city list and Georgia law re
quires that 50 percent or more
of those must vote in a reve
nue certificate election to vali
date the bonds. Os course, more
than half of those voting must
okay this issue, the Mayor ex
plained.
City officials have stated
that the improvements will
give gas customers high pres
sure where it is now very low,
and afford additional gas stor
age in the mains, and create an
auxiliary supply in case of
emergencies.
"It is very necessary for the
future growth of Covington
that our gas system be brought
up to our present needs,” the
Mayor added. “The voting of
these revenue certificates will
[ not increase the taxes in the
i city.”
"One of the main reasons our
r tax system is among the low
s est in the state is the fact that
- the city owns, the utilities.
- Were it not for the revenues
? from these sources he City tax
> would be about ten times what
' it is today,” he exclaimed. “It
is vital to our city’s residential
and commercial future that our
gas system has necessary ex
tensions to all parts of th*
city.”
The polls will be open at
City Hall at 7 a.m. and will
close at 6 p.m.
Georgia Baptist
Laymen To
Visit Wyoming
In an ever-increasing em
phasis upon evangelism, 21
Georgia Baptist laymen will
spend a week this month in
Wyoming, at their own ex
pense, helping Wyoming Bap
tist churches in programs of
visitation evangelism.
The project, which is direct
ed by the Brotherhood depart
ment of the Georgia Baptist
Convention, gets under way
July 25, and continues through
the 29th.