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Special Conference To Explain
Recent Area Redevelopment Act
Soil, Water
Essay Prizes
Total SBOO.OO
The sixth annual SBOO soil
•nd water conservation essay
contest for all white Georgia
high school students in the Bth
through 12th grades, has been
announced by David Kistner,
President of the Georgia As
sociation of Soil Conservation
District Supervisors.
The contest is sponsored
jointly by the Georgia Bank
ers Association and the Asso
ciation of SCD Supervisors.
First prize for the winning es
say is an SBOO four-year tui
tion scholarship in a standard
college or university, given by
the Bankers Association. In
addition, county and district
prizes will be awarded by lo
cal soil conservation districts.
In 1960, these prizes on a
State-wide basis amounted to
nearly $9,000.
The subject of the 1961 con
test will be: “How to Meet Fu
ture Water Needs Through Soil
Conservation Districts.” The
essay must not contain more
than 1,500 words, to be writ
ten by the contestant. The con
test will end November 3, 1961.
The winner will be announced
at the annual meeting of the
SCD State Association in Ma
eon in December.
“The contest is designed to
impress upon students who
take part the vital importance
of water,” Kistner points out
in his announcement. “Geor
gia has an abundant supply of
water for both agriculture and
industry,” he says, “but it must
be intelligently handled for
continued agricultural and in
dustrial development.
“The Soil Conservation Ser
vice and the District are help
ing farmers plan establish, and
maintain soil conservation
farming systems that conserve
and improve the State’s water
resources,” Kistner says.
“Water resources are also be
ing conserved through the U.
S. Department of Agriculture’s
Watershed and Protection and
Flood Prevention Program,”
he adds.
“The Bankers Association is
vitally interested in soil and
water conservation and feels
that it should be encouraged
to the fullest possible extent,”
President Russell A. Blanchard
says. “We think that the es
say contest represents a med
ium of education that is one
of the most efficient means of.
approach to the matter from
the standpoint of youth edu
cation and the Association is
happy to jointly sponsor the
contest.”
This is the sixth year the
contest , has been held. It has
been sponsored by the Georgia
Bankers Association for the
past three years. In 1960. 9,621
essays were submitted for
judging. The winner was Jere
James of Folkston High School.
Robert W. Goins
Completes Signal
School Course
Army Pvt. Robert W. Goins,
23. whose wife Judith, lives at
508 Floyd St., Covington, re
cently completed the lineman's
course at The Southeastern
Signal School, Fort Gordon,
Ga. During the eight - week
course Goins was trained to
install and maintain aerial
communication wires and ca
bles.
He entered the Army in
February 1961 and completed
basic training at Fort Jackson,
S. C. An employee of the Re
tail Credit Co. in Decatur prior
to entering the Army, Goins
was graduated from Newton
County High School in 1955
•nd from the University of
Georgia in 1960.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Terrell A. Goins, live at 509
Emory SU
The Covington Enterprise, Established in J 864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
How Georgia communities,
cities, and counties can bene
fit from the newly passed Na
tional Area Redevelopment Act
will be detailed at a special
conference scheduled in Atlan
ta, Thursday, July 20, by the
Association of County Com
missioner! of Georgia.
The special “Depressed Area
Conference,” first of its kind
in the nation, is expected to
attract hundreds of county and
city officials, chamber of com
merce leaders, members of lo
cal planning groups, and busi
ness executives from through
out Georgia, Walter B. Dyal, of
Mcßae, president, Association
of County Commissioners of
Georgia, announced.
The session will open with
9:30 a.m. registration at the
Dinkier Plaza Hotel. Sherwood
Gates, chief of the Southeast
ern division office of area op
erations, will explain the re
development act for aiding de
pressed areas. State and feder
al representatives responsible
for administering the act will
participate in a round-table di
scussion. A 12:30 p.m. lunch
eon will conclude the meeting.
“The July 20 meeting,” said
Mr. Dyal, “most definitely will
not be a speech making session.
Most Georgians aren’t yet ac
quainted with the step-by
step requirements necessary to
obtain help for their commun
ities under this new bill.
Through round-table discus
sions, with frequent question
and-answer periods, we ex
plain fully how this can be
done.”
Frank A. Hood, assistant
manager of the Georgia Power
Cuiupany’s area development
division and a member of the
Georgia State Rural Develop
ment Committee's executive
board, pointed out that the na
tional act has specified exact
conditions under which a town
or county may be designated a
depressed area and be eligible
for federal aid.
“This July 20 session,” Mr.
Hood said, “is to mark the first
time these conditions will have
been spelled out in an exten
sive state-wide public gather
ing. The Georgia State Rural
Development Committee urges
all persons who have been in
vited to attend to return their
acceptance notices to the Asso
ciation promptly.”
The utility official explain
ed that the act places “tremen
dous importance” on local lead
ers establishing economic de
velopment plans for their
areas, and their means of sett
ing up these plans will be de
scribed in detail at the Atlan
ta meeting.
Southern Bell
Promotes Two
In Organization
Charles M. Eberhart, South
ern Bell’s General Commer
cial Manager in Georgia for
the past four years, has been
appointed Assistant Vice Presi
dent in Georgia effective
July 15. He will be succeeded
in his present assignment by
John J. Ryan who is now
South Florida Manager with
headquarters in Miami.
Eberhart started with South
ern Bell in 1929. He held po
sitions of increasing responsi
bility in Atlanta and Albany
and served as District Manag
er in Athens and Augusta. He
became Atlanta District Man
ager in 1953. Since 1956 he has
headed the Company’s Com
mercial operations in Georgia.
Ryan is a native of New
York City and a graduate of
Manhattan College. After four
years in the Navy he joined
Southern Bell in Miami in
1947. He has held important
positions in Florida and serv
ed as Training Supervisor in
the Company’s headquarters
in Atlanta from 1950 to 1954
Farmers, workers in pulp
and paper plants, workers pro
ducing pulpwood and people
transporting these materials in
the South receive nearly a bil
lion dollars a year.
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MOBILITY FOB NIKE HERCULES. A reedy-round transportor developed for Army’* NIKE HER
CULES will enable fast moving field armies to add the HERCULES air defense guided missile to M
arsenal of mobile weapon*. NIKE HERCULES will give field armies a high altitude defense capa
bility and will supplement the HAWK, o low-level surface-to-air killer. HERCULES h a supersonic
guided missile with a ronge of over 75 miles and an altitude in excess of 150,000 feet. It cam
carry either a conventional or nuclear warhead.
Salem Revival
July 16-21
Revival services at Salem
Methodist Church will start
Sunday, July 16, with the 11
a. m. worship service and
homecoming. The services will
be held each evening at 7:30
p. m. through Friday, July 21.
Rev. Wayne Fears, pastor of
the church, will conduct the
services each evening.
Dr. Eugene Drinkard, pastor
of the church in 1949, will be
the guest speaker for the 11
a. m. service on Sunday. At the
noon hour a basket lunch will
be enjoyed on the church
grounds. The main feature of
the afternoon will be the ser
vices to be held in the church
when Memories of Salem will
be given.
Ira T. Capes,
Mike McCalla
Enter Navy
Ira Timothy Capes, graduate
of Newton County High, and
Michael Harris McCalla enter
ed the Navy, June 30.
“Tim” Capes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall Capes, Route 2,
Oxford, Ga„ entered the Navy
under the High School graduate
Training Program, whereby he
will be guaranteed a school
upon completing recruit train
ing.
“Mike” McCalla, son of Mrs.
Yancey McCalla, 205 S. Ander
son Ave., Covington went with
Tim to the Recruit Training
Command, San Diego, Califor
nia. Upon completion of 9
weeks of Basic Training, they
will return home on 14 days
leave and then report to their
next duty station.
“The Navy has many oppor
tunities to offer young men that
can qualify, and an extra
special “program” for the High
School Graduate that can qual
ify. You do not obligate your
self to see if you qualify”, says
Kenneth A. Frith, OMI-USN,
chief recruiter for Covington.
See your navy recruiter at
the post office in Covington on
Tuesdays or drop by the office,
on the square in Decatur. Of
fice hours 9-5 Monday through
Fridays, Phone Dr. 8-5126.
Kiwanis Club
Continued From Page 1
Covington Braves Little League
team.
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“Kiwanis Kettle”
Fred Harwell, vice-president
of the local Kiwanis Club,
presided at the meeting while
President Don Wood was at
tending the Kiwanis Interna
tional Convention at Toronto.
• ♦ • •
Homer Sharp, chairman of
the family picnic committee,
announced that plans were un
derway for big barbecue din
ner for members of the Ki
wanians families on Newton
Drive, adjacent to the swim
ming pool. The pool will be
open to swimming by those
present, he stated.
• • * *
Dr. Hagood, in his speech
Thursday, paid a glowing tri
bute to Uncle Nath Thompson,
whom many Kiwanians know
as an Uncle Nath who lived at
Oxford for many years. He said
that “without the help and en
couragement from Uncle Nath
I would not have been able to
finish my high schooling and
college.”
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
Junior Fire
Marshal Meet
Set Aug. 20-26
With between 450 and 500 dele
gates from practically every
high school in the State expected,
plans for Georgia’s Fifth Annual
Junior Fire Marshal Conference at
Lake Jackson FFA Camp August
20-26 are being completed by
Safety Fire Commissioner Zack D.
Cravey.
Commissioner Cravey reports
that Director of School Fire Edu
cation Tom C. Hooper has schedul
ed a brillant array of speakers and
also booked a fine program of lec
' tures and demonstrations.
Heading the list of speakers who
have already accepted is former
Governor Marvin Griffin, who has
addressed all four previous con
ferences; State Scholl Superinten
dent Claude Purcell, whose un
stinted co-operation has been a big
factor in the national attention the
Junior Fire Marshal project has
attracted, and Chairman of the
State Board of Education, James
Peters of Manchester, long a
strong booster for fire safety edu
cation in the schools. Other sche
duled speakers include Senate Pre
sident Pro Tern Carl E. Sanders,
of Augusta, and Representatives
Culver Kidd of Milledgeville and
John Sheffield of Quitman.
United States Senator Herman
E. Talmadge has expressed a de
sire to be present but his attend
ance is contingent on the situation
in Washington during camp time.
“Operations Stopfire” is booked
for a prominent place on the de
monstration schedule. Other live
demonstrations will feature fire
safety by Assistant Chief Ra y
mond W. McGill, head of Plan*
and Training for the Atlanta Fire
Department and his assistant, Lt.
Harold Baker. Captain Leonard
Pitts of Griffin also will present a
fire prevention period. Featuring
water safety will be an exhibition
by the Gainesville Fire Depart-;
ment, directed by veteran Chief
Sparky Spence.
John P. Howard
Serving Aboard
USS Somers
The destroyer USS Somers is
operating as a unit of the Seventh
Fleet in the Western Pacific.
Serving aboard the destroyer is
John P. Howard, fireman appren
tice, USN. son of Mrs. Ella
Howard of Route 2, Covington.
The ship recently completed a!
cruise to Australia to participate ■
in the 19th anniversary celebration :
of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Each year the Australian govern
ment invites units of the far-reach
ing Pacific Fleet to participate in
“Coral Sea Week” —a joint
Australian - American effort —
which commemorates the historic
naval battle that halted the enemy j
advance through the Pacific in i
World War 11.
Commanded by Admiral John
H. Sides, the Pacific Fleet force ’
consists of more than 400 ships i
and 250,000 bluejackets and Marin
es. It is the world’s largest
naval command, responsible for
the security of some 80 million
square miles of Pacific Ocean.
The Somers has visited Hawaii,
the Fiji Islands, the Admiralty
Group and the Marianas since it
left its home port at San Diego,
Calif., and is scheduled to visit
Japan. Formosa, the Philippines
and Hong Kong.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE |
41 Newton County
4-H'ers Attended
Camp Fulton
A week of camping was en
joyed by our Newton County
4-H Club boys and girls at
Camp Fulton near College
Park, July 3 - 7th. Activities
during the camping session
, were varied to include games,
swimming, movies, skits, and
j demonstrations by Georgia Po
, wer Company, Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Com
, pany, and the Georgia Saftey
Fire Commission Office of Zack
D. Cravey. A Joint camp was
held with Henry County this
year.
Assisting with the camping
I program were Eugenia McCart,
Vickie Whisnante, Mrs. Hazel
Malone, Home Demonstration
Agent and Ed Hunt, County ;
’ Agent.
s Those attending the camp are
as follows:
! Pamela Susan Jones, Marion
[ Goss, Julia Adams, Nancy Par
ker, Linda Ann Moon, Robbie
, Ann Fincher, Jan Hitchcock,
" Charlene Stubbs. Frances Bar
, nes, Karen Johnson, Edna Fish
’ er, Kay McAllister, Bonnie L.
Freeman, Thelma F. Jones,
. Bonnie Knight, Sandra Hodges,
Linda D. Standard, Virginia
. Thomas, Stella Hinton, Sheila
Bates, Linda Dale Jones, Suzan
Elliott, Dorothy Cooper, Diane
Martin, Teressa Stone.
Clifford Ellis, Ronnie Aiken,
Philip Owens, Teddy Owens,
Jeffrey Hinton, Eddie Hinton,
Dewey Fisher, Jr., Reuben
Whisnante, Alvin Whisnante,
Wayne Robertson, Artie Hays,
Wayne Sams, Bill Marks, 800
Marks, Joe Parker, and Mac
Gay HI.
Cadet Robertson
On Six Weeks
ROTC Training
Cadet William I. Robertson, son
of William P. Robertson, 20 6
I Elizabeth Street, Covington, is re
ceiving six weeks of training at
the Army Reserve Officer Train
ing Corps (ROTC) summer camp
at Fort Benning, Ga. The training
is scheduled to be concluded on '
July 28.
During this training Cadet
Robertson is receiving practical ex
perience and instruction in tacti
cal, technical and administrative
subjects, with special emphasis
placed on the duties of a second (
lieutenent in an infantry unit.
The 20-year-old soldier is a 1958
graduate of Newton County High
I School and is a student at North
j Georgia College in Dahlonega.
Covington
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
High Low
Wed. Julv 5. 90 63
Thurs. July 6, 89 68
Fri. July 7, 89 66
' Sat. July 8. 85 65
: Sun. Juiy 9. 83 65
Mon. July 10, 81 64
Tues. July 11, 76 63
Rainfall during the week to-
taled 1.30 inches.
OWNERSHIP ’
Ownership of the Southern <
Pine forests is shared by more 1
than 1,800,000 private citizens. ‘
Thousands of acres of under- <
stocked stands of timber are a j
great hindrance to Georgia’s j
' forestry program, says Exten- t
| cion Forester Dorsey Dyer. i
Baptist Leaders
Are Elected
Election of two Georgia
Baptist Convention leaders
was announced today by Dr.
Searcy S. Garrison, Atlanta,
executive secretary - treasurer
of the convention.
The Rev. Earle F. Stirewalt,
pastor of the First Baptist
church, Millen, has been elect
ed as an associate secretary in
the Department of Evangelism
for the convention.
The Rev. Robert E. Black
burn. pastor of the Dawson
Street Baptist church, Thomas
ville, has been named an as
sociate secretary in the con
vention’s Sunday School De
partment.
The action by the Admin
istration Committee of the
Convention’* Executive Com
mittee brings two outstanding
pastors into full-time service
as denominational representa
tives.
Stirewalt, 47, is a native of
Douglas, Ga. He is a graduate
of Mercer University, Macon,
and Andover Newton Theolo
gical Seminary, Newton Cen
ter, Mass.
Blackburn, 31, « native of
Valdosta, has been pastor of
the Dawson Street church since
1958. He is a graduate of Mer
cer University, Macon, and
Southwestern Baptist Theolo
gical Seminary, Ft. Worth
Tex.
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri - County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 506 head of
cattle and 14 hogs Monday for
a total of $39,447.36. Milk cows
and springers topped at $325;
baby calves at $25.00; and pigs
at $16.00.
Price ranges were: hogs,
$15.30 to $18.50; stockers, $13.-
50 to $21.25; calves, $18.25 to
$24.50; heifers, $16.50 to $20.-
50; steers, $17.50 to $23.75;
light bulls, $15.50 to $22.25;
heavy bulls, $17.50 to $20.10;
canners, $10.50 to $11.75; cut
ters, $11.50 to $12.50; and fat
cows, $13.00 to $16.20.
There were 184 shippers and
76 buyers, including 11 pack
-1 ers.
Advance Payments
Continued From Page 1
at least one month’s note or
SIOO, whichever is less.
After extra payments are
made, they may later be re- (
applied to regular monthly pay- ।
ments to prevent the loan go
ing into default, if the lender ,
agrees to such arrangement.
The VA direct loan program
for World War II and Korean .
veterans expires J u 1 y 25,
1962. Korean veterans have un
til January 31, 1965 to apply!
for a VA guaranteed loan. '
Wheeler noted that more than
110.000 veterans or widows
purchased homes under the G1
loan program in Georgia since
1945. 1
Veterans Service offices of
fer information and assistance
on the GI loan program, he
said. The nearest office is at
Newton County Courthouse »nd
the manager is Mrs. Dorothy
Cason.
State C. of C. Sponsors "Career Days'*
1
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STEERING committee of the Edu
cation Department of the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce
discuss plans for "Career Days" to be held throughout Georgia Oc
tober 15 - November 15. Left to right: Dr. Paul West, Superinten
dent of Fulton County Schools and public relations chairman for
the Georgia Education Association; Carl Hodges of Fitzgerald. Ga..
GEA president; Walter T. Cates, executive vice president of the
Chamber; Ashton J. Albert, chairman of the Chamber'* Education
Department; and Dr. Claude Purcell, Superintendent of the State
Department of Edvration. A steering committee of 20 members di
rects and coordinates the STAR. CAREER DAY, and other activ
ities of the Education Department.
I. R. Witthuhn Elected President
Os Kiwanis International
Band Booster
I
Club Met
Tuesday Evening
The Band Booster’* Club
held their first meeting of the
year Tuesday evening, July
11th at the Band Building. Ar
thur Hargrove, incoming Pre
sident, presided and the meet
ing was opened with a prayer
by E. L. Rainey, Club treasur
er.
Mr. Hargrove welcomed all
new and old members and call
ed upon the entire member
ship to help in making this a
big year for the Band. An
nouncement was also made of
the other new officers for the
year, including Mrs. Claude
Jordan, Vice - President: Mrs.
Roy Barnett, Secretary. Rev.
E. A. Calloway, Chaplain: Mrs.
T. A. Skinner, Publicity.
The business portion of the
meeting consisted of outlining
the program for the coming
year including budgetary re
quirements and fund raising
projects. The membership ap
proved the recommendation of
the Executive Committee to
hold the annual band booster’s
barbeque on Wednesday after
noon, August 9th, at the Lions
Club Pavilion. Mr. E. L. Rain
ey, Basil Rigney and Mrs.
; Claude Jordan are in charge of
; the advance ticket sales. All
: band boosters can secure tic
kets by contacting these indi
viduals or by calling at Cov-
I ington Jewelers.
> It was approved that the «n
--. nual Club dues would be five
dollars per band family. Dqfs
may be forwarded to E. L.
Rainey at any time.
Announcement was made of I
a “Name the Band” contest,
which will be forthcoming in
the near future. Additional de
tails of the contest will be pub
lished in the Covington News.
Mr. Rigney, Band Director,
announced that a new instru
ment would be used in the
marching band this year. This
new instrument is the mello
phonium, which will be used in
marching maneuvers in lieu of
the French Horn. Mr. Rigney
stated that to his knowledge
this was the first time that an
organized school band has used 1
this instrument.
The members were informed '
that the band has accepted $n !
invitation to entertain at the!)
Davidson - VMI Football game 1
being played at Davidson Col- '
lege near Charlotte, N. C. in
October. The meeting was then
adjourned.
Betiding Hogs
A little extra bedding can
help avoid many cases of colds
and pneumonia in hogs. The
bedding area doesn’t have to
be large, but it should be un
der a shelter, according to Dr.
O. G. Daniel, head of the Ex
tension animal husbandry de
partment.
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CaatMta
I. R. Witthuhn, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin businessman hai
been named President of Ki
wanis International. He was
elected to the number one Ki
wanis post Wednesday, July 5,
by delegates attending the 46 th
annual convention of Kiwania
International in Toronto, On
tario.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dickey
of Oxford, and Mr. and Mrs.
Don Wood and son of Coving
ton were among the delegates
at the convention. Mr. Dickey
is Lt.-Gov. of the 12th Divi
sion, and Mr. Wood is presi
dent of the Covington Kiwanis
Club.
As head of Kiwanis Interna
tional, Witthuhn will be offi
cial spokesman for 260.000 Ki
wanians in more than 4800
clubs located throughout the
United States and Canada. He
succeeds J. O. Tally, Jr., Fay
etteville. North Carolina at
torney. Tally has held the Ki
wanis presidency since August
of 1960.
Immediately prior to his elec
tion as president of Kiwanis,
Witthuhn served one year as
the organization's president
elect. He has also served two
years as its vice-president, and
two-year terms as a member
of its International Board of
Trustees. He has been a Ki
wanian for twenty-five years.
For two years, Witthuhn serv
ed as chairman of the Kiwanis
International Board Commit
tee on Permanent Home Office
under whose guidance the de
sign and construction of the
new million-dollar Kiwanis
International Building in Chi
cago was accomplished.
Witthuhn is a former presi
dnet, and is currently a direc
tor of the Milwaukee Associa
tion of Commerce. He is a trus
tee of the Milwaukee County
Kiwanis Foundation, which he
organized, a member of the
Milwaukee Better Business
Bureau, and a former president
I of the Milwaukee Civic Alli
ance. He is also a member of
the Mayor's Civic .Progress
Commission. He is active in
work with the Boy Scouts and
the YMCA as well.
In addition to naming Witt
huhn president, the delegates
chose a president-elect, two
vice-presidents, a treasurer,
and six international trustees.
The latter will serve for two
years, joining six holdover
trustees. The total number of
trustees on the Kiwanis Inter
national Board is twelve.
New officers and trustees
are: Merle H. Tucker of Santa
| Fe, New Mexico, member of
| the Kiwanis Club of Gallup,
’ New Mexico, President-elect;
J. C. Robertson, Edmonton, Al
bert and Charles A. Swain,
Cape May, New Jersey, Inter
national Vice-Presidents; C. L,
“Doc” Morris, Springfield, Illi
nois, International Treasurer;
Martin T. Wiegand, Washing
ton, D. C., Edward C. Keefer,
। Oaklahoma City, Oklahoma,
Dr. R. Glenn Reed, Jr., Mari
etta. Georgia, Marshall E. Jet
ty, St. Marys, Pennsylvania,
James M. Moler, Charles Town,
West Virginia and Le Roy J.
Olsen, Provo, Utah, Interna
tional Trustees.
Attendance at the Toronto
Convention of Kiwanis was
more than 18,000, to make it
the largest in the organization’s
46-vear history. In addition to
selecting officers for the com
ing year, the delegates ap
proved a resolution “favoring
the establishment of Kiwanis
clubs in other countries in ad
dition to Canada and the Unit
ed States, under due safeguards
fixed by the Board of Trustees
of Kiwanis International.’’
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