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Last week the press ran
right off and left us in Yellow
stone National Park, in Seven
th Heaven on our Dream Trip.
We cannot leave without ad
ding a postscript concerning the
trees and flowers; and wildlife,
in addition to the black and
cinnamon bear, deer and elk.
Ninety percent of this greatest
national wildlife reservation is
forested. There are the tower
ing lodgepole pines, limber and
whitebark pine, spruce, alpine
and Douglas fir, and Rocky
Mt. and common juniper
(which we have always
thought w’ere cedar), the quak
ing aspens, narrow leaf cot
tonwood, and mountain alder
and willow.
A splash of color here and
there would divulge the exotic
Indian Paintbursh, Wyoming's
state flower; bearberry, sage
brush, Nevada’s state flower,
the evening primrose, menta
z.elia, whose 3 to 5” richly fra
grant, creamy yellow blossoms
open only at nite; the heaven
ly blue mountain blue bell, and
Gentian, the Park's official
flower; and the most gorgeous
combine, just growing like
Topsy!
In all of this beauty, occa
sionally could be spotted moose,
bison, coyote, marmot, chip
munk, weasel (ermine), musk
rat, badger, and woodchuck; in
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Ivey Completes
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AV. C. Ivey, Mayor of Porter
dale for the past 25 years, is
currently observing his 45th
year with the Bibb Manufac
turing Company. Mr. Ivey’s
continuous service record with
Bibb is one of the longest of
any member of the textile fam
ily-
Youth Activity
Week In Covington
July 31-August 3
The First Methodist Church
is having a Youth Activity
Week beginning July 31
through August 3 from 8 to
9:30 each night.
All Newton and Rockdale
Churches are invited to attend.
The service will close at the
end of the week with a picnic
at Binton’s Pond in Starrsville.
Rev. Charles Poole, pastor of
North Covington Methodist
Church, will be the platform
speaker for the week.
Salem Camp Grounds Has Made
Many Improvements Since 1960
Many improvements in t h e
buildings, grounds, and “tent”
area at Salem Camp Grounds
have been made since the an
nual meeting a year ago.
Everything has been pronounced
in readiness for the 1961 meet
ing which starts on Friday,
August 11th, according to C. D.
Ramsey, President of the Sa
lem Board of Trustees.
A new porch has been built
at the Hotel and has been de
dicated to the memory of the
late Judge Clarence Vaughn,
who served as board president
for many years. To make it
complete some 15 new rockers
have been placed on the porch
for the pleasure of guests at
the hotel.
New rooms have been added
to the upstairs of the Hotel
which will create extra facil-
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VOLUME 97
IF FLAPPING SHOALS EMC MEETING FRIDAY
1,670 On Social Security In Newton County
Monthly Income Totals
$83,850 To Recipients
Jim Cook, an insurance executive of Atlanta, gave some
interesting facts and figures pertaining to Social Security
and its administration when he spoke to the Covington Rotary
Club Tuesday at the Teen Can.
Local Churches
To Exchange
Pastors Sunday
The uptown churches in
Covington will exchange pas
tors this coming Sunday and
every fifth Sunday thereafter
in the future. This was agreed
upon by the pastors of the First
Methodist, First Baptist and
First Presbyterian Churches.
This Sunday Reverend Grady
Lively, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, will preach
at the 7:30 services Sunday
night at the First Presbyterian
Church.
Reverend Tom White, pastor
of the First Presbyterian
Church, will preach at the 7:45
services at the First Baptist
Church Sunday ‘night.
Reverend Edgar A. Calla
way, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, will preach at 8
o'clock services of the First
Methodist Church Sunday
Sunday night.
This will be an opportunity
for each pastor and each con
gregation to know one another
better and appreciate each
other more.
The next fifth Sunday will
occur in the month of October
and each pastor will again
speak in a different church at
the Sunday evening services.
Ted Weems Band
To Play At
The Elks Club
Ted Weems and his recording
orchestra, featuring vocalist
Judy Griffin and whistler Jack
Gipson, will be at the Coving
ton Elks Club Tuesday even
ing. August 1. Dancing will be
from 9 until 1 o’clock.
The internationally - famous
band has been one of the most
popular musical organizations
in the country for many years.
Among his many recordings
are “Heartaches,” “Egyptian
ella” and “The Martins and The
Coys.” He has recorded for RCA
Victor, Decca MGM and Mer
cury.
Club officials have stated
that there will be no tables re
served. They suggest that mem
bers and guests come early for
choice tables.
' ities for those desiring to stay
at the Hotel. Also, many im
; provements have been made in
■ the hotel’s kitchen.
A new lighting system has
I been placed around the grounds
back of the cottages. A new
• gravel road has also been built
■ around the cottages.
Extending from the hotel to
the tabernacle is a new con
' crete walk. This will greatly
aid people in case of rain.
Improvements have been
’ made on the spring as well as
the area around the spring and
. near the hotel and tabernacle,
i The complete program for
; the 1961 meeting will be car
ried in The Covington News
I next week. An outstanding ar-
I ray of speakers have been en
•i gaged for the 10-day event.
(Tlii? Ciwuutfmt
Mr. Cook reviewed the his
tory of Social Security from its
inception in 1937 under Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt to
the present day. Especially en
lightening were the figures he
quoted on the S. S. program in
Newton County.
He said that 1,670 persons
in Newton County were now
being paid a total of $83,850
per month from Social Secur
ity. That averages out to be a
little over SSO per person.
Mr. Cook said that when the
program was started in 1937
the average individual payment
was S3O per month and the to
tal for man and wife was S9O
per month. That figure has
now been raised to $144 p e r
month for an individual and
a total for man and wife of
$190.50. He said that by 1975
the aggregate total for man and
wife will be around SSOO per
month.
He said that today there are
some 16-1/2 million people
drawing Social Security and
that by 1970 there will be 22
million.
Mr. Cook was introduced by
Rotarian John Thompson
Visitors at the meeting Tues
day included: Frank Anderson
and Jim Quintrell, guests of
E. M. McCart: Bill Thompson,
guest of Bill Thompson; and
Miss Georgia Antros, guest of
Ed Ricker.
Livestock Sale
Tri-County Livestock Auc-1
tion Company sold 467 head of
cattle and 20 hogs Monday for
a total of $35,935.58. Milk cows
and springers topped at $247.-
50; baby calves at $24.; and
pigs at slt Stockers sold from
$55. to $l4B
New Porch Erected At Salem Hotel Honoring The Late Judge Clarence R. Vaughn, Sr.
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ABOVE IS SHOWN THE PORCH which has been erected on the side of the dining
room of the Salem Camp Ground Hotel. This porch was completed recently and
will honor the late Judge Clarence R. Vaughn, Sr„ who passed away drring the
year. Judge Vaughn was president of Salem Camp Ground Trustees for many
years and at his death it was requested that donations be made to Sa'em Camp
Ground in lieu of flowers. The porch was erected with these funds and a bronze
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1961
S.A. Ginn Honored For 15-Year Selective Service Record
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S. A. GINN, CHAIRMAN of the Selective Service System Local Board, has received a Certificate of
Appreciation and a gold lapel button from President John F. Kennedy. Shown at the presentation
ceremony held in Covington are from left to right: Luther S. Carson, new board member: Mr. Ginn:
Mrs. Alma Jordan, clerk, who made the presentation for Colonel Mike Y. Hendrix, State Director of
Selective Service; and Frank Meadors, board member. Mr. Ginn has served the local board for the
past 15 years.
Newton-Rockdale BSA Swim
Meet at Porterdale Saturday
The Newton - Rockdale Dis
trict Boy Scouts will stage a
Swimming Meet Saturday, July
29 at the Porterdale Pool Di
rectors of the meet will be
Carlos Meyer and Charles Bur
nett. Master of Ceremonies will
be Billy Crowell of Porterdale.
Listed on the days program
will be the crowning of an
Explorer Queen. This will fol
low the water safety show.
Trials for all events in the
swimming meet will start at
-1 7:30 p. m. Registered Scouts
i 13 years of age and under are
' j eligible for the events. First,
I second and third place prizes
> I will be awarded for each event.
i A first place banner will be
■ awarded the winning troop.
I Each troop may enter two boys
in the various classifications.
The order of events are:
25-yard free style. 25 - yard
butterfly stroke, 10 - yard free
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marker will be placed on the porch. In the foreground is shown President C. D.
Ramsey. Jr., turning over the keys to J. T. Jaynes, caretaker, surrounded by a
few members of the Building and Grounds Committee. Those in the picture, left
to right are: J. T. Jaynes, caretaker: T. M. Bates, Aaron Kemp, C. O. Nixon, Robert
Christian, trustees, and C. D. Ramsey, Ji. President of the Salem Camp Grounds
Board of Trustees.
Oxford Lions Now
Selling Brooms
Members of the Ox ford
Lions Club are now selling
brooms, mops, doormats and
whisk-brooms as a community
project to raise funds for their
charitable activities.
The club is also collecting
items for their Goodwill In
dustries program, which is an
annual affair in the communi
ty. Any person who has articles
of clothing, toys, appliances,
j furniture, and etc. are asked to
'contact any member of the
' Oxford Lions or telephone;
I 786-3141.
more than
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
1,000 Members From An
8-County Area Expected
Snapping Shoals Electric Membership Corporation has
announced final plans for its 24th annual meeting of mem
bers at the Salem Camp Grounds in Newton County.
Ginn Receives :
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S. A. Ginn. Chairman of the /
Selective Service System Local ■
Board, today received a Cer
tificate of Appreciation and
gold lapel button from the pre
sident of the United States.
“The nation is indeed grate
ful for the 15 years of uncom
pensated service Mr. Ginn has
served”, the letter accompany
i ing the Certificate stated. Mr.
Ginn was appointed a member
lof the Board in 1945 and be- |
came Chairman in 1960.
The presentation was made
at Covington, Ga. by Mrs. Al- 1
ma V. Jordan filling in f o r
Colonel Mike Y. Hendrix, State
Director of Selective Service.
Mr. Ginn expressed his ap
preciation and also welcomed
new member Luther S. Carson.
The other member of the Board
is H. Frank Meadors.
August Legion
Meeting Postponed
The regular August meeting
of Newton County Post 32
American Legion, scheduled for
Tuesday, August 1, will be
postponed until a later date, ac
cording to an announcement by
C. T. Bohanan, Commander.
Members of the local post
will be notified when the Au
gust meeting will be held.
NUMBER 30
The 1961 meeting will be
held Friday, July 28. An esti
mated 1,000 members from
surrounding counties are ex
pected to be on hand for the
day-long' activities. The Snap
ping Shoals EMC has approx
imately 6,300 members in parts
of eight counties in the area.
Registration tent will open
promptly at 11 a. m. and will
offer a “special early bird”
prize to the first 100 members
who register.
Al 2:30 p. m. the chairman’s
gavel will signal the start of
the business session. The order
of business will include election
of four directors and a report
to the members by Co-op Man
ager J. E. Robinson.
A special eight - man nom
inating committee has offered
■the following names as candi
dates for election to the ten
man board: G. S. Potts of
i Rockdale County; Fred Greer,
Newton County; A. O. Sowell,
Henry; and J. T. Wallace, New
i ton. One vacancy exists on the
board due to the recent death
I of L. H. Cook of Newton Coup
. ty.
I Manager Robinson today re
viewed the past growth and
the future prospects of the lo
cal EMC. He said, “twenty -
four years ago the pioneers —■
some of them are present mem
bers —of Snapping Shoals Co
operative borrowed $90,000 and
built 90 miles of line to serve
270 members. Today the co
operative’s assets total almost
$3,000,000. Over 1,000 miles of
line reach into parts of eight
counties, serving 6,300 mem
bers.
/ “In 1953, after 16 years of
operation, our members used
t 10,000,000 Kilowatt hours of
• electricity. At the present rate
j of growth we will increase our
I
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Homecoming,
Revival Al
Macedonia
The annual Homecoming
Service at Macedonia Baptist
Church will be held Sunday
July 30th. Sunday School be~
gins at 10 A. M. and morning
worship at 11 A. M.
The program will include
special singing and the annual
! Homecoming Day sermon by
the pastor Reverend Leon An
thony, Jr. During the service,
time will be allowed for for
: mer members, visitors and
friends to make brief comments
of memories that Macedonia
holds in their hearts.
Dinner-on-t h e-ground will
be spread at 12:30, and all
members attending are asked
to bring a basket.
Annual Revival will start at
the Sunday evening service and
continue through Sunday, Au
gust 6. Preaching each evening
starting Monday at 7:30 o’clock
will be the Reverend John
Lance, pastor of the Porterdale
Baptist Church.
Music will be under the di
rection of Mr. Edwin Moss. Ac
companist at the piano will be
Miss Katie Jones. Special sing
ing by various groups and the
local church choir will be ren
dered throughout the week.
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