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Alcovv Homecoming Sunday Marked Start Os Revival
Rev. Newton Scott Speaker;
Rev. Thurman In Revival
By Mary S. Mallard
A splendid day of fellowship and feast, both spiritual and
material, was enjoyed by approximately 200 members and
friends of Alcovy Methodist Church, which launched its an
nual revival with a Homecoming celebration. A former pas
tor, the Rev. Mr. Newton Scott, Chicopee Methodist Church
pastor, brought the Homecom
ing message.
The altar arrangement of
American Beauty roses was
placed in memory of the late
James Emory Bruce.
Those present were cordially
welcomed by the church’s new
pastor, the Rev. Mr. James W.
Thurmon, Jr., prioi to his in
troduction of the speaker, and
services of the revival, with
Rev. Thurman bringing the
messages at 8:00 p.m. each
evening.
Rev. Scott based his sermon
on the parable of the “Tal
ents” found in Matt. 25:14-30,
posing the question, “Why did
Jesus select the one-talent man,
tn drive home his message?”
And, in answer, stated that it
was because He loved and was
concerned about Little People
those possessed of only one tal
ent, but who are willing to
use that talent for Him.
In our day of superlatives,
we too often lose sight of the
importance of the small things
of life, the little person, the lit
tle Church, the little talent,
and their impact in Kingdom
work. God, he continued, can
W’ork wonders with a one-tal
ent man, or a little Church;
and as a case in point named
some of Alcovy’s sons who
have gone into the ministry:
Rev. Larry Mclntosh, pastor
St. Luke’s MR Ch^ch in At
lanta: Clyde Lee: Rev. Albert
B’uce, serving a Rome church;
y'd R°v. Mo! Simons, Carters
viVe M.E. Church.
The only thing needed by a
small man and a small church,
the sneaker stated, is to have
faith in God and in him or itself.
Even the heroes of the Bible,
without their halos and God’s
grace were poor prospects —
Moses, a stammering murder
er; Peter, crude and bungling,
a man who kept his foot in his
mouth most of the time. But.
God took their one talent, and
fashioned it into a halo.
Turning the spotlight from
the parable to today’s profess
ing Christian, Rev. Scott asked
what the individual was doing
w 'h his or her God-given one
talent; and concluded with the
thought that the Church of
God moves on the feet of just
ordinary people.
During the noon hour, when
picnic tables under churchyard
shade trees were laden with
dn'icacies, a delightful season
of fellowship was enjoyed.
The afternoon program con
sisted of congregational and
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RUSSELL DOLLAR, newly-appointed manager of the Holliday Lanes Bowling center in Covington,
gets a "Bon Voyage" handshake from Lanier Hardman (third from right) as he boarded a plane for
the trip to the AMF Instruction School in Chicago, Illinois. Other Holliday Lanes personnel on bend
to see Mr. Dollar on his ’"ay ar? from le” io right: E. E. (Buck) Callaway, Dr. Laverne Cowan, Locke
Glenn (holding the bowling pin), Claude Jordan and E. W. Exley.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen ■ Observer, Established in 1953
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group singing of old time fa
f vorite hymns, with several
s prominent singers participat
j ing, including The Sunset Trio;
the Thompson Sisters of Mon
roe; and Mr. and Mrs. Bonham
r Johnson.
Mrs. Clora Ewing. 77, the
• church’s oldest member; and
1 Mrs. W. M. Mclntosh, whose
i membership extends the great
; est number of years, were both
i present.
Alcovy’s completely reno
i vated sanctuary, and gleam
• ing white exterior, are a far
, cry from its “brush arbor be
l ginning” in 1886. when it was
, known as Rock Cut Protestant
’ Methodist Church, and held
t services in nature’s own temple
; in the summer, and in a small
; schoolhouse near Alcovy sta
. tion in winter months. The
i Rev. Mr. Tom Greer served for
two years as its first pastor.
In 1888 land was donated by
■ S. D. Hight for the erection of
; a building, completed that year,
. and named Alcovy Protestant
, Methodist Church. In 1915 the
i present site was chosen, and
i building material donated by
• Owen Stanton, for a new build
; ing. Records show that Carlton
I Greer was the contractor; Dave
Gibbs and Jim Simons, car
: penters, and that members gave
• of their time and talents in the
• completion of the building,
t Among the past year’s pro
; gressive steps have been the
• exterior painting of the sanc
tuary and Sunday School rooms
i and a new roof, with an out
lay of some $1,100; one new
> primary S. S. Class, of which
Mrs. James Bruce is teacher;
increase of services from once
, a month to bi-monthly; and
. the launching of plans for the
. addition of kitchen facilities
and modern rest rooms.
Alcovy, one of this section’s
most beautiful rural sanctu-
I aries is a tribute to the faith
its members have kept with
। the little band of 16 charter
members of 1886; and with
I the Lord, whom they serve.
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Hot Weather
Jack Chapman announces the
follow ing temperatures
High Low
i Wed. July 19. 88 67
I Thurs. Julv 20, 88 68
i Fri. July 21, 90 66
i Sat. July 22, 89 68
Sun. July 23, 91 69
Mon. July 24. 90 68
I Tues. July 25, 90 67
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GROUPED IN ALCOVY METHODIST Church's sanctuary, Sunday, when their
annual revival was launched with a memorable Homecoming celebrai on, are
shown left to right, seated: Mrs. Clora Ewing, 77, oldest church member: Mrs. W.
M. Mclntosh, whose 60 year membership is longest; Mrs. P. M. Mclntosh, chv, ch
and S. S. secretary and treasurer, and WSCS president; and Mrs. Otis Doster,
stewardess; 2nd row: Mrs. Howard Davenport. S. S. teacher: Mrs. K. M. McDaniel.
Lt. Sam Ramsey
Guest Speaker
Kiwanis Club
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SAM RAMSEY
Second Lt. Sam Ramsey of
Covington, a recent graduate
of Emory University, Atlanta,
will be the guest speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock at Le
gion Home. Dean V. Y. C. Eady
will introduce the speaker.
Lt. Ramsey, a member of
the U. S. Air Force, will re
port to the Officer Supply
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1961
Training School at Amarillo,
Texas, September 20 for train
ing prior to his being assigned j
to the Air Force Base at Mar- 1
quette, Michigan.
Mr. Ramsey, the son of Mr. (
and Mrs. C. D. Ramsey of Cov- |
ington, has been active in the
work of the Key Club while
he was a student at Newton
County High School. He was
also a member of the Circle
K club at Emory At Oxford
College.
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Jack Nelson, investigative
reporter for the Atlanta Con
st'tution. was the guest speak
er at the Kiwanis meeting
Thursday. He was introduced
by Leo S. Mallard, program
chairman for the week.
Mr. Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize ।
winner in 1960 for his news- ’
Homecoming Held At Lovejoy Sun.
Annual Homecoming service and dinner-on-the-ground i
for members and friends of the Lovejoy Methodist Church j
was held Sunday, July 23. Speaker for the homecoming .
service was the Reverend William Paul Callahan, a native ।
son. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Callahan, and
is a graduate of the University
of Georgia and Duke Univer
sity.
Pastor of the Lovejoy Church
is Rev. Robert M. Blasingame.
He presided at the service Sun
day and gave words of welcome
SHOWN IN THE PICTURE ABOVE at the Annual Homecoming Sunday at Love
joy Methodist Church are: front row left io right: Mrs. Clyde Dodd, chairman
Membership and Evangelism: Miss Eugenia McCari. who introduced the Home
coming speaker: Mrs. Buddy Daniel. MYF Counselor: Mrs. Jimmy Nolen, MYF
Counselor, who is seated in front of Mrs. Georgia Edwards, oldest member of the
church; Clyde Dodd, Steward: Erhard Ridling. steward: Mrs. John Smith, presi
dent of WSCS; Miss Jimmie Lou Gillham, church Treas. Carroll Johnston, Steward.
pianist; Dewey Hornby, steward; Mrs. Emory Bruce, stewardess and S. S. teacher;
Mrs. Hobert Davenport and Mrs. James Bruce, S. S. teacher; 3rd row: Kenneth
Mclntosh, MYF president; Dan McCari, steward, P. M. Mclntosh, S. S. Super
intendent; the Rev. Newton Scott, guest speaker; the Rev. Mr. Jame* W. Thur
man, Jr., pastor: C. E. Arnold, steward and chorister; and Howard Davenport,
chairma nos the Official Board.
paper articles exposing condi
tions at Milledgeville State
■ Hospital, told of his experi-
I ences in preparing the articles
' for his newspaper.
He stressed the current need
j for more doctors and nurses
। for the 12.000 patients at the
world’s second largest mental
institution. Mr. Nelson said
I that a building program is now
underway and that the con
ditions at the hospital should
be improved in the near future.
I Visitors at the meeting
Thursday included Virgil Eady,
Jr., Bubba Pratt, Lawson Yow
of Atlanta, and Bill Murray
and Toby Coker of Monroe.
Mulch all transplanted trees
with pine straw, old sawdust
or leafmold, recommends T. G.
Williams, Extension landscape
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to all present.
Rev. Blasingame especially ।
welcomed “three returning ।
■ home to Lovejoy Church.” He ! I
| said “A home is where you can 11
■I go and cannot be refused ad- i
Champion Tomato
Grown Here
Many fine specimens of cab
bage, tomatoes and other sea
sonal vegetables have been
brought in from time to time,
by agriculturalists of the coun
ty, as well as by a few “back
yard” gardners in town.
However, we have yet to see
a tomato which topped one
sent us by C. C. Cowan, who
lives on the Walnut Grove
Road. For several years Mr.
Cowan has experimented in
producing fine tomatoes, with I
such success, and he must have
broken his own record this
year, with the one we were!
fortunate enough to receive.
It weighed 1 lb., 13 oz.
mittance. You are welcome
back to Lovejoy, your ‘Spiri
tual’ home. Your place is set
at the table. Make yourself at
home.”
The topic of the homecoming
sermon delivered by Rev. Cal
lahan was “Thanks Be To God
For His Unspeakable Gift.” He
prefaced his sermon by saying
that it “is a pleasure to return
home to this church and my
many loved ones in this com
munity.”
Back row 1. to r. Emmett Callahan, Steward; J. T. Smith. Steward; J. C. Johnson,
Steward, Wallace Aiken, Steward; Charles Savage, Steward; Rev W. Paul Cal.
lahan. Homecoming speaker; Rev. Daniel Sain, former pastor; Rev. Robt. M. Blasin.
game pastor; Rev. William Strickland, associate pastor; Tommy Lassiter. Steward; W.
Hodaie Lovd Steward; Nathas Johnson, Steward; E. M. McCari, Chairman Of
,:r J Rr - J- ’’lvin Lov J S*.w rd; Wilbur Johnson, Steward: Clomer H. Penning.
lon Steward; Sam Mask. Steward.
Covington Mills
Revival Starts
• Sunday, July 30
Covington Mills Methodist
Church will begin their revival
July 30 through August 6 The
new pastor, Rev. W. H. Kirby,
will be the speaker for t h e
week.
Morning services will be
Tuesday and Friday at 10 a. m.
Evening services will be each
night at 7:30 p. m.
The song leaders will be
Tony Morton and W. A. Child
ers Jr. There will be some spe
cial singing each service.
Everyone is invited to attend)
these services.
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Rev. Grady Lively, pastor of
■ the Covington First Methodist
t Church, gave the invocation.
I Donald Sain, a former pastor,
taught a Sunday School class,
r The Reverend William D.
■ Strickland, associate pastor,
। also had a part on the program.
I Special music was rendered
। by Howard Pickett, accompan
■ ied by his daughter Miss Jean
Pickett. Miss Eugenia McCart
introduced the speaker.
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Teasy Wilson
Dies At Home
After Illness
Funeral services for A S.
(Teasy) Wilson of Covington,
were held Sunday morning at
the Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home, with Rev. Grady Lively,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, officiating.
Mr. Wilson, 78, was born in
Culloden, but had made his
home here during most of his
lifetime. He died at his home
on Friday. July 21, after a
lingering illness. He was a
faithful member of the First
Methodist Church until ill
health forced his retirement
from active participation.
Surviving are one brother,
E. J. Wilson. Spartanbu-g,
c outh Carolina and one sister
Mrs. J. R. Webb. Mrs. D. L.
Linch of Eatonton is his only
other close relation.
Interment was in Culloden
Cemetery, Culloden, with J. C.
Harwell Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pall bearers were Guv
Posers. William Crawford,
Franklin Anderson, Leon
Cohen, R H. Patterson. Thom
as Hays and W. T. Greer Sr.
Mt. Tabor Revival
Starts Sunday
, Rev. Carlton Knight has an
> nounced that revival will begin
at Mt. Tabor Church on Sun-
• day, July 30th. Mr. Knight will
open the revival Sunday with
i morning services at 11 o’clock.
Rev. Andy Summers will be
the guest speaker on Sunday
night.
The revival will run through
Friday night. Evening services
{will begin at 7:45. Music will
be arranged by Mrs. Max Wil
liams.
’ Revival services are pre
sently underway at the Love
■ joy Church with the Reverend
’ Charles H. Duffey, as the
speaker. The evening service
starts at 7:45, with the song
’ service starting at 7:30 o’clock.
Tonight (Thursday) will be
I observed as “Bring-A-Guest
■ Night”. Friday will be “Night
i of Decision,” and Saturday, the
t final service will be “Young
Adult Night.”
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