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We may as well stop asking
“Who, Me?”, and wipe that in
nocent look off our faces, when
someone reminds us of our
yearning for the good ole sum
mer time, back during the ice
and snow of the winter which
“came to dinner”! We asked
for it —and at temperatures
above the 90s, we have it.
Complaining? Not on your life,
we love it, every steaming min
ute of it! Os course, occasion
ally, we give a thought to why
some of the excess heat might
not be exhausted in a few
geysers, similar to Yellow
stone’s. which are just as ho>
as they look. How do we know?
It took just one blistered in
dex finger to prove it!
On our western trip, we find
ourselves back on the Mt. Car
mel Highway, from Grand
Canyon in Arizona, to Bryce
Canyon National Park, Utah.
Past vermillion, white and pink
cliffs; intriguing chalk white,
checkerboard mesas—so called
because of .the unique checked
pattern in the Indian lime
stone, caused by erosion; and
on into the most beautiful of
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Local Veterans Service
Office Closed Aug. 2-9
Veterans Service Office will
be closed from Wednesday AM,
August 2nd, through Wednes
day, August 9th, 1961. Mrs. Ca
son will be on vacation. Emer
gencies, please call the Atlanta
SDVS, Jackson 5-5501, or Mr.
Evan Jordan, Monticello, Pho^e
4281.
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MISS REEVES
Miss Louise Reeves, who has
served as Director of Curricu
lum for the Newton County
Schools since August 1950, has
accepted a teaching position in
the College of Education at the
University of Georgia in Athens
for the coming term. She will
assume her new duties on
September 1.
Miss Reeves came to Newton
County from Americus where
she taught in the elementary
and high schools for a number
of years. She established the
program of instructional su
pervision in the local school
system and has served as chair
man of the Steering Commit
tee for Curriculum Improve
ment during her term of office.
Miss Reeves holds a BS de
gree from the Georgia State
College for Women, a Masters
degree from Duke University
and she completed her sixth
year of study at the University
of Georgia. She has also done
graduate study at Emory Uni
versity. Mercer University, the
University of Maryland and at
Peabody College.
COVINGTON NEWS |
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The Covinaton Enterp' ed in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 97
SNOW ?.MED CHAIRMAN HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
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Bishop Smith, Dr. Dendy Are Salem Speakers
133rd Annual Meeting
Set August 11 Through 18
Hallowed grounds and old-hewn timbered buildings dear
to the hearts of "Georgia Camp Meeting” folks at Salem
Camp Ground will once again be the scene of activities dur
ing the week of August 11-18 when the 133rd annual meeting
is held in Newton County.
The program committee for
the 1961 Salem meeting has
engaged seven great preachers
to carry out the program for
adults and youth at the meet
ing-
Bishop John 0. Smith of the
Methodist Church in Georgia
will preach at five of the ser
vices in the old tabernacle.
Bishop Smith will have the pul
pit on Sunday morning at which
one of the largest crowds of
the entire meeting is generally
present.
Dr. Marshall C. Dendy, Exe
cutive Secretary of Christian
Education, Presbyterian Church,
of Richmond, Va., will do the
preaching on Saturday evening,
Sunday evening, Monday morn
ing, Tuesday and Thursday
evening, and Monday and Fri
day Mornings.
Bishop Smith will be t h e
preacher for the Friday (8
p. m.), Sunday (11 a. m.),
Monday (8 p. m.), Tuesday 11
a. m.), Wednesday (8 p. m.),
Thursday (11 a. m.), and Fri
day (8 p. m.).
Dr. John Tate. District Su
perintendent of the LaGrange
District, will preach on Sat
urday morning. Dr. Tate is the
Musical Director of the meet
ing also.
Others who will aid the
meeting this year are Dr. Del
ma Hagood, Decatur - Oxford
District Supt., Rev. M. M.
Whittemore of Conyers, Rev.
Grady Lively of Covington, and
Rev. Walter Murphy of Oxford.
The first service of the
meeting in the Tabernacle will
be Friday evening, August 11
at 9 o’clock. Bishop Smith will
preach and the ministers of the
Decatur - Oxford District will
have charge of the special mus
ic.
Saturday will be the first
fullday of the meeting with
services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Dr. Tate will preach the morn
ing sermon and Mr. Dendy the
evening sermon.
Perhaps the biggest day of
the meeting, as it has been in
the past is Sunday. Other than
Sunday School at Salem
Church, three services will be
held — 11 a. m., 3 p. m. and
8 p. m. The speakers respective
ly will be: Bishop Smith, Dr.
Hagood and Dr. Dendy.
Special music is planned for
Rotary Club
Endorses Gas
Referendum
Members of the Covington
Rotary Club enthusiastically
endorsed the upcoming gas
revenue certificate election set
for Covington voters on Wed
nesday, September 6, at their
regular weekly luncheon meet
ing recently at the Teen Can
building.
President Otis Spillers, a far
mer member of the Covington
City Council, stated that the
“need is urgent and we should
not fail to okay the revenue
certificates for this most worth
while city utility expansion
and improvement this fall.”
The club in a show of hands
unanimously endorsed the gas
extension and improvement
program outlined by Coving
ton City officials prior to the
election of Saturday, July 8.
The first election failed to get
the necessary vote - total for
validation.
Rotarians pledged their sup
port to get out the vote on
September 6.
The Covington news
each evening service of t h e
meeting. Among those groups
are: Porterdale Methodist Men’s
Club, Youth Choir of Conyers
Methodist Church, Conyers
Lions Club. Conyers Adult
Choir and Conyers Children’s
Choir.
CD Official To
Speak At Ki wanis
Jack Grantham, Deputy Di
rector Georgia Civil Defense,
will be the guest speaker at
the Covington Kiwanis Club
meeting today (Thursday) at
1 o’clock at Legion Home.
Mr. Grantham is expected to
discuss an important phase of
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Jaycees Sponsor
Tax Information
Program, Monday
The Newton County Javcees,
as a public service, are spon
soring a program on Property
Tax Revaluation, to be present
ed at the Newton County High
School Auditorium at 8:00
o’clock, Monday evening, on
August 7, 1961. This program
is to be presented by C. G.
Campbell, Director, Property
Tax Division, Ad Valorem Pro
perty Tax Unit, State of Geor
gia Department of Revenue. Mr.
Campbell is to be assisted by a
representative of the County
Commissioners Association.
This program is being offer
ed for the primary purpose of
informing the citizens of t h e
county, what a Tax Revalua
tion entails. Everyone is cor
dially invited to attend,” stat
ed James Anderson, President
of the Newton County Jaycees.
Brunswick And
Kiekhaefer
Corp. Merge
B. E. Bensinger, president of
the Brunswick Corporation,
and E. C. Kiekhaefer, founder
jand president of Kiekhaefer
i Corporation, manufacturer of
I Mercury Out-Board Motors, to
| day announced that the two
(companies have entered into a
। merger agreement.
Terms of the agreement,
(marking Brunswick’s entry in
to the out board motor field,
| involves approximately $.34,-
000,000 of Brunswick common
' stock, Mr. Kiekhaefer will be
(named a Corporate Vice-Presi
i dent and he and one of his as
sociates will be proposed for
membership on Brunswick’s
board of directors
The joint announcement em
phasized that Kiekhaefer will
operate as antonimous wholly
owned subsidiary under its
present management with Mr.
Kiekhaefer as president and
chief executive officer.
Mr. Bensinger said, “This
transaction represents Bruns
wick’s latest step in its diver-
I sification program in the out
door and recreational field
which started in 1954.” Found
ed in 1939, privately owned
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3. 1961
Miss Jackie Smith Is Beauty Contest Winner At Swim Meet
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BEAUTY CONTEST WINNER and runner - up at the Newton - Rockdale District Boy Scout swim
ming meet Saturday at Porterdale Pool are shown with officials at the event. From left to right:
Carlos Meyer, master of ceremonies: Miss Dixie Dial, runner-up, representing Post 211 of Oxford:
Miss Jackie Smith, the winner, representing Post 222: Charlie Burnett, contest official. Miss Smith
will now be eligible for the Atlanta Area Explorer Regatta at Lake Spivey later this month.
Mrs. A. L Hargrove Is Homemaker
Os The Year In Newfon County
Mrs. A. L. Hargrove, who
lives on Brown Bridge Road
and is a member of the Salem
Home Demonstration Club, is J
Newton County Homemaker of
the Year and will represent the i
county in the Fourth District,
contest.
Mrs. Hargrove, the mother of
three children, Arthur 13, Ar
lene 15 and Douglas 8, is a
housewife and also just about
the busiest woman in her
neighborhood.
She does a great amount of ।
canning, raises a large garden j
and has some chickens. Other'
than her club work with the,
Salem HD Club she takes an’
active part in 4-H Club work
and the Livingston P-TA. She j
is also very active in the work i
of the Catholic Church in Cov- <
ington. <
Mrs. Hargrove keeps a strict ‘
budget for her family and she 1
plans the meals a month in ad
vance. She has helped her hus- 1
band remodel the “Old Hun
dred” homeplace on Brown i
Bridge Road where the Har
grove family has lived since I
Snapping Shoals Electric Membership Cooperative Prize Winners At Annual Meeting
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PART OF THE WINNERS of prize* at the annual Snapping Shoals Electric Mem
bership Corporation meeting Friday at Salem Camp Ground are shown in the
picture above. Some 673 members of the co-operative registered at the meeting
at which four director* were named for the coming vear. Officials of the local
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her husband retired from Naval
| service.
The Hargroves have built
I three chicken houses without
J any outside help. Much of the
j improvements to their home
has been accomplished by t h e
I Hargroves themselves, at mini
, mum cost.
Finalists of the 10 districts in
the state will be in the Home
makers’ Day contest at t h e
Southeastern Fair, Atlanta,
Thursday, October 5.
Cub Pack 58
To Reorganize
Herbert Vining, Cubmaster
of Pack 58, sponsored by t he 1
Covington Rotary Club, h a si
called a meeting Friday August
4 at 8:00 p. m. at the Newton
Federal Building.
All den mothers and assis- ‘
tant den mothers are invited to
attend this organizational
meeting and make plans for the
1.961-62 Cub Scout year in
Pack 58.
Nominees For
ASCS Elecfions
By Petition
It was announced this week
by the Newton County ASCS
Office that the slate of nomi
nees will be selected for this
years ASCS committee elec
tions by petition of voters.
Farmers throughout the coun
ty will be asked to furnish
nominees by petition to the
presently serving community
committees in care of the ASCS
County Office by August 4. Pe
titions must be signed by 10
or more eligible voters. Com
mitteemen now serving may be
included.
After all petitions have been
received, the respective com
munity committees will make
such additional nominations as
are necessary to complete the
slate. The community com
mittees will meet in the Coun
ty ASCS Office on or before
August 10 for the purpose of
completing the slate of nomi
nees.
The county office will mail
out ballots to all known eligi
ble voters on or before Aug. 15.
EMC said that approximately 1,000 persons were present during the day. Sixty,
two prises were awarded during the program. The complete list of winners is
carried elsewhere in The Covingion News today.
I MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Rob't Fowler, Jas. Morgan
New Members of Authority
B. B. Snow was elected Chairman and Herbert Vining,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Newton County Hospital
Authority at a meeting of the Authority Tuesday afternoon,
July 25, 1961 at the hospital. Mr. Snow has served as Sec
retary and Treasurer since the appointment of the Authority
by Commissioner Ike Robert
son in 1952.
Mr. Snow has done a monu
mental job in the execution of
his duties both in the construc
tion of the original building of
the Newton County Hospital
and the recent addition to that
structure. Mr. Vining, secre
tary and treasurer of Newton
Federal Savings and Loan, As
sociation, was elected as a
member of the Authority in
June 1961. He is well quali
fied to lake over the office of
secretary and treasurer.
Robert Fowler, President of
The Covington Bank and Jim
my Morgan, owner of the Jim
my Morgan Insurance Agency,
were elected as new members
of the Hospital Authority.
The officers and members of
the Authority are: B. B. Snow,
Chairman; S. A. Ginn. Vice-
Chairman; Herbert Vining,
Secretary and treasurer; Leon
Cohen, Mrs. Ruth Sherwood,
Robert Fowler, and Jimmy Mor
gan, members.
The people of Newton Coun
ty are fortunate to have out
standing citizens who are will
ing to serve without pay on
this board directing the opera
tion and setting policy for the
hospital.
The hospital authority pass
ed a resolution on the recen'
death of L. J. Moore, who serv
ed as chairman of that bodj
since it was first organized in
1952. The resolution follows:
INASMUCH as the Newton
County Hospital Authority
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Mt. Pleasant
Homecoming Sun.
Mt. Pleasant Methodist
Church’s annual homecoming
will be held Sunday, August
6 beginning with the morning
worship service conducted by
the pastor, Rev. James W.
Thurman Jr. At noon basket
lunches will be served.
In the afternoon the New
ton County Singing Convention
will be held at Mt. Pleasant.
Revival services will begin
on Monday night. August 7 at
8 p.m. and will continue
throughout the week. Rev.
Thurman will bring the mes-1
sages each evening.
The public is cordially invit- '
ed to attend homecoming and ■
the revival services.
NUMBER 31
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B. B. SNOW
Thieves Ransack
Home Os Man
In Hospital
Just about the meanest
thieves in Newton County are
the culprits who broke into the
home of Henry Greene while
he was a patient at Newton
County Hospital recently suf
fering from a heart attack.
Mrs. Greene, who lives on
the Rocky Plains Road, report
ed that while her husband was
in the hospital some SSOO worth
of silverware, jewelry, dishes,
cook ware, mixer and a TV
set were stolen from their
home.
The Greenes were quite na
turally away from their home
for several days while Mr.
Greene was hospitalized and
then when he was able to be
released from the hospital he
was taken to the home of a
son Herbert Burch, who lives
on Martin Street in Covington.
When Mrs. Greene return'd
home she found the back door
open and the house in a literal
wreck. Dresner drawers, close's
and other places where cloth
ing and valuables are genera'iy
kept was ransacked in vandal
ism fashion.
Newton County officers were
notified of the breakin and thus
far no arrests have been made
in connection with the crime,
Mrs. Greene reported.