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Macedonia Baptist Homecoming Program Held Sunday
Building Improvements
Numerous Since 1960
The annual homecoming and traditional dinner-on-the
ground at Macedonia Baptist Church Sunday was an oc
casion long to be remembered by former members and pres
ent Macedonians. A beautiful, bright sun-shinny day greeted
the crowd who came from far and near to renew acquaint
ances and fellowship during the afternoon.
Porterdale Gave
GM To Menial
Health Drive
PORTERDALE—Once again,
citizens of Porterdale worked
together to make another ven
ture, the Mental Health Drive,
a success by contributing $344.-
88 in the drive which has end
ed recently. Those who contri
buted at least a dollar became
members of the Newton Coun
ty Chapter of the Mental
Health Association, which has
interesting meetings periodi
cally and presents outstanding
speakers who give valuable in
formation.
No doubt, the facts that
ninety - seven citizens of the
county are being helped by
hospitalization at the State
Hospital at the present time
and that twenty - eight patients
from this county were admitted
last year urged each one to
take this very important ill
ness and the fund drive ser
iously.
All mills cooperated, as did
the various departments at
Porterdale. In the Neighborhood
Campaign, the following sol
icitors contributed time, effort,
and their funds to promote a
successful drive: Mrs. James
Adams, Mrs. Herman Allen,
Mrs. M. G. Beam, Jr., M r s.
Ines Buckalew, Mrs. Frank
Campbell, Mrs. Frances Cason,
Mrs. Mae Criswell, Mrs. What
ley Curtis, Mrs. W. J. Herring,
Mrs. Lucy Hix, Mrs. Lizzie
Johnson, Mrs. Louella Martin,
Mrs. John Thomas Mills, Mrs.
Kate Moore, Miss Doris Rice,
Mrs. W. H. Walden, Miss Ar
lene White, and Mrs. Dewey
W omack.
Miss Mae Hardman, Social
Worker, served as local chair
man, and C. T. Bohanan, Pay
master, was treasurer.
Annual Hays Family Reunion And Barbecue Was Delightful Occasion
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ANNUAL HAYS FAMILY Reunion and Barbecue was held Sat
urday. Shown in the picture above, are children seated on the
•round, left to right: Mary Ann Hays, Artie Hays, David Hays,
Mike Johnson and Becky Johnson. Middle Row, left to right:
Ralph Johnson, Mrs. Ralph Johnson. Mrs. Mary Alice Reagan,
Mrs. Arthur Hays. Jr., Arthur Hays, Jr., A. E, Hays, Sr Mrs. A.
E, Hays, Sr., Mrs. Harold Robertsou and Mrs. Jack 0 Neil. (Mr.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
| Rev. Leon Anthony, Jr., pas
l tor of the church, gave the de-
I dicatory prayer for the many
| improvements that have been
made since the 1960 homecom
ing at Macedonia. Mention was
made of the completed Sunday
School building and the rest
rooms which have been added
and also the digging of a new
well now giving a plentiful
supply of water.
Rev. Anthony welcomed the
visitors at the 11 a. m. service
and many folks present made
short talks of memories at Ma
cedonia Church in years past.
Present were Mr. and M rs.
Carmen Henderson and family
of Smyrna, Ga. Mr. Henderson
is a former Sunday School su
perintendent of Macedonia
Church, and he led the prayer
during the Sunday School as
sembly.
Revival services are being
held through Sunday evening
of this week with the Reverend
John Lance, pastor of the Por
terdale Baptist Church, doing
the preaching at 7:30 o’colck.
Numbered among the special I
groups rendering music during I
the week were the Porterdale ।
Baptist Choir, Cornish Moun- j
tain Quartet, Mt. Zion Trio, and I
other groups.
During the special homecom- ;
ing occasion many beautiful ।
flowers decorated the church |
sanctuary.
Macedonia is one of the old
est church’s in the county, and
was constituted in 1852.
Rev. Phillips To
Preach at Canaan
Rev. Ladel Phillips will be
the guest minister at Canaan ।
Baptist Church Sunday. Rev.
Phillips is a former pastor of
Zion Baptist Church and is
well-known to many Newton
Countians.
Everyone is invited to come,
and hear Rev. Phillips. Canaan
Church is located on Salem
Road.
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MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH HOMECOMING was held Sunday. Shown
above in the sanctuary of the church are, from left io right: Mrs. Leon Anthony,
Jr., wife of the pastor; Edwin Moss, chorister: Miss Katie Jones, pianist; Lonnie
Guthrie, deacon; Elven Fuller, Training Union Director; Rev. Leon Anthony, Jr.,
Etheridge Hays Family Reunion
Held At Lakeside Summer Retreat
The annual Ethridge Hays
Family Reunion held at “Lazy
Acres”, was a joyous occasion
on last Saturday, July 29, when
the family came from far and
near to enjoy, not only a de
licious barbecue and delicious
home cooked foods, but to re
new the love of family ties,
jand enjoy having close friends
I of long standing in this and sur
rounding towns to join them.
Swimming, skiing and other
outdoor sports were enjoyed
during the afternoon. Surely
no family has done more than
the Hays family to enrich the
cultural and financial growth of
| this community.
One of the delightful features
of the occasion is walking
around the great barbecue
grills, with great charred logs i
Hays' is holding young Larry Reagan). Back Row: Bernard Greer.
Paul Hodgins, Charles Ewing, Lubie Smith, Sanford Clegg, Ed
Hunt, Roy Aiken and Dr. Jack O'Neil. The Hays' reunion is one
of the largest family gatherings in the coivity and many persons
come from distant states. More than 100 persons attended the
event Saturday.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1961
burning, and various kinds of
meats browning, and permeat
ing the atmosphere with that
delicious odor of barbecue you
seldom find elsewhere. Great
pots of Brunswick Stew steam
ing their odors whet the appe
tite to the nth degree.
The Hays Family never for
gets a single colored person on
the farm. They have tables, and
tables of the same delicious
food. After dinner, one of the
most delightful parts of t h e
program is given by the young
colored girls and boys who
bring applause from all with'
their beautiful songs and spiri
tuals.
The Hays Summer Retreat
and lake, with the beautiful
pastures of fine cattle seem
ingly wearing their Sunday
Joe Heard
Joins Staff
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JOE HEARD
Joe Heard of Covington,
former owner and operator of
the Heard Tire Company, has
been named assistant manager
of the Holiday Lanes Bowling
Center in Covington. The Hol
liday Lanes are expected to be
open for business on Septem
ber 9th.
Mr. Heard, a life-long resi
dent of Covington, was grad
uated from Covington High
School and Emory-At-Oxford
College. He also attended the
University of Georgia, Athens.
He is a member of the Coving
ton First Methodist Church.
Covington Elks Lodge. Ma
sonic Lodge and the Covington
Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Heard is the father of
four children, Mrs. Jacki°
Sherwood of Covington. Mis.
Josephine McWilliams of Al
, bany. Ga.. Jill Heard, age 10
and Joe Heard, Jr. age 8.
coats, to stress their beauty,
I; and the home with it’s red car-
I pet out welcoming all invited
guests is truly a haven.
Mr. Paul Hodgins, of Mans
■l field, 85 years young, told of
i; his interesting home, and how,
u now, he lives alone, across the
street from Carmel Church. He
keeps house, walks back and
I forth to his blacksmith shop
^one-half mile from his home,
I where he works every day.
J Among the out of town guests,
’ other than from Covington and
Mansfield, were: Dr. and Mrs.
John O’Neil, of Savannah; Miss
Louise Wilson, Decatur; Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Clegg, Social
Circle; Mr. and Mrs. Luke
Smith. Monticello; Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Sanford, Homestead,
pastor; Bill Dawes, Sunday School Supt. and chairman of deacons; Mrs. Flora
George, oldest member present; Tom Jones, deacon: Mrs. Tom Jones, president of
Woman's Missionary Society; Raymond Bona, treasurer and deacon: and Abner
Harper, deacon.
County Civic
Group Met At
Cousins School
The new County Civics Or
ganization met at the R. L.
Cousins School Monday night
with 17 to hear reports from a
committee on the location for
a swimming pool project. After
months of discussing sites for a
pool, the members present vo
ted on the property near the
high school.
A committee was appointed
to consult the superintendent
and the Board of Education
about the tract of land to lo
cate a swimming pool.
The 1962 membership drive
will begin soon. We are ask
ing all old members to re
new their membership and to
bring in as many new members
as possible.
Eugene Hollingsworth,
chairman.
Mclntosh Rites
Held Mansfield
Sunday, July 30
Funeral services for Thomas
A. Mclntosh of Mansfield, were
held Sunday, July 30, at the
First Baptist Church in Mans
field. with Rev. Alton Miller
officiating.
Mr. Mclntosh, 77, was a na
tive of Walton County but had
' made his home in Newton
i County for many years. He
■ died on Friday in a private
I hospital, where he had been a
patient for the past two months,
following a lingering illness.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
T. A. Mclntosh. Mansfield; one
son, T. V. Mclntosh, Monroe;
daughters, Mrs. Divona Leath
ers. Mrs. G. M. Thomas. At
lanta; Mrs. D. K. Hicks Jr.,
Covington; Mrs. Runnelle Dick
erson. St. Simons; sister, Mrs.
Odessa Moon, Gratis; 11 grand
children and 15 great-grand
children.
Interment was in Center Hill
Cemetery, Gratis, Walton Coun
tv, with J. C. Harwell and Son
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Grandsons served
as pallbearers.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family.
Florida: Mr. A. B. Dennis, Jr.,
Adel, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Broom: Decatur and Mr. and
Mrs. Rosser McDaniel, Stone
Mountain. i
Giant Cucumber
W. H. Morgan of 719 Con
yers Street, brought a cucum
ber to the NEWS office this
week measuring over 12 inch
es in length and weighing two
pounds 12 ounces. He slated
his garden contained a number
of cucumbers in this size range.
Newton Jaycees
Attended District
Meeting, Wed.
Eight Newton County Jay
cees attended the summer dis
trict meeting held in Newnan,
July 26. President of the four
th district, Phil Harrison pre
sided and plans were made for
the years work. Including in the
program was a special meeting
for presidents, vice - presidents,
and a general membership
meeting.
National Director, Joe Shee
han, assigned to the Newton
County chapter discussed plans
with the delegation for a fu
ture meeting with the club here.
Those attending from Newton
County were Matt Klem, past
president, Greeley 711 is, Harry
Cowan, Charles Sherwood,
Kenneth Davis. John Carl
Bledsoe, Don Hopkins, and!
James Anderson, pres.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
Newton-Rockdale Officials At EMC Meet
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SNAPPING SHOALS EMC's annual meeting Friday at Salem Camp
Ground saw these three Newton - Rockdale officials chatting in the
Salem Hotel dining room. Left to right: Judge William (Bill) Dean
of Conyers, Rep. Don Ballard of Newton County, and Rep. Clarence
Vaughn. Jr. of Conyers, who is also the attorney for the Snapping
i Shoals EMC.
A Prize-Winaing
ToW\t!| Newspaper
1960
Better Newspaper
Conteeta
Dr. Belcher, 81,
Died Thursday
Dr. Frances Seals Belcher,
81, dean of the Jasper County
medical fraternity, died Thurs
day at the Jasper Memorial
Hospital in Monticello. Dr.
Belcher had been ill for some
time.
Dr. Belcher graduated from
the old Atlanta Medical Col
lege, which is now Emory Un
iversity, in 1900. A native of
Newton County, he had been
practicing medicine in Jasper
County for 60 years.
At the time of his death he
was chairman of the Jasper
County Board of Health, and
was Jasper County’s physician.
He was a member of the
Monticello Methodist Church,
a Mason, a Shriner, and had
been active in civic and religi
ous activities in the county for
60 years.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Miss Rena Maude
Starr: one son, H. Jack Belcher
of Jacksonville, Fla.: one
daughter, Mrs. Arthur T. Young
of Laurel, Md., and five grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Mon
ticello Methodist Church with
Dr. Frank Moorehead of At
lanta and the Rev. Randall
Williamson officiating.
Revival At
Bethanv Church
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Rev. Wade H. Bell Jr. will
preach the Revival starting
July 31 through August 6 at
Bethany Presbyterian Churgh.
The Service will be held
through the week at 7:45 P. M.
each night. The Rev. Mr. Bell
is pastor of the Midway Pres
byterian Church in Decatur
Georgia.
The choirs of several local
churches will sing during the
nights of the Revival.
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