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Nothing so completely brings
out the gypsy in us as this
half-past-summer, not - yei
fall exiravaganza of nature
when leaf and flower pour out
their final vintage of beauty in
a colorful farewell to life. The
resilient, grassy sod of the
fields and woodland are springs
to our steps, and make us for
get the way back is a little
Jonger than it was as we ven
tured forth on a trek into the
beckoning out-of-doors. Even
the moon senses summer’s re
luctance to go, and makes mag
ic of lacey, leaf bowers and
breathless, full blown blos
soms; and in the hush of sil
very stillness challenges the
fact that there is aught but
peace and eternal beauty in
the whole world.
But the moon, nor the sun,
can always flood the world or
our lives, with their brilliance
—for we live in a factual,
realistic world. “Words to Live
By” are beautiful in theory;
but unless translated into ac
tion and deeds, they remain
nothing more than well-turn
ed phrases. The ironical fact is
that some men, or people, as
well as. nations, advocate a
noble creed—for OTHERS to
live by— while chicanery,
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Library Wants
That Summer
Reading List
Have you brought in your
summer reading list to the Li
brary? If not do so at once so
vou will be sure and receive
your reading certificate.
Also a number of boys and
girls have forgotten to return
books that are overdue. Please
bring them in at once so your
cards may be clear. “Happy
Reading Always”.
Mrs. Harry Dietz,
Newton County Library
Is Semifinalist
For Scholarship
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TOMMY BROWN |
The National Merit Scholar
ship Foundation announced
yesterday (Wednesday, Sep
tember 27) that Tommy Brown
of Newton County High School
has been given recognition for
his high achievement in the
initial stage of its seventh an
nual competition.
Tommy attained Semifinalist
etatus through his high score
on the qualifying examination
given last March in more than
15.000 high schools. The Semi
finalist group is composed of
the highest scoring -students in
each state and in the United
States territories. Each now
moves a step closer to winning
a four-year Merit Scholarship
to the college of his choice.
They will take another rigor
oue examination to be given
throughout the nation on De
cember 2. 1961.
Tommv is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Brown, Sr., of Cov
ington Mill. He is a senior in
the Band Homeroom and he is
taking college preparatory
work.
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VOLUME 97
NEWTZ:" COUNTY FAIR OPENS ON MONDAY
Geoi. © Hutchinson Elected Kiwanis President
MdeOfS, Greer Named
Club Vice Presidents For ‘62
George Hutchinson, Principal of the E. L. Ficquett School
of Covington, was elected president of the Covington Ki
wanis Club for the year 1962 at the club’s regular weekly
meeting Thursday at Legion Home. Tl
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GEORGE HUTCHINSON
Rev. Thos. Whi
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Is Kiwanis Club
Guest speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis meeting today
at Legion home at 1 ¢’clock will
be the Reverend Thomas White,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
iChurch, Covington.
Kiwanian Donald Stephenson
has charge of the program to
day and will introduce the
speaker, |
* Ed * -
George Leon Cohen of Atlan
ta, a member of the law firm
of Sutherland, Asvill and Bren
nan of Atlanta and Washington,
D. C., was the guest speaker at
the Covington Kiwanis meet
ing Thursday at Legion Home.
Atty. Cohen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Cohen of Covington,
devoted much of his talk to
problems facing the individual
and businessman in regards to
taxation.
Program Chairman of the
month, Robert R. Fowler, had
charge of the day’s program
and he presented Phillip Co
hen, a brother of the speaker,
who in turn humorously intro
duced Atty. Cohen,
Visitors at the meeting
Thursday included Thomas Ho»l
sea, president, and Robert
Thornton, vice-president, of the
Circle K Club of Emory-Oxford.
Also present were two Key Club
members from NCHS — Henry
Baker and Jimmy Capps.
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Mayor Turner’s
Lake For Fishing
Saturday Bto 6
Mayor Nat 8. Turner’s lake
will be open for use of the
public Saturday, September 30,
from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. for a
full day of fishing for sl. Pro
ceeds from the day’s activities
will go to the Band Boosters
Club, sponsors of the activities,
for the Blue Rambler Band.
Prizes will be offered for the
biggest fish caught during the
day and a concession stand will
be operated by members of the
Band Boosters. |
Come out and enjoy a fuill
day of fishing and lunch at the
concession stand and help the
band with their financial needs!
in repair of horns, purchase of
new instruments, wuniforms,
music and the various other
expenses for the upkeep of a
65 member band. |
The lake is located just be
yond the intersection of Clark
Street and the 7ew Brown
Bridge Road on the spur. |
Che @ovington News
George Hutchinson, Princi
pal of the E. L. Ficquett School
of Covington, was elected pre
sident of the Covington Kiwan
is Club for the year 1962 at the
club’s regular weekly meeting
Thursday at Legion Home.
Rucker Ginn, immediate past
president of the club, read the
list of officer nominations for
the coming year. They were
elected unanimously.
Other officers of the Kiwanis
Club for 1962 are as follows:
Frank Meadors and Bob Greer,
vice-presidents; Tony Wilkie,
secretary; Moody Summers,
treasurer; and board of direc
tors: Ed Hunt, Sam Hay, C. D.
Ramsey, Laverne Cowan, James
Hutchins, Bonham Johnson, Ho
mer Sharp, Don Wood and Ruc
ker Ginn.
I Mr. Hutchinson has been ac
, tive in Kiwanis work for many
years. He is presently chair
man of the club’s boys and girls
' committee.
Taking an active part in Boy
| Scout activities, Mr. Hutchin
son is now the advancement
chairman of the Newton -
Rockdale District, and was the
"chairman of the district in
11955 - 56. He is also presently
2 member of the advisory com
| mittee of the Atlanta Area
| Council. |
| A member of the Covingtona
| First Methodist Church, Mr.
|Hutchinson is the Sunday
| School Superintendent. One of
the highest honors accorded
him since coming to Covington
lin 1950 was his selection by the
| Newton County Jaycees as “The
Outstanding Young Man of the
1 Year” in 1954.
| Mr. Hutchinson, is a native of
Adrian, Ga. He is married to the
former Sara Whatley and they
are the parents of a son, Biff,
age six.
| The new slate of Kiwanis of
ficers will be installed in Jan
|uary.
I-H Leader
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| Thirty Newton County vol
|unteer 4-H Club leaders will
attend a seven-week leaders
training session beginning Oc
tober 2nd, Arthur Hargrove,
chairman of the County 4-H
Advisory Committee reported
today. :
The series of seven sessions
will be held at Henderson’s
Restaurant on Monday nights
for seven successive weeks, he
said.
Newton County leaders are|
among the first to be givenl
benefit of the training course,
which will help them to be
more effective in their work
with 4-H Club boys and girls,
he explained. The sessions will
be conducted by the county
Extension staff with assistance
of members of the state 4-H
Club staff.
Instructors for the first ses- |
sion will be Harold Darden|
and Tom Davis. Mr. Hargrove’
said that the course is limited
[to 30 participants, and thosel
| selected to attend are experi- |
| enced leaders who have beer |
|active in working with 4-H’ers
in the county.
Those who will attend re
present 4-H Club membership
in all Newton County Schools.
Each of these schools will have
{a School Leader, a man and
woman Project Leader. and a
lman and woman Program
Leader, taking the course.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961
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SPELLING BEE WINNERS AND SCHOOL officials are shown
in the picture above at the conclusion of the maich at Ficquett
School Tuesday. From left te right, front row: Tommy Brown,
runner-up 12th grade, Newton County High School: Lingn Stand
ard, first place winner, Livingston School 7th grade: Joyce White,
runner-up 7th grade, Palmer-Stone: Mada Patterson, lst place
winner 12th grade, Newton County High School. Back Row, left
Linda Standard, Mada Patterson
Are County Spelling Champions
Linda Standard of the Liv
ingston School and Mada Pat
terson of Newton County High
School are the champion spell
ers of the Newton County
School System. The spelling
bee was held Tuesday morning
at the E. L. Ficquett School in
Covington.
Miss Standard and Miss Pat
terson are now eligible for the
“Dr. Collins Speeling Bee” at
the Southeastern Fair in At
lanta. The two contests, one
for grades 1 through 7, and the
other for grades 8 through 12,
will be held in the Youth
Building on Friday, October
7th.
Contestants from the various
schools of Newton County who
participated in the contest
Tuesday were:
(Grades 1 through 7):
Ficquett School: John Wayne
Rooks and Mike Pratt.
Heard - Mixon: Rebecca
Slaughter and Linda Anne
Moon.
Livingston: Janet Faye Car
ter and Linda Standard (win
ner).
Mansfield: - Kathy Dennis
and Rissa Spears.
Palmer-Stone: Jovce White’
(runner up) and Glenda Fay
Revetske.
Portérdale: Judy Standard.
(Grades 8 through 12):
Ficquett: Gwendolyn Ann|
Billy Shaw Is !
Elected Senior
Class President }
The Senior Class of Newton
High School elected class of- |
ficers for the 1961-62 class atl
a meeting on Wednesday.
They are as follows: Presi
dent, Billy Shaw; vice-presi
dent, Randall Meadows; secre
tary, Sherry Jeffries; treasur
er, Jerry Bouchillon and re
porter, Laura Mitchell.
Shaw is a member of the
Newton Ram varsity basket
ball team and also the NCHS
baseball team.
Stubbs and Barbara Morgan.
Heard-Mixon: Julius Jones
and Linda Dale Jones.
Livingston: Judith Virginia
Thomas and Linda Mae Allen.
Mansfield: Priscilla Prosser
and Delores Davis.
Newton County High
School: Richard Allgood, Lila
Jo Callaway, Jane Kesler,
Sandra Hodges, Eddie Emith,
Troyanne Thigpen, Tommy
Brown (runner up) and Mada
Patterson (winner).
Miss Lucille Lynch, Newton
County Schools Director of
Curriculum; Miss Clara Mase
Hays, Visiting Teacher; Ho
mer Sharp, Newton County Su
pervising Principal; B. M.
Paden, Livingston; George
Hutchinson, Ficquett School;
and E. D. Whatley, Palmer-
Stone, helped in staging the
local contest. |
Prizes for the state contest in
Pilots To Observe Founder’s Dav
The Pilot Club of Covington will observe Founder’s Day on
October 2, 1961 at the Porterdale Hotel. The guest speaker for
the dinner will be Mrs. Frances Ford, Second Lt. Governor,
District One, Pilot International.
Mrs. Ford is a charter mem
ber of the Pilot Club of Mon
roe, Inc., and has been the His
torian, Parliamentarian, Sec
ond Vice-Presideat and Presi
dent of her club. In addition,
she has served as chairman of
the Finance Committee, Exten
sion Committee and Communi
ty Service Committee. She has
also served as Cominunity Ser
vice chairman for District One.
She has been prominently
identified with church, com
munity and civic affairs of
Monroe and has served in an
executive capacity in their org
executive capacity in their or
ganizations. y
Mrs. Ford is a member of the
First Methodist Church of
Monroe and has been a teach
er in the Junior Denartment
for many years. She is past
to. right: B, M, Paden, Principal, Livingston School; Miss Lucille
Lynch, Director of Curriculum, Newfon County Schools; E. D.
Whatley, Principal, Palmer-Stone School: J. W, Richardson, County
School Suvperintendent: and Miss Clara Mae Hays, Visiting Teach
er. Homer F, Sharp, Principal of NCHS, was not present for the
picture,
’Atlan’ta will be donated by the
'Southeastern Fair. The Bee is
!named for Dr. M. D. Colling,
State Superintendent of Schools
Emeritus.
Ivan Allen Wins
Runoff Election
For Atlanta Mayor
Ivan Allen Jr. won the run
off nomination for the office
of Atlanta Mayor Friday over
Lester Maddox. Mr. Allen poll
ed some 64,000 votes and Mr.
Maddox had some 36.000, ‘
Come January Mr. Allen will |
succeed Mayor William B.|
Hartfield who has held that!
position since 1938. |
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| President of the Wesleyan Ser
|vice Guild and is presently
| secretary of the Guild.
For several years, Mrs. Ford
| was connected with the Wal
ton County school system as
an elementary teacher. She is
presently associated with her
husband in a business in Mon
roe,
Pilot International is one of
five international classified
civic and service organizations
for business and professional
women, similar to men’s clubs
such as Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions
and many others. There are
435 Pilot Clubs with 12,500
members in the United States.
Canada, England, France, Ja
pan and Bermuda. District One
includes 44 clubs in Georgia.
20000
Attends P-TA
PORTERDALE — Dr. J. B.
Mitchell, Jr., President, wel
comed two hundred and five
parents, teachers, and friends
of Porterdale School to the
first PT-A meeting for 1961-
62 on Thursday evening, Sep-.
tember 21, at seven o'clock.
The school lunchroom, scenei
of this recepition-open houss
meeting for the teachers and{
parents to get acquainted was]
beautified with potted chry- |
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NUMBER 39
Week-Event
The annual Newton Counly
Fair will get underway Mon~
day, October 2 at Legion Field
in Covington. The event will
continue through Saturday
night, October Tth.
Sponsor of the fair, the New=
ton County Post 32 American
Legion, has stated that 1961
plans are for the biggest, best
and most elaborate event ever
held in the county. Commander
C. T. Bohanan says that there
will not be any objectionable
shows on the gigantic midway
this year.
Ed Hunt, overall chairman
for the ‘6l fair has announced
plans for a bigger Dairy and
Beef Cattle show. Also there
will be many community a n d
agricultural booths in the Le
gion Exhibit building.
Wednesday has been desig
nated as School Day for white
children and Thursday h a s
been set-aside for colored school
children. All school children
will be admitted free on their
particular day.
.| Another welcome feature
.| again this year will be the Flo
, | wer Show which was started a
. | few years ago. Also the Eastern
| Star will have a booth as well
as the Covington Rotary Club,
Oxford Lions, Covington Jay
cees and Covington Lions Club.
Prize money for first, second
and third place winners in the
exhibits of farm and home will
be awarded this year. Hereto
fore only first and second place
cash prizes were given.
Veterans who are eligible to
join the American Legion are
urged to do so during the fair.
The American Legion 1962
| membership card entitles the
lholder and his immediate fam
’ily free admission to the fair,
Presby. World-Wide
'Commumon Service
" Here Sunday
~ Holy Communion will be ob
served at the regular morning
worship service of The Firsi
Presbyterian Church on Sun
day, Oct. Ist at 11 o'clock,
Fellow-Christians and church
es all over the world will join
together in celebrating The
Lord’s Supper, which was in
stituted by Jesus Christ some
two thousand years ago.
A cordial invitation is ex
tenced to all members and to
all true believers in Christ to
attend this service for your
own spiritual comfort and
growth in grace.
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| Eighth District
!
I Masons To Meet
. At Elberton
I Eighth District Royal Arch
Masons Fall Meeting will be
held in Elberton, Georgia,
Wednesday, October 4th 1961
starting at 2:00 P.M. The dis
trict covers thirteen Counties
and J. V. Kidd of Elberton is
the District High Priest.
| The spring convocation will
| be held .in Madison, Georgia,
| April 4th, 1962. All Royal Arch
| Masons are urged to attend
| this meeting. Dinner will be
{served. The Royal Arch De
| gree will be Conferred. i
! Several Grand Chapter Of
ificers will be presented and
| they will install the officers
for the ensuing year. W. J.
' Dingus, Jr., is Distriet Princis
| pal Sojourner., 1