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Chief William R. Holcombe
Is In Charge Disaster Training
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is
an article which ppeared in
a Norfolk, Va., paper recently
concerning William Ralph
Holcombe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Holcombe of Newborn,
Ga.)
PORTSMOUTH—If disaster
strikes, Naval Hospital wants
to be ready to provide maxi
mum aid to area military and
rvilian needs.
To meet such an emergency
whether it be caused by mili
tary action or the result of a
natural calamity, the hospital
has designated a number of
teams with well d-fined func
tions.
There are approximately 500
to 600 persons, both civilian
and military members of the
hospital staff, assigned to bil
lets on various teams planned
to cope with area emergency
aituations.
The plan and its nerve cen
ter, a disaster control center,
have drawn favorable com
ment from both Rear Adm. Ed
ward C. Kenny, (MC) USN,
chief of the Navy’s Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery, and
Rsar Adm. Wallis F. Peterson,
USN, sth Naval District com
mandant.
A giant control board in the
center indicates assignments to
various emergency aid type
units. Later the center is ex
pected to get a radio communi
cation system, Lt. Louis D.
H'ghtower, (MSC) USN. as
sistant administrative officer,
said.
Chief Hospital Corpman Wil
liam Ralph Holcombe, instruc
tor in the hospital’s Enlisted
Training Service and a mem
b°r of the hospital’s disaster
control board, is in charge of
training a number of the teams
on their functions.
Enlisted students in the ETS
are assigned to first aid teams
which would be the first to
reach and possibly treat vic-
Crawford Receives Colonial
20-Year Service Award
C. N. Crawford, Manager of
Colonial’s Covington store,
was among 25 employees of
Colonial Stores Incorporated
receiving a twenty-year ser
vice award at a dinner meeting
held in Atlanta Wednesday,
November 8. Mrs. Crawford
accompanied him.
A. C. Parnell, Colonial’s At
lanta Division General Man
ager, was host at the dinner,
presented a watch or sil
ver service set to each new
member of Colonial s Twenty
Year Club.
Tn addition, 288 employees
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
tims of a disaster. Team lead
ers are responsible for seeing
that members know their du
ties.
Casualties needing more
treatment than the field aid
teams are capable of ad
ministering will be taken
either to field air station or if
their injuries are more serious
to improvised hospital teams.
A number of the supporting
elements in the organization
are manned by civilian em
ployees at the hospital who
have volunteered their services
for assignment to a number of
different teams.
The system operates under
direction of Cmdr. Edward W.
Welch, (MSC) USN, who is
hospital disaster control offi
cer, with Rear Adm. Hubert J.
Van Peenen, (MC) USN, hos
pital commanding officer, in
over-all charge.
Home Decorating
For Christmas
Is TV Subject
Looking for new ideas for
Christmas decorations?
Several new and different
decorating ideas will be pre
sented on WGTV’s Growing
South program at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 1, by Miss
Ava Rodgers, Extension home
furnishings and art specialist.
Several other programs of
interest to the homemaker will
be presented on Growing South
during the week beginning No
vember 27. On Monday, Exten
sion Landscape Specialist T. G.
Willi am s will demonstrate
some home landscape planning
ideas.
Dr. J. G. Woodroof of the
Georgia Experiment Station
will have charge of the pro
gram. “Uses of Pecans,” Thurs
day, November 30.
On Tuesday, the 28th, Dr.
Tom Brightwell of the Coastal
Plain Experiment Station will
C. N. CRAWFORD
will be recognized later this
month on their 15, 10 or 5
years service anniversary.
Mr. Crawford, who lives at
l^ll Francis St., began his Co
lonial career as a part time
clerk. He started full time ser
vice in 1941 and shortly there
after was assigned as Assistant
Manager at Hogansville. He
served in the Armed Service
for two and half years, after
which he returned to Colonial
as Manager at Conyers, later
going to Lawrenceville, and
then to Covington. He has one
daughter, Carole.
The Covington news
Elks To Collect
Ploying Cords
For Hospitals
Do you have any decks of
used playing cards lying around
the house?
Then give them to the Elks.
Local Elks members, in co
operation with the Elks Na
tional Service Commission, will
collect used playing cards dur
ing the month of November
for recreational therapy in
hospitals and institutions.
First call on the cards will
before use in this community.
Then the cards will be distri
buted to other civilian hospi
tals, old age homes, the 172
VA hospitals aided by t h e
Elks year-round, and other in
stitutions. A number will be
Brailled for the blind. Others
will go to victims of cerebral
palsy who use them in the de
velopment of coordination and
dexterity.
Judge James T. Hallinan of
New York, Chairman of the
Commission, says, “The Elks
Cards for the Handicapped
drive is the result of the large
number of requests for cards,
particularly from veterans. One
VA hospital in Skokie, 111., re
ports that playing cards are in
short supply that patients are
half.”
playing with cards torn in
half.”
Urging full support for the
drive, Judge Hallinan said,
“While a deck of cards is com
paratively inexpensive, many
who can derive much enjoy
ment from card games are not
in a position to purchase them.”
Cards for the handicapped
should be complete decks in
good condition.
If you have used playing
cards to donate, take them to
the Elks lodge or place them
in one of the cardboard car
tons placed in stores, banks
and offices for that purpose. If
you prefer, place your used
deck in an envelope, address it
to the local Elks lodge, mark
it “third class mail, merchan
dise” and mail it for six cents
postage.
Martin Lowrey
Dies At Home
Os Sister Here
Funeral services for Martin
S. Lowrey, 67, of North West
Street, Covington, were held
Friday afternoon, November
17, at the Church of God with
Rev. Ronald McDaniel offici
ating. Mr. Lowrey died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. J. R.
Allen, on Thursday, after a
lingering illness. He was a na
tive of Floyd County.
Surviving are four sisters,
Mrs. J. R. Allen, Covington;
Mrs. J. W. Gross, Alabama
City, Alabama; Mrs. J W. Mc-
Guffey and Mrs. George Har
per, both of Griffin.
Interment was in Griffin
Memorial Gardens, Griffin,
with Caldwell and Cowan Fu
neral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Serving as pall
bearers were Alfred Allen,
Carl Dix. Wilbur Chapel, Lin
wood McGuffey, Lamar Mc-
Guffey and Max McGuffey.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
show how to prune grapes.
Dean C. C. Murray of the
College of Agriculture will be
the featured guest on Wednes
day evening, the 29th, on a
program entitled “The Image
of Modern Agriculture.”
Growing South is one of the
educational programs present
ed each week day evening on
Channel 8, the University’s
educational TV station. It is
produced by the Georgia Cen
ter of Continuing Education in
cooperation with the College
of Agriculture.
FIBERGLASS DRAPES
Fiberglass curtains and dra
peries should not be allowed
to run constantly against any
thing but fiberglass. Be sure
they are just shorter than floor
length to avoid abrasion with
the carpet or floor when drap
eries are drawn, suggests Miss
Ava Rodgers, Extension home
furnishings and art specialist.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1961
DR. V. Y. C. EADY, Dean of Emory-Ai-Oxford, confers wiih
several members on ihe Opportunities For Youth Panels at the
recent White House Regional Conference at Nashville, Tenn.
Shown are, seated left io right: David L. Hackett, Executive Di
rector of ihe Presidential Committiee on Juvenile Delinquency
and Youth Game: Mrs. Homer Jonas, Nashville-Davidson County
Followup Committee on the White House Conference on Youth:
Dr. R. W. Penick Appointed
Medical Director Pet Milk Div.
Dr. R. W. Penick, son of Mrs.
M. S. Penick, has been appoint
ed Medical Director for the
Food Products Division of Pet
Milk Company in St. Loms,
Missouri, it was announced to
day by J. A. Dodge, Vice Pres
ident of the Division.
This is a new staff position
in the company. As Medical
Director, Dr. Penick will work
with leading individuals and
organizations in the fields of
medicine and nutrition on the
use and development of food
products. He also will analyze
medical trends that affect the
food industry, and assist in his
company’s food product re
search programs.
A Fellow of the American
Academy of Pediatrics, Dr.
Penick attended Emory Uni
versity and the Medical Col
lege of Georgia. He served his
internship and residency at
Jefferson Davis Hospital, Hou
ston. Texas, Macon City Hos-
University Ga.
Gets $280,900
Science Grant
The University of Georgia
has received a grant of $280,-
900 from the National Science
Foundation.
The grant will support an
Academic Year Institute for
Secondary School Teachers of
Science and Mathematics, un
der the direction of Dr. Jona
than J. Westfall, head of the
University’s botany depart
ment. It will provide liberal
support for 45 participants
during the 1962-63 academic
year and for 30 participants
during the 1963 six-weeks
summer session.
Teachers of 7-12th grade sci
ence and or mathematics in
public, private, or parochial
schools are eligible to apply
for admission to the Institute.
Supervisors of instruction in
mathematics or the sciences in
secondary schools are also eli
gible to participate. To qualify
for stipends, teachers should
be presently employed and
teaching at least one of the
science or mathematics sub
jects, and should have at least
three years teaching experi
ence.
The University has previous
ly received grants for the sup
port of similar Academic Year
Institutes and related Summer
Institutes
Dean Eady On White House Regional Conference Panel
pital, Macon, Georgia, and be
came Assistant Chief Resident
in Pediatrics at Children's Hos
pital of the District of Colum
bia. Following two years in the
U. S. Navy during the Korean
War. he served as an instruc
tor in clinical pediatrics at
George Washington Medical
School. Washington, D. C.
In 1955, he entered private
practice in General pediatrics
in Greenville, S. C.
Dr. Penick is certified by the
American Board of Pediatrics.
In addition to being a Fellow
of the American Academy of
Pediatrics, he is a member of
the American Medical Associa
tion, Greenville County Medi
cal Society, and South Caro
lina Pediatric Society.
Pet Milk Company, founder
of the evaporated milk indus
try, operates more than 80
plants throughout the nation
and in Canada. Its products in
clude Pet Evaporated Milk, Pet
Instant Nonfat Dry Milk, Pet-
Ritz and Swiss Miss Frozen
Pies, Sego Liquid Diet Food
and (in Canada only) Cherry
Hill Cheese and Van Kirk
Chocolate products.
The Dairy Division manu
factures and distributes Pet
fresh milk, Pet ice cream, and
other Pet dairy products in 16
states. The musselman Division
products include applesauce,
apple slices, apple butter, jel
lies, fruit pie fillings, Dawn’s
canned fruits and asparagus,
and other fruit products. The
Funsten Division products in
clude pecans, black walnuts,
almonds and English walnuts.
DR. PENICK
and George C. Thomas, Chairman of the Tennessee Commission
on Youth Guidance. Standing: Dr. Donald G. Sabli, Director of
Pviblic Relations Tenn. Education Assn.: Mrs. J. A. Hill, Vice-
Chairman of Tennessee's Youth Guidance Commission: and Dr.
Eady. The Regional Conference brought together several thous
and citizens from ihe Southeast io discuss National domestic
problems, economic growth and full employment.
Melvin King,
Sam B. Hay
Have Prize Cows
The Holstein-Frlesian Asso
ciation of America has an
nounced the completion of out
standing official production
records by the following reg
istered Holstein cows in this
area.
Lifloc Hay fields Wanda
4654464 owned by Sam B. Hay.
Jr., Covington, produced 19,-
472 lbs. milk and 635 lbs. but
terfat in 321 days on twice
daily milking as a 6-year-old.
Fran Cel Regal Governor
Patty 4501671 owned by Mel
vin King, Covington, produced
15,388 lbs. milk and 585 lbs.
butterfat in 304 days on twice
daily milking as a 2-year-old.
Georgia State College of Ag
ri rulture working in close’ co
operation with the national
Holstein organization, super
vised the weighing and testing
of production as a part of the
official herd testing programs.
These programs provide con
tinuing lactation and lifetime
production records on every
cow in participating registered
Holstein herds.
Veterans Widow
May Get Pension
Widows of all deceased vet
erans of all wars are entitled
to a pension unless they ex
ceed income or assets limita
tions or have remarried, Vet
erans Service Director Pete
Wheeler reiterated this week.
The amount of the pension
which will be paid widows by
the Veterans Administration
when the veteran had no ser
vice-connected disability is de
termined by a sliding scale de
pending upon the widow’s
other income, he said.
Children of deceased veter
ans are also entitled to pen
sions, and in many cases may
be awarded a pension even if
the widow is disqualified be
cause of excessive income or
because she has remarried.
Widows should not attempt
to determine for themselves
whether they are eligible for
a pension, regardless of cir
cumstances. but should call at
an office of the Georgia De
oartment of Veterans Service
for assistance or advise.
As with al! vete-ans’ bene
fits. each case must be decided
on its own merit and it is dif
ficult to properly appraise a
given case solely for the gen
governing the basic
provisions.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Persons Now
Over 65 May
Get 55 Benefits
Are you a working person
65 or over who has never
applied for social security bene
fits? If so, you fill want to ask
your social security office for
a copy of a new leaflet.
Eentitled, “You Don't Have
to Retire Completely to G e t
Social Security Benefits,” the
leaflet explains changes in the
law recently enacted by Con
gress which raise the amount
an older worker can earn and
still collect some benefits in
addition to his earnings.
Older working people, made
eligible to collect some bene
fits because of these changes,
will need to get their applica
tions on file before the end of
January 1962, according to
Joseph R. Murphy, District
Manager of the Atlanta social
security office. Otherwise, they
stand a chance of losing some
of the social security payments
now due them.
He cited the example of a
couple who would be entitled
upon application to monthly
check of SIBO, about the max
imum now payable to a retir
i ed worker and dependent wife.
Under the law in effect un
til the beginning of this year,
Mr. Murphy said, this couple
could not be paid any bene
fits for the year if the husband’s
earnings exceeded S2OBO. Un
der the new law. his earnings
could go as high as $3610 be
fore the couple would have to
forego all of their social secur
ity benefits.
A retired worker with no de
pendents, entitled to a benefit
of $74 (the average now be
ing paid) could earn about
$2300 in a year and still get
some of his benefits.
Many older working people i
have not yet applied for their
social security benefits, Mr.
Murphy noted. He said that |
many of them may not realize
that their earnings are at a
level which will now permit
them to. get some payments.
Some others may be under
the impression that if they earn
more than SI2OO in a year,
they cannot collect any social
security benefits. This is not so,
he said.
Another thing many people
don’t realize is that regardless
of their annual earnings, a so
cial security beneficiary can be i
paid his benefits for any month h
NUMBER 47
Jas. Holifield
Funeral Held
In Covington
James G. Holifield. 77, of
Lakeview Drive, died Satur
day November 18, at his home
after a lingering illness. He
was a native of Butts Countv.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, November 19, at the
Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home with Rev. Henry H. Dil
lard, pastor of the Julia A.
Porter Methodist Church, Por
terdale, officiating.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs,
J. G. Holifield, three sons, E.
J. Holifield, I. A. Holifield, all
of Covington; Asa S. Holifield,
Athens; two daughters, Mrs,
H. M. Madden, Atlanta; Miss
Nell Holifield, Athens; bro
ther, Homer Holifield, Coving
ton; six grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Interment was in County
Line Cemetery, Rocky Plains
Community, with J. C. Harwell
and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Dorsey
Thompson, Harold Thompson,
Grier Holifield, Gibson Holi
field, Gene Warren and Mer
cer Buffington.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family.
President GPBA
To Speak At
Rotary Club
Otis Spillers, President of the
Covington Rotary Club, has
announced that the club will
have as their guest speaker,
William Kirschheim, President
of The Georgia State Bowling
I Proprietors Association.
Mr. Kirschheim is also man
ager of the new Masters Lanes
in Augusta and is a member
of the Augusta City Council.
He is presently the guest of
Gold Crown Lanes in Coving
ton.
Don Wood, Jr.
Joins Life Os
Ga. Insurance
DON WOOD JR.
Don Wood Jr. is now affil
iated with the Life Insurant*
Company of Georgia. Don is a
graduate of Newton County
High School, attended North
Georgia College ’ and Auburn
University where he was a
member of Sigma Pi Epsilon
Fraternity.
He is married to the former
Miss Jackie Jones of Mansfield.
Mrs. Wood attended LaGrange
College and is presently em
ployed at Newton Federal Sav
ings and Loan.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood live at
108 Mill Street in Covington.
■he does not earn more than
SIOO in wages nor work in
self-employment.
The social security district
manager suggested that work
ing people 65 or over who have
not yet applied for their social
security benefits write or phone
the office to get a free copy of
the new leaflet. “You Don’t
Have to Retire Comnletelv to
Get Social Security Benef ; ts,”
The leaflet describes the n o
visions of the law in simple
words and also contains a ta
ble to help the older worker
estimate how much of his bene
fits he can collect if he earns
over $1,200 a year.