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VOLUME 97
294 Students At Porterdale
Had Perfect Attendance Record
PORTERDALE — Two hun
dred and ninety - four boys
and girls of Porterdale School
maintained a perfect atten
dance record for the second six
weeks of school.
Listed according to grades,
they were:
FIRST GRADE: Miss Ruby
Jordan, Teacher — Danny Al
len. Scott Bates, Nancy Cro
well, Connie Daniel, Courtney
Dawley, Ray Evans, Billy Fin
cher, Margie Hall, Ronnie
Jones. Mel Savage. Vickie Wat
son. Miss Ruby Lane, Teacher
— Clay Bailey, Randy Ben
nett, Ricky Cason, Colleen Da
vis, Mike Hodges, Al Horton,
Nan Herring, Eve Higginbot
ham, Steve McGee, Dennis Sa
vage. Mrs. Wallace Scar
borough, Teacher — Evelyn
Boozer, Linda Carter, Monty
Hill, Gary Jackson. Stanley
Lowe, Marty Lunsford, Ray
Middlebrooks, Elson Mitchell,
Johnny Tomlin. Vickie Wilson.
SECOND GRADE: Mrs. J. W.
Loyd, Teacher — Katrina
Crowe, Pat Crowe, Mike Cul
bertson, Ginger Freeman. Fay
Garner, Becky Glass, Diane
Goodman, Lena Ingram, Mary
Mason, Joe Patterson, Jane
Polk, Carl Rudolph. Vic Smith,
Ruth Thurmon, Lynn Tread -
well. Miss Sue Thompson,
Teacher — Kevin Bates, Cathy
Canup, Wilda Capps, Susan
Crowell, Gail Hayes, Johnny
Lance, Teresa Layson, Jo Anne
Marable, Kaye Martin. Lynn
Owens, Harold Penn. Teddy Pi
per, Teresa Pittman, Richard
Rogers, Vickie Willard. Miss
Willis, Teacher — Linda Glass,
Vickie Harrison, Steve Jack
ion, Terry Massey, Lee Milli-
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 466 head of
cattle and 13 hogs Monday for
a total of $40,174.25. Milk cows
and springers topped at $272.50
and baby calves at $26. Stock
ers sold from $57.50 to $155.00
Price ranges were: calves,
$14.50 to $27.25; heifers, sl6. to
$23.50: steers, $15.50 to $26.50;
light bulls, $14.50 to $22.50;
heavy bulls, $17.00 to $18.50;
canners, $lO. to $13.; cutters,
$13.00 to $14.50; fat cows. sls.
to $17.80; and hogs, $14.50 to
$15.75.
There were 186 shippers and
83 buyers, including 9 pack
ers.
Power Plants Named In Their Honor
During the past 10 years, each of these four Georgians used
the spade he is wielding to break ground for a power plant
named in his honor. The four plants represent a $193-mil
lion construction cost and a generating capacity of 1,165,000
kilowatts or more than V/i -million horsepower. Shown at
the Oct. 16 groundbreaking for the Georgia Power Com
pany's Plant Harllee Branch, located on Lake Sinclair in
Putnam County, are Heft to right) C. B. McManus, for whom
Plant McManus near Brunswick is named, a former presi
dent of the Georgia Power Company and a retired chairman
of the board of The Southern Company: Harllee Branch, Jr.,
for whom the new plant is named, a former president of
the Georgia Power Company and now president of The
Southern Company: John J. McDonough, for whom Plant
McDonough near Atlanta is named, president of the Geor
gia Power Company; and W. P. Hammond, for whom Plant
Hammond near Rome is named, a retired vice president of
the Georgia Power Compnay.
The Corington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Carington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
gan, Gail Moon, Stanley Moore,
Lamar Sorrells. Carl Steven
son, Kathryn Thacker, Mary
Wells.
THIRD GRADE: Mrs. Alcie
P e n i c k. Teacher — Leslie
Christian, Ricky Cordell, Chris
Dawley. Tommy Hailey, Danny
Hall, Deborah Houston, An
nette Long, Jimmy Lowe, De
borah Lunsford, Bobby Mc-
Gee, Sammy Mitchell. Jeannie
Peters, Joy Scarborough, Ray
Stapp, Marcia Wells. Miss
Lucy Robinson, Teacher —
Mark Christian, Dan Criswell,
Linda Culbertson, Deborah
Dick, Patsy Dickson, Keith Har
per, Judy Herring, Buster He
well, Ted Higginbotham. Jef
frey Mitchell, Ronnie Reid, Re
gina Simpson.
FOURTH GRADE: Mrs. Al
ma Patterson — Belva Crowe.
Edward Crowe, Gerald Ful
ler, Sylvia Hardegree, Deborah
Hawkins, Teddy Horton, Ann
Ingram, Weyman Lumsden,
Darrell Payne, Faye Plymel,
Kaye Plymel, Regina Rey
nolds, Russell Sears, Karen
Shirah, Tim Singley, Betty
Smith, Dianne Stevenson, Paul
Stevenson. Eddy Sullivan, Rol
lie Waldrop, Janice Willard.
Mrs. Douglas Robertson, Teach
er — Andy Capps, Jimmy Free
man, Carol Garner, Kathy
George, Peggy Glass, Lanier
Harcrow, Kathy Hayes, Craig
Hertwig, Ray Hewell, Darrell
Huckaby, Sue Knight, Randy
Layson, Faye Loyd, Debbie
Mitchell, Danny Moore, Myrtle
Payne, Rhonda Payne, Rose
mary Robertson.
FIFTH GRADE: Rev. Wayne
Fears, Teacher — Charles Al
len, Kathy Bennett, Steve Ca
gle, Franklin Capes, Linda
Chapman, Ricky Christian,
Judy Clay, Mike Davis, Kathy
Dunevent, Randy Garner, Cor
rie Hewell, Judy Higginbotham,
Carol Horton, Brenda House,
Tony Moon, Kay Moore, Ka
ren O’Kelley, Marcia Patter
son, Phillip Penn, Wallace
Sears, Susan Stone, Teresa
Webb. Miss Mary Trippe,
Teacher — Wayne Cason,
B r e n d a Chapman, Pricilla
Crowe, Terry Dyer, Linda Fin
ley, Ricky Henderson, Reggie
Henry, Teresa Martin. Bar
bara Mitchell, Jane Mitchell,
Marsha Penn, Karen Rutledge,
Eunice Thacker, Janie Wilder.
SIXTH GRADE: Mrs. Lillie
Mae Morris, Teacher — Don
na Allgood. Tim Allen, Pen
ny Cagle. Judy Childs, Linda
Clegg, Tony Cordell, Matt
Crowell. Tommy Davis, Rita
Or (Unuitigimi
Jack Chapman
Cited By U. S.
Weather Bureau
Jack Chapman, Covington
weatherman, has received a
Service Award Certificate from
the U. S. Weather Bureau “in
grateful recognition of 10 years
cooperative weather observa
tion.”
The certificate and letter to
Mr. Chapman was signed by
F. W. Reichiederfer, Chief Wea
ther Bureau, and William H.
Miller, Supervisor of the Wea
ther Bureau.
Mr. Chapman made regular
weather reports to Cochran
Field in Macon.
Cub Pack 58
Receives Awards
Cub Scout Pack 58 held its
regular monthly Pack Meeting
on Tuesday Night. November
28th.
Cubmaster Herbert Vining
presided over the meeting with
Den 1 conducting the opening
ceremony.
Mr. Vining presented Mr. E.
G. Lassiter who in turn pre
sented the following awards:
Wolf Badges to Clay Summers
and Billy Dawkins, Gold Ar
row Points to Warren Chris
tian and Luke Hill, and Silver
Arrow Points to Bob Mobley
and Bruce McCullough.
Den 3, Den Mothers Mrs.
Walker Harris and Mrs. Jerry
McCullough, presented their
Den in a Magic Show. Magic
was the theme for the month
of November and this show
was greatly enjoyed by all pre
sent. Den 3 Cubs who so ex
pertly presented this show
were: Bruce McCullough, Fred
Alexander, Tony Harris, Ricky
Colquitt, David Jernigan, Wen
dell Myers, and Jim Allen.
There were four Dens with
100 percent attendance for the
month. After all other business
was transacted, a relay game
with paper bags was enjoyed
by all.
There will not be a Pack
Meeting in December, the next
meeting will be held the Fourth
Tuesday in January.
Dimsdale, Rosemary Few. Jer
ry Fisher. Pat Hall, Gail
Harrison, Caroline Head, Steve
Hudson, Sherry Hyatt, Debbie
Long, Neal Lowe, Sally Mills,
Donna Moore, Stanley Owens,
Gary Price, Jimmy Ridlir.g,
Garry Sears. Brenda Smith,
Becky Strawn, Eugene Sulli
van, Gary Taylor. Rev. Frank
Sailers, Teacher — Joyce Aa
ron, Beverly Armistead, Ricky
Bradford, Joe Capps. Jan Ca
son, Peggy Corley, Rita Fish
er, Bobby Freeman, Douglas
Garner, Brenda Harper. Ed
ward Ingram, Linda Lance,
Gerald Lewis, Bonnie Long,
Ronnie Owens, Cathy Patter
son, Danny Parkes, Linda
Penn, Tommy Rogers, Ronnie
Sears, Phil Shaw. Larry Sul
livan, Diane Watson.
SEVENTH GRADE: Miss
Martha Ramsey, Teacher —
Larry Carter, Brenda Cook,
Glenda Cook, Charlotte Daniel,
Ronnald Davis, Teddy Davis,
Brenda Fisher, J. A. Herring,
Reba Milligan, Patricia Payne.
Larry Scarborough, Janice
Waldrop. Miss Pauline Hard
man, Tea'cher — Gayle Allen,
Tony Bennett, Sammy Bowen,
Pat Floyd, Larry Holifield,
Ronnie House, Myron Hucka
by, Danny Johnson, Grover
Johnson, Carol Long, Steve
Lott, Bobb Lummus, Angela
Payne, Randy Payne, Patric
ia Steadham, Diane Thacker,
Tommy Thomason, Dianne
Wells. Mrs. Carter Robertson,
Teacher — Douglas Capps,
Tony Chandler, Gloria Dune
vent, Rhonda Jeffries. Judy
Moore, Rita Rutledge, Judy
Standard. Monty Stone, Con
nie Walden, Anne Wilder, Gary
Wilkerson.
EIGHTH GRADE: Mrs. Char
lotte Adams, Teacher — Jimmy
Blankenship. Robert Clay,
Linda Dalton, Ray Fuller, Bar
bara Head, Brenda Moore, Gail
| Moore, Michael Payne, Danny
1 Richardson, Gene Rowe. Louise
i Savage, Kenneth Smallwood,
■ Regina Thompson, Brenda Wo-
I mack. Mr. Julius Johnson,
I Teacher — Jimmy Gates. Gary
I Hawkins, LaVerne Hewell,
। Thurmond Hudson. Dianne
j Layson, Jimmy Jones, Gary
Lewis, Dianne Ogletree, Bet
ter Price. Jimmy Roulan, Jan
: ice Shannon. Sally Smallwood,
(Jane Sullivan, Jimmy Womack.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1961
STAR Student To Get Trip Abroad
Arrangements for Georgia's top high school scholar to visit
major universities in England, France and Germany were
completed (above) as Ashton Albert (left), chairman of the
Georgia State Chamber of Commerce Education Department,
purchases tcikets from Pan American official Stewart Swift
(right). The tour is among awards provided to Georgia's
STAR Students for outstanding scholastic achievement.
Covington Postmaster Says
"Mail Early For Christmas"
Stressing the need for every
one to cooperate on his 1961
“Mail Early For Christmas”
Stephenson said today, “Early
mailing of all Christmas cards
and gifts is the biggest sin
gle factor in getting everything
delivered before Christmas.”
Naturally, the Post Office
Department plans to expand
its facilities and to provide ex
tra help during the Christmas
rush, but in the final analy
sis, if you’ll follow these three
simple rules, you can be cer
tain not to disappoint friends
and loved ones on Christmas
Day - Wrap your Christmas
gifts securely - Be sure they
are addressed clearly and cor
rectly — and Mail all your
gifts and cards early.
The Postmaster said further,
“I hate to see folks take chan
ces on mailing poorly wrapped
packages. Despite careful
handling every year, too many
packages break open in transit
and too often we have to puz
zle over names and addresses
which are incomplete or simply
cannot be read at all.”
“If you have any articles of
unusual size or bulk, better
check with the Post Office be
fore attempting to mail them.”
The Post master warns. The
limits on size and weight of
packages varies, depending on
where you mail your package
from. As an extra precaution
against loss, Postmaster Step
henson advised placing both
your return address and the
recipients address inside the
carton or package before it is
wrapped.
If you use Christmas stick
ers or seals, put them on the
back of your Christmas cards
and packages so that they will
not conflict with the address
on the front. Make sure that
correct postage is firmly af
fixed to each card and pack
age. When mailing gifts, it’s a
good idea to place a piece of
transparent cellophane tape
over the address portion of the
label to prevent defacing it in
transit. And always be sure,
of course, to include the recipi
ents full name, street address,
city, zone and state.
Because the entire Christ
mas mailing period is primari
ly a battle against time, “Do
it now” is the slogan from here
on in. Don’t put off Christmas
mailings while you still have
ample time because this means
that dreaded pile-ups will oc
cur at the Post Office, causing
Benefit Picture
Strand Theater
The Pilot Club of Covington
is sponsoring a picture at the
local Strand Theatre on De
cember 9. 1961.
The admission for the boys
and girls will be a can of sta
ple food.
Watch for the name of the
picture and the time in next
weeks paper.
unavoidable slowdowns in de
liveries as the holiday ap
proaches.
The Postmaster said he is
most appreciative of the in
terest and co-operation shown
by the mailing public so far,
and reminds us that all mail
going long distances should be
sent by December 10th. Christ
mas packages for local delivery
should be mailed not later than
December 15th, and be sure to
mail your Christmas cards for
nearby destinations at least a
week before Christmas.
"Beef Builder"
Sale At Tifton
December sth
Byron Southwell, head of the
Animal Husbandry Department
at the Georgia Coastal Plain
Experiment Station, Tifton,
Georgia, announced today that
the Georgia Hereford Associa
tion will hold its annual “Beef-
Builder” Graded Hereford Bull
Sale at the stations new Live
stock Auditorium on Tuesday,
December 5, 1961.
Mr. Southwell said twenty
two of the state breed organi
zations members have consign
ed 81 of their better bulls to the
sale. He said that he had been
told that each of the bulls had
been inspected at the consign
ers farm before being accepted
for the sale and were big, rug
ged bulls over 18 months of
age and ready for service jn
the beef producers herds.
Mr. Southwell said that a
quality grade would be given
each bull on the morning be
fore the sale by a committee
of three outstanding cattlemen
in the Southeast. Mr. S. L. Cro
chet, Sugarland Ranches, Clew
iston, Florida: Mr. B. J. Dixon,
Norris Cattle Co., Albany,
Georgia; and Mr. V. E. White
hurst, Williston, Florida. The
grade of each bull as set by this
committee will be announced
from the auction stand as he
sells. The sale will start prompt
ly at 1:00 P. M.
Clarence Cross, Colquitt is
president of the state Here
ford breed group; R. L. Nash,
Newnan is vice president; and
R. E. Mitchell, Zebulon is sec
retary - treasurer. The sale
committee is headed by Jesse
Mitchell, Hamilton with other
members being Konrad Purdy,
Thomaston: R. L. Swearingen,
Sr., Reynolds; George Bible,
Kensington; Earl Milner, Bar
nesville: and Ralph Thompson,
Colquitt.
GEORGIA COTTON CROP
Georgia’s 1961 cotton crop is
expected to be 520.000 bales
with an average yield of 378
pounds per acre. The total pro
duction is 15,000 bales above
the 1960 crop and the expected
per-acre yield is seven pounds
above that of last year, ac
cording to the Georgia Crop
Reporting Service.
Training Union
"M" Night Set
Monday, Dec. 4
Georgia Baptist Training
Unions will observe the an
nual “M” (mobilization) night
in more than 100 meetings
Monday evening, Dec. 4.
Some 80,000 Training Union
enthusiasts are expected to at
tend the meetings, scheduled
to be held in every section of
Georgia.
Georgia, alorjg with other
states in the Southern Baptist
Convention cooperates in the
annual “M” Night program,
which serves to laiunch Train
ing Union’s prograim for 1962,
as well as to provide inspira
tional messages.
Speakers from throughout
the United States will come to
Georgia for the Associations!
meetings. There are 94 Asso
ciations in the Georgia Bap
tist Convention.
The Atlanta Association,
which held their "M” Night
observance in November, re
corded a total attendance of
3553.
Methodist
Rec. Workshop
Nov. 30 - Dec. 2
A conference-wide recreation
workshop has been scheduled
for Nov. 30-Dec. 2 by the North
Georgia Methodist Conference
Board of Education. It is ex
pected to attract 150 persons
from Methodist churches in
North Georgia.
Purpose of the workshop will
be to orient recreational lead
ers in better and more varied
forms of recreation. The Rev.
John Lasater, director of adult
work for the board, said that
he feels the workshop will help
educate recreational leaders so
they might “fulfill a greater
ministry in their churches."
To be held at Peachtree Road
■ Methodist Church beginning at
6 p. m. on Nov. 30, the meet
ing will be open to directors
of all ages. The program will
be geared in such a manner to
accommodate both youths and
adults in their recreation pro
blems and needs.
Chief resource persons will
be the Rev. Harold Hipps and
Mrs. Russell L. Dicks. Mr.
Hipps is minister of education
at West Market Street Metho
dist Church in Greensboro, N.
C., while Mrs. Dicks is director
of a youth camp in North Ca
rolina. Both have written and
lectured widely on recreation
across the United States.
The workshop at Peachtree
Road Methodist Church will
deal with six areas of recrea
tion. These are as follows: (1)
creative activities for children,
(2) social recreation, (3) drama
in the church, (4) music in re
creation, (5) crafts, and (6)
folk games.
Nine persons will comprise
the staff for the recreation
meeting.
Cousins Tri-Hi-Y
Attends Planning
Conference
On Saturday, November 18.
the Senior Tri-Hi-Y officers of
R. L. Cousins School attended
the District Planning Confer
ence which was held in Wat
kinsville. The senior officers
who attended were: President,
Ola Mae Pitts; secretary, Ro
setta Graham; treasurer,
Smithie Tuggle; advisor, Mrs.
R. B. Smith.
Dorothy Mullins and Sadie
Russell, school project chair
men of the club, announced
that the following project is
planned for the month: The
election of a Citizen for t h e
Month.
Club members who assisted
with the project are Juanita
Russell, from the 9th grade;
Geraldine Johnson, 10th grade;
Rosie Davis, 11th grade and
Smithie Tuggle from the 12th
grade.
The citizen of the month was
elected by the following cri
teria: Member of two school
clubs; “C” average in class
work: nice personality; resect
for school property, loyalty and
school spirit.
The following persons were
elected from various class
rooms: Jacquelyn Williams,
Priscilla Hardman and Roset
ta Graham. There was a closed
ballot vote and Rosetta Graham
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Saturday Is
Christmas Seal
'Bangle Day'
Pretty girls, marching bands,
football teams and sales clerks
will join the fight against TB
on December 2 when TB asso
ciations throughout Georgia
observe Christmas Seal Bangle
Day.
On this day, volunteers will
hand out tiny, red double
barred crosses, symbol of the
campaign against TB for more
than 58 years, to thank those
who have answered their
Christmas Seal letters and to
remind those who have not.
More than 85,000 letters con
taining Christmas Seals were
mailed to citizens by the Geor
gia Tuberculosis Association on
November 13.
Furman Bisher, 1961 Christ
mas Seal Chairman for the
state and sports editor of the
Atlanta Journal, stated, how
ever, that these volunteers will
not be asking for funds since
■the Christmas Seal Campaign
is traditionally handled by
mail.
One of the biggest Bangle
Day activities is planned for
the Georgia-Georgia Tech foot
ball game in Atlanta. The Tech
band will form a double-bar
red cross at half-time and
play the official Christmas
Seal song. High school students,
members of the Atlanta Coun
cil, Allied Medical Careers
Clubs, will be on hand to pass
out bangles to spectators.
Tuberculosis took the lives
of 209 Georgians last year, A
new case is discovered in the
U. S. every 7 minutes and a
death from TB occurs every
50 minutes.
“We had 133(5 new cases in
Georgia alone last year, "Bisher
said,” and more than thousand
of our neighbors will spend
Christmas in Battey State Hos
pital for Tuberculosis in Rome
this year. Wearing a bangle pin
on December 2 will show these
friends our continuing interest
in them and in conquering a
disease that strikes young and
old, strong and weak alike.”
was chosen Citizen of t h e
Month. She is a member of the
Junior Class and is second at
tendant to “Miss Y.” She is
also a member of the follow
ing activities: Secretary of the
Tri-Hi-Y, co-worker of Eng
lish Club and Slag Club. She
is a member of St. Paul A. M.
E. Church of Covington.
Rosa Eubanks
Reporter
BUYING CARPETS
When buying a carpet, the
closeness and density of pile
tofts are qualities to look for.
Turn the carpet or rug back on
itself and you can see how
close together the tufts are
and how high they stand. If
they are too thin and too far
apart, shop some more, sug
gests Miss Ava Rodgers, Ex
tension home furnishings and
art specialist.
The beef enterprise in Geor
gia has grown from 584.000
head in 1940 to 1,438,000 head
this year, reports Dr. O. G.
Daniel, Extension animal hus
bandman.
Favorite Melody Quartet, Almon Church
THE FAVORITE MELODY QUARTET of Macon. Georgia,
will be at the Almon Baptist Church, Saturday night, De
cember 2nd for a song service starting at 7:30. Everyone it
invited io come out and enjoy this service.
NUMBER 48
Mrs. A. B. Burris,
Librarian For 31
Years, Retires
Mrs. A. B. Burrus. Execu
tive Director of the Decatur-
DeKalb Regional Library for
the past 31 years, has request
ed retirement from that po
sition as of December Ist, it ii
announced by J. C. Haynes,
Chairman of the Decatur-De-
Kalb Library Board.
Miss Louise Trotti will be
elevated from Assistant Direc
tor to Acting Director upon
Mrs. Burrus’ retirement. She
has served the librray as di
rector for extension service and
as assistant director over a pe
riod of 15 years.
Mrs. Burrus will continue to
serve on the Board of Trustees
and as Director Emeritus.
Mrs. Burrus assumed th#
direction of the Decatur-De-
Kalb Library in 1930, shortly
after it was founded with a
box of books and a table uo
stairs in Decatur City Hall. She
has built it into the largest re
gional library in the State,
serving Decatur, DeKalb Coun
ty, Rockdale County and New
ton County. It is second only
to Atlanta Public Library in
Georgia in book circulation,
through its seven libraries and
two bookmobiles.
J. O. Porter
Girls Went
Bowling, Mon.
PORTERDALE — Tire J. O.
Porter Jr. Girl Reserves had
their second bowling lesson at
Gold Crown Lanes on Monday
afternoon. November 27, at
three o’clock. There were nine
teen girls present.
We really appreciate Mr.
Harold Hoffman giving us this
time. He is such a good in
structor, and we are having a
good time. We look forward to
I Mondays now?
We would like to thank Mrs.
Lillie Mae Morris, Miss Sue
Thompson, Miss Ruby Lane,
and Miss Pauline Hardman for
furnishing transportation each
Monday.
Remember to get in some
dues next week. Two dollars
and fifty cents will be due be
fore Christmas.
Regina Thompson,
Retter Price, Reporteri
William Bowden
Gets Promotion
In California
Friends of William L. Bow
den, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bowden of Rockdale County
and former residents of New
ton County, were delighted to
hear of his recent promotion
from Gunnery Sergeant (E6)
to Gunnery Sergeant (E7)
meritoriously.
In a special ceremony in the
office of Colonel Lewis E. Pog
gemeyer at the Marine Base
at 29 Palms, California, Gy
Sgt. Bowden was also present
ed a Letter of Appreciation for
his outstanding efforts during
Operation Inferno. Mrs. Billie
L. Bowden who resides at 29
Palms with Mr. Bowden and
their two children, Tommy
and Susan, witnessed the im
pressive ceremony. Mr. Bow
den is a member of the 4th 8”
Howitzer Battery, Ist Artillery
Group.