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VOLUME 97
Home Building Record High In City Os Covington
Almost sl-Million In New
Residences In Past Year
In the past year, when nearly every section of the coun
try was experiencing a sharp decline in home building.
Covington stood up comparatively well. The amount of new
residential construction locally came to an estimated $957,-
000 in value.
The facts and figures on the,
year’s housing developments
are contained in building per
mit data issued by the Cen
sus Bureau and in reports from
various industry sources. Some
10,000 communities throughout
the nation are covered by
them.
In Covington, it is noted, the
construction last year of 94
new dwelling units, exclusive
of public buildings, was au
thorized or begun. It compares
with 61 in the previous year.
The local increase, which
• mounted to 54 percent, com
pares favorably with the sit
uation in most parts of the
United States, where there
was a drop of 18 percent. The
State of Georgia had an 11
percent drop.
The extent to which the na
tion’s homebuilding industry
faltered in 1960 is brought out
by the Government’s figures.
They show that the amount
spent for private home con
struction was $2.4 billion less
than in 1959.
The brunt of the decline was
borne by single - family homes.
There were 19 percen. fewer
of them built in the year.
The drop was expected by
most of the experts. They felt
that there had been more home
construction in the prior year
than would normally have tak
en place, because of “special
•timulation” on the part of the
Government during that de
pression period. In 1960. as a
result, there was an oversupply
and a consequent cutback.
Also, they point out, the
huge backlog of housing needs,
such as existed for some 15
years, no longer remains.
Not until 1965 will there be
another big spurt in home
building, they believe. It will
occur then because the huge
Wallace Jones Receives Depot Award
WALLACE O. JONES, Route 1, Covington, is shown as he
receives a Suggestion Award from Brig. General R. C. Kyser,
Commander, Atlanta General Depot. A native of Newton
County, he served 2 1-2 years in the U. S. Army and is a
member of Lovejoy Methodist Ch - -ch. He has five children:
Linda, Pamela, Sandra, Roger and Cynthia.
“baby crop” of the postwar
years will be marrying and
seeking places of their own.
How much was spent last
year to produce the 94 new
housing units in Covington?
On the basis of the median
cost price in the region, $lO,-
176 per unit, it amounted to
$957,000.
Funeral Held
Friday For
Stark P. Speer
Funeral services for Stark
Perry Speer of Atlanta were
held Friday, November 24, at
2 o’clock at the Chapel of Cald
well and Cowan Funeral Home.
Rev. Grady Lively, pastor of
the First Methodist Church, of
ficiated and was assisted by
Rev. Henry H. Dillard, pastor
of the Julia A. Porter Memor
ial Methodist Church.
Mr. Speer, 83, died Wednes
day in a private hospital. He
was a member of the graduat
ing class of 1907 at Emory at
Oxford, a member of the Meth
odist Church and a member of
F & A Masonic Order (Blue
Lodge).
He is survived by one son,
Rev. Jackson P. Speer, pastor
of McEachern Memorial Meth
olist Church, Powder Springs;
one brother, J. R. Speer of N.
Augusta, South Carolina.
Interment was in the Cov
ington City Cemetery with
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family.
®l|F New
Herring Rises
Al Porterdale
Church, Sunday
B. Fi ank Herring of 26 Hem
lock Street, Porterdale, died
November 25 in a private hos
pital. Funeral services were
held Sunday, November 26 at
3:30 p.m. at the Porterdale
Presbyterian Church. Rev.
Irving G. Rudolph officiated
with interment in Corinth
Cemetery, Loganville.
Mr. Herring, 61, was a na
tive of Walton County.
Survivors include two sons,
James Allen Herring and Wil
liam Frank Herring, both of
Porterdale; eight daughters,
Mrs. Samuel Mcßay of Coving
ton, Mrs. James Singley, Miss
Dorothy Herring and Mrs. Sam
Willard, all of Porterdale, Mrs.
Bob Durden of Loganville,
Mrs. Gavan Herndon of At
lanta, Mrs. Luke Reynolds of
Wachulla. Fla., Mrs. Roscoe
Womack of Oxford; one broth
er, Henry Herring of Macon;
‘wo sisters, Mrs. G. B. Gordon
of Charleston, S. C. and Mrs.
Willard Head of Tifton.
Serving as pallbearers were
Dock Kitchens, Charlie Hyatt,
R. B. Patrick, Tom Whitley,
J. W. Gunnells and Dewey
Womack.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
Jas. Ed Reaoan
•
Funeral Held
Monday, Almon
Funeral services for James
Ed Reagan of 130 McDonough
Road, Conyers, were held Mon
day, November 27 at 3 p.m. at
the Almon Baptist Church. Rev.
C. O. Turner and Rev. Clyde
W. Chapman officiated with
interment in City Cemetery,
Covington.
Mr. Reagan. 88, died Novem
ber 26 at the home of a daugh
ter, Mrs. J. Q. McCullough in
Conyers. He had been in de
clining health for sometime.
Survivors include two sons,
Sam Reagan of Covington and
Johnnie Reagan of Oxford;
eigth daughters, Mrs. Rufus
Freeman, Mrs. L. L. Harper,
Mrs. S. R. Fuller, Mrs. W. F.
Edwards, Mrs. Hugh Latham,
all of Covington, Mrs. T. P.
Jackson of Oxford, Mrs. W. J.
Carter of Macon and Mrs. Mc-
Cullough of Conyers; 28 grand
children, 40 great-grandchil
dren and 2 great-great-grand
children.
The grandsons served as
pallbearers.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
Hannah Wyatt
President Future
Nurses Club
The Future Nurse’s Club of
Newton County High School
met Wednesday, November 22,
a>d elected the following of
ficers: President, Hannah Wy
att; Vice - president, Sandra
Johnson; secretary, Charline
Hyatt, treasurer, Linda Satter
field and reporter, Charlene
Kendrick.
The purpose of the Future
Nurse’s Club is to encourage
girls to enter the field of nurs
ing, as this is a most reward
ing and needed profession.
Charlene Kendrick,
Reporter.
SOUTHERN PINE
Even in its natural state,
Southern Pine is the stronges*
of structural woods. Proper
seasoning virtually doubles this
strength, according to Exten
sion Forestry Marketing Spe
cialist H. 0. Baxter.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1961
Amitie Club Presents Check to NCHS
AMITIE CLUB of Oxford presented a check for SIOO.OO to Newton
County High School io go with NDEA funds to purchase a Portable
Science Demonstration Table for the school. Shown presenting the
check to Student Council President Michael Budd is Mrs. Clyde
Webb, President of the Amitie Club.
Ellington Rites
Held Wednesday
Afternoon
Sidney Ross Ellington died
suddenly at his home on Route
1, Oxford, on Tuesday, Nov
ember 28. A native of Newton
County, he was 72 at the time
of his death. He was an em
ployee of Bibb Manufacturing
Company for 12 years prior to
his retirement due to ill health.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home with Rev. David Daniels,
pastor of Gum Creek Presby
terian Church, officiating.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Doris Wilson Ellington, Ox
ford; brothers, Starks Ellington,
Oxford; J. Tom Ellington,
Thomasville; Archie Ellington,
Decatur; Hoke Ellington, De
troit, Michigan and one sister,
Mrs. Edgar Keller, Detroit,
Michigan.
Interment was in Lovejoy
Cemetery with J. C. Harwell
and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Nep
hews served as pallbearers.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family.
Palmer-Stone
P-TA To Stage
Do - Nut Sale
Palmer - Stone P-TA will
stage a do-nut sale in Coving
ton and Oxford Friday, Decem
ber Ist.
Proceeds from the project
will be used by the P-TA to
bty much - needed equipment
for the school. The recent fire
at the gymnasium and some of
the classrooms wiped out a lot
of valuable equipment that
needs to be replaced.
"M" Night Mon.
At Eatonton
Baptist Church
“M” night 1961 will be held
at the Eatonton First Baptist
Church Monday night, Decem
ber 4 at 7:30 o’clock. Members
from 25 churches in Newton,
Jasper, Jones, and Putnam
counties are expected to at
tend.
The Guest speaker this year
will be the Rev. A. H. Sim
mons, pastor of the Warren
Baptist Church. Augusta, the
Rev. Edmond Poole, Associa
tional Training Union Director
announced this week.
Mr. Simmons is a graduate
of Union College. Jackson,
Tennessee, and of the South
western Seminary. A former
chaplain of the U. S. Army,
Mr. Simmons has served as
pastor of the Warren Baptist
Church for the past fourteen
years.
'Poppy' Poster
Winners Named
The American Legion Aux
iliary Poppy Chairman Mrs. A.
R. Hooten announced the total
of poppies sold on Poppy Day,
November 11th. by the Auxil
iary Unit No. 32 was $151.50.
Appreciation is extended to
each person making this
amount possible for the Poppy
money is for the purpose of
Child Welfare and Rehabilita
tion for needy veterans and
dependents of the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Poppy Poster winners were
announced by Mrs. Hooten as
follows: Smity Callaway, first
place $5.00; Jill Heard, se,cond
place $4.; Emily Morgan third
place $3.00; and Debra Head
fourth place $2.00.
General Depot
To Observe Its
20th Birthday
On Friday (Dec. 1) some
3,200 personnel at Atlanta
General Depot will eat birth
day cake, in observance of the
Depot’s 20th birthday anni
versary.
It was 20 years ago that the
vast military supply center,
one of the largest of its kind
in the world, moved to its pres
ent site in Clayton County,
near Forest Park.
Brig. Gen. Robert C. Kyser,
Depot Commander, stated that
250 “Ole Timers” will lunch
together at the Depot Officers
Open Mess. “Ole Timers” are
those Depot employees who
made the move 20 years ago
from the Candler Warehouse.
Guest speaker at the lunch
eon will be Congressman John
G. Flynt of Griffin, member of
Congress from Georgia’s Fourth
Congressional District. Among
other guests will be Mayor
Reid Puckett of Forest Park
Col. Frank G. Marchman
(USA-Retd), former Depo f
Commander who retired in
1953 and makes his home in
Ellenwood; and Col. Henry
Naab (USA-Retd.), 1747 Cas
cade Terr., F. W., Atlanta, who
retired as Depot Personnel Di
rector in 1955.
General Kyser will preside
at Friday’s luncheon.
Low of 34
Recorded Here
November 22nd
Jack Chapman announces the
following temperatures for
Covington for the past week.
High Low
Wed. Nov. 22, 56 34
Thurs. Nov. 23, 61 49
Fri. Nov. 24, 63 42
Sat. Nov. 25, 65 36
Sun. Nov. 26, 63 36
Mon. Nov. 27. 69 47
Tues. Nov. 28, 60 40
Rainfall during the week was
1.05 inch and for the month
2.32 inches. I
Dr. Jarrell, 8/
Retired Minister
Died Sunday
The Rev. Dr. C. C. Jarrell of
Oxford, died Sunday morning
at Emory University Hospital
in Atlanta. Dr. Jarrell, 87, was
a retired Methodist minister
and former district supervi
sor of the Athens-Elberton and
Atlanta districts of the Meth
odist Church. A member of the
North Georgia Conference of
Methodist Churches, he served
12 years as general secretary
of the Hospital Board, Metho
dist Church of the South, and
organized the Golden Cross
Plan of hospitalization aid for
the poor.
He graduated from Emory
at-Oxford College with an A.B.
degree in 1894, received the
B. D. degree from Vanderbilt
University in 1900 and earned
the D.D. degree at Wofford
College in 1917. He also studied
at the United Free Church Col
lege, Glasgow, Scotland and at
the University of Berlin.
He held pastorates at the
Cartersville Methodist Church,
Young Harris Methodist
Church, the First Methodist
Church, Athens; First Church,
Rome; Grace Church, Atlanta:
St. John’s. Augusta and College
Park Methodist Church. He
was a financial agent for Em
ory University when it was
moved to Atlanta from Oxford
and had been named to the
Methodist Church’s Hall of
Fame. He founded the A. J.
Jarrell lectureship at Emory in
memory of his father, and was
active in the beginning of Boy
Scout activities in Rome, where
one of the state’s first troops
was founded.
He married the former Mar
garet Moore, daughter of the
late Dr. and Mrs. John S.
Moore of Oxford, in 1901. She
died in 1940 and in 1942 he
married the former Mrs. Inez
Hamrick Foote, formerly of
Albertville, Alabama.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. at
Allen Memorial Methodist
Church in Oxford with Rev.
Dr. Lester Rumble and Rev.
W. A. Strozier officiating. In
terment wag in Oxford Ceme
tery with Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Serving as active pallbearers
were W A. Carlton, G. D. Lan
caster, Dan Moore, Rev. Reyn
olds Greene, Rev. Robert Oz
ment, Rev. Walter Murphy,
Roswell E. Smith and Major
Wood row Light. Honorary
pallbearers were Robert Cole
man, Victor Williams, Bob
Blackshear, Dr. Goodwin Tuck,
Lamar Weldon, E. S. Rhebcrg,
Dr. R. M. Paty, Dr. E. Van
Buren, Currey T. Haynes, Paul
Paschal, Dr. Lee Harwell,
George Ficken, Ollie Owens,
Ellis Bryant, Edwin Brown, Dr.
Lee Henry, Fred Yarbrough
and members of the North
Georgia Conference.
Surviving are his wife Mrs.
C. C. Jarrell, Oxford; daugh
ter, Mrs. Arthur F. Raper,
Washinton, D. C.; son, George
Post Foote, Atlanta; four
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
The NEWS joins the many
friends throughout this section
in extending deepest sympathy
to the members of the bereaved
family in their sorrow.
Newton 4-H Club
Speaker Was
Arthur Hargrove
The 4-H Club of the Newton
County High School met on
Wednesday, November 22. at
110 in Room 18.
The meeting was called o
order by the president, Bruce
Brown, the business was dis
cussed.
Mr. Arthur Hargrove dis
cussed the duties of the vari
ous officers with us, and also
gave a very interesting and
helpful talk on parlimentary
procedure.
Reporter, Joey Hackett
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Cleon Moore Appointed To
Social Circle Bd. of Education
Cleon E. Moore has been ap
pointed to a five year term on
the City Board of Education to
succeed Mr. Fred C. Hale
whose term expired. The ap
pointment was made by the
Social Circle City Council and
was unanimous.
Mr. Hale, having served for
a long period of years request
ed City Council not to con
sider him for reappointment.
Other members of the City
Board of Education are Mr
Thomas B. Daily, Mr. Robert
D. Eckles. Mr. J. P. Walton
and Mr. George Rutherford.
Mr. Moore was also recently
elected for a three year term
as a member of the Board of
Deacons of the First Baptist
Church of Social Circle.
He is a native of Tift Coun
ty and graduated from the Tif
ton High School in 1945 and
from the University of Geor
gia in 1949. He majored in
animal husbandry.
He is a member of the ma
sonic lodge, secretary and
treasurer of the Social Circle
Lions Club, teacher of the
Mens Bible Class of the Social
Circle Baptist Church.
After graduating from t h e
University he returned to his
native home and was connect
ed with the Farmers Home
Administration until called into
service where he spent two
years in the army, being located
at Dothan, Alabama and Au
gusta, Georgia. After return
ing from the army he returned
to the Farmers Home Admin
istration and was transferred
to McDonough, Ga. where he
was in charge of several coun
ties as manager and supervisor.
Mr. Moore has been a resident
of Social Circle for the past
year and is Cashier of the So
cial Circle Bank.
He is married and has two
Fire Chief
Urges Caution
In Wiring
Misuse of electrical equip
m mt is credited—or blamed—
with causing 20.4 per cent of
all known-origin fires in the
seven-year period ending with
1959, according to the Nation
al Board of Fire Underwriters.
The National Fire Protec
tion Association says there
were 74,000 electrical fires in
1959, destroying property
worth $133,980,000.
“Electric current is an unseen
cause of fire,” said Chief R. T.
Floyd of the Covington Fire
Department, adding “It must be
conducted through properly
installed cables and wires and
used properly with the many
electrical appliances.”
Chief Floyd advises that
electric wiring be installed
only by qualified electricians,
warning that the “Do-It-
Yourself” amateur electrician
can endanger both life and
property.
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DOUBLES AND THE DOUBLE-BARRED CROSS
The Hammond Twins, Marjorie and Martha, of the
Georgia Department of Public Health, pan. a Double-
Barred Cross on the lapels of E urman Bisher, left.
Georgia’s Honorary Christmas Seal CtoirwMt and Cari
f ox, Executive Director of the Gaarfpia UB Aaaaoaeuh>oii
NUMBER 48
CLEON E. MOORE
daughters, Pam age 7, and
Cindy age 2-1/2. His wife wa«
formerly Grace Dillard, who
also was a native of Tifton.
Cash and Carry
Builders Supply
Opens Friday
Cash and Carry Builders
Supply Company, located at the
double traffic lights on U. S.
Highway 278 in Covington, is
having a Grand Opening Fri
day. December Ist.
The manager of the new busi
ness is Charlie Robinson. He
states that his company will
handle all kinds of building
' materials and he invites h i s
friends to visit him at their
convenience.
A four-page advertisement
of Cash and Carry appears in
The Covington NEWS today.
We suggest that you turn to
their pages for more details on
the new firm and the merchan
dise they offer.
Joe Rainey
Initiated Omicron
Delta Kappa
Joe Rainey of Covington was
initiated into Omicron Delia
Kappa, a national fraternity of
outstanding college campu
leaders, on November 15 at
Emory University in Atlanta.
Rainey, the son of Mr. a d
Mrs. E. L. Rainey of Covin
ton, is pas't vice-president of
the Emory Christian Associa
tion. present President of ECA,
president of Stipes Scholars,
Feature Editor on The Emo y
Wheel, past vice-president of
the College Council, member
of Student Senate; member of
Alpha Epsilon and Phi Beta
Kappa (both national scho
lastic honor societies). He i«
also Guide of Beta Epsilon
Chapter of Delta Tau Delta.