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In Loving
Memory
Bishop Smith
To Address
Education Meet
Bishop John Owen Smith,
Methodist leader in Georgia,
will be one of seven bishops ad
dressing the annual meeting of
the national Methodist Board of
Education which meets in Cin
cinnati Jan. 3-4.
Georgia Methodism’s dele
gates to the meeting will be the
Rev. Y. A. Oliver, executive
secretary of the North Georgia
Conference Board of Education,
and the Rev. Alvis A. Waite,
Jr., executive secretary of the
South Georgia Conference
Board of Education.
The Board of Education has
general oversight of the edu
cational interests of the Metho
dist Church in the United
States. In its annual meeting,
it will review the denomina
tional work for the past year
and plan ahead.
Following the board meeting,
the Christian educators will at
tend a Convocation on Christian
Higher Education.
In the convocation, Jan. 5-6,
the Board of EducatLn mem
bers will meet jointly with the
National Association of Meth
odist Schools and Colleges and
four other groups that have to
do with Methodist higher edu
cation.
Theme for the convocation
which follows the board meet
ing will be “Developing Crea
tive Leadership for the Church.”
Secretaries from the Board of
Education’s three major divi
sions—local church, editorial,
and higher education — will
submit annual reports at t h e
Cincinnati meeting.
Bishop Smith was selected to
address the Board of Educa
tion meeting because of h i s
wide interest and experience in
Christian Education displayed
in his local church pastorates.
COVINGTON NEWS
4 £ Pages
*V Today
A Prixa-Winning
Newspaper
1961
Better Newspaper
Contests
The Covington En* ablished in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 97
DEA' CLAIMS EDITOR A. DELMONT DENNIS
March ok j Campaign Opens
1962 Drive During January
The New March of Dimes
opens its 1962 campaign in Geor
gia and throughout the nation in
January to raise funds for a
stepped-up battle against dis
eases that disable millions of
Americans. Contributions to the
annual drive will be used by
The National Foundation to fi
nance widening attacks on crip
pling birth defects, arthritis and
polio, according to Basil O’Con
nor, president of The National
Foundation.
Contributions to this voluntary
health agency financed the de
velopment of the Salk and then
the Sabin vaccines for protection
against polio. Now The National
Foundation’s medical research
program is being applied to the
prevention of two other disab
ling diseases, birth defects and
arthritis.
“Our ultimate goal is to pre
vent these crippling diseases,
and the accelerated research
program financed by The Na
tional Foundation is our bright
est hope,” Mr. O’Connors, said.
“But we are broadening our pro
gram of patient aid at the same
time. Pain cannot wait.”
He explained that establish
ment of special treatment centers
and evaluation clinics has been
speeded up during the past year.
These centers provide improved
medical services in treating pa
tients not receiving adequate at
tention from other sources. In
addition. National Foundation
chapters with sufficient funds
have been authorized to aid
youthful victims of all types of
birth defects where such help is
needed.
"The need for these programs,
in addition to the continuing aid
we furnish victims of paralytic
polio, can be seen from the huge
numbers of people with disabili
ties caused by birth defects and
arthritis,” he continued. “More
than 11,000.000 Americans suffer
from arthritis or rheumatic dis-
Mrs. Powers'
Funeral Held
Al Social Circle
Mrs. Victor (Zettie) Powers
of 120 N. Mill St., Covington,
died Friday, December 22 in a
private hospital.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, December 24 at 2 p .m.
at the Social Circle First Bap
tist Church. Rev. C. W. Howard
officiated with interment in Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Monroe, Ga.
Survivors include her mo
ther, Mrs. Clifford Lazenby of
Social Circle; son, Leon Powers
of Conyers; daughter, Mrs. Jul
ia Shannon of Covington; two
brothers, Paul Lazenby of So
cial Circle and T. L. Lazenby of
Decatur; two sisters, Miss Rutn
Lazenby of Social Circle and
Mrs. Robert F. Smith of De
catur: 7 grandchildren and
2 great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were
Vernon, Jesse, Edward, James,
Carlton and Edward W. Powers.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home were
in charge of arrangements.
American Legion
Meets Tuesday
At 7 O'clock
Newton County Post 32
American Legion will hold its
January meeting at Legion
Home. Tuesday, January 2 with
supper being served in the din
ing room at 7 o'clock.
Commander C. T. Bohanan
! urges all members of the local
post to attend the first meeting
of the new year. Many impor
tant business items will be dis-
I cussed during the meeting Tues
' day.
Cnuuujtxni Nw
; eases and more than 250,000
American children are born each
i year with a significant birth de
i feet that may cause lifelong dis
ability.
1 “Treating this enormous dis
■ ease problem takes money. Vol
unteers in the New March of
Dimes are proud of the record of
our communities in the past in
supporting the fight against polio
that led to the polio vaccines.
Now, in the larger battle, we say
that ‘Your Dimes Will Do It
Again.’ ”
Farmers' Welding
Clinic Set Here
Wednesday, Jan. 3
A farmers’ welding clinic
will begin in the Vocational
Agriculture Department of the
Newton County High School on
Wednesday night, Jan. 3, at
7:30 p. m.
H. M. Pulliam. Vocational
Agriculture Teacher will be
assisted by Robert Allen. Area
Teacher. The course will in
clude steps in learing to weld,
welding cast iron, hardsurfac
ing, soldering cutting, and braz
ing with the arc torch.
If you would like to learn to
weld and see what can be done
with one machine and one rod,
please be present.
Former Resident
Is Victim of
Auto Accident
Funeral services for John
Henry Strange of Buckhead,
Ga., were held Monday, Decem
ber 25 at 2 p. m. at the Buck
head Baptist Church. Rev. J. L.
Hall, pastor, officiated with
interment in the Buckhead
Cemetery, Morgan County.
Mr. Strange, 52, died Satur
day, December 23 as result of
an auto accident. A former re
sident of Covington, he w a s
born in Hall County.
Mr. Strange was a prominent
farmer and dairyman in Buck
head at the time of his death.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. John H. Strange: two sons,
John Oscar Strange and Rufus
J. Strange; two daughters, Miss
Sara Frances Strange, all of
Buckhead, Mrs. Mary * Ethel
Bailey of Rutledge; two bro
thers, C. T. and James Strange;
one sister, Mrs. Lillie Mae Pres
ley, all of Covington and nine
grandchildren.
The nephews served as pall
bearers.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the members of
the bereaved family. J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home
were in charge of arrange
’ ments.
New Social
Security Tax
After Jan. 1
On January 1,1962, a new
I social security tax rate goes in
to effect for nine out of t e n
working people.
For employed people the 1962
rate is 3-1/8 percent for em
ployee and employer, a total in
crease of one-fourth of 1 per
cent. For self-employed peo
ple, the new rate is 4.7 percent,
. an increase of three-sixteenth
1 ( of 1 percent. The maximum tax
able earnings remain $4,890
1 during the tax year in earnings,
i net income from self-employ
ment, or a combination of both.
In dollars and cents the in
crease means that an employed
person earning $4,800 or more
I during 1962 will pay $l5O in
; social security tax instead of
the $144 he paid on these earn
ings in 1961. With 52 weekly
' checks totaling $4,800. about 12
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1961
Kiwanis Club
To Install '62
Officers Today
The 1962 officers slate of the
Covington Kiwanis Club will be
installed today (Thursday) at
1 p. m. at the club’s final meet
ing of 1961. The new president
of the organization is George
B. Hutchinson. He will suc
ceed Don Wood.
Installation ceremony will be
handled by the newly-elected
12th Division Lt. Gov. Tom
Berdishaw of Hampton.
Other than President Hut
chinson the 1962 officers of the
club are- Frank Meadors and
Bob Greer, vice - presidents;
Tony Wilkie, secretary; Moody
Summers, treasurer. Board of
Directors are: Don Wood, Ho
mer Sharp, C. D. Ramsey, Bon
ham Johnson, S. M. Hay, La
verne Cowan, Ed Hunt and
। James Hutchins.
Much Help
Needed for
Polio Vaccine
“In making plans for the
special clinics scheduled for
| Jan. 15 and March 12 for the
oral polio vaccine we have sur
veyed many records. We wish
to make the vaccine as readily
available to as many people as
possible within the time limit
that we have to work in. I
doubt that there will be such a
clinic set up for some time to
come”, Dr. Stevens Byars of
the Newton County Health
Dept, stated.
“There are about 5.000 school
children in the county. There
are about 2.500 pre-school
children in the county. There
are about 12,000 adults who
are eligible for the oral vac
cine. To process this many re
cords and give this many su
gar cubes will take a lot of help
from the people of the county,
along with some strict timing.
“In looking over some re
cords we find that there were
about 40 per cent of the pre
school children that had no his
tory of polio protection when
they presented themselves to
the pre-registration days in
school last spring. There are
many adults who have never
availed themselves of the pro
tection offered by polio shots.
“We have many blessings
awaiting us in the coming year.
Among them is the chance to
completely eliminate polio from
ourselves and the county. This
can be done very simply and
easily by taking advantage of
the oral vaccine at the clinics
being planned in January and
March of 1962. To enjoy this
blessing it must be taken. It
will do no one any good resting
in the deep freeze”. Dr. Byars
emphasized.
Each New Year
Changes the
Veterans' Needs
As the calendar unfolds ea
-1 new year, the status of the
needs of Georgia's veterans
change with the times, Georgia
Veterans Service Director Pele
Wheeler noted this week.
The veterans of World War
I have now reached the retire
: ment age, and the huge num
ber of World War II veterans
are quickly climbing to mid
dle age.
Even the average Korean
War veteran has now reached
the thirties, and rarely faces j
the problems of education and
job training which were so re
cently their chief benefits.
As the veterans’ needs for ।
education and job training de
crease, however, the needs of
older ages—retirement, hos- i
pitalization, and security — in
crease.
Also, there has been a majoi i
increase in the number of wid-
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A. BELMONT DENNIS
5 Newton County
Students Named to
EAO Honor List
Robert Ann Elizer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall R.
Elizer of Oxford; Sarah Kath
ryn Ellington, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Ellington of Ox
ford; Linda Joyce Hudson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles B. Hudson of 103 Adams
St., Covington and Gloria Jean •
Malcolm, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. Clifford Malcolm of
422 Gordy St., Covington, have
been named to the merit list
of Emory-at-Oxford, according
to Registrar Dallas M. Tarken
ton. This scholastic honor is
granted to students f or out
standing academic work and
excellent deportment during
the preceding quarter.
Roswell Marion Piper, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. Marion Piper,
310 S. Dearing St., Covington
has been named to the Honor
List for the Fall Quarter.
The winter quarter at Emory- :
At-Oxford opens January 2,
1962.
Ram Football Players Chanting:
"On To The Gator Bowl In Jax”
Interest in their first free
trip to a post-season bowl
game has mounted these pas’
few days as the Newton Coun
ty Rams prepare for the jaunt
to the Gator Bowl in Jackson
ville, Fla. Friday morning.
The trip is a gift of the New
ton Touchdown Club and will
include transportation via a
chartered Greyhound bus, ho
tel lodging at the Jefferson
Hotel and tickets to the game
that pits Georgia Tech against
Penn State.
The party of players, coach
es, team managers and TD
club officials number 33 and
will leave Covington Friday
See Sports Page Today
For More Gator Bow! News
morning at 9 o’clock. Plans
call for the return trip soon
after the game is concluded on
Ram Cage Team
Leaves Friday
For Poinsettia
The Newton County Rams;
basketball team will leave Fri-I
day morning for the Poinsettia
Cage Classic at Greenville,
South Carolina. Teams entered
in the tourney are Georgia
Tech, Arkansas, Clemson and
host Furman.
Dr. E. L. (Peaches) Smith,
who has handled many of the
arrangements for the local
players to see the holiday clas
sic, says that the players will
go in cars with several fans
from Covington and Porterdale.
The team and Newton fans
will stay at the Ottaray Hotel
in Greenville. The hotel is
within walking distance of the
giant coliseum at Greenville.
In the first game of the tour
ney Tech meets Furman and
Arkansas is paired with Clem
son. The finals will be played
Saturday evening, December 30.
The team will return to Cov
ington Sunday afternoon.
> Saturday afternoon.
Dr. E. W. Exley, vice-presi
dent of the TD Club, will be
j in the party as will also 800
। Greer, News and Sports Edi
tor of The Covington News. Lo
cal coaches who are making
the trip are; Milton McLaney,
Bobby Way, Billy Crowell and
L. G. Carney.
Players listed are: Ronnie
I Lynch, Bob Wheeler, Randall
Meadows, Butch Shelton,
Dwight Rutledge, Dennis Ham
monds, Lanier Crawley, Steve
1 Coggins, Drake Sammons,
Charles Hunt, Thomas Glan
ton, Jerry Bouchillon, Charles
. Childs, Jeffry Hinton, Johnny
* Chesnut, Bobby Wilbanks,
I James Knight, Monty Laster,
j Danny Long, Buster ' Moore,
■> Walker Birdsong, Alva Spillers.
| Tim Exley, Wendell Tarkenton.
' Judson Caldwell, Mickey Wil
j kerson, Billy Ray Hooper.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Half-Century Career Came
To End Christmas Morning
A newspaper career that spanned almost a half century
came to an end early Christmas morning at the Newton Coun
ty Hospital. A. Belmont Dennis, 70. died at 7:10 o’clock after
being hospitalized in Atlanta and Covington since early
September.
Funeral services for Mr,
Dennis were held Wednesday 1
(yesterday) at the First Bap- ।
tist Church with Reverend Ed
gar A. Callaway, pastor, and <
Dr. Dick H. Hall, Jr., president <
Georgia Baptist Convention, i
officiating. Interment was in i
City Cemetery. i
Mr. Dennis, Editor and Pub- '
lisher of The Covington News '
since 1931, was a leader in
church, civic and fraternal or
ganizations since he and Mrs.
Dennis came to Covington 30 '
years ago.
Born in Columbia, Tenn., ;
February 26, 1891, Mr. Dennis <
was the son of the late William 1
W. and Mary Elizabeth Dennis. I
He was a veteran of World ।
War 1 and had served two j
four-year enlistments in the
U. S. Navy, from 1906-1910
and from 1917-1921.
For many years Mr. Dennis '
was a salesman and efficiency
expert with the Ludlow Com
pany and the Intertype Cor- '
poration.
His newspaper career includ
ed positions with the Memphis
(Tenn.) Commercial Appeal,
the Chattanooga Times, New
York Times, Charleston (S. C.)
Evening Post, the Nashville
Tennessean, Nashville Banner,
Atlanta Constitution and the
i Atlanta Georgian.
During the past quarter
century Mr. Dennis was pub
lisher and editor of many
Georgia weekly newspapers
including the Eatonton Mes
senger, Conyers News, The
Madisonian, Walton County
Henry County
' 7 ।
Granted Urban
1
Planning Money
The Georgia Department of
Commerce has been notified by
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency in Washington that a
grant in the amount of $101,950
for urban planning has been
allocated to several Georgia
communities and counties.
These funds are authorized
for comprehensive planning
programs which will include
base maps of communities and
counties; studies of thorough
fares and traffic problems: po
pulation and economy studies;
and land use relationships, i.e.
Areas presently devotee to resi
dential, commercial and indus-j
trial use, as well as the unde
veloped areas that have po
tential uses.
Applications for this grant
were made through the Com
merce Department: the state
planning agency which assists
local communities in securing
these benefits. The following
amounts were allocated: Forest
Park — $23,570; Gainesville —
$41,670: Thomasville — $16,-
800; Gwinnett County — $9,350;
and Henrv County — $10,560.
—
Fifth Sunday
Singing at
Covington Mills
The Fifth Sunday Singing will
be held at Covington Mills Meth
odist Church at 8 p.m Sunday,
with a watchnight service to
continue until midnight.
NOTICE TO ALL CLASSIFIED
AND DISPLAY ADVERTISERS
On and after January 1,1962 all Classified advertis
ing will be at the rate of 80c per inch or less and all
display advertising will be at the rate of 85c per inch.
NUMBER 52
• • • •
News. Barnesville Gazette and
Nashville Herald.
Mr. Dennis was a past presi
dent of the Georgia Press Asso
ciation having served in that
capacity in 1945-46. It was un
der his guidance as GPA Presi
dent that the Georgia Stale
Chamber of Commerce was or
ganized. He personally made a
trip to Raleigh, N. C. to study
the setup of the state’s C. of C.
A tireless worker in the
First Baptist Church in Cov
ington, Mr. Dennis was Sunday
School Superintendent for 10
years. He was also a member
of the board of deacons and
was a teacher of the adult
Sunday School class and a
member of the church’s build
ing committee.
Ever alert to the progress of
his community, Mr. Dennis
spearheaded many progressive
developments of Newton Coun
ty. and many knew the bene
fits of his altruism and con
cern for his fellowman.
Mr. Dennis was a Scottish
Rite Mason and a member of
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6 in
Covington. He was Past Wor
shipful Master of the Charles
ton (S. C.) Masonic lodge.
Past Worthy Patron of the
Covington Order of Eastern
Star, past president of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club and past
Lieutenant - Governor of the
12th. Division Georgia District
Kiwanis International. As pres
ident of the Covington Ki
waniarvs Mr. Dennis took the
lead in securing the present
new’ Post Office building for
Covington.
Mr. Dennis had many stale
and national honors bestowed
upon him. He was a past state
commander of the Sons of Con
federate Veterans and was al
so a past National Commander
of that organization. In the
1930’s he served as chairman
of the Advance Committee of
the Stone Mountain Memorial
Association. He was also a
member of Sigma Delta Chi
and Sigma Nu.
A trustee of Salem Camp
Ground for many years Mr.
Dennis was also a member o’
the Fourth District Democrat c
Executive Committee, Coving
ton Elks Lodge Number 1906,
and Newton County Post 32
American Legion. He also esta
blished Covington’s first radio
station WMOC. He showed a
tremendous interest in the wel
fare and development of h.s
community.
Surviving are his widow the
! former Mabel Sessions; sons,
William W. Dennis, Barnesville,
editor of the Barnesville Ga
zette; A. B. Dennis, Jr., Adel;
daughter Mrs. Margaret Den
nis Smith, Nashville, Tenn.;
three nephews, William Dennis,
Columbia, Penn., Earl Dennis.
Nashville, Tenn., and Leo S.
Mallard, Covington; nine
grandchildren. A. B. 111, Bar
bara and Susan Dennis of Adel;
Angeline. Melinda, Wanda and
Adelia Dennis of Barnesville;
Donna and Jimmy Smith of
Nashville, Tenn.
Active pallbearers were: Nat
Turner. Robert Fowler, Donald
Stephenson, E. G. Lassiter, Jr.,
Dr. Goodwin Tuck, Quimby
Melton, Jr.
Honorary Escort was mem
bers of the Covington Kiwanis
Club, and Joe Webb, Guy Rob
inson, E. B. Rogers, Col. R. M.
Tuck, Judge William Dean and
Carl Sims.
J. C. Harwell and Sons Fu
neral Home were in charge of
the arrangements.