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By the Office Boy
The experience we enjoyed
of having lunch at E. L. Fic
quett School, during last week’s
fust official observance of
School Lunch Week, was one
Me wish every parent of a
Newton County student could
have shared. In fact acquaint
ing parents more fully with
the program was the primary
purpose of the proclamation,
bv our Governor, setting aside
this particular week to high
light the splendid achievements
of the School Lunch Program,
headed by Miss Josephine Mar
tin. director.
The PTA is credited with in
itiating the program, during
the “ ’3os”, when surplus food
supplies and hungry children
of parents out of work set in
motion plans for getting them
together. As the program ex
panded with gratifying results,
it became a well established
part of the school program by
the time prosperity finally
rounded the corner.
Nostalgic lunch baskets,
Tnermos bottles, and paper
lunch sacks went on the shelf,
as the number of children eat
ing in school lunch rooms in
creased, and the cost of lunch
es went down with government
subsidies of surplus supplies.
Pupils enjoyed a hot. nu
tritious meal at noon, planned
by lunch room supervisors,
who were trained in dietetics.
This was not the only advant
age though. In addition, chil
dren learn valuable lessons in
getting along with others: in
handling money; in accepting
and relishing foods not always
served in his own home; in in
dividual responsibility and
pride in the cleanliness of his
lunch room.
We marvelled at the even
flow of pupils in and out of
the lunchroom; the quiet effi
ciency of Mrs. Loyd Alexand-
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Pancake Supper
Friday Evening
Covington Rotary Club will
stage a Pancake Supper Friday
evening at the Newton County
High School cafeteria starting
at 6 o’clock.
Funds realized from the sup
per will be donated to two
Charity drives now underway
in Newton County. One half of
the proceeds will go to the
Heart Fund and one-half to
the March of Dimes.
Tickets are now on sale by
members of the Rotary Club or
they may be purchased at the
door Friday evening. Serving
will continue until 9 o’clock.
Howard Milligan is overall
chairman of the supper and
the various chairmen of the
committees are: cooking, Alvin
Rape; table. Husrh Harris: pub-
Ncity, Leo Mallard and Bill
Hoffman: drinks, Dan Clower;
tickets. James Rogers: trea
surer, C. G. Henderson, Jr.
Dr. Tarkenton
To Preach Sunday
At Porterdale
Dr. Dallas M. Tarkenton, Re
gistrar and assistant Professor
at Emory College, Oxford, will
preach at the 11:00 o’clock
morning and the 7:00 o’clock
evening services in the Julia A.
Porter Memorial Methodist
Church, in Porterdale. Sunday,
February 11. 1962 in the ab
sence of the pastor, the Rev.
Henry H. Dillard.
Dr. Tarkenton is an able
minister and was editor in
chief of a religious publishing
house for eight years before
coming to Emory College from
Athens, Ga.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend both of these ser
vices and hear Dr. Tarkenton
preach.
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VOLUME 98
BOY /.OUT WEEK OBSERVANCE SET HERE
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Cha. .es Byrd Is Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
Jury Finds Accused Sane
In Death Os Two Brothers
Justice moved swiftly Wednesday afternoon at Conyers
in the murder trial of Charles Byrd as the 20-year-old boy
found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment in the shot
gun staying of Wayne and Tommy Henderson. The verdict
and sentence was accomplished yesterday in about 4 hours.
Young Byrd, charged with
the gunshot slaying of Wayne
and Tommy Henderson and the
wounding of Mike Flanagan, all
of Newton County, was found
sane by a Rockdale County
jury Tuesday after deliberating
over a two-day period.
Byrd went on trial Wednes
day (yesterday) for the murder
of one of the two teen-age boys
the state charges he gunned (
down in a jealous rage.
The Rockdale County jury
spent more than six hours in
deliberation Monday night and
Tuesday morning before reject
ing Byrd’s plea of insanity.
The packed courtroom was
unusually quiet when jury
foreman B. A. Hasty, a local
cattle dealer, read the jury’s
verdict Tuesday morning. At
the request of defense attorney
A. R. Barksdale, Stone Moun
tain Circuit Judge Frank Guess
polled the jury.
Byrd, 20, who was working
as caretaker on a small farm
near here at the time of his ar
rest, went on trial at 9 a.m.
Wednesday for the murder of
Douglas Wayne Henderson, 15.
Byrd is also charged with
killing young Henderson's bro
ther, Tommy, and wounding a
third boy, Mike Flanagan, af
ter allegedly taking them in
leg irons from a drive-in mov
ie to a wooded area near here
the night of Dec. 27.
Byrd’s 15-year-old girl
friend, Dorothy Sue Bradford, ;
next will go on trial for the
murder of the Henderson boy,
and then Byrd’s 15-year-old
brother Richard will be tried,
Sol. Gen. Richard Bell said •
Tuesday. '
Flanagan will be the stale's
chief witness.
Atlanta psychiatrist Dr.
Charles Beal) testified Monday *
he believed Byrd to be insane,
that he suffered from delusions,
and that he had the mind of a
9-year-old boy.
Other witnesses, including
Sheriff J. T. Wallace and news
man Britt Fayssoux, said that
Byrd had given incoherent
statements to them.
Attorney Barksdale said in
his special plea of insanity that
Byrd was mentally unable to
help in his defense, and that he
did not have the mental capa- |
city to understand the charges I
against him.
Solicitor Bell charged that in ■
Palmer-Stone P-TA
Turkey Supper
Friday 5-8 PM
The Palmer Stone Parent-
Teacher Association will spon
sor a turkey supper on Friday,
February 16, at the school
lunchroom. The meal will be
served from 5-8 p.m. with pro
ceeds going to replace needed
items lost in the recent fire at
the school.
Adult plates will be $1.25
with children under 12, 75
cents. Everyone is invited to
attend and help the PTA in
their endeavor.
Qty? (taington
view of the case against Byrd
his only defense was a plea of
insanity and he accused Byrd
of faking insanity.
Three former DeKalk Couaty
jail cellmates of Byrd testified
that they had heard Byrd say
that he hoped to be judged in
sane in order to win an early
release from a mental institu
tion so that he could kill six
other boys.
Robert Arnold
Soeaker at
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College Meet
The problems of the college
transfer student will be re
viewed in depth at the ninth
annual meeting of the Georgia
Association of Collegiate Reg
istrars and Admissions Officers
Feb. 12-13 on the campus of
Georgia Tech.
Plans for the conference
were announced by Dr. Horace
Sturgis, associate registrar of
Georgia Tech and president of
the association.
Robert O. Arnold, chairman
of the Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia,
will speak on “The Future of
Higher Education in Georgia”
at the opening dinner Monday’
evening, Feb. 12, in the DDK
Room of Brittain Dining Hall.
A panel comprised of rep
resentatives of a junior col
lege, a public university, and
a private university will dis
cuss the subject of transfer
students as one of the features
of the conference.
Miss Elizabeth Parker, West
Georgia College registrar, will
moderate the panel. Other par
ticipants will include J. T. Mor
ris, dean and registrar. Mid
dle Georgia College; Paul R.
Kea, assistant director of ad
missions, University of Geor
gia; and L. L. Clegg, director
of admissions, Emory U)
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MacGREGOR GOLF BALLS manufactured in Covington were
presented Governor Ernest Vandiver and members of the Georgia
General Assembly Wednesday at a joint session at the Capitol in
Atlanta. The session of the Georgia lawmakers honored the Bruns
wick Corporation for its sports facilities located in the state of
Georgia. Shown in the Governor's office admiring MacGregor
golf equipment are from left to right (standing): Ed Ricker, In
dustrial Relations Manager Covingion; Casey Peifer, Executive
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1962
Sec. Freeman
To Speak in
Atlanta Today
On February 8 (today), Sec
retary of Agriculture Orville
L. Freeman is. once again,
coming to Georgia.
This trip will probably be
the most important thus far
and will have the most far
reaching consequence to farm
ers and businessmen through
out the nation.
Foremost agricultural leaders
in Florida, Alabama and Geor
gia joined in the invitation to
Secretary Freeman to come to
this area and are encouraging
all farmers and businessmen in
the three states to attend a
meeting with Secretary Free
man Thursday, Feb. 8. at 10
a.m. in the Atlanta Biltmore
Hotel.
This visit carries special im
pact as Secretary Freeman will
be discussing the President’s
message to Congress relating to
agriculture and the terms, con
ditions and operation of the
new farm bill introduced in
Congress, January 31.
The meeting in Atlanta will
he one of the three such con
ferences that Freeman will
hold throughout the nation.
The first will be in Omaha on
February 5 and the last in
Spokane, Feb. 12.
The invitation to visit this
area was issued to the Secre
tary bv the Commissioners of
Agriculture from Georgia,
Florida and Alabama and by
various other prominent agri
cultural leaders.
Burbancks to
Give Program
At Emory-Oxford
There will be a program pre
sented by Dr. and Mrs. W. D.
Burbank of Emory University
Biology Department on Tues
day evening. February 13 at the
Pierce Science Hali, 126, at
7:30 p. m. Emory at Oxford.
The subject will be Europe,
1961. Dr. and Mrs. Burbank
will present slides and give
their impressions of Western
Europe and Czechoslovakia.
The public is cordially in
vited.
Elks Club Presents Check to Boy Scouts
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BOY SCOUT CAMP BERT ADAMS nas received another $500,00
check from the Covington Elka Lodge Number 1806. Thia check
makes a total of $2,000.00 given by the local Elka Lodge. Walker
Harria (left). Exalted Ruler of the Elks, ia shown presenting the
gift io B. B. Snow, who has served as Newton-Rockdale Chairman
of the Bert Adama BSA fund raising campaign. The recent check
donated by the Elks tops local fraternal organisation's gift total to
the scout camp.
Boy Scouting,
Music on Today's
Kiwanis Slate
Two Covingtonians will pre
sent the program today (Thurs
day) at the Covington Kiwanis
Club's regular weekly lunch
eon meeting at Legion Home
at 1 o’clock.
Homer Sharp will make a
speech in observance of Na
tional Boy Scout Week which
runs through Tuesday, Feb
ruary 13, and Mrs. Martin
Goode will render a musical
program during the latter half
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Vice-President Brvaiswick Sports; S. P. Jacobson. President Bruns
wick Bowling Div. and Group Vice-President Brunswick Corp.;
Doug Rowe. Vice-President Manufacturing Brunswick Sports;
Don Ballard. Newton County Representative: Richard Bennett,
President Brunswick Sports; Adrian Norton, Vice-President CBcS
Bank, Atlanta; Earl Milligan, Manager Press Relations Brunswick
Sports; and Jack Minier, Director State Departmet of Commerce.
'Sweetheart Dance'
Saturday Night
The Senior Tri-Hi-Y is spon
soring a sweetheart dance Feb.
10 at the Teen Can. The sweet
hearts will be chosen from the
following group: Sherry Jef
feries, Billy Shaw, Gail Robin
son, Butch Shelton, Jackie
Smith, Thomas Glanton, Eliza
beth Anne Greer, Mike Budd,
Scottie Kirkland, Bob Travis,
Robbin Dennison, Ronnie Lyn
ch, Jane Coggins, Jimmy Wiley,
Kay Shaw, Steve Coggins,
Anne Patrick, Monty Laster,
Carole Callaway and Stanley
Edwards.
The admission is 25c stag
and 50c per co’.ple. The time is
from 8 to 11. Everyone is in
vited.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Sunday Church Services
To Honor Cubs, Explorers
Boy Scout Sunday, FRebruary 11, will highlight the local
observance of Boy Scout Week in Newton County and
throughout the Atlanta Council’! 13 counties during the
period February 7 through February 13.
9,3/8 Get Oral
Polio Vaccine
In Newton Co.
“Operation Sugar Lump has
come to a reluctant halt. Offi
cially we have ceased to give
Type 1 Oral Vaccine in New
ton County. We still have a few
doses left and will give them
until they are all gone,” stated
Dr. Stevens Byars, Newton
County Director of Public
Health.
A total of 9.378 pre-school
children, students and adults
have been given the vaccine
during the past three weeks, ac
cording to Newton Health Dept,
records. Students comprised the
bigger part of the overall to
tal with 5,380 taking their
“lump of sugar.** Three thou
sand and eight adults took the
vaccine and 1,154 pre-school
children.
“The Newton County Board
of Health wishes to thank all
of the people who helped with
the clinics — The press, radio,
support of the physicians of the
county, civic groups, PTA
groups, municipal agencies, and
a host of individuals who help
ed out in any way. Without
your valuable assistance, this
excellent record could not have
been attained,” Dr. Byars said.
Type II Ora] Polio Vacccine
will be given starting the week
of March 12. The Health De
partment will be in the schools
during the first week and
clinics for young children and
adults the second week.
Newton Fourth
In One-Act
Play Contest
Newton County’s one-act
play came out fourth in the
14:h Annual Slate Drama Fes
tival held at the University of
Georgia in Athens.
NCHS represented Region
4AA. The winner of the state
contest was Newnan High
School, who presented “Our
Town.” Second place went to
Fitzgerald, third to Calhoun.
Newton County Education Assn.
Elects E. G. McCants President
A meeting of the Newton
County Education Association
was held on Tuesday, February
6,1962, at the Newton Coun
ty High School. Mrs. C. C. Hood
presented Mrs. Ben Banks, who
gave an inspiring devotional.
Miss Mary Trippe, president,
reported the election of the fol
lowing officers, who will be in
stalled at the April meeting:
E. G. McCants. President; L. G.
Carney, Vice President; Mrs.
Wallace Scarborough, Secre
tary; Mrs. C. C. Hood, Treasur
er.
Delegates and Alternates who
will represent Newton County
teachers at the State GEA Con
vention in March are:
Delegates: Miss Mary Trippe,
Mr. E. G. McCants, Mr. L. G.
Carney, Mrs. J. D. Smith. Mr.
Harvey Kitchens, Mr. Homer
Sharp.
NUMBER I
The annual week this year
marks the 52nd Anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America.
The theme of the anniversary it
"Strengthen America. . . Char
acter Counts." The emphasis of
the week is on the Boy Scout
family.
Sunday all Boy Scouts of
Newton County will attend the
church of their choice in un.-
fnrm and will be recognized by
their ministers. Bulletins of
many churches in the county
Sunday will pay tribute to the
BSA movement, according to
E. G. Lassiter, Jr., Newton -
Rockdale Chairman. He s; i
that 325 churches in the A
- Area Council have be n
requested to honor Boy Scout ,
Cub Scouts and Explorers next
Sunday.
The purpose of Scouting as
stated in the Federal Charter
granted by Congress on June
15, 1916, “shall be to promote,
through organization, and co
operation with other agencies,
the ability of boys to do things
for themselves and others, to
train them in Scoutcraft and
teach them patriotism, coura <e,
self-reliance, and kindred vir
tues, “by placing emphasis up
on the Scout Oath or Promt e
and Law for Character develop
ment, citizenship training, and
physical fitness.
The emphasis on this year’s
Boy Scout Week is on the Boy
Scout Family. Scouting contri
butes to family life in America
and recognizes the contribu
tion families make both to
Scouting and the American Way
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Heart Fund Sets
Research Day,
Dance Here
Friday, February 9, is Heart
Research Day, and Saturday,
February 10, is the night the
Newton County Heart Coun
cil will sponsor a dance at th«
Covington Elks Club to help
reach Newton County’i goal for
the Heart Fund Drive.
You will have an opportunity
to dance to the music of the
Covington Elks Trio from 9-12
midnight, Saturday night. Ad
mission will be $2.00 per cou
ple.
This is a time to make a con
tribution to the Heart Fund and
have a good time too, while
helping your neighbor’s heart.
Remember — Saturday, Febru
ary 10.
Alternates: Miss Sue Thomp
son, Mrs. J. W. Richardson, Mr.
Dick Schneider, Mr. Melvin
Criswell, Mr. E. D Whatley.
Mr. William G. Hasty, Field
Representative of the Georgia
Education Association, gave
an informative talk on bills re
lated to Education which are
pending in the present session
of the Legislature, and on tax
re-evaluation. Mr. Tom Bates,
Newton County Commissioner,
was also welcomed as a guest.
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