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PAGE TWENTY-TWO
LEGALS
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY:
By virtue of the power of
<Je contained in a certain
Deed to Secure Debt executed
by James William Hurst to
JIM WALTER CORPORA
TION, a Florida corporation,
dated May 8. 1981, recorded in
Deed Book 56, page 158. in the
Office of the Clerk of Superior
Court, Newton County, Geor
gia. and later transferred, as
signed and conveyed unto MID
STATE HOMES, INC., a Flori
da corporation, on May 20.
1961. said transfer being re
corded in Deed Book 56, page
618, in the Office of the Clerk
o f Superior Court. Newton
County, Georgia, there will be
sold by the undersigned at
public outcry before the Court
house in said State and Coun
ty, as Attorney in Fact for the
said makers of said deed on
tne first Tuesday in March
1962, during the legal hours of
sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described
pioperty, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Newton
County, Georgia, being the 19th
District of Newton County,
Georgia, and more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING at the north
west corner of Robert Hurst’s
In nd as recorded in Book 56
page 520, Newton County,
Georgia, reference to which is
hereby made and running in
an easterly direction two hun
dred seventy (270) feet along
the northern line of Robert
Hurst's property to a point.
Thence making a 90 degree
turn and running in a north
ernly direction one hundred
fifty (150) feet to a point,
thence making a 90 degree turn
and running in a westernly
direction two hundred
seventy (270) feet to a point
on a county road. Thence mak
ing a 90 degree turn and run
ning in a southemly direction
one hundred fifty (150) feet
along the county road to said
point of beginning. Said tract
of land containing an acre. This
tract of land being a portion of
that tract of land deeded to
Steward Hurst from M. D. Hull
Executor of Estate of Mr. J. T.
Gibson as recorded in Newton
County, Georgia, Book 37, page
270 in reference to which is
hereby made.
The indebtedness secured by
said Deed to Secure Debt being
in default, the undersigned has
declared the full indebtedness
due and payable.
Said property will be sold
ar the property of James Wil-
I'am Hurst to satisfy said in
debtedness. together with costs
of this sale, all as provided
in said deed and the undersign
ed will execute to said pur
chaser at said sale deed as pro
vided in the aforementioned
Deed to Secure Debt.
Mid-State Homes, Inc.,
Transferee
As Attorney in Fact for
James William Hurst
George P. Dillard
Attorney at Law
558 Church Street
Decatur. Georgia
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GEORGIA.
NEWTON COUNTY.
WHEREAS, Miss Sarah Mob
ley, Administratrix of Mrs.
Carrie S. Mobley with the will
annexed, represents to the
Court in her petition, duly filed
and entered on record, that she
has fully administered MRS.
CARRIE S. MOBLEY'S estate.
This is therefore to cite all per
sons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cause, if any
they can. why said Administra
trix should not be discharged
from her administration, and
receive Letters of Dismiss-ion.
on the first Monday in March,
1962.
Donald G. Stephenson.
Ordinary
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ADOPTING ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING
AND ENACTING A NEW
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF COVING
TON, GEORGIA; ESTAB
LISHING THE SAME; PRO
VIDING FOR THE REPEAL
OF CERTAIN OR DI
NANCES NOT INCLUDED
THEREIN, EXCEPT AS
HEREIN EXPRESSLY PRO
VIDED; PROVIDING FOR
THE MANNER OF AMEND
ING SUCH CODE OF ORDI
NANCES; AND PROVID
ING WHEN THIS ORDI
NANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF COV
INGTON, GEORGIA:
Section 1. That this ordi
nance, consisting of Chapters
1 to 27, each inclusive, is here-
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
by adopted and enacted as the
“Code of Ordinances, City of
Covington, Georgia’’ and shall
be treated and considered as a
new and original comprehen
sive ordinance which shall su
persede all other general and
permanent ordinances, motions
and resolutions passed by the
City Council prior to January
1,1962, except such as by re
ference thereto are expressly
saved from repeal or continued
in force and effect for any pur
pose.
Section 2 That all provisions
of auch Code shall be in full
force and effect on and after
adoption, and all ordinances,
motions or resolutions of a
general and permanent nature
of the City of Covington en
acted on final passage on or
before January 1.1962. and not
in such Code or recognized and
continued in force by reference
therein are hereby repealed
from and after the effective
date of this ordinance, except
as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. That the repeal
provided for in Section 2 here
of shall not affect any offense
or act committed or done or
any penalty or forfeiture in
curred or any contract or right
established or accruing before
the effective date of this ordi
nance; nor shall such repeal af
fect any ordinance or resolu
tion of the City promising or
guaranteeing the payment of
money by or to the City or
authorizing the issuance of any
bonds of the City, or any evi
dence of the City's indebted
ness, or any contract or obliga
tion assumed by the City; nor
shall such repeal affect the ad
ministrative ordinances or res
olutions of the -City Council
not in conflict or inconsistent
with the provisions of such
Code; nor shall such repeal af
fect ordinances fixing positions,
classifications. and salaries;
nor shall such repeal affect
any right of franchise granted
by any ordinance or resolution
of the City Council to any
person, firm or corporation;
nor shall such repeal affect any
ordinance dedicating, naming,
establishing, locating, relocat
ing, opening, paving, widen
ing, vacating, etc., any street
or public way in the City; nor
shall such repeal affect the an
nual appropriation ordinance;
nor shall such repeal affect any
ordinance levying or imposing
taxes; nor shall such repeal af
fect any ordinances es
tablishing and prescrib
ing the street grades of
any street in the City; nor shall
such repeal affect any ordi
nance providing for local im
provements and assessing tax
es therefor; nor shall such re
peal be construed to revive any
ordinance or part thereof that
has been repealed by a subse
quent ordinance which is re
pealed by this ordinance.
Section 4. That any and all
additions or amendments to
such Code, when passed in
such form as to indicate the
intention of the City Council
to make the same a part there
of, shall be deemed to be in
corporated into such Code so
that reference to the “Code of
Ordinances, City of Covington.
Georgia” shall be understood
and intended to include such
additions and amendments.
Section 5. That a copy of such
Code shall be kept on file in
the office of the City Clerk,
and preserved in looseleaf
form, or in such other form as
the City Clerk may consider
most expedient. It shall be the
express duty of the City Clerk
oi someone authorized by him,
to insert in their designated
places all amendments or ordi
nances which indicate the in
tention of the City Council to
make the same a part of such
Code, when the same have
been printed or reprinted in
page form, and to extract from
such Code all provisions which
may be from time to time re
pealed by the City Council.
This copy of such Code shall
be available for all persons de
siring to examine the same and
'hall be considered the official
Code of Ordinances of Coving
ton, Georgia.
Section 6. That in case of the
amendment of any section of
such Code for which a penalty
।is not provided, the general
penalty as provided in Section
1-8 of such Code shall apply
'o the section as amended; or
in case such amendment con
tains provisions for which pen
alty, other than the aforemen
tioned general penalty, is pro
vided in another section in the
same chapter, the penalty so
provided in such other section
shall be held to relate to the
section so amended, unless
such penalty is specifically re
pealed therein.
Section 7. That it shall be
unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation in the City of
Covington to change or amend
by additions or deletions, any
part or portion of such Code,
or to insert or delete pages or
portions thereof, or to alter or
tamper with such Code in any
! manner whatsoever which will
f cause the law of the City of
1 Covington to be misrepresent
i ed thereby. Any person, firm
• or corporation violating this
• section shall be punished as
I provided in Section 1-8 of the
s Code of Ordinances of the City
• of Covington.
’ Section 8. All ordinances or
• parts of ordinances in conflict
’ herewith are, to the extent of
I such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 9 That notice is giv
en that the aforementioned
i “Code of Ordinances, City of
I Covington, Georgia” are post
■ ed on the bulletin board in the
, lobby of the City Hall and will
i remain posted as required by
■ the City Charter.
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NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY
Because of default in the
payment of the indebtedness
secured by a deed to secure
debt executed by John E.
Freeman to Robert J. Lamp
here. Acting Administrator of
Veterans Affairs, an Officer of
the United States of America,
and his successors in such Of
fice, as such, dated February
7, 1961, and recorded in Deed
Book 56. Folio 195-196, in the
Office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Newton Coun
ty, Georgia, the undersigned,
J. S. Gleason, Jr., as successor
in office to Robert Lamphere,
as Administrator of Veterans
Affairs, has declared the en
tire amount of said indebted
ness due and payable in ac
cordance with the terms of said
deed and the note secured
thereby, and pursuant to the
power of sale contained in said
deed, there will be sold by the
undersigned at public outcry
before the courthouse door in
Covington, Newton County,
Georgia, on the first Tuesday
in March 1962, within the legal
hours of sale to the highest
bidder for cash, the following
described property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in the
City of Covington, in the 9th
District, Newton County,
Georgia and described as fol
lows:
BEGINNING at a point on the
east side of Gordy Street 300
feet north of the northeast
corner of Newton Drive and
Gordy Street; thence run
ning due north along the
east side of Gordy Street 75
feet to property of Tuck;
thence running due east 150
feet along said property of
Tuck to property of Patrick;
thence running due south 75
feet along property of Pat
rick and others to property
of W. H. McKinley; thence
running due west along pro
perty of McKinley 150 feet
to point of beginning. Said
property having located
thereon one brick veneer
dwelling with carport.
Said property will be sold as
the property of John E. Free
man and the proceeds of said
sale will be applied to the pay
ment of said indebtedness, the
expense of said sale, all as
provided in said deed to secure
debt, and the balance, if any,
will be distributed as provided
by law.
J. S. GLEASON. JR.
As Administrator of
Veterans Affairs
And as Attorney-in-Fact
for John E. Freeman
By:
PIEF.RE NOEL. Jr.
Loan Guaranty Office
J. J. SUMMERFORD
Attorney
Veterans Administration
Regional Office
441-449 West Peachtree
Street., N.E.
Atlanta 8, Georgia
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GEORGIA.
NEWTON COUNTY.
WHEREAS. R P Campbell.
Executor of Last Will of EM
MA PIPER, represents to the
Court in his petition duly filed
and entered on record, that he
has fully administered Emma
Piper’s estate: This is therefore
to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show’
cause, if any they can, why
said Executor should not be
discharged from his admini
stration, and receive letters of
dismission on the first Monday
in March, 1962.
Donald G. Stephenson,
Ordinary
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GEORGIA
NEWTON COUNTY.
WHEREAS, on the 7th day
of March. 1961. LEROY E.
BANKS executed to H. W
RICHARDS LUMBER CO., of
Carroll County. Georgia, a deed
to the following described pro
perty, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of
land situate, lying and being
in the City of Covington,
New’ton County. Georgia, ly
ing on South side of Eber-
’H! COVINGTON NEWS
hardt Street, and described
as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on
the South side of Eberhardt
Street, 331.5 feet West of the
West line of West Street;
and running thence South
at a right angle to Eberhardt
Street 100 feet; thence West
parallel with Eberhardt
Street 65 feet to the East
side of a 26 foot alley;
thence North along East side
of 26 foot alley 100 feet to
the South line of Eberhardt
Street; thence East along
South line of Eberhardt
Street 65 feet to the point of
beginning; bounded on the
North by Eberhardt Street;
on the East by lot of
Lizzie Kate Driskoll; on the
South by land now or form
erly of J. W. Bankston; and
on the West by said 26 foot
alley.
‘o secure a note in the amount
of $4232.88, which said deed is
recorded in Deed Book 54, Page
403, in the Office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of New
ton County, Georgia; and
WHEREAS, said note has be
come in default, both as to
principal and interest and
there is now due and owing on
said note $4124.72 and the said
H. W Richards Lumber Co.
elects and hereby declares said
note, both principal and in
terest, due as provided in said
deed.
NOW THEREFORE, in ac
cordance with the terms of said
deed and the Laws of Georgia,
in such cases made and pro
vided, the undersigned will ex
pose for sale to the highest
and best bidder for cash, the
above described land, after
proper advertisement, on the
first Tuesday in March, 1962.
between the legal hours of
sale before the Court House
door in Newton County, Geor
gia . ,
The proceeds of said sale
will be used first to pay the
balance due on said note as
principal and interest, and the
expenses of said sale and
the balance, if any. will
be delivered to the said Leroy
E. Banks.
This 6th day of February.
1962.
H. W. RICHARDS
LUMBER CO.
AS Attorney in Fact for
Leroy E. Banks
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FORECLOSURE
ON REAL ESTATE
GEORGIA
NEWTON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the
Power of Sale set forth in a
certain Security Deed given by
Robert D. Gibbs and Maxine
Cox Gibbs, dated April 17, 1958,
to the Bank of Covington and
recorded in the Clerk’s Office
of Newton County, Georgia, in
Deed Book 50, page 155, there
will be sold before the court
house door in said Newton
County, Georgia, during the
l°gal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in March, 1962, to the
highest bidder for cash, the
following described property,
to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of
land situated, lying and being
in the City of Covington. New
ton County, Georgia and des
cribed as follows:
BEGINNING in the center |
of N West Street at the south
east corner of Norton Bledsoe
lot and thence running west 156
feet to a stake; thence south
75 feet to a stake; thence east
163 feet to the center of N. West
Street; and thence north up
center of N. West Street 92
feet to the beginning point.
Said lot being bounded on East
by N. West Street (center);
North by property of Norton
Bledsoe; and on West and
South by property of Mrs. Al
lie Belle Gibbs. There is lo
cated on said lot one six room
brick veneer dwelling.
The debt secured by said
Security Deed was and is rep
resented by one note of even
date therewith and fully de
scribed in said Security Deed,
and payable, principal and in
terest, as therein provided, to
gether with such other charges
as therein provided might ac
crue.
Default having occurred in
respect to the payment of the
balance due on said debt, after
demand for the payment there
of. said Bank of Covington has
elected to declare the entire
balance due on said debt now
due and payable and having
j notified the makers of said
note to make said payment or
1 have attorney fees added and
said makers having failed to
make such pavment after such
notice, the Bank of Coving
ton has elected to make the ;
Power of Sale in said Security i
Deed operative.
The proceeds of sale will be
applied to the payment of the
principal and interest, Attorney
fees, and such other charges as
may have accrued under the
provisions of said Security
Deed and Note, and the surplus.
if any, will be paid as therein
provided. A fee simple title
deed will be made to purchaser
at said sale.
The Bank of Covington
By John B. Weaver,
Cashier
As Attorney in fact for
Robert D. Gibbs and
Maxine Cox Gibbs
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CITATION
COURT OF ORDINARY,
NEWTON,
COUNTY GEORGIA
To any Creditors and All Par
ties at Interest:
Regarding Estate of E. A.
VEAL formerly of Newton
County. Georgia, notice is here
by given that Betty Veal
Strawn, Carolyn Veal Luns
ford, and Mrs. Mellie Rye Veal
the heirs, have filed applica
tion with me to declare no Ad
ministration necessary.
Said application will be heard
at my office Monday, March 5.
1962, and if no objection is
made an order will be passed
saying no Administration ne
cessary.
Donald G. Stephenson
Ordinary.
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Marv Parnell Harmon
vs.
Billy B. Harmon
No. 844
March Term, 1962
Newton Superior Court
Divorce Action
Date of Order for
Publication
Jan. 9. 1962
Date Filed Jan. 11,1962
To: Mr. Billy B. Harmon
General Delivery
Porterdale, Georgia
By order of the Court you
are hereby commanded to be
and appear before the Superior
Court of Newton County,
Georgia, within sixty days,
from this date, to file your de
fense to the above suit for di
vorce. In default thereof, the
Court will proceed as to justice
shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable Wil
liam T. Dean, Judge of the Su
perior Court of Newton Coun
ty, Georgia.
This 11 day of January, 1962.
S.M. HAY, Clerk
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
GEORGIA STATE HIGHWAY
I AUTHORITY PROJECT
NO. RA-2-11 (1)
COUNTIES OF
JASPER & NEWTON
Sealed proposals will be re
ceived by the Georgia State
Highway Authority at its Gen
eral Office at No. 2 Capitol
Square, Atlanta, Georgia, un
til 11 A.M., Eastern Standard
Time, February 15, 1962, for
furnishing all labor, material,
equipment and other things
necessary for construction of
27.23 Miles of Widen
ing and Resurfacing on
the Monticello - Monroe Road,
State Route 11. Beginning at
the West Corner of the Square
at the Intersection of State
Route 16, m Monticello and
Extending Northerly to the
Walton County Line.
Plans and Specifications are
on file at the office of the un
dersigned at Atlanta, and at the
office of the State Highway De
partment, No. 2, Capitol Square.
Atlanta, Georgia, and at the
office of the Division Engineer
of the State Highway Depart
ment at Tennille, Georgia
w’here they may be inspected
free of charge.
Copies of the plans may be
obtained upon payment in ad
vance of the sum of $5.00.
Copies of the Standard Speci
fications may be obtained upon
payment in advance of the sum
of $3.00, which sums will not
be refunded.
The Standard Specifications
of the State Highway Depart
ment of Georgia have been
adopted by the Georgia State
Highway Authority and will
govern any construction under
these proposals.
THE APPROXIMATE
QUANTITIES ARE
AS FOLLOWS:
100 Cu. Yds. Unclassified Ex
cavation
1000 Cu. Yds. Subgrade Treat
ment Material
36990 Tons Graded Aggregate
Base Course (Cement Stabi
lized)
5510 Bbls. Portland Cement
18900 Gals. Cutback Asphalt
Prime
37600 Gals. Emulsified Asphalt
Tack Coat, AE-O
102000 Sq. Yds. Asphalt Ce
ment Surface Treatment.
Stone Size M-6. Type 111
6290 Tons Asphalt Concrete
“B", “E” & “F”
25320 Tons Asphalt Concrete
“F”
559900 Gals. Asphaltic Material
1 Each Adjust Drop Inlet to
Grade
40 Tons Aggregate for Pen
etration Macadam Base
Course
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State)
650 Gals. Bituminous Material
for Penetration Macadam
Base Course
Said work shall begin with
in ten (10) days after formal
execution of contract and shall
be completed within 100 work
ing days. When contract has
been executed, written notice
shall be given the Contractor,
at which time, and not before,
work may be started.
Contract executed pursuant
to this Notice is binding on the
Georgia State Highway Au
thority as such. Said contract
will not create liability, ex
p essed or implied, against the
undersigned Chairman of the
Georgia State Highway Au
thority as an individual, nor
against any employee of the
Georgia State Highway Au
thority in his or her individual
capacity nor against the State
Highway Department of Geor
gia, nor against any officer or
employee of the State Highway
Department in his or her in
dividual capacity.
Proposals must be submitted
on regular forms which will be
supplied by the undersigned,
and must be accompanied by a
certified check, cashier’s check,
negotiable United States Bonds
or other acceptable security in
the amount of $12000.00. and
must be plainly marked “Pro
posal for Road Construction,”
County and Number, and show
the time of opening as adver
tised. Check of the low bidder
will be cashed and all other
checks will be returned as soon
as the contract is awarded,
unless it is deemed advisable
by the Authority to hold one
or more checks. If an unusual
condition arises, the Authority
reserves the right to cash all
checks. Bidders Bond will not
be accepted.
A charge of $5.00 will be
made for each proposal issued.
Such a bond will be required
of the successful bidder as re
quired by law for contractors
contracting with the State
Highway Department of Geor
gia.
Contracts will not be award
ed to contractors who have not
been placed on the list of quali
fied contractors prior to the
date of award. No proposals
will be issued to any bidder
later than 9 A.M. Eastern
Standard Time of the date of
opening bids.
All bids must show totals for
each item and total of amount
of bid. Right is reserved
to delay the award of the
contract for a period of not
to exceed thirty (30) days from
the date of opening bids, dur
ing which period bids shall re
main open and not subject to
withdrawal. Right is reserved
to reject any and all bids and
to waive all formalities.
Upon compliance with the
Cubans. Florida Growers in Sugar Boom . ..
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Florida’s expanding sugar industry has its 196162 harvest season under way. A eane loader gob
bles up a quarter ton of cane and tosses it into waiting eane wagons as a big, new Allts-Cbalmera
“Sugar Babe” tractor with the capacity to pull four loaded cane wagons weighing a total ad
approximately 65,000 pounds waits to roli to a sugar mill.
A sweet new boom is under way in Florida, this time in sugar
Out in the Everglades between Miami and Lake Okeechobee
the quiet stillness of snake-infested swampland is being broken
by the noisy teamwork of drag
lines dredging canals, tractors
crashing through dense under
growth. engines and pumps pur
ring night and day to drain,
clear and turn vast acres of
muckland into rich, new sugar
land.
Pastureland and other crop
lands are also being pushed into
cane production
Seven new' sugar mills are
rising around the southern peri
meter of Lake Okeechobee.
Approximately SIOO-million is
~
Talisman Sugar Company
pushes into the Everglades to
drain, clear and cultivate 16,000
acres of swampland to turn it
into rich, new sugarland by 1962.
'Valentine Varieties' at
Porterdale Friday, Feb. 16
PORTERDALE — VALEN
TINE VARIETIES will occupy
the spotlight at Porterdale on
Friday, February 16, when the
Parent - Teacher Association
sponsors an evening of fun,
Sardis Church
Sets Training
Program Feb. 12-17
Tom Williams, Sunday
School Superintendent of Sar
dis Church, Route 1, Oxford,
announces a training program
will be held at the church for
Sunday School workers from
February 12, through 17. Rev.
Harvey J. Morrow, pastor of
Sardis Church, will show film
strips on the following sub
jects:
Monday, February 12, and
Tuesday, February 13, “Build
ing a Better Sunday School”.
This will take up the following
subjects, Organization, Devel
oping the Worker, Planning the
Program and Expansion.
Wednesday through Satur
day, February 14-17, the sub
ject for the study will be
“Know Your Child”. Subjects
taken up during this time will
be: Sources of Truth. Growth
Dynamics, Growth Early
Stages, Growth Later Stages,
Growth Similarities. Growth
Differences, Freedom Discipline
and The Challenge.
Classes will start each even
ing at 7:30 and a certificate
will be given to each one at
tending all classes. Everyone,
will be given to each one at
regardless of church affiliation,
is invited and will be wel
comed.
requirements of the standard
specifications, ninety (90) per
cent of the amount of work
done in any calendar month
will be paid for by the 25th day
of the succeeding month, and
the remainder within thirty
(30) days after final estimate
is approved by the Engineer.
This the 26 day of January,
1962.
GEORGIA STATE HIGH
WAY AUTHORITY
JIM L. GILLIS, SR.,
CHAIRMAN
WILLIS N. HARDEN,
MEMBER
CLARK W. DUNCAN.
MEMBER
Agriculture offers thousands
of jobs in hundreds of careers,
many of them almost unknown
a few years ago.
s being invested to grow up to
. 500,000 tons of sugar annually.
Long-time South Florida sugar
. companies and growers com
f bined with Cuban exiles who
- were sugar industry leaders in
Cuba prior to Castro’s confisca
. tion of the sugar mills, are be
, hind the expansion of Florida’s
sugar bowl.
( Nearly 200,000 acres of sugar
land will be growing cane by
next year. A year ago only
; 40,000 acres were in cane. Flor
’ ida expects to produce 2.1 mil
lion tons of cane this year com
pared to 1.6 million tons of cane
[ in 1960. Next year, output could
I climb to seven million tons.
Two of the seven mills are
new from ground up — U.S.
Sugar company’s sls-million
plant at Bryant on the east side
of Lake Okeechobee, and the
i Sugar Cane Growers Coopera
| tive of Florida's $13.5-million
mill at Belle Glade. Other mills
are being dismantled in Louisi
• ana and Puerto Rico, shipped
, to Florida and reconstructed in
i the Everglades to be ready for
: grinding 1962’s big crop.
There's also a boom for new
Thursday, February 8. 1962
food, fellowship, and recrea
tion for everybody.
Beginning at five o’clock, a
Hamburger Supper will be
served in the school lunch
room for an hour and a half.
The menu will consist of bar
becued hamburgers, buns, bak
ed beans, candied yams, slaw,
pickles, dessert, and a drink
for seventy-five cents. Tickets
are on sale among the school
children and must be bought
by Wednesday. February 14.
Simultaneously, a HOT DOG
STAND on the school ground
at the John Porter Building
will dispense hot dogs and
Cokes and candy.
Homemade Candy, Pennants,
Souvenirs, and a Fish Pond at
strategic places will afford en
joyment. Potted plants will al
so be on sale.
At six-thirty, the Founders
Day Program will be present
ed in the school auditorium by
♦he Fourth and Eighth Grade
students. A freewill offering
commemorating the sixty-fif
th birthday of the PTA will be
taken at this time.
Immediately following this
formal meeting, a Talent Show,
prepared by grademothers from
each room working with a
committee consisting of Mrs. J.
B. Mitchell, Mrs. M. B. Shaw,
and Mrs. Walter Allgood, will
contribute to the evening’s en
tertainment. Admission to this
will be a nominal fee of twen
ty-five cents.
Proceeds will be used for a
worthy project to benefit the
school.
Navy Announces
Shorter Term
Os Enlistment
Kenneth Frith, OMI, USN
local Navy recruiter announced
this week that in order to af
ford an opportunity to the pa
triotic young man of the United
States, to serve their country
with pride, and for a shorter
term of enlistment than is pre
sently available, a 3 year en
listment in the Navy is now
possible. This 3 year enlist
ment in no way replaces the
present 4 and 6 year enlistment,
but will be available to the
young man who desires a short
er enlistment.
For further information see
the local Navy recruiter locat
ed on the Court House Square
in Decatur, Georgia.
Frith will be in Covington
each Tuesday from 10 am un
til 3:30 p.m.
farm and construction equip.
> ment; engines, pumps, electri.
। cal and sugar mill machinery;
fertilizer, chemical and petro
i leum products, plus a multitude
of other tools necessary to ex
■ pand an area industry more
than twice its size within a year.
, For instance, a big, new four
wheel drive tractor labeled the
“Sugar Babe” has been specifi
cally developed by Allis-Chal
mers, at the request of sugar
cane growers to speed both cane
field cultivation work and the
job of hauling heavily loaded
cane wagons to waiting sugar
mills.
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Tractors are ripping into the
dense, snake-infested Ever
glades to open up new sugar,
land as Florida s sugar industry
promises to expand five times
in next two years.