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Cub Pack Blue-Gold Banquets Covington, Porterdale
Kindergarten
Registration
Set Today
Kindergarten registration for
the afternoon session and Open
House for all the children who
will enter Kindergarten, morn
ing and afternoon sessions, in
the Little Red Schoolhouse this
fall will be held on Thursday,
March 1, from 3 until 5 p. m.
The September fee of $lO is
payable at the time of regis
tration.
An article was placed in the
Covington News the first week
in December stating that the
Guild would operate two Kin
dergartens this fall and that
anyone desiring to pre-regist
er their child could do so by
contacting Mrs. Guy Evans,
Kindergarten Chairman. Since
that time the morning session
registration has been complet
ed with 32 enrolled. The after
noon session will also accept
up to 32 children.
Mrs. Hugh McDonald will
teach the morning session which
will operate from 8:30 until
11:30. Mrs. Robert Budd will
teach the afternoon session
which will operate from 2 p. m.
until 5 p. m. Anyone desiring
any further information may
call Mrs. Guy Evans 786-30a5.
Mrs. Turner's
Funeral Held
Al Prospect
Funeral services for Mrs.
James Grier Turner of Beth
any Community were held
Thursday afternoon, February
22, at Prospect Methodist
Church with Rev. Carl Stand
aid, pastor of the church be
ing assisted by Rev. Melvin
Tunnage. pastor of Bethany
Presbyterian Church, in offi
ciating at the last rites.
Mrs. Turner died at her
home on February 20. after a
lingering illness. She was a
member ot Prospect Methodist
C ;urch.
Surviving are one son,
Charles J. Turner, Atlanta;
daughter, Mrs. James W. King,
Covington; four grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
Interment was in Prospect
Cemetery, Oak Hill Communi
ty. with J. C. Harwell and Son
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Serving as pall
bearers were Wade Willing-
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Club's festive l adies Night program, are University of Ga. Cos
rnopoliian Club participants and club officials. Left io right are:
Rotary President Otis Spillers, John Knight, Hong Slik Min,
The Covington Enterprise. Established in 1864 - The Covington Star. Established in 1874 „nd The Citizen - Observer, [stobl,shed in 1958
The six Dens of Cub Scout
Pack 58 held their annual Blue
and Gold Banquet Monday
night, February 26th at the E.
L. Ficquett School Cafetorium.
A delicious meal furnished by
the Rotary Club and parents of
the Cubs was served from
beautifully appointed tables
carrying out the color scheme
of the Cub Scouts using ar
rangements of yellow flowers
and blue candles.
After the meal Mr. Herbert
Vining, Cubmaster, presented
the guests; and expressed his
delight at such a large attend
ance and of the great amount
of interest being shown in the
Pack.
The following awards were
presented to the Cub Scouts
present:
Bob Cat Pins, presented by
Mr. Herbert Vining, Bill Jones
and Mike Alexander.
Wolf Badges, Presented by
Mr. E. G. Lassiter, Brad
Morris Tony Anthony,
Jimmy Ivey, Charles
Jordan, Randy Forrester, Sam
my Patrick, Bruce Lynch, Joe
Heard, Jr., Gene Johnson. Mike
Walden, Marshall Ginn, Bobby
McDonald, Charles McDonald,
Rick Easterlin, Paul Jernigan,
and Wallace Christian.
Bear Badges, Presented by
Mr. G. B. Hutchinson, Wayne
Vaughn, Steve Hinton, Steve
Colquitt.
Lion Badges, Presented by
Mr. Otis Spillers, Mike Smith,
Joe Schell, and Ronnie Jones.
Webelo Awards, Presented
by Mr. Fred Harwell. Wendell
Myers, Mike Myers. Bruce Mc-
Cullo ugh, Fred Alexander,
Ricky Colquitt and David Jern
ingan.
Arrow Points, Presented by
Mr. Jack Christian, asst. Cub
master, Steve Colquit, Billy
Dawkins, Ricky Edwards, Wil
liam Lawson, Bob Mobley,
Bruce Haralson, Jimmy Bled
soe, Clay Summers, Luke Hill,
Wayne Vaughn, Steve Hinton,
Warren Christian.
Mr. G. B. Hutchinson, Ad
vancement Chairman for the
Newton-Rockdale Area Boy
Scouts, expressed his delight
that so many of the Cub Scouts
were going ahead with their
advancements.
For a fitting climax, a film
made at last year’s Boy Scout
Jamboree was shown and
greatly enjoyed by all present.
ham. Walter Willingham,
Stewart Hull, James Smith,
Aaron Young and Ralph Hull.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extending deepest
sympathy to the family in their
sorrow.
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held Monday nighi at the Ficquett Scchool cafeteria. Shown above,
front row, are the boys who received their 'Webelos" Cub Badges
(from left to right): Ricky Colquitt, Mike Myers. Fred Alexander,
David Jernigan, Bruce McCullough and Wendell Myers. Back
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PORTERDALE CUB PACK BLUE and Gold Banquet was held
Thursday night. Durnig the program Mrs. Claud Cason, president
of the Porterdale Woman's Club, presented the charter to Cole
man Henry. Shown in the picture are from left to right, front
row: Mrs. Joyce Clegg. Mrs. Margaret Moore, Mrs. Claude Cason,
Market Report
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 348 head of
cattle, 9 hogs and 74 goats Mon-
Charlie Brown, Sandy ^irauss, Dieter Pfannenstiel. and Rotary
Club Program Chairm i Jim Knight: in the foregroud. Nghiem
Xuan Thinh, guitarist, and Tom Pace, saxaphonist.
OVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 1.1962
day for a total of $36,437.94
Milk cows and springers top
ped at $235.00; baby calves at
$33.00 and stockers at $175.00.
row, left to right: Fred Harwell, Webelos Chief: Jack Christian,
Assistant Cubmaster; Otis Spillers. President of Rotary Club: E.
G. Lassiter, Jr., District Chairman: Herbert Vining. Cubmaier;
George Hutchinson. Achievement Chairman.
Russell Spears (holding the charter), Coleman Henry and Mrs.
Jimmy Cason. Back row. left io right: Lamar Shepherd; B. B.
Snow, Bibb Vice-President; Mrs. Holland Sears, Jr.; and Mrs.
James Brooks.
U. of Ga. Cosmopolitan Club
Featured on Rotary Ladies Night
University of Georgia’s Cos
mopolitan Club musicians were
featured on Covington Rotary
Club’s Ladies Night program,
which assembled one hundred
and fifteen Rotarians, Rotari
annes and guests, at Ficquett
School Cafetoripm on Tuesday
evening. Rotary Club presi
dent Otis Spillers presided at
the festive occasion.
Rev. Henry Dillard offered
the invocation; and the follow
ing guests were introduced by
Sgt. at Arms Jack McGiboney:
Mr. and Mrs. Weigel, Pilot Club
president; American Legion
Com. and Mrs. C. T. Bohanan;
Mansfield Lions Club President
and Mrs. T. H. Dennis; Salem
Lions Club President and Mrs.
George Rams’y; Covington
Lions Club President and Mrs.
Bill Vaughn; Oxford Lions
Club President and Mrs. Mel
vin Conrad; Elks Exalted Rul
er and Mrs. Walker Harris; and
Kiwanis President and Mrs.
George Hutchinson. Other Ro
tary guests, in addition to Rota
riannes, were Mrs. Brownie Os
man; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wad
ley, Dr. and Mrs. Virgil Eady.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Avery, Rev.
and Mrs. Bob Blasingame. Mrs.
Frank Stone and Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Smith.
Club Service Ch. Mack John
son extended greetings and
added words of welcome to
those of the president, in be
half of the club.
Program Chairman Jim
Knight introduced Cosmopoli
tan Club President Hong Shik
Min, of Korea, who served as
master of ceremonies for the
program presented by the
Club. Participants included
Nghiem Xuan Thinh. of South
Vietnam, (who made his es
cape from Communist North
Vietnam in 1954), muMilin
guist and guitarist, who rend-
ered vocal selections in Span
ish, French, and Vietnamese,
as well as English; Dieter
Pfannenstiel of Germany, who
presented his “Merry Mario
nettes; Miss Sandy Strauss and
John Knight, with a selection
of blues and Ballads, with their
own guitar accompaniment;
President Min, the “Caruso of
Korea”, who was accompanied
! by Charlie Brown at the piano;
and Tom Pace who talked with
and to his saxophone.
Nathan Stowe
Funeral Held
At Hiah Point
Funeral services for Nathan
H. (Sam) Stowe. 43 were held
Wednesday afternoon at High
Point Baptist Church with Rev.
R. Hudson Moody and Rev.
William Atha. officiating.
Mr. Stowe died at the VA 48
Hospital on February 27 He
was a native of Walton Coun
ty-
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Hazel D. Stowe, Covington: two
sons, Harold Lewis Stowe,
Wayne Stowe, daughters, Ilene
Stowe, Claudine Stowe, all of
Covington; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Stowe, brother J. C.
Stowe, all of Oxford; sister,
Mrs. T. R Parnell, Chatta
nooga, Tennessee; grandpa
rents. Mrs. John Stowe, Comp
ton and Mrs. Della Maughon,
Pine Lake.
Interment was in Lawnwood
Memorial Park with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deep
est sympathy to them
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
PORTERDALE '‘Take Me
Out To The Ball Game” was
executed in the program and
decorations for the Annual
Blue and Gold Banquet of Pack
No. 60 at the Welaunee Hotel
on Thursday evening. Feb
ruary 22. Guests arrived at
seven o'clock and were greet
ed by the enthusiastic cubs who
were being honored on the
Fifty-second anniversary of
Scouting in America.
The dining room was most
attractively decorated with
life-size baseball gloves and
balls as place mats marking
each place along with a clever
program bearing a bat super
imposed on the cover. Napkins
further carried out the baseball
theme where Slugger Sam
reigned over the tables. In
keeping with the usual blue
and gold theme, flowers and
balloons flanked by miniature
cubs in uniform added special
interest to the tables. The Rev.
Irving Rudolph gave tl e invo
cation.
A delicious dinner was serv
ed to the assembled group
which included in addition to
the boys, their parents, lead
ers, and friends.
Mr. Coleman Henry, Toast
master, welcomed guests and
expressed appreciation for co
operation from all.
The seven cubs in the Den of
Mrs. James Brooks and Mrs.
Hollen Sears, Jr. used code to
spell out “welcome”. They
were: Andy Capps, Billy Hai
ley, Tommy Hailey, Teddy Hor
ton, Bobby McGee, Wayne
Penn, and Russell Sears. A new
member, Eddy Sullivan, could
not be present.
Mrs. Claud Cason represent
ed Mrs. J. T. Jaynes, President
of the Porterdale Woman’s
Club, which sponsors the Cub
Pack No. 60. and presented the
new charter to Mr Henry. Mr.
Aubrey Barnes gave awards to
the following boys: Andy Cap
ps. Lanier Harcrow. Wayne
Harner. Darrell Huckaby. Bob
by McGee, and Russell Sears.
Cubmaster Henry presented
membership cards to the mem
bers of the pack.
Mr. B B. Snow expressed
gratitude for the leadership and
cooperation evidenced by the
successful work and program
of the Pack in Porterdale.
While everyone stood in al
legiance to the flag, Mrs.
James E. Cason was accom
panied at the piano by Mrs.
Milford Johnson as she sang
"The Star Spangled Banner”.
She delighted the boys with
her rendition of “Take Me Out
To The Ball Game”.
Rofariam Enioy
Film at Meefinn
At the conclusion of a brief
business session over which the
president, Otis Spillers presid
ed at Tuesday’s noon meeting
at the Teen Can, Rotarians en
joyed the film, “Light in the
Mountains”, depicting scenes of
of Tallulah Falls School at Toc
coa.
Rotarians Gray Hinton of
Newborn, and Jaek Dalton of
Atlanta: Mesdames Moncey
Pratt and Dan Clower of Cov
ington Service Guild, M r s.
Leo Mallard, and Ficauett
Schoo) Principal George Hut
chinson, who showed the film,
were welcomed as guests.
During the business session,
Walter MeGahee was appointed
chairman of the nominating
committee; Howard Brooks, By
। Laws Committee chairman to
serve with Francis Tarkenton
and Don Ballard: and Bud Rick.
Beauty Contest Chairman, with
Harold Hoffman and Maurice
Griffin as committeemen. Plans
for the Rotary Convention at
Jekyll Island, May 6,7, and
8. were discussed by the Chair
man, Alvin Rape.
“Light in the Mountains”,
currently being presented at
various civic groups in prelude
to the GWFC Tallulah Tag
Day, March 10. pointed up the
history and progress of this
splendid School, which knew
its origin in 1909, with 1 teach
er 22 students. 5 acres of land,
and a 1 story building.
Today the school, sponsored
Iby Georgia Club Women, has
; 22 buildings, 600 acres of land 1
I including a 2 acre lake; 250
| students, 22 staff members, 1
NUMBER 9
Christian Dies
Following
Long Illness
Hayden R. Christian passed
away at his home Tuesday,
February 27, after a lingering
illness. He was a native of
Rockdale County and a member
of Bethany Presbyterian
Church. He was an employee of
the State of Georgia Revenue
Department.
Funeral services for Mr.
Christian 60 were held Wed
nesday afternoon at the Chapel
of Harwell Funeral Home with
Rev. Carl Standard, pastor of
Prospect Methodist Church, of
ficiating.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Sue Crumley Christian, Coving
ton; one son Hayden Christian
Jr.. Conyers; daughter, Miss
Saralynn Christian, Covington;
two brothers, Harry Christian,
Atlanta; Robert Christian, Cov
ington; lister, Mrs. H. B. Thorn
burn, Ottawa, Canada; o n a
grandchild, Todd Allen Chris
tian, Conyers.
Interment wa, in Bethanv
Cemetery with J. C. Harwell
and Son Funeral Home ii
charge of arrangements. Ne
phews served as pallbearers.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extend
ing deepest sympathy to them
in their sorrow.
Monty Willson
Named to Honor
Roll at U.N.C.
Leroy M. (Monty) Willson
was named to the Honor Roll
in the College of Arts and Sci
ences during the fall semester,
at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Monty had four A'l and a
B on all work taken. Less than
11 percent of the students at
UNC achieved such a high aca
demic distinction, according to
J. Carlyle Sitterion, Dean.
Monty is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy M. Willson of Ox
ford.
Don House
Elected Tech
Vice-President
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A.
DONALD HOUSE
Don House, son of Mrs. Ben
House and the late Mr. House
iof Covington, has been elected
vice-president of the Student
Body of Georgia Institute of
Technology for 1962- 63. and
will take office the latter part
of April.
Don is a Junior in A. French
Textile Engineering School. His
other activities at Tech are.
Student Council, Kappa Sigma
Fraternity, Phi Psi Textile
Honorary Fraternity, Sgt. in
advanced Army ROTC and
chairman of Campus Chest
Drive.
Don was a 1959 graduate of
Newton County High School.
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