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Congratulations to our Girl
Scouts and their splendid Lead
ers upon the Golden Anniver
say of their founding' The na
t on rightly pays tribute this
G.rl Scout Week, to this fine
organization which imbues our
homemakers of tomorrow with
the intrinsic values incorpor
ated in their oath. “To Do My
Duty to God and County". For
with them lies America's fu
ture. No nation is stronger than
the morals of its womanhood,
in whom primarily lies the re
sponsibility of molding the
character and ideals of its fu
ture citizens.
A recent article by Elaine
Hayden in The Jackson Herald
was of particular interest to
many Newton Countians. Why
we always want to beam when
we hear such good things about
a native of Newton, (since we
were not), is perhaps just the
pleasure we know in living in
a community which gave the
world such good citizens!
The article, “Know Your
Neighbor", presents Mr. and
Mrs. J. Ralph Ellington. A na
tive of Oxford, and son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Elling
ton. Mr. Ellington is the brother
of Mrs. Will Heard. “Daddy
raised 13 children in all, 11 of
their own, and two not theirs,
and what little he had, he dug
out of the ground. He educated
all of them, and when he died,
he didn’t owe anyone anything”,
stated Mr. Ellington.
“On call for 24 hours a day
for 26 years, since he first
donned a white coat and took
on the responsibility of being
the pharmacist in a small town
(Jefferson), Ellington has not
failed his trust as co-guardian
of the health and well-being
of this part of Jackson County”,
the article continued. Mrs. El
lington, went back to the Uni
versity of Georgia to get her
degree in pharmacy a few years
ago, and now works side by
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Tipoff Club
Banquet Tues.
Newton County Tipoff Club's
third annual banquet will be
held at the NCHS Cafeteria
Tuesday evening, March 20 at
7 o'clock. Main speaker for the
occasion will be Coach Red
Lawson of the University of
Georgia cake team.
Outstanding players from the
boys and girls teams of NCHS
will be honored at the ban
quet.
Tickets to the affair are on
sale by members of the Tip
off Club, and at the Covington
office of Dr. Maurice Griffin.
In Porterdale tickets are avail
able at Standard Pharmacy.
The cost is $2 per plate.
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^vtngTON GIRL SCOUTS and Mayor Nat Turner planted a rose bush at the Chv
CODING .u: i ast we€ k in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Girl Scoutina.
Mumcipath. photo are Mayor Turner and Lou Anne Tuck holdina the rose bush. Stand-
? h ° U' to riaht- Susan Cooler. T u dv Moseley, Belle Thiapen and Barbara Moroan. All
‘these o ris are members of Troop 1062.
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The Covington En' Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 98
BLP.OBILE AT BAPTIST CHURCH TODAY
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BoL ,4ewton Bands In Concert Monday Night
Roger Dancz, Director Os
Ga. Band, Guest Conductor
The Blue Rambler Band of Newton County High School
with the Cadet Band, composed of junior high school stu
dents of the county, will present their annual spring concert
Monday night, March 19, at the high school auditorium at
8 o’clock. Tickets for the concert are 25 and 50 cents, and
the public is cordially invited to attend.
Guest director for the con
cert will be Roger Dancz, di
rector of the Dixie Redcoat
Band at the University of Geor
gia, Athens. He is well known
in the musical field and has
served as guest director of the
local band on previous occa
sions.
The program to be present
ed by the Cadet Band will be:
“Storm King March”, Finlay
son; “Larghetto”, Handel and
“Spiritual from Sym”. Gillis.
The Blue Rambler Band will
present the following selections:
“Stars and Stripes Forever".
Sousa; “Water Music Suite".
Handel: “Elsa’s Procession to
the Cathedral”, Wagner; “Psalm
for Band”, Presichetti and
“Buglers Holiday”, Anderson.
Members of the Blue Ram
bler Band are: Oboe — Mada
Patterson, Danny Digby. Flute
—Arlene Hargrove, Lynda Hol
ifield, Tommy Haynes, Linda
Hosch, Troyanne Thigpen.
Clarinet — Tommy Scarbrough,
Jerry Huff. Sheilah Graham,
Marguerite Horstman, Arlene
Martine, Jane Womac, Brenda
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Dean V. Y. C. Eady
Patient at Emory
University Hospital
It is learned with regret that
Dr. Virgil Y. C. Eady, dean of
Emory at Oxford Junior Col
lege, is a patient at Emory Uni
versity Hospital in Atlanta.
Dr. Eady suffered a heart at
tack while returning from At
lanta on Thursday evening; and
after checking in at Newton
County Hospital, was transfer
red to Emory.
Although not permitted vis
itors at this time, Dr. Eady’s
condition is reported as fair, by
the hospital; and according to
a family spokesman, is resting
comfortably.
Hosts of friends throughout
the state, and in the realms of
education and the church,
where he is a widely recog
nized leader, are wishing Dr.
Eady a rapid recovery.
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Kiwanis Ladies
Night Program
Ficquett School
Covington Kiwanis Club will
observe Ladies Night at a
program at the E. L. Ficquett
School cafeteria tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock.
Guest speaker for the pro
gram will be Dean William
Tate of the University of Geor
gia. He will be introduced by
Kiwanian Robert O. Arnold.
Special guests of the club
will be widows of former
Covington Kiwanians.
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The program at the Kiwanis
Club Thursday noon was in
observance of National 4-H
Week. County Agent Ed Hunt
and Home Demonstration
Agent Mrs. Carol McGiboney
were in charge of the program
which included demonstrations
of 4-H projects.
Newton Girls 4th In State AA
BY 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
Newton County High School girls basketball team came
back to Covington Sunday with a fourth-place finish in the
1962 Class AA State Tournament held at Fitzgerald. The
local girls lost the consolation game Saturday night to Hart
County by 48-4.3 score.
Coach Stone Cooper’s girls,
the only team in the semi -
finals of the state meet who
were not first in their respec
tive regions, started off tour
nament play on Wednesday
evening by edging a Number
Two team Ringgold 45-44.
Thursday evening the NCHS
girls downed Henry County
55-36 to enter the semi-finals.
The Henry girls were number
one in their region.
Friday evening the NCHS
sextet met Dodge County, the
eventual champion of the
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Rotary Club Makes Donations to Two Charity Drives
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COVINGTON ROTARY CLUB presented checks to the local March of Dimes fund drive
and the Heart Fund drive recently. The checks represented proceeds from the club s re
cent Pancake Supper. Shown presentina the Heert Fund check is Otis Spillers (left), no
tarv President. S. J. Morcock (center) accepts for the Heart Fund, while Herbert Vininq
(riqht) accepted for the March of Dimes
Swimming Pool
To be Renovated
The Kiwanis Club swimming
pool on Newton Drive will be
completely renovated through
out in the next few months.
This renovation will include
bath house, pool, and all equip
ment.
state. The locals were beaten
46-22 by the flashy Dodge
, team.
It became evident from the
opening whistle of the first
game that the Newton Coun
tians were going to play inspir
ed ball. Jordye Bailey, high
scorer of the tournament with
95 in the four tilts, Sherry Jef
fries with a fine all-around
floor game, Rose Mary Laster
working her jump-shot to al
most perfection, and the three
fine starting guards on t h e
NCHS team, all contributed
scintillating performances in
all four games.
Two substitutes in the games
also came in for their share of
the glory. Sandra Lester in the
Wednesday vistory over Ring
gold went into that game after
Sandy King fouled out and had
a big part in the final minutes
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Mental Health
Group to Hear
Dr. Steven Byars
The Board of Directors of the
Newton County Mental Health
Association will meet on
Thursday afternoon, March 15,
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of the triumph. Day Morcock, i
subbing in the Newton-Ring-|
gold encounter and the Henry,
County affair, helped to keep ।
the offense rolling in the latter ।
stages of those conflicts.
In the championship game
at two o’clock at the City Hall,
Covington, Georgia according to
an announcement of Mrs. Pierce
Clme, Chairman.
Dr. Steven Byars, Health
Commissioner of Barrow, New
ton, Gwinnett, and Walton
Counties, will be the guest
speaker. Everyone is urged to
be present.
Saturday night the Dodge
County sextet downed a good
East Rome outfit by a 41-28
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Y-Club Members to Attend State Youth Assembly
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MEMBERS OF NEWTON HIGH Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs who will attend the Youth
Assembly of the State YMCA in Atlanta March 15-17 are shown with their chaperones.
First row, left to riaht: Carol Georae Ann McKay, Gail Robinson, Dav Morcock. Second
row: Billy Blair, Mrs. Otis Spillers, Joyce Hudspeth, Mrs. Ed Robinson and Bob Travis.
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READERS WEEKLY
Donors Urged To Report
12 Noon To 6 0 Clock
Plans are in readiness for the visit today (Thursday) of
the American Red Cross Bloodmobile to Covington. The unit
will be setup at the Covington First Baptist Church and
donors are asked to report from 12 noon until 6p. m.
Newton Retail
Sales Continue
Upward Swing
Georgia’s retail sales totaled
$3,154,353,718 in 1961 as com
pared to $5,073,122,877, a
State Chamber of Commerce
report showed today.
Fourth quarter sales last
year registered $1,404,399,230
as against $1,332,936,875 dur
ing the same period in 1960.
Fourth quarter business vol
ume in Newton County totaled
$5,728,336 in 1961, as compar
ed with the $5,374,927 during
the same period in 1960.
Year-end totals were: $19,-
636,039 in 1960 and $21,371,-
312 in 1961. This is a sales in
crease for the year in Newton
County of $1,735,273.
The retail sales figures are
based on the actual bank de
posits of the Georgia State
Sales and Use Tax collections
and are furnished through the
cooperation of the Georgia De
partment of Revenue, Sales and
Use Tax Unit, the Georgia De
partment of Labor and the
Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce.
'Citizenship and Manners'
Stressed on Ficquett Program
Citizenship and Manners are
being stressed at the E. L. Fic
quett Elementary Schtxil this
year as a special project.
On Friday morning, March
9, the three sixth grades spon
sored an assembly program
having grades five, seven and
eight as their guests.
Sixth grade students having
parts on the program were:
Marcia Elizer, Becky Blair,
John Lamar Callaway and Ed
die Niblett.
Five phases of citizenship
were discussed by well-quali -
fied local citizens. Those par
ticipating and their subjects
were:
Mrs. E. W. Exley, Citizenship
in the Home.
Mr. R. 0. Arnold. Citizenship
in the School.
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway, Cit-
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“All Newton County citizens,
particularly in Covington and
the Eastern part of the
county, are urged to renew
their blood insurance respond
ing to the Bloodmobile visit
today,” stated Marshall Elizer,
chairman of the blood program
in Newton County.
He outlined three ways in
which everyone may help the
local blood program whether
or not your blood ia taken to
day:
(1) By encouraging people
in your immediate family to
give blood.
(2) By making phone calls
today to people who might
have forgotten their duty.
(3) By providing transpor
tation for donors who do not
have transportation.
Mr. Elizer emphasized that
donors today should bring
their past blood donation re
cords to the Bloodmobile to
day so that they may be trans
cribed into the local county
records.
“We are making every ef
fort to compile a master file
of donors from which even
tually a number could be
chosen for each Bloodmobile
visit. Thus we could go a long
way toward stabilizing our
program with a minimum of
confusion,” he added.
izenship in the Church.
Mayor N. S. Turner, Citizen
ship in Government.
Mr. Rucker Ginn, Citizenship
in Public Places.
The 400 students attending
the program received many
valuable ideas on Citizenship
improvement.
Oral Polio
Program Continues
Newton County Health De
partment is offering through
the courtesy of United States
Public Health Service, Type
two Oral Polio Vaccine to the
school children of Newton
County this week. They will
complete this part of the sec-
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