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PAGE SIX
News Notes From
North
Covington
By Mrs. Jack Gibbs, Sr.
We failed to mention last week
that Capt. R. 0. Shannon, a former
neighbor, paid us a visit. We were
so happy to have him and know
the family is doing fine. It seem-
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• ed like old times for him to be in
services with us.
Whew! the showers have been
plentiful for the past few days and
। "old sol's” face looked so good.
' Hope he will smile a while.
The weather didn't seem to hind
er the "church goers” and we're
so glad. We had fair attendance
for all services. .
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Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Johnston,
Mrs. Valen Stowe, M.ss Ida Mae
i Stowe and Mr. and Mrs. Rom
■ Stowe of Porterdale enjoyed Sun
■ day with the J. A. Allgoods.
i
I Ho)>e most of the shutins are out
but just in case, we still have some
, "Hurry and get well” everybody.
To our bereaved friends and
neighbors, we extend sincere sym
pathy.
Rev and Mrs. Guy Walton and
son of Colquit spent Wednesday
through Friday with Mrs. G. H.
Walton. Mrs. Guy Walton and son
continued on a trip to visit Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Myers at Union Grove,
North Carolina.
Mrs. Margie Martin, Ronald and
Larry with Ronnie Carr spent Sun-|
day with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pal
mer of Walnut Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse .Johnson and
children of Panama City, Florida
were guests of friends and re
latives here for several days.
Mrs. Ethel Hays spent few days
this week with Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Byrd.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Gtbson
Hamby and children of Alcovy
were guests of Mrs. Mary Pickett,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kitchens
spent a while Sunday afternoon
I with the Jimmy Livingstones at ;
I Avondale.
I
Miss Pearl Guthrie of Atlanta!
spent a few days this week with
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Fincher.
Rev. and Mrs. Guy Walton and
' son of Colquit and Mrs. Grady Wal i
ton were Wednesday night suooer,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellis
i in Oxford.
Pvt. Bobby Carr of Ft. Bragg. '
North Carolina spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
0. Carr and Mrs. Karen Carr.
Mrs. Nell Fuller of Tampa. Fla.
and Mrs. C. W. Evans visited Mrs.
i A. Allgood, Wednesday after
noon.
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Mrs Howard Moore and Wayne
of Decatur were dinner guests of
Mrs Grady W'alton. Thurday.
Miss Anne Death and Mrs Ria
Allen spent few days last week
with the J. R Bouchillon family in
wm—igMwiiu
Mr and Mrs. T S. Granger visit
ed Mr and Mn. S. A Washington
in Worthville. Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs. A H Hamby of
Alcovy and James Robert Hamby
of Atlanta had supper Saturday
night with the A V. Johnsons.
W H Hawk just returned from
a business trip to New Orleans.
Mrs Hawk joined her husband for
a few days and attended the Mardi
' Gras activities and toured many
THE COVINGTON NEWS
News Notes From
Hi orinyton
mhi*
By Mrs. J. E. Rowe
, 1
This is my las* report of Coving
i ton Mills News. I want to thank
each one lor their cooperation in
giving in our news. I have enjoyed
it very much but due to health will
give it up. Mrs. J. E. Rowe will
i be our reported now. He tele
phone number is 786-2346 and she
will appreciate all the news we will
give her. Thank You, Mrs. H. R.
Butler.
Charlie Hogan of California is
' making Covington his home after
serving 10 years in the Navy.
His wife, the former. Miss Barbara
Brown, and children have lived
with Mr. and Mrs. Joel Brown for
the last two years.
We extend sympathy to Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Cannon in the death of
her sister, Mrs. Lula Williamson
of Jackson
Phillip Freeman of Clemson
College spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rowe and
Eddie visited Mr. and Mrs. n enn
Birch in Porterdale, Sunday after
j noon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stringfellow,
Mrs. J. N. Dempsey and Miss
Mary Worsham visited Mrs. Bell
Bailey in Porterdale, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Watson’s
I Sunday visitors were Mrs. Georgia
Watson of Porterdale, Mrs. Myrle
I Rowell and son of Daytona, Fla..
I Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Singletary and
| daughters of Griffin, Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Walton of Athens, Mrs.
Gladys Hancock of Crawford. Mr.
News Notes From
Gum
Creek
By Mrs. Roy Kimble
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lindsey and
Mr. and Mrs. William Kimble and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Kimble and boys, Sunday after
noon.
Clarence McCart visited W. V
Duncan, Sunday.
Mrs. Roy Kimble and Douglas
visited Mrs. Lee Cole, Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garner and
Mr. and Mrs. Felton Ellington and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. G.
V. Garner, Sunday.
Mrs. Ray Kimble spent Thurs
day with Mrs. Roy Kimble and
Douglas.
Those on the sick list this week
are W. V. Ducan, Ray Kimble,
Thomas Kimble, John Kimble,
Ricky Kimble. We hope they will
soon be well and out again.
Mr and Mrs. Roy Johnson visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. John Kimble. Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs Jimmy Baker and children.
Mrs. William Kimble and children
and Mr. and Mrs. John Kimble
visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kimble,
Wednesday afternoon.
of the points of interests. Mr. and
Mrs. Hawk occupy the Ernest
Gober home in our community.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie B. Smith of
Porterdale and the Jack Gibbs Jr.
family visited Mr. and Mrs. Hous
ton Hunt of Atlanta. Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Fincher and
Lamar enjoyed dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Mann of Griffin,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sanders of
Decatur visited the A. V. Johnsons
Sunday enroute to visit Mr. and
Mrs. G. T Doster in Social Circle.
Mrs. Grady Walton with Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Walton and Greg
spent a while Sunday afternoon
with the Howard Moores in Deca
tur.
Mr and Mrs. Cleon Wiley and
children of Birmingham. Alabama
were weekend guests of the I. T
Wileys. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wilev
and sons joined the group for lunch
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gibbs and Bob
snent Sundav with Mr. and Mrs
G T. Cox of Loganville.
Mrs. W. R. Chapman of Atlanta
was weekend guest of Mrs. Mary
4 Pickett
i and Mrs. Will Daniel and son and
Mr. and Mrs. Fox Shepard of
Madison.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard La yson
visited relatives in Monticello, j
Saturday.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. I
Butler Sunday afternoon were Mr.
and Mrs. Weyman Dillard, Mr. |
and Mrs. Hiram Whitehead of I
Watkinsville and Mrs. Perry But
ler and Perry Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins
and daughters, Mrs. Albert Boat
wright and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hop
kins visited Mrs. Belle Silvey in
Athens, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ardel Payne and
boys and Mrs. Mary Baugh visited I
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Baugh, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Baugh and Mrs.
Sallie Mae Baugh of Eatonton, Fri
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cheek and
boys and Mrs. Mary Baugh visited I
Mrs. Jewel Coleman of Warner,
Robins and Mrs. E. W. Cook of
Jackson, Sunday.
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Gazaway were Mr. and Mrs.
J C. Johnson of Conyers and Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Gazaway and
' children.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Townley of
Loganville visited Mr. and Mrs. ;
Floyd Boss, Sunday afternoon.
G. I. Loan
Activity Shows
Higher Levels
GJ loan activity in Georgia
touched slightly higher levels in
all categories during January,
the VA Reported.
Appraisal requests for new
units totaled 605 in January, up
from 114 in December. Requests
for appraisal of existing units
totaled 208, up from 148 in De
| cember.
Applications for home loan
; guaranty increased slightly
from 349 in December to 393.
VA starts increased to 219 from
' 216 in December, Mr. Harry W.
j Piper, Acting Manager, Vet
erans Administration Regional
: Office, Atlanta, Georgia, point
ed out.
Livingston School Mokes Big City Press
J. PAUL ALEXANDER
Livingston Junior High School, long noted for its first
place basketball teams, has now added another first to its
long record. It is the first Newton County Junior High
School to receive the full attention of a reporter from a
newspaper that is part of a national chain of newspapers.
If all began a few days ago when one of the more
energetic ladies of our community decided that Livingston
School had problems that could best be solved by direct
ing state, and possibly, nation-wide attention to them. A
few telephone calls, plus the natural spread that results
from the system of eight party telephones prevalent in
West Newton, set off a series of events that resulted in
the community being invited to meet with Mr. Richardson
and the entire school faculty.
Seven people showed up to discuss school problems.
This writer and two ministers from the community were
more active in seeking to promote harmony and unity in
the community than in seeking major changes in the school
management. Shortly after the meeting opened a reporter
from the Atlanta Constitution walked in and began taking
notes.
We were surprised that, after nearly thirty-five years,
this great national newspaper group should recognize us.
A few of us remembered that no reporter from Atlanta had
visited us when local citizens of the community built the
original school building, or when a later group of us built
the gymnasium, the cannery, the Vocational Educational
Building. We did not have a reporter to visit us when the
original building burned to the ground and destroyed ev
ery classroom and all educational material. No reporter
visited us when we joyfully moved into our new building
and no reporter is interested in the fact that, at present,
two new classrooms are being added.
The Atlanta papers have not considered our long rec
ord of being either first or second in county-wide basket
ball, the fact that the school has added educational TV,
that the school received a nation-wide commendation in a
national educational publication as being a pioneer in
teaching mathematics by improved methods, that the com
munity has a long record of "self help" in getting things
done for the benefit of our young people.
Shortly after Mr. Richardson called the meeting to
order he started reading, for discussion by the group, from
a list of complaints that someone had provided for him.
The first item mentioned was that the lunch room was
serving too much corn bread. Our dietician was present
with the records and it was immediately revealed that this
complaint was about the dietician last year and that corn
bread this year was not excessive. Last year's corn bread
was too stale a subject and we quickly moved to the next
item.
The list next alleged that Livingston halls were dirty.
It was brought out in the discussion that most of the back
yard was newly graded for building expansion and was
covered with loose red dirt. Most of the front of the build
ing is a part of a landscape project of the PTA and is
covered with loose soil recently hauled in. In spite of these
handicaps Mr. Frank Christian is, by doing extra work,
often after hours and on Saturdays, keeping Livingston
property in excellent condition and above average in ap
pearance.
There was a complaint about children playing in near
by woods. Due to playground conditions and building con
struction many of the teachers have taken their children to
a grove of trees immediately adjacent to the school prop
erty during play periods. One parent objected to this be
cause, last year, her child, in flagrant violation of all
school rules, slipped off and went too far info these
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Porterdale
Personals
Mrs. Roy Jenkins joined Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Jenkins and Mr.
Claud Canup to visit Mrs. Moena
Canup Turner who is serious
ly ill in Greenville, South Car
olina on Sunday, March 4. She
is remembered as a former re
sident of Newton County.
Friends of Mr. Oliver (Buss)
Martin continue to remember
him while he is a patient at
Emory University Hospital in
Emory University, Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Davis
and Lisa of Miami, Florida ar
rived on Friday, March 9, for
a visit with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Davis in Conyers
and Mr. and Mrs. James H.
Brooks in Porterdale.
Mr. Frank Sailers attended
the funeral of his aunt, Mrs.
Beulah Roach at the Dry Pond
Methodist Church in Jackson
County on Friday, March 9.
Mr. Douglas and Wayne Dos
ter of Atlanta and Young Har
ris, respectively, were guests of
their father, Mr. J. B. Doster,
last week-end.
Mrs. E. B. Davis and Mrs. B. B.
Mrs. Frances Whitesall visited
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis at Con
yers, Georgia on Sunday, March
ii.
Mrs. Laura Shaw was week
end guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll Cason and family in
Marietta, Georgia.
Mrs. E. B. Davis and Mrs. B.
Broadnax visited Mr. and Mrs.
Earnest Holcombe at Newborn,
Georgia on Wednesday, March
7.
A family dinner was enjoy
ed Sunday, March 11 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Sealock of Porterdale. The
dinner was to honor Mrs. An
nie Williams on her 75th birth
day.
A delicious meal was served
buffet style to the following
members of the family: Mr.
and Mrs. H. N. Cook, Cheryl
and Neal of Macon; Mr. and
Mrs. James Williams, Robert
and Judy, M. G. Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Lee, Miss Karen
Sealock all of Porterdale; Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Williams,
Wayne, Barry, LuAnn, Lloyd,
Lyda, all of Covington; Fred
Moore of Porterdale and Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Moss, Trina
and Teresa of Atlanta.
Mrs. Jiggs Williams and Jack
of Oxford and Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Williams of Covington
were afternoon guests.
Mr. C. J. Elkins is the house
guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. El
kins in Miami, Florida. He re
turned with them following
their week-end visit with re
latives in this vicinity.
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woods. It was pointed out that, with approximately three
hundred children, it could be expected that occasionally
a child would violate the rules and go off limits.
There is a small country store on the same side of the
road and immediately adjacent to the rather limited sc! :ol
property. School children often go to this store before
school and they have one recess each day during which
they are permitted to go to this store. One parent objected
to this practice because of the great danger of a child
being kidnapped at this place. This community, generally,
does not recognize kidnapping or other crimes of violence
as being one of the major hazards to the young people of
our area. The school is not located in a slum or criminal
area; and the people who know West Newton folks be
lieve that, if a child was careful cross : ng roads, it could
walk until exhausted without coming into an unfriendly
environment.
The school has a concession stand that opens during
brief stated periods each day for convenience of the stud
ents. This stand sells pencils, paper, candy and crackers
and has a coke vending machine. This stand was objected
to on the grounds that it tempted children to spend their
lunch room money for trifles and miss the excellent well
prepared meals in the lunch room. It was pointed out that
the lunch room operated on a system of people paying for
their lunch by the week and the problem mentioned was
not general. The complainant stated that she had never
complied with this system and knew some other parents
who also refused to do so. It was then pointed out that
milk is better for young people; but most of the parents
agreed that it was hard to make children drink it when
they wanted a coke. Milk is for sale at all times in the
lunch room and the coke machine is available during brief
limited periods.
School discipline was discussed at great length and
no solution was offered. This writer believes that our
young people tend to copy us more than listen to us. For
over two years a minority of older people have tended to
cause a lack of discipline among adults. There have been
petitions, plots and counter plots, protests against the
authority of legally constituted boards, undue criticisms of
county officers, wrong motives attached to sincere efforts
by good people, cheap play and counter play with low
two bit political motives. This has now filtered its way
down to our younger element. This writer will have no
word of criticism for our younger element until we who
should be setting an example of orderly cooperation
straighten out our own affairs. This writer pledges his own
best efforts to accomplish this end.
Among the last items discussed was that the school
washroom smelled bad. Realizing that hundreds of very
young children use these facilities constantly, this writer
has always sort of de-emphasized his sniffing in this area.
There are, however, hundreds of flowers and shrubs, ap
proximately three hundred nice children, ten good teach
ers, three fine lunchroom people and a good custodian
that smell good most of the time. It's just a matter of
where one places his nose and concentrates his heavy
sniffing.
Our only difficulty is that approximately I % of our
people have taken harsh and rebellious action of the type
usually reported in the big city press concerning the newly
emerging and less developed areas of the world. We invite
our friends in the rest of Newton County to ignore our
unfavorable publicity in the Atlanta paper until they can
see how fast the remaining 99% of our people come to
gether and start making good news of the type that our
excellent local paper likes to report.
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