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CHAPEL OF ALL FAITHS
SUNDAY, April 1— Seldom
have the people of Georgia so
unanimously rallied to a cause.
Few causes give us such a gold
en opportunity of extending a
helping hand to those who des
perately grope for a hold on
reality. In addition, our con
tributions in helping build a
House of Worship, give us a
part in the world's Greatest
Cause —'building and strength
ening faith in the Living God.
And that is what the Chapel at
Milledgeville can do for the
thousands of mentally, ill pa
tients there.
Many local clubs are wel
coming the opportunity of mak
ing a contribution to the Chapel
of All Faiths, according to Mrs.
Sam Gainer, Drive Clubs Chair
man, who is working with the
Rev. Grady Lively, Churches
Chairman, and Leo S. Mallard.
Newton Co. Chapel of All
Faiths Drive chairman.
This can also be an oppor
tunity of expressing in a tan
gible way, gratitude for the
mental health that we enjoy
and take so for granted. So,
let’s join our fellow Georgians,
and get our contributions in.
If. for any reason, we are not
going to be able to attend
church Sunday, then a check
mailed directly to the Chapel
Chairman, will be appreciated.
All members of Covington
First Baptist Church, will be
in their regular places on Sun
day, (we hope), for that
marks the beginning of their
annual revival. Dr. Robert W.
Jackson of Dalton Baptist
Church, one of the Baptist de
nomination's leading ministers,
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DCT Banquet
At Porterdale
Friday, April 6
The annual D.C.T. banquet
will be held at the Welaunee
Hotel, Porterdale, Ga. at 7:30
p.m., Friday April 6. The food
will be prepared by Mrs. Effie
Boyd. After the meal Mr. Jack
P. Nix. state director of Vo
cational Education, Atlanta,
will speak to the students and
their employers.
This event is the highlight
of the D.C.T. program at which
time awards will be made to
outstanding students in the
program. It is also to stimu
late better relations between
the employers and their em
ployees.
The D.C.T. students are
looking forward to having
their employers as their guests
for this occasion.
Chapel Os All Faiths
Fund Drive Climax Near
Goal In Newton County
Is $3,865 In Campaign
An all-out drive is underway in Newton County this
week to reach the county’s $3,865 goal for the Chapel of All
Faiths Campaign that is being conducted throughout the
state under the chairmanship of Mrs. Ernest Vandiver. The
local drive will be climaxed on Sunday, April 1, with an
offering being taken during the
morning worship service of all
the churches in the county. On
Sunday afternoon the Newton
County Jaycees will set up a
“Road Block Collection Sta
tion” at the corner of Emory
Street and Highway 278 be
tween the hours of 1:00 p. m.
and 5:00 p. m. to benefit the)
“Chapel” drive.
Leo S. Mallard, county cam- '
paign chairman, announced to- •
day that Mrs. J. S. Gainer and '
Mrs. Wendell Crowe have ac- j
cepted the chairmanship of the;
“ladies and men’s civic clubs”;
committees respectively.
The Rev, Grady Lively, pas-'
tor of the First Methodist
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JAYP jEAUTY PAGEANT SATURDAY NIGHT
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Co y .on Baptist Church Revival Starts Sunday
Rev. Robe.. (V. Jackson
Speaker 730 AM, 7:30 PM
The First Baptist Church of Covington extends a cordial
invitation to the people of the community to attend the ser
vices of its Spring Revival, commencing this coming Sun
day, April 1, and continuing through Friday April 6. These
services will be held each weekday at 7:30 in the morning and
7:30 in the evening. The morning service will dismiss at eight
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Salem Church
Turkey Supper
Saturday, 5:30
A Turkey Supper sponsored
by the Salem Methodist
Church will be held Saturday,
March 31 at 5:30. Proceeds to
go to the church.
Tickets will be sold at the
door for $1.25 for adults and
SI.OO for children.
The supper will be at the
Salem Woman's Clubhouse. The
menu will consist of turkey,
dressing and all the trimmings
and dessert.
Church of Covington, has been
active in contacting and dis
tributing compaign literature to
the churches of the county as
chairman of the “church com
mittee.” Working with him on
this committee have been the
Rev. Carl Cassidy, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church and the
Rev. Irvin Rudolph, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church
of Porterdale.
Sunday. April 1. will mark
the high point in the Chapel
of All Faiths state-wide cam
paign to raise SBOO,OOO to build
churches for the 12,000 mental
patients at Milledgeville State
Hospital.
Designated earlier by Gover
nor Ernest Vandiver as Cha
pel Day throughout Georgia.
This final phase of the Chapel
Drive will get underway early
in the morning of April 1 and
will continue during the after
noon and evening, so that,
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o’clock so that the young peo
ple may get to school on time
and adults may get -to their
work.
The speaker tor this meeting
will be the Reverend Doctor
Robert W. Jackson, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of
Dalton, Georgia.
Dr. Jackson is a native of At
lanta, Georgia where his fa
ther, the late Dr. J. L. Jackson,
was for 18 years pastor of
Kirkwood Baptist Church.
Dr. Jackson is a graduate of
Emory University where he
was a member of the debate
forum, the glee club, president
of Baptist Student Union and
a member of Sigma Chi frater
nity. He served for a time with
the Marines during World War
11.
He holds the Bachelor of
Divinity, Master of Theology
and Doctor of Theology degrees
from Southern Baptist Semin
ary. While at the seminary he
was president of the Georgia
Club and of the Browning Club,
a literary society.
Dr. Jackson was for s i x
years a teacher in the Religion
Department at Furman Uni
versity where he was an asso
ciate professor and religious
counselor. He was in constant
demand as a speaker and
preacher, serving interim pas
torates in South Carolina and
Georgia. Dr. Jackson came to
his present pastorate at Dal
ton First Baptist Church Jan
uary 1, 1955. He has led the
membership in building a new
Chapel, Educational building
and Sanctuary on a five acre
plot in a new location.
Dr. Jackson has written les-
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LAND FOR THE PURPOSE of building a park and swim
ming pool for the Negroes of Covington was deeded and
presented to Mayor N. S. Turner last week by Otis Spillers.
Shown above are: N. H. Mitchell, principal of Washington
; Street School; Tom Bates, county commissioner; Otis Spil-
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1962
Elkadette Club Installs New Slate of Officers
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ELKADETTE CLUB OFFICERS for 1962-63 were installed at the club's meeting Mon
day evening at the Elks Home. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Jack Digby, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. Jack McGiboney, outgoing president: Mrs. Jack Allen, newly-installed presi
dent; Mrs. Bill Vaughn, first vice-president; and Mrs. C. T. Bohanan, recording secretary.
Standing, left to right: Mrs. Elizabeth Norton, treasurer; Miss Mary Trippe, installing
officer; Walker Harris, Exalted Ruler of Covington Elks Lodge; Mrs. John Hackney, chap
lain; and Mrs. Ty Cason, historian.
Ficqueft School Open House
Wednesday, 5.00 Io 7:08 PM
Everyone interested in E. L.
Ficquett School is cordially in
vited to visit us on this special
day. No special theme or sub
ject will be emphasized this
year. However, many rooms
will display work done in our
special area of school improve
ment for the year—“ Good Citi
zenship and Good Manners”.
We hope all of the visitors
will eat in our lunchroom again
this year. Supper tickets will
be available at the principal’s
office and on the city square at
Covington Jewelry Company.
The charge for the supper will
be SI.OO for adults and 50c for
children. High school pupils
may eat for 50c also. If you
want to purchase tickets
through one of the school pu
pils, send the amount to school
and the tickets will be return
ed to you. You need not be a
parent of a pupil attending this
school. Every one is invited.
You may eat anytime between
5:00 and 7:30 P. M. Please pur
chase tickets in advance.
The Green Thumb Garden
Club will present Songs of The
Seasons, a Spring Flower Show,
in the stage room from 4:30 to
7:30 P. M. The special project
of this club is landscaping our
school grounds. The proceeds
from this show will be used to
continue this project that they
undertook when we first moved
into our new building. Tickets
are 10c and 25c and will be
available through the club
members and the same way
that supper tickets are avail
able as explained above. Tic
kets may be purchased at the
door that day also.
Registration of first Grade
pupils (who expect to enter E.
L. Ficquett School next year)
will be held in the lunchroom
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lers, donor; Mayor Nat Turner; George Jefferies, Negro
civic leader who conceived the idea of the park and has
worked to bring about its reality; Mrs. A. Belmont Dennis
who has worked with the group since the project was started.
Newton Band
Members al
Kiwanis Today
A dance band, composed of
members of the Newton Coun
ty High School Band, will be
guests of the Covington Ki
wanis Club today (Thursday)
and will present the program.
The luncheon meeting starts at
1 o’clock and the program will
begin immediately after a short
business session at Legion
Home.
In charge of the program to
day is Kiwanian Everett Pratt.
Band Director Basil Rigney
will accompany the band to the
meeting. Several numbers will
be rendered by the group, un
der the direction of Mr. Rig
ney.
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Prized hams were auctioned
off at the Covington Kiwanis
meeting Thursday at Legion
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READERS WEEKLY
8 Contestants To Vie For
'Miss Newton County Title
Eight contestants have entered the sth Annual Jaycea
“Miss Newton County” Beauty Pageant to be held Saturday
night, March 31, at the Newton County High School Audi
torium at 8:00 p.m.. according to Charles Sherwood, pageant
chairman. The entrants and their sponsors are: Elizabeth
Chamber of
Commerce to
Have Exec.-Sec.
Action by the Newton Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce
Thursday at a special meeting al
the Covington City Hall paved
the way for employing a full
time Executive - Secretary for
the organization.
A motion was made and pass
ed unanimously for the Board
of Directors along with the C
of C Budget Committee to take
the necessary steps to start in
terviewing applicant's for the
job. President Bill Thompson
stated that two applicant’s
have already shown an inter
est in the local position.
Penn Worden of the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce,
was present at the meeting and
gave the members much valu
able information on establish
ing a C of C office. He was ac
companied to the meeting by
Allen Stephenson, Executive
Director of the Athens Cham
ber of Commerce.
John Jernigan has served as
secretary of the local Chamber
of Commerce free gratis for a
number of years.
Hospital Auxiliary
Seeks Members
The Newton County Hospital
Auxiliary is still in the begin
nings of its second year, and
the drive for new members is
still being pressed. The dues
are SI.OO for active members,
who can give regular time at
the hospital, and $2.00 for as
sociate members, who cannot
serve regularly or actively.
We would also like to remind
our old members who have not
paid their 1962 dues that they
may pay our treasurer, Mrs.
Sam Gainer, or leave them at
the hospital.
We plan to send an order for
uniforms on April 7; so if any
one wishes to buy a uniform
please give your money and
size to Mr. Rucker Ginn before
that time. The jumpers are
$4 75. This price includes tax
and postage.
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NUMBER 13
Ann Greer, Miss American Le
gion; Lisa Hardman, Miss New
ton County National Guard;
Hannah Reynolds, Miss Coving
ton Lions Club; Stevie Cullins,
Miss Covington Rotary Club;
Charlene Hicks, Miss Cham
ber of Commerce; Connie
Tate, Miss Covington Kiwanis
Club; Mildred Bowen, Miss
Covington Elks Club; and Sal
ly Brooks, Miss Mansfield
Lions Club.
The contestants will be com
peting in evening dresses, tal
ents, bathings suits, and in a
question and answer period
conducted by Eddie Najjar,
master of ceremonies.
Entertainment for the even
ing will be furnished by the
Newton County High Dance
Band under the direction of
Basil Rigney; the Newton
County High Glee Club—con
sisting of 30 girls—under the
direction of Mrs. Hugh Mc-
Donald; H. O. Whelchel and
the “Elks Trio”, members of
the “Dixie Swingettes”, and
special numbers by “Pat and
Bonham” Johnson.
Miss Ann Rainey, “Miss
Newton County of 1961”, will
be present to crown the 1962
Newton County Beauty Queen
who will receive a weeks free
vacation in Daytona Beach,
Florida for herself and chape
rone, SSO expense money, and
an engraved trophy. All par
ticipants will receive a beauti
ful silver identification bra
celet.
Judges for the beauty pa
geant will be: Harry Renz,
president of the Monroe Ro
tary Club; Ros* Russell, talent
scout for Allied Artists; Mrs.
Jane Moon, president of the
Rockdale Jaycettes; and Britt
Fayssoux, News Editor of The
Rockdale Citizen.
Members of the Newton
County Jaycees are selling ad
vance tickets to the pageant
and tickets will also be on sale
at the door Saturday night.
Tax Deadline
Monday, April 2
J. Hugh Steele, Newton
County Tax Receiver, stated
yesterday that the deadline for
filing State and County tax
returns is Monday, April 2-
Anyone owning property in
Newton County should make
their tax returns to avoid pos
sibility of a penalty.
Tax office hours in the
Courthouse are from 8:30 a m.
until 12 noon, and from 1 un
til 5 p.m.