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Hearts of the entire commu
nity have been saddened at the
untimely death of one of our
young citizens, Attorney John
Jernigan. The story will be
found elsewhere in the paper. '
However the Editor and entire |
News Staff wish to extend to '
the young wife and three sons
our heartfelt sympathy.
Only those who have travel
ed this same pathway truly
know how to sympathize with
Mrs. Jernigan. We know not
why things happen as they do.
and yet we are not to question
things wlien death comes, be
cause He said: “Let not your
heart by troubled. 1 go to pre
pare a place for you, and if 1
go 1 will come again and re
ceive you unto myself that
wnere 1 am there ye may be
also.” Our faith in God, and in
His son, who died to save us
from sin, should so fill ou r ।
hearts with thanksgiving for
tne beauty of the memories of
the past, that we will be sus
tained by Him, who is the way,
the truth and the life.
We looked sadly upon our
gardens as we saw the beauti
ful season of daffodils and
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Palmer-Stone PTA
Meets Monday
Palmer - Stone Parent -
Teacher Association will meet
Monday night, April 16, at 6:45
p.m. A covered dish supper will
be served at 7 p.m. Mrs. Jim
Knight’s 6th grade will pre
sent a musical tour of America.
This will be the last meeting
of the year 1961 - 62 and every
one is invited to attend and to
enjoy the program after the
evening meal.
Drive to Collect
Used Clothing
Begins April 16
The Kiwanis dub. Rotary
Club, American Legion Auxil
iary, and the Newton County
Mental Health Association are
cooperating in a drive to col
lect clothing for three different
groups of people; the under
privileged school children of
Newton County, patients at the
State Hospital in Milledge-i
ville, and “Save the Child
Federation,” which is a regu
lar project of the American
Legion Auxiliary.”
Since these three drives are
being combined into one drive,
and only one week is being de
voted to the drive, the above
organizations request the sup
port and assistance of other
organizations in the county.
The clothes should be clean
and in good condition. If a per
son wants his contribution to
go to one of the above groups,
mark on the package: “Clothes
Bank”, “State Hos-pital”, or
“Save the Child Federation”.
If they are not marked, a com
mittee from the four organiza
tions will determine the desti
nation.
Packages may be left at the
E. L. Fickuett School or with
Donald Stephenson at the
Court House.
Clothes given to the “Cloth
es Bank” will be distributed
w.th the help of the County
Visiting Teacher. They will help
to keep many children in
school.
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newton county chapter University of Georgia
Alumni Society met Monday at Welaunee Hotel, Porterdale.
Shown in the photo above are from left to right: Edgar
Wood, vice-president; Marvin Perry, President of Alumni
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VOLUME 98
JOH .. JERNIGAN DIES IN PLANE CRASH
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6,3. Housing Units Listed In Newton County
Report Os
Census Facts
Are Given
There are 6,348 housing units
in Newton County, according
to the 1960 Census of Housing
released recently by the United
States Department of Com
merce. Washington.
From this number of hous
ing units 2,875 were occupied
by owners and the median val
ue of the Units in the county
was $7,200, according to the
report. Some 2,792 homes in the
county are rented, with S3B
per month being the median
gross rent of those units.
Other interesting facts con
tained in the housing units re
port include: 3.251 had hot and
cold running water, 3,842 had
flush toilets, 3,464 had bathtub
or shower, 446 had basements,
and 44 were trailer homes.
On the luxury side of living
in Newton County the following
facts were given: 303 homes
had air conditioning, 4.375 had
TV, 4,990 had radios, and 3,216
had telephones. Some 3,611
homes had washing machines,
101 had clothes dryers, 921 had
one or more home food freezers,
2,811 had one automobile, 1.127
had two automobiles and 118
had 3 or more automobiles.
Newton Countians last year
owned some 7,700 vehicles
which averages out to about
one vehicle per three persons in
the county. The county’s po
pulation last year was 20,999.
April 16 Is Last
Income Tax Day
Taxpayers will get an ex
tra 24 hours this year in
which to file their federal
income tax returns. Because
the normal filling date of
April 15 is a Sunday, the
deadline will be extended
until midnight Monday,
April 16. By law, returns
must be received at IRS of
fices before the deadline. In
practice, the bureau recog
nizes as timely any return
postmarked by midnight of
the final day.
Newton-Rockdale
District BSA
Meeting Thursday
Newton - Rockdale District
Boy Scouts Committee meeting
will be held Thursday evening
at the Teen Can at 7 o’clock,
according to an announcement
by E. G. Lassiter, Jr., chair
man.
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PIANO PUPILS of Mrs. Lewis Caldwell, Mrs. M. E. Goode,
Jr., Mrs. Jack Patterson and Mrs. T. A- Rape took part in
the recent Festival at Griffin. Shown in the picture, front
row, left io right, are those who won "Superior": Michael
Budd, Nelda White, Sherrill Crowell, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick,
Kay Shaw, Elizabeth Ann Greer, Day Morcock, Marilyn
Lord, Elise Goode and Billy Blair. Second row, "Excellent":
Covington Couple Injured
In 2-Car Wreck Friday
2 Knights Templar
Meetings Here
Two important meetings of
the Knights Templar will be
held here next week. On Mon
day night, April 16, at 7:30
p. m. the St. Bernard Comman
dery No. 25, meets at t h e
Masonic Temple for the re
gular monthly meeting. Impor
tant business will be transacted
at this time.
Good Friday night yearly
meeting is scheduled for Friday
night and the election of offi
cers for the new year will be
held. All Sir Knights are urged
to attend both of these meet
ings.
Joel Bowen, Em. Com.
J. L. Skinner, recorder
Dean Eady
Now at Home
Dr. V. Y. C. Eady, Dean of
Emory at Oxford, was permit
ted to return to his home in
Oxford, Wednesday, from Em
ory University Hospital where
he spent several weeks follow
ing a heart attack.
Although not permitted to
have visitors at the present
time, Dr. Eady is reported to
be making satisfactory pro
gress; and a host of friends are
extending good wishes for his
early recovery.
Society of University of Georgia; Kenneth Davis, President;
L. T. Griffith, Assistant to President University of Georgia;
and R. 0. Arnold, Master of Ceremonies for the program.
Piano Students Take Part In Music Festival
A headon two-car crash Fri
day evening at the Moon Lit
Drive-In Theater has hospita
lized Mr. and Mrs. Billy Travis
of Atlanta and Covington. Both-
Mr. and Mrs. Travis are now
patients at Georgia Baptist
Hos-pital with Mrs. Travis’ con
dition described as “serious.”
Dr. J. R. Sams told the Cov
ington News yesterday (Wed
nesday) that Mrs. Travis is
still unconscious and that her
husband “seems to be getting
along OK.” Dr. Sams treated
young Travis at Newton Coun
ty Hospital Friday evening be
fore sending him on to the
Atlanta hospital.
The young couple were on
their way to the Smith-Hoff
man wedding in Covington
when the wreck occurred.
Travis was quoted as saying a
car pulled out of the Drive-
In Theater and that he and an
other car, coming in the op
posite direction, tried to avoid
hitting each other but both ve
hicles went the same way.
Square Dance
At Heard-Mixon
Friday Night
The Heard - Mixon P-TA
will sponsor a Square Dance on
Friday night, April 13, at 8 p.
m. at the Community House.
The Conyers Four of Conyers
will present the music
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12. 1962
Holy Week
Services at
Methodist
Holy Week services will be
held on April 18, 19 and 20 at
7:30 p.m. at the First Metho
dist Church.
The Commission on Mem
bership and Evangelism will be
working with the Pastor, Rev.
Grady Lively, to make these
services of great spiritual value
to all who attend.
With the theme of "Jesus
and Discipleship”, several of
the church Lay People will
present the great truths of
Jesus teachings. These speak
ers on Wednesday and Thurs
day nights will be: Mr. H. F.
Sharp Sr., Miss Bede Campbell,
Mrs. Robert Fowler, Mrs. Tom
Harwell, Mr. Lawrence Lock
ett and Mr. Ben Banks.
On Friday night Rev. Lively
will speak on "Disciples Have
The Presence, and Disciples
Are Victorious”, closing the
service with Holy Communion.
The four choirs of the church
will add greatly to the sing
ing of the familiar Eastern
songs and each night there will
be special music.
A nursery will be provided
for small children. The First
Methodist Church invites you
I to attend these services.
Color Slides of
European Beauty
At Kiwanis Today
Covington Kiwanis Club
members will have an oppor
tunity to view scenes of Euro
pean beauty at their regular
weekly luncheon meeting to
day (Thursday) at 1 o’clock at
Legion. Home.
Mrs. E. Lee Stephenson of
Covington will show the slides
which she made on a recent
trip to Europe. Rucker Ginn is
in charge of the program to
day.
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Dr. M. W. H. Collins, Di
rector of the Institute of L a w
and Government, University of
Georgia, was the main speaker
at the Covington Kiwanis Club
meeting Thursday. He was in
troduced by Charles C. King,
Jr., program chairman for the
week.
A visitor at the meeting
Thursday was Bruce Herring
ton, guest of Virgil Y. C. Eady,
Jr.
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Covington Kiwanis Club has
been awarded Honorable Men
tion in the Orange Section 4 46-
to 70) members in the 1961
Achievement Committee Re
port. ' 1
Lorib Hegwood, Mary Fan Dobbs, Marguerite Allgood, Lou
Ann Tuck, Jane Richardson, Becky Blair, George Barton
and Debra Head. Third row "Good": Kathy Klimaszewski,
Anne Klimaszewski, Mary Margaret Allgood, Lillian Ben
ton, Betty Benton, Diane Wilbanks, Susan Kirkland, and
Debbie Lott.
Covington Voters
Registration
Deadline Saturday
Citizens of Covington who
wish to vote in the Mayor and
•Council - City Manager elec
tion April 25th face a voter
registration deadline of Satur
day, May 14th.
Residents of the city who
have not registered for the
citywide referendum are re
minded that Saturday is t h e
final date to register with the
City Clerk Harry Cowan at
at City Hall.
Farm Bureau
Meets Tuesday
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Farm Bureau will be
held on Tuesday, April 17 at
Henderson’s Restaurant at 7:30
A member of the Chamber of
Commerce will be in charge
Mrs. Carson Foils Bank
Mansfield Robbery Attempt
Mrs. Luther Carson, a bank
teller at the Bank of Mansfield,
is credited with foiling an at
tempt to rob the bank Tues
day shortly after 1 p. m. She
calmly ignored the orders of a
holdup man and walked out the
front door to call for help.
Mrs. Carson’s iron-nerved
venture resulted in the arrest
of an elderly Gwinnett County
man and his 16-year-old girl
companion within minutes af
ter the robbery attempt.
“He didn’t show a gun and
that is mainly why I didn't get
too excited at the time,” she
stated yesterday. The girl
waited outside in a compact
car station wagon.
The attempted robbery Tues
day was the second time the
Bank of Mansfield has been the
focal point for a bank holdup
in the past six years. In 1955
two men robbed the bank of an
undisclosed amount of money
and escaped through the county
roads. They were later aoore
hended in a Chattanooga Motel.
In the robbery attempt
Tuesday, Quinton W. Wood, 68.
of Grayson, was placed under
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Wreckage Found Monday
In Jones County Swamp
John L. Jernigan, 37-year-old Covington attorney, wa«
killed in a plane crash late Friday afternoon when the private
craft in which he was a passenger plunged into a swamp
area about 12 miles southwest of Gray, Georgia. Pilot of the
plane was Pete Elliott, also 37, of Augusta.
Mr. Elliott, an employee of
the State Highway, had flown
to Covington Friday afternoon
and picked up Mr. Jernigan
about 4:45 p. m. They were en
route to Albany on a business
trip.
Soon after the plane left
Covington a severe storm de
veloped and it is believed that
poor visibility forced the wreck
some 65 miles southeast of Cov
ington. However, the craft was
not found until Monday morn
ing at 11 o’clock when a Negro
fisherman discovered it.
Mr. Jernigan had made a
host of friends since coming to
Covington in 1950. He was a
native of Waycross.
Graveside services were
held at the Covington City
Cemetery Tuesday at 4 p. m.
Rev. Grady Lively, pastor of
the Covington First Methodist
Church, officiated.
Mr. Jernigan is survived hv
his wife: three sons. John 11, 14;
David 11, and Paul 9: parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John X. Jerni
gan of Waycross; sister Mrs.
Bill Malloy of Jacksonville,
Fla.; and brother Wallace Jer
nigan of Waycross.
The three-day search for the
plane and its victims stretched
over the entire Middle Geor
gia area. Civil Air Patrol
search headquarters said that
31 aircraft and 32 radio equip
ped cars combined Sunday and
Monday in hunting the plane.
Mr. Elliott was described as an
excellent pilot with more than
I 000 hours flying time. The
CAP said he had a reputation
for avoiding bad weather con
ditions while flying.
The Associated Press re
ported Monday that a Negro
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MRS. LUTHER CARSON, bank-teller at the Bank of Mans
field, is shown standing at the window where a robbery
attempt was made Tuesday afternoon. An elderly man came
to the wondow and demanded that a paper sack be filled
with cash. Mrs. Carson ignored his command and went next
door to summon help. The man and a 16-year-old girl were
caught minutes later about a mile from Mansfield. (See
story elsewhere on this page today.)
NUMBER 1
JOHN JERNIGAN
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Donations for
Boys Ranch to
Honor Jernigan
Local friends of the late John
L. Jernigan are collecting funds
for the Georgia Sheriffs Bova
Ranch at Hahira, Georgia. New
ton Countians may send or give
their donation to Mrs. Agnes
Randall at the County Com
missioner's Office in the New
ton County Courthouse.
Mrs. Otis Spillers has an
nounced that the Jernigan
family had requested in lieu
of flowers that donations be
made to the Boys Ranch, which
Mr. Jernigan had helped get
underway as a member of t h e
Georgia Sheriffs Association.
Other donations will also b®
warmly accepted.