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Ah! The rains came, and
never did they receive a morr
royal welcome. We’re still hoy
ing, along with all other gar
eners and farmers, that
overcast skies hold promt
more general precipitatior
that the spotted showers
spread over the entire county
and section, to relieve parched
ciops and vegetation.
Congratulations are in or
der to the Covington Rotary
Club for the outstanding Air
Show presented Sunday! Pro
ceeds from the Show will go
toward defraying expenses of
the Blue Ranioler Band to Ma
son City, lowa, where they
will represent Georgia in the
Music Man Festival, on June
19. Rotarians did themselves
proud in measuring up to their
motto of “Service Above Self’’
and in giving their full sup
port to the Blue Ramblers, who
with their director, Basil Rig
ney, so richly deserve our best
efforts.
Newton County High Facul
ty and students, as well as
numerous friends throughout
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RAMS DOWN
TIFTON 3-2
Newton Rams won their
first game of the State Class
AA tournament at Thomas
ton yesterday (Wednesday)
morning over Tifton, of Re
gion 1, by a 3-2 score.
The Rams were to have
played the winner of the
Milton-West Rome game at
4:3® yesterday (Wed.) for
the state title.
Mrs. Mary Jay,
NCHS Teacher
Died Thursday
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MRS. MARY JAY
Mrs. Mary Jay, beloved mem
ber of the Newton County High
School faculty, died Thursday
night at Georgia Baptist Hos
pital after a short illness. She
was 58 years of age.
Funeral services were held
at Trinity Chapel at A. S. Tur
ner and Sons Funeral Home in
Decatur, Saturday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock. The Reverend
Lewis Jenkins was the offi
ciating minister. Burial was in
Lafayette, Indiana.
A member of the NCHS fa
culty for the past eight years,
Mrs. Jay was instructor of
physical education for girls.
She was also the chaperone for
the girls basketball team. A
highlight of the spring season
was the annual show that pu
pils of Mrs. Jay presented at
the high school gymnasium
each March.
Mrs. Jay leaves a host of
friends in Covington and New
ton County. She exerted a
special influence on the stu
dents at Newton High and her
many fine traits will long be
remembered by those she came
in contact with from day to
day.
Surviving Mrs. Jay are her
husband. Walton G. Jay of San
Diego, Calif.; a daughter Miss
Jeanne Anne Jay of Decatur;
and one brother. Lesley Wind
le of Lafayette, Indiana.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to members of the
bereaved family.
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v-ovington Swimming Pool To Open Saturday
L. G. Carney To Have
Charge Os The Facilities
Fred Harwell, Chairman Kiwanis Club Swimming Pool
Committee, has announced that L. G. Carney will be in
charge of the Covington pool for 1962, assisted by Terry Rut
ledge, lifeguard.
Mr. Harwell would like to
thank everyone who has assist
ed in getting the pool, its facili
ties, and the grounds in readi
ness. The bathhouse and pool
have been completely renovat
ed.
The pool will be open start
ing Saturday, June 2 from 10
A. M. to 12 Noon, and from 2
P. M. to 6 P. M. daily, and Fri
day nights from 7 P. M. to 9 P.
M. Admission, children 20c,
adults 35c. Season tickets may
be purchased from any Kiwanis
Club member — single tickets,
$5.00; family, $12.50.
American Red Cross Water
Safety Classes will be taught
by Lin Dearing, a Red Cross
Water Safety Instructor. Cours
es m Junior and Senior Life
Saving will be offered.
Lin obtained his Instructor
Certificate at the University of
North Carolina and taught Wa
ter Safety Classes for one sum
mer at boys camp at Camp Sea
Gull in North Carolina.
Courses will start June 4,
through June 14, 1962— Two
hour classes daily except Sun
day starting at 8:30 A. M.
Courses and Prerequisites:
Junior Life Saving: Must be
12 years old and be able to
swim side stroke, breast stroke,
and crawl proficiently. Also
must be able to swim 100 yards.
Senior Life Saving: Must be
18 years old and able to swim
very well in side stroke, breast
stroke, crawl and back stroke.
Students will be taught the la
test methods in water safety,
rescue techniques, survival
technique, and respiratory prac
tices. A very comprehensive
course whose completion will
add much to anyone’s enjoy
ment in swimming.
Everyone interested in these
courses should report to t h e
Covington Pool at 8:30 A. M.,
Monday, June 4th. These cour
ses are free, with regular ad
mission to the pool.
Covington Swimming Pool Now Ready for the Summer
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L. G. CARNEY, manager of the Covington Swimming Pool, stands beside
the pool and diving boards at the newly renovated pool on Newton Drive.
The pool will be open Saturday, June 2 and thereafter daily from 10 a. m.
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Emory-Oxford
Pres. Student
Body to Speak
Brent Pichard, President of
the Emory-At-Oxford Student
Body, will be the guest speak
er at the Covington Kiwanis
Club today (Thursday) at 1
o’clock at Legion Home.
The program today is in
charge of W. J. Dickey and he
will introduce the speaker.
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Henry Stephens of Social
Circle, one of the 55 Georgia
agricultural leaders who re
cently made a trip to Europe
and the Soviet Union, furnish
ed the program for the Ki
wanis Club Thursday of last
week. He was accompanied to
the meeting by A. E. Hays, Sr.,
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Mrs. Harwell's
Piano Students
Recital Thursday
Mrs. Tom Harwell will pre
sent a group of her piano stu
dents in Recital at the E. L.
Ficquett Junior High Auditor
ium on Thursday night, June 7,
at 8 o’clock.
The students to be presented
at this time will be: Holly
Johnson, Huanne Moore, Peg
gy Cantrell (of Atlanta), Becky
Kirkland, June Kirkland,
Phyllis Ward, Carol Hood, Me
lanie Crawford, Mary Lewis,
Yvonne Hale, Sandra Kitchens,
Joan Lasseter, Tamie Burts,
Beverly Johnson and Joel Ward.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend this program.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1962
Four Emory-Oxford Faculty Members Get Honors *
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FOUR EMORY-AT-OXFORD faculty memb srs are receiving their doctorates at the close
of the current academic year. Shown above, left to right: Dr. Robert Allen, Dr. Dallas M.
Tarkenton, Dr. Harold W. Mann, and Dr. Fred J. Landt. (See story below)
Tom Lovern Named
Recreation Superintendent
Tom Lovern, who has han
dled recreation programs in
two Florida cities for the past
five years, has been named
“Superintendent of Recreation”
for Covington and Newton
County, according to an an
nouncemet last week by the
City-County Board of Recrea
tion.
Mr. Lovern is 31 years of
age and is a native of Athens,
Georgia, where he was gradu
ated from the University of
Georgia in 1957 with a B. S.
Degree with major courses in
recreation. He is presently in
charge of the recreation pro
gram in Bartow, Fla. Prior to
taking the position in Bartow
some 18 months ago, he held a
similar position at Wauchula,
Fla.
until 12 noon, and from 2 until P n. m Th® ^nol will also be ooen Friday
nights and Sunday afternoons throughout the summer months. Season
tickets are now available irom meuwo.a ux mu ^ovingion Kiwonis Club. |
The new recreation director
for the city and county will
assume his duties on June 15th.
He is married to the former
Betty Cook and they have two
children, Tracy Elizabeth, age
7, and Timiny Andrews, age
2.
Mr. Lovern has had vast ex
perience in all phases of youth
and adult recreation programs.
He is certified by the Florida
Recreation Association as a
Recreation Administrator. He
has supervised programs in
baseball, tennis, archery, square
dancing, football, swimming,
softball, gun club, and all
forms of teen-age programs.
Meanwhile, the membership
of the “City-County Board of
Recreation” has been named
and it will be their duty to
r administer the spending of the
1 money listed in the City of
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Annual Mental
Health Association
Meeting in Fall
The annual meeting of the
Newton County Mental Health
Association planned for the lat
ter part of May will be held in
the fall, according to an an
nouncement by Mrs. Pierce L.
Cline, president.
As a part of the meeting the
Community Theater, in coop
eration with the Mental Health
Assn., will present a play.
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20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Baccalaureate Sunday,
Final Program Monday
Newton County High School graduation program has
been scheduled for Monday evening at the high school
gymnasium at 8:30 o’clock. One-hundred and twenty-six
seniors are candidates for diplomas at that time.
Eddie Najjar's
Mother Dies
Suddenly
Mrs. Mary Najjar, mother of
assistant principal Eddie Naj
jar of Newton County High
School, died suddenly Tues
day evening at her home, 947
Underwood Avenue, S. E., At
lanta.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Najjar will be held Thursday
(today) at 11:30 and the ar
rangements are being handled
by J. Austin Dillon Co. in At
lanta. The Rosary was said
Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock
at Dillon’s Chapel.
Mrs. Najjar is survived by
her husband, M. S. Najjar, Sr.;
three sons, Ernest, Eddie and
M. S., Jr.; one daughter, Mrs.
Joe Joseph; four grandchildren;
three brothers, Deep, Abra
ham and Michael Mansour;
four sisters, Mrs. Rosie Maloof,
Mrs. Sadie Mansour, Mrs. Su
sie John, Mrs. George A.seff.
The News extends deepest
sympathy to members of the
bereaved family.
Donald C. Savage
Initiated Into
Alpha Nu Group
Donald C. Savage, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Savage of
Covington, was initiated into
Alpha Nu Chapter of Theta
Chi Fraternity on May 6,1962.
Donald is a Senior at the
Georgia Institute of Technolo
gy, majoring in Industrial
Management. He is also a
member of the Executive
Roundtable of the Society for
the Advancement of Manage
ment.
Four Emory-Oxford Professors
Receive Their Doctorates
Four members of the facul
ty of Emory at Oxford, a di
vision of Emory University,
are receiving their doctorates
at the close of this academic
year.
Dr. Robert Wilson Allen,
chairman of the Division of
Foreign Languages on the Ox
ford campus, holds a Doc
tora^te from the University of
Pans and has earned the Doc
tor of Jurisprudence from
John Marshall University this
year.
The long list of honors which
have come to Dr. Allen include
a term as the President of the
Georgia Chapter, American
Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese, Medal
of the French Republic, and as
a delegate to the International
Congress of Filmology which
met in Paris in 1947.
Dr. Allen is a native of Los
Angeles, California, but has
served on the Emory Faculty
since 1953.
Dr. J. Fred Landt, a native
of Anniston, Alabama, studied
at Howard College, earned the
M. S. at Emory University in
1954, and has now received the
Ph.D. from Emory University,
specializing in Parasitology.
He served in the Third Army
Medical Laboratory in Fort
McPherson, Georgia and has
been a member of the faculty
of Emory at Oxford in Biology,
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Sunday evening at the gym
nasium the baccalaureate ser
mon will be delivered at 8
o’clock. The speaker for t h e
occasion will be the Reverend
Hoyt D Purcell, pastor of th*
Social Circle Methodist Church.
The Newton County High
School Glee Club, under t h e
direction of Mrs. Hugh Mc-
Donald, will furnish special
music for the program Sunday
evening.
Members of the Senior class
will conduct the program Mon
day evening with the culmina
tion of the activities featuring
awarding of diplomas by Ho
mer F. Sharp, Supervising Prin
cipal. Seniors who will have
a part on the program include:
John Jordan, Mike Budd, Elise
Goode, Elizabeth Ann Gree;,
Randall Meadows, Jerry Bou
chillon, Henry Baker, Sherry
Jeffries, Brenda Chambers and
Lauree Cook.
Meanwhile, graduation pro
grams for the elementary
schools of the county h • v a
been scheduled for Friday
evening, June 1.
The program at Porterdale
Junior High will start at 7:30
p. m„ according to an an
nouncement by Miss Jordye
Tanner, principal. The gradua
tion exercises at the other
i elementary schools — Ficqueit
lin Covington, Heard-Mixon,
Palmer • Stone, Mansfield an !
Livingston — will start at 8
p. m.
The following students are
scheduled to graduate at the ex
ercises Monday:
Meg Adams, Tommy Alexan
der, Peggy Allen, Steve Allen,
Harold Armistead, Bobbie As
bell, Hal Bailey, Henry Baker,
Judy Barker, Peggy Joan Beam,
Steve Biggers, Jerry Bouchil
lon, Oliver Bowden, Henry Bo
wen, David Brooks, Tommy
Brown, Ina Bruce, Mike Budd.
Bede Campbell, Lee Camp
bell, Jimmy Capps, Brenda
Chambers, Steve Coggin, Lau
ree Cook, Wetona Cook, Mike
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Chemistry, and Math since
1954. A member of Southeast
ern Biologists, American So
ciety of Parasitologists and
other professional groups, Dr.
Landt also js the recepient of
several honors including the
National Institutes of Health
Fellow in 1958.
Dr. Landt, his wife, Mary
and their nineteen month old
I son live in Oxford, Georgia.
Dr. Harold Wilson Mann is
the son of a Methodist minist
er, Rev. D. G. Mann and a
native of Columbus, Georgia.
He served as Chairman of
the Social Studies Division of
Emory at Oxford from 1956-
1961 and has been on leave of
absence during this academic
year while completing the
work for the Ph.D. in History
at Duke University. He studied
also at Biarritz Army Univer
sity and the University of
Wisconsin. The doctoral dis
sertation is a biography of At
ticus Greene Haygood. He has
been active in music, serving
as Choir Director in Atlanta
and Durham and is the author
and composer of two musical
plays.
Dr. Mann, his wife, Betty,
and their two children, Harold,
Jr. and Martha Blair reside in
Covington, Georgia.
Dr. Dallas M. Tarkenton, a
native of Norfolk, Virginia, has
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