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Mansfield Methodist Church Homecoming Held Sunday
Over 400 Attended The
Annual Fellowship Day
BY MARY S. MALLARD
A festive day of fellowship and spiritual enrichment was
*nj ed Sunday at Mansfield Methodist Church, which held
ts annual Homecoming, with a former pastor, the Rev.
M. Walter Y. Murphy as guest speaker.
The pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Asbury Craft welcomed the
some 400 members, friends and
guests; and asked another
former pastor, the Rev. Mr.
H. B. Landrum to offer the in
vocation. Appreciation was ex
pressed to Mrs. Bill Harwell
for the altar arrangement in
memory of Mr. and Mrs. June
Harwell, Mr. Harwell, Mrs.
Henry Adams and Mrs. L. K.
Purks.
Other features of the pro
gram included recognition of
the families of the late C. L.
(Bill) Harwell, and W. L. Rob
ert, Sr., as donors of 14 and 9
lots respectively, adjoining the
church property; presentation
of orchid corsages to Mesdames
E. C. McDowell of Madison,
and J. N. (Willie) Lunsford,
the only two living charter
members, and Mrs. Annis Wil
liams, 87, and oldest church
member; and special music by
the choir, the Girls Trio, and
Choir Director Jerry Scar
borough, who sang, ‘’Stranger
of Galilee”.
Rev. Murphy took his text,
“The Prodigal Son”, from
Luke 15. His interpretation was
based upon three chapters of
the poignant story—the Prodi
gal's Buried Dream, the Search
and the Fulfillment of a High
er Destiny. In conclusion, he
drew a parallel between ma
terial homecomings, and the
Spiritual Homecoming, when
we acknowledge God as Fath
er, and become children in His
House.
Reception of David Hays,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hays,
Covington Opens Its Heart to Wreck Victim
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MR. AND MRS. BUDDY SHERRILL, keeping vigil at the bedside of their baby daughter.
Candy, wreck victim of Saturday, at Newton County Hospital, praise Covington for
"opening its heart to them," in their tragic accident.
Covington Opens Its Heart To
Automobile Wreck Victims
“If it had to happen, there
could never have been a more
wonderful place for it to hap
pen in”, declared Mrs. Buddy
Sherrill, at Newton County
Hospital, where she and Mr
Sherrill were keeping vigil at
the bedside of little Candy,
their 16 months old daughter,
who lost the toes from her
right foot, and sustained a bro
ken leg in a weekend accident
on the Covington - Conyers
Highway, Saturday morning.
The Sherrills were return
ing to their home in Tulsa.
Okla., after vacationing with
Mrs. Sherrill's parents, Mr. and
The Covington Enterprise, Established in J 864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
Jr., into church membership,
was a most timely finale of the
morning service.
Picnic tables on the church
lawn held the delicious cover
ed dish dinner and barbecue,
served with iced tea and lem
onade, enjoyed by the congre
gation during the ensuing hour
of fellowship.
It was a particularly me
morable day tor the two char
ter members, Mrs. McDowell
and Mrs. Lunsford, who re
member the church’s organi
zation on Sept. 3, 1903, in the
Old Green schoolhouse in the
grove by the water tank, now
used as a dwelling by the Bob
Curtis family. There were 31
charter members of that first
church, with Rev. S. P. Wiggins
as the first pastor. C. A. Banks,
W. B. Beckwith, J. W, Hender
son and A. L. Gaither made up
the first Board of Stewards.
Carmel Baptist Church,
which offered its facilities for
the ensuing revival, is prob
ably the only Baptist Church
on record, where candidates
for baptism were sprinkled in
stead of immersed, when three
additions, L. Carl Harwell,
Alice Lazenby and Maude
Hardeman, were made to the
Mansfield Methodist Church.
Services were held for a snort
while thereafter, in the Old
School House.
Carl Harwell's filling sta
tion now stands behind the site
of the brush arbor, which was
built in 1904, and used until
the present church’s comple
tion in the same year, despite
the los-s of their initial “build-
Mrs. Oliver Pierce in Murrill’s
Inlet, S. C., when their 1959
Volvo went out of control al
ter a collision with a pick-up
truck about 9:00 Saturday
morning. They were more for
tunate than Candy, and escap
ed without serious injuries.
“I never knew things could
happen so fast”, said Buddy;
“almost by the time the car,
which had turned over, stop
ped rolling, Det. Jack Thomp
son of Oxford, who was driv
ing behind us, was there help
ing get the baby out. We were
not thinking very clearly, and
his efficiency and quick action
(tattujimt -Nm#
SHOWN IN THE SANCTUARY at Mansfield Methodist
Church, where Homecoming Day was observed Sunday,
are: left to right, seated: Mrs. Fred Adams, WSCS presi
dent; Mrs. Annis Williams 87, and oldest church member;
Mrs. J. N. Lunsford and Mrs. E. C. McDowell of Madison,
ing fund” in a robbery of G.
A. Banks’ Store safe, where it
was kept. Rev. T. B. Edwards
of Starrsville, served as pastor
at the brush arbor, until No
vember 1904.
Mrs. Sam Holcomb organiz
ed the first Missionary Society
in 1906, and served as its first
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helped save our baby. He stop
ped a passerby, James R. Hol
land of East Point, who rushed
us to the Hospital, and held
Candy’s ankle at the proper
pressure point to stem the flow
of blood, w- shall always be
grateful 'lO th^ .. both”.
But, for the little family,
whose vacation was so tragical
ly interrupted, over 1,200 miles
from home among strangers,
this was just the beginning of
■ the warmth and kindness they
■ experienced, as the heart of the
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 31. 1962
Mrs. Cunard, 82
Succumbs in
Atlanta Hospital
Mrs. Gertrude Aiken Cu
nard, 82, of Mansfield, died in
an Atlanta hospital Saturday,
May 26, after a short illness.
She was a native of Jasper
County and a member of the
First Methodist Church in
Mansfield.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon, May 27, at
the Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home with Rev. Asbury Craft,
pastor of the Mansfield Metho
dist Church and Rev. John,
Meeks, pastor of the Mansfield
Baptist Church, officiating at
the last rites. Interment was in
Rocky Creek Cemetery near
Monticello. J. C. Harwell and
Son Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Surviving are three sons, J.
H. Cunard, H. O. Cunard, both
of Atlanta; Robert Cunard,
Mansfield; one daughter, Mrs.
J. D. Floyd, Macon; five grand
children and five great-grand
children.
The NEWS joins friends in
extending deepest sympathy to
the family in their sorrow.
Harris Infant
Graveside
Service Held
The infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Theron E. Harris of
Macon, died May 26, at a Ma
con Hospital. Graveside ser
vices were held at Prospect
Cemetery in Jasper County,
Sunday morning, with Rev.
Andy Summers of Conyers, of
ficiating. Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home, Covington, was
in charge of arrangements.
Surviving besides the pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Theron E.
Harris are two brothers, Wayne
Eugene and Allan Lee, two
sisters, Debra Jean and Kath
rine Ann Harris, all of Macon;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Harris, Social Circle and
Mr. and Mrs. James I Bates,
Oxford.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extend
ing deepest sympathy to them
in their loss.
The human heart rests about
eight-tenths of a second be
teen contraction.
the only two living charter members of the church. Stand
ing, Rev. H. B. Landrum, former pastor. Rev. Walter Mur
phy, guest speaker and former pastor; and Rev. Asbury
Craft, pastor.
Rotarians Hear
Ray Reece,
Telephone Mgr.
Members of the Covington
Rotary Club heard an inter
esting and informative speech
by Ray Reece, Southern Bell
Telephone manager of the
Covington facility, at their
regular weekly meeting Tues
day at the Teen Can Building.
The speaker was introduced
by Jolin Thompson.
Mr. Reece's speech was rel
ative to the Bell System’s Space
Communication Satellite. His
firm has been a pioneer in re
search and scientific informa
tion for the communications
around the world and in out-
Porterdale Baptist Completes New $90,000 Educational Building
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NEW EDUCATIONAL BUILDING of th. Porterdale Bap
tist Church and the church pastor. Rev. John M. Lance, are
shown in the picture above. The building was constructed
er space.
One visitor was present for
the meeting Tuesday. He was
Herbert A. Hecht of Spring
field, Ohio.
Rev. Beltran
Speaker Saturday
At Cath. Mission
Rev. Joseph Beltran will
conduct the discussion and in
quiry class Saturday night at
8:00 P.M. in St. Augu
stine’s Catholic Mission
above the Public Finance
Company, across the street
from the Bank of Covington.
This Saturday’s topic 01 dis
cussion will be “What God is
like, i.e. the life of God, the
Trinity.”
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
J from Newton High Attend
Milledgeville Career Day
Seven young people from
Newton County High School
accompanied Miss Clara Mae
Hays, Chairman of the Youth
Committee of the Newton
County Menial Health Associ
ation, to the Milledgeville State
Hospital on Career Day, May
2. At the Assembly presented
on behalf of the Beta Club at
Vacation Bible
School Set
Al Midway
Vacation Bible School at
Midway Baptist Church gets
underway this Saturday, June
2, with Preparation Dav from
9:00-11:00 A. M. A Parade will
climax the Preparation Day
activities. The school will run
two weeks, June 4-15, with the
Commencement Program on
Sunday night, June 17th. Hours
will be from 9:00 - 12.00 each
day.
Provision is being made for
all children in the area who
were three years old by April
Ist. of this year, up through
16. The new building, nearing
completion, will provide ade
quate space for all 5 depart
ments, Nursery through Inter
mediate.
Transportation will be pro
vided for any who do not have
away to come if they will
call Mrs. Bryant Steele, 786-
3534.
A Bible School Picnic is
planned on the church grounds
Saturday evening, June 9, for
all pupils attending the school
and their parents and faculty.
The faculty is as follows:
Nursery: Mrs. John Tilson;
Beginner: Mrs. Grady Hawkins,
Mrs. Ralph Hawkins, Mrs. S.
D. Bennett; Primary: Mrs. Je
well Cheek, Mrs. Elwood Free,
Mrs. Billy Petty; Junior: Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Capps, Mrs. Mar
vin Wells; Intermediate: Mrs.
Wilton Cheek, Mr. Hollis Arm
istead; Mrs. Marvin Wells.
Principal, Mrs. Bryant
Steele; Assistant to Principal:
Mrs. John Chapman; Baby
Nursery: Mrs. Thomas Almand,
Mrs. Gene Almand.
at a cost of $90,000 which was made possible by years ot
hard work and effort on the part of the Porterdale Baptist*
and friends.
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Newton High School on Fri
day, May 18, these student!
shared their experiences wit ft
their friends and the faculty.
Hiss Hays served as modera
tor of the panel which included
Phil Batchelor, Gayle Moseley,
Margaret Rape, Lynda Satter
field, Norma Wilson, Hannah
Wyatt. Linda Kite was absent
due to illness at the program’!
presentation.
Career Day is sponsored
jointly by the Georgia Mental
Health Association and th®
Georgia Department of Public
Health and has become an an
nual event which attracts stu
dents of high schools and col-
Continued on Pag® 35
Dickerson Rises
Held Friday
Al Porterdale
Oscar A. Dickerson, 70. of
1149 Newton Drive, died in a
private hospital on May 24, al
ter an illness of several days.
He was a native of Hart Coun
ty. He was a former employee
of Bibb Manufacturing Com
pany, having retired five years
ago. He was also a faithful
member of the Presbyterinn
Church where he served as an
officer.
Funeral services were he'd
Friday, May 25. at the Porter
dale Presbyterian Church with
Rev. Irvin Rudolph, pastor of
the church officiating. Inter
ment was in Lawn wood Me
morial Park with Caldwell ar i
Cowan Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Offi*
cers of the church served as
pallbearers.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Oscar A. Dickerson, Covington;
two brothers, George B. Dick
erson, Covington; Allen Dick
erson, Bent, Oregon; sisters,
Mrs. Pearl Bailey, Mansfield:
Mrs. Talsie Hooks, Hartwell
and several nieces and nep
hews.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in ex
tending deepest sympathy to
them in their sorrow.