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My, OH me! What “get-your
readies-logether” affair mo
thers of the Newton County
High Schools Blue Rambler
Band are having. School just
over for the Summer. . .so
many things to do. . . but our
Band has made a record for it
self under the direction of Basil
Rigney! Yes, they are getting
ready to take off Sunday for
Mason City, lowa to represent
the State of Georgia! In what
way? Why “The Music Man
Festival” of course!
Now you know our boys and
guls are thrilled, within an
inch of their lives! You would
be too. and we are. . . but E. G.
Lassiter, Jr., who is chairman
of the Band Fund, and all Civic
Leaders Groups and individuals
who have made this trip pos
sible are even more thrilled (IF
POSSIBLE) than the young
■people. We are surely wishing
for each one of you the happier
ti .p possible. The NEWS will
be represented in that group
with Lucile Skinner and her
husband Tom. . . having been
chosen to make the trip. . .
and there are lots of others . .
just read the thrilling story in
todays NEWS!
Sunday is a day to be long
remembered by the above
group. . . .after services at all
Churches in town and the
county. . . at two o’clock you
will be taking off too. ... or
you’d better not miss it! The
Bert Adams Boy Scout Reser
vation will be dedicated on
Sunday at 2:30 P. M. Guest
Speaker? Why it’s none other
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Memorial Service
Sunday for
Crash Victims
Sunday afternoon at five
•’clock, there will 'be a special
public service at the Wesley
■Memorial Auditorium, corner
of Ivy and Auburn, across
fiom the Telephone Building in
the heart of Atlanta. It will
be a memorial service, not only
for those who lost their loved
ones in the terrible, tragic air
crash in France, but also for
ail of those who have lost their
loved ones.
The memorial service will
consist in the main of a tri
bute in hymns, sung by Mr.
Wayne Houser, one of Atlan
ta's leading tenors. Mr. Houser
is a student at Columbia Theo
logical Seminary, and is pres
ently soloist at Decatur Pres
byterian Church, and minister
of music at Kirkwood Presby
terian Church. Before coming
to Atlanta, Mr. Houser sang
with the Seattle Civic Opera,
and was pastor of the Royal
Oaks Community Church in
Suburban Los Angeles.
Everyone is invited to at
tend this special memorial
service, Sunday afternoon at
five o'clock at the Wesley Me
morial Auditorium.
Mrs. Berry Wins Honor State Dress Review
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MRS. c. h. BERRY, JR. of Almon, is shown wearing the
dress that won her honors in the State Dress Revue at Rock
Eagle Park. Forty-eight members of Georgia Home Demon
stration Clubs modeled garments before an audience of over
1,000 women at Rock Eagle. These ladies had previously
placed in local and district contests. Clothes were judged on
four separate classifications. Mrs. Berry placed second in
Sports, House and Street Dresses.
A Prixe-Winning
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Contests
The Covington E Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 98
LOC -OY SCOUT CAMP DEDICATION SUNDAY
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Nt, Sn Band To Leave June 17 For lowa
Will Represent Georgia
In "Music Man Festival"
Newton County Blue Rambler Band. 80 strong, will
leave Covington Sunday morning, June 17, at 6 a. m. for
the much anticipated and long-awaited trip to Mason City,
lowa, to participate in the “Music Man Festival”. Through
the local group, according to a state school law, cannot bring
back the much needed instru
ments. should they win, they
will enjoy the competition with
the other bands from the
states throughout the Union,
and could accept the free, ex
pense paid trip to New York
and California.
The group will meet Sunday
morning at 5 a. m. at the high
school auditorium for a short
devotional service to be con
ducted by Rev. E. A. Calla
way, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, and Chaplain of the
Band Booster Club.
The three busses are sche
duled to be packed and ready
for departure by 6 a. m. Adults
and the busses they will be on
are as follows: Bus No. I, Direc
tor Basil Rigney, Mrs. Rigney,
Eddie Najjar (Narrator for the
Band), Mrs. Claude Jordan and
Mrs. T. A. Rape; Bus No. 2,
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Campbell
and Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Skin
ner; Bus No. 3, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Huff, Mrs. H. R. Holi
field and Mrs. Benny Knight.
Enroute the group will stop
at Murfreesboro, Tennessee for
a short workout on the ball
Newton County Blue Ram
bler Band will present their
final drill before leaving for
Mason City, lowa, on Sharp
Field tomorrow (Friday)
night at 8 p. m. There will
be no charge for the show
and the public is cordially in
vited to come out and en
joy the show and see the
band in their full 80 mem
bers.
field at Middle Tennessee State
College. Sunday night will be
spent at Springfield, Illinois,
with time of arrival there to be
around 8 p. m. Monday morn
ing they will continue on to
Mason City.
Students making up the 80
piece band will be: Girls —
Carol Callaway, Cathy Calla
way, Lila Jo Callaway, Miriam
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Newton Countains will get
a first-hand report of the
Blue Rambler Band's trip to
and participation in the
“Music Man Festival” in Ma
son City, lowa, next week.
Mrs. Lucile Skinner of the
Covington News and Betty
Carrollton, Women's Editor
of The Atlanta Constitution,
will attend the festival and
will give newspaper readers
of Georgia a vivid account of
the NCHS Band's activities
in lowa.
John H. Hall
Speaker Today
At Kiwanis
Main speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at
1 o’clock will be John H. Hall,
Executive Director of the New
ton County Chamber of Com
merce. Mr. Hall will be intro
duced by Bill Thompson, pre
sident of the C. of C.
Mr. Hall assumed his duties
a week ago as the fulltime di
rector of the local chamber. He
comes to Covington from
Athens where he managed his
own advertising agency.
Dr. Rufus Harris, President
of Mercer University, Macon,
was the guest speaker at the
Kiwanis Club meeting Thurs
day at Legion Home. He was
introduced by Kiwanian Robert
O. Arnold.
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Dr. Harris, a native of Good
Hope, Ga., has served for more
than a quarter of a century as
president of Tulane University,
New Orleans, and at Mercer
University. His speech was
warmly received by the Kiwan
ians and guests, many of whom
are friends of Dr. Harris and
have known him for many
years.
Among the guests present for
the program: Rev. and Mrs.
Edgar A. Callaway, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. King, Sr., Mrs. Ed
gar Wood. Mrs. R. H. Patterson,
Weston Walker, Grady Adams,
and Byron Paden.
Peppers Birth
Retraction
The News inadvertantly
erred in publishing an er
roneous announcement of the
birth of a daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Gary William Pep
pers, in the June 7th issue.
Mr. and Mrs. Peppers did not
have a daughter born to
them, on the date stated in
the announcement, or at any
other time.
We very much regret the
ensuing confusion. or any
embarrassment caused the
Peppers family, or Mrs. Pep
pers' mother, Mrs. Charlotte
Adams, due to the an
nouncement which came to
us, and was published by us
in good faith.
In compliance with this
paper’s policy of gladly cor
recting any error which could
cause misconstruction, pre
judice. reflection upon in
tegrity or character, or em
barrassment; we are happy
to make a full retraction of
the announcement, and a sin
cere apology to those con
cerned.
A thorough investigation
is underway relative to the
announcement forwarded to
and published by the News.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1€ 1962
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PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS at the June meeting of the Newton County Chamber of Com
merce Monday at the Buck-N-Kid Restaurant are shown in the picture above. From left
to right: Alan Stephenson, Executive-Director of the Athens C. Os C.: John H. Hall,
newly-appointed Executive-Director of the local C. Os C.: Bill Thompson, president: Ed
Cherry, Manager of the Southeastern Division of the United States Chamber of Com
merce, who was the main speaker.
Alcovy River Watershed Work
Is Expanded in Our Area
The meeting of the Alcovy
River Watershed Association
held on May 22 at Monroe may
prove to mark the beginning
of an expanded watershed pro
gram for the 168,000 Alcovy
Watershed Area of which some
9,000 acres are involved in
Newton County.
Newton County members of
the Alcovy River Watershed
Association Board of Directors
are Pierce Cline and M. C.
Sherod.
The meeting last Tuesday
featured a report of the pre
liminary investigation work
carried out to date by the wa
tershed planning party of the
Soil Conservation Service. Mr.
A. D. Searcy, Assistant State
Conservationist and Mr. Wil
liam H. Harber, Watershed
Planning Party leader present
ed the report to the officers
and directors representing Wal
ton, Gwinnett and Newton
counties and to the supervisors
of the Upper Ocmulgee River
Soil Conservation District.
The report made by Messrs.
Searcy and Harber revealed
that the investigation work is
to be continued as a result of
recent administrative direc
tives issued by the President in
connection with Public Law
566, the Watershed Protection
and Flood Prevention Act.
Covingion
Airport in Long-
Range Plan
Covington’s Municipal Air
port is included in a Recom
mended Airport Development
5-year plan of the Federal
Aviation Agency, according to
an announcement received
from the office of U. S. Her
man Talmadge of Georgia.
The information projected
in the long-range plan, sub
ject to Congressional authori
zation and appropriation, states
that based aircraft will be in
creased from two to six in
1967, and that the runway
will be extended from 2,500
feet to 3,400 feet and will al
so include a “taxiway and
apron, miscellaneous.”
The FAA development plan
for new and improved airports
will cost approximately $1,135
billion dollars.
These directives will make it
possible to include some re
creational benefits in comput
ing the cost benefit ratio of a
proposed watershed project. It
is expected that specific in
structions and regulations re
lative to these directives will
be received by the Soil Con
servation Service in the near
future and the Alcovy investi
gation will be continued.
Mr. Searcy brought to t h e
attention of the groan the fact
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City Officials
Attend GMA
Convention
Members of the Covington
City governing body attended
the Georgia Municipal Associ
ation convention at Jekyll Is
land Monday-Wednesday, June
11-13.
Mayor Nat Turner. City
Clerk Harry Cowan, and Coun
cilmen M. H. Waggoner and
Don Wood attended the ses
sions at the Aquarama.
Bishop's Cabinet Met at Emory-at-Oxford for 1962 Session
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BISHOP'S CABINET of the North Georgia Conference of
the Methodist Church are shown above at Emory-At-Oxford
College. Front row, left to right: C. B. Cochran, J. C. Calla
way, Bishop J. O. Smith, R. P. Sagars, E. D. Rudisill. Dean
Summer School
At Emory-Oxford
For the first time in several
years, Emory at Oxford begins
a Summer School Quarter
Monday, June 18th. Registra
tion will be done Monday and
classes begin on Tuesday.
In response to many requests,
it was decided sometime ago
to provide the opportunity for
summer study on the beauti
ful campus at old Oxford. And,
the pre-registration is indica
tive of a successful summer
study.
One of the significant fea
tures of this summer study
will be a French Institute.
First of its kind in this section,
a student may complete fifteen
hours of language in this In
stitute. Under the direction of
Dr. Robert W. Allen, Chairman
of the Department of Foreign
Languages of the College, these
students will concentrate on
learning to speak and read
French during this quarter.
They will devote their full
time to this study.
Another feature of the Sum
mer Quarter will be the of
fering of Chemistry 171 and
172. In this program, chemistry
students will be able to devote
a full quarter’s study in Chem
istry and earn 12 quarter
hours.
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Ivan Allen, Jr. Io Be Main
Speaker; Program at 230
The new slVi million dollar Bert Adams Boy Scout
Reservation just South of Covington will be dedicated Sun
day, June 17th by officials of the Atlanta Area Council, Boy
Scouts of America. The ceremony will start at 2:30.
Flag Day
Ceremony 11:45
Ai Courthouse
A Flag Day ceremony will
be held on the steps of t h e
Newton County Courthouse to
day (Thursday) at 11:45 a. m.
at which the public is invited.
Covington Elks Lodge Num
ber 1806 is sponsoring the ser
vice and the lodge urges all
business firms to display then
flags today in observance oJ
the National event.
Mrs. Caldwell's
Piano Students'
Recital Tonight
Mrs. Lewis Caldwell will
present a group of her piano
students in recital Thursday
evening, June 14, at 8 p. m. at
the E. L. Ficquett School.
Students to be presented are:
Jane Hardman, Lindy Blasin
game, Denise Edwards, Susan
Lord, Linda Maddox, Cindy
Moss, Connie McElreath, Doro
thy Hardman, Barbara Har
crow, Donna Johnson, Judy
Shannon, Sheila Smith, Mar
sha Schell, Donna Shannon,
Marilyn Lord, Linda Kay Tug
gle, Gail Norman, Dorothy
Shannon, Rita Harris Elizabeth
Fitzpatrick, Rosemary Smith
and Anita Varner.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Ralph Lungren
Receives His
MD Degree
Ralph Lundgren, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Lundgren of
Oxford, received his MD De
gree at graduation exercises
held at the University of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, Sunday, June
10.
Mr. and Mrs. Lundgren at
tended the exercises in Cm- I
cinnati Sunday.
Dr. Lundgren will intern at
Milwaukee County Generali
Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis- .
consin.
V. Y. C. Eady of Emory-At-Oxford, W. R. Sisson. Back
row, left to right: Lester Rumble. Paul H. Turner, H. C.
Stratton. John B. Tate. Delma L. Hagood.
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A crowd estimated at 5,000
people will see Atlanta Mayor
Ivan Allen, Jr., a Co-Chair
man of the Reservation Fund
Raising Committee, open the
ceremonies at the 1,490-acre
Scouting Preserve located five
miles south of Covington ot»
the Jackson highway.
The program will get under
way with a band concert by
the Yaarab Temple Band, of
Atlanta, Ed Hulce, director. W.
C. Wardlaw Jr. will serve as
Master ot Ceremonies and the
invocation will be given by tha
Reverend Edgar A. Callaway,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Covington.
Following the Hag Raising
Ceremony, E. K. Jamison,
President of the Atlanta Area
Council BSA, will give worda
of welcome. John H. Stembier,
Immediate Past President of
the Atlanta Area Council, will
introduce the guests.
After the dedication speech
by Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen,
Jr. the acceptance speech will
be delivered by Scout Gary
Ingemanson of Troop 268,
Chamblee, G*.-The Dedication
Prayer and Benediction will
be given by Rev. Frank Ross,
Rector of All Saints Episcopal
Church, Atlanta.
Climaxing the afternoon of
activities will be a guided tour
of the camp.
Newton Countians who are
members of the official fami
ly of the Atlanta Area Coun
cil this year are as follows: S.
J. Morcock and E. G. Lassiter,
Jr., commissioners; Newton-
Rockdale District chairman, E.
G. Lassiter, Jr.; members of
the Advisory Committee are
George Hutchinson, Frank
Meadors, C. D. Ramsey, Jr.,
Homer Sharp, B. B. Snow and
M. B. Shaw.
Covering 1,490 acres of
beautiful rolling Georgia wood
lands, the Reservation com
prises a 60-acre lake, 12 per
manent buildings including a
dining hall that seats 600, and
two permanent year-round
camps, Camp Gorman and
Camp Emerson, with 23 build
ings and a swimming pool
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