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Two More Newton Roads
To Get Improvements Soon
Improvements to two more Newton County highways
have been let to contract for resurfacing in the near fu
ture, according to the State Highway Department, Jim L.
Gillis, Board Chairman.
The two recent bids were let
July sth and includes 20.83
miles of resurfacing on the Mc-
Donough - Porterdale Road,
Georg a 81, beginning in Mc-
Donough and extending easter
ly to Porterdale. The other
contract includes 7.04 miles on
the Porterdale - Conyers Road,
FAS 922. south of Porterdale
and extending to U. S. 178 near
Conyers.
Newton Representative Don
ald Ballard, Chairman of the
State Legislative Highway
Committee, said recently that
“we're getting our share of the
100-million bond - financed
road improvement program.”
The program was instituted last
July. Mr. Ballard said that when
some eight projects in Newton
County are completed the val
ue of the improvements to the
county roads” will be about $2.-
000.000.”
Already three projects have
been completed in Newton
County. State Route 142 from
Covington through Newborn to
Eatonton, State Route 11 from
Social Circle through Mans
field to Monticello, and State
Route 81 from Covington
through Oxford to the Walton
County line.
Ballard said that the New
born to Rutledge road, about 5
miles, will be let to bid in the
near future. He also named the
road from U. S. 278 from Al
covy River to Morgan County
line as on the list for bid let
ting within a month. That
stretch of U. S. 278 covers
about 10 miles.
Resurfacing and widening of
State Route 36 from Coving
ton to Butts County line is ex
pected to be let to bid in the
months ahead. Also on the list
or bid letting are: the Brown
Hugh McDonald
Attending Summer
Music Camp, N.C.
Hugh McDonald, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh McDonald, of
Jackson Highway Covington,
will spend most of the summer
at the Transylvania Music
Camp of the Brevard Music
Center in North Carolina.
He will complete six and
one-half weeks of training Au
gust 5.
Hugh is a member of the
Choral Ensemble and also plays
the clarinet. He spends 2 hours
per day in group rehearsals,
receives daily instruction in
music theory, practices indivi
dually an untold number of
hours weekly, and attends five
concerts per week that have
top-name artists as soloists.
Oxford Lions Club Installs 1962-63 Officers at Meeting Thursday
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OXFORD LIONS CLUB held their installation of officers
Thursday evening at the Community Center. Shown above
at the conclusion of the ceremony are, from left to right
front row: Charles Burnett, first vice-president: Melvin
Conrad. immediate past president: J. L. (Jay) Higgins,
president: Fred Adams, Mansfield Lions president, who
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Bridge road, Salem to Oak Hill,
which is about 5-1/2 miles, and
the Rocky Plains road where
Rocky Plains runs into S. R. 81
across to Brown Bridge Road.
This latter road will reroute
much of the present heavy traf
fic going from Porterdale to
Covington. This will be an al
most new road, Mr. Ballard
stated.
Another much-needed top
ping of plant-mixed resurfac
ing of the Oxford to Walton
County road is in the process of
being given a final OK, Ballard
added.
Walker Harris is
Attending Elks'
National Meeting
Mr. and Mrs.. Walker Harris
are presently in Chicago, Illi
nois, attending the 1962 Nation
al Elks Convention. Mr. Harris
is Exalted Ruler of the Cov
ington Club.
They left Atlanta Saturday
evening at 7 o’clock via Pull
man for the Windy City. They
are expected back in Coving
ton, Sunday, July 15.
Funeral Held
Thursday for
Elmer Dunevant
Elmer P. Dunevent of Jeffer
sonville, died on his 65th birth
day, Monday, July 2. He had
been in ill health for three
years. A native of Morgan
County he had lived in Jeffer
sonville for the past 18 years.
He was a member of the Jef
fersonville Baptist Church and
Masonic Lodge No. 133. He was
a retired farmer and had been
custodian of the Twiggs Coun
ty High School.
Funeral services were held
on Thursday, July 5, at Jeffer
son Baptist Church witfi Rev.
Samuel Waldron and Rev. E.
N. Swiney officiating. Inter
ment was in Jeffersonville
Cemetery with members of the
Mens Bible Class and Masons
serving as honorary escort. Ma
sonic graveside services were
held.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ludie Stapp Dunevent, one
brother, Lonnie Dunevent, Cov
ington and a number of nieces
and nephews.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
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Mrs. Sam M. Hay Attended National GFWC Convention
GEORGIA DELEGATES who attended the 71st Annual
International Convention of General Federation of Wom
en’s Clubs in Washington recently are shown above. From
left to right: Mrs. H. B. Ritchie, Athens, Chairman, Revisions
General Federation was presented the President's award
Mrs. Dearing, 70
Succumbs at Her
Oxford Home
Mrs. Eula M. Dearing, 70, of
Oxford, died at her home on
July 10, after an illness of
several months. She was a na
tive of Hall County and a
member of the Allen Memori
al Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, July 12. at Allen
Memorial Methodist Church,
with Rev. G. Robert Gary and
Rev. Walter Y. Murphy offi
ciating. Interment was in Sa
lem Cemetery with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Surviving are her husband,
W. J. Dearing, two sons, Vir
gil R. Dearing, both of Oxford;
John F. Dearing, Seattle, Wash
ington; daughters, Mrs. Frank
Gwin, Mrs. Robert Budd, Ox
ford; brother, George Mooney,
Covington; sisters, Mrs. Geor
ge Day, Oxford; Mrs. Bert
Hewell, Porterdale, Mrs. Char
lie Burch, Hapeville and nine
grandchildren.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to the family.
conducted the installation ceremony. Back row, left to
right: George Lummus Lion Tamer: Thomas Dial, second
vice-president: Nelson Hoffman, third vice-president: and
Charles Ellis, secretary and treasurer. Officers not present,
Edwin J. Brown, Tail Twister; Henry Weldon, G, D. Lan
caster, Frank Gwinn and Cecil Allgood, directors.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 11 1962
Mrs. S. M. Hay Attended the
International Convention in D.C.
Georgia Junior and Senior
Clubs captured a line-up of na
tional honors at the General
Federation of Women’s Clubs
71st annual international con
vention held at the Sheraton
Park Hotel, Washington, last
week.
Mrs. H. B. Ritchie, Athens,
Chairman, Revisions Commit
tee General Federation was
presented the President’s award
by Mrs. E. Lee Ozbirn, Presi
dent, General Federation, for
dedicated service to the organ
ization since 1934.
Mrs. Chester Martin, Atlanta.
Chairman, Fine Arts, was elect
ed President of the Past State
President’s club. Mrs. Thomas
Sammons of Swainsboro, out
going Georgia Junior confer
ence director was named “Miss
Congeniality”, as “the Junior
Official most pleasant to be
with”. Georgia Juniors walked
off with first place awards in:
Best overall work in conserva
tion; international club activ
ities; study group in interna
tional affairs; classification of
motion pictures; Children and
for outstanding service since 1934; Mrs. E. O. Cabaniss,
Maxeys, immediate past president, Ga. Federation Women's
Clubs; Mrs. S. M. Hay, newly elected President Ga. Federa
tion Women's Clubs.
Youth division and in the num
ber of junior clubs participat
ing in the Vogue Pattern Con
test, plaque for the CARE pro
gram.
Senior awards went to: First
place in Conservation; second
place in mental health; second
place in Family Living Divi
sion.
Mrs. S. M Hay, President,
Georgia Federation of Womens
Clubs reported for the Georgia
delegations. Around 1,500 dele
gates registered for the Con
vention including 39 delegates
from 13 countries, some with
interpreters.
“NATURAL FINISH’’
As the term implies, a “na
tural finish” leaves the basic
color of wood paneling un
changed, the Southern Pine
Association says. However, the
finish may be glossy or dull,
as the user prefers.
Porterdale Presbyterian Vacation
Bible School Was Most Successful
PORTERDALE — “The Bi
। ble” was the theme for the very
I successful Vacation Bible
School held at the Porterdale
Presbyterian Church from June
25 through July 6 each morn
ing from nine to eleven-thirty.
The Rev. Irving G. Rudolph,
pastor, was the director.
Teachers serving in the va
rious departments were as fol
lows: Kindergarten — Mrs.
Whatley Curtis, Mrs. James
Halstead, Mrs. W. S. Kite, Miss
Sherrill Crowell. Primary —
Mrs. Claud Cason, Mrs. James
Mitchell, Mr T omes Singley,
Misses Kay oman, Edna
Fisher, Janie igginbotham
Marilyn Higginbotham. Junior
— Mrs. Hugh McCart and MLs
Mae Hardman. Pioneers also
assisted.
A transportation committee
which included Mrs. Melvin
Criswell, Mrs. John Hinton,
Mrs. Horace Lunsford, Mrs.
Halstead, Hugh McCart, and
Robert Higginbotham made de
finite contributions to the
school’s success. Miss Maud
King, Miss Alice Curtis, and
Mrs. Ada Harper prepared and
served refreshing drinks, cook
ies, popsicles, or ice cream on
each day.
Wednesday, July 4, was a
special day when each depart
ment united for a Thanksgiving
Service commemorating Inde
pendence Day after which de-
Garrison is Author
Os New Brochure
Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, At
-lan ta, Executive Secretary-
Treasurer for the Georgia
Baptist Convention, is author
of a newly-published brochure
“The Cooperative Program—A
Plan of Cooperation In World
Missions Ministries” which
presents the ministries of Geor
gia and Southern Baptists’ Co
operative Program.
In the brochure, C rison
presents the spiritual jack
ground for the Baptist plan of
cooperative support of mission,
educational and benevolent
causes in Georgia and through
out the world.
The author was a former
president of the Georgia Bap
tist Convention, and prominent
Georgia Baptist pastor prior to
his election as ohief executive
officer of the Georgia Baptist
Convention.
Few things are more danger
ous than a train of thought
that carries no freight.
■ licious watermelons given by
’ Mr. Eddie Lee Digby were en
> joyed.
■ The annual picnic came on
■ Friday afternoon, July 6, at the
Lions Club Pavilion in Coving
ton. Parents and children met
, at the church with picnic bas
kets at five - thirty and the
meal was served shortly after
six o’clock. In spite of steady
rain throughout the day, the
youngsters enjoyed the swings,
slides, and merry-go-round at
the park.
The evening service on Sun
day, July 8, was conducted by
the participants in Bible School
who presented a most interest
ing program.
A total of sixty-one child
ren were enrolled in the school
with twenty-seven receiving
certificates for perfect atten
dance during the ten day ses
sion. Handwork made during
the school was exhibited in the
Fellowship Room of the Junior
Department at the conclusion
of the formal service in the
sanctuary.
On Sunday morning, wor
shippers particularly enjoyed
flowers which were flown from
Hawaii by Misses Rachel and
Nora King, who are vacation
ing there. Sent for their pa
rents wedding anniversary on
July 9, they arrived in time
for this service, and their beau
ty was shared with members of
i the church.
This Paper Is Covington's
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Georgia Has 170,000 Shareowners
Says New York Slock Exchange
Georgia has an estimated
170,000 shareowners, more
than 100,000 of them living in
the cities and metropolitan
areas of Atlanta, Augusta, Co
lumbus and Savannah.
These are among the find
ings of the New York Stock
Exchange’s recently released
1962 Census of Shareowners,
which determined that U. S.
shareownership reached a new
high of 17 million this year.
Statistics for Georgia, announc
ed by Exchange President
Keith Funston, show that:
Atlanta and the metropoli
tan area comprised of Clayton,
Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and
Gwinnett Counties have some
88,000 shareowners, or 52 per
cent of the state’s total. Atlan
ta accounts for about 65,000 of
these, up by 10,000, or 18 per
cent from 1959. The incidence
of shareownership for Atlanta
is one in 8, and for the metro
politan area, one in 11.
Augusta and the bi-state met
ropolitan area comprised of
Richmond County (Ga.) and
Aiken County (S. C.) h a v e
some 13,000 shareowners. Au
gusta accounts for about 5,000
of these, or 3 per cent of the
Georgia total. The incidence of
shareownership for Augusta is
one in 14, and for the metro
politan area, one in 17.
Columbus and the bi-state
metropolitan area comprised of
Chattahoochee and Muscogee
Counties (Ga.) and Russell
Bell System's Telsfar' Satellite
Experiments Are Now Underway
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THE BELL SYSTEM'S "Telstar" Satellite is now circling
the earth. The above drawing shows the
satellite in orbit.
Experiments began this week
with the Bell System’s Telstar
active communications satellite.
Telstar is capable of relaying
television and high speed data
as well as telephone messages
and wire photos.
The satellite was launched
earlier this week from Cape
Canaveral.
Telstar is a unique experi
ment in that it is the first time
that a private company has
built a satellite and paid for
cost of launching with its own
funds. It also marks the first
international attempt to trans
mit communications by using
an active repeater satellite.
The satellite a 170-pound
metallic sphere with a 34 1/2
inch diameter, carries electron
ic equipment to receive, am
plify and transmit radio micro
wave signals for television,
Telephone and data communi
cations.
In outer space, it acts as a
relay station, receiving signals
from one ground station, boost
ing them, and transmitting
them on to other ground sta
tions at distant points.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
launched the satellite with a
Delta Rocket, and the Bell
System has reimbursed NASA
an estimated $3 million for all
services, including rocket costs. '
Telstar’s first job will be to <
NUMBER 28
County (Ala.) have some 10,000
shareowners. Columbus ac
counts for about 7,500 of these,
or 4 per cent of the Georgia to
tal. The incidence of share
ownership for Columbus is one
in 16, and for the metropolitan
area, one in 22.
Savannah and the metropoli
, tan area comprised of Chatham
County have some 8,500 share
owners, or 5 per cent of t h »
state's total. Savannah accounts
for about 8,000 of these. The in
, cidence of shareownership fur
Savannah is one in 19, and for
• the metropolitan area, one in
, 22.
Dividends received by Geor.
: gia shareowners in 1961 total
■ cd $115,000,000. Os this totai.
$56,000,000 was received in the
' Atlanta area.
One out of every 23 persons
is a shareowner, compared with
one out of 28 in 1959 and one
out of 56 in 1956,
Georgia's 170,000 shareown
ers comprise 1 per cent of the
' national total. The state tot 4
I represents an increase of 33,000,
or 24 per cent, over the 19a9
total; this in turn was an in
-1 crease of 72,000, or 111 per cent,
over 1956.
There are some 1,973,000
shareowners, or 11.6 per cent
of the national total, in t h •
South Atlantic States — Dela.
ware, Florida, Georgia, Mary
land, North Carolina, South
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test the longevity and i . . bii
ity of an orbiting microwave
relay station for the transmis
sion of broadbank radio signals.
In all, Telstar will measure
and report on 115 items —in-
cluding radiation—as it swings
around the earth at an average
speed of 16,000 miles per hour
at altitudes up to 3500 miles.
Experiments scheduled will
test the ground stations and
complete equipment working
with the satellite.
In first tests, a huge horn
antenna at Andover, Maine,
was scheduled to send signals
to Telstar. The satellite was to
receive the signals, amplify
them and transmit them on an
other frequency to receivers at
Andover and Holmdel, New
Jersey.
The first experiments are
testing transmission of voice,
data and pictures from An
dover to the satellite, back to
Andover and to the ground
station at Holmdel. After the
series of initial domestic ex
periments, the first live United
States - to - Europe television
broadcast will be attempted.
This probably will be beamed
overseas about a week after
Telstar is launched. This will
be followed by a Europe-to-
U. S. telecast.
The American TV origina
tion will be a combined effort
of the television networks.