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Mt. Tabor Methodist Homecoming Held Sunday
Miss Glenn, Mrs. Rice
Honored At Annuai Event
Mt. Tabor Methodist Church marked another red letter
day in its history on Sunday, when some 100 members and
guests gathered for a day of worship, feast and fellowship,
in observance of their annual Homecoming. The Rev. Mr.
Charles C. Cowan was guest speaker for the occasion.
The Rev. Mr. Carlton Knight,
pastor, cordially welcomed
those present and recognized
Miss Layona Glenn, 96, who
grew up with Mt. Tabor her
spiritual home; and Mrs. Lon
Rice, who in 1941 aided Miss
Glenn in sponsoring the revi
talization of Mt. Tabor.
The speaker, presented by
the pastor, chose as his text,
“Goodness is Good, but Not
Enough”, with scriptural basis
from the 19th chapter of Mat
thew. His central theme was
emphasized with the fact that
man could not be saved by
works.
Rev. Cowan pointed out
many ways in which man
breaks the ten commandments
other than in their literal in
terpretation. The inconsisten
cy of church members con
tributes largely to the ineffic
tiveness of churches to which
they belong, he continued. Of
times, he stated, sinners are
not born anew, because the
church is too spiritually weak
to give birth to a new soul in
to the Kingdom.
Man’s goodness, or righte
ousness, nor his works will ever
save him, Rev. Cowan said in
his closing statement; the su
preme price of the blood of
Christ on the Cross, is the one
•nd only thing precious enough
to pay man’s debt of sin.
During the noon hour, a de
licious basket lunch was en
joyed in the church’s picnic
pavillion, completed last year.
The Rev. Jack Harvey of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church offered
the invocation.
Typical of the loyalty of Mt.
Tabor's small membership,
(25), is it’s pastor’s dedication.
Rev. Knight served the church
for more than a decade, with
out remuneration. Such conse
cration has been the keynote of '
this little church's survival
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Church, Cemetery
Cleaning Set at
Macedonia Church
A general cleaning of t h e
Macedonia Baptist Church,
Church grounds and Cemetery
has been set for Saturday
morning, July 21st. Beginning
time for the cleaning is 8 a. m.
All those who wish to help,
both men and women, are ask
ed to bring working tools need
ed for the job. The women may
clean the inside of the church
while the men perform the
necessary work on the grounds
and cemetery.
Federal Land Bank Assn. Group Met Friday
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FEDERAL LAND BANK Association of
above at the meeting are officers of the
director: James P. Hatcher, manager; J.
Baldwin, office assistant: C, R. Mason, ■
ager* William H. Breedlove, director.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
through over a century of such
vicissitudes as the ravages and
poverty of war and the Re
construction period, depressions
and decreasing membership
precipitated by the trend to
ward urban centralization of
population.
Earliest minutei of th®
church, dated August 6, 1866,
refer to the reactivation of its
membership, and the first
building on a farm now owned
by the Hyatt Family, which
was known as “Pine Pole
Meeting House”, and the sec
ond building erected near the
first site, with the name
changed to “Split Log Meeting
House”. Later references plac
ed the church at its present
site, on land donated by Silas
Starr, and erected before tha
War Between the States.
The Rev. Joshua N. Glenn,
grandfather of Miss Layona
Glenn, served as pastor of the
church in his latter years. We
are indebted to Miss Glenn,
who found much of the church’s
historical data among her
grandfather’s personal effects,
for this information. Miss
Glenn, who spent 40 years as
a missionary in Brazil for the
Methodist Denomination, re
flects the same spiritual stami
na as her grandfather. At 96,
she still teaches Sunday School,
attends Salem Camp meeting,
writes a column for the Cov
ington News and other papers
of this section; and partici
pated in Sunday’s Homecom
ing Program at Mt. Tabor.
Mt. Tabor’s beautiful, mod
ern sanctuary pays tribute to
its small membership and their
appreciation of the Faith and
zeal of its founders. Among
improvements of the past year
have been the addition of out
side lights on the church
grounds; installation of a gas
system in the church, benches
in the picnic pavillion, and
other renovations aggregating
an expenditure of over SIOOO.
The spiritual fervor of this
small congregation reflects the
same Faith of Mt. Tabor’s
founders, which has for over a
century illuminated the way
of their descendants to the
“Peace that passeth under
standing”.
COVINGTON TEMPERATURE
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
High Low
Wed. July 11. 90 69
Thurs. Julv 12, 88 71
Fri. July 13, 90 71
Sat. July 14, 92 69
Sun. July 15, 94 71
Mon. July 16, 92 72
Tues. July 17, 91 71
Madison held its annual meeting Friday. Shown
association. From left to right: 0. M. Duncan.
. Booth Williams, president: Mrs. Elizabeth H.
vice-president; Reuben M. Tuck. Jr., assistant man-
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Homecoming Scene at Mt. Tabor Methodist Church
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Shown above at Mt. Tabor'a Homecoming, Sunday, are:
front row. left to right: Mrs. Max Williams, pianist and
stewardess; Mrs. W. A. Cook, 85, the church's eldest mem
ber; Miss Layona Glenn, and Mrs. Lon Rice, whose fore
bears were charter members; and Mrs. Joseph Repetske,
stewardess. Second row: Mrs. Johnny Presley, who assist-
Head Funeral
Today at 2 PM
Funeral services for Claude
A. (Chin) Head of Covington,
will be held today (Thursday),
July 19, at 2 u.m. at the Julia
A. Porter Methodist Church in
Porterdale with Rev. A. D.
Whittemore, pastor, officiating.
Mr. Head, 51, died in a pri
vate hospital on July 17, after
a lingering illness. He was an
employee of Bibb Manufactur
ing Company and a member
of the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church in Porter
dale.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Eula F. Head, mother Mrs. Ida
Head, brother, Leroy Head, all
of Covington; sister, Mrs. Viola
Eason, Thomaston.
Interment will be in Liber
ty Cemetery with Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deep
est sympathy to them in their
sorrow.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 19. 1982
Rotarians Heard
Squire Carlton at
Meeting Tuesday
Members of the Covington
Rotary Club heard Prof. W. A.
(Squire) Carlton at their re
gular weekly meeting Tuesday
at the Teen Can. He was intro
duced by Rotarian Aubra Sher
wood.
Squire Carlton told the mem
bers about his recently pub
lished book about life at Old
Emory College.
Visitors at the meeting Tues
day included: Marion Harris,
guest of Hugh Harris; Tom
Whitfield, Harlem Rotarian;
Pete Donaldson, Tifton Rotar
ian; and Penny Jones, North
DeKalb Rotarian.
Kirkpatrick Riles
Held Fri.; Burial
At Starrsville
Funeral services for Oliver
O. Kirkpatrick, 75, of Coving
ton, were held Friday, July 13,
at 11 a. m. at Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home with Rev.
R. Hudson Moody officiating.
Mr. Kirkpatrick died at a pri
vate hospital on July 10.
Surviving are one brother,
Lee Kirkpatrick, Covington and
a number of nieces and nep
hews.
Interment was in Lanes
Cemetery, Starrsville, with
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments.
The News joins friends in ex
tending deepest sympathy to
the family in their sorrow.
John Willingham,
Jr., Completes AF
Technical Course
Airman Third Class John W.
Willingham Jr., of Covington,
is being reassigned to a strateg
ic defense un t, following his ;
graduation from the United
States Air Force technical
training course for weapons
mechanics here.
Airman Wi 111 ngh a m was
trained to load, maintain and
inspect the weapons used in
Air Force fighter and bomber
aircraft.
A graduate of Newton Coun
ty High School, Covington, the
airman is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W’. Willingham ( I
ed with the program's music: Max Williams, S. S. Super
intendent and steward; W. E. Williams, W. A. Cook and
C. C. Cowan, stewards. In background: the Rev. Mr. Charles
R. Cowan, guest speaker: and the Rev. Mr. Carlton Knight,
pastor.
Helicopter Propels Southern Pine
Info New Orbits of Consfrucfion
Once, there was a time when
the sole tools of wood con
struction were hammers, saws
and nails.
Recently, they have shared
this distinction with derricks
and structural glues.
And — now, airplanes have
entered the picture.
In one of the most unique
construction projects of mod
ern times, helicopters were
used to erect glue laminated
Southern Pine arches in a new
roof system for the Olin Math
ieson Chemical plant at Pasa
dena, Texas.
This novel technique was no
stunt but a practical innova
tion that resulted in major time
and monetary savings.
The huge wood arches were
produced by Unit Structures.
Inc. of Peshtigo, Wisconsin and
Magnolia, Arkansas.
Each arch was fabricated in
two sections to permit a safe
workload for the helicopter and
facilitate installation by crews
working 150 feet above ground.
The job was performed to
replace non-wood materials
which had corroded considera
bly since the plant was built
in 1954. This was due to
chemical action in the air caus
ed by tons of bulk fertilizer'
stored in the building.
After company engineers
had specified a clear span
wood roof of segment arches
and a covering of Southern
Pine roof deck, it remained for
the contractors, Claude Everett
Construction Co. of Houston,
to devise a means for raising
the wood members in place. A
congestion of nearby buildings
made conventional methods of
installation impractical.
All the arches were placed
in one day bv helicopter, which :
made 66 trips to the pickup
area near the plant. This speed
of erection resulted in a con-
Corry is Patient
In Emory Hospital
W. B. Corry, prominent New
ton Countain, has been a pa
tient at Emory University Hos
pital in Atlanta for the past
several weeks. However, he is,
expected to return home in the
next few days.
Mr. Corry is the father-in
law of J. Paul Alexander. •
siderable saving to the com
pany.
The Forest Products Division
of Olin Mathieson furnished
Southern Pine decking for the
roof system. Unit Structures,
Inc. provided the arches.
The great wood structural
sections exemplified still an
other improvement in the tech
nology of wood —the effective
use of glues and engineering to
form members of any desired
length and shape. The glues
aren't the ordinary household
kind, but new adhesives of ex
ceptional strength.
Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
of New Orleans and Lafayette,
La. provided the helicopter
service which raised and low
ered the arches into place.
The bulk Ammonia Phos
phate Storage building is 105
feet wide, 640 feet long and
100 feet high.
Georgia Gels 96
New Industries
In Pasi Year
Governor Ernest Vandiver
announced today that during
the fiscal year ending June 30,
a total of 96 new industries
had located in Georgia and
that 215 industries had com
pleted expansion programs in
the state.
“Georgia has just completed
a year of great industrial pro
, gress,” the Governor declared,
I pointing out that the industry
i and expansion program result
ed in the creation of 11,313
! new jobs.
Jack J. Minter, Director of
। the Georgia Department of
• Commerce, said the new in
' dustry represented an invest
ment of $34,807,437 and that
the expansion programs repre
sent an investment of $272,-
905,058.
A quarterly breakdown
showed 23 new industries rep
resenting an investment of $7,-
359,6000 during the July-Sep
tember period of 1961. There
also were 65 expansions repre-
I senting an investment of $53,-
। 280,136 and 2,828 new jobs
' created.
The October-December pe-
I riod of 1961 showed 20 new
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Presbyterian Camp Meeting Set
At Smyrna for July 11 -August 3
The 134th Annual Camp
Meeting of the Smyrna Com
munity Presbyterian Church in
Rockdale County Georgia will
be held this year July 27th
through August 3rd at the his
torical, old Camp Ground lo
cated six miles west of Conyers,
at the junction of Georgia High
ways 212 and 138. Dr. H. E.
(Jeb) Russell will preach for
these sermons which will be
held daily at 11:00 AM. and
8:00 P.M.
Dr. Russell, a native of Win
der, is the son of the late Chief
Justice, Richard B. Russell, Sr.
and a brother of Georgia's Sen
ior Senator, Richard B. Russell,
Jr. he began his ministry at
McDonough and Timberridge
Churches in Henry County, was
also pastor of Rock Springs
Church in Atlanta and La-
Grange First Church and is
now pastor of Second Avenue
Rev. Juhan Goes
To Loganville
Rev. Ivan Juhan leaves the
Stone Mountain Association af
ter 10 years of service. Effec
tive July 8,1962 he became
pastor of the Center Hill Bap
tist Church of the Lawrence
ville Association.
During his 7-1/2 years of
service at the Redan Baptist
Church, Rev. Juhan led the
church in the building of a new'
auditorium and the purchasing
of two acres of additional pro
perty for future buildings.
The people of the Grace Bap
tist Church, under Rev. Ja
han’s 2-1/2 year leadership,
undertook a complete building
program, consisting of audi
torium and educational build
ing. They also had 156 additions
to the church.
Rev. and Mrs. Juhan are now
residing in the newly redecor
ated parsonage of the Center
Hill Baptist Church located at
Loganville, Georgia.
Revival Begins at
Church of God
Sunday, July 22
The Reverend Drayton Gibb,
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be the
guest speaker during the revi
val and evangelistic services at
the Church of God on Newton
Drive beginning Sunday, July
22, 1962.
There will be a special and
congregational singing ear i
evening beginning at 7:30
o’clock.
Everyone is invited to come
and bring a friend. The Rev.
Roland McDaniel is the pastor
of the church.
industries representing an in
vestment of $4,184,600. There
were 57 expansions represent
ing an investment of $189,-
794,312 and 1,971 new jobs
created.
Twenty-eight new industries
representing an investment of
$14,191,237 came to Georgia
during the January-March pe
riod of 1962. Also, there were
44 expansions representing an
i vestment of $16,681,220 and
3,394 new jobs created.
The April-June period of
1962 showed 25 new industries
representing an investment of
$9,072,000. There were 49 ex
pansion programs completed
representing an investment of
$13,149,390 and 3,120 new jobs
created.
Chapman Reunion
Sunday at Salem
All decendants of the late
John Chapman are invited to
attend the annual reunion Sun
day, July 22. 1962, at the Sal
em Camp Ground Club House.
A basket lunch will be serve 1
at noon.
Alcohol cannot be taken
away from a person unless we
give the person something in
place of it.
NUMBER 21
Presbyterian Church in Mem
phis, Tenn.
The Song Leader for the
week will be Herman Miller
from the Hemphill Church,
Stockbridge, who is a Mini
sterial Student at Columbia
Seminary. Pianists for the
week will be Mrs. Vern Wynn,
Smyrna, and Mr. John Hames,
Jonesboro.
The Smyrna Church was or
ganized Feb. 11, 1827 and the
first Camp Meeting was held
in October of tnat same year.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend all of these
services.
The Camp Ground Dining
Hall will be open for three
meals a day. For reservationa
call Mr. Ralph Almand, Con
yers, Ga. +B3-8119 or write ta
him—Route 1, Conyers, Geor
gia.
Hammonds Rites
Set Today at 4:30
At Porterdale
Funeral services for George
G. Hammonds, 61, of 36 Ivy
Street, Porterdale, will be held
Thursday (today) July 19, at
4:30 p.m. at Honey Creek Bap
tist Church with Rev. Hudson
Moody officiating. The remains
will lie in state at the church
from 3:30 until funeral hour.
Mr. Hammonds died July 17,
at a private hospital after a
short illness. He was a mem
ber of the Honey Creek Bap
tist Church and had been an
employee of Bibb Manufactur
ing Company for approximate
ly 35 years. He was born in
Rockdale County.
Surviving are one son, Dr,
George Robert Hammonds, Wil
son, North Carolina; daughter,
Mrs. Kathryn Burriss, Ander
son, South Carolina; brothers,
Marion Hammonds, Riverdale;
Clarence Hammonds, Fitzger
ald; sister, Mrs. Ola Parrish,
Porterdale; seven grandchil
dren and one great-grandchild.
Interment will be in Honey
Creek Cemetery with J. C.
Harwell and Son Funeral
Home in charge of arran 'e
inents. Nephews will serve aa
pallbearers.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in ex
tending deepest sympathy to
them in their sorrow.
The Dalton Elks'
Ritualistic Team
Second in Nation
The ritualistic team of t h •
Dalton Georgia Elks Lodge in
competition with 38 other sta'*
championship teams won t h •
vcond place ritualistic tro
phy at the Elks National Con
vention in Chicago this week.
Members of the Dalton team
participating in the Elks na
tional ritualistic contest we:»
Howard Hamilton, exalted rul
er; Bill Sparks, Mickey Long,
C. B. Keown, Bob Howalt,
Truett Lomax, Cliff Townsend,
and Bob Mann. The team is
coached by Phil Bailey of th*
Dalton Lodge.
The ritualistic team won th*
first place trophy in « state
wide contest during the annu >1
convention of Georgia Elks in
Savannah last May.
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