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Real news for you of all
Newton County! Appeals were
made to the Citizens of this
County in the Cancer Fund
Drive. You not only respond
ed. but you worked hard for
the Cancer Fund. Under the
guidance of Attorney Greely
Ellis, and The Rev. Gordon
Mann, who gathered together
workers from every corner of
the County, met regularly at
the City Hall in Covington,
outlined the work, had State
Workers meet with them,
showed pictures and had lec
tures on this dread killer.
NEWTON COUNTY has won a
Citation for Excellence in
COUNTY won fourth place
among all the counties of the
State.
We are not the largest Coun
ty, by far, but we think the
brt n Georgia. The people
hare show that they are stifing
to “Love thy neighbor as thy
self.” They opened their hearts
and their purses and gave from
dimes to dollars throughout the
county, thus winning Fourth
Place and a wonderful Cita
tion from the State for their
excellence in Achievement.
We attribute the success of
the drive in NEWTON COUN
TY to the excellent leadership.
We have carried a complete list
of the workers at the time of
the Drive. You know who they
are for they called on you and
you and you, who gave gener
ously of your means that oth
ers might live. We pay tribute
to each one who worked. They
gave of their time and means.
They met at City Hall in Cov
ington, coming from all over
the County, at night. Plans
were mapped, literature given
each one; they sat for hours
listening to the leaders, in-
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Veterans Service
Office is Closed
Thursday - Friday
The Veterans Service Office
will be closed Thursday after
noon, July 26th and Friday,
July 27th. 1962. Mrs. Cason
will attend the State American
Legion & Auxiliary, Convention
in Macon, Ga.
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Emergencies, please call Mr.
Evan Jordan VSO. Manager.
Monticello, Ga. 4281 or the At
lanta Office. Jackson 5-5501.
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Covington Pirates Are LL Champions
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COVINGTON ELKS trophy is presented to the Manager
and Captain of the Covington Pirates Little League baseball
team by Walker Harris, Exalted Ruler. The Pirates won tho
minor league title. Shown in the photo are. from left io
rfaht: Hob Ea’’ard, manager: Bubba Hill, team captain; and
Walker Harris. (See squad picture on Snort Page)
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The Covingtor Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 98
SN'ING SHOALS ANNUAL MEETING FRIDAY
New .on County Property Tax Value Increases
$700,000 Up
Over Year Ago
An increase of approximate
ly $700,000 on Newton County
property in 1962 has been re
ported by J. Hugh Steele, New
ton County Tax Receiver. This
figure was arrived at when the
tax returns of 7,079 people
owning property in the county
was totalled last week, Mr.
Steele said.
The increase in the total
gross value in the tax digest
over 1961 was $959,141. The
1961 gross value figure was
$13,102,160 against $13,969,-
019 during the past year, Mr.
Steele added.
After personal property and
homestead exemptions were
taken off it left a net tax value
of $9,498,358 this year.
Mr. Steele said the only tax
able item showing a decrease
during the past year was on
farm implements.
Lt. Wayne Jones
Serving with Air
Squad at Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. — Lt. (jg)
Charles Wayne Jones, USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M.
Jones of 107 North Elm St.,
Covington, Ga., is serving with
Tactical Air Control Squadron
22 at the Little Creek Naval
Amphibious Base, Norfolk, Va.
Jone entered the service in
August 1960 and is * graduate
of Mercer University, Macon,
Ga.
Order of Temple
To Fathers, Sons
St Bernard Conunandery No.
25, will confer the Order of the
Temple on six candidates on
Friday night, July 27, at 7:30
p.m. at the Masonic Hall. In
cluded will be two fathers and
two sons.
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Type 111 Oral
Polio Vaccine
Now Available
During the past school year
oral polio, types I and 11, were
offered to th public. At that
time it was believed that these
would be followed up by type
111 polio. Something, some
where went wrong; no vaccine
was available, according to the
Newton County Health Dept.
Due to many requests from
the public, a source of type
111 oral polio has been located
and a small supply has been
purchased.
Now, oral polio type 111 is
available (limited amount) at
cost which is SI.OO per person.
It is hoped that many will ac
cept this opportunity to com
plete their series of polio vac
cination, the local Health Dept,
stressed.
If the demand exceeds the
present supply an attempt will
be made to obtain more vaccine,
but the present is available on
a first come, first served basis
daily from 9 to 11 a. m. and
2 to 4 p. m.
Kiwanis Picnic
Set for Tonight
Covington Kiwanis Club’s
annual family night picnic is
set for this evening (Thurs
day) at the Swimming Pool
area on Newton Drive. The
barbecue picnic meal will be
served at 7 o’clock.
Wiwanians and their families
are invited to use the swim
ing pool and playground area
from 6 o’clock on, according
to President George Hutchin
son.
The barbecue will be pre
pared and served by Fred
Greer.
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Phillip Cohen gave a vivid
description of his trip to the
1962 Convention of Kiwanis
International at Denver, Col
orado, Thursday at the weekly
Covington Kiwanis Club meet
ing.
Visit or s at the meeting
Thursday included John Al
ford, Sr., of Atlanta; John Al
ford, Jr. of the U. S. Air Force;
and Judd Callaway, son of Dr.
E. J. Callaway.
Dr. Grady Glaze is New Pastor
Al the Canaan Baptist Church
The Canaan Baptist Church,
Salem Road, Covington, extend
ed a call to Grady L. Glaze,
Pastor of the Second Baptist
Church, LaGrange, Georgia.
Pastor and Mrs. Glaze will
move to the Canaan field Mon
day, July 30, and begin their
work immediately.
Dr. Glaze has been pastor of
the Second Baptist Church for
seventeen months. In this per
iod he has led the church in
baptizing twenty into the fel
lowship, and has received ele
ven by letter.
Before going to Li Grange,
Dr. Glaze was pastor of the
Riverside Baptist Church, Sa
vannah, for three and one-half
years. In his pastorate there
the church received 344 by bap
tism and 153 by letter, a total
of 497 additions to the church.
In the associations! year 19-
57-58, his church baptized 175.
This was the third highest in
baptisms in the Georgia Bap
tist Convention for that year
This was a ratio of one bapt: ,m
for every three church mem
bers. This phenomenal record
was written up in the Christian
Index, the World Dispatch
News, several other state and
denominational papers and by
the Baptist World Journal
which goes around the world
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 26. 1962
Newton High Band Members Attending Camp in Tennessee
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BILLY SKINNER (left). First French Horn player with the Blue Rambler Band; Arlene
Hargrove, flute: Mada Patterson, oboe: Jerry Huff, clarinet and Lanier Forrester, drums:
are shown with Basil Rigney, Director of the Newton County Band, as they look over
the music they will play thia week at Middle Tennessee State College. Murfreesboro,
Tenn. The five received scholarships to par iicipate in the Band Camp at the college which
is composed of 100 band students from Tennessee and surrounding states. This is the third
year Mada and Billy have participated in the camp, and as 1962 graduates from the local
band will be their last activity as representatives of the Blue Ramblers. Ths group Isft
Sunday morning July 22, and will rsturn home Saturday, July 28.
Area Boy Scouts
At Philmont for
Two-Week Camp
Under the leadership of Ce
cil Allgood, and Philip K. Webb
is a group of 18 Scouts and
Explorers who are taking an
expedition through Philmont
Scout Ranch, the National
Camping Area of the Boy
Scouts of America. This ex
pedition is part of the annual
outdoor program of the Atlan
ta Area Council Boy Scouts.
Mr. Allgood is the advisor
to this expedition from New
ton County. He should be com
mended for giving this time to
accompany this group of young
men on an experience of high
adventure which they will
never forget.
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DR. GRADY GLAZE
I Nashville, Tennessee asked Dr.
Glaze to write an article for
■ publication on how th s record
was achieved. It was published
in the May, 1960 issue of the
Sunday School Builder.
While in Savannah, Pastor
and Mrs. Glaze were both en
gaged in associationai activities;
holding several offices of lead-
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Final Tribute
Paid Hugh Aiken
At Red Oak Fri.
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Final tribute was paid Thom
as Hugh Aiken, prominent
Livestockman and head of the
Covington branch of Madison
Production Credit Association,
in services at Red Oak Metho
dist Church, Friday afternoon
at 4:00 o’clock. The Rev. W D.
Strickland officiated in the last
rites. Covington Rotary Club
and members of Madison Pro
duction Credit Association ser
ved as honorary escorts.
Mr. Aiken, 60, was found in
his office about 11:00 Thursday
morning, following a fatal heart
attack, by Paul H Turner, a
client entering the office for
consultation. He was rushed
to Newton County Hosoital, but
was pronounced dead on ar
rival. The deceased had just
recently resumed his duties of
office following a previous heart
attack some two months ago.
Mr. Aiken, a native and life
long resident of Newton Coun
ty, was the son of Samp and
Mrs. Tine Pickett Aiken. He at
tended the former Mixon School
and Young Harris College.
Keenly interested in the ag
ricultural development and pro
gress of this section, Mr. Aiken I
had served as representative
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Three Covington
Cadets to Finish
| ROTC on August 3
FORT BENNING, Ga.—
Three cadets from Covington,
are scheduled to complete six
seeks of training at the Reserve
Office Training Corps (ROTC)
summer camp at Fort Benning,
Aug. 3.
Cadet Rufus H. Patterson Jr.,
whose parents live at 603 Floyd
St., is a 1956 graduate of River
side Military Academy in Gain
! esville and a 1962 graduate of
the University of Georga. He
is also a member of Phi Delta
Chi fraternity.
Cadet Ervin G. Trammell
Jr., 21, whose parents live at
301 Church St., is active in the
ROTC program at the Univer
sity of Georgia. He was grad
auted from Newton County
High School in 1959.
Cadet Henry H. Fitzpatrick,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry H. Fitzpatrick, 301 Conyers
St.., is a member of the ROTC
at North Georgia College. The
1959 Newton County High
School graduate is a member
of Sigma Theta fraternity.
Membership
Meeting Mon. by
Local C. of C.
Members of the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce are reminded that
Monday, July 30 at the Teen
Can building at 12:30 an im
portant membership campaign
will be outlined. Members are
asked and urged by Executive-
Director John Hall to bring two
guests to the meeting wheih is
sponsored bv the C. of C.
Mr. Hall requests that the
number of members and guests
be reported to him by Friday,
July 27th. His telephone num
ber at the C. of C. Office is
786-7510.
Main speaker for the meet
ing will be Bill Hoffman,, own
er and manager of Radio Sta
tion WGFS, Covington.
Mr. Hall said yesterday that
“we must have and need com
munity participation in cham
ber of commerce work. We
urge all business and profes
sional men to come to this
meeting Munday.”
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
1,000 Members Expected
At Salem Camp Grounds
The twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of Snapping Shoals
Electric Membership Corporation is set for Friday, July 27,
1962, at Salem Campground. The days activities will feature
business, entertainment, and refreshments for the 1,000
people expected to attend.
The order of business will
include a welcome to members
from Co-op President R. O.
Robertson, followed by a report
from Manager J. E. Robinson
on the operation of the Corpora
tion during the past year.
Four directors will be elected
during the 2:30 P. M. business
session. A nominating commit
tee appointed by the Board of
Directors has offered three can
didates for full three year terms
and a fourth candidate for a
term of two years to finish the
unexphed term of retired Di
rector G. S. Potts.
The following have been
nominated: E. C. Ray of Rock
dale County; J. G. Moseley of
Henry County; J. T. Wallace
of Newton County; R. M. Potto
of Rockdale County, for a term
of two years.
The registration lent will
open at 11:00 A. M. and remain
open until the atari of the busi
ness session. However, members
are urged to register early to
I avoid a possible last minute
rush.
A barbecue dinner sponsored ,
by Salem Methodist Church |
will be served beginning at
11:30. The pricea will be $1.25
for adults and 75 cents for
children.
Members who plan to attend '
the barbecue should register '
as soon as thev arrive. Then
they will be fiee to enjoy the '
spacious campground facilities '
until the business meeting
starts.
Office Will Close
All members are reminded
that the Cooperative office will
close at 10:30 on Annual Meet
ing Day, July 27. Someone will
be on duty to accept in-coming
calls. However, only emergency
calls such as outages will be
handled during the day. Busi
ness will resume as usual on
Saturday July 28.
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Lithonia Lighting
In Major Expansion
Lithonia Lighting, Inc. has ;
initiated a sl-million expan
sion of its Conyers plant. The
company is adding 100,000 sq. 1 ‘
ft. of operating space, and will I
add 100 new jobs.
This marks the fourth addi- t
tion since the plant was built :
in 1957, and will enable the ;
firm to reach an annual sales <
volume of SSO-million and a
700-job level. ।
James E. Rogers is Winner of
8-Day Trip to Riviera and Rome
James E Rogers of Coving
ton Auto Service, Covington,
will leave July 30 from New
York for an eight-day “Riviera-
Rome Holiday,” his award as a
top winner n a national Ford
Division sales campaign. Mrs.
Rogers will accompany her
husband on the trip.
Most activities of the prize
visit for the Covington winner
will be centered in the Cannes
and Rome areas.
Mr. Rogers received a per
sonal letter from O F Yando,
Ford Division general sales
manager, which cited the deal
ership “for outstanding sales
accomplishment.”
James M. Moore, Jr., Atlant*
district sales manager, said Mr.
Rogers is among 15 Ford men
throughout Georgia, Alabama
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Bethany Revival
Set for July JOth
Through Aug. 5
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DR. McKEE
The Bethany Presbyterian
Church will hold their Annual
Revival Services starting
Sunday, July 30th, at 11 a.m.,
and continuing throughout the
week until Sunday evening Au
gust sth. There will be no Sat
urday evening service.
Services will begin at 745
Pty. each evening with a 15
minutes song service, with
preaching at 8 P.M.
The preacher this year will
be the Rev. Dr. Dean Greer
McKee, Professor of Biblical
Exposition at Columbia Theol
ogical Seminary, Decatur, Ga.
Dr. McKee is a native of lowa
and is a graduate of Parsons
College, Fairfield, lowa. His
theological education was re
ceived at The Biblical Seminary
in New York where he earn
ed the degrees of Bachelor and
Master of Sacred Theology end
Doctor of Theology. He took
additional post-graduate work
at New York University.
Dr. McKee later became
President of The Biblical Sem
inary in New York where he
had a major responsibility in
directing an interdenomina
tional theological school with a
student body of over 150 men
and women who came from
colleges and universities all
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JAMES ROGERS
and part of Tennessee who woa
all-expense trips to the Euro
pean resort area.