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By the Office Boy
The following can apply to
every Church in the world! It
is not original with us, we
think vou should know that we
have lifted it from the Church
Bulletin of a Minister who is a
former Covington resident. He
is well known to each of you,
for he grew up here and we
are justly proud of the wonder
ful record he has made in
God’s Service. He is none oth
er than the Rev. Mr. Pete
Nunn, son of Mrs. W. R. Nunn,
President of the Fidelis Ma
tron’s Class of the First Bap
tist Church, in Covington. His
messzge avpplies to YOU, and
YOU and YOU.
“THINK TWICE BEFORE
SAYING NO™
“The nominating committe2
of our Church is busy securing
leaders for the Church year
beginning in October. Perhaps
some will feel justified in not
accepting responsibilities at
present, but before you say
“NQ”, please read the follow
ing answers from Scripture to
reasons commonly set forth for
not accepting a place of service
in the Church. “I'm not going
to work as hard in the Church
this year as I did last year.”
«Be thou faithful unto death,
and I will give thee a Crown
of Life.”—Rev. 2:10.
«Someone else can do it bet
ter than 1.” Then Peter turn
ing about, sees John and saith
to Jesus, “Lord what does this
man do?” Jesus saith unto him,
«What is that to thee. Follow
thou Me.”—So then everyone
of us shall give account of him
gelf to God.—John 21:20-22—
Romans 14:12.
«] have too many other com
munity Activities.” “Seek vye
first the kingdom of God, and
His righteousness.”. . . Matthew
6:33.
“I've been working too hard.
I want to rest awhile.”—“lf
any man come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his
cross daily, and follow me. For
whosoever will lose hig life for
my sake, the same shall save
it.”—Luke 9:24-24.
“3omeone criticized me.”
“Not as men pleases; but as
gervants of Christ doing the
will of God from the heart;
with good will doing service, as
to the Lord, and not to MEN"—
Eph. 6:6-7. “T must spend more
time with my tamily.” “He that
loveth father and mother more
than me is not worthy of me;
and he that loveth son or
daughter more than me is not
worthy of me.” — Matthew
10:37.
Have vou ever made the
above excuses? Then please
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Mrs. John Downs
As the News goes to press, it
is learned that Mrs. John
Downs, of Athens, suffered a
fatal heart attack at her home,
about ten o'clock Tuesday
night. She was the wife of Dr.
John Downs, faculty member
of University of Georgia.
Mrs. Downs, 57, nee Miss
Ora Upshaw, was the daughter
of James Claude Upshaw of
Avondale, and the late Mrs.
Nettie Wright Upshaw; and
was a native of Covington.
Funeral arrangements were
incomplete at press time.
Farm Voters Urged
To Mail in Ballots
All farmers who received
ballots through mail for t h e
ASC Community Committiee
men election are reminded that
it is important to mail their
ballots to the Newton ASCS
County Office by August 24.
If vou haven’t voted let us
urge you to vote for five of the
best qualified men on your bal
lot and return to the Newton
County ASCS Office by August
24h.
If fori some reason vou did
not receive a ballot in the mail
or have misplaced your ballot,
you may call us at 786- 2402
or come by the office and re
quest another ballot.
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VOLUME 98
NEWTP-=,OUNTY SCHOOLS OPEN AUGUST 30
Brya. ‘Assumes Office As First City Manager
Attends First
!
Coundl Meet
Covington’s new city mana
ger, Mr. J. H. (Hank) Bryan,
formerly of Palatka, Fla., as
sumed his duties with the city
on Monday and has spent his
time this week surveying the
tasks that lie ahead in Coving
ton’s switch to the ecity mana
ger form of government.
Mr. Bryan comes to Coving
ington with 34 years of munici
pal government experience, 26
vears of which he served in
the capacity of assistant city
manager and then city mana
ger in Palatka and Quitman, Ga.
Both of these cities are some
what larger than Covington. |
Appointments |
The new city manager will
work on an appointment basis
and he will be in his office at
city hall almost every after
noon. During the mornings Mr..
Bryan will be co-ordinating‘
and overseeing projects under
way by city employees. |
Mayor Nat Turner will con
tinue his regular office hours
at city hall which are from
11:00 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. and
from 3:30 p. m, until 5:00 p. m.
Mr. Bryan has studied mu
nicipal finance and city man
agement at Stetson University
and has taken several short
courses in municipal govern
ment through the years at the
University of Florida.
“My wife and I are well
| pleased with Covington and we
are happy with the prospects of
making our home here,” Mr.
Bryan said. The Bryans have
two children both of whom are
married.
Council Meeting
Mr. Bryan attended his first
meeting of the Covington
Mayor and City Council Mon
day night and heard discussion
on several projects that a r e
| presently underway.
A proposal was made to es
tablish a business license for
discount houses that might seek
to do business in the city. After
| discussion the proposal was re
i ferred to the finance committee
| for further study before action
is taken.
The extension of natural gas
mains for service on Flat Shoals
] Road was discussed and referr
|ed to the city manager for dis
| position.
| The council discussed replac
|ing the two-inch water mains
| now in service on Middlebrooks
| street running to Phedora
‘Street with six-inch mains and
'also the extension of the wa
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! |
' Gold Fleece Lodge
- Sets Family Night
‘ Tke next regular communi
| cation of Golden Fleece Lodge
[ No. 6 will be held on August!
!28111. 1962. Preliminary to this
| meeting a supper will be serv
ied at 7:00 o’clock P. M. All
{ members together with their
| wives and children are invited.
iAfter refreshments the lodge
iwi!l convene to transact such
business that may be before it,
'then the lodge room will be
| open to the public to witness
the presentation of 25 year ser-
Z\'ice pins to the following{
named masons, to wit:
| William Roy Aiken, Coving
| ton; Robert Haynes Bird, Ox
ford, RFD; Homer Bartow‘
Bird, Camak; Joseph Ralphl
Brooks, 309 Baubitz Dr. S. E., |
Warrington, Fla.; Roy Thomas
Brooks, 617 Baubitz Dr. S. E‘
Warrington, Fla; Clyde
Broughton Davis, Covington,
R. F. D.; Alvin Holmes David.
Covington: Leon Livingston!
Dick, Covington; Joseph Wil
{liam Laseter, Covington; James
Lester Owenby, Covington,
RFD; Albert Roy Presley, 2018
‘S. W. 2nd St., Miami Fla.:
?fl‘herber David Trainer, Cov
{ ington.
' Fraternally,
Donald M. Helm, W. M
{ Reuben M. Tuck, Sec’y.
Che Unuington News
These chic Newton County High School Cheerleaders were
on hand Friday to give a yell as their team left for camp
to prepare for the coming football season. Kneeling are the
co-captains Suzanne Adams and Brenda Dickson. Standing
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Homer Sharp Jr.
plr.
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Receives Master
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Science Degree
|
Homer F. Sharp Jr. of Cov-!
ington was awarded a Master |
of Science degree in Zoology!
at graduation exercises end- |
ing the summer session at the
University of Georgia recent- |
ly. ';
Mr. Sharp has been an as- |
sistant teacher in the Zoology |
department for the past two |
years while he was doing grad- '
uate research work. He is a|
member of Phi Kappa Phi Hon
orary Scholastic Fraternity,
Sigma Xi Honorary Scientific
Research Society, and Alpha
Tau Omega Social Fraternity.
Mr. and Mrs. Sharp and|
their daughter Angelyn are |
| moving to LaGrange this week
| where Mr. Sharp will be on
| the LaGrange College faculty
| as associate professor of Biolo
gy.
Midway Baptist
Homecomin i
Midway Baptist Church, on |
Flat Shoals Road, will observe
its first annual Homecoming,
next Sunday, August 26. |
Sunday School will be at the
usual hour, 9:45 a.m, At the
11:00 o’clock worship service,
some special features are plan
ned. Singing will be directed
by James Johnson, music direc- l
tor of High Point Baptist
Church. t
The Rev. Mr. J. P. Sheffield, |
who served as Midway’s sup- |
ply pastor for several momhs,!
will be the guest speaker. i
At the conclusion of the|
norning service, a covered dish]
iinner will be served on pxc-I
nic tables on the church
srounds. i
The Rev. Jerry Watson, pas- |
.or, and the membership of |
lidway, cordially invite mem
yers and friends to attend and
oin in the day of worship and |
cellowship. )
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1962
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Edward Dechau is
DCT Instructor
Edward Bechau Jr., former
ly at Waynesboro High School
will be the DCT Instructor at
Newton County High School,
starting with the September
school term. Mr. Dechau will
replace Mr. E. G. McCants,
who with his wife, Mrs. Mec-
Cants, resigned their position
at the local high school this
summer,
Mr. Dechau is a graduate of
Georgia Southern, and is now
working toward his Masters
degree, Prior to his position at
Waynesboro he was at Valdos
ta High and has served in the
US Air Force. This summer he
attended a three day confer
ence at General Oglethorpe Ho
tel in Savannah, where plans
for the year in trade and in
dustrial education were made.
Mrs. Dechau will be t h e
fourth grade teacher at E. L.
Ficquett Elementary School.
She also is working toward her
Masters degree at Georgia Sou
thern.
They have three children,
Gregory 10, Gretchen 7 and
Stephanie 3. They are making
their home in Almon.
Salem Homecoming
The Salem Methodist Church
will have their annua. Home
coming Day on Sunday, Sept
ember 2.
Dr. Delma Hagood will bhe
the guest speaker for the day
All friends, members and for
mer members are cordially in
vited to attend. After lunch the
first quarterly conference of the
church year will be held.
left to right are: Sarah Ann Standard, Jane/ Richardson,
Cheryl Pannell, Cindy Richardson, Robin Dennison, and
Kathie Hardy.
Weekend Youth
Covingfon First
The First Baptist Church of
Covington will hold a Youth
led Revival on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of this week.
The services will be held each
evening at eight o'clock in the
sanctuary of the church.
A choir practice preceeding
the evening service will begin
at seven-fifteen o’clock. This
choir session will be lead by
the song leader for the revival,
Tommy Storey. Following the
preaching service, at which
Gerald Harris will speak, there
will be get-to-gether session
in the Recreation Hall of the
Education Building. This last
meeting for fellowship, sing
ing, and discussions.
The young people of the
church have invited these two
young men to lead in revival.
Gerald Harris, who is to be the
speaker, is from Valdese, North
Carolina. He is now a senior at
Mercer University, Macon. He
has been quite active in stu
dent life on his campus. He was
president of both the Fresh
man and Sophomore class,
president of the Varsity Debate
Club, vice-president of Blue
Key National Honorary Socie
ty, chairman of Honor Com
mittee, varsity basketball
team and an officer in Baptist
Student Union and in the Min
isterial Association. He is pas
tor of Beulah Baptist Church,
Sparta, and selected as evan
gelist for Mercer’s Youth Re
vival Team.
Tommy Storey, the song
leader for the revival, has his
home in Auburn, Alabama. He
Revival to Be Held
At Calvary Church
Revival services will begin
at Calvary Baptist Church on
Monday, August 27, and con
tinue through September 2.
Rev. C. B. Lockee, Greenville,
South Carolina, will be the
visiting evangelist and John
B. Blanton of Union, South
Carolina will be the visiting
song leader.
Serviregs will begin each
evening at 7:30 pm. and the
public is cordially invited to
attend.
Revival Set as
Bapfist Church
graduated from Mercer this
past June and will altend
Southern Baptist Seminary in
Louisville, Kentucky this fall.
At Mercer he was president of
the Student Government As
sociation, member of Blue Key
National Honorary Society,
president of Mercer Choir, di
rector of Mercer's B. S. U.
Choir, president of State B.S.U.
Choir and Music Department.
He is presently serving as Min
ister of Music at First Baptist
Church, Perry. He was select
ed as song leader for Mercer’s
Youth Revival team.
The young people of the First
Baptist Church are promoting
and sponsoring this revival.
They would like to urge all of
the people of the town and
county to atend-—both youth
and adult. The revival is for
evervone.
Cos C Executiv Secretary
Warns Os Fraud Salesmen
By John Hall, Executive Director Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce has received a number of
reports recently of unscrupulous salesmen who haye been
plaguing our community with unwelcome merchandise and
anticing but spurious purchase offers.
Many door-to-door salesmen
are legitimate and offer good
quality products through an
honest sales program. Some
companies have always prefer
red to sell their products
through personal sales contact
at the home, Their salesmen
work only on commis,ion; they
have no high rent to pay, or
offices to maintain, and thus
tteir overhead expenses a r e
lower. Such companies claim
that this enables them to offer
their merchandise to the con
sumer at a reduction in price.
Sometimes this is true. Most of
these companies however, have
built up a reputation, and are
anxious to preserve it. With
such companies, we have no
quarrel.
It is the high-pressure, “Fast-
20,000
Newton High Expects 825;
Five New Faculty Members
Newton County High School will open its doors to stu
dents for the 1962-1963 school year on Thursday, August 30,
Homer F. Sharp, principal, announced today. The first bell
will ring at 8:35 a.m. and a full day’s schedule will be sole
lowed with dismissal at 3:15 p. m.
Assembly will be in the high
school auditorium where t h e
year’s first chapel program will
be held to welcome the stu
dents back to school and make
any announcements that are
necessary.
. . . .
All schools in Newton Coun
ty will open Thursday, August
30th and will have a full school
day. On Monday, September
3rd, Labor Day, all schools will
have a holiday.
. . - -
Mr. Sharp said that he is ex
pecting approximately 825 stu
dents to be enrolled on the first
day. This is an increase of
about 15 students over |l a s t
year. An addition of five new
faculty members will bring the
number of Newton High teach
ers to 33.
All school buses in t h e
county will run on the regular
schedule beginning Thursday
morning the first day of school.
Labor Day Holiday
Labor Day, which is the fol
lowing Monday, will be ob
served as a holiday for the first
time this year in all the schools
of Newton County and students
will return to school Tuesday
for regular classes.
The Newton High Schooli
cafeteria will be in operation
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Kiwanians Will
Members of the Covington
Kiwanis Club are scheduled to
hear reports from their stand
ing committees at their Thurs
day meeting.
These reports will be given
in the place of a regular pro
gram in order that the mem
bership can be brought up to
date on the progress that is be
ing made on community ser
vice projects of the club.
Chairmen who will give re
ports are as follows: Rucker
Ginn, Inter-Club; Fred Har
| well, Swimming pool; Greely
| Ellis, Key Club; S. J. “Sappy”
| Morcock, Scouts; and George
| Jolley, Boys and Girls,
Buck” artists whom we du!
oppose. These individuals have
| no reputation to be concerned
about, and quite often, no act
ual company or firm to repre
sent. They move from town to
|town selling inferior merchan
dise, or taking orders for pro
ducts which they may have no
intention of delivering. Their
| office is their automobile; their
supplier, some discount house,
a news stand, or a fly-by-night
manufacturer whose products
may have become obsolete or
his operation defunct.
Often the merchandise which
these people are selling appears
to be of good quality. But all
| too often, the products which
they sell are quite different
many saleman are able to ob
NUMBER 34
Hold Meeting at
The annual meeting of the
Salem Camp Ground Trustees
was held Wednesday afternoon,
August 22, with 16 members
present, in the Tabernacle,
with President C. D. Ramsey
presiding.
President Ramsey stated that
the 1962 Camp Meeting was
one of the finest meetings of
recent years. It was the con
census of the Board’s opinion
that attendance had been good;
and there had been a substar
tial increase in financial sup
port. E, T. Hicks, Jr, and Bab
Elliott, Jr., recently elected
Board members were cordially
| welcomed by the membership.
| Reports were heard from the
| various committees. Permission
| was granted for the building
| of an additional tent, and plans
| for further expansion discuss
ed. Repairs, and improvements
of grounds and children’s rec
reation area were included in
plans for the ensuing year.
Other action taken by the
Board included naming L. L.
Gellerstedt of Atlanta, as an
Honorary Member of the Board;
and the election of W, E. Scott,
Jr., of Conyers, as a new mems=
ber of the Board.
Mr, Scott, who is a promi=
nent attorney, engaged in pri=-
vate practice in Atlanta, is one
of the Atlanta-Decatur-Oxford
| District’s leading Methodist
laymen. {
Unanimously re-elected for
the ensuing year were the sols
lowing officers: C. D. Rams
sey, president; H. Y. McCeord,
vice-president; and Robert H,
Elliott, Jr.,, Sec’y.-treasurer,
Lions Meet Tonight
The Covington Lions Club
| will meet tonight at 7:30 at
ithe Lions Pavilion to hold a
’spec-ial program to honor char=
lter and old monarch members,
| Ladies night will also be ob=
|served. Grilled steaks will be
| gerved
|tian obsolete merchandise,
These produzts may carry
' highly recognized brand names
| products which are sold locally
|at “much higher prices.” (Ac=
cording to the “Fast Buck”
| salesman.) But many products
| are changed from year to year,
{improved, and refined, al=-
though no radical changes are
made in the outward appear=
ance of the product. Fly-by
night salesman are often able
to obtain supolies of such ob
solete merchandise, although
generally, efforts are made by
manufacturers to prevent this.
This merchandise may then be
represented as the identical
merchandise now being sold lo=
|cally, and sold as such. The
|average buyer knows little
about yearly changes in pro
ducts other than automobiles
| or other highly publicized it
|emp, and thus it often never
|occurs to him te question,
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