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Well, there's one thing! I
don’t have to tell my readers
the only two things in t h e
world that I'm afraid of. . . .
Snakes and Lightning! Now'
you take my shadow. She ain’t
even skeered of them! I ve been
warning her. She goes fishin'
all the time, and those great big
moccasins crawl across the
bank near her and she just sits
still and fishes right on and
on. “If you don’t bother them,
they won’t bother you.” That’s
what she says, but I'm long
gone if I just see one. I give
them the right 'o way just like
I do every car cornin’ down
the road, and we do have a
policed highway for the crit
ters I’m really skeered of.
Well it finally happened! She
was sitting there fishing. , .
the beautiful still waters. . .
not a sound but the clear calls
of the bobwhite. . . the notes
of the mocking bird, and the
occasional croak of a big bull
frog as he leaped into the wa
ter. Yes, the serene beauty of
God’s handiwork everywhere.
No other noise, except the sing
ing of her reel as she cast out
on the still waters, and watch
ed the tiny ripples of the wa
ter as they finally faded out-
Nothing more relaxing, until
she FELT eyes upon her. She
looked nearby and there was
one of her PET snakes swim
ming right to her. She sorter
froze up as he came nearby. . .
but stuck to her contention,
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Sept. Blood
Donations to
Find Status
The American Red Cross'
Bioodmobile will be in Cov- ■
ington at the educational
building of the First Baptist
Cnurch, on Thursday, Septem
ber 27, between noon and six
o’clock. The Bioodmobile re
gularly comes to Covington,
Oxford, and Porterdale, but
his is a special visit. 160 pints
of blood need to be contribut
t'd on September 27 by Newton
Countians.
If this amount is not reached,
blood, even for emergencies,
will not be available at t h e
Newton County hospital for
those without family credit -
cards, except upon promise to
replace. The family credit -
cards entitle, and will continue
to allow, members of the fam
ily to have access to Red Cross
blood to the extent needed.
The critical importance of
blood in emergencies has been
b .."^t bcm" to local citizens
•recently. Mrs. John W. Ctegorv
of Oxford reports what hap
pened in Nashville this sum
mer when their “six-year old
son had an emergency opera
t on for a ruptured appendix.”
W ion he was taken to a hos
pital. two hundred miles from
Covington, “we were asked for
our Red Cross blood card for
family coverage. I was very
glad that we had such a card,”
Mrs. Gregory stated.
Mrs. Harold Mann was in
volved in an emergency in
July, without having < family
card. As a result of surgery,
hemorrhaging occurred over a
period of several hours. Four
p nts of blood, donated by
Newton County citizens, were
available to restore her nor
mal balance, in a situation
which might have become dan
gerous without the near and
ready supply of Red Cross
blood in Atlanta. The Manns
now appreciates first-hand this
supply of blood: presently all
citizens of the county in simi
lar emergencies are “covered.”
but the County is on probation!
After Thursday, September
27. unless 160 pints are con
tributed, this blanket coverage
will no longer obtain. It be
hooves each family head to see
that blood is contributed in his
family’s name so that a credit
card may be secured, and it is
obviously important for New
ton County to continue t h e
present system of blanket cov
erage. In either outcome, the
family will be best protected
bv having a credit - card indi
cating contributions. _
Covington News
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VOLUME 98
SANP#., BALLARD, MORGAN ARE WINNERS
Eir. -Oxford Expects A Record Enrollment
228 Freshmen Io Report
Sat.; Classes Begin Sept. 21
Emory at Oxford College will begin the initial stages
; this week for the beginning of a new academic year, and
a record-breaking number of students. Enrollment will
; probably reach 440, with 19 students expected from newton
j County.
Saturday, September 15 about ’
228 new students will arrive
for matriculation and to begin
several days of orientation ac
tivities.
The faculty, including eight
new members, began the three
day Pre-School Faculty Con
ference on Tuesday of this
week. Wednesday night the fa
culty, and members of their
families, were entertained at
the Annual Faculty Dinner. At
(hat meeting, Dr. John O. Gross,
the Executive Secretary of the
Division of Higher Education
of the Board of Education of
the Methodist Church address
ed the group.
Friday will be a day for com
mittee work and organization
among student leaders prepar
ing to welcome the incoming
new students on Saturday.
Sunday will be a day of in
troducing the students to the
religious life of the college and
campus. A Faculty-Student tea
will be given by Dean and Mrs.
I Eady at the Dean's home from
4 to 5 o’clock.
Next week will be taken up
with orientation activities,
placement tests, registering stu
dents, and other activities.
Classes begin September 21.
Pinholster to
Speak, Kiwanis
Meeting Today
Oglethorpe University Ath
letic Director and basketball
coach Garland Pinholster will
be the guest speaker at the
regular weekly meeting of the
Covington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at
1 o’clock. Wendell W. Crowe is
in charge of the program to
day and he will introduce the
speaker.
Coach Pinholster who is also
the author of two books on
basketball, has enjoyed phe
nomenal success with his
Stormy Petrel cage squads
during the past several years.
Two years ago his team en
tered the NAIA Tournament at
Kansas City as the Southern
representative in the meet.
The Oglethorpe cage team
came to Covington last fall and
gave a basketball clinic with
Coaoh Pinholster lecturing on
the finer points of the hard
wood game. At that time the
Continued On Sports Page
Local Farm Bureau
To Meet Tuesday
The regular monthly meeting :
of the Farm Bureau will be
held Tuesday, September 18,
at 7:30 p. m. at Henderson’s
Restaurant. For all the mem
bers who have paid their ’63
membership dues there will ba
one door prize.
A special program has been
planned.
Kills Rattlesnake
In His Garden
The R. A. Criswell family at
I Mansfield is fond of turnip
' salad, and therefore Mr. Cris-
I well makes plans in his garden
! for same.
I Friday he had a horrifying
' experience when preparing the
soil for the turnip planting. He
; was using a pitch fork and
I came up with a fork of dirt
and a 26-inch rattlesnake
pronged with three of the
I forks.
After disposing of the snake
Mr. Criswell continued his soil '
preparation.
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Newton County
Sales Up Again
In 2nd Quarter
Retail sales in Georgia to
taled sl, 436,238,881.00 during
the second quarter of 1962 as i
compared to $1,276,461,099.00
during the same period in 1961,
a Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce survey showed to
day.
Second quarter business vol
ume in Newton County totaled
$5,935,093 in 1962, compared
with $5,314,917 for the same
period in 1961.
Nearby counties, all show
ing an increase in sales during
the second quarter are listed in |
the survey as follows:
Rockdale $2,950,052, Walton
$6,585,713. Henry $3,772,336,
Butts $2,385,236, Morgan $2,-
051,664, Jasper $1,367,119.
PTA Meetings at
Porterdale Wed.
PORTERDALE — September
20 is the date of the first PTA
meeting of the Porterdale
School for this school year. It
will be an Open-House type of
meeting in the school cafeteria
at seven o’clock with The Rev.
A. D. Whittemore, pastor of
the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church, bringing the
inspirational. Miss Jordye Tan- I
ner, Principal, will speak on '
“Maturity Through Under- j
standing Your School” as a
phase of the overall theme for
the year: “Thus a Child
Grows”.
All parents especially are
urged to support their children
and their teachers by partici
pating actively in PTA work
and activities.
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Tea Honors Miss Patterson After Organ Recital
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Shown at the Woman's Club, at the tea honoring Miss Kay
Patterson, given by that organization, Sunday afternoon,
are left to right: Miss Sarah Mobley, chairman Fine Arts
Committee, who sponsored Miss Patterson's organ recital
preceding the tea; Miss Sally Mae Sockwell, Mesdames
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1962
Victors in Democratic Primary
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CARL SANDERRS
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Legion Auxiliary Membership
Drive Now Underway in County
American Legion Auxiliarv I
Unit No. 32 of Newton County
is presently staging their 1963
membership drive. Mrs. Luke
Hill is chairman of the 16cal
drive and Mrs. Vivian P. White
is co-chairman. Mrs. Dan Clo
wer is president of the local |
■ auxiliary.
Mrs. Hill stated this week
that “the hour is here when
every American woman must
pause to evaluate her position
in human life. Are we reallv
accepting our responsibility as
individual human beings, creat
ed by God, for an individual
destiny?
“Our American Legion Auxi- |
liary Unit must be very serious
about our Membership this
year, as it is of great impor
tance to every American. Manj'
of our men died for what we ।
have inherited and many fought
for the Liberty and Freedom of ;
this country, and unless we are
still willing to fight for it —
we will lose it and they will
have died and fought in vain. :
| “We need the help of every '
j eligible woman in this com- 1
i munity — and we need it soon. '
We need your Membership —
not just to say we have our (
quota — it is much more im- ,
portant than that. We need an
increased Membership to give
us the strength to use as a ,
weapon to halt this vile sha
dow that is such a menace to
us all. For our common good,
DONALD BALLARD
I we must be strong for without
strength, we will fail.
“If you have not paid your
dues, or if you have not affili
ated yourself with the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, please
I do so at once. Remember, The
I American Legion and the
American Legion Auxiliary, are
fighting for your life and that
of your family. Be proud that
you can be a member and
help us to help you and yours.”
Newton DCT Club
Met Wednesday
The D. C. T. Club had a call
meeting Wednesday, Septem
ber 5. The purpose of this
meeting was to elect the re- j
maining club officers for t h e |
1962-63 school year.
The officers are as follows:
Sergeant-at-Arms — Jimmy
Byrd: Parliamentarian — John
ny Head; Reporter — Joyce
Brooking.
The D. C. T. Club at t h 1 s
time wishes to welcome our
new coordinator, Mr. Edward
Dechau, Jr. We are looking for
ward to the new club year with
much enthusiasm.
Reporter
Joyce Brooking
Johnson Patterson and W. L. Campbell, committee mem- ,
bers; Miss Patterson, Mrs. L. A. Patrick, club president, f
Miss Sarah Margaret Patterson, and Mrs. T. U. Smith,
grandmother of the honoree. (See story on Society Page) j]-
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JACK H. MORGAN
Covington City
Hall Open Each
Day 8:30 to 4:30
Effective Thursday, Septem
ber 13, 1962, the new hours
i for the City Hall, City of Cov
• ington, will be six days a
week, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.,
according to an announcement
by City Manager J. H. (Hank)
. j Bryan.
, । City Hall heretofore had
been from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
' • The new schedule moves those
■ hours up 30 minutes each day.
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Shiloh Church
Homecoming and
Revival Planned
I'
The Shiloh Methodist church
begins its revival with a Home
coming Sunday, September 16.
At the homecoming those at
tending will join together after
the morning service for din
ner - on - the - grounds. The
, Reverend William G. Griffin,
Jr., will be doing the preach
ing.
Following the Homecoming
service the revival will begin
with the eight o’clock service
on the Monday night of the
seventeenth following. It will
continue through the night of
the twenty-first. Some of the
musical groups which will be
presenting special music are
are: (1) the Cornish Moun
tain group, (2) the Almon Bap
tist trio, (3) Covington Mills
Quartet and other groups.
Continued on Page 29
MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Bentley, Maddox Carry
County As 4,239 Cast Ballot
Newton County
Fair Set for
Oct. 1 Thru 6
Plans are presently being
made for the 1962 Newton
County Fair in Covington for
I' the week of October 1 through
October 6. Sponsor of the local
fair is the Newton County
Post 32 American Legion.
Again this year the midway
show will be the James H.
Drew Shows, according to an
announcement by Lewis White,
commander of Post 32 Ameri
can Legion.
The Drew Shows this year
have added two new rides and
many other shows including an
old-fashioned Minstrel Show.
Wednesday, October 3 will
be white school day at the fair.
Thursday, October 4th will be
colored school day. Reduced
prices for rides and shows will
1 be in effect on those days.
More exhibits and booths are
! expected for the fair this year,
. according to Legion officials.
Lions Club to
Have Proaram
On the "Telstar"
Covington Lions Club mem
bers will see and hear a pro
gram on the Bell System’s
“Telstar”, the communications
. satellite now circling the earth.
Ray Reece, Covington office
manager of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company will be I
the speaker and will show a I
replica of the “Telstar.”
Lion Jack Chapman is in
charge of the program, to be
presented tonight (Thursday)
at 7:30 at the Lions Club Pa
vilion.
Handbag Containing $902.05
Returned to Owner Hours Later
“The Lord works in mysteri
ous ways, His wonders to per
form”. So often, we question
this fact; we hesitate to accept
the happenings of life as a part
of God’s Divine Plan, but then
perhaps what seems to be a
small miracle occurs in our
day-to-day living, and we
know — we know, as an old
colored lady knew on the night
of September 2nd, when $902.-
05 was returned to her after
having been lost earlier that
day at the Georgia Railroad
Depot in Covington.
She had arrived in Coving
ton on the train, from Atlanta,
early Sunday morning, laden
with packages, food and flow
ers for her elderly mother who
lives near Covington. Upon
leaving the train and entering
the automobile of waiting rela
tives, she dropped her handbag
—and did not miss it until .
later in the day.
As though part of some “Di
vine Plan”, William Harold
Lawson, of 914 North Emory
Street, was on the way home
with his family from church,
when he noticed the black
handbag lying in the street
near the railroad tracks. He
stopped to pick up the bag,
and upon discovering that the
bag contained a large sum of
money, he went immediately
to the Covington Police Sta
tion, never once hestating as
to what he should do.
W. W. Kitchens. Chief of
Police, was contacted by Radio,
from the police station, and
asked to meet Mr. Lawson at
his horn" on North Emory
Street. Chief Kitchens went
NUMBER 37
State Senator Carl E. Sanders*
Jimmy Bentley, W. Donald Bal
lard and Jack H. Morgan were
winners in the Newton County
Democratic Primary held yes
terday (Wednesday). State
wide, the Lieutenant-Govern
or’s race seems to be headed
for a runoff between Peyton
Hawes and Lester Maddox, as
The News went to press after
midnight.
Late last night Peter Z. Geer,
Hawes and Maddox were lock
ed in a three-way tie for the
two spots in the runoff.
In the two local races for the
two Newton County representa
tive posts incumbent W. D.
(Donald) Ballard defeated J.
Paul Alexander by a vote of
2,451 to 1,788. Jack H. Morgan
downed two opponents, W. Har
old Dobbs and Everett Pratt.
Morgan received a vote of
1,846, Dobbs polled 1,317 and
Pratt polled 1,073.
Senator Sanders’ Newton
County majority was 663 vote*
as he polled 2,368 to Marvin
Griffin's 1.690. All the precin
cts in the county had reported
last night except Gaithers.
Jimmy L. Bentley had a widt
margin of votes over incumbent
Zach Cravey and Bruce B. Ed
wards. Bentley polled 1,830, Ed
wards 753, Cravey 608 and Joe
Allen 75.
The voting was heavy in the
, county with 4,239 persons voi
' ing in the 16 precincts. In the
Covington city voting at the
courthouse a total of 1,958 cast
their ballot.
In other races in tne countv
Commissioner of Agriculture
Phil Campbell. Senator Herman
| Talmadge, Labor Commissioner
I Ben Huiet, Treasurer Jack Rav,
Attorney General Eugene Cook,
all had commanding majorities
in their quest for re-election.
A complete tabular box of
the voting in the various races
in Newton County will be in
The News next week.
directly to Mr. Lawson’s home
and accepted the handbag,
thereby relieving Mr. Lawson
of any further responsibility.
Chief Kitchens, with the
help of Mrs. Allene Burton,
special police, proceeded to
search the handbag for identi
fication and to determine the
exact amount of money in
volved.
Somewhat astonished at find
ing such a large amount of
money in an ordinary handbag,
and having had no reports of
missing handbags that day, Mr.
Kitchens then proceeded to in
vestigate the situation, includ
ing a call to Special Investi
gator Arthur L. Hutchins, of
the Georgia Bureau of Investi
gation, in Atlanta.
However, investigations were
halted late Sunday afternoon
when a colored woman, 67
years of age, came into the
police station, to report the loss
of her handbag containing the
exact amount of money as was
in the handbag found by Mr.
Lawson.
Then pro ceed in g s were
started to positively identify
this woman as the rightful
owner. Almost two hours later,
about 7 p.m., the bag was re
turned to the woman and she
was asked to check the bag
thoroughly before signing a
release for the Police Depart
ment.
The money, it seems, was an
accumulation from long, hard
years of work and as it was
returned to the hands of the
grateful owner, she whispered
prayerfully, “God Bless Mr.
Lawson”,