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We notice some of the At
lanta Constitutions best col
umnists are warning young and
old alike about something
every citizen should join in
with all their might. It is de
grading our country. . . lower
ing the standard of living in
the best of our families, and it
is bringing our Nation to t h e
very point Mr. K. in Russia is
planning big for.
Read Selestine Sibley’s col
umn in Tuesday’s paper. Then,
one of our very favorite Min
isters. Dr. Roy O. McClain tells
this story which very appropo.
tn these times. Have your young
people read it. He says:
“An amused farmer stood in
his farmyard as a wild duck
broke ranks from a flock go
ing south for the winter. The
duck strayed from formation
and nervously lighted in the
barnyard among a dozen ducks.
Uneasily panting in its new
surroundings like some wing
ed visitor from another planet,
the duck soon relaxed a bit
and snatching ate from scat
tered grain on the ground.
That afternoon another flock
of wild ducks passed over the
farmyard. The stray mallard
stretched its wings and joined
their flight south. Hardly had it
gone a half mile before it turn
ed and flew back to the tame
ducks. There it stayed all win
ter puttering around in t h e
barnyard muck. With winter
over and spring in the air, the
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Cindy Richardson,
Dennis Hammonds
Get NCHS Honors
The Citizen for The Week at
Newton County High School
for the week of September 10-
14 was Cindy Richardson. Cin
dy is a junior in high school,
a varsity cheerleader and pre
sident of the Gamma Tri-Hi-Y.
The citizen for the week of
September 17-21 is Dennis
Hammonds. Dennis m a mem
ber of the senior class and var
sity football team. He was
chosen as lineman of the week.
The Student Council is pre
paring for the Freshman-
Sophomore dance on Septem
l>er 28. The theme of the dance
will be “Fantasy Land”. The
Newton County Dance Band
will play.
After the football game Fri
day night there will be a sock
hop in the Teen-Can building.
Admission will be 15 and 25
cents. Y’All Come!
Covington Meadows Shopping
Center Opens Next Thursday
A gay, carnival atmosphere '
will reign next week as Cov- <
ington Meadows, sparkling new 1
million-dollar shopping cen- I
ter complex on six-lane U.S. 1
278 at Covington, holds its 1
grand opening complete with ;
clowns, music, fireworks, i
speeches and free gifts.
Three-day opening cere
monies for the center, situated
where Sherman’s troops grazed
their horses on the famous
Civil War March to the Sea, (
will get under way at 9 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 27, with a rib- '
bon-cutting ceremony on the J
Covington Meadows mall.
Covington Meadows offers ,
ample parking, some 13 mod
ern retail and service facilities '
and a 16-lane bowling center ,
Holliday Lanes, complete with i
snack bar. It is specifically de
signed to provide modern,
pleasant and complete shop
ping facilities to a seven-coun
ty area whose residents until
now have to travel some 39
miles or more to Atlanta to ob
tain the same one-stop shop
ping convenience.
Principal speaker at the rib
bon-cutting will be Georgia
Fourth District U. S. Rep. John
J. Flynt. Also being flown in
for the opening are bankers,
financiers and industrialists in
eluding A. R Tandy of the
Tandy Co.. Tulsa, Okla.: Bob
Stewart, president of Mid-Con-
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VOLUME 98
DO' .OWN STORES OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS
Fran.. Meadors Elected Kiwanis Club President
Sam Hay, Ben Banks Are
Vice-Presidents For 1963
Frank Meadors, Covington businessman for the past 42
years, has been elected president of the Kiwanis Club of
Covington at a recent meeting of the civic organization.
Mr. Meadors and the entire
slate of officers nominated by
the committee composed of
past presidents of the club,
were unanimously elected.
Serving with Mr. Meadors as
vice-presidents will be Sam
M. Hay and Ben Banks. Secre
tary will be Don Dood, Jr., and
the treasurer will be Moody
Summers.
Named to the board of di
rectors are: George Hutchin
son, immediate past president;
Ed Robinson, Guy Evans, God
frey Trammell, John Bob Wea
ver, Walker Campbell, Carl
Smith and Rex Rhodes.
The new president of the
Kiwanis organization will be
installed at the first meeting
in January, 1963. He will suc
ceed George B. Hutchinson.
Mr. Meadors has been ac
tively engaged in civic and
youth work in the county for
the past quarter-century. At
present he wears the Boy
Scout Silver Beaver award and
is a member of the Atlanta
Area Council advisory board
and has served in the past as
Chairman of the Newton-
Rockdale District.
Prominent in Masonic work
Mr. Meadors is a past wor
ship f ul master of Golden
Fleece Lodge No. 6. past high
priest of Covington Chapter
No. 71, and a past commander
of St. Bernard Commandery
No. 25.
In church work he has held
many officers in the First
Methodist Church in Coving
ton. At present he is lay lead
er for the Annual Conference,
and has served as secretary-
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tinent Life Insurance Co.,
Oklahoma City, Okla.; Jim
Donovan and Bill Burnett,
both vice presidents of the
Dallas. Texas, Republic Na
tional Bank; Howard Starks,
assistant to Citizens and South
ern National Bank President
Mills B. Lane Jr., and Warren
Woolsey, vice president, First
National Bank, Atlanta.
Opening events over the
three-day period will include
clowns performing on trampo
lines, a fly-over by private
aircraft, Patricia Stevens mod
els distributing candy and bal
loons to children, and a gala
9:15 p.m. fireworks display
Friday night, Sept. 28. Other
events are still in the planning
stage, and additional merchants
are planning to join those who
already have announced their
intention to provide free gifts
and gift certificates.
Facilities at Covington Mea
dows include a spacious Grant’s
variety store; a modern, super
drug store. Meadow Park Phar
macy; Lloyd’s Diamonds, a
new facility of the Covington
Jewelry Co.; a Ford agency
complete with ultra-modern
service facilities, Covington
Auto Service; a spacious Big
Apple supermarket; a Diamond
Oil Co. service station; a
Southern Discount Co. loan of
fice; a Quick-Klean, coin-op
erated laundry and dry clean
ing establishment; Holliday
Lanes, a 16-alley bowling fa
cility complete with snack bar,
and a beauty shop and a bar
ber shop. Covington Meadows
is also headquarters for its de
veloping firm, Forest Lane,
Tnc. w'hich is also pushing to
i completion a 130-unit motel at
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FRANK MEADORS
JOURNAL PREP
EDITOR KIWANIS
SPEAKER TODAY
Jack Doane, Prep Editor of
the Atlanta Journal, will be the
guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club meeting
Thursday (today) at 1 o’clock
at Legion Home. Wendell W.
Crowe is in charge of the pro
gram today and he will intro
duce the speaker.
Mr. Doane has charge of the
high school athletic coverage
for the state of Georgia in The
Journal. He will be accom
panied to Covington by Gre
gory Favre, also an Atlanta
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Pensacola. Fla, a similar fa
cility at Hot Springs, Ark., and
a retail park service center and
high-rise apartment project at
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Newton County 4-H Poultry Show Winners at Annual Event on the Square
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ANNUAL SEARS, ROEBUCK Foundation Poultry Chain
Show on the Public Square in Covington was held Tues
day. Shown in the photo from left io right: Jerry Cox,
Extension Poultryman, judge of the show; Lanier Reynolds,
Mike Lassiter. Frankie Moss, all Blue Ribbon winners;
David McKinnon, Sears. Roebuck Foundation Representa-
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1962
Howard Spears Injured in a
5-Car Collision in Covington
A spectacular automobile
wreck near the Cow Palace in
Covington Friday evening in
volving five cars resulted in a
serious injury to Howard
Spears, popular young farmer
of the Hub Junction commun
ity.
Mr. Spears is a patient in
Georgia Baptist Hospital in At
lanta with multiple injuries to
County Spelling
Bee Tuesday at
Ficquett School
Representatives will be se
lected next Tuesday, Septem
ber 25, at the E. L. Ficquett
School for participation in the
Dr. Collins Annual Spelling
Bee, at the Southeastern Fair,
to be held in Atlanta on Oc
tober 5. The elimination con
test for Newton County will be
held at 10 a.m.
Each county is entitled to
one contestant from grades one
through seven and one for
grades eight through 12 to
compete in the contest. Each
school will have representa
tives in the elimination con
test.
Oak Hill Road
To Be Paved
A Newton County secondary
road project is listed among
bids received by the State
Highway Department in At
lanta. The project included:
3.875 miles of grading and
paving and one bridge on the
Oak Hill-Pace-Covington Road,
FAS Route 1701, beginning at
the intersection of State Routes
20 and 212 approximately 7
miles south of Conyers and
extending northeast to FAS
Route 922. Apparent low bid:
$159,878.81; G H. Law Con
struction Company, Gaines
ville, Georgia.
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
High Low
Wed. Sept. 12, 94 69
Thurs. Sept. 13, 92 66
Fri. Sept. 14. 88 70
Sat. Sept. 15, 91 64
Sun. Sept. 16, 81 66
Mon. Sept. 17, 84 70
Tues. Sept. 18, 82 59
Rainfall during the week
totaled 1:56 inch.
his left arm and elbow. A car
driven by Billie Lee Malcolm
of Social Circle apparently
went out of control and crash
ed into Spears’ auto and then
side-swipped three other mo
torists on U. S. 278, according
to Covington Police.
Mr. Malcolm was charged
with reckless driving and driv
ing under the influence by
Covington Police. He was fined
$450.00 in City Court Monday.
His license was also suspended
for a year.
Other cars involved in the 1
chain-reaction wreckage were
driven by: Lucius Edward
Bates of Covington, Warren
George Martin of Swainsboro,
Ga., and Edwin Harrell Ring
■ gold of Decatur.
Mr. Spears condition was de
scribed as satisfactory yester
day at the Atlanta hospital.
Relatives said that he may be
able to return to his home
sometime next week.
Vandiver Calls
Lawmakers Into
Extra Session
Gov. Ernest Vandiver has is
■ sued a call for an extra-ordi
' nary session of the General As
i sembly on Sept. 27 to consider
(1) reapportionment of the
State Senate and (2) re-con
constitution of the constitution
al corporate existence of the
State Toll Bridge Authority.
Vandiver issued the official
call after conferring at length
with Gov.-nominate Carl E.
Sanders. He explained that on
ly through an executive pro
clamation can the session’s con
sideration be restricted to mat
ters at hand.
Georgia is under federal
court order to reapportion the
Legislature. Regarding the toll
bridge matter, Vandiver said
“the continued imposition of
tolls on both residents and
tourists crossing the Sidney
Lanier Bridge is affecting the
economy of the entire area and
is discouraging tourist travel
to Jekyll Island.”
Gov. Vandiver expressed
fear that unless he issued the
call for an extra session “such
session would result in inter
minable discussions.”
tive; Arthur Hargrove, Alvin Whisnante, and Arlene Har
grove, all Blue Ribbon winners; and Arthur Hargrove, Sr.,
adult 4-H leader. Mike Lassiter and Alvin Whisnante will
enter their chickens in the 1962 Southeastern Fair in At
lanta. Mr. McKinnon presented the awards, aided by County
Agent Ed Hunt.
Newton Fair to
Feature Cattle
Show, Exhibits
The 1962 Newton County
Fair, scheduled for Covington
Legion Field, Monday Octo
ber Ist through Saturday, Oc
tober 6th, will again feature
many exhibits of farm products,
a poultry, rabbit and cattle
show, as well as the usual out
standing booth displays.
Also a feature of the fair
this year will be the Flower
Show. All interested persons
Members of Post 32 Ameri
can Legion are requested to
meet Legion Field, Wednes
day, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p. m. to
help get the exhibit buiding
ready for the fair, accord
ing to Post 32 Commander
Lewis White.
are asked to contact their local
garden club tor details.
The prize list for the fair
this year includes first, second
and third place awards in:
Clothing, canning, culinary,
needle work and crafts, veget
ables, and many other cate
gories.
The midway will be com
posed of shows and rides of
the James H. Drew Shows.
Wednesday has been desig
nated as white school children’s
day, and Thursday as colored
school day.
Advance tickets to the 1962
fair maybe purchased at a sav
ing. An advertisement in to
day’s Covington News gives
full particulars on this saving.
Complete information and
entry blanks which are neces
sary for entering may be ob
tained in the Newton County
Extension Office located in the
basement of the courthouse.
Entry forms should be pre
registered by Friday noon,
September 28th.
All exhibits excluding live
stock should be in place bv
5:00 P. M. Monday and re
main until Monday morning
October Bth.
Livestock should be in place
noon Tuesday and remain
through Saturday night Oc
tober 6th
Exhibitors may enter only
one item per class.
Where only one entry is
judged in a class, the judge will
designate the placing.
All exhibits must be for the
current year, and from Newton
County only.
MORE THAN
120,000
READERS WEEKLY
Firms Io Open At 830;
Close Later Hour Fri., Sat.
Merchants in downtown Covington around the Public
Square have announced new store hours with opening Fri
day evenings until 9 o’clock, starting Friday evening, Sep
tember 21.
Credit Cards
Available for
Blood Donors
When the Red Cross Blood
mobile comes to the First Bap
tist Church next Thursday,
September 27, from noon until
six, credit-cards fr blood don
ors and “rejectees” will be
available.
Credit-cards entitle the bear
er to six months’ use of the
blood supply kept in Atlanta
by the Red Cross. Those who
present themselves but are re
fused, for health reasons, are
allowed access to the blood sup
ply for three months.
Marshall Elizer, chairman of
the blood program for Newton
County, recently expressed his
appreciation to the “good peo
ple of the First Baptist Church
for the use of their Education
al Building” for the Bloodmo
bile visit. The building is well
located, uncrowded, and quiet.
Mr. Elizer urged that the em
phasis be placed on new don
ors, even though the credit
card system is designed pri
marily for the convenience of
those who regularly donate
their blood. He added that do
nation record cards made from
the master file of donors would
be available, and expressed his
apologies for the delay in the
transference.
Palmer Stone P-TA
Meets Monday 7:30
Palmer Stone Parent-Teacher
Association will meet Monday
night, September 24, at 7:30
p. m.
All parents of children in the
school are urged to attend and
support the school.
Grand Jury Recommends Vole
On Beer and Tax Equalization
The Newton County Grand
Jury for the September term
of Superior Court has recom
mended that a county-wide
referendum be held “so that
the people of Newton County
may decide” on the questions
of tax equalization and sale of
beer.
Presentments for the Sep
tember term also includes the
recommendation that voters of
the county express their view
on whether to have more than
one Commissioner of Roads
and Revenues (possibly three
or five).
The entire presentments of
the Jury follows:
GRAND JURY PRESENT
MENTS, SEPTEMBER TERM
1962, NEWTON SUPERIOR
COURT:
We, the Grand Jury for the
September term 1962 submit
the following:
1. We recommend that the
Representatives to the General
Assembly from Newton County
pass legislation to allow the
people of Newton County to
vote on whether to have more
than 1 (one) Commissioner of
Roads and Revenues, (3 or 5)
2. We interviewed Mr. Tom
Bates, County Commissioner
and he has agreed to place the
questions concerning tax equa
lization and the sale of beer on
the ballot in the November
1962 election in order that the
people of Newton County may
NUMBER It
The list of merchants co
operating in the new store
hours is carried today in a
full-page advertisement in The
Covington News.
The schedule of new store
hours follows:
Monday .... 8:30 to 5:00
Tuesday .... 8:30 to 5:00
Wednesday .... 8:30 to 5:00
Thursday .... 8:30 to 5:00
Friday 8:30 to 9:00
Saturday . . . . 8:30 to 6:00
One businessman stated
yesterday that “because fami
ly shopping is becoming more
popular the Friday night open
ing will afford all members of
the family an opportunity to
visit Covington stores on the
Public Square.”
During Decern ber these
stores remained open until 9
o’clock Friday evenings and
the venture proved to be a
1 convenience for many people
in the county. Many parents
i do not get off from work un
til 5 o’clock and thus the ex
, tra evening of shopping will
be welcomed by them.
Business firms who will ob-
I serve these new hours are as
follows:
White’s Dept. Store, Coving
ton Furniture Co., Ray Jewel
ers, Allen’s 5 & 10c Store,
King - Hicks Hardware Co,
J. C. Pool Co., Sears, Roebuck
& Co., Parsons & Hutchins,
White’s Tire and Auto Supply,
Belk - Gallant Co., Economy
Auto Store, Covington Jewelry
Co., Kitchens Market, Henson
Furniture Co., Evans Drug
Store, Kroger, Colonial Stores,
Inc., Haymore’s Quality Mar
ket.
Cowan and Cowan Electric
Co., Hayes-Wilson Furniture
Co., Western Auto Associate
Store, Steele Insurance Agen
cy, Adams Family Shoe Store,
Callaways Dept. Store, Dietz’s.
Wood & Co., Wood-Dickinson
Furniture Co., Consolidated
5-10 & 25c Store, Major Appli
ance Co., Cohen’s Dept. Store.
I decide on these important ii
i sues.
3. The Grand Jury reaffirms
the position of the March Term
Grand Jury in recommending
to the people the passage of the
above questions concerning
tax equalization and sale of
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C of C to Hold
Special Meeting
Monday at 12:30
A special meeting of the
Covington - Newton County
Chamber of Commerce will be
held Monday, September 24 at
the Teen Can Building at 12:30
p.m.
John H. Hall, Executive-Di
rector of the C. of C. has an
nounced that all members are
urged to attend this meeting.
The agenda will include: Elec
tion of new officers for 1963,
delivery of Annual Reports,
formation of new committees,
and settlement of current busi
ness before Annual Banquet on
September 27.
Mr. Hall has announced that
the main speaker for the an
nual banquet will be Dr. Noah
Langdale, Jr., President of
Georgia State College and
Georgia’s “Man of The Year”
for 1961.