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Addison Terry
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homa and Texas, as well as
from Atlanta (the late Ben
Jd;;«el! participated). Terry
acquired national tenants (75
jjer cent of the center’s space
is leaded to triple-A tenants)
jnd for “mortgage financing
into the center’’. Terry sees a
35 million annual gross for
Covington Meadows’ tenants. A
Jjmque feature, is the fact that
*‘a local hometown resident
e ccted to build a facility to
complete with a large metro
politian community next door.”
Terry, who says Forest Lane
hopes to build additional cen
ters at the rate of “one a year,”
has arranged for Teacher's In
surance and Annuity Associa
tion of America to handle the
mortgage financing.
With Covington Meadows
open and doing a bustling
busness, Terry faces the future
with happy confidence. He
would, of course, like to spend
more time at his farm with his
wife, the former Helen Wheeler
Thompson, a native of India
napolis, Ind., and with his sons,
Addison Jr., 12, and the twins,
Tim and Jeb, 10. Then, too,.
there’s the horses and parties, |
hayrides, and barbeques (he j
had Georgia’s Fourth District)
U.S. Rep. John J. Flynt down *
to his place along with some ■
200 others for the barbeque for
Covington Meadows’ opening,
followed by a spate of marsh
hen hunting via private air
craft to St. Simons Island for
the VIPs). Bob Stewart, presi
dent of Mid Continent Life.
Oklahoma City and A. R. Tan
dy of Tulsa were guests.
In his study leading to the
establishment of his shopping
center, the first of its kind in
the nation, Terry noted that
many Atlantans with large
families are migrating to acre
age in the Covington-Conyers-
Monroe area “so that children,
horses and dogs can be reared
in what may be termed the
. . . grand manner”. Certainly
the establishment of this shop
ping center is the first step.
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ADDISON TERRY, discuswa iha million-dollar complex with Georgia State Rep. Jack
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AERIAL VIEW OF COVINGTON MEADOWS SHOPPING CENTER
Covington Meadows Shopping Center, situated on U. S. 278 at Covington, is designed to
serve residents of Newton County and its six neighboring counties. It is situated where
Sherman's troops grazed their horses on the famed Civil War March io the Sea. The cen
ter offers one-stop shopping convenience of a quality that area residents until now have
had io travel 39 miles or more to obtain.
Al Haygood Is Manager
Loyd s Diamonds, Watches
Loyd’s Diamonds and Watch
es, offering the seven-county
Covington Meadows Shopping
Center service area the widest
selection of diamonds and
con, Georgia, native, who seven
years ago returned from Puer
to Rico and obtained his dis
charge from the Regular Army,
Addison Terry—former Texas
oil field roustabout, newspaper
reporter-ad salesman —seems to
be doing all right for himself
and Georgia.
watches and the finest quality
watch repairing, features free
gifts as it joins other merchants
for the Sept. 27-29 Grand
Opening.
The new store, conveniently
situated on the attractive Cov
ington Meadows mall, stocks a
complete selection of diamonds,
watches, electric razors, birth
stone rings, costume jewelry,
sterling, silver plate and fine
holloware, according to A. L.
“Al” Haygood, manager. If de
sired. Loyd’s offers terms on
merchandise, and handles its
own financing.
Haygood, a native of Boaz,
Ala., and a graduate of Boaz
Sneed College, has been a
watchmaker for 23 years. He
also specializes in diamond
setting, and lives with his wife,
the former Mickey Sutton, a
native of Gadsden, Ala., and
two daughters, Connie Lee
and Cheryl, at 602 Locust Ave.,
Covington. He served with the
U.S. Army during World War
11. rising to the rank of War
rant Officer.
Loyd’s Diamonds and Watch
es. one of Covington Meadows
attractive new retail centers,
is the third outlet of its type
under the ownership of Loyd
A. Alexander, of 503 Floyd St.,
Covington. The other two are
Covington Jewelry Co., North
Square, Covington, and Loyd’s
Jewelry Co., Conyers. The first
of these Covington Jewelry Co.,
was founded by Mr. Alexand
er in 1944 after his honorable
discharge from the U.S. Army's
Finance Section.
Mr. Alexander is married to
the former Rebecca Dobbs, a
native of Boaz, Ala., and they
have three sons: Loyd Thomas
Alexander, a freshman at Geor
gia Tech; James B. Alexander
and Fred Alexander.
Loyd's Diamonds and
Watches primary field will be
diamonds, whi c h normally
range in price from $49.50 to
$1,500 (but can range as high
as the customer likes). Haygood
pledges the highest type of
quality merchandise and ser
vice to Covington Meadows
| shoppers.
Quick Clean
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Klean Centers among the most
modern of its type in the na
tion. High quality profession
al dry cleaning is also offered
on a one-hour basis. Sheets and
flatwork may be left for com
plete laundering and finishing.
A special locater delivery sys
tem assures that customers will
not have to put up with irri
tating delay when they call for
their articles.
Early Commuters to Atlanta
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Covington Auto Service Has New,
Modern Equipment For “Service”
Covington Auto Ser vi c e’s
creed, “With Emphasis on Ser
vice,” will be truer than ever
at the firm’s completely new
facility at Covington Meadows
Shopping Center.
Assuring the thousands of
Newton County area Ford
owners (and other makes, too)
of top quality service will be
$30,000 worth of modern, new
equipment. The equipment in
cludes an SII,OOO Visualiner, a
device which enables a custo
mer to see the condition of his
car’s front wheels both before
and after they are aligned. The
device will handle any vehicle
from the smallest imported car
to the heaviest truck or bus on
the same rack. All lubrication
equipment is modern and over
head, and the service center
has 10 service entrances to
further enhance Covington Au
to Service’s reputation for
“Sudden Service.” A new and
expanded parts department as
sures no Ford will be “ground
ed” for lack of parts.
Covington Auto Service has
served Newton County for 21
years. It was founded by Wen
dell Crowe, who still is active
head of the firm in a limited
partnership with James E.
Rogers. Mr. Crowe is married
or other locales will particul
arly appreciate Quick Klean’s
after-hours receptacle (chute
type) in which dry cleaning
may be deposited on the way
to work and picked up on the
way home.
Rapid, one-stop service is as
sured in the 36-ft. by 50-ft.
Quick Klean Center, which
features color-code machines to
help customers remember which
machine holds their wash or
dry cleaning.
to the former Thankful Bick
more, a native of Denver, Colo.,
and is a member of The Ki
wanis, Elks and Shriner’s or
ganizations. He is a member of
the First Baptist Church. The
Crowe’s only child, Wendel
Crowe, Jr., who is parts man
ager for the firm was rearec
in Covington.
Mr. Rogers, whose father wa.
a Ford dealer before him, has
been affiliated with Covington
Auto Service since its incep
tion. He is a graduate of Em
ory at Oxford, and he and his
wife, the former Vivian Elliott,
have two daughters, Miss Char
lotte Rogers and Mrs. Frank
lin L. Moss, both of Covington.
Mr. Rogers is a member of the
Covington First Methodist
Church, a grandfather, an ac
tive Rotarian, and a member
of the Yaarab Shrine Temple.
Mr. Crowe, in discussing the
move to new quarters, said:
“Newton County Ford owners
deserve better service than we
can give them in our present
quarters .... Covington Auto
Service will always be our
name, but in our new quarters
‘Sudden Service’ will be our
objective.”
Others on the Covington Au
to Service staff include Mrs.
Edna Weigel, office manager
and immediate past president
of the Covington Pilot Club;
Mrs. Cecile Dial, bookkeeper,
secretary of the Pilot Club;
Wallace A. Scarborough, ser
vice manager for eight years;
Harold Cody; Joe Cherry, in
charge of the body shop; Ber
ry Whitten; Jimmy F. Byrd;
Rufus Perry; Rusher Chaney,
and Fenarcy White. Several ad
ditional employees will be ad
ded in the very near future,
said Mr. Crowe.
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LOCKE E. GLENN
Vice President of Forest Lane. Inc., developing corporation
for Covington Meadows Shopping Center. Mr. Glenn is pre
sident and founder of WGKA radio station, Atlanta, and haa
many other real estate, industrial and investment interests
in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
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