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By the Office Boy
Well I’ve been up tz> my
neck in dust and old papers.
On yes, there is one room
packed solid with them. They
have been there forever it
seems, and I never wanted to
throw anything away. W.M.U.;
B T.U.; Sunday School; Stone
Mt. Association; G.A.; R. A.;
W.M.U; Woman's Club; Gar
den Club; D.A.R : U.D.C.. Eas
tern Star; Georgia and Inter
national Press: Legion and
Auxiliary; Kiwanis; (saved
when my busband was Presi
dent of his Club and Lieut.
Governor; S.C.V. State and Na
tional; I could go on and on
. . . they are all here and I
have stirred them all up . . .
read them . . . and held on to
most of them. Did you ever do
that. Oh I forgot the Children
of the Confederacy both local.
State and National . . . and I
want you to know that T found
one C. of C. membership cer
tificate. when I was local di
rector that I made out . . It’s
signed by state and National
officers . . date? 1939. That
certificate was never delivered!
It was made out to “Sallie May
Cook” . . . daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Cook, now living
in Clarkesville. Ga. Sallie was
not present at the meeting and
I held on to it. She went away
to college. It got “filed”! So
after all tihese years I have
learned more about Sallie this
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Geer Wins in
State; Maddox
Carries Newton
Peter Zack Geer won the
Democratic runoff election
held Wednesday for the nom
ination for Lieutenant-Gover
nor of Georgia. However,
Lester Maddox carried New
ton County by a 1169 to 731
vote margin.
Balloting in the Newton
County precincts follow:
Geer Maddox
Almon 33 47
Brewers 25 55
Brick store 8 25
Covington 320 367
Cov. Mill 28 46
Downs 23 31
Gaithers 4 9
Gum Creek 7 28
Hays 22 21
Leguinn 18 45
Mansfield 43 42
Newborn 17 30
Oxford 57 64
Porterdale 90 220
Rocky Plains 17 60
Stansells 19 79
Totals 731 1169
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Watch vour ticket stubs closely — you may have the lucky number! This
picture was taken on the square in Covington Friday night as the crowd
watched their ticket stubs to see who would be the lucky winner of the
"Free Weeks Vacation in Florida" being given each week for 24 weeks
bv the merchants around the square in Covington. No purchase is required
tn any of the stores that are sponsoring this promotion of the downtown
shopping area in Covington. Just come in and ask to register and then
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VOLUME 98
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Newton County Fair Continues Thru Saturday
Starrsville And Brick Store
Booths Are lop Winners
The 1962 Newton County Fair will continue through
Saturday night, October 6th at Legion Field in Covington.
Meanwhile, judging of the booths and the various exhibit
items were completed Tuesday.
Taking first place honors in
the home demonstration club
booth contest was the Hays
District HD club of Starrs
ville, with Mansfield second.
Almon and Flint Hill tied for
third, and Salem receiving
honorable mention.
Community club booth win
ners were: Brickstcre Com
munity club first, Starrsville
club second, and Heard Mixon
club third.
First place honors in the
Negro Home Demonstration
booth exhibit was awarded to
the Home Demonstration
Exhibitors may pick up
their prize money at the
Fairgrounds office Friday
night or Saturday afternoon.
Council booth. The Negro Com
munity Club winners were-
Spring Hill first, Livingston
second, and Oxford third.
Prize winners in the exhibits
of the 1962 fair are as follows:
CANNING:
Tomatoes: Ist Mrs. Douglas
Yancey, 2nd — Mrs. J. T. Owens.
3rd — Mrs. Charlie Sherod
Soup Mixture; Ist. — Mrs. R.
H Eddleman.
String Beans: Ist — Mrs. C H
Berry, 2nd ■ — Mrs. R. H. Eddle
man.
Shelled Beans or Peas: Ist —
Mrs. J. T. Walls. 2nd — Mrs. J.
T. Owens. Sr.
Other Vegetables: Ist — Mrs
J. T. Owens Sr., 2nd — Mrs. R.
H. Eddleman, 3rd — Mrs. Doug
las Yancey.
Peaches: Ist — Mrs. Charles A.
Ellington, 2nd—Mrs. J. T. Owens,
3rd — Mrs. R. H. Eddleman.
Jam: Ist — Mrs. Douglas Yan
cey, 2nd — Mrs. L. A. Biggers.
Berries; Ist — Mrg. C. H. Ber
ry
Other Fruits; Ist. — Mrs Doug
las Yancey.
Jelly; Ist — Mrs. C. H. Berry,
Continued On Page 30
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Kiwanians to
Have Program
On Swim Pool
Members of the Kiwanis Club
of Covington will hear a de
tailed report on the operation
of the Covington Swimming
Pool at the club's regular
meeting Thursday at Legion
Home at 1 o'clock.
Fred Harwell, Chairman of
the Kiwanis Swimming Pool
committee, will have four per
sons at. the meeting who have
aided the pool and its success
ful operation this past summer.
Other than Kiwanians Donald
Stephenson and S. M. May, the
pool’s manager L. G. Carney
and H. O. Whelchel. Jr. will be
present at the meeting today.
These men will each give a
renort to the Kiwanis Club,
who operates the pool as t-heir
number one community ser
vice project.
♦ • ♦ •
J. H. (Hank) Bryan. City
manager of The City of Cov
ington, was the guest speaker
at the Kiwanis Club meeting
Thursday at Legion Home. Rev.
Thomas White, pastor of the
Covington Presbyterian Church,
introduced the speaker.
Mr. Bryan, who recently ac
cepted the position as city
manager here, told the Kiwan
ians about his impressions of
the city of which he has been
a resident of only five weeks.
After his speech, a question and
answer period was observed
with many Kiwanians asking
about the future program for
the city of Covington under
Continued on Page 28
be on hand the following Friday night at 7:00 p. m. to see if you will
be the lucky winner. You must be present to win! Your name could be
darwn out of the box just as the name of Mrs. Nellie Pearl King was
darwn last Friday night. You may register only once in every store and
you must register each week for the drawing that will be held the fol
lowing Friday night. Be on hand io see if you will be the lucky winner!
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4,1962
First Cousins Born Same Day at Newton Hospital
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THE TWO BABIES shown above are first cousins and were born Wednesday evening at
Newton County Hospital. Mrs. Glenn Hamby and daughter are shown at left. Mrs.
Richard Gray and son are at right, while nursery attendant Mrs. Edna Johnson looks on.
The grandparents of the two babies is Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Gray of the Salem Com
munity. Dr. J. W. Purcell was the attending physician.
Newton County Fails by 12 Io
Meet Blood Quota of 150 Pints
“It is sincerely hoped that
twelve people will go by the At
lanta Regional Blood Center, 848
Peachtree Street, and contribute
a pint of blood each to the credit
of Newton County before October
5.” stated Marshall Elizer, blood
chairman of Newton County The
drive here lacked only 12 donors
Thursday of meeting its quota of
160 pints.
By this means all citizens of
the county will be protected
against blood demands until a
Bloodmobile visit to Porterdale on
November 9.
Otherwise, the County has been
informed, the immediate families
of people listed below are covered
until we erase the deficit.
“Deep appreciation is felt to
ward The Covington Service
Guild and others who worked very
hard last Thursday, and to t h e
First Baptist Church for use of
the Educational Building,’’ Mr.
Elizer added.
Donors Thursday included:
Rev. Edgar Callaway, Mrs. Nel
lie C. Persall, John R. Bently,
Mrs. Jewell B. Shannon, Ted L.
Continued On Page 30
Terry Rutledge
Grady Campbell
'Citizens of Week'
The school citizen for the week
। of September 17-21, is Terry Rut
i ledge. Terry is a senior and very
active in school activities. He is
co-captain of the football team
and was chosen as "back of the
week.” He also plays basketball
and baseball. Terry belongs to
the Beta Club, Key Club and
Hi-Y Club.
The citizen for the week of
September 22 28, is Grady Camp
bell. Grady is a junior, vice-presi
dent of the Key Club and treasur
er of the Hi-Y Club. Grady plays
basketball and is a member of the
Beta Club.
Congratulations to these two
students for their fine work at i
Newton High School.
Col. Wilson Smith
Honored for His
Outstanding Service
EGLIN AFB, Fla. — Lieutenant
Colonel Wilson P. Smith of Cov
ington, Ga., has been honored by
the Strategic Air Command with
an engraved certificate for sus
tained outstanding service
Colonel Smith, a United States
Air Force B 52 aircraft comman
der, received the recognition for
completing 10 years of flying duty
as a combat crew member on SAC
bombers.
The colonel, a member of Alpha
Tau Omega, attended Georgia In- !
stitute of Technology. He is t h e
son of Mrs. H. G. Smith of 213
Dearing St , Covington. The col
onel is married to the former Mar
garet Oswald of Greenwood, Fla.
Carnival Set at
Livingston, Oct. 26
Livingston School P-TA will I
hold its annual Holloween
Carnival, Friday. October 26th.
It will begin at 5 p.m. and sup
pe~ will be served.
The carnival is expected to
be bigger and better than ever
as many new games will be
added.
Covington News
OO Pages
OO Today
“ MORE THAN
20,000
READERS WEEKLY
Ed Robinson Heads Slate;
Banquet Held Thursday
Ed Robinson, manager of the Snapping Shoals Electric
Membership Corporation, is the new president of the Cov
ington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce. He took over
bis official duties Thursday evening at the end of th«
chamber's first annual banquet at Ficquett School cafeteria.
Time Change for
Evening Service at
Methodist Church
Beginning next Sunday, Oc
tober 7th, the Covington First
Methodist Church will have
Evening Worship Service at 5
o’clock, instead of 7:30. This
will continue from October
through February. A nursery
will be kept during this wor
ship service.
The MY F and Fellowship
meetings will be at 6 P.M.
Newton Hioh Beta
Club Has First
Meeting of Year
The first meeting of the school
year for the Newton High Beta
Club was held September 26, 1962
After Denny Dobbs, the new pre
sident, called the group to order,
Terry Rutledge had the devotion
al.
Among several items of busi
ness discussed were the Beta
Club’s service project of selling
sandwiches in the cafeteria and
another of beautifying the lunch
room. A committee was also ap
pointed to plan for a Club party.
The meeting was then adjourned.
Ronnie Elliott
Reporter
Letter Writing
Week Set for
October 7 to 13
The 25th Anniversary Ob
servance of Letter Writing
Week will be observed the
week of October 7 through Oc
tober 13.
Covington Postmaster E. L.
Stephenson says that the ob
servance of the week will have
the theme “Keep Friends Near
With Letters.’’
Rotary Hears
Program on Tax
Equalization
Members of the Covington Rot
ary Club hoard an interesting pro
gram Tuesday on the need for tax
i equalization in Newton County.
The Rotary club appointed a
committee to work with the New
ton County Jaycees, who have a
half-page advertisement in the
News today. They have taken the
lead in acquainting and urging
the people of the county to vote
for this progressive program for
Newton County. The committee is
composed of Dr. W S. Cook,
Dallas Tarkenton and Bud Den
nison.
Previously the Covington Rotary
club had endorsed the need for a
tax equalization program for the
county. This has been recom
mended two times by the Grand
Jury.
Homer Sharp, supervising
principal of Newton County High
School, was present for the meet
ing and he expressed "the great
need of funds to support our
school system.”
During the meeting a 3-min
ute tape recording provided by
E. G. Lassiter brought personal
greetings to the local Rotary club
from International President Lat
ish C. Laharry of Indiana. It
stressed the Rotary motto “Ser
vice Above Self.”
NUMBER 40
Main speaker for the banquet
program Thursday was Dr.
Noah Langdale, President of
Georgia State College in At
lanta. Master of ceremonies at
the banquet, was the outgoing
president Bill Thompson.
A highlight of the evening
was the awarding of a framed
resolution to Mrs. John L. Jern
igan in memory of her late
husband, John Jernigan, who
for many years was secretary
of the local Chamber of Com
merce.
Dr. Langdale was introduced
bv Robert O. Arnold, Chair
man of the Board of Regents.
Mr. Langdale's message was a
challenge to the members pres
ent and their wives, for “a bet
ter Covington and Newton
County through your chamber
of commerce.”
He was most emphatic in
outlining the future course of
cities and counties similiar in
size to Newton and Covington.
He cited many cases in past
history where the growth of a
community was the result of
hard work and ©iganized
plans.
John H Hall. Executive-Di
rector of the chamber, also ap
peared on the program and he
Continued on Page 28
Dr. Harold Mann
Is Sneaker at
Jr. Colleae Meet
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DR. MANN
Emory at Oxford will be well
represented at the annual conven
tion of the Georgia Association of
Junior Colleges which meets on
the campus of the University of
Georgia this week.
Dr. Harold W. Mann. Chairman
of the Division of Social Sciences
at Emory at Oxford, will address
the Social Science section of ths
Georgia Association of Junior Col
leges on Friday at 2:30 p. m.
The Association is assembling
for its annual meeting at t h e
Center for Continuing Education
at the University of Georgia Oc
tober 5 and 6 Many of the state’s
educators on the Junior Collect
level will be in Athens for this
gathering
Since Dr. Mann’s doctoral dis
sertation was a biographical study
and his work for the Ph. D. from
Duke University was completed
this year, he is well prepared for
the topic assigned for his address:
“The Problems of Biography
Writing.”
In addition to Dr. Mann, other
members of the Emory at Oxford
Faculty and Administration who
will attend the convention in
Athens are: Dr. J. Hamby Bar
ton, Jr.. Associate Dean; Dr. Dal
las M. Tarkenton, Registrar and
Assistant Professor: Mr. C. T.
Haynes, Associate Professor in
Biology; Mrs. John W. Gregory
and Mrs. Nelson M Hoffman, Li
brarians.