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PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT
Layona Glenn
Says . . .
Hi! Folks, here I am in Nash
ville, Tennessee and you'd
think summer was just begin
ning instead of ending! The
thermometer is making 86 de
frees in the shade, and I'm not
needing those coats and things
I brought because it might be
♦older further north.
When Twain and I left home
Friday morning at 6, we drove
down bo the McDonough road
red light crossing to get on the
through highway. At Kirkas’
Motel we stopped to pick up my
brother's wife who has spent
the night there because I
hadn’t room for us all in my
apartment. By the way, she
told me I could recommend
that motel to my friends un
reservedly, as it was fine. That
means a lot as she had sam
pled them all over.
Well, we found the new road
fine till we passed Atlanta.
Then we discovered the fact
that Conyers is not the on'y
p’ace inconvenienced by road
building. After we passed At
lanta bv the Expressway on
the road to Chattanooga, we
ran into detours and one wav
hections where long lines of cars
were held up by flagmen be-
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Folks who save every single payday seem to
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This year, try putting regular amounts into an in
sured savings account here, every payday. See
how our worth-while earnings, added to your
savings, make your account GROW.
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cause of road construction or
repairing, so we were slowed
down no end.
Fortunately we skirted most
of the larger towns like Ma
rietta, Dalton, Chattanooga, etc.
The drive was beautiful around
the base of Lookout Mountain
down to the huge bridge across
the Tennessee, from which w r e
started the climb up to Mount
Eagle. That road is the same
old one of 30 years ago, and
one wonders what must have
been the cost of blasting that
roadway through the rocky
stretch that looks almost like
masonry. We rode through
miles of what looked like tun
nels with the tons off. before
reaching the high point at
Mount Eagle.
From there the steep, wind
ing road made one dizzy and
reminded me of the advice of
stuttering Uncle Joe Sock well
about riding a bicycle down
hill! “D-d-d-on’t 1-1-et her
b-b-ulge on y-y-ou!” One
shuddered to think what would
happen if the auto brakes
should fail as they must have
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TOP LEVEL DISCUSSION—Major General C. W. G. Rich, Commander of the 101st Airborne Divi
aion and Fort Campbell, Ky, discusses the Explorer Scouts participation in the Combat Proficiency
Test with Johnny Roe, left, and Steve Overby. Roe, sponsored by the Civitan Club, Clarksville,
Tenn., and Overby sponsored by the Fort Campbell Dad's Club were among the sixty-five Explorer
Scouts participating in the exercise at the 101st Airborne Division Recondo School. The test in
cluded the 30-yard timed crawl, a race over horizontal ladders, a baseball throw for accuracy and
a timed run through a maze and ditch obstacle.
grown hot as we descended tire
steep crooked way!
Finally we drew a deep
thankful breath as we reach
ed the level country and coast
ed along through fields of ripe
corn and prosperous towns and
the commodious Greyhound
Bus Station where we deposit
ed Mrs. Glenn and her bag
gage in good time to board the
bus for Omaha. Nebraska where
she was to join her technician
i daughter, and heln her move
to her new job at the big Bos-
I ton Hospital for amputee Vet
; erans.
Then Twain and T drove on
out to Donaldson Heights where
; the Parmentiers met us and
I guided us to their lovely home
on Dun-'ee Avenue. It was
grand to renew ties with my
! niece and her daughter after
| many years, and to get ac
cuainted with the inlaws and
the next generation.
We attended services this
morning at near-by Donaldson
. Heights Methodist Church. I
! wish you could have seen the
■ congregation. At least half of
; the more than 600 present were
; teenagers and children from
| Sunday School. A beautiful
: sight!
। Tomorrow Tgo to spend fbe
dav at Scarritt. Then on Wed-
I nesdav we start home.
So long!
Ed Robinson
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outlined the many projects a id
goals the local C. of C. hopes
to attain within the next year.
President Robinson stated that
“he has 28 planks in my plat
form which we hope to see
■ come to reality within the
coming year.” He quoted the
28th plank as follows: “The
Covington - Newton County
I Chamber of Commerce will
worfc for the development of
an entire and adhesive com
munity, without factions, cli
ques, or dissensions; but a peo
! pie who are united in their
; love, pride, and hopes for their
community, who will work in
dividually and as a group for
j the progress, prosperity, and
TH! COVINGTON NEWS
New Space Basket
Could Speed Up
Orchard Jobs
Orchard owners may soon
have their own space vehicles
to make pruning and harvest
ing easier and less expensive.
The new device, commonly
referred to as a “space basket’’
and more correctly labeled a
“multidirectional lift,” attaches
to the hydraulic lift machanism
of a tractor’s front-end loader.
A man stands in the basket and
manipulates several levers to
move himself up, to a maxi
mum height of 13 feet, down,
left or right.
Although the lift was design
ed for fruit orchard work, it
could have many applications
on the farm, according to H. B.
Goolsby, agricultural engineer
for the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service.
Reports on the machine from
the USDA's Agricultural Re
search Service indicate it could
be useful in apple orchards in
Georgia and would probably be
useful in pecan groves. It could
be used both for pruning pecan
trees and attaching the cable of
a mechanical shaker.
The lift was developed by
USDA and state experiment
Kiwanis Club
Continued From Page 1
the City Manager-Council sys
tem.
Visitors at the meeting
Thursday included: Bill Grant
of Garden City, Michigan; Lar
ry Darby and Denny Dobbs of
the Newton High Key Club.
• * • •
“Kettle Notes”
A new MacGregor football
was displayed as a door prize
at the Georgia Kiwanis Dis
trict Convention next week at
Jekyll Island. The ball, made
here in Covington, was a gen
erous gift of the local Bruns
wick Sports plant.
• » • •
Dr. Goodwin Tuck announced
that the Bloodmobile was in
Covington Thursday and he
stressed the importance of giv
ing blood at that time.
• • • »
The Board of Directors met
for a few minutes after the
regular weekly meeting was
adjourned. It was decided that
the club would sponsor the ap
pearance of Rubinoff, the In
ternationally - known concert
violinist, in Covington on De
cember 6.
promise of Covington and
Newton County.”
Attending the meeting in a
body were members of the
Covington Lions Club; some 30
were present.
The meal, served by Mrs.
Loyd Alexander and the eigh
th grade girls of Ficquett
School, was most delicious. The
table decorations were especi
ally beautiful with a center fo
cal rock fountain at the speak
er’s table furnished by Sher
wood’s Flowers and Gifts of
Covington.
Serving for the coming year
with President Robinson are
vice-president James Hutchins,
and two new board of direc
tors. Bill Hoffman and Bill
McDowell.
The art work on the framed
resolution to the late Mr. Jerni
gan was done by John Hall. It
is most attractive and was ac
complished by hand. Mrs. Jer
nigan received a lifetime hon
orary membership card in the
Chamber of Commerce, the
first such honor to have been
bestowed on anyone since the
founding of the local C. of C.
station engineers in Michigan.
The ARS reports that it proved
to be highly practical when
tried out by orchard owners
in Michigan with the basket, a
Michigan cherry grower cut
labor costs for pruning 40 per
cent and an apple grower in
the same state cut pruning
labor costs almost 60 percent.
The basket also proved econ
omical for harvesting apples.
In addition to pruning faster,
men using the space basket did
a better job than men who had
to climb trees, he said, because
men in the basket were able
to get into position to reach
more branches.
The space basket is not yet
commercially available, Mr.
Goolsby said.
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture food specialists say that
high fat content is not essen
tial to produce good eating
quality in cooked lamb and
that lean cuts can be tender,
juicy and flavorful.
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Local FHA Trio
Appear in SE
Fair Contest
Newton County High Future
Homemakers were represented
by Misses Sally Hardman,
Nancy Smith and Kathy Call
away, in two presentations at
the Southeastern Fair, on Sat
urday and Wednesday of this
week.
Their first appearance on
Saturday, was on the FHA.
Talent Program for FFA and
FHA Day, when Future Farm
ers and Homemakers of the
state were honored. The local
trio again appeared on Wed
nesday evening, when they
competed in the State FHA
Talent Contest, in which they
Mrs. Sarah Walker
Is Stamp Winner
Sunday Evening at the popular
Bowling Fair at Gold Crown
Lanes Mrs. Sarah Walker was the
big winner. In addition to several
merchandise gifts Sarah won the
grand prize of 5,000 Top Value
Stamps.
The thrill of the evening was
provided by Danny Clower who
converted the 740 split. Danny
was not eligible to receive the
SIOO.OO Savings Bond award, but
Manager Earl Zahn will give
Danny a suitable reward for his
feat.
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 553 head of
cattle and 6 hogs Monday for
a total of $47,907.73. Milk cows
and springers topped at $275
and baby calves at $34.00.
Stockers sold from $55 to $220.
Price ranges were: calves,
$16.00 to $28.00; heifers, sl7
to $23.50: steers, $15.00 to $26;
light bulls, $14.50 to $22.00;
heavy bulls, $15.00 to $16.80;
canners, SIO.OO to $13.00; cut
ters, $13.00 to $14.00; fat cows,
$14.00 to $16.50; and hogs, sl6
to $18.50.
There were 172 shippers and
81 buyers, including 9 pack
ers.
2 Local Students
Exempted from
Initial Courses
ATHENS. Ga. — A Uttle more
than seven percent of the Uni
versity of Georgia's freshman
class — 172 students — are off
to a head start on their college
education because of the high
scopes they made on some stiff
examinations given during their
first week on campus.
Among the students receiving
credit in freshman math is Jerry
Douglas Bouchillon and Bobby M.
Costley exempted freshman math.
These students are from Coving
ton.
These students have been ex
empted from one to four beginning
college courses, and in some
cases have received as much as
15 quarter hours credit. That’s
the equivalent of a full quarter's
work and represents a saving to
were presented ■in tap-dance
numbers.
The trio are pupils of Mrs.
Dungan McKinsey, Home Ec
onomics teacher at Newton
High; and each of the girls
fashioned the costumes which
they wore.
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the student of three months and a
third of a year's expenses.
Various University deportments
gave qualifying examinations to
those freshman students w h o
made high scores on the Colbge
Entrance Board tests which they
took before coming to Athens,
Those who passed the second
exams were exempted from be
ginning courses and some re
ceived credit as well.
Examinations were given in
English, mathematics, political
science, and science. Those who
took the English examination far
ed best. An even 100 were eiven
credit for the first course. Thirty
students were exempted from two
mathematics courses and given
credit for one of them, while an
other 67 were excused from tak
ine one math course but without
college credit.
The students fared less well in
political science and science. On
ly one students was given credit
for political science; another re
ceived credit for two courses in
human biology. Five other stu
dents were exempted from po
litical science without credit.
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