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Covington Meadows Opens; Plans
Announced for Apartment Building
Fireworks, clowns, stern
words about Cuba, and thou
sands of happy shoppers herald
ed the gala, three-day Grand
Opening of Covington Mea
dows — million-dollar shop
ping center complex serving
Newton countians and residents
of the six neighboring counties.
Meanwhile, Addison Terry,
president of Forest Lane, Inc,
developing coroporation for the
shopping center, announce i
plans for the first 12 units of
what ultimately will be a 48-
unit apartment complex.
The initial construction, to
be situated on the southeast
quadrant of the Elm Street —
U. S. 278 intersection opposite
Covington Meadows is to cost
$70,000, with ground-breaking
scheduled for early next year.
The garden-type apartments
•re to offer the utmost in con
venience, according to Mr. Ter
ry. and will be situated adja
cent to the Covington school
property and tennis courts and
swimming pool. Four two-bed
room units and eight one-bed
room units with built-in kit
chens will be in the initial con
struction.
U. S. Rep. John J Flynt of
Georgia's Fourth District, at
Wie ribbon-cutting ceremonies
opening Covington Meadows,
•aid he would have strengthen
ed the wording of the resolu
tion adopted last week by the
Homer A. Walls
Funeral Held
At Covington
Homer A Walls, 69, died at
his home on Newton Drive on
October 2. 1962. He was a na
tive of Clarke County.
Funeral services were held
at Covington Mill Methodist
Church on Wednesday, October
3 at 4:00 p.m. with Rev. Wil
liam Kirby. Pastor of Coving
ton Mill Methodist Church of
ficiating. Rev. Carl Cassidy
was the assistant minister.
Interment was in Lawn
wood Cemetery with J. C.
Harwell and Son Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments. Pallbearers were W. A.
Chi’ders Jr., Julius Johnson,
John Rooks, Emorv Smith, Lee
Davis and George Studdard.
Surviving are his wife, two
daughters. Mrs. E. L. Tuggle,
Atlanta; Mrs. Charles Johnson,
Millen; one son. Homer A.
Walls. Jr., Decatur: one sister
in-law, Mrs. Charlie Walls,
Augusta and five grandsons.
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THE LATE JOHN L. JERNIGAN was honored Thursday
*t the First Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet at
Ficquett School Cafeteria with this framed resolution pre
eented to Mrs. Jernigan. Shown in the picture are from
left to right: Dr Noah Langdale. President of Georgia State
College, main speaker for the banquet program; Mrs. Jer-
The Covington enterprise, established in 1864 — The Covington Star, established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, established in 1953
House reaffirming the princi
ples of the Monroe Doctrine in
the western hemisphere.
“If I had been a member
(of the committee drafting the
resolution),” said Flynt, “I
would have worded it to say
that not only do we oppose the
Communist ideology in this
hemisphere, but that we also
do not condone for one minute
the situation in Cuba.”
Flynt, introduced by B. B.
Snow of Macon’s Bibb Manu
facturing Co., called Coving
ton Meadows shopping center
“another milestone of progress”
in the six-county area center
ing on Covington. Also taking
part in the opening were Locke
E. Glenn, vice president of
Forest Lane, Inc.; Thomas J.
Barnette. Nat Turner, Buck
Callaway, the Rev. Tom White,
Bill Crowell, Jack Morgan. Tom
Butler, Howard Starks, Ross
Baldwin, John Hall, W. W,
Crowe, Miss Nancy Lou Barton,
Mrs. Addison Terry, Lee Nance,
A. R. Tandy, W. W. Woolsey.
Dave Messer, W. B. Joy and
Hap Huggins.
Addison Terry, chief develo
per for Covington Meadows,
said in his dedicatory address
that the completed portion of
the shopping center is “only
the beginning.” He cited plans
for 40,000 additional square
feet of commercial space on
the northeast corner of the in
tersection of U. S. 278 and
Elm, and announced plans for
the apartment project.
Merchants at Covington Mea
dows report a booming busi
ness, most of them adding that
sales activity is exceeding ex
pectations. Covington Meadows
for the first time offers New
ton countians and residents of
the six neighboring counties
one-stop shopping convenience.
Henson Founder's
Day Sale Starts
This Morning
The 6th Annual Henson Furni
ture Company’s Founders Day
Sale will start today at the local
Covington store and the six others
in the Henson chain.
According to a six-page supple
ment (in color) in The Covington
News today, the sale will feature
really big savings. Bill McDowell
is the manager of the Henson
store in Covington. The local
store is open Friday nights until
9 o’clock.
A new store was opened by the
Henson firm in May of this year.
It is located at Fairburn, Ga. The
Henson Company is 35 years old.
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Shown at Covington Rotary Club's recent Ladies Night
program at Welaunee Hotel are left to right: Mrs. Howard
Brooks, Mr. Brooks, program chairman: Mrs. Charles
James Coy Hays
Funeral Today al
Harwell Chapel
James Coy Hays, 70, died at a
private hospital on Tuesday, Oct- i
ober 2,1962 after a lingering ill
ness. He was a native of Newton i
County.
Funeral services are being held
Thursday (today), October 4,1962
at 3:00 p. m. at the Chapel of
Harwell Funeral Home with Rev.
C. L. Willson officiating.
Interment will be Hays family
cemetery in Hayston, Georgia.
Serving as Pallbearers are Rabun
Patrick. Robert Stanton, Sr., T.
C. Hallman, Fred Greer, Louie
Jackson and Ernest Hays, Jr.
Survivors are his wife, two sons,
James W. Hays, Doraville; Jasper
N. Hays, Atlanta; one daughter,
Mrs. Frances Jeanette Russell,
Forest Park; two half brothers,
Clarence Hays and Hoke Hays,
both of Mansfield; two sisters,
Mrs. Henry Harwell. Mansfield;
Mrs. Agnes Beuchler, Doraville
and four grandchildren
The NEWS joins friends of the
family in extending deepest sym
pathy to them in their sorrow.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
nigan; Bill Thompson, toastmaster and outgoing president
of the C. of C.; and Robert O. Arnold, Chairman of the
Board of Regents, who introduced the guest speaker. Mr.
Jernigan served as the organization's secretary for many
years.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4,1962
Julia Porter Church
Homecoming Set
PORTERDALE — Homecoming
Day for the Julia A. Porter Me
morial Methodist Church will be
observed on the third Sunday in
October, which is October 21.
Sunday School will begin at ten
o'clock and the morning worship
service is scheduled for eleven. A
former pastor, the Rev. Henry
Walker, will preach the Home
coming Sermon.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all former pastors, members,
and friends of the church.
Mrs. Annie Lee Day, Reporter
Rev A. D. Whittemore,
Pastor
Mansfield School
Parents to Meet
A very important meeting is to
be held in the Mansfield school at
7:30 Thursday night, October 11.
It is hoped that every pupil in the
Mansfield school will be repre
sented by at least one parent.
A decision must be reached, and
parents are needed to assist in
! making this decision.
Mansfield Barbecue
The Mansfield Lions Club
will held their annual barbecue
on Wednesday, October 24,
1962, from 5 to 8 p. m.
Gibboney and Dr. Gibboney, pastor of Reid Memorial
Presbyterian Church, Augusta, who was guest speaker;
Mrs. Bill Hoffman, and Rotary President Bill Hoffman.
Newton County
Education Assn.
Met Wednesday
The Newton County Educa
tion Association held the first
meeting of the 1962-1963 school
term in the Newton County
High School on Wednesday af
ternoon, September 26
An inspirational, Ethics in
Teaching, was presented by
Mrs. Thomas J. Blitch, a mem
ber of the Devotional Commit
tee. Mi’s. Blitch named three
essential qualities of a g o o d
teacher: 1. Knowledge of ma
terial, 2. Respect for Author
ity, 3. Love and understanding
for the student.
Delegates to the Fall Con
ference of Fifth District GEA
were appointed, the meeting to
be at the O’Keefe High School
in Atlanta on Friday afternoon,
September 28.
Mr. E. D. Whatley, President
of NCEA, named the following
committee chairmen: Devotion
al, Mr. Frank Sailers: Budget
and Finance, Mr. H. F. Sharp;
Legislative, Mr. G. B. Hutchin
son; Publicity, Miss Clara Mae
Hays; Membership, the princi
pal in each school; Public Re
lations, Mrs. Howard Brooks;
Welfare, Tenure, and Retire
ment, Miss Mary Trippe; Cit
izenship, Mr. Melvin Criswell;
Program and Social, Mrs. James
Knight; School Secretaries, Mrs.
Claudine Everitt; Scholarship,
Mrs. Dan Moore; Teacher Edu
cation and Professional Stan
dards, Mrs. Mel Bonner; No
minating Committee, Mr. M. D.
Mcßae.
Officers, in addition to Presi
dent Whatley are: Mrs. Char
lotte Adams, Vice-President;
Mrs. W. Scarborough. Secre
tary; Mrs. C. C. Hood, Treasur
er.
Future meetings were sche
duled as follows:
October 24, a meeting in the
Newton County High School at
four o’clock for the purpose of
studying the Proposed Basic
Code of Ethics for the Educa
tion Profession.
November 28, 1962, a din
ner meeting and social at t h e
Welaunee Hotel, Porterdale at
7:30 P. M.
February 20, 1963. a business
and program meeting at New
ton County High School at 4
P. M.
May 8. 1963, an in tallation
of officers for the 1963-1964
term.
Following the adjournment of
the meeting, the various com
mittees met in separate rooms,
assigned by Mr. Sharp, to plan
their activities for the year.
Those who represented the
Newton County Education As
sociation at the GEA Fifth Dis
trict Fall Conference at O’Keefe
High School last Friday
were: Mrs. Charlotte Adams,
Mrs. Mel Bonner, Mrs. C. C.
Hood, Miss Lucille Lynch, Mrs.
Jack Meadors, Mrs. C. D. Ram
sey. Mrs. Spence Ramsey, Mrs.
W. Scarborough, Mrs. Harold
Thompson, Miss Clara Mae
Hays. Mr. Eddie Najjar. Mr.
Frank Sailers, Mr. H F. Sharp.
Dr. Hagood to
Show Scenes of
European Trip
PORTERDALE — Dr. Delma
Hagood of Avondale Estates,
will show slides of a European
trip, which he made in 1955
with laymen of the Methodist
Church from throughout Geor
gia, at the Prayer Service of
the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Chsrch on Wednes
day evening, October 10, at
seven o’clock. Dr. Hagood is the
District Superintendent of the
Atlanta - Decatur - Oxford Dis
trict of the Methodist Church.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend this service.
The Pilot Club
Meets Tonight
The regular business meeting
of the Pilot Club of Covington will
be held Thursday evening at the
Newton Board of Education Build
ing.
The Executive Board meeting
will be held at 6 15 P M. and the
regular business meeting will be
held at 7:30 P. M. Members are
asked to bring groceries for the
pantry shelf.
Mr. E. D. Whatley. They at
tended the general meeting a*
1:30, departmental meetings at
2:30 and affiliate meetings at
3:30.
More than two-thirds of the
nation’s total “tree farm” acre
age is located in 12 Southern
Pine producing states.
Officers of C, of C. for Year 1962-63
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COVINGTON-NEWTON COUNTY Chamber of Commerce officers for the ensuing year
are shown in the photo above taken at the First Annual Banquet Thursday evening at
Ficquett School Cafeteria. Seated, from left to right: John H. Hall, Executive-Directors
Bill Thompson, immediate past president: Ed Robinson, President; and James Hutchins.
Vice-President. Standing, left to right: Nat Turner, Alvin Rape, Bill Hoffman, S. J.
Morcock, E. G. Lassiter, Jr. and Bill McDowell, all members of the Board of Directors.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Neal McDonald
Succumbed al
Decatur Home
Mr. Belton O'Neal (Neal)
McDonald, Jr. died suddenly
on Tuesday night, September
11, 1962 at his home at 2560
Fowler Road, Decatur. He was
born in Henry County on July
21, 1918 and was the youngest
son of the late Mr. B O. Mc-
Donald and Mrs. Hattie Stew
art McDonald. At the time of
his death, he was a Sales Rep
resentative for Hix Green
Buick Company.
He was married to Miss Nel
lie Lou Spivey of Atlanta on
November 9. 1940. He was a
member of Hopewell A. R.
Presbyterian Church in Cov
ington.
Funeral services were held
on Friday morning, Septemh"r
14 at 11 o’clock at Ward's
Glenwood Chapel. Decatur.
Rev. W. Charles Goe and R*v.
Thomas White officiated. In
terment was in Resthaven
Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife,
three sons. Jimmy, Garry and
Eddie of Decatur; a brother,
Charles L. McDonald of At
lanta; two sister-in-laws. Mrs.
W. H. McDonald of Covington
and Mrs. Charles L. McDon
ald, Atlanta: three neohews,
Charles and David McDonald,
Atlanta and Wa’ter H. (Son
ny) McDonald, Covington two
pieces, Mrs. Tx»on Savage and
Miss Judy McDonald, Coving
ton; and a great-niece, Tammy
Savage, Covington; and many
relatives and friends.
We wish to express to his
family, loved ones and friends,
our sincere sympathy in this
time of great bereavement and
to a -ure th-'m that they have
our deepest love and our pray
ers.
Dr. Faulkner to
Be Guest Sneaker
On TV Friday
Dr Harry Faulkner, of Coving
ton. will appear as guest speaker
on the television program “THIS
IS OUR TOWN’’ Friday morning
October 5, at 7:00 a m.
The Program is sponsored un
der the auspices of “Greater
Atlanta Council of Churches’’.
Dr James P Wesberry. Pastor of
Morningside Baptist Church, will
be the moderator of the program.
Dr. Faulkner will discuss with
Mr. Linwood Beck, executive sec
retary of Georgia Heart Associ
ation. what has been accomplished
in the stroke program in Coving
ton and in Georgia.
Cake Sale »
The ladies of the North Coving
ton Methodist Church will have
home made cakes on sale at the
Newton County Fair on Friday
night. Funds are to go to North
Covington Methodist Church
NUMBER 40
Henry Fitzpatrick
Promoted to Capt.
N. Ga. Cadet Corp
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HENRY FITZPATRICK.
Cadet Henry Harris Fitzpatrick,
a North Georgia College Senior
from Covington, has been pro
moted to Captain in the Cadet
Corps tor the 1962 63 academic
year. He will serve as Command
ing Officer of Company “E”. This
promotion and assignment w a •
made by the Professor of Miliary
Science and was approved by th*
North Georgia College President.
Cadet Captain Fitzpatrick is ma
joring in Business Administration
at North Georgia College. He is
the son ot Mr. and Mrs. H H.
Fitzpatrick of 301 Conyers Street,
Covington.
Hitchcock Now
Empioyed by
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JOHNNY HITCHCOCK
Johnny Hitchcock, a recent
graduate of the North Georgia
Technical and Vocational
School with a special course in
electrical appliance servicing,
is now employed at Wood-
Dickinson Furniture Co. in
Covington as appliance repair
man.
Mr. Hi’chcock is also a grad
uate of Newton County H ’h
School and has lived in th«
county his entire life.