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VOLUME 98
Robert H. Bush,
B .
Tulimesgman,
Robert Henry Bush. 539, died
suddenly at his home on Mid
dlebrooks Sireet on Thursday,
October 4. He was a native of
Barbour County, Alabama, but
had made his home in Coving
ton for the past 30 years., He
was owner and operator of
Bush Welding Company and
had made many friends here
during his years in public busi
ness.
Funeral services were held
Saturdav morning, October 6.
at the Chapel of Harwell Fun
eral Home with Rev. Edgar
Callaway and- Rev. Hudson
Moody officiating. li.terment
was in Clayton Cemetery, Clay
ton, Alabama with J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers werée Bryvant
Steel, Joe Hunt Sr., Joe Hunt
Jr., Clint Patrick, Oscar Par
nell and H, O. Whelchel.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Hightower Bush, daugh
ter, Miss Peggy Bush, brother
John Bush, all of Covington
and one sister, Mrs. Emmett
Teal of Clayton, Alabama.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in ex
tending deepest sympathy Lo
them in their sorrow.
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State-Wide Rec
Plan Discussed
At Macon Met
““A Statewide Recreation Pro
gram for Georgia” will be the
central theme as 400 persons from
throughout the state gather at
Macon on Sunday, Oct. 28. for
the four-day 18th annual confer
ence of the Georgia Recreation
Society. John H. Davis, of Dalton,
president of the Society. said
sirong emphasis will be placed on
workshop reports, and a total of
65 recreation leaders. several of
them nationally known, will be on
the program.
Registration is scheduled for §
p. m. Sunday. and one of the
Sunday night features will be a
fashion show presented by the
Warner Robins Recreation depart
ment. Mr. Davis will serve as
chairman of the session on Mon
dav, and Edgar H. Wilson, mayor,
city of Macon, will welcome - the
group.
A special program for wives of
delegates has been arranged. One
of the program features will be a
tour of Robins Air Force Base
Monday. Oct. 29.
Belk-Gall Has Remodeled Its S F in Covi
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The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
[ Motor Bikes to
- Help Speedup
l Mail Delivery
| We are informed by the Post!
| Office that the Postmastec-l
| General is furnishing the Cov
;ingzon Post Office with 4 motor
| bikes to speed up the delivery
lof mail in the city of Coving
| ton.
g Postmaster E. L. Stephenson
;fee]s that these bikes will bel
|of great benefit in delivering|
| mail more speedily to the var-|
:ious sections of our city. }
! Todava Ki\ganis’
1 Newton County High Y clubs
| will provide the program at the
iCovington Kiwanis Club todav'
i(Thursda_v) it 1 "B Sti
:Legion Home. The program
| chairman for the day is Robert{
10, Arnold. {
| Presidents of the four Y|
| clubs at NCHS and two of the|
{ faculty advisors will be pre-l
|sent at the club meeting today.
| Presidents of the various clubs |
lare: Gamma Tri-Hi-Y, Cindy
{ Richardson; Senior Tri-Hi-Y,
tßosemary Smith: Alpha Tri
{Hi-Y, Judy Lassiter; and Hi-Y,
iMacon Stephenson. Mrs. Ronald |
| Cook, advisor for the Alpha |
{group, and Mrs. Henry Fitz-|
ipatrick. advisor for the Gamma
group, will be at the meeting.
{lnlroduct‘lon of the Y clubbers
{will be handled by Homer F.|
| Sharp, Supervising Principal of |
NCHS. !
Plaques will be awardodfi
during the program by Mr.
lArnold. I
! * . - » {
! Operation of the Kiwanis club
| Swimming Pool was the subject |
{for the regular weekly meetingg
!of the club Thursday at Legioni
Home. Fred Harwell, club chair~|
| man of the poll, was in charge of |
| the program. ;
| Mr. Harwell introduced those |
'who have helped with the pro- |
gram during the past year. They
lincluded Donald Stephenson, sec
'retary and treasurer; S. M. Hay,
who had charge of raising money
for pool repairs; H. O. Whelchel.‘
Jr.. maintenance engineer; and!
L. G. Carney, pool manager for |
the past season. |
| In the reports it was statedi
'that some $3,792 had been spent |
'on repairs generally and that a|
new filtering system had been in- |
| stalled this year. More needed |
repairs are to be made before theg
pool opens for the 1963 season, it
was announced. :
Two visitors attended the meet- |
ing Thursday. They were Col. C.ll
D. Strickland, an attorney at law |
' who has moved to Covington: and |
| Gordon Burnett of the Circle K|
| Club at Emory-At-Oxford. |
Che Unuingfon News
' ild “ “ Held ot H f Mrs. Jim Purcell |
Service Guild “Hat Party” Held at Home of Mrs. Jim Purce |
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COVINGTON SERVICE GUILD “Hat Party” was held at
the home of Mrs. Jim Purcell Thursday and Friday. This
picture shows one of the customers Mrs. Helen Dickinson
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| Mrs. Summers
Funeral Held
1 |
Tues. Afternoon
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', Mrs. Nora B. Summers of
Sunny Drive, Covington, died
|on October 8, at a private hos
|pital after a lingering illness.
| Funeral services were held
tTuesday, October 9, at the Cha
| pel of Caldwell and Cowan
i Funeral Home with Rev. A. D.
| Whittemore and Rev, Lamar
| Phillips officiating. She was a
| member of the First Methodist
lChurch in Covington.
Surviving are two sisters,
’Mx's. Thomas J. Pierson, Por
| terdale; Mrs. L. C. Rogers,
!Covington and several nieces
| and nephews. |
| Interment was in Lawnwood
| Memorial Park with Caldwell
|and Cowan Funeral Home in
| charge of arrangements. Serv
|ing as pallbearers were Bobby
| Smith, Roy Bowie, A. J. Smith,
| Ardell Payne Jr., Marvin Wells
and Wilton Cheek. The family
| requested no flowers be sent,
:and those desiring to make con
| tributions to the Cancer Fund.
| The NEWS joins the many
| friends of the family in ex
r‘itending deepest sympathy to
them in their sorrow.
off the Public Square the store has two floors of merchan
dise for all members of the family.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1962
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Newton High ‘Y
Club Members
Attend Caravan
Thirty-four Newton County
Y members and three advisors
attended the Y Caravan on
Wednesday evening, September
26. The purpose of the Cara
van was to instruct the offi
cers with their duties for the
coming year. Some nine clubs
from the Northeast District
were present.
The representatives from the
separate clubs and their advi
sors assembled together in the
auditorium of the Social Circle
High School. Secretary, Dave
Jordan, introduced the new
District officers and recognized
different club advisors. He
gave the group directions and
dismissed them for their def
ferent discussion groups.
The president and advisors
met together and the other club
officers were divided into class
es according to their jobs.
There they received helpful in
formation on fulfilling their
duties as officers.
After these classes, the rep
resentatives again assembled
in the auditorium. Here, Mr.
Bill Fulford gave requirements
for representation at the Youth
Assembly. Then slides were
shown explaining the ten point
'system. After the showing of
receiving attention from Mrs. F. C. Nesbit and Mrs. Edgar
Callaway (right), president of the Service Guild. A portion
of the hats are shown in the photo.
Meadors Rites \
Mrs. Posey (Georgette) Mea
dors of Route 4, Covington,
died suddenly at her home on
Thursday, October 4. She was a
native of Waynesville, North
Carolina. She was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church
in Covington.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, October 6, at the
Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home with Rev. T. J. White
and Rev. Robert Blackshear
officiating at the services.
Surviving are her mother,
Mrs. V. G. Hudson of Selma,
Alabama; husband, R. Posey
Meadors, Covington and an
aunt, Miss Margaret Gardner,
Selma, Alabama.
Interment was in Salem
Campground Cemetery witn
S. J. Morcock, Fred Harwell,
Frank Meadors, Donald Step
henson, Dr. E. W. Exley and J.
A. Kitchens serving as pall
bearers. J. C. Harwell and ‘Son
Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deepest
sympathy to them in their
SOITOW. i
|
Petroleum engineering stu
dents at Southwestern Louisl
ana University are drilling a
1,000 - foot well on the cam
pus for use in laboratory and
experimental work, according
to Oil Facts. The oil industry
donated the equipment.
these slides, the group was dis
missed with the recording of
the Rock Eagle Choir singing
their benediction.
‘ i ling of Front A
| Ginn Motor Company Comnletes Remodeling of Front Area
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| modeled with a new showroom and attractive enirance
Pole Building
Clinic at Newton
High Tuesday
| Farmers, are you interested
|in pole building construction?
| The latest information a n 3
the actual construction of a
pole building will be given dur
| ing a clinic to be held at New
| ton Co. High vocational agri
| culture department beginning
'r Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7:30 P. M.
| Another meeting will be held
'l on Wednesday and the pole
ihuilding will be constructed ail
|| day on Thursday, on the farm
,-sos H. M. Pulliam located at
|| Jackson Highway.
- HE M, o Pulliam and . D,
! Smith, vocational agriculture
| teachers, will be assisted by Ro
{ bert Allen, area teacher, in
conducting th clinic.
v
Tri-County
g
Sale Report
; Tri-County Livestock Auc
| tion Company sold 410 head of
}('attle, 8 hogs and 24 sheepl
| Monday for a total of $35,949.-
| 55. Milk cows and springex's{
]topped at $242.50; baby calves
at $33.00 and stockers at $l9O.
j Price ranges were: calves,
[517.00 to $28.25; heifers, $14.-
150 to $24.25; steers, $19.00 to
1526.50; light bulls, $19.00 to
is24‘oo; heavy bulls, $14.25 to
t 518450: canners, $9.00 to $11.25;
| cutters, $11.50 to $12.75; fat
(cows, $13.00 to $16.30; and}
[hogs, $15.00 to $17.10. |
| There were 133 shippers and
| 65 buyers, including 9 packers“
{ The 1962 Georgia peanut
Lcrop is estimated at 531,000,000
Ipounds. down four percent|
{from last year, according to|
lthe Georgia Crop Reportingi
Service.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
- DCT Barbeque
October 19th
} The D.C.T. Club at this time
‘wishes to extend a cordiai in- !|
vitation to the public to atiend i |
the Annual D.C.T. Barbeque. |
This will be held in the New- |
ton High School cafeteria pre- |
ceding the Newton - Hapeville |
game, which is Newton's Home- '
coming game, on October 19.
The barbeque will be served
from 5:00 to 7:30.
The tickets are $1.25 and 75
cents in advance and will be
ISI.Sn and SI.OO at the door.
Tickets can be purchased from
'any P.C.T. student. The bar
beque is being prepared by Mr.
Bud Hackett,
Joyce Brooking
Reporter
‘ Troyanne Thigpen |
| Honored for High
Merit Examination
Troyanne C. Thigpen, a sen
{ior at Newton County High
School hag been honored for
her high performance on t h e
National M e r i t Scholarship
| Qualifying Test (NMSQT) giv
en last spring. She has received
a formal Letter of Commenda
| tion by Principal H, F. Sharp
and the president of the Na
tional Merit Scholarship Cor
poration.
The National Merit Scholar
ship Corporation gives recog
nition to two groups of stu
dénts who achieve high scores
| on the NMSQT. The Semifinal
' { ist group is composed of t h e
| highest - scoring students in
| each state and in U. S. terri
| tories, Some 11,000 Semifinal
| ist will take a second examina
.| tion in December to establish
s | further their eligibility to re
| ceive Merit Scholarships.
i To increase their opportun
> | ities to obtain financial assis
1| tance if they need it, the Merit
1| Corporation sends the name:,
t | home addresses, and test scores
of all Commended students to
.| the two colleges they indicated
2| as their preferred choices at
- | the time they took the qualify
1| ing test. Other special services
are also performed by NMSC
in an effort to increase the scn
larship opportunities of Com
mended students and Semi
finalists.
The Commended students
were among ile high school
juniors in more than 16,000
schools who took the NMSQt
| last March. The test is a three
| hour examination that covers
| five separate areas of educa
' tional development. It was the
| first step in the eighth annual
' | Merit Program.
- Scholarship awards are made
| from the resources of the Na
| tional Merit Scholarship Cor
| poration and through sponsor
y{ing business corporations,
| foundations, unions, associa
| tions, and individuals.
| New York — Thousands of
i glass marbles are being drop
| ped into sluggish oil wells to
| help improve production, ac
cording to Oil Facts. The mar
| bles form a plug at the bottom,
) after which sand, chemicals
| and water are pumped under
| pressure through the casing to
| loosen nearby oil-bearing for
mations.
the main new features of the local Chovrc;lot dealer. Shown
above is the completed work. : -
NUMBER 41
Frank B. Turner
- .
To Receive Ensign
Commission Oct. 26
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FRANK TURNER
Frank B. Turner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nat Turner of Covington, will
receive an KEnsign's commission
in the U. §. Navy at Newport,
ißhndo Island on October 26th
;fmm Navy Officer Candidate
' School
‘l After 10 days leave he will fly
| to the Mediterranean to be assigne
led to a Destroyer serving the
INATO countries.
| The home base of his ship will
;bc Mayport, Florida.
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|
Howard Latty
\ R pe .
Rosary Meefing
| Howard ULatty, Fxecutive Ace
| countant with Merrill, Lynch. Pies
| rce, Fenner and Smith, of Atlanta,
,i“ns guest speaker at Covingtom
| Rotary Club's Tuesday meeting
| held at the Teen-Can.
: Rotary President Bill Hoffman
[ cordially welcomed members and
immsls. and presented E. G. Las~
| siter, the day's program chair
‘m:m
‘ Mr. Latty, introduced by Chaire
;m;m Lassiter, gave a most intere
iesting resume of the operation of
[the stock market, and showed a
| film entitled, “How to Buy
i Stocks”'.
| During the brief business sese
{ gion the club endorsed the Newtom
tCmml,v Junior Chamber of Come
| merce's drive for county taxe
| equalization,
l Rotary guests for the weekly
inmnting were: the Rev., John
| McNeal, guest speaker at the
| current Presbyterian Revival;
Jack McGiboney, Brooks Penninge
| ton of Madison, and Donald Mit«
{chell, W. T. Grant’s manager,
. COVINGTON
. TEMPERATURES
| Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
E Hizh Low
| Wed. - Oct. 3 74 67
| Thurs. Oct. 4, 78 64
| Fri. Oct. 5 70 4
[ Sat. Oct. 6, 82 57
I'H‘n«\ Oet. 1. 85 60
| Mon. Oct. 8, 84 62
| Tues. Oct. 9, 79 61