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Porterdale Methodist Church Homecoming Held Sunday
Rev. Walker Was Speaker.
Mrs. Budd, Wise Present
PORTERDALE — While the Rev. Henry Walker preached
of overcoming difficulties with faith, sunlight temporarily
burst through overhanging rain clouds to reassure members
and guests of the Julia A. Porter Memorial Methodist Church
that the Homecoming celebration underway on October 21
would be the usual, memorable
occasion with an -alfresco din
ner immediately following the
worship service.
The Rev. A. D. Whittemore,
pastor, extended a gracious
welcome to every guest. He
particularly recognized Mrs.
W. H. Budd, Sr. of Oxford,
Georgia, wife of the late Rev.
Budd who began his ministry
at this church by supplying
while still a student at Emory
at Oxford. Years later, shortly
after he became the regular
pastor of this church, he died
unexpectedly. Another recog
nition was that of Mrs. E. M.
Wise, wife of another former
pastor, who was loved and re
spected throughout his ministry
in Porterdale and whose ac
complishments were followed
with keen interest until his
death.
The Rev. Henry Walker and
hiz wife and daughter, Janice,
were also welcomed, Mr, Walk
er. another former pastor is
serving the First Methodist
Church in LaFayette, Georgia. |
A basket of mammoth white‘
chrysanthemums and gladioli
presented by the family beau-‘
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Mrs. J. 1. Cape’s
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Funera! services for Claudez
Wesley Johnson of Conyers will |
be held today (Thursday, October
25). at 2 p. m. at the Rockdale |
Baptist Church with Rev. Frank |
Welch and Rev. David Singleton
officiating. Interment will be in |
Ebenezer Methodist Church Ceme- |
tery. }
Surviving are his wife, M r s. |
C. W. Johnson, Conyers: daugh- |
ters. Mrs. Oscar Phillips, Forest |
Park: Mrs. John Zack Capes, Cov- |
ington; Mrs. J. H. Crowley, Mrs. |
Joe S. Maughon, Mrs. R. D. West- |
brook, Mrs. John White, all of
Atlanta; Mrs. Jo hn Allgood, |
Richmond, Virginia: sons, Henry
W. Johnson, Pine Lake; Jessie J.
Johnson, Conyers; John W. John- |
son, Redan: James D. Johnson,g
Kannapolis, North Carolina; sis- |
ters, Mrs. Mittie Fuller, Coving
ton; Miss Susie Johnson, Miss Co- |
ra Johnson, Conyers and 34 grand- |
children. !
The NEWS joins friends of the |
family in extending deepest sym
pathy to them in their sorrow. |
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OFFICIALS OF M. LOWENSTEIN & SONS, Inc. visited Covington Mill Monday. Shown
with George Jolley (right), vice-president and general manager of the Covington Mill,
are J. J. Lyons (left), president of the Grey Mills, and L. L. Lowenstein (center), chair
man of the board of the Lowenstein organization.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
| tified the sanctuary and hon
|ored the memory of the late
| Mrs. G. L. Dial, a faithful mem
ber, who passed away one
| year ago this day.
’| Os significant interest was
| the presentation to the audi
‘| ence of an oil painting of the
| church painted by Spence Da
| vis, twelve year old son of Mr.
{and Mrs. Truman Davis of Co
| lumbus, Georgia and grand
‘| son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Da
| vis of Porterdale. It was paint
|ed for his aunt, Mrs. Frances
| Whitesell, who will use it in
| her Sunday School eclassroom.
! Special music under the di
| rection of Neal Wheeler with
| Mrs. Milford Johnson as organ
ist, made real contributions to
the service. Mrs. Boyce Davis
of Atlanta rendered the solo
“He”. The Men’s Choir sang
“TI Don't Know Who Holds
Tomorrow”. The choir chose as
their special, “The Lord is My
Shepherd”.
Prefacing the points of em
phasis in his sermon, “Trium
ph Over Difficulties”, which
was based on Hebrews 12:1-20.
the Rev. Walker reiterated
“Nevertheless, God. . .”. |
' Many sons and daughters of
{ the church family found this
| a wonderful opportunity to re- |
new friendships and to wor
ship with their parents and
grandparents. Numerous form
er members and~friends par
ticipated in the fellowship and
spiritual renewal symbolic of
the occasion.
! From its eorganization in
| January 1904 to the present,
! this church has been a Strong
| hold of Christian Faith sun
],oort by dedicated and faithful
| members. That Miss Ethel Bel
| cher of Covington, one of the
joriginal four individuals,
| name'v, Mr. C. T. Lummus,
{Dr. E. H Adams, Rev. J. J.
| M. Mize, and she, who led the
{ congregation in launching a
| building program in 1924, was
| present, was noteworthv. For
}?hat building venture, the late
| Mr. James H. Porter contribut
'ed $67,000 in memory of his
{ mother, Mrs. Julia A. Porter,
| (for whom the church was
inamed).
| On the anniversary of its
| dedication which was -the third
iSunda,v in October 1925, it was
{ fitting to have ‘a thrilling, |
lheartwarming Homecoming, a
!visible reminder of the beacon
! which a church on a hill is.
’ During the afternoon, the
lMen‘s Choir presented an in
spirational concert.
Che @ouington News
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- J. W. Davis, 87, of Swainsboro,
died at Dublin Veterans Hospital
;Tuesda_v morning following two
Iweeks hospitalization after a fall.
lHe was a veteran of the Spanish
' American War, Funeral services
’were held Wednesday afternoon,
October 24, in Swainsboro.
| Among his survivors are hi s
wife, Mrs. J. W. Davis, Swains
‘boro and two sons residents of
Newton County, Mark Davis of
Covington and George Davis of
Manstield.
The NEWS joins friends of the
family in extending deepest sym
}pathy to them in their sorrow.
| ’
- Ficquett Honor
" Roll Announced
E. L. Ficquett School Honor
Rol! of the Seventh and Eigh
th Grades has been announced.
The following boys and girls
made A (93-100) the Ist 6
weeks on every subject and on
conduct.
Eighth Grade: Jimmy Alex
ander, George Barton, Philip
Johnson, Douglas Jolley, Ches
ter Parker, Wayne Rooks.
Seventh Grade: Mary Mar
garet Allgood, Becky Blair,
John Gregory, Danny Harwell,
Mary Lewis, Betsy Robinson,
Elaine Wood, Marcia Elizer,
Dianne Massey.
Mrs. Beasley
IS. Deasiey §
Funeral services for Mrs.
Susie B. Beasley of Covington,
were held Wednesday after
noon, October 24, at Wesleyan
Methodist Church with Rev.
Jimmy Mayo and Rev. M. L.
Arnold officiating.
Mrs. Beasley died at her
home at 212 Carroll' St. on
Tuesday. A native of Walton
County, she was 84 years old.
Surviving are four daugh
ters, Mrs. Herbert Ridgeway,
Bethlehem; Mrs. Walter Shep
ard, Rutledge; Mrs. Howard
Johnson, Covington; Mrs. Wod
die Johnson, Atlanta and 16
grandchildren.
Interment was in Lawnwood
Memorial Park, Covington,
with Caldwell and Cowan Fu
neral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Grandsons servedi
as pallbearers. |
The NEWS joins friends of‘:
the family in extending deep
est sympathy to them in their
SOTTOW, ]
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1962
Receives Distinguished Military Bar
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CADET CAPTAIN HENRY FILVZPATRICK of Covington
is shown at the North Georgia College Cadet Corps review
on Sunday, October 14, as he received the Distinguished Mil
itary Student Bar from Colonel Robert E. O'Brien, Jr., U. S.
Army. Cadet Fitzpatrick was presented the D. M. S. Award
for his outstanding academic and military record established
during the first three years at North Georgia College and
at the summer encampment at Fort Benning last summer.
Cadets graduating with the D. M. S. rating are eligible to
receive a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Regular
Army upon graduation. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Fitzpatrick of 301 Conyers Street, Covington.
fFrank Greerßeceives Housing
Distinguished Service Award
Frank H. Greer, Agency
Manager of the Federal Na
tional Mortgage Association’s
Atlanta Agency office, re
cently received the Housing
and Home Finance Agency’s
Distinguished Service Award.
Mr. Greer's selection was made
by FNMA president J. Stanley
Baughman. He was one of
seven chosen from approxi
mately 13,500 employees of the
highest award bestowed upon
an employee by the Agency.
In presenting the award in
the Interdepartmental Audi
torium, U, S. Housing
Administrator Robert C.
Weaver emphasized that Mr.
Greer’s “keen insight into hu
man nature, his sincere belief
in and concern for human re
lations, and his rare qualities
of technical knowledge and ad
ministrative ability, have guid
ed the FNMA Atlanta office to
exceptionally high levels of
over-all effectiveness and ef
ficency.”
He also pointed out that Mr.
Greer ‘“has demonstrated the
financial, administrative, and
Bridge Party
Tues. to Benefit
Guild Projects \
A Benefit Bridge Party. spon
sored by the Covington Service
Guild, will be held on Tuesday
night October 30 at seven-thirty
at the Elk's Club. Many attrac-%
tive and useful door prizes, as
well as favors and table prizes, |
will be given away during the
evening. |
Delicious refreshments are be
ing planned and everything will be
done to make this a gala, fun-fill
ed evening for all who attend. Tic- |
kets may be purchased by indi- |
viduals wishing to attend for $1.25
or a table may be reserved f or |
$5.00. All members of the Service |
Guild have tickets for sale. or they
may be purchased from Mr s.
Everett Pratt or Mrs. Godirey |
Trammell who are serving as co
chairmen for this event
Proceeds fr o m the Benefit
Bridge party will be used to sup
port the many worthwhile projects
of the club, among The Little Red
Schoolhouse kindergarten which
has served this community for 16
years and the Tallulah Falls'
School which is owned and op
erated by the Georgia Federation
of Women’s Clubs. |
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organizational skill necessary
to the successful accomplish
| ment of the various Federal
National Mortgage Associa
tion’s programs. As a result of
his efficient management, the
Atlanta Agency Office was re
cently selected as the base for
a full-scale study of the possi
bility of major technological
changes in FNMA’s work meth
lo_ds, procedures, and opera
| tions. Mr. Greer has also made
[an outstanding record in the
édevelopment of high morale
| among his work staff, in the
training and development of
| his personnel, and in the esta
| blishment of equal employ
| ment opportunities in the op
~eration of the Atlanta Office.”
. Mr. Greer's Federal service
| covers a span of 32 years, in
| cluding two years as an Army
| officer during World War L
'He joined the Reconstruction
| Finance Corporation in 1932,
| the year that Agency was
founded, and served RFC in
| progressively important and
| responsible capacities until
1950. In that year he came (O
PNMA as Manager of the At
lanta Office, a key position he
has held since then.
He is married to the former
Alma Davis, Newborn, and
lives in Avondale Estates near
| Atlanta. They are the parents
' of three children, all of whom
| are now grown. His hobby is
farming and he is active in the
| Kiwanis Club,
.
Mrs. Watkins 0
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Succumbs After
|
long liness
Mrs. Eudora S. Watkins, 91 of
Route 1, Covington, died at h e r
home on Saturday, October 20, af
ter a lingering illness. Funeral
services were held Sunday alter
noon at Snapping Shoals Methodist
Church with Rev. Carl Standard
and Rev. John A. Hoard officiat
ing.
Surviving are one daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. O. C. Tomlin, Coving
ton; brother, Ostella Sockwell, Li
thonia; grandchildren, Mr. a n d
Mrs. Simon P. Smith, Mr. a n d
Mrs. Watson Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
James Sims, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Tomlin, Mr. and Mrs. Clark L.
Tomlin, all of Atlanta; Mr. and
Mrs. Herman C. Fincher, College
Park, and 14 great-grandchildren.
Interment was in Lawnwood
Cemetery, Covington, with J. C.
Harwell and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serving
as pallbearers were Billy Veal,
Jchn Weldon, Calvin Knox, J. C.
Amerson, Conrad Reynolds and
Lamar Jenkins.
The NEWS joins the friends of
the family in extending deepest
sympathy to them in their sorrow,
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[ Halloween Carnival
At Heard Mixon
i Friday at 6:30
| A Halloween Carnival will
%be held at the recreation build
ling at Heard Mixon on Friday,
| October 26, beginning at 6:30.
Games to be enjoyed are
fishing pond, bingo, fortune
telling, cake walk, horror house
and concession,
Evervone is invited to come
out and enjoy the Carnival,
Livingston Carnival
Friday StartssPM
Livingston School P-TA will
hold its annual Halloween Car
nival, Friday, October 26th, It
will begin at 5 p. m. and supper
will be served.
The carnival is expected to
be bigger and better than ever 1
ag many new games will be
added this year, |
Final Tabulation
Senatorial Vote
The final tabulation of votes
in the 45th Senatorial Dlsl,rmt]
showed that Brooks Penning
ton, Jr. polled 5,856 and o
Otis Nixon 2,462, |
This was the total in the five‘
counties, 1
Veterans Leaders View VA Hospital Model
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Pete Wheeler, Director of the Georgia Department of Veterans Service, and Hugh
Howell, Jr., member of the Veterans Service Board, view a model of the new 280-bed
VA hospital to be construcied near Emory University in Atlanta next year,
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
j Southern Half ‘
' Newton County
- Closed Deer Hunt |
Georgia Game and Fish Com-i
mission voted Tuesday at regular
| meeting not to open the South
ern half of Newton County to deer
hunting this year.
| It should be noted that license
| will show that Newton County is
!npen. but that has been rescinded
lb_v the action of the Game and
Fish Commission Tuesday.
They gave as the reasons for[
the closing of Newton County area
| as: |
t (1) Not enough deer. ?
(2) Level as land is the high
| powered rifles are to dangerous.
| (3) Proximity of Boy Scout
%Camp and FFA-FHA Camp in this
| area. ;
’ Fall Festival
' Friday at Palmer
. Stone School
i Palmer Stone P-TA will
sponsor a Fall Festival, Friday,
fOctober 26, at 7 o'clock. There
iwil! be a door prize and some
of the attractions will be bingo,
| fish pond, cake walk, and the
‘spook house. It will be held at
| the school.
There will be a concession
stand so everyone come out and
enjoy supper together.
Mrs. John Tafe
Died, LaG
led, Lavrange
Mrs. John B. Tate or 801
| Vernon Street, LaGrange, died
October 22. She was the wife
of Dr. John B. Tate who has
been platform director at Sa
‘lem Campground for the past
several years.
| Surviving besides her hus
band are two sons, Rev, John
B. Tate Jr., Gordonsville, Vir
ginia; Rev. Sidney §S. Tate,
Powder Springs, Arkansas; two
sisters, Mrs. Ernest Moss, Win
field, Alabama; Mrs. E. J. Not
tingham 111, Fieldale, Virginia;
{wo brothers, Stewart Spring
field, Siloam, Arkansas; Rev.
Thaxton Springfield, Gaines
| ville, Florida.
! Funeral services were held
' Wednesday afternoon at the
First Methodist Church in La-
Grange with graveside services
to be held Thursday (foday) at
11 a.m. at Westview Cemetery,
Atlanta. Rev. Bevel Jones, Dr.
Lester Rumble and Dr. Waights
G. Henry Jr. officiated at the
services, |
The NEWS joins a large cir
cle of friends in extending
deepest sympathy to the family
in their sorrow. |
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
NUMBER 43
Rules Committee
At Convention
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W. D. BALLARD
Newton County Representae
tive Donald Ballard was named
to the State Democratic Rules
Commitiee at Macon on Wed
nesday of last week when the
State Convention was held.
The eight-man committee
was composed of Arthur Bol
ton of Griffin, chairman; Roy
Kelley of Monticello; Frank
Twitty of Camilla; W. Donald
Ballard of Covington; George
Busbee of Albany; James Dar«
by of Vidalia; Bill Towson of
Dublin; William T. Preston of
Monroe, and Barry Wright of
Rome,
Rep. Ballard was named feo
the committee at the request
of Governor -~ Nominate Carl
Sanders.
Delegates from Newton
County to the coavention were
as follows:
Charles King, Jr, A. K
Hays, Sr., Luther Carson, Fred
Greer, Wilbur Jones, Nat Turn
er, W. T. Greer, W, J. Dingus,
Jr.,, J. T. Owens, C, H, Berry,
Jr., G. H. Dobbs, James Ander=
son, James N. Dobbs, W, C,
Bouchillon, Jr., Steve Polk, A,
S. Ellington, W. C. Bouchillon,
Sr., D. T, Vaughn, Mrs. Don
Wood, Sr. and Larry Greer,
P-TA Carnival at
Mansfield School
Wednesday Night
A Halloween Carnival will
be held at the Mansfield School
gymnasium Wednesday night
October 31 from 6 wuntil 9
P.M,
The floor show will be une
der the direction of Mrs. Mel
ba Spears at 8:30 o'clock, Door
prizes will be given.
The eveni is sponsored by
the Mansfield P-TA in cooper
ation with the Mansfield Lions
Club. Proceeds to be used. for
the benefit of the school.