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Covington is alive with meet
ings this week. Each club,
both civic and patriotic begins
a New Year. This goes for ali
Newton County! Challenging
projects! Goals to be met and
“ever-the-tap” in every pro
ject is the slogan of our dedi
cated people. If every County
in the nation, with the hearts
of the people, throbbing to
gether as one unit, worked as
diligently as Newton County
. . . w’hat a wonderful world
this would be!
Churches are filled! The
New Year for Christ! Sunday
School Classes are bulging!
Leaders are providing chal
lenging new materials, which
have put a new interest in real
dedicated work. Y’es, we are
growing spiritually, and this is
what makes, not only better
living conditions, but a com
munity in which people like to
come and LIE.V The Churches
make a good barometer for
those seeking a place to rear
their children; a place to retire:
and a place to “Love thy neigh
bor as they-self.”
The Schools of Newton
•re the best! Christian, dedi
cated and learned teachers!
Schools, and College here, turn
out Christian men and women,
because of Christian leader
ship. Sure we are “tooting our
own horn” . . . because we
really have something, not to
just brag about, but something
to be eternally grateful for.
Ride around Covington and
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Stroke Clinic
Meets Friday
The first session of the Fall
Stroke Program will meet Fri
day, November 9 form 1:00 un
til 3:00 P. M. at the Covington
City Hall. All interested per
sons are urged to attend There
will be 8 important sessions.
The clinic will then be closed,
to be reopened in the Spring.
It is important that stroke
patients and members of their
family attend all 8 sessions.
Tire four local funeral homes
have volunteered to assist non
ambulatory patients in need of
transportation. If you require
s stretcher, call the funeral
home of your choice.
If you are ambulatory but
have no means of transporta
tion. cal] the Newton County
Health Department, telephone
786-2690.
Bill Simmons Has
Been Hospitalized
Friends of Bill Simmons,
owner and manager of Bill’s
Truck Stop and Restaurant in
Covington, regret to learn of
his recent hospitalization at
Georgia Baptist Hospital in At
lanta.
He is expected to return to
his home in the near future.
His many friends and acquain
tances wish for him a speedy
recovery.
Newton County Mental Health Study Groups Hear Dr. Stubbs
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DR- TRAWICK STUBBS of Atlanta, emphasizes a point during his speech
at a meeting of the Newton County Mental Health Association recently
at Covington City Hall court room. Dr. Stubbs was one of the featured
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BEEr JD TAX REVALUATION VOTED DOWN
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3-Ac Play, Variety Show For Benefit Os Band
"Marriage or Mortgage"
Is Hilarious Production
Newton Countians will again have an opportunity to
enjoy another joint production by the Newton Community
Theater and the Band Boosters Club.
This gala production, which
has become an annual event,
will be “Marriage or Mort
gage”. a very mellow drama,
which is a play in three acts
with variety numbers. “Mar
riage or Mortgage”, written by
Eddie Najjar and directed by
Mr. Najjar and Mary Lucy Cal
laway, will be presented on
Thui’sday, Nov. 15th at 8 P. M.
at the Newton High Auditor
ium for the benefit of the New
ton High Blue Rambler Band.
The original plan for this
joint production was to be
three one act plays, but because
of the tremendous popularity
of “Snowdrift and the Seven
Flakes" it was decided to pro
duce another similar show.
A men’s ballet and ladies’
chorus with new routines will
be include* by popular de
mand. And a spectacular square
dance number will entertain
1 young and old alike.
The same successful combi
nation which delighted the
Snowdrift audience, that of
Mary Lucy Callaway in charge
of choreography, and Gail Co
wan in charge of sets, will be
on hand.
“Marriage or Mortgage" will
again feature home town ta
lent, and the cast includes: Pa
i and Ma Moonbeam, played by
Belty Knight and Joe Guille
beau: Maisie Moonbeam, their
daughter, Gloria Rigney; Vic
tor Vulture, Leo Mallard; Pure
heart Pete, Bill Travis: Elvis,
his brother, Walker Campbell;
I Catt Dillon, Ed Dechau; Miss
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Heard-Mixon
Supper Date
Is Changed
Du 3 to the conflict v’ith the
Boys Scout Banquet on Nov
i ember 15, the Heatd Mixon
P-TA has changed the date of
their Turkey Supper, Novem
ber 15 to November 29. The
supper will be served from 5
until 8:30 p m
Those who have already
purchased tickets, please
change the date on your ticket
from November 15 to Novem
ber 29.
Or ffinuingtim Krmsr
Pancake Supper
Friday Night at
NCHS Cafeteria
Covington Rotary (Tub
will stage their Annual Pan
cake Supper Friday evening.
November 9th at the Newton
High Cafeteria from 5 until
8 p. m.
The supper, always a high
light of the football season,
preceding a home game, will
offer a delicious meal to the
family just before the Ram-
Monroe game Friday. This is
the last game of the 1962
season for the Rams.
Tickets are now on sale
by members of the Rotary
Club. 75 cents for adults and
50 cents for children.
Mrs. Patterson
To Speak at
Kiwanis Meet
Members of the Kiwanis
Club of Covington will get a
first-hand report of the opera
tion of the United Nations
Thursday at 1 o'clock at Le
gion Home when Mrs. R H.
Patterson of Covington tells of
her recent trip to New York.
She will be introduced at the
meeting by Homer Sharp pro
gram chairman.
Mrs. Patterson visited t.he
United Nations during the heat
of the Cuban crisis, as a mem
ber of the Woman’s Club of
Georgia group who visited the
UN.
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Kiwanians and Kiwaniannes
enjoyed a delightful Ladies
Night banquet and program
Thursday evening at the E. L
Fiquett School Cafeteria.
After the banquet dinner of
roast turkey and all the trim
mings, Rucker Ginn introduced
the “featured performer” on
the program. He was “Windy”
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speakers during a local studj course "Action For Mental Health." The
final session was held Thursday. The picture above shows part of the
study group who were present for the session.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1962
Prize Winners at Halloween Costume Parade in Covington
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PRIZE WINNERS at the Halloween Costume Parade, spon
sored by the Covingion-Newton County Chamber of Com
merce. are shown in the picture above. From left to right:
Lyda Jean Griffin, best costumed girl (devil): Mrs. Elizabeth
Norton, best all around costume, grand prise winner (Negro
mammy): Kent Griffin, youngest (cat): Teresa Walden,
scarriest (convict): Betsy Norton and Sandta Reynolds, best
Georgia Bapfcl
Meet in Macon,
ATLANTA — The 141st ses
sion of the Georgia Baptist
Convention meets in the Mabel
White Baptist Church, Macon,
Nov. 12-14. Dr. Searcy S.
Garrison, Atlanta. Executive
Secretary-Treasurer of the
Gorgia Baptist Convention, an
। nounced today.
The convention is expected to
attract some 3,000 Georgia
Baptist ministers, their wives,
| and lay leaders in church
groups, for the three-day ses-
I sion in the 2.000 seat capacity
Macon church.
The convention proper gets
under way Monday evening.
Nov. 12th, at 7:15 p. m. and
sessions continue through the
evening of Nov. 14th.
A series of pre-convention
meetings is scheduled for
Monday. Meetings Monday in
clude a meeting of the Excut
ive Committee of the Georgia
Baptist Convention, a meeting
Convention Io
November 12-14
of the Georgia Baptist Pastor's
Conference a meeting of the
Ministers Wives Conf< enee of
the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion.
The meetings Monday after
noon will conclude with ban
quets for the groups which will
adjourn for to the Mabel White
Church for the opening session
of the convention.
Speakers for the convention
this year include outstanding
Georgia and Southern Baptist
leaders. Among them are: Dr.
Rufus C. Harris, President,
Mercer University, Macon. Ga ;
Dr. James L. Sullivan. Execut
ive Secretary-Treasurer, Sun
day School Board. Southern
Baptist Convention, Nashville,
Tenn.; Dr. Porter Routh, Exe
cutive Secretary-Treasurer,
Executive Committee. Southern
Bapt.st Convention, Nashville,
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couple (highland lassies): Tim Lover®, "stinkiest" (skunk):
Mrs. F. H. Wright, oldest (Little Med Biding Hood's grand
mother); Malisa Norton, best storybook character (Little
Red Riding Hoed): Marcie Robertson, best nursery rhyme
character (Little Ao Peep); Charles Reb^rtson, best <J*>iu®ed
boy (Pirate).
1 Bloodmobile at
Porterdale Fri.
II AM to 6 PM
PORTERDALE — One hun
dred and twenty-two pints of
blood will restore Newton
County to its former status in
the Red Cross Blood Program.
This can be accomplished ONLY
if interested citizens visit the
Red Cross Bloodmobile at the
Anderson Building in Porter
dale on Friday, November 9
The hours will be f'nm eleven
A. M to six o'clock P. M.
Through the facilities of the
Mobile unit visits which total
400 during a year and dona
tions in the Greater Atlanta
Region, 50,000 pints of blood
yearly are accumulated to
meet the multiple needs as they
arise. This blood supplies the
necessary blood which modern
medical practice requires for
patients in the 65 Civilian and
Government Hospitals in the
Greater Atlanta Region. It al
so replaces blood received by J
residents of this area in many
Unofficial Tabulation of Newton County Vote
Beer Tax Rev 4faaH*n Cntt Heus*
Fer Against Fac AfUlmt New RenwMN A« la
S’^aails 52 75 W I 32 ^72
Hrs DjgVict 25 48 19 6 11 49
LdfUinH 21 87 42 til 24~ "70
A 44 74 13
Mansfield 76 20 3 11 74
Porterdale 217 267 U 5 60 264
Brick Store 24 26 14 16 77 "35
'ers 26 106 102 12 19 69
Newborn 21 14 41 | 4 44
Oxford 99 13 42
Downs 24 38 14 47 7 4 43
Rocky Plains 30 32 73 11 15 74
Covington City 750 691 759 652 365 344 634
Covington Mills 44 80 39 81 37
Gut 18 32 10 7 4
1 10 11 14 i) 1 ' je
Totals 1409 1853 1291 1901 629 632 1723
Tabulation of the voting on the Constitutional Amendments was not completed in time
for this week’s Covington News.
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READERS WEEKLY
hospitals throughout the Unit
ed States.
Any healthy person between
the ages of 18 and 59 is eligi
ble and furthermore, is urged
to contribute.
Only a few minutes is re
; quired to make a life saving
contribution. It could save
' your own life or that of your
neighbor or friend.
Poppy Day Set
Hore Saturday
Poppy Day and Veterans
Dav will be observed in Cov
ington and Newton County
on Saturday, November 10,
with the sale of Poppies on
the square, by the American
Legion Auxiliary. The slogan
for this year is, “From the
heart of the poppy flows lite
to the VMerM”.
Each and everyone is ask
ed to pIMMe rcMrwber I hit
date Mid purchase a pupf'
from one of (he ladiM on the
square on November 10. and
in this mMCrr help the dis
abled Vet era iM in Mie
ernwat hoJpUah.
NUMBER 43
2 Court House
Proposab Abo
Voted Down
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NeWliW County was defealttg
at the polls Tuesday in a coun
ty-wide refereagum. Also two
proposals fwr building and re
modeling a court house were
also v<led KeV A in the elect An.
I ’fe^day WM tJn- general
Acetic® over the county M
M<'ll as tl,n- state. All De nocra-
! tic nogiinqgF were g.ven a
j mSnlWre complimentary vote
iM N'i*Wi County.
locally ttwo rejH c ;enta
tiv®> ttt thf) Qjprgia house
repre#nt^ives from Nev ija
C&inty ®ill be incumbent IK.
D. (Donald) Ballard ami Jack
II Moria, ll The Sc^tor-
I lal ri pjciji illative in the Sen
wte will br R.'oof Fennington,
Jr of » The 45th com
prises Newton, Morgan, Wal-
I ton. Putnam and Jasper coun
, ties.
Much stimulating interest in
the local election involving
the beet and tax revaluation
questions brought out some
3.300 persons Tuesday to the
। polls at the 16 voting places.
I Voting against the licensing for
beer in the county were a to
tal of 1,853 persons. The vote
for the proposal was 1,409
Tax revaluation over the
county had a tabulation of
, 1,901 votes against the pro
posal. while 1.291 voted for ths
revaluation program.
। The third proposal in re
i gards to the court house saw
lan overwhelming number of
' people cast their ballot for
■ the present court house with
1 necessary repairs. Some 629 fa
j ■ o ed building a now $400.00q
' building, while 632 were in fa
vor of remodeling the present
structure at a cost of about
$150,000.
The voting on 15 Constitu
tional Amendments was not
completed at Ordinary Donald
i Stephenson’s office in lime for
• the results to be carried in
| The News this week.
The vote tabulation on the
। local questions is given else
-1 where in the News today.
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