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Legion Birthday, Veterans Day Banquet
Auxiliary Is Hostess For
Event; Gen. Hearn Speaker
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit Ino. 32 will honor
the American Legion Monday evening, November 12. at the
Legion Home at 7:30 p. m., celebrating the 45th birthday of
the American Legion and Veterans Day.
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GEN. HEARN
Mrs. Chesnut
Interred at
Honewell, Sun.
Mrs. W. S. (Vernie Stewart)
Chesnut of RED Covington,
died on Friday. November 2, at
a private hospital after an ill
ness of about six months. She
was a native of Henry County
and at the time of her death
was 66 years old. Until ill
health forced her retirement. |
she was an active member of
Hooewell Presbyterian Church. I
Funeral services were held:
Sundav afternoon. November
4. at Hopewell A R.P. Church
with Rev. T. M. Mcßride of
ficiating.
fie ! ating.
Surviving are six brothers.
Jo in .1. Stewart. Will T. Ste
wart, Riley Stewart. Ray Ste
wart. Joe Stewart, Hugh Ste- j
wart, two sisters. Mrs. Grier
Chesnut, Miss Martha Jane
Chesnut, all of Covington and
three nephews William Tho
mas Chesnut, Franklin Stewart
and Charles Stewart.
Interment was in Hopewell
Cemetery, near Covington,
with J. C. Harwell and Son
Funeral Home in charge of ar-1
rangements. Serving as pall-’
bearers were Franklin Stewart, i
Charles Stewart, Aubry Har
vey. C. S. Chesnut, Edward I
Chesnut and Stewart Thomp
son.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extend
ing deepest sympathy to them
in their sorrow.
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RAMSEY FURNITURE COMPANY has completed its first
phase of a remodeling program, wnich includes a portion
of their store front shown in the picture above. Ramsey
The Covington enterprise, established in 1864 — The Covington Star, established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, established in 1953
A dinner meeting will pre
cede the meeting, after which
Georgia Adjutant General
George Hearn will be the prin
cipal speaker. He will be intro
duced by Past Commander of
Post 32 Charles C. King, Jr.
President of local Auxiliary
Unit is Mrs. Dan Clower. Com
mander of Post 32 American
Legion is Lewis White.
Since Veterans Day comes on
Sunday this year the annual
parade will not be held, Legion
officials have announced.
A special “Veterans Day”
radio program sponsored by the
Georgia Department of Vete
rans Service will be broadcast
by stations throughout Georgia
on Sunday, November 11, it is
announced by Pete Wheeler,
Director of the Georgia De
partment of Veterans Service.
The 15-minute program,
w’hich will feature the state
commanders of all the seven
major veterans organizations
of Georgia, will be broadcast by
most stations at 11:00 a. m. —
the exact anniversary of the
signing of the Armistice of
World War I.
The program is but one of
numerous “Veterans Day” pro
grams this weekend. Because
the holiday falls on Sunday,
some communities will have
special events on Saturday,
November 10, while Monday,
November 12, has been de
। dared an official state holiday.
Wheeler is state chairman of
the “Veterans Day” observance
in Georgia. The theme of the
observance is “Peace with
I Honor”.
November 11th was observed
as “Armistice Day” to honor
the veterans of World War I
until 1954 when Congress
j changed the observance to
' “Veterans Day” to honor ail
veterans, both living and dead,
of all American wars.
—
Freshman Class
Elects Officers
The freshman classes of
Newton County High School
met in the auditorium Monday.
October 22, for the purpose of
, class organization.
The following were elected
as officers: President, Bill
Wood; vice-president, Tony
White; secretary, Sandra Oz
' burn; treasurer. Jerry Wheeler
1 and reporter, Gail Moore.
Over 2 billion pounds of ad
hesives are used in the United
States each year, report USDA
I marketing specialists.
alw ©nvtnginn fa#
Mrs. Maughon
Died at Home
Os Her Daughter
Mrs. Della Maughon of Ox
-1 ford, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. F. Stowe, on
October 30, after a lingering
illness. A native of Walton
County, she was 79 at the time
of her death.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, November 1, at Un
ion Grove Baptist Church with
Rev. J. W. Fields, Rev. Ernest
Wilkins and Rev. David Sing
leton officiating.
Surviving are four sons,
Howard Maughon, Oxford;
Harry Maughon, Marcus
Maughon. Lithonia; Joe Haug
hon, Atlanta; three daughters,
Mrs. Lula Mae Stowe, Oxford;
Mrs. Luna Harbin. Stone
Mountain; Mi’s. Lewis Chupp.
Lithonia; daughter-in-law. Mrs.
Troy Maughon, Lithonia;
brother, A. S. Edwards, Mon
roe; sisters, Mrs. Hassie Lind
sey, McDonough; Mrs. Mae Al
len, Atlanta; 22 grandchildren
and 44 great-grandchildren.
Interment was in Lithonia
City Cemetery with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were F. E.
Maughon. Thomas Maughon,
D. D. Maughon, W. M. Maug
hon, Harold Stowe and Ronnie
Chupp.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
Donald Stephenson
To Speak at P-TA
Meeting Porterdale
PORTERDALE — Mr. Don
i aid Stephenson, Ordinary of
I Newton County, will be t h e
! guest speaker at the Parent -
Teacher Association at t h e
Porterdale School Auditorium
on Thursday evening, Novem
ber 15, at seven o’clock. H i s
subject “Maturity Through the
Citizen’s Responsibility” will
stimulate interest in legislation
which is the key to better com
munity renditions.
The Second Grade of Miss
Sue Thompson will present the
inspirational part of this pro
gram.
The drive for memberships
will continue through this
meeting after which an award
of five dollars will be made to
the room having the highest
percentage of paid members
‘ enrolled in the PTA.
Good posture can make the
difference between undue fati
gue and abundant energy while
' doing household chores, says
I Miss Lucile Higginbotham, Ex
tension health specialist.
Furniture Co. is Covington's oldest furniture store and has
been in operation since 1919.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1962
GEORGIA CANCER FIGHTERS TO MEET;
SUSAN HAYWARD HIGHLIGHTS PROGRAM
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Movie actress Susan Hayward and Lane Adams, executive
▼ ice president of the American Cancer Society, will lead the
participants in the 1962 Statewide Annual Meeting- of the Amer
ican Cancer Society’s Georgia Division November X and 9 in At
lanta. Some 400 volunteer cancer fighters from throughout
Georgia will attend the annual business and training meeting.
16th Statewide Cancer Meeting
In Atlanta, November 8 and 9
Leading volunteer cancer
fighters from throughout Geor
gia will gather in Atlanta No
vember 8 and 9 for the 16th
Annual Statewide Meeting of
the American Cancer Society's
Georgia Division.
Program participants for the
annual business and training
meeting will include Actress
Susan Hayward; Lane Adams
of New York, executive vice
president of the American Can
cer Society; several other na
tional ACS officials; promi
nent physicians, and a host of
local unit volunteer leaders.
Plans for the meeting were
announced by Porter W. Cars
well of Waynesboro, president
of the Cancer Society’s Georgia
Division.
Mr. Carswell said the meet
ing would open with the busi
ness session at 4 p.m. on No
vember 8, at which time local
unit delegates will elect mem
bers of the division board of
directors and regional dele
gates to the national society.
A “Time To Sav Hello” recep
tion will be held Thursday
night, he said.
Friday’s sessions will open
with a courtroom trial of “The
People of Georgia vs. Cancer.”
followed by a full day of in
doctrination and training meet
ings, Mr. Carswell said. The
meeting will close with the an- ।
nual dinner Friday night.
All sessions will be held ar '
the Riviera Motel.
Miss Hayward and Mr. Ad
ams will address the annual
dinner session. Also on the
program will be the presenta
tion of awards and citations for
“outstanding service in the
program of cancer control”
during the past year, the Di
vision president said.
National A.C.S. officials
participating in the meeting
will include Jess Speidel 11,
vice president of Crusade; Irv
ing Rimer, assistant vice presi
dent of Public Education and
Information and Spencer
Mapes deputy director of Pub
lic Education.
Among the physicians par
ticipating will be Dr. Hoke
Wammock of LaGrange, Dr. A.
B. Conger of Columbus. Dr. A.
H. Letton of Atlanta. Dr. Ho
bart Hortman of Rome, and
Dr. Robert L. Brown of Emory
University.
"This meeting is aimed at
equiping volunteers to do a
more effective job of cancel
control at the community
level”, Mr. Carswell said. "In
their various communities they
conduct the Society’s programs
of earlier treatment, public
education, professional educa
tion, services to patients and
the annual Education - Funds
Crusade which finances all the
Society’s work and the all-im
portant research program”.
Theme for the meeting will
be “Time”, Mr. Carswell said.
, Robert White's
Funeral Today
At Sardis Church
i Funeral service for Robert
A White of Route 1, Oxford,
will be held today (Thursday)
November 8. at 3:30 p. m. at
Sardis Congregational Church
with Rev. A D. Whittemore,
pastor of Julia A Porter Meth
odist Church. Porterdale, off
iciating. Interment will be in
Ellington Cemetery near Ox
ford, with J. C. Harwell and
Sori Funeral Home in charge o r
arrangements.
Mr. White, a native of Wal
ton County, wai 80 years old
I at the time of his death in an
Atlanta hospital on Tuesday,
November 6 where he wa- a
patient for only two days.
Surviving are three sons,
William Rex White. Atlanta;
Robine E. White. Ramon A
White. Oxford' two daughters,
Mrs. Rov E. Norvell. Oxford.
Mrs. Gordon B Volland Jr,,
Merritt Island Florida, seven ।
grandsons and one grand
daughter
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deep
est sympathy to them in then
sorrow.
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 601 head of
cattle, 15 hogs and 59 sheep •
and goats Monday foi a total ।
of $50,394.20 Milk cows and (
springers topped at $242.50
baby calves at $40.00 and ■
Stockers at $200.00
Price ranges were: calves.
$15.25 to $28.00: heifei.,. $16.50
to $22.75; steers. $16.50 to
$27.50; light bull.-., $13.25 to
$21.50; heavv bulls, $17.50 to
$19.00; canners, $9.00 to $13.50:
i cutters, $13.50 to $14.75; fat
cow*, $14.25 to $17.50; and
hugs, $lO 50 to $18.50.
Newton Cancer
Directors Met
At City Hall
A directors meeting of the
Newton Countv Cancer Society
met at City Hall last Monday
night, to set up plans for the
new year. Attorney Greeley El
lis. presided over the meeting.
Director Donald Stephenson
stated, with reference to elec
tion of officers for the new
year, that they had been elect
ed for a three year term, and
therefore the same officers
would continue in service for
the three years.
Plans are underway for a
great drive, and you will be
notified through the co-work
ers, through the News, and by
Mr. Ellis. Newton County won
fourth place in the entire Stale
last year, which was a signal
honor.
We challenge each citizen to
give their full cooperation in
this year’s drive to help stamp
out the dread disease, which is
striking every home. Chairman
Ellis announced the 16th An
nual Statewide Division Meet
ing. of the American Cancer
Society, Georgia Division, to be
held on Thursday and Friday
(today and tomorrow) at the
Riviera Motel, 1630 Peachtree
St. NW.. Atlanta, Ga.
Among prominent guests and
speakers will be: Susan Hay
wood. Hollywood; Lane Adams,
New York; Dr. A. H Letton,
Atlanta; Dr. Hoke Wammock,
LaGrange: Dr. A. B Conger.
Columbus; Dr. Robert L.
Brown. Emory University, and
, Dr. Hobart Hortman, Rome.
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Melvin Allen Now
With Henson Store
Melvin Allen, formerly of
Covington, has returned to the
city and has rejoined the local
Henson Furniture Company
store. He has been manager of
the Henson Store in Greensboro
। for the past several years.
Mr. Allen and his family will
move back to Covington, and
J he welcomes his friends to visit
him at the local Henson store.
The new manager of the
Greensboro store will be Brice
Allen, who was formerly a--
sociated with the Covingion
! Henson affiliate, according to
an announcement by Bill Mc-
Dowell, Covington manager.
The family will move to
Greensboro in the near future
Springhill HD
Club Gives Chair
To Walter Wise
The Springhill Home Dem
onstration club members wish
to thank their friends for the
financial contributions given to
help purchase the wheel chair
for Walter Wise. Waltei is the
son of Mis. Alice Wise. Rte. 1,
Covington. He is 25 years old
and has never walked.
President, Mrs Addie John
son, encouraged the club mem
bers to let one of their club
projects foi the year be to help
make some handicapped person
I n the community happy. On
, the day when the chair was
' presented to Walter his mother
. had this to say "I am so happy,
11 don’t know if I should laugh
or cry." Walter being hanid-
I capped as far as speech > con
cerned also, just smiled and
thanked the group in h's wav.
1 which indicated that he too
was happy.
Club members worked very
I hard and are pleased at the re
, ults of this project. Committee
, for the project included the fol
lowing per ons: Mrs. Ruth Va
' son and Mrs. Marion Johnson
| co-chairmen; Mi Lillie Zack
ery; Mrs. Cora Mae John-on;
I Mrs. Tennie Curry.
Mrs. Lottie B Johnson. Asso
| ciate H D. Agent congratulates
the Springhill Home Demon
stration Club members for the
work they have done this year
and encourages other home
makers of the community to
attend club meetings.
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Monday 7:30
Lockheed Pay Day
Changed to Thurs.
Pay checks for Lockheed-
Georgia Company’s more than
14.500 employees in Marietta, I
Atlanta and Dawsonville will
be distributed on Thursdays,
instead of Fridays, beginning
November 15. the company an
nounced today.
Payroll of this Georgia aero
space industry now exceeds
$2,000,000 each week, or more
than SIOO million annually, an
official said. Employees com
mute to the Lockheed North
Georgia plants from 55 coun
ties. Lockheed-Georgia, a di
vision of Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation, produces jet
powered airlift transports at I
Marietta, operates the Georgia
Nucl ea r Labot atories near
Dawsonville and Lockheed In
dustrial Products in Atlanta.
Meadows Center
Merchants Assn.
Has Organized
An organizational meeting of ।
the Covington Meadows Mer
chants Association was held on i
October 19. 1962 at the board
room of Forest Larics. Inc.
The members present were'
Mrs. Mary Dunn, Manager
Meadows Hairstylists; Mr. Art 1
Booth, Manager Holliday 1
Lanes: Mr. Al Haygood. Man
ager Loyd’s Jewelers; Mr. Ro
bert Hodes. Manager Southern
Discount; Mr. Don Mitchell,
Manager W. T. Grants; Mr. H.
C. Piper, Manager Big Apple; ।
Dr. Marion Smith, Manager
Meadow Park Pharmacy; Mr j
Addison Terry, President of
Forest Lanes, Inc.
The following were elected
as officers and will also serve
as the Board of Directors: Don
Mitchell, President; Ait Booth,,
Vice President; M's. Mary)
Dunn, Secretary and Treasurer, i
Monthly meetings will be
held the 2nd Monday of each •
month. 11
A Covington Meadows Shop- ,
ping Center symbol was adopt- |
ed by the Association to be used
as a trade-mark “CM".
Plans were discussed foi the (
forthcoming holidays and wii!
be formulated at our nex,
meeting.
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington i
during the past week were-
High Low
Wed. Oct. 31, 65 5’2
Thur*. Nov. 1, 61 31
Fri. Nov. 2. 60 35
Sat. Nov. 3, 63 42
Sun. Nov. 4, 63 33
Mon. Nov. 5, 53 • 39
Tues. Nov. 6. 59 24
Springhill HD Club Gives Wheel Chair
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SPRINGHILL HD CLUB raised money and bought a wheel
chair for Walter Wise, a handicapped man. Shown in the
picture (standing) left to right are Mrs. Mamie Weaver: Mrs.
Lillie Zackery, club treasurer: Mrs. Tennis Curry, club sec
retary; Mrs. Ruth Vason. project committee chairman. Seal
ed left to right are Mrs. Addie Johnson, club president: Walter
Wise, recipient; Mrs. Alice Wise, mother of the recipient.
NUMBER 45
Bohannon Receives
Ensign Commission
In U.S. Navy
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F lih
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in RON BOHANNON
Byron L. Bohannon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bohannon,
414 Hannah Street, Covingion,
was recently commissioned a*
Ensign in the United Stale*
Navy Reserve.
Ensign Bohannon, a 1957
graduate of Newton County
High School, received his BS
fiom Auburn University where
he was a member of Sigma
Phi Epsilon and Delta Sigma
Pi fraternities.
Prior to receiving his com
mission Ensign Bohannon at
tended Navy OCS at Newport,
Rhode Island. He is now sta
tioned at the Navy Supply
School, Athens, Georgia.
Porterdale Dance
Saturday Night
PORTERDALE — There
, will be a dance Salm day night,
November 10, from 9:00 until
12:00 o'clock in the Porterdale
Men's Club Room. Sponsored
bv the Porterdale Woman*
Club
SI.OO per person. Music will
be furnished by The Towns
man Band.
Come out and have fun and
dance with the crowd.
George R. Harper
Returns to States
George R. Harper, electri
cian’s mate fireman appien. ee,
USN. son of Mr. and Mrs.
George D. Harper of 18 Pine
St.. Porterdale, returned to the
United States on Octobe.i 20
aboard the attack aircraft car
rier USS Midway.
IT PAYS TO IDVBIITISt