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By the Office Boy
We are fussing and funning
about the weather! Sunday’s
Sunshine was glorious, but
colder weather follows. We did
get out for a little while on
Sunday afternoon, and last
week to see some of our friends
who have not been well.
Mrs. J. J. Collins, mother of
Mrs. Alvin David, altho in a
wheel chair, was a picture of
loveliness, as always . . . with
her comtag io u s smile, and
sweetness. Ah! Mrs. Collins we
could envy you that den, or
should I say patio. Anyway,
it’s one of the loveliest glass
enclosed family rooms I’ve
ever seen . . . with flagstone
floors, beautifully furnished,
and plate glass enclosed. Other
than her family there, she is
never alone for she has the
most beautiful and entertain
ing friends! They talk to her,
sing to her and entertain her
all day. It’s hard for her to look
at the large TV out there, or
consentrate on her reading for
those beautiful feathered
friends. Sure she has bird feed
ers out there . . . and the birds
know where to go to get their
food. Lazy little things . . .
they all gather right there to
eat . . . but they pay for their
food in beautiful song. Too, it
is rewarding just to look at
those huge fat red. blue and all
colors of birds. One big red
bird, with his topnot bobbing
from one side to another told
me I had not been over there
in sometime, and therefore he
wasn’t sure that he wanted me
there talking to, and loving
Mrs. Collins. She is THEIR
friend. God does give us so
many beautiful things on this
earth, each one of us, if we
knew how to see the beauty
around us, his handiwork. Mrs.
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Salute to Boy
Scout Week in
NEWS Today
The 53rd Anniversary of the
Boy Scouts of America will be
observed nationwide starting
today (Thursday) and contin
uing through February 13.
In observance of the anni
versary 30 leading business
firms of Covington and Newton
County are sponsoring adver
tisements in The Covington
NEWS today.
Those firms who are calling
your attention to the National
Boy Scout Week are as follows:
White’s Enterprises, Bank of
Covington, Haymore’s Quality
Market, Patrick Feed and Seed
Co.. Major Appliance Co., Cov
ington Furniture Co., Allen’s
5 & 10c Store, Western Auto
Associate Store, Malcolm’s
Photo Service, Fletcher’s Jew
elry Co., Piper Hardware Co.,
Wood and Company, Newton
Finance Co., Standard Phar
macy, Ideal Dairies, Thrift Oil
Co.
Newton County Tractor Co.,
Allgood’s Grocery, Gas. Inc.,
Trainer Motor Co., Batchelor's
Standard Service Station, Em
ory Street Market, Becky’s
Beauty Shop, Rainey Oil Co.,
Consolidated 5-10-25 c Store.
Evans Drug Store, Hayes-Wil
son Furniture Co., Sears, Roe
buck and Co., Morcock and
Banks, Henson Furniture Co.
Girl Scout Troop
Collects SIOO.OO
For Dimes March
Members of Covington Girl
Scout Troop 1057 took it upon
themselves to raise some
money for the local March of
Dimes drive. Tuesday they
finished their residential col
lections and turned in more
than 8100.
Three members of the troop
who collected the most money
were: Bonnie Johnson, $24.20;
Kalb/ Klimaszcwski, $16.60;
and Linda E-11, $13.46.
There are 23 members of the
trc< p and all aided in the can
v.->s. Mrs. Arthur Johnson is
Trcon Leader, and Mrs. Lav
erne Cowan is Assistant Troop
Leader.
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The Covingto Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 99
AN' ,L AWARDS MADE AT 4-H BANQUET
Nt. aon Bands’ Pre-Festival Concert Tuesday
Dr. Newman Io Be Guest
Conductor For Program
Newton County Blue Rambler Band and the Cadet Band
will present their pre-Festival concert at the high school
auditorium on Tuesday evening, February 12, at 8 p. m.,
according to an announcement by Basil Rigney, Band Di
rector. Guest director for the concert will be Dr. M. J. New
man with Eddie Najjar, narrator.
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Newton High "A"
Student List
Is Announced
The Student Council of New
ton County High School re
leased the list of all “A” stud
ents for the third six weeks
period. Students listed accord
ing to their respective classes
are as follows:
Ninth Grade: Sandra Allen,
Betty Benton, Delores Davis,
Dale Jones, Marilyn Lord, Bar
bara Morgan, Sandra Ozburn,
Priscilla Prosser, Virginia
Thomas, Gwen Stubbs, Lou
Ann Tuck, and Nelson Hoff
man.
Tenth Grade: Judson Cald
well, Beverly Butler, Melanie
Coody, Sally Hardman, Linda
Ivy, Dianne Kirkus, Brenda
Lott, Altha Middlebrooks,
Wilda Motes, Donna Repetske
Frankie Schell, Bobby Stand
ard, Ruth Watts, Cathy Call
away, and E. G. Lassiter.
Eleventh Grade: Nancy Bl
ankenship, Jim Benton, Grady
Campbell, Ronnie Elliott, Tim
Exley, Gary Rooks, Carl St
over, Bob Travis, Lila Jo Call
away, Arlene Hargrove, Mar
guerite Horstman, Arlene Mar
tin, Jimmy Patrick, David
Rainey, Tommy Scarborough,
and Mason Stephenson.
Twelfth Grade: Janet Bell,
Jan Jeffries, Sandra Lester,
Betty Jean McElreath, Day
Morcock, and Troyanne Thig
pen.
Linda Patrick Has
Leading Role
In WSC Comedy
CARROLLTON — “You Can't
Take It With You.” the hilarious
comedy by Georgia S. Kaufman
and Moss Hart, will be the Win
ter Quarter production of the West
Georgia College Players under the
direction of Wallace Buice.
Heading the cast for the Pulit
zer Prize - winning play — which
i was an Academy Award winner
■ as a movie — will be Dick Gam
: mon, Cedartown, and Linda Pat
rick, Covington.
Other members of the cast in
clude Abe Gallman. Carrollton:
Vernon Cain, Carrollton: Leona
Bolch. Atlanta; Sonny Burt, Coral
Gables. Fla.; Wayne Libby, Fer
nandina, Fla.; Pam Kilpatrick,
Milstead; Ramon Rogers, Carroll
ton; Melba Buice, Norcross: Ros
sell Adams, LaGrange; Clarence
Blalock, St. Augustine, Fla.; June
Greene, Duluth; Gerilla Wright,
Franklin; and Peggy Henderson,
Smyrna.
The play will be staged in the
West Georgia College auditorium
Feb. 27 through March 1.
(Jmnitgta Norn
Dr. M. J. (Jerry) Newman is
chairman of Music Education in
the College of Arts and Sciences
of the University of Georgia. He
came to Georgia in 1958 from West
Texas State College, where he
was director of bands since 1946
and head of the music department
since 1951. He studied at the Uni
versity of lowa, lowa State Teach
ers College, the University of
Southern California and George
Peabody College. He taught music
for nine years in the public
schools of lowa and Texas and
servel three years in the US Navy
prior to his entry into college
teaching.
Besides developing one of the
outstanding college bands in the
Southwest while at West Texas
State, Newman initiated such
other musical enterprises as a
highly successful opera workshop
and the West Texas Music Camp
which served more than 600 stu
dents each summer.
Dr. Newman has served in 13
states throughout the south and
The Band Boosters of New
ton County High School will
meet at the Band Building at
8 p.m. Thursday (tonight).
All parents of members of
the Blue Rambler Band and
the Cadet Band are urged to
to attend as this is a very
important meeting.
southwest as adjudicator, clinic
ian and guest conductor of bands
and orchestras. He has held a
number of administrative posi
itions in various professional or
ganizations, and he has often serv
ed as consultant and advisor in
music education matters. He is a
member of Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa
Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Kappa, the
College Band Directors National
Association, American String
Teachers Association, Music Edu
cators National Conference, Geor
gia Education Association and The
Georgia Music Educators Associa
tion.
To be presented on the program
will be “National Anthem”, arr.
Fillmore: “Deep River Suite”,
Erickson and Die Meistersinger”,
Wagner, arr. Osterling, to be play
ed by the Cadet Band.
The Blue Rambler Band will
play: “Tara Theme”, “Brass
Aflame”, Cacauas; "Five Chor
ates”, Bach, arr. Frankenpahl;
“Second Suite in F”, Holst; "Bat
tle Hymn of the Republic”, Wil
ousky; “Stars and Stripes For
ever”, Sousa. Dr. Newman will
direct the band as they play,
“Brass Aflame”, “Five Chorales”
and “Second Suite in F”.
The public is cordially invited to
come to the high school auditorium
on February 12, and enjoy a good
program of band music by the lo
cal groups.
John Hall Is
Now a Patient in
Atlanta Hospital
John H. Hall, Executive Dir
ector of the Covington-Newton
County Chamber of Commerce,
has been transferred to Georgia
Baptist Hospital in Atlanta. He
had been a patient al Newton
County Hospital since he suff
ered multiple injuries in a two
car wreck on the Jackson high
way Sunday, January 27.
Mrs. Hall was dismissed from
the local hospital Tuesday and
is presently staying with re
latives in Atlanta.
It is understood that Mr. Hail
will undergo surgery within a
few days. His many friends in
Covington and Newton County
wish him a successful recovery.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1963
Home Nursing Is Spotlighted in Covington
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HOME NURSING was the central theme of a meeting Friday at the Teen Can building in
Covington. Pictured above are from left to right: Mrs. Douglas Yancey, program plan
ning chairman of the Newton County Home Demonstration Council: Mrs. Ben T. Banks,
guest speaker: Mrs. C. H. Berry, Jr.. HD Council President.
Be Prepared for Home Nursing,
Newton HD Council Learns
“If you really want to be at
ease when someone in your
home is ill for some time, be
prepared”, members of Newton
County Home Demonstration
Council were told at their
meeting last Friday, February
Ist.
The speaker at the meeting
was Mrs. Ben Banks, registered
nurse, introduced by Mrs.
Douglas Yancey, Pi ogr a m
Chairman. Mrs. Banks said,
“Home nursing was a tremend
ous job and that the most diff
icult was a long illness or
chronic illness. Acute illness or
an illness that lasts for a few
days, requires less adjustment
in the household, while chronic
illness requires a larger ad
justment.” One important thing
Mrs. Banks mentioned was the
Dairy Short
Course at EMC
Building Friday
A dairy short course is plan
ned for Friday, Feb. 8 at the
Snapping Shoals EMC build
ing, 402 North Emory Street
in Covington, according to an
announcement by Edward H.
Hunt, Newton County Agent.
Dairymen from Newton,
Rockdale and DeKalb counties
are expected to attend the
event. It will start at 9:30 a m.
and will adjourn soon after the
2:30 p.m. session.
Mr. Hunt said that the short
course is new here. In the past
an area-wide meeting has been
held at Rock Eagle Park. The
smaller group meetings will
enable the dairyman and his
milker to attend, Mr. Hunt
stated.
Among the Extension Dairj
officials from the College of
Agriculture who will appear
on the program during the day
are: Dr. C. N. Dobbins, Jr.,
Head of the Extension Veteri
nary Dept.; J. N. Maddox,
Extension Dairyman: H. K.
Welch, Jr., Head Extension
Dairy Dept.; Edward Brown,
Extension Economist: and John
Conner, Extension Dairy Mar
keting Specialist.
Glee Club Sets
Cake Sale Sat.
There will be a cake sale,
Saturday, February 9, in front
of the Courthouse.
This is to help raise money
to buy music for the Glee Club.
The »ale will start at 10 D 0 a.m.
fact that people are more des
pondent when they are ill and
we, as homemakers, can make
them feel better by helping
them keep up their spirits.
Hostesses for the meeting
were Hays District and Heard
Mixon Home Demonstration
Clubs. They used a Valentine
motif for the punch table.
Guests enjoyed greeting and
visiting with each other. Punch
and cookies were served.
The Newton County Home
Demonstration Clubs meet
jointly on the first Friday of
every other month. All mem
bers of the Clubs are asked to
attend Visitors are cordially
invited. If you are not a mem
ber of a club or would like in
formation about special activi
ties sponsored by the clubs, you
are invited to call Mrs. C. H.
Berry, Jr., President of the
Council.
World Affairs Holds Second Session at EAO
STUDENTS AND GUESTS *r« *hown in attendance at th* second session of the World
Afalrs Institute held this week at Emory-at-Oxford. On the stage are: (1. to r.) C. Ralph
Ivoy, former Republican candidate for congress, who introduced Senator Barry Goldwa
ter at the University of Georgia recently: Dr. Joseph Airov. profosscr of economics at
Emory University; Ma Harold Mann, Institute chairman and moderator: Dr. James W.
Harkess, associate prohuor of surgery st the Medical College of Georgi* in August*: and
Pa! Waiters, columnist for the Atlanta Journal.
Anderson Office
Robbed of Cash
Sunday Night
The office of Henry Ander
son, prominent businessman
and farmer of Starrsville, was
robbed Sunday night of an un
determined amount of cash
The office is located at the rear
of the Anderson Tractor Com
pany on the Jackson highway.
Newton County Sheriff John
Berry said that the thief or
thieves entered the frame off
ice building via a window
which they broke open. The
money was taken from a cash
drawer and also a locked filing
cabinet was rifled after smash
ing the lock.
This marks the third such
robbery in this immediate
section in the past month. Two
breakins have been reported
at the Anderson Oil Company,
just across the highway, since |
the first part of January.
220 Attended Meeting;
John Knight Was Speaker
The 1963 Newton County 4-H Awards Banquet, held
Tuesday evening at the Ficquett School Cafetorium, was at
tended by some 220 persons vitally interested in 4-H club
work in the county.
City Court Had
11 Cases Monday
City Judge Walton E. Stro
zier heard 22 cases in the
Monday morning session of
City Court. Eleven of the de
fendants were fined on charges
of disorderly conduct and six
persons were fined on charges
of drunkeness.
Ed Harper, Negro, was fined
$75 for operating a dive where
14 gallons of moonshine whisk
ey was confiscated.
Two teenage Negro boys were
fined and warned on charges
of shoplifting.
Alfonzo Cobb. Negro, was
fined S4O on a serious charge
of being drunk and disorderly.
One man was fined sls on a
charge of driving without a
license.
Benefit Movie
Strand Theatre
Saturday 10 AM
Saturday morning will be a
big day at the Strand Theatre
in Covington. At 10:00 o’clock
a movie will be shown to all
who bring some item of food
as their price of admission.
Mrs. M. M. Osman has an
nounced that “Stop, Look and
Laugh” featuring the Three
Stooges will provide the en
teHainment.
The grocery items will be
used to replenish the Pantry
Shelf in the Welfare Office.
This Pantry Shelf is sponsor
ed by the Pilot Club and is
used by the Welfare Office for
aiding many worthy cases.
Members of the Pilot Club
will be present to assist in
taking care of the groceries.
Best Coverage
News, Pictures,
and Features
I Outstanding awards were
! presented 4-H’ers for their
years’ achievements. Special
awards went to Arlene Har
grove and Ronnie Elliott who
received the Ralston Purina
Company “I Dare You” Dan
forth citation; Kathy Hitch
cock, the Snapping Shoals EMG
Electric Award; Ronnie Aiken
and Virginia Thomas, the lo
cal John Deere firm’s award.
Presiding at the banquet
program was Ronnie Elliott,
Senior Council President. Oth
er club members having a part
on the program were: Charles
Willingham and Kathy Hitch
cock (pledge of allegiance),
Virginia Thomas (invocation),
Edna Fisher (welcome), Bon
nie Knight (introduction of
main speaker), Wayne Sams
and Randy Fuller (4-H Club
Pledge).
Making the National 4-H
Awards were Mrs. Sara Groves
and Ed Hunt, Newton County
Extension Agents. J. W. Aaron
made the Purina award, Ed
Robinson presented the Sav
ings Bond for the Snapping
Shoals EMC, and Ed Hunt made
the award of 4-H jackets on
behalf of Hugh Miller of Qual
ity Supply, Covington.
Recognized during the pro
gram were four members of
Prof. G. C. Adams Original
Corn Club, the forerunner of
the present-day 4-H move
ment: Grady Adams, Henry
Adams, Joe Laseter and Tom
Greer. Three Newton Coun
tians who are Master 4-H’ers
were also introduced. They are
Walter Harris, Leo Mallard and
John Knight, the guest speak
er. Attending the banquet from
the State Extension Office in
Athens were Mrs. Hazel Ma
lone, a former home agent of
Newton County, and Byron
Dyer.
John Knight, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Knight, who is now
a student at the University of
Georgia Forestry School, was
the guest speaker for the ban
quet. He was introduced by his
sister, Bonnie Knight.
John is a Master 4-H mem
ber and is a past National Win
ner in Forestry. His speech was
interesting and challenging to
young members of 4-H work.
He cited many personal ex
periences while he was en
gaged in 4-H work in ths
county. He concluded his part
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SCOUT OFFICIAL
TO SPEAK AT
K IWAN IS TODAY
In observance of National
Boy Scout Week, ‘he guest
speaker at the Covington Ki
wanis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at
1 o’clock will be Charles T.
Robbins, Jr., Director of Cam
ping for the Atlanta Are*
Council and Newton-Rockdale
District BSA Executive
S. J Morcock, local Kiwan
ian and Newton-Rockdale Dist
rict Chairman, will introduce
the speaker teday.
Mr. Robbins has worked
closely with the local Boy
Scout program for sometime
and has been actively engaged
in the building and supervision
of the local Camp Bert Adams
Boy Scout Reservation in New
ton County.
(Pickup kiwanis article here)
Dr. Vernon Crawford, Assis
tant Director of the School of
Physics at Georgia Tech, wae
the guest speaker at the Ki-
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