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Covington hearts, as well as
many hearts throughout the
State, are saddened at the loss
they have sustained, in the
passing of one who brightened
so many dark places, with her
love, kind deeds, sunshine and
poems. Mrs. Peter Walton God
frey, was loved by so many,
and her going HOME on Mon
day morning was not unexpec
ted. “Sister Caroline”, as she
was lovingly known by so
many of her close friends, scat
tered sunshine, and a word for
Christ along the pathway of ail
with whom she came in con
tact.
Although blind for many
years, and shut-in, she was
more active than most who are
not handicapped. She never
mentioned the fact that she had
lost her eyesight, she was not
only cheerful, but happy in the
knowledge that she could sit
there, dictate poems that came
to her brilliant mind, and pub
lish books of them to leave for
her friends and all who read
them. All of them contained
some message to make life's
pathway a little brighter, and
a pathway which would lead to
Christian living.
She entertained her friends
at lovely luncheons, kept up
with every bit of the city and
State News; her friends, and
yours who were ill. She knew
most everybody’s ’phone num
ber and called to see how you
were, if she had not seen you
in sometime, how your loved
ones were, and if she could do
anything for anybody who was
ill.
Her flowers, cards and pray
ers wended their way to many
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New Bank to
Be Located on
Washington St.
The organizational group
has announced the location of
the new First National Bank
of Newton County. The new
bank will be located on the
southeast corner at the inter
section of Washington and
Emory Streets.
Purchase of the property
from Mr. Gene Harvey of Cov
ington was completed Saturday,
February 9th. The purchase in
cludes property which is de
scribed as the western half of
block No. 24 of the original
plan of the city of Covington
and has been owned by the
Harvey family for 54 years.
Several properties were con
sidered before a final decision
could be made. The choice for
the new bank location was de
termined after a thorough
study of population concen
tration, traffic flow, future
growth of Covington, conven
ience and adequate parking
area for banking customers, a
spokesman for the bank group
stated.
The architectural firm of
Tomberlin and Sheets of At
lanta has been engaged to de
sign and direct construction of
a new, modern banking facili
ty which will be an asset to
Covington and Newton Coun
ty
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The Covington Ent' Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 99
COW; iON POPULATION GROWTH FORECAST
Mis. Thigpen, Mrs. McKay STAR Honorees
NCHS Student-Teacher To
Be Local Representatives
Miss Troyanne Thigpen, Newton County High School
senior and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Thigpen of Cov
ington, has been selected as the county’s Student Teacher
Achievement Recognition recipient for 1963. The program is
known as the STAR program in Georgia and is sponsored
locally by the Kiwanis Club of Covington.
Long Distance
Telephone Rales
To Be Lowered
It will cost less than ever to
keep in touch by long distance
in Georgia when the new rates
become effective April 1.
Station-to-station rates un
der the new schedule will be 55
cents or less for calls between
any two points in Georgia
when made between 9 p. m.
and 4:30 a. m. For example, a
call from Rome to Brunswick
will cost only 50 cents when
placed in the evening after 9
p. m.
Calls between any two
points in the continental Uni
ted States can be made station
to-station for $1 or less from
9 p. m. to 4:30 a. m. For ex
ample an after 9 p. m. call
from Washington, D. C. to the
West Coast will cost sl.
The reduced rates are de
signed to encourage telephone
users to take advantage of the
technological improvements in
telephone operations introduc
ed by Southern Bell in recent
years, much of which is engin
eered for peak daytime usage.
Based upon 1962 traffic vol
umes, it is estimated the red
uction in station-to-station ra
tes in Georgia and reductions
in interstate rates will result in
savings to Georgia telephone
users of more than a half mil
lion dollars annually.
Southern Bell is undertaking
a construction program in
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Dr. Hagood to
Speak Sunday
G. A. Lively, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, an
nounces Dr. Delma L. Hagood,
District Superintendent of the
Atlanta - Decatur-Oxford Dis
trict. will bring the sermon at
the local church Sunday morn
ing, February 17, at 11 a m.
All members are urged to
attend and visitors have a cor
dial welcome.
Miss Thigpen chose for her
STAR Teacher Mrs. J. T. Mc-
Kay. This is the second time
Mrs. McKay, a Latin teacher,
has had the honor of her sel
ection by one of her students in
the local' program. Miss Cam
illa Dietz named Mrs. McKay
as her teacher a few years ago.
Homer F. Sharp, Supervising
Principal of NCHS. announced
yesterday that Miss Thigpen
and Mrs. McKay had been
named to represent the county
in the district STAR program.
C. D. Ramsey is chairman of
the Kiwanis Club boys and girls
committee under which the lo
cal competition is carried out.
To qualify for participation
in the STAR Program, students
must be unmarried, regularly
enrolled seniors in an accredit
ed public or private high school.
They must have taken the Col
lege Board Scholastic Apti-
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Final Tribute to
Mrs. Godfrey in
Chapel Service
Final tribute was paid Mrs.
Peter Walton Godfrey, 88 pro
minent Covington author, in
Tuesday afternoon services at
3:00 o’clock, at Harwell’s Cha
pel. Mrs. Godfrey’s death came
Monday morning about 8:30 a.
m., at her home, following an
extended illness. Harry Smith
of Atlanta officiated in the last,
rites, which were concluded at
Madison City Cemetery, where
interment took place.
Mrs. Godfrey, a native of
Jacksonville, Fla., wa a the for
mer Miss Caroline Hardee,
daughter of Esther Haddock
and Lucius A. Hardee, pioneer
settlers of Jacksonville. Fol
lowing her marriage in 1893,
she and her late husband lived
in Savannah, Madison and
Jacksonville for short periods,
but with the exception of a
brief residency of three years
at the Biltmore in Atlanta fol
lowing his death; Mrs. Godfrey
l ad made her home in Coving-
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above. The main entrance and parking area is shown at
right; drive-in window at left.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1963
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STAR Student and Teacher at Newton County High School are being notified of their
honors by Homer F. Sharp, Supervising Prin ipal. Troyanne Thigpen and her teacher se
lectee Mrs. J. T. McKay (right) will represent the school in the statewide contest. The
local STAR program is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Covington. Miss Thigpen won
the honor by making the highest grade in the first semester scholastic aptitude test.
Newton Teams In Tourney
Action Tuesday, Cumming
Monday evening, February
18, the sub-region 4AA West
tournament will get underway
at Forsyth County’s new gym
nasium at Cumming. Teams of
the sub-region who will par
ticipate in the three-day meet
are: Newton County, Cham
blee, Forsyth County, Baldwin
County and St. Pius.
In view of both Newton
High team records (26-0 girls,
and 26-2 boys) they will not
see action until Tuesday even
ing. Finals will be played on
Wednesday evening with the
winner and runnerup shifting
to the South Hall gym for the
overall Region 4AA finals on
Friday and Saturday, Feb
ruary 22-23.
In the pairings of the South
Hall tournament, the number
one team of each sub-region
will meet the number two team
of the other sub-region divi
sions.
Homer F. Sharp, secretary
of Region 4AA, slated that the
4AA West pairings will be
See Probable Pairings On
Sports Page.
made next Sunday at Newton
High when the coaches of the
various teams meet and com
pare season records.
The one girls game and one
boys game on Monday even
ing Feb. 18 will be for the
fourth spot in bhe tournament
brackets.
Both Newton County teams
made it to the State Class AA
tournament last March. Coach
Ronald Bradley’s boys met
Champion Murray County in
their first game and lost 52-
46. Coach Cooper’s NCHS girls
team won their first two games
in the state meet at Fitzgerald,
downing Ringgold 45-44 and
Henry County 54-36. In the
semi-finals live champion
Dodge sextet downed the local
gals 46-22, and then the NCHS
girls lost the consolation game
to Hart County 48-43.
Palmer-Stone P-TA
Supper Friday
Palmer-Stone Parent-Teaoh
er Association will have their
annual turkey supper at the
aahool cafeteria Friday night,
February 15 (tomorrow) start
ing at 5 p.m.
It is through these suppers
and other activities of the PTA
funds are being secured to re
place the Palmer-Stone gym
nasium and members of the
PTA express their sincere
thanks to all Newton County
citizens who have helped in
the past in making these sup
pers a success.
Drunks, Whiskey
Cases on Docket
At City Court
A light docket was heard
Monday morning in City Court
where one man was bound
over to Newton Superior Court
and several others were fined
on minor charges.
Rufus Perry, Negro, was
bound over to superior court
on charges of driving under
the influence of alcohol and
driving without a license.
Otis Avery, Negro, forfeited
a SIOO. bond on charge of op
erating a dive and possessing
untax-paid whiskey.
A SSO bond was forfeited by
one woman on a charge of
shop lifting.
Six persons were fined on
charges of disorderly conduct
and four persons were fined
for drunkeness.
Benefit Movie Highly Successful;
565 Food Items Received for Pantry
The residents of Newton Co
unty will be pleased to learn
that the benefit movie shown
last Saturday morning at the
Strand Theatre resulted in 565
items of food being received.
Admission to the show was an
item of food and the “Three
Stooges’’ provided ample enter
tainment.
Miss Ruth Tanner, President
of the Pilot Club, says "The
response of Newton County is
most heartwarming and we are
deeply grateful to everyone”.
These items of food are used
to replenish the Pantry Shelf
20,000 Mark Is Given For
1980, Says City Manager
The City of Covington is rapidly fulfilling the prognos
tication that its population will increase forty percent (40%)
by the year 1970.
Kiwanians to
Hear Heart
Program Today
Main speaker on the program
today (Thursday) at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club will be
Dr. Thomas L. Crews, Coving
ton physician who has been
active in the local Stroke Reh
abilitation Clinic and other
Heart Council programs for
many years. The luncheon
program will be held at Legion
Home at 1 o’clock.
Accompanying Dr. Crews to
the meeting today will be the
co-chairmen of the Newton
County Heart Fund Drive, Mrs.
Helen Dickinson and Harry
Cowan.
During the program an
eight-minute film, “Congestive
Heart Failure”, will be shown.
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Charles T. Robbins, Jr.,
Newton-Rockdale District Bov
Scout Executive, was the guest
speaker at the Kiwanis Club
meeting Thursday at Legion
Home. National Boy Scout
Week was observed during the
period February 7-13.
Mr. Robbins, who lives on
the Camp Bert Adams Reser
vation in our county, was int
roduced by S. J. Morcock,
Newton-Rockdale District Ch
airman.
Visitors at the meeting
Thursday included: K. J. Har
rison, guest of Tom Bates; Tom
Malcolm, guest of Frank Mea
dors; Terry Rutledge and Gary
Budd, Key Club members of
Newton County High School.
Newton Man's
Body Found in
Walton County
Officers of Walton County
are conducting an investiga
tion into the death of Howard
Hill Bowdoin, 84, of Route 1,
Mansfield. Mr. Bowdoin was
found fatally shot Sunday.
Walton County Sheriff Jim
Haralson gave this account of
the man’s death:
The Newton County man
went to fix a pump at a Negro
woman's home and was found
fatally shot nearby. The Ne
gro woman and two other Ne
groes were taken into custody
for questioning.
He was found dead in a
ditch by an old country road
three miles southeast of Social
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at the local Welfare Office and
is sponsored by the Pilot Club ■
of Covington. These groceries
have extended a helping hand .
to many families in dire need. '
The Pantry Shelf has been one
of the main projects of the
Pilot Club almost from its in
ception.
The Pilot Club wishes to
thank the residents of Newton
County for their overwhelming |
support of this project and to;
assure them they will continue ;
to use the groceries where they I
are most needed. I
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“Presuming that the past
year, 1962, with an approxi
mate increase of 600 persons,
has established the precedent
for the next eight years grow
th, the City of Covington will
surpass this expectation and
be well on its way to the 20,-
000 mark predicted for the
year 1980,” according to City
Manager J. H. Bi-yan.
Increased population in a
city means increased building
also, both in the residential
and commercial fields. This is
evidenced by the fact that the
City Clerk's Office issued 283
Building Permits during the
past year, in the amount of sl,-
392,042.00, as compared to 103
permits issued in 1961. Sixty of
these were for new residences,
five were for new commercial
structures, 196 for repair jobs
to homes and 14 for repair jobs
to business places. The largest
of these permits was for the
construction of a new shop
ping center.
Credit for this progressive
trend, in a city that has doubled
its budget in a five year pe
riod, centers around the in
, creasing popularity of Coving
-1 ton as a natural suburb of the
Atlanta Metropolitan Area.
“And, it is evident that the
completion of the new Inter
state Route 20, a much faster
and safer link between Coving
ton and Atlanta, will have an
even greater impact upon the
growth of the “City of Beauti
ful Homes,” Mr. Bryan added.
Hog Cholera Is
Still Threat to
Area Farmers
Commissioner of Agriculture
Phil Campbell today remind
ed all hog farmers in Georgia
that they have an opportunity
to protect themselves from lost
due to cholera, an opportunity
that is not available to hog
farmers in any other state.
“Georgia is the only state
with an active hog cholera
eradication pro g r am,” the
Commissioner said, “and we
are well on our way to being
the first hog producing state
in the nation to be free of
cholera.”
“Already more than one
third of the counties in Geor
gia, representing 60 percent of
the hog population in Georgia,
are covered by the eradication
program” Campbell said.
There is only one major re
quirement for counties before
they can be declared a cholera
eradication area and therefore
receive the benefits of the pro
gram. That is that 60 percent
of all the hog population in
the county must be innoculated
for cholera. When this is ac
complished, an agreement is
signed between the county and
the State Department of Agri
culture and the county is de
clared a hog cholera eradica
tion area.
Hog farmers in these coun
ties that have come under the
cholera eradication program
are paid indemnity payments
on the market value of the hog
for any hogs dying because of
cholera. Already the state has
paid $50,000 in indemnity
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