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Uppermost in my heart, as
we chatter this morning is
Historic Savannah! Also His
toric Georgia. Historic Coving
ton!
Let’s begin at home! Look
all about you. We are growing
faster right now than we have
in the past 30 years. Industry,
new homes, new large chain
stores, new shopping centers,
new six lane highways bring
ing Atlanta to a “haven” of
opportunity. People a few years
ago built a home on Ridge
crest in Atlanta, and they said
they were way out in the coun
try alone. Now they are about
the center of the residential
district. We just couldn’t tell
you how many people have
homes here and work, or have
their business in Atlanta.
Covington is a cultural cen
ter. Our Schools, college, our
churches, recreational facilities
etc., make this a haven in which
to rear families. We were once
a beautiful small cultural cen
ter .. . the home of both Geor
gia Tech and Emory Universi
ty, which were moved to' At
lanta . . . however, Emory-at-
Oxford is housed in the beau
tiful old buildings of the Old
Emory University. We regret
to see the expansion of great
dorms out there which do not
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Mrs. Tuck and
Mrs. Faulkner
Head WC Drive
MILLEDGEVILLE — Mrs.
Goodwin Tuck and Mrs. Harry
Faulkner have been selected as
the local fund chairman for fi
nancial support from alumnae of
The Woman's College of Georgia.
This year’s Alumnae Fund drive
is being led by Mrs. Rosalie Sut
ton Gormly, Milledgeville, assist
ed by area chairmen in the fifty
states and by the 1959 county
chairmen in Georgia.
All area chairmen will meet
with the Alumnae Council on the
campus April 26 and the top ten
classes as of April 15 will be rec
ognized on Alumnae Day, April
27.
Alumnae of WC ranked second
in the nation in percentage of par
ticipation of financial support to
their Alma Mater through the an
nual Alumnae Fund Drive. The
alumnae broke all previous re
cords last year as $15,000 was
contributed from 20% of the alum
nae. This amount was double that
of the year previous.
The primary purposes of this
year's goal of $21,600 is for scho
larships. The Alumnae Fund also
gives the college funds by which it
participates in the NDEA loan
program.
Peach Growers
Ask for Hearing
On Marketing
ATLANTA, Ga., February 18 —
Commissioner of Agriculture Phil
Campbell today announced that
he received this morning in h i s
office a petition representing more
than 40 percent of the peach grow
ers in Georgia and more than 40
percent of the peaches produced
in Georgia requesting a hearing as
to the termination of the present
Peach Marketing Order which the
peach industry operated under
during 1962.
Under the law governing the
poach marketing order, there is
no provision for such a hearing.
Upon receipt of such a petition, it
is in the power of the Commission
er of Agriculture to issue an im
mediate order terminating the
Marketing Order.
“H o we v e r,” Commissioner
Campbell said, "in view of the
fact that the petition requested a
hearing to make a determination
with other peach growers as to
the absolution of the order rather
than for the Commissioner of Ag
riculture to issue an immediate or
der terminating the Marketing Or
der, a hearing has been set for
Wednesday, March 27, at 10:00
a.m.. in the Department of Agri
culture Building in Atlanta.”
Col. Tuck 111
An erroneous report in Cov
ington yesterday (Wednesday)
was to the effect that Col. R.
M. Tuck was hospitalized with
a heart attack. However, Col.
Tuck was stricken with the
“flu” and is confined to his
bed at home.
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VOLUME 99
I-2C ........AY PROGRAM ENTERS HIGH-GEAR
‘Baldy’ Speaker At Pilot Civic Night Banquet
Annual Affair At Ficquett
Cafetorium Tonight 730
Cliff Baldowski, Internationally known editorial cartoon
ist, will be the speaker at the Pilot Club Civic Night banquet
to be held this evening at E. L. Ficquett Cafetorium at
7:30 o’clock. One of th3 main events of the Pilot organization,
this affair will be attended by civic club representatives,
special guests and members of
Pilot Clubs from other towns.
Miss Ann Woodward, Chair
man of the Co-Ordinating
Committee, and the members
of her committee are in charge
of the arrangements.
Mr. Baldowski, whose car
toons appear under the by-line
“Baldy”, has been the editorial
cartoonist in The Atlanta Con
stitution for the past ten years.
His cartoons have been re
printed in every leading daily
in the country and in foreign
newspapers, including France
and England. In 1957 a collec
tion of his cartoons were run
in a Thialand publication re
flecting Communist effoi-ts in
the Far East.
He won the National Sigma
Delta Chi Award for Disting
uished Service in Journalism
during 1959. The U. S. Infor
mation Services have used
many Baldy cartoons in their
overseas propaganda campaign.
In June 1956 and again in June
1960 he went abroad on spe
cial assignment to cooperate
with European journalists on
a series of anti - communist
cartoons. A collection of his
work now appears under bind
er in the Library of Congress.
“Baldy” is a native of Au
gusta, Georgia and a second
generation newspaperman. He
attended the Richmond Acad
emy, Georgia Military College
at Milledgeville, Georgia and
the Citadel. He spent one year
at the Arts Students League in
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Two Local Students
Named to E.A.O.
Honor List
Roberta Anne Elizer, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Eli
zer of Emory Street Oxford,
and Charles Kenneth McAll
ister, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
McAllister of State F. F. A.
Camp, Covington, have been
named to the Honor List of
Emory at Oxford.
This scholastic honor is
granted to students for outst
anding academic work during
the preceding midquarter.
Newton County Hospital Auxiliary Officers at Installation Ceremony
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NEW AND RETIRING OFFICERS of Newton County Hospital Auxiliary
are pictured above at Covington Elka Club, whore the organization's annual
Installation Luncheon was held Wednesday. Loft to right, seated, are;
Mrs. Addison Terry, president; Mrs. E. E. Callaway, vice-president: Mrs.
Rucker Ginn, recording secretary; Mrs. Betty Burts, treasurer: Mrs.
Jordan Callaway, corresponding secretary: Mrs. Laverne Cowan, retiring
3^ Gnningtnn Npw
Emory Piano
Quartet Concert
Tonight at Oxford
The Emory Piano Quartet, com
posed of Robert Harrison, violin
ist, Chappell White, violist, Pris
cilla Loemker, 'cellist, and Shel
ley Davis, pianist, will present a
concert tonight at Allen Memorial
Church in Oxford, at 8:30 p. m.
The concert is the second in a
series sponsored by the Oxford
Chorus and under arrangements
by Frank Norton, business man
ager.
All three of the string - players
have been members of the At
lanta Symphony, Mr. Harrison
having at one time been concert
master. Dr. White is chairman of
the fine arts department of Emory
University and a columnist for the
Atlanta Journal's music section
on Sundays. Mrs. Loemker is the
wife o fthe chairman of Emory’s
philosophy department. Mr. Da
vis, new member of the univer
sity fine arts department, has
concertized extensively with
symphony orchestras.
The program will be in three
parts, including music by Loeillet,
of the French baroque period; Mo
zart; and Faure.
The public is invited to t h e
concert. Admission will be 50c for
adults and 25c for students.
Minister's Wife
Victim of Ala.
Auto Accident
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Randall Middlebrooks,
62, wife of the Rev. Mr. Char
les L. Middlebrooks, were held
Monday, at the First Methodist
Church of Rockmart. The Rev.
Mr. Burch Fannin, pastor, was
assisted in the last rites by the
Rev. Messers. Ed Padgett and
Paul Turner of Dalton. Burial
was in Rose Hill Cemetery in
Rockmart.
Rev. and Mrs. Middlebrooks
were enroute to their Lome in
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1963
Newton Teams In Region Semis
Both Newton High cage
teams advanced to the overall
Region 4AA semi-finals Tues
day night at the Cumming
gym with victories in first
round play. The two local
squads are now assured of a
spot in the overall Region 4AA
semi-finals at South Hall,
starting Friday night.
In action last night (Wed
nesday) the NCHS girls were
to have met Forsyth County
at 7 o’clock and the Rams were
to have played the Forsyth
boys at 8:30. The winners of
these two games will meet the
number two teams of the oth
er sub-region 4 at South Hall
Friday. Those Friday tilts are
set for 8 PM (girls) and 9:30
(boys).
Tuesday evening at Cum
ming. Day Morcock scored 28
points to lead Coach Cooper’s
girls to victory over St. Pius of
Atlanta. This was her finest
game of the season. In all, the
NCHS girls sent seven girls in
to the scoring column in the
64-31 triumph.
The Rams and Chamblee of
Atlanta battled on even terms
for the first half of action with
the NCHS five having a 12-9
halftime advantage. Terry Rut
ledge, from a guard position,
led the NCHS scoring with 10
points. Chamblee's Doug Cry
mes had 14 markers.
GIRLS GAME
Pos. Newton 64 St. Pius 31
। F—Bailey 12 Hynes 24
F—Morcock 28 Powell 1
F—Laster 13 Kane 4
G —Jaynes Sullivan
G—George Szaba
G—Lester McKeon
Newton subs: Carter 2, Ma
loy 5, Shaw 3, Satterfield 2,
Kite, Spillers, Crowell, Dool
ey.
• * • *
BOYS GAME
Pos. Newton 34 Chamblee 23
F—Dobbs 4 Perrault 1
F—Jordan 7 Crymes 14
C—Christian 7 Funderburk 2
G —T. Rutledge 10 Vanover 6
G—Smith 6 Freeman
Newton subs: Knight and
Campbell.
Founders Day P-TA
Program at Cousins
School, 8 P. M.
R. L. Cousins School P T. A.
Founders Day program will be in
the school cafetorium, Thursday,
February 21, 1963 at 8:00 P. M.
Mrs. Cassie McDaniel, Curricu
lum Director of the Negro Schools,
will be the speaker.
recording nacretary. Standing, Mrs. R. R. Fowler, retiring president;
Mrs. James Purcell, membership chairman; Mrs. Godfrey Trammell, retir
ing project* chairman; Mrs. Moncey Pratt, Mrs. Otis Nixon, respective
chairman and co-chairman. Volunteer Services; and Mrs. Helen Dickin
son, Newton Hospital Adminiatrator.
BULLETIN!
Newton County glrle and
boys won the 4AA Sub-Reg
ion West tournament at Cum
ming Wednesday night. The
NCHS girls took a 47-30 win
over the host Forsyth County
team. The Rams downed the
Forsyth outfit 53-44.
Friday night's action at
South Hall will see the NCHS
girls meeting the Number 2
team of 4AA East at 8 p. m.
The Rams will meet the No.
2 boys team at 9:30.
Frank Twitty
Is Kiwanis Club
Speaker Today
Frank S. Twitty, Mitchell
County Representative in the
Georgia General Assembly,
will be the guest speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis meeting to
day (Thursday) at 1 p. m. at
Legion Home.
Mr. Twitty was Floor Leader
in the house of representatives
under Governors Herman Tal
madge and Ernest Vandiver.
He is a native of Camilla, Ga
Kiwanian C. D. Ramsey is in
charge of the program today
and he will introduce the
speaker.
Dr. Thomas L. Crews, Cov
ington Kiwanian and member
of tire Georgia Heart Associa
tion, was the main speaker at
the Kiwanis meeting Thurs
day. The program was in con
junction with the Newton
County drive for the Heart As
sociation.
A film (in color) was shown
during the program. The title
of the film was “Congestive
Heart Failure.”
Visitors at the meeting in
cluded: Mis. Troy Thigpen,
Mrs. J. T. McKay, Miss Troy
anne Thigpen, David Hatch of
Atlanta, and Norman Reeder of
Grand Ledge, Michigan.
Miss Thigpen and Mrs. Mc-
Kay received Certificates as
STAR selections for Newton
County in the district and
state contest. C. D. Ramsey,
chairman of boys and girls
committee made the presenta
tions on behalf of t>he Coving
ton Kiwanis Club.
Robert Fowler
Re-Elected by
Businessmen
at:
ROBERT FOWLER
The Covington Businessmen's
Association, at their regular meet
ing Tuesday at Newton Federal
Building, re-elected Robert Fowl
er as president of the organization.
During the meeting the follow
ing directors were named for the
coming year: Ed King. Don Wood,
Jimmy Morgan, E. G. Lassiter,
Jr., Otis Spillers, Herbert Vining,
Marion Piper and Robert Fowler.
The directors then elected officers
with Fowler as president, Ed King,
vice-president; and Herbert Vin
ing, secretary - treasurer.
Officials of the organizations re
ported a most successful year
and the entire group of stockhold
ers look to the future with opti
mism.
Walter MeGahee
Enters Hospital
Walter MeGahee, Covington
businessman, is currently a
patient kt Newton County Hos
pital.
At present he is doing fine
and his many friends wish for
him a speedy recovery.
Right-Of-Way Acquisition
Starts East From Covington
Interstate Highway 20 road construction program in New*
ton County is apparently in high-gear with the announcement
Saturday that the rights-of-way from Covingon to Morgan
County line had been started. W. D. Ballard, Newton County
Representative in the Georgia House, and chairman of tha
Tag Sales Lag at
Half-Way Mark
The sale of vehicle tags in
Newton County has passed the
half-way mark and approxi
mately two-thirds of auto
mobile and truck owners have
not purchased their 1963 plates,
according to an announcement
by Bonham Johnson, Newton
County Tax Collector at whose
office the license plates are on
sale.
Mr. Johnson said that as of
Saturday, February 16, 2,677
plates had been sold. That lea
ves some 4,500 to be sold be
fore the deadline is reached on
April 1.
Last year some 7,200 license
plates were dispatched through
the local office, Mr. Johnson
said. The last three days of the
sale last year saw long lines
formed outside the Courthouse
for vehicle owners who sought
to beat the April Ist deadline.
“I hope this doesn’t happen
again,” Mr. Johnson emphas
ized.
Horticultural
"Know-How”
Workshops Set
A series of Horticulture
Workshops have been arranged
and plans are finalized sor 1
their presentation to Newton
Countians. Mrs. Sara Groves,
Extension Agent, stales that
"Four of the top specialists
from the University of Georgia
will conduct the Workshops.”
These will be sponsored by the
Home Demonstration Clubs of
Newton County and will be
open to the public.
The complete schedule for
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Heart Fund Sunday Canvass Set
For Newton County, Covington
Heart Fund Sunday will be
observed in Covington this
Sunday, Feb. 24, with a city
wide canvass by groups of
ladies and the Senior Tri-Hi-
Y from Newton County High
School.
In the afternoon, beginning
at 2:00 p.m., the Newton Coun
ty Jaycees will aid in the Heart
Fund Sunday collection by
holding their annual Heart
Fund Roadblock on Highway
278 at t/he Emory Street cross
ing.
White and Colored Church
es throughout Newton County
will join in the observance of
Heart Fund Sunday with spe
cial programs and bulletins as
part of their worship service,
according to Mrs. Helen Dick
inson, co-chairman of the Heart
Fund Drive.
Mrs. John Fuller, chairman
of the Heart Fund Canvass,
has divided Covington into
districts and appointed a group
captain to organize the canvass
in each of these areas.
Serving as Canvass Cap
tains will be: Mrs. James
Morgan, Mrs. Gordon Mann,
Mrs. Ben Banks, Mrs. Phillip
Cohen, Mrs. Harry Faulkner,
Mrs. Herbert Vining, Mrs.
Ralph Hale, Mrs. Troy Thig
pen, Mrs. Lea Stephenson, Mra.
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House Highway Committee, is op
timistic about the Immediate fu
ture of the highway program ia
our county.
The leg of the Interstate routa
from Conyers to Covington con
tract was let in late 1962 and clear
ing the right-of-way of houses,
businesses, trees, etc. has just
about been completed. This was *
$5-million contract and the brid
ges will be built first, Rep. Bal
lard stated.
Ballard also stated that It Is
his understanding that the road
will be paved with asphalt plant
mix from the present road near
Conyers to Covington. From Cov
ington on to Morgan County line
he said that the road would be con
crete.
Ballard also added that another
leg of the Atlanta - Augusta In
terstate route had been let to
contract from Augusta toward
Covington.
The Newton Representative re
vealed that he is working closely
with Senator Brooks Pennington,
Jr. of Madison and Senator Wyoka
Knox of Thomson in "trying to get
I the date for a 75-mile stretch
’ from Morgan County line to
I Thomason into contract in 1964
instead of 1966 as now scheduled.”
He added “we feel sure we ll bo
able to get this accomplished."
The State Highway Department
is working on re-routing of State
Route 81 to bypass Oxford and
Covington and tiein at the Hazle
brand Interchange, Mr. Ballard re
vealed. He said that this route
would take most of the heavy
traffic from these two municipal
ities. A new road would be built
from the interchange to Madison-
Covington highway (US 278), and
then a road constructed circling
Covington to the south, tieing in
with State Route 36 to Jackson.
"When we get the Interstate
route from .Covington to Atlanta
completed and other highways and
improvements planned for Newton
County, I predict that Newton
County will see unparalleled grow
th and prosperity in the coming
decade. My aim is to get natural
gas and water service to our
friends outside of municipalities,”
he added.
I. T. Wiley, and the member!
of the Senior Tri-Hi-Y will
canvass two districts.
Cake and coffee will be
served to canvassing workers
at Newton Federal Savings and
Loan Sunday afternoon at tha
close of the canvass when tha
captains turn in their collec
tions.
Jchn Bob Weaver
In Atlanta Hospital
Friends of John Bob Weaver
will be delighted to know that
he is recuperating nicely at
Emory University Hospital in
Atlanta, where he underwent
surgery last week.
While he is not ready to
come home yet, he is receiving
the best of care. His many
friends are wishing for him a
speedy recovery and an aarly
return home.
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