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Thursday, February 28, 1963
Mrs. Elzie Elli,s
Retired Bibb
Employee, Dies
Funeral services for Mrs.
Elzie Wood Ellis of Route 2,
Social Circle, were held Wed
nesday afternoon, February 27,
at Julia A. Porter Methodist
Church in Porterdale, with
Rev. A. D. Whittemore, pastor
of the church, officiating.
Mrs. Ellis, 66, was a native
of Spalding County. She was a
member of the Gum Creek
Presbyterian Church and a re
tired employee of Bibb Manu
facturing Company. She died
in a private hospital on Tues
day, after a lingering illness.
Surviving are one son, Leon
ard Ellis, Monroe; daughters,
Mrs. O. T. Parham, Social
Circle; Mrs. Howell Thompson,
Walnut Grove; Mrs. Homer
Huckaby, Porterdale; brothers,
Jack Wood, Houston, Texas;
James (Joe) Wood, Charlie
Wood, Conyers; Carl Wood,
Umatilla, Florida; sisters, Mrs.
Rena Love, Atlanta; Mrs. Jack
Benton, Columbus; nine grand
children and two great-grand
children.
Interment was in Sardis
Cemetery near Oxford, with
J. C. Harwell and Son Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
Newton High Octet
Presents Program
The Octet of Newton Coun
ty High School, Mr. Joe Sears,
director, were guest perform
ers at the Social Circle Meth
odist Church Sunday.
Students composing the octet
are Selma Spears, Frankie Day,
Carole Burch, Nelda White,
Peggy Williams, Vickie Wise,
Brenda Millwood and Sally
Smallwood.
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Dr. William Rawls
Speaks to Rotary
Club Members
Guest speaker at the regular
weekly meeting of the Cov
ington Rotary Club, Tuesday,
was Dr. Walliam J. Rawls, a
heart disease specialist. He was
introduced by Dr. Thomas
Crews of Covington.
Dr. Rawls gave a very in
teresting and informative
speech on heart diseases. His
talk was in keeping with pro
grams at local civic clubs dur
ing the month of February
which is Heart Month.
Two visitors were present
for the meeting Tuesday. They
were Clyde Simmons of Smyr
na, Ga., and Leo S. Mallard of
Covington.
Death Claims
Harmon Strawn
At His Home
Harmon V. Strawn, 68, of
Jackson Road, died at his home
on February 26. He was a nat
ive of Henry County. Funeral
services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the Chapel of
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home with Rev. Grady Eber
hardt and Bishop J. T. Payne
officiating. Interment was in
Red Oak Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
H. V. Strawn, Covington; sons,
David Strawn, Forest Park;
H. V. Strawn Jr., Nettleton,
Mississippi; J. T. Strawn, Deca
tur; daughters, Mrs. K. R. Pope,
Atlanta; Mrs. Lee Cole, Jack
sonville, Florida; Mrs. L. J.
Finney, Nettleton, Mississippi;
brothers, A. L. Strawn, Deca
tur; Edward Strawn, Orlando,
Florida; Calvin Strawn, Thom
aston; sisters, Mrs. China Mc-
Cart, Covington; Mrs. Delia
Hayes. Atlanta; 17 grandchild
ren and three great-grand
children.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deepest
sympathy to them in their
sorrow.
Georgia House
Has Resolution
To Prof. Brown
The Georgia House of Re
presentatives passed a Resolu
tion to the memory of Profess
or E. J. Brown, former faculty
member of Emory-At-Oxford
for many years before his re
tirement three years ago. The
Resolution was introduced by
Newton County Representative
W. D. Ballard Tuesday. It was
passed unanimously.
Many of the members of the
Legislature spoke highly of
Prof. Brown and a great num
ber of the solons had attended
school under Prof. Brown or
knew him intimately.
The Resolution follows:
A RESOLUTION
Expressing regrets at the
passing of Professor E. J.
Brown; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, Professor E. J.
Brown of Emory at Oxford,
Covington, Georgia, passed
away on Monday, February 25,
1963, and
WHEREAS, Professor Brown
spent all of his adult life at
Emory at Oxford, and
WHEREAS, Professor Brown
was a great humanitarian and
was loved by everyone, and
WHEREAS, Professor Brown
is widely known, having been
directly responsible for helping
many young men attain a col
lege education through his un
derstanding and faith in young
men; and
WHEREAS, Professor Brown
devoted his life to youth; and
WHEREAS, his passing will
be a great loss to the youth and
all citizens of this State.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTIVES that dee
pest regrets are hereby ex
pressed upon the passing of
Professor E. J. Brown, and the
sympathy of all the members
of this Body is hereby extend
ed to the members of his fam
ily.
BE IT FURTHER RESOL
VED that the Clerk of the
House is hereby instructed to
transmit a copy of this Resolu
tion to the bereaved widow of
Professor E. J. Brown.
Girl Scout Poster
Contest to Be
Judged Friday
Judging of the Girl Scout
Potsre Contest, which is open
to Brownies and Intermediates,
will be held tomorrow, March
1, at the Covington Girl Scout
Hut.
Prizes for the best posters
will be awarded and the posters
submitted in the contest will
be displayed in the various
stores around the Public Square
and at Covington Meadows
Shopping Center the week of
March 10-16, which is “Girl
Scout Week.’’
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this opport
unity to thank each and every
one of our friends and neigh
bors for their kindness shown
to us during the illness and
death of our mother, Mrs. Flora
Fincher.
The many thoughtful cards,
flowers, trays of food and
prayers were greatly appreci
ated. May God richly bless
each and everyone of you.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Yancey and family
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Conference on Social Welfare
Set for Atlanta, Feb. 21 - Mar. 1
More than 800 representa
tives of official and voluntary
health, education and welfare
agencies are expected to attend
the thirty-sixth annual meet
ing of the Georgia Conference
on Social Welfare, February
27-March 1, at the Dinkler-
Plaza Hotel, Atlanta. Mrs. Vir
ginia M. Smyth, Regional Rep
resentative on Aging, Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, Atlanta, is 1963 presi
dent of the Conference.
Robert M. Ball, Commission
er of Social Security. Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, Washington, D. C.,
will be the featured speaker at
the opening general session.
Wednesday, February 27, at 8
p.m. He is scheduled to pre
sent the national viewpoint of
the Conference theme, “New
Methods to Meet New Issues.”
At a point session on Thursday,
February 28, co-sponsored by
the Georgia Association for
Mental Health, Inc., Dr. Wil
liam P. Hurder, Associate Di
rector for Ment a 1 Health,
Southern Region al Ed
ucation Board, Atlanta, will
Sgt. John Mclntosh
Completes USAFI
Television Course
Master Sergeant John A. Mc-
Intosh, son of Mrs. W. M. Mc-
Intosh Route 3, Covington, suc
cessfully completed a course
in Introduction to Television
II through the United. States
Armed Forces Institute, Madi
son, Wisconsin, on 1 February
1963.
Sergeant Mclntosh attended
Palmer Stone High School,
Oxford. Before entering the
Air Force the sergeant was
employed as a weaver for Bibb
Manufacturing Company, Por
terdale.
He and his wife, the former
Eva Hawkins of Covington, are
now residing at Kirksville,
Missouri, where Sergeant Mc-
Intosh is a maintenance in
spector with the 790th Radar
Squadron (SAGE), Kirksville
Air Force Station.
Sergeant Mclntosh is con-
Annual Report
Says Georgia Vets
Got $129-Million
Veterans and their families
in Georgia received a total of
$129,718,556 in cash benefits
and services during the fiscal
year of 1962, the Veterans Ad
ministration announced today.
Actual distribution of this
sum is outlined in the 1962 an
nual report of the VA, now on
sale at the Government Print
ing Office, Washington, D. C.
In Georgia, compensation for
service - connected disabilities
and pension for total and per
manent nonservice - connected
disabilities were paid to 57,-
814 living veterans in the
amount of $50,592,259.
Death compensation and
pension were paid to the de
pendents of 25,455 deceased
veterans in the amount of $23,-
076,995.
Certain GI insurance divi
dend and indemnity payments
totaling $15,414,038 were made
to veterans and their benefici
aries.
An average of 98 disabled
veterans of World War II and
the Korean Conflict in Geor
gia trained during the year
under the vocational rehabili
tation act to overcome the
handicaps of their disabilities.
They received $176,116 in sub
sistence, tuition, supplies and
equipment.
An average of 4,499 veterans
trained during the year under
the World War II and Korean
GI Bills. They received $4,974,-
927 in cash allowances.
The remainder of cash bene
fits, services and other VA ex
penditures in Georgia during
the year totaled $35,484,221.
These cash benefits and ser
vices included war orphans’
educational allowances, hos
pitalization, loan guarantee and
direct loan programs, automo
biles for certain disabled vet
erans, wheel chair homes for
the seriously disabled, admin
istrative costs and miscellane
ous benefits.
Easter Seal volunteers are
the vitality of the Easter Seal
Society. They assist as therapy
aides in the rehabilitation cen
ters. Other- mail out the Easter
Seals, or knock on their neigh
bors’ doors, asking support of
their community at Easter Seal
time so that work can go on
for crippled children and adults.
Join with the volunteers by
giving to Easter Seals.
speak on “Mental Health in a
Fast Changing World.’’
Georgia's new State Welfare
Director, Mrs. Bruce Schaefer,
will address the closing ses
sion on Friday, March 1. She
will relate the theme of the
conference to welfare pro
grams in Georgia.
Rive groups will hold special
meetings the afternoon of Feb
ruary 27. These include the
American Red Cross, Georgia
Department of Public Welfare,
the Salvation Army, the Na
tional Association of Social
Workers and the Georgia Nur
sing Home Association, Inc.
All day Thursday, February
28. institutes and workshops on
nine health and welfare sub
jects will be conducted.
Registration for the meeting
and institutes is $4.00 for
members of the Conference on
Social Welfare and $5.00 for
non - members. Registration
forms and additional informa
tion may be obtained from the
Georgia Conference on Social
Welfare, 41 Exchange Place,
S.E., Atlanta, Georgia.
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Entry Blanks
In Egg Cartons
Interest in the fifth annual Geor
gia Poultry Products Cooking
Queen Contest is being spurred by
a unique method of distributing
contest entry blanks, Roy Durr,
contest chairman and an official
in the Georgia Poultry Federation,
said this week.
Mr. Durr explained that entry
blanks are being packed in approx
imately 300,000 cartons of Georgia
-produced eggs, to be distributed
over the entire state.
The annual contest is sponsored
by the Georgia Poultry Federation
in cooperation with the Georgia
Egg Commission, the Georgia Co
operative Extension Service, and
rural divisions of the Georgia
Power Company, and th*» Geor
gia Poultry Processors Assn.
Entry forms for the contest —
open to all Georgia homemakers
—also are available from home
demonstration agents and per-
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Durden Attends
Laboratory Clinic
At Tennille
Joe A. Durden of the local Resi
dent Engineers Office of the State
Highway Department of Georgia
were among those attending the
recently held Laboratory Clinic
that was held at the Department's
Division Laboratory at Tennille.
Approximately eighty men were
registered for attendance.
sonnel of the power company.
Written recipes and menus on
the homemaker’s favorite egg
dessert recipe and poultry recipe
will form the basis of the compe
tition.
Deadline for entering the con
test is March 1.
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The Clinics prime function was
to introduce new methods of ma
terials testing, and to review the
procedures now used by field
personnel in the testing of mater
ials. Materials testing is a most
important phase of highway con
structiun in that all items used
by the contractors in the con
struction of roads must meet the
specifications prescribed by the
Department.
Part of the tests are handled
by the local engineers and tech
nicians. while those requiring com
plete and involved laboratory
equipment and procedures are
handled either by the Division La
boratory, or by the Main Labora
tory located on the Georgia Tech
Campus in Atlanta.
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