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VOLUME 99
Covington Cub Pack 58 Has
Annual Blue and Gold Banquet
Cub Scout Pack 58 held its
annual Blue and Gold banquet
Feb. 26, 1963 at E. L. Ficquett
Cafetorium with approximately
150 Cub Scouts, their families
and guest present.
Rev. Edgar Callaway gave
the invocation. Special guests
were Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Las
siter: Mr. and Mrs. William
Hoffman: Mr. and Mrs. Ho
ward Brooks: Mr. George Hutc
hinson: Mr. Charlie Robbins:
and Mr. Leo S. Mallard.
Mr. Howard Brooks, Scout
master of Troop 58, awarded
Den Chief’s Patch and cord
to Edgar Callaway, David
Jernigan, and Bill Everitt. Mrs.
Claudine Everitt, accepted
patch and cord for Bill who
was ill with the flu. Other Den
Chiefs who were unable to at
tend were Danny Clower and
Ricky Pratt., and awards will
be made later.
In an impressive candlelight
ceremony, 44 awards were
made to 34 Cub Scouts. Cub
master Herbert Vining induc
ted Doug Ivey, Jr., and Douglas
Hargrove into the Pack as Bob
cats.
Mr. E. G. Lassiter, Jr. Past
District Chairman of Newton-
Rockdale area, awarded Wolt
Badges to David Hood, Ricky
Schell, Gary Brown and Abra
Ward.
George Hutchinson, holder of
Silver Beaver award, gave Bear
Badges to Hugh Steele, Jr. Brad
Morris, Mike Alexander, Wall
ace Christian, Rick Easterlin
and Paul Jernigan.
Charlie Robbins, Director of
Camping of the Atlanta area
and district executive of New
ton-Rockdale District, awarded
Lion Badges to Warren Christ
ian, Steve Colquitt, Clay Sum
mers, and Bruce Haralson.
Asst. Cubmaster Jack Christ-
Counselor Says
Deaf Peddlers
Pose Problem
Covington - Newton County
Chamber of Commerce has re
ceived a letter from J. H. Whit
worth, counselor to the deaf,
Division of Vocational Reha
bilitation, pertaining to the “in
creasingly concerned problem
of the deaf peddlers.”
Mr. Whitworth has asked
members of the Chamber of
Commerce to refuse purchases
from these deaf peddlers and
to refer them to the local Vo
cational Rehabilitation Counse
lor or to him (Mr. Whitworth)
at the Cave Springs School for
the Deaf, Cave Springs, Ga.
Mr. Whitworth stated in the
letter: “This is not a disservice
to this individual but rather is
an act which might enable him
to gain an independent and
self-respecting position in life.
Our problem is that the gener
al public must be made aware
that they are hindering rather
than helping the deaf peddler
when they make a purchase of
ene of these items.”
Brownie Scout Troop 193 Looks Forward to Girl Scout Week
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MEMBERS OF BROWNIE SCOUT TROOP 193 are ahown
In the photo above taken at the Girl Scout Hut. Seated, from
ieft to right: Donna Colquitt. Lisa Tuck, Nancy Armstrong.
Nancy Lott. Dawn Harris, Yvette Mason, Cindy Morgan,
ftmdief. Mt te right: Connie Haygood, Kitty McDaniel.
The Covington Enterprise, Established io 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
ian awarded Gold Arrows to
David Hood, Ricky Schell,
Keith Garner, Gary Brown,
Jim Anderson, Mike Morgan,
Vince Evans, Dan Porter, Hamp
Vining, Billy Dawkins, Jimmy
Ivey, Steve Hinton, and Sammy
Patrick.
Cubmaster Herbert Vining
awarded Silver Arrows to Jim
Anderson, Mike Morgan, Vince
Evans (2), Dan Porter, Hamp
Vining, Sammy Patrick and
Jimmy Ivey.
Charlie Robbins welcomed
Luke Hill and Wayne Vaughn
into Webelo Den.
Mrs. Hugh Steele was in
charge of decorations. A deli
cious meal of baked ham, beans,
macaroni and cheese with rolls,
cut cakes and drinks were ser
ved.
Stale STAR
Student to Be
Named Mar. 10
The Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce will hold its Annual
Meeting March 19 at the Biltmore
Hotel.
Highlights of the day - long
meeting will be a banquet address
by Senator Herman Talmadge, se
lection of the State’s STAR Stu
dent. a report by a Thiokol Chemi
cal Corporation official on plans
for the company’s Georgia oper
ation, and selection of a new
Chamber President.
Dr. Harold W. Ritchey, vice
president in charge of rocket op
erations for Thiokol and former
president of the American Rocket
Society, will discuss the company’s
proposed $10,500,000 plant sche
duled to be built in Camden Coun
ty on the Georgia Coast. He will
address the Chamber’s Industrial
Development Council at a lunch
eon at 12:30 P. M.
Senator Talmadge will pay tri
bute to Georgia's student judged
tops in the field of scholarship at
the banquet at 7:00 P. M.
A forum for local Chamber of
Commerce Presidents and Cham
ber Managers ■will be held at 2:30
P. M.. with Dwight Havens of the
staff of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce presiding.
Advance reservations indicate
that several hundred business and
professional leaders will attend the
function.
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington dur
ing the past week were:
High Low
Wed. Feb. 27. 49 11
Thurs. Feb. 28. 66 26
Fri. March 1. 62 46
Sat. March 2, 60 41 I
Sun. March 3, 68 32 ;
Mon. March 4. 62 48 i
Tues. March S, 70 58 '
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COVINGTON KIWANIANS are awaiting their turn to pay for the country hams which
they bought during the Ham and Egg Auction at the club's regular meeting Thursday.
James Hutchins (right) is paying Mrs. Lottie Johnson, local Extension worker, for the
ham he bought. Others waiting in line to pay for their purchases are (from left to right):
Phillip Cohen, Frank Meadors, S. J. Morcockand Guy Evans. The top ham brought $1.50
per pound.
Troop 473 of Girl Scouts
Have Had a Busy Season
Troop 473, composed of 18
fourth and fifth grade girls,
has had a very busy schedule
since September. Most of the
meetings have been planned
around the achievements ne
cessary for their Second Class
Rank. The girls were put into
three patrols with Karen Mea
dors, Becky Ballard and Linda
Evans being elected to serve as
Patrol Leaders for the year.
In October Mrs. Conrad spoke
to the troop about Brazil and
showed many slides about the
country and the people. The
girls also began work on a
scrapbook and learned how to
bind it correctly. A Halloween
party was planned by the troop
with each patrol selecting a
special game to be played.
In November, cuttings from
a Colia were planted by the
girls with great hopes that the
plants, with proper care, would
still be living when spring ar
rived. A nice outing was enjoy
ed at the Evans lake and farm.
The girls, after going on a sca
vanger hunt through the woods,
were responsible for making
their own fires and cooking
their supper.
Christmas presents, a host
bag for mom and an ash tray
for dad, were made during
December. A delightful Christ
mas party, planned by the
girls, took place on December
18.
During January each patrol
worked on a skit and presented
it before another Girl Scout
troop. All the skits were about
“Magicians”.
In February Mrs. Daisy Lord,
Susan Hunt, Cathy Freeman. Vicki Cooper, Brenda Croom,
Jane Hardman, Carol Dobbs, Bobbie Wren Banks, Leslie
McDowell. Mrs. J. W. Morgan is the troop leader, and
Mrs. Blake Armstrong is the assistant leader.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963
a registered nurse and mother
of one of the troop members,
came to the troop meetings and
taught a First-Aid and Health
course to the girls. The girls
were delighted to learn how
to read a thermometer, use a
triangular bandage and many
other things.
During March Mr. Rigney is
going to teach the girls to re
cognize the different musical
instruments of a band.
Mrs. Guy Evans and Mrs.
Jack Meadors serve as Troop
Leaders. The troop committee
is composed of Mrs. Don Ball
ard, Mrs. Jimmy Harwell, Mrs.
Daisy Lord and Mrs. Randle
Shadix.
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D. Grier Stephenson. Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Stephen
son of Covington, has been sel
ected by Davidson College's
ROTC Department to partici
pate in the MS 111 program
which upon completion will
lead to his being commissioned
as a 2nd Lieutenant in the
United States Army.
Girl Scouts
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teat will be announced next
week and prizes will be award
ed on March 15.
A joint meeting of all scouts
in the county will climax the
week on Friday, Mardh 15, at
the Ficquett Auditorium at 3:30
p.m. Miss Donna Anderton and
Miss Carol Beaschler of Atlan
ta, who attended the Girl
Scout Round-up in Vermont
will have charge of the pro
gram.
The citizens of Newton
County are proud of the pro
gress of the Girl Scout Oiga
nization. There are approxi
mately 300 Girl Scouts and 30
leaders serving in the com
munity. Through their active
participation in homemaking,
citizenship, out -of - doors,
health and safety, arts and
crafts and International Friend
ship, they are “Serving the
Future”.
Benefit Dance
Friday, Conyers
American Legion Post 77, of
Conyers, is sponsoring a dance
tomorrow night (Friday),
March 8, for the benefit of the
Heart Fund.
The dance will be held from
9 until 12, with price of ad
i mission SI.OO per person. Mu-
I sic will be furnished by The ■
Southern Rebel*.
NCHS Students
Make Plea lor
School Aids
Two officers of the Newton
County High School student
council gave the Covington Ro
tary Club Tuesday certain
facts concerning science equip
ment and instructional aids.
Alva Spillers, President of
the NCHS Student Council, and
Rosemary Laster, Vice-Presi
dent, made the plea to the Ro
tarians to aid the local Newton
High-NDEA program.
They gave the following
facts:
FACTS:
1. NDEA Title 111 provides
funds toward the purchase of
science equipment and instruc
tional aids. At present it pays
50 percent of the cost of the
item.
2. The county board will
match a reasonable amount
either contributed by the
school or other groups toward
purchase of approved items.
3. NCHS has eight sections
of biology and only 2 micro
scopes and 1 microprojector.
4. There is a need of an ad
ditional tape recorder so more
effective use can be made of
the state dept.’s tape record
ing loan plan.
5. We need a really high
class technical reference en
cyclopedia for advanced stu
dents.
6. We need encyclopedia de
j voted to science aimed at level
of average high school student.
7. A CONTRIBUTION OF:
A. S9O will buy 5 micro
scopes value at $360
B. $55 will buy tape re
corder and accessories
valued at $220
C. $42 will buy McGraw
Hill Book of Technology
valued at $167
D. sl7 will buy The Book
of Popular Science valued
at S6B.
City Council
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। now goes to the City Zoning
Board for study.
Traffic Light--Hwy. 278
A traffic light has been ap
proved by the State Highway
Traffic Department at the in
tersection of Elm Street and
Highway 278.
The city has ordered the
equipment and it will be in
stalled at once when it arrives,
according to the city manager.
Installation of this light and
wig-wag lights at West Street
and Highway 278, and Mill
Street and Highway 278, is ex
pected to be within 30 days.
If an electrical appliance fails
to operate check to see if you
have power elsewhere in the
house, advise engineers of the
Extension Service.
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IN COLORFUL COSTUME streiilng "International Thinking Day” last weak in Covina,
ton are these four members of Girl Scout Troop 199. From left io right at the Scout H.ia
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Bob Travis Is Candidate for
Lt. Governor YMCA Assembly
Robert Moore Travis of Cov
ington will be campaigning for the
office of Lt. Governor at the Eigh
teenth State YMCA Youth Assem
bly, which meets March 28. 29 and
30. 1963, at the State Capitol in
Atlanta.
Bob is the son of Mrs. W B
Travis, a school teacher of New
ton County. He has demonstrated
leadership qualities in the local
school and community.
Bob is a Junior at Newton
County High School and a mem
ber of the First Baptist Church
where he serves as Youth Pastor
of the Church. Member of Hi Y
for 3 years and serves as Vice
President of his club. State Ist
Vice Pres, of Hi-Y & Tri Hi Y
Clubs at Rock Eagle Convention.
President of class for 2 years;
member Beta Club, Key Club,
Student Council for 3 years, Eagle
Scout, “A” Student; Pres, of
Youth Council. Staff on Summer
Scout camp.
Some 54 youthful politicians will
be competing for the 15 elective
positions in the Assembly. They
will be conducting their campaigns
until the election which is held
on the last day of the 1963 ses
sion, Saturday, March 30.
The Youth Assembly is a pro
ject of the State YMCA of Georgia
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Mrs. S. J. Moss'
Fwieral Held in
Henry County
Funeral services for Mrs. S.
J. (Elizabeth) Moss of Conyers
we.'e held at Timberridge Pres
byterian Church in Henry
County on March 4, with Rev.
Carl Standard and Rev. Gill
Griffin officiating. Mrs. Moss
died on Sunday, March 3, at
the age of 81.
Surviving are her husband,
S. J. Moss, Conyers; sons, W.
C. (Ted) Moss, Conyers; Thom
as M. Moss, H. S. (Bill) Moss,
Covington; daughters, Mrs. J.
R. Haynes, Cedartown; Mrs.
Gilbert Statham, Marietta; Mrs.
Glenn Woodruff, Decatur; Mrs.
J. D. Bates, Atlanta; Mrs. H.
H. Ogletree, Conyers; Mrs. R.
E. Chesnut, Mrs. Howard Mit
chell, Mrs. Chester Smith, Cov
ington; son-in-law Henry
Brown, Stockbridge; 24 grand
ohildren and 28 great-grand
ohildren.
Interment was in Timber
ridige Cemetery with grand
sons, James Haynes, Cedar
town; Gerald Brown, Atlanta;
Ansley Ogletree, Doraville;
Kenneth Moss, Atlanta; Doug
las Moss, Covington and Pete
Smith, Atlanta, serving as pall
bearers.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deep
est sympathy to them in their
sorrow.
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808 TRAVIS
designed to give Hi-Y and Tri Hi-Y
members practical training in th*
processes of government. This
year it will bring together 900
young people from 144 high
schools.
All of the delegates to the As
sembly are the elected represen.
tatives of their local Hi-Y and
Tri-Hi-Y Clubs, and all the legis
lation considered during the thre®
day session is prepared by the
young people.
Cadet Band Gets
'Excellent' Rating
At Festival
The Newton County Cadet
Rand attended Music Festival
Saturday at Milledgeville,
where they received a rating of
Excellent.
The Cadet Band can be high
ly praised for this rating, be
cause, despite their young ag®
and limited rehearsal time,
they were judged by the three
auditioners as if they were a
much older and experienced
organization.
These young musicians were
handicapped by limited instru
mentation, a factor which wae
extremely important in the
balance and sound of the bi nd.
In spite of these handicaps, the
members of the band tackled
the difficult music with an
energy not often seen in others
their age.
The music that the Cadet
Band played was a challenge
in itself, for such pieces as “D:®
Meistersinger”, by Wagner, ar®
listed on the high school Class
“B" list.
The three auditioners wer®
indeed impressed and stated
that they could really be proud
of the work done and also of
the potential which the band
members possessed.
Let us add our congratula
tions and support to this fin®
organization, which has shown
such spendid work..
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