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First, we wish personally,
and in behalf of the entire
News Force, to express the
heartfelt sympathy we feel, in
the passing of Mr. Hugh King.
He has left his footprints in
the sand of time, in his church,
community, his business, and
in the hearts of his friends. No
finer Christian family ever
lived within our community.
He will be missed in all circles
of life in this community, but
he will live on in his beauti
ful Christian daughters and
grand children. He will live on
in the hearts of all who knew
him best, and especially his
Sunday School class, which he
taught last Sunday.
We especially express heart
felt sympathy to that fine
Christian wife, and mother of
his children, who is also a won
derful Sunday School teacher.
Only those who have walked
this pathway of life, giving up
a companion, can truly know
how to sympathize with her.
Mr. King’s life was one that
could well be an example for
all who knew him to strive to
emulate. Yes, to each of you,
we express our deepest sym
pathy.
The youth program bill has
passed! Governor Sanders can
well be proud of this, as are all
citizens of the State. We have
worked with young people most
of our life, and we know they
are clay within our hands to
mould and make ... to build
into Christian people.
So many of our young peo
ple, of today, suffer most from
“Parent Delinquency.” This is
the great tragedy of today. Par-
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Plant Diseases
On 'Know How'
Workshop Wed.
Dr. Wiley Garrett, Extension
Landscape Specialist, will dis
cuss how to control diseases of
ornamental plants on March 20,
2:00 p. m.. at the Snapping
Shoals EMC Building. This is
the third in a series of Horticul
ture Workshops sponsored by
the Newton County Home
Demonstration Clubs.
Members of local Garden
Clubs, Home Demonstration
Clubs, and anyone interested in
gardening, is invited to attend.
Sara Groves, Newton County
Extension Agent, stated, “We
are indeed fortunate to have
Dr. Garrett come to our Co
unty. I knew him as a student
at Texas A. and M. He is a tall,
handsome Texan, a good speak
er who knows his subject.”
Dr. Garrett grew up in Rose
bud, Texas. He was reared on a
diversified farm in Central
Texas. He holds his B. S. Deg
ree in Agricultural Education
and the M. S. Degree in plant
pathology from Texas A. and
M. He received the Ph. D. Deg
ree in plant pathology from the
University of Minnesota. He
held a Rockefeller Foundation
Research Fellowship while
working towards his Doctorate.
As Head of the Extension
Plant Pathology Department,
he is responsible for the Ex
tension Program to combat
plant diseases throughout the
state. As part of this work, he
is in charge of a Plant Disease
Clinic in Athens, where County
Agents may send specimens of
diseased plants to obtain ident
ification of diseases and recom
mendations on control mea
sures.
Fans Appreciation Banquet
Tonight For Basketball Teams
Newton County Tip - Off
Club's “Fans Appreciation
Banquet’’ will be held tonight
at the NCHS Cafeteria, starting
at 7 o’clock. The annual event
pays tribute to both girls and
boys teams of Newton County
High School.
Presiding at the banquet pro
gram will be Dr. Maurice Gris-
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VOLUME 99
NEW’ " RED CROSS SEEKS MEMBERS, FUNDS
Dick Bellairs Elected Rotary Club President
Porterdale Druggist To
Assume Office In July
Dick Bellairs, Porterdale druggist, has been elected pre
sident of the Covington Rotary Club. He will succeed Bill
Hoffman at the club officer installation ceremony in July.
Mr. Bellairs is a native of South
Bend, Indiana, and is a graduate
of Purdue University, Lafayette,
Indiana. He has owned and op
erated the Standard Pharmacy at
Porterdale for the past six years.
Mr. Bellairs has taken an active
part in Rotary Club work in the
county and last year served on
the Board of Directors.
Married to the former Betty
Jane Rivers of Avera, Georgia,
the Bellairs live on Legion Drive
in Covington.
The new president of the Rotary
Club has taken an active role in
church work and is a member of
the Julia A. Porter Methodist
Church in Porterdale. He is chair
man of the church’s finance com
mittee and is vice-chairman of the
church’s board. Mr. Bellairs also
teaches the Young Adult Sunday
School Class.
Other Rotary officers elected to
serve with Mr. Bellairs are as
follows:
Bill Hoffman, vice-president;
Ira Dickerson, secretary; John
Morford, treasurer; and directors:
Aubra Sherwood, Bud Dennison
and Howard Milligan.
Hugh L. King
Is Victim of
Heart Attack
Hugh L. King, prominent
and well known business, Civic
and church leader of Covington
and Newton County, died sud
denly Monday afternoon,
March 11, at the local hospital,
where he was taken after suf
fering a heart attack. Mr. King,
though having been in declin
ing health for several months
continued his regular activities
and even Monday was at his
place at the local store and
Sunday was in attendance at
all church services even to
teaching his class at Sunday
School.
Mr. King, was born March
17, 1896 in Newton County
having been reared in the Bet
hany Community, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. James W.
King Sr. After his marriage to
the former Leilia Hull of Zion
Community they moved to
Covington, where they have
made their home. Approxi
mately 25, years ago he with
his partners opened the King-
Hicks Hardware Company here.
Mr. King has always been
prominent i n church and
community activities and help
ed organize the Porterdale
Presbyterian Sunday School
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fin, President of the local Tip-
Off Club. Main speaker will be
T. P. Jones, Headland High
School boys coach.
Program chairman M. B.
Shaw will introduce the guest
speaker. Coach Jones has had
outstanding success at Head
land since he took over the
reins when the school was built
some seven years ago. His team
won the State AA champion
ship in 1961 and again went to
the finals in the 1962 State
meet at the Coliseum in At
lanta before losing to Murray
County.
Highlight of the evening will
be the awards for the out-
Cutrtngtim Jfew
Superior Court
Opens Monday
The March Term of Newton
County Superior Court will start
Monday, March 18.
Civil cases will be on the doc
ket for the first week of the court
with many highway condemnation
suits on the calendar.
Criminal cases will be tried a
week from Monday.
Club Business
At Kiwanis Meet
Today at 1 o'clock
Activities of the Covington Ki
wanis Club will take up the pro
gram portion of the club’s meet
ing today (Thursday) at Legion
Home at 1 o'clock. A designated
program bi-monthly is set aside
for Kiwanis business activities to
be disseminated to the members
of the organization.
Kiwanian V. Y. C. Eady and
a quartert; will have a part on
the program today.
President Frank Meadors will
be in charge of the program to
day, with the aid of program
chairman W. J. Dickey.
T. W. Kitchens Is
Injured in Wreck
T. W. Kitchens of Oxford,
former Town Marshal, was in
jured in an auto-truck collision
on U. S. Highway 278 Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr. Kitchens was taken to
Newton County Hospital with
a fractured rib and several cuts
about the face and head. His
condition Wednesday was re
ported as satisfactory.
The trailer-truck had a South
Carolina license and was ap
parently on Its way to Atlanta.
The accident happened at the
corner of Mill Street and U. S.
278. Mr. Kitchens was en route
to Oxford.
John Bob Weaver
Returns Home
The many friends of John Bob
Weaver will be glad to know he
was able to return home Sunday
after having spent five weeks at
Emory University Hospital where
he underwent surgery twice.
He is being extended best wishes
for continued improvement and
hopes he will soon be able to as
sume his duties at the bank.
standing girls and boys on the
NCHS squads for the past year
in which both teams scored a
total of 62 victories and only
four defeats. The NCHS girls
were second in the recent State
AA tournament in Atlanta.
Teams awards tonight will
be made by Coaches Stone Co
oper of the girls squad, and
Ronald Bradley of the Rams
team. Lettermen will be an
nounced during the evening by
these coaches.
Special awards will be made
by James Knight, President of
the Key Club: Mrs. J. T. Jayn
es, Vice-President of the Tip-
Off Club: and Walker Harris,
Exalted Ruler of the Coving
ton Elks Lodge.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1963
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Thomas L. Crews, co-ordinator of volunteer work, and Tony Wilkie, campaign chairman,
about plans for the Red Cross Fund Drive in Newton County. This year's goal has been
set at $4,280, of which nearly 50% will remain in Newton County.
Water-Sewage-Gas Rate Hike
Audit reports show that the City
of Covington water and sewage de
partments have operated at a loss
of $52,489.67 during the last two
and one-half year period. City
Manager J. H. Bryan said today.
Checking the audits, Mr. Bryan
pointed out that in 1960 the water
and sewage departments had a
net revenue of $93,500.18 and ex
penditures of $100,347.32. This
shows a loss of $6,847.14.
In 1961 net revenue was $104,-
125.15 and expenditures were
$129,178.03 with a loss of $25,-
052.88.
For the first six months of 1962
the audit shows net revenue of
$52,671.09 and expenditures of
$73,260.74 with a $20,589.65 loss.
“Loss for this period has been
covered with money taken from
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STATE AA SECOND PLACE Trophy wai presented to the Newton County
girls basketball team Saturday evening at Alexander Memorial Coliseum
in Atlanta by Charlie Cates (left). Assistant Executive Secretary of the
Georgia High School Association. From left to right are: Coach Stone
Cooper, Rosemary Laster, Carlyn Maloy, Day Morcock, Linda Satterfield,
the general fund,” Mr. Bryan said.
Rate Hike Proposed
Tn order to try to make each de
partment pay for itself Mr. Bryan
has placed a recommendation be
fore the City Council that will
raise the water and sewage rate
in the city by 50 cents per custo
mer per month, and bring in an
additional $15,000 revenue annual
ly. Action on the recommendation
is expected at the next council
meeting on Monday night March
18.
A similar recommendation was
made in 1959 by Wiederman &
Singleton City Water and Sewage
Engineers after a study of t h e
city water and sewage systems.
The present rate has been in
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County Had 2.45
Inches of Rain
Tuesday Eve, Night
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
High Low
Wed. March 6. 65 39
Thurs. March 7, 61 34
Fri. March 8, 65 31
Sat. March 9, 59 42
Sun. March 10, 68 39
Mon. March 11, 65 46
Tues. March 12. 77 56
Rainfall during the week
totaled 4.16 inches with 1.71
inches recorded on March 6 and
2.45 inches March 12 to Wed
nesday morning March 13.
Jordye Bailey, Susan Cooper, Sandra Lester, Linda Kite, Carol George,
Mary Jane Odum, Betty Faith Jaynes, Kay Shaw, Carolyn Strange. Di
anne Carter and Amelia Spillers. The Newton girls season and tournament
record was a fine 33 victories and only one defeat — that laea in
finals to Hari County 50-39. h
Tony Wilkie Is Appointed
County Campaign Chairman
The Newton County Chapter of the American Red Cross
today joins in a nationwide campaign for members and
funds. This year marks the centenary of the wolrd-wide
movement.
“During the campaign Ameri
cans have the opportunity to be
come a part of a century old tra
dition of mercy that gives hope
to the hopeless and help for the
helpless," said Tony Wilkie,
Campaign Chairman.
Mr. Wilkie states that this
year's goal is $4,280 00, of which
nearly 50 per cent will remain in
Newton County for local services.
The remainder will be used in the
national program which includes
large projects such as the recent
evacuation in Cuba and assis
tance given in over 300 disasters
that occurred in 1962.
The Newton County Chapter is
headed by Mrs. Thomas Crews
who co-ordinates the work of the
volunteers and services.
“Many people have the idea
that Red Cross functions only in
wartime or disasters,” Mrs. Crews
said, “but actually the Red Cross
2 New Home
Demonstration
Clubs Formed
Two new Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, and possibly a third,
will be organized in Newton
County. Mrs. C. H. Berry, Jr.,
President of the County Home
Demonstration Council, stated
that, “There have been many
requests for membership in the
Extension Clubs.”
Those who are interested in
joining a Club, are asked to
contact either Mrs. B. J. Mat
ocha, 786-6384, Mrs. Kenneth
Johnson, 786-3575, or the Ex
tension Office, 786-2574.
A “Get-Acquainted” meeting
for new members will be held
March 28, 2.30 p. m., at the
Snapping Shoals EMC Build
ing.
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volunteers perform many servie
es that are unrecognized except by
the individuals involved.
Our chapter has active workers
in Water Safety, First Aid, ths
Blood program and in Home Ser
vice to the serviceman and h i s
dependents. We have a great need
for volunteers for a disaster ser
vice in Newton County to give aid
to disaster victims if we should
be faced with a disaster.
By a disaster, I mean a des
tructive tornado, hurricane, ex
plosion or fire. These victims
would need food, shelter, clothing,
medical and nursing care, and aid
in returning to normal living.
These are some of the respon
sibilities and duties of the local
Red Cross chapter and we a r •
trying to organize and prepars
ourselves for facing them. T®
carry on these services, the Red
Cross chapter relies on the fund
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Vehicle Tags,
Tax Returns
Deadline Nears
Newton Countians now havs
only two weeks in wihioh t®
purchase, their 1963 vehicle li
cense tags and to make their
tax returns at the office of th®
Tax Collector and Tax Receiv
er at the Courthouse. The dead
line is Monday, April 1.
Bonham Johnson, Tax Col
lector, stated Tuesday Uhat
more than 3,000 tags remain to
be sold in the county during
the next two weeks. He said
that after April 1 there will ba
a 20 percent penalty, plus a
SI.OO charge for delinquent
purchases.
J. Hugh Steele, Tax Recei
ver, says that property owners
are urged to make their re
turns as soon as possible and
thereby avoid a penalty.
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