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B^ the Office Boy
Oh, but I’ve done it now! I’m
getting in Dutch every day, but
I did not hurt anybody but
myself this time. Did not sleep
very well, hopped out at 6 a. m.
thinking it was late, and ran
to bathroom, opened cabinet,
pulled out my tooth paste, fill
ed the brush and started scrub
bing teeth.. .and alas! What a
taste that tooth paste had! I
looked at the tube, it was the
right color.. .but my dear the
name.. .BRYLCREAM! Yes, sir
ee, a little bit will do you!
I'm in Dutch with the Gov
ernor too! I KICKED him. I’ll
bet you never got so mad with
a governor or anybody else
that you kicked them. Neither
have 1.. .it happened after a
series of things. At the Gover
nor’s luncheon, editors of this
section... as we went in, no
place cards.. .sit where you
please at the long U shaped
tables, Captiol City Club...
Virginia Price, of Louisville
and I walked in together, .were
going down toward hear table
on side, and about the middle
of the length of the table she
said jokingly “Stop here, don’t
go to the head table”.. .We
laughed and I assured her that
I was NOT going to sit at the
head table. Then as we were
about to be seated, several
people called me by name. I
looked up, and whatter you
think your office boy saw.. The
governor smiling and holding
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4-H Hour Sal.
Will Feature
Local Talent
Newton County 4-H will
present the 4-H Hour Program
at 7:00 a.m., Saturday, March
23, on Channel Five.
“Seven o’clock is early, es
pecially on Saturday morning”,
Sara Groves, Newton County
Extension Agent, remarked,
“But we want all New ton
County 4-H’ers and their
friends to be sure to see this
program.”
The program varies from the
usual demonstration approach.
Five Newton County 4-H’ers
will appear in an original pro
duction “Posture Is Important”.
They will use clever posters
and visuals drawn by Art Har
grove, local 4-H leader, and
exercise demonstrations given
by Anne Klimaeszweski and
Linda Katz.
Bonnie Knight and Arthur
Hargrove 111, are the feature
players in this program. They
will be assisted by Arlene
Hargrove who will demon
strate “Sitting Pretty” as an
aid for posture improvement.
Arlene will also be featured
in a flute solo.
Covington News
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NEWTON HIGH TROPHY winners for the past basketball season and
the coaches are shown above with their awards Thursday at the Annual
Newton Tipoff Banquet at the NCHS Cafeteria. Left to right: Coach
Stone Cooper, Betty Faith Jaynes (Most Effort), Jordye Bailey (Most
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NF TAXI STANDARDS SET BY ORDINANCE
Newton Rams’ Spring Football Game Tonight
"Blues" Vs "Whites" Set
730 Kickoff Sharp Field
Newton ounty High School “Blues” and the “Whites”
will hold their inter-squad football game tonight (Thursday)
at Sharp Field. The kickoff is set for 7:30 o’clock.
The game tonight will bring
to an end a month-long prac
tice session under the watch
ful eyes of Coaches Milton Mc-
Laney and Wilbur Fisher.
Personnel of the two squads
for tonight’s clash have been
divided as follows:
“White” squad members who
are listed as starters:
Backs: Jack Gibbs, Jeffrey
Hinton, Billy Shepherd and
Harold Callaway, (the latter is
the starting quarterback). Line
men: Elliott Hewitt, Tommy
Price, Leon Canup, Tim Exley,
Charles Hunt, Fred Stokes,
John Glass. Subs are: Day,
Norman, Fisher, Mills, Spears,
Gunnells, Yancey and Dickson.
“Blue” squad members are:
Backs: Freeman Batchelor,
Tim Hopkins, Lewis Whisnante
and Tim Christian (the quar
terback). Linemen: Lanier
Crawley, Wardell Reed, Larry
King, Paul Ellis, Randy Price,
Larry Darby and Jimmy Wi
ley. Subs are: Young, Edge,
Yarborough, Gay, Veal, Whel
chel, Hudson.
Presby. Women
To Meet Here
March 27th
The Women of the Coving
ton Presbyterian Church will
be hostess to the East Area of
Atlanta Presbyterial on Wed
nesday, March 27. This area
is composed of 33 churches.
Mrs. J. Alex Fife, vice-presi
dent of East Area, will pre
side over the meeting which
will begin at 10:30 a.m. Reg
istration will begin at 10
oclock.
Miss Helen Sloop, daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. Stephen
Sloop, missionaries to Brazil,
will be the guest speaker.
The meeting will adjourn for
lunch at 12 noon and there
will be no afternoon session.
Schools to Resume
Classes Monday
Newton County schools are
presently in the midst of a
week-long Spring Holiday pe
riod. Classes will resume in all
county schools, both elementary
and high school, on Monday,
March 25.
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Mr., Mrs. Piper
Retired from
Naval Service
A San Diego couple, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh W. Piper, both pet
ty officers in the Navy, have
bidden farewell to tlheir ser
vice for a life of retirement
after a combined service of 40
years. Mr. Piper is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Piper of
Route, 3, Covington.
Officials at San Diego said
it was the first time they knew
of that the Navy has transfer
red man and wife into the
Fleet Reserve Association at
the same time. The couple was
presented with certificates into
the FRA by Capt. R. D. Haw
ley, commanding officer of the
Naval Communications Sta
tion, 11th Naval District.
Mrs. Piper, a radioman first
class, said she and her husband
will leave for Lehigh. Acres,
Florida, to build a home. Mrs.'
Piper outranks her husband by
being rated first class first and
having slightly more than 20
years in the Navy, said “this
makes no difference, he's still
the boss”. Both were station
ed in the communications sec
tion of Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, Florida when they
met in 1956. “What began as a
shared coffee break during a
midwatch turned into a ro
mance”, Mrs. Piper said. They
were married July 19, 1957.
Stewart Revival
March 24-29th
Stewart Baptist Church will
hold a revival on March 24,
through March 29, with ser
vices each night at 7:30 p.m.,
according to an announcement
by Jimmy Stallings, pastor of
the church.
Guest evangelist will be
John Emery Jackson of Warn
er Robins. Mr. Jackson is a
former faith missionary to
British Honduras, where he
served for three years.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
Valuable), Sandra,Lester (Most Improved), Tim Christian (Most Valuable),
Denny Dobbs (Most Improved), Terry Smith (Most Effort), and Coach
Ronald Bradley. (More pictures on Sports Page)
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1963
Covington Kiwanis Club Receives "Award of Appreciation"
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AWARD OF APPRECIATION Plaque presented to the Covington Kiwanis Club is the
center of attention at the club meeting Thursday. Shown admiring the plaque are from
left to right: Homer Sharp, Newton High Supervising Principal; W. J. Dickey, who received
the citation on behalf of the Covington club; and Frank Meadors. Covington Kiwanis
President. The Georgia State Chamber of Commerce made the presentation to the Cov
ington Club for five consecutive years of the Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition
(STAR) program.
Newton Cancer Crusade Month
Set for April Chairman Says
Mr. Arthur Hays, Jr., Presi
dent Newton County Unit
A.C.S. announces April as
Crusade Month.
The American Can Society
will launch its annual educa
tional and fund-raising Crusade
in Newton County on April 1.
Again this year, the Society
will emphasize “To Cure More,
Give More” and “Fight Cancer
with a Checkup and a Check.”
With more than 1,200,000
Americans now alive cured of
cancer, and the prospect of
saving many. more lives, Mr.
Arthur Rays, Jr., President of
Newton County Cancer Society,
predicted a very successful
1963 Crusade.
“The public is becoming in
creasingly aware of tlhe urgen
cy of the cancer problem and
that something can be done
about it,” Mr. Hays, said. “In
1963, at least 44,000 men and
women will be saved who
would have been lost to can
cer had they developed the
disease 10 years ago.”
Mr. Hays pointed out that
while it is now possible to save
at least one out of two of those
who develop cancer, only one
of three is being saved. “If
present rates continue,” he
said, “about 88,000 men, wo
men and children will die of
cancer this year who might
have been saved by earlier di
agnosis and prompt treatment.”
Because of the unnecessary
loss of life, Mr. Hays said, “the
first goal of the 1963 Crusade
will be to get more people to
doctors in time for early treat
ment. An annual health check
up is a person’s best protec
tion against death from can
cer.
“Another part of the first
goal is the objective of making
sure that physicians are in
formed on the latest methods
of diagnosis and treatment.
When a person goes to a doc-
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Visiting Teacher
Spring Conference
Starts Today
Visiting Teachers from all parts
of Georgia will continue their work
with interested community lead
ers and social agencies at t h e
Georgia Education Association
meeting in Atlanta, March 21 and
22. Efforts are aimed at helping
Georgia children with their prob
lems. Newton County's Visiting
Teacher is Miss Clara Mae Hays.
Emory University'* Dr. James
A. Johnson, Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry and Director and
Consultant of the Psychiatric Clin
ic, Georgia Training School for
girls will be the featured speaker.
“Overall Planning for the Dis
turbed Child in Georgia and the
Place of Schoo) Personnel in this
work” will be Dr. Johnson's topic.
Dr. Johnson's Department at
Emory this year has been work
ing with twenty six Visiting Teach-
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808 TRAVIS
Wood Elected Div. Lt.-Governor;
Travis Seeks District Governor
Members of the Newton
County High School Key Club
are presently in the midst of
organizational activity on a
Division and District (State)
level.
Sunday at the meeting of
the 12th Division of Key Clubs,
held at the North Clayton High
School in College Park, Bill
Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Wood, of Covington, was elect
ed Lieutenant-Governor of the
H. 0. Whekhel, Veteran
City Employee, Resigns
A taxi ordinance designed to raise the standard of taxi
service and locations in the ci
Monday night meeting of the
'Telstar' Film at
Kiwanis Today
Kiwanian Ray Reece, South
ern Bell office manager in
Covington, will be in charge of
the Covington Kiwanis Club
program today (Thursday) at
1 o’clock at Legion Home.
A film of the actual launch
ing of the “Telstar” satellite
will be the program for today.
Mr. Reece will give a short talk
before the film is shown.
• ♦ • •
Kiwanis education and en
tertainment comprised the pro
gram for the club Thursday at
Legion Home. President Frank
Meadors was in charge of the
program.
A quartet, under the direc
tion of Dean V. Y. C. Eady,
rendered several vocal num
bers. The members of the quar
tet were: Dr. Goodwin Tuck,
Charles C. King, Jr., George
Hutchinson and S. J. Moroock.
A standing ovation was ac
corded Kiwanian Robert O.
Arnold for his outstanding rec
ord as chairman of the Board
of Regents of the University
System in Georgia. Dean Eady
made a short speech in praise
of Mr. Arnold. Dean Eady
also called attention of the
members to an editorial car
ried in The Covington News,
March 14, concerning the ac
complishments of Mr. Arnold.
J. Hamby Barton, Chairman
of the Kiwanis Circle K com
mittee, gave a most interesting
report on the work of the Cir
cle K Club at Emory at Oxford.
E. S. (Buddy) Rheberg gave
a short talk on his record as
a member of the Covington
Kiwanis Club for the past 22
years. He was introduced by
Leon Cohen.
Two visitors attended the
meeting Thursday. They were
Jimmy Patrick and Grady
Campbell, members of the
Newton High Key Club. Mrs.
Bill Pratt accompanied the
quartet at the piano.
BILL WOOD
12th Division. He will succeed
Steve Davis of North Clayton.
The president-elect of the
NCHS Key Chub, sponsored lo
cally by the Covington Kiwan
is Club, is Ronnie Elliott. El
liott succeeds James Knight at
that position next year at the
local high school.
The entire Newton High
Key Club and the faculty ad
visor, Stone Cooper, will leave
Thursday for Savannah where
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ity unanimously passed at th*
Mayor and City Council.
The new ordinance sets qual
ifications for drivers, regu
lates fees, and limits the num
ber of passengers to four per
sons and the driver.
License applications and
medical examination forms
are now being received by
City Clerk Harry Cowan in
compliance with the ordinance.
Whelchel Resigns
Building Inspector H. O.
Whelchel handed in his resig
nation to the city Monday du*
to health reasons. Mr. Whel
chel told Mayor Nat S. Turner
that his decision was made up
on the recommendation of his
physician.
Mr. Whelchel will remain as
Superintendent of the City
Lake. The lake is the city’s
raw water basin.
Duplex Ordinance
After a second reading th*
council passed an ordinance
rezoning all residential areas in
Covington so that duplex
dwellings may be built in them.
• « • *
The council heard the first
reading of an ordinance call
ing for the rezoning of Highwny
278 from the center line for
,fOO feet on both sides Lum
R-l (residential and small
business) to B-2 (general busi
ness).
Also included in the ordi
nance was the rezoning of
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Gold Crown Lanes
To Give Proceeds
To Fund Drive
Covington’s Gold Crown
Lanes will donate the proceed*
from bowling at their centers
on Thursday night, March 21,
to the Newton County Red
Cross Fund Drive, according
to an announcement by Tony
Wilkie, chairman of the local
fund raising campaign.
Mr. Wilkie says that tha
Newton Red Cross fund drive
“appreciates the generosity of
the Gold Crown folks in giving
this night over to the local
campaign.”
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RONNIE ELLIOTT
I the state Key Club convention
will be held Friday and Sat
urday, March 22-23. Bob Tra
vis of Covington is a candidate
for the high office of Key Club
District Governor.
Travis, an outstanding jun
ior at Newton High, was en
dorsed by the 12th Division of
Key Clubs Sunday at the Col
lege Park meeting of that or
ganization. Twelfth Division
Lt.-Gov. Steve Davis of College
Park made the nominating
speech on behalf of young
Travis.
At the Savannah convention
Travis will have four opponenta
for the top Key Club office in
the State.
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