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For months now, we have car
ried articles about Cancer in the
paper. You are tired of reading
them. One person said: “You have
me scared to death.’’ We do not
want to do just that, but we want
you to memorize those danger sig
nals we gave you. We want you
to keep a close check on yourself.
We have told you how many die
of cancer each year. You have
had occasion in the last two years
to know many of the ones who
died right here in Covington an d
Newton County with Cancer. You
know those who are suffering with
it right now here, your friends
and mine. No, it’s not just a sud
den thing. People used to say no
thing about Cancer and Tubercu
losis! It seemed to be something
they did not want people to know.
I want you to know I had tubercu
losis when I was young. I want to
shout it from the house tops so
people may look at me and know
it can be cured.
We want you to know Cancer
can be cured IF you will have a
check up. . .and as our slogan
goes. . .have a check-up and give
a check to keep up this education
al and service program. . .to warn
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Ladies Night at
Kiwanis Club
Set tor I P. M.
Covington Kiwanis Clu'b
members and Kiwaniannes will
stage a Ladies Nighit program
this evening (Thursday) at the
Ficquett School Cafetorium,
starting at 7 o’clock.
Robert O. Arnold will be in
charge of the program, follow
ing the dinner.
President Frank Meadors
stated that a Roundtable meet
ing will also be held this af
ternoon at the American Le
gion Home at 1 o'clock.
Insect Control
On “Know How"
For Gardeners
The last in a series of four
works ho p s on Horticulture
“Know How’’ will be held
April 3, 2:00 p.m. at the Snap
ping Shoals E.M.C. Building.
“This is probably tne most im
portant of the series,” Sara
Groves, Newton County Exten
sion Agent, remarked. “Insects
are a big problem, however
they can be controlled. It is
most important that insecticid
es be chosen and used accur
ately.”
Rodney Coleman, Extension
Entomologist, will be the guest
speaker. Mr. Coleman received
his B.S. degree in entomology
from the University of Georgia
in 1959 and is now working
towards the M.S. degree. He is
a member of Phi Sigma Na
tional Honorary Science Soc
iety.
He is a native of Rabun
County, Georgia, where he
grew up on a farm.
Rodney worked for three
years with commercial bee
keepers in Wisconsin and Geor
gia.
“Don’t miss this important
meeting”, Sara Groves en
couraged. “Rodney knows his
bugs and can show you how to
make them scram.”
Newton High Delegates to YMCA Youth Assembly
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NEWTON DELEGATES to the State YMCA Youth Assembly, in Atlanta, are shown in
the photo above. Seated, left, to right: Mrs. Ronald Cook, Counselor: Judy Laseter, Carol
Callaway and Mrs. L. M. Burke, Counselor. Standing, left to right: L. M. Burke, Coun
selor: Ann Mc^ay, Mason Stephenson, Cindy Richardson, Bob Travis,.Carol George and
Billy Blair. The group left for Atlanta this morning (Thursday).
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VOLUME 99
FICQI’ f SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY
Miss Hardman Named Cancer
Education And Fund Raising
Campaign Io Start April 1
Miss Mae Hardman will lead the American Cancer So
ciety's 1963 Cancer Crusade in Newton County.
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MISS HARDMAN
Stray Dogs to
Be Impounded
The Tranquilizer Gun pur
chased by the City, for better
control of the canine popula
tion in a more humane manner,
will be put into use as of April
Ist, 1963.
The City will continue to
catch as many stray dogs as
possible with nets, and will
use the tranquilizer gun only
in those cases where the dogs
prove to be too elusive for the
conventional method.
The tranquilizer gun injects
a pellet into the dog which
will quiet the animal so that it
can be picked up. It is not
harmful and the dog will re
turn to normal approximately
six hours after the injection.
Now that the City is equip
ped with the tranquilizer gun,
a Dog Pound will be in opera
tion the year-round, and a
standardized procedure for
handling situations that arise
within the canine population
of our city, we ask sincerely
that you, as an interested
citizen of Covington, render
your whole-hearted coopera
tion toward the success of this
plan to protect our city from
unwanted and uncared for
dogs.
All reports should be made
to the Police Department,
Phone 786-2774.
C. C. King, Sr.
Returns Home
Col. C. C. King, Sr. of Cov
ington, has returned to his
home from an Atlanta hospital.
His many friends wish for
him a speedy recovery.
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In announcing the selection
of the chairman, Mr. Arthur
Hays, Jr., President of the
Newton County Unit of the
ACS, said “we can expect a
very successful education and
fund-raising Crusade under
her leadership.”
The Crusade will start April
1, the beginning of Cancer
Control Month, which is so de
signated each year by the
President of the United States.
The chairman said she had
agreed to lead the Crusade “be
cause there is urgent need for
everyone to do his or her share
in combating a disease that will
strike some 46,000,000 Ameri
cans now alive if present rates
continue.”
The Crusade leader said the
prospects for eventually sol
ving the cancer problem have
never been as great as they
are today. “We are now saving
one out of three cancer pati
ents,” she said. “Twenty-five
years ago it was fewer than
one out of five. We could save
one out of two under ideal
conditions.”
Miss Hardman attributed the
improvement to two major fac
tors: research has resulted in
improved diagnosis and treat
ment; more people are getting
to doctors in time for early
treatment.
The educational aspect of the
Crusade will seek to persuade
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Garden Club
Workshop Here
On April 3rd
Covington Garden Clubs
Workshop will be held at the
Woman's Clubhouse on College
Street on April 3, at 3 p.m. Mrs.
Dunlap Hardy of Gainesville
will conduct the lecture and
demonstration.
All members of the Garden
Clubs of Covington are asked
to remember this date and at
tend the Workshop.
Barbecue at Almon
Sunday 12-2 PM.
A Barbecue Dinner will be
served at the Almon Com
munity House, Sunday, March
31 from 12 noon until 2 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the
Almon Methodist Church.
Tickets to the barbecue will
be $1.25 for adults, and 75
cents for children. Any mem
ber of the church may be con
tacted for tickets.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1963
Covington Mayor Has Chest X-Ray
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Shown above having a chest examination in the Cancer Drive checkup program is Cov
ington Mayor Nat S. Turner. Mrs. Cary Bankston. Technician in the laboratory of Newton
County HospitaL is shown with the mayor. April is Cancer Crusade Month in Newton
County.
Spring Revival Starts Sunday
At The First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of Cov
ington will commence its
Spring Revival on Sunday
March 31. The services will
continue throughout the week.
The Sunday services will be
held at the regular worship
hours of 11 in the morning and
7:30 in the evening. On the
weekdays there will be one
service each evening at seven
thirty. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
The pastor, Rev. Edgar Cal
laway, will bring the messages.
The music will be under the di
rection of the Reverend Char
les Elder, pastor of the Conyers
Baptist Church. Reverend El
der is quite well known to the
people of bhe church. He is not
only an able songleader, but
also an excellent preacher and
pastor, having led the Conyers
church in a tremendous pro
gram of expansion. He is a
graduate of Mercer University
and of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary.
Rev. Elder now serves on
the Board of Trustees of the
Southern Seminary. He has
served the Georgia Baptist
Convention as Vice-president
for the year 1961-62 and has
served on the convention’s ex
ecutive committee. Mr. Elder
is now in his third year as pas-
Dr. Nat Long Is Speaker
At Oxlord Spring Festival
Allen Memorial Methodist
Church of Oxford, has set as
its dates March 31-April 4 as
the time for the Spring Revival.
The preacher for the special
series of Evangelistic Services
is Dr. Nat G. Long, the pastor
of Druid Hills Methodist
Church, at Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Long will speak each
night, Monday through Thurs
day at 7:30. Congregational
singing and a special musical
program each night will be a
vital part of each service.
All the people in and around
the Oxford area are cordially
invited to hear one of the great
ministers of our day.
The Reverend G. Robert
Gary, pastor at Oxford, will
lead the singing.
The topics for the sermons
are as follows:
1 Sunday: “Live Now”; Mon
day: “Right Yourself”; Tues
day; “The Lost Boy”; Wednes-
tor of flhe Conyers Baptist
Church.
The choir of the First Bap
tist Church will furnish excel
lent leadership for the music.
Mrs. Hugh McDonald will play
the piano and Mrs. Alvin Rape
will serve as organist.
Throughout this week, im
mediately preceding the revi
val, there are a number (two
each night) of cottage prayer
meetings. These prayer ser
vices are under the direction
of various members of the
congregation.
First Baptist Church extends
an urgent invitation to the
people of the town and com
munity to attend these ser
vices.
Livingston Open
House, Supper
Friday Night
Livingston Parent • Teachers
Association will sponsor a Ham
Supper at the school cafeteria
Friday evening, March 29, start
ing at 5:30 o’clock.
Open House at Livingston School
will also be held Friday night. Pa
rents and patrons of the school
and community are invited.
DR. NAT LONG
day: “Where Do You Look For
Your Happiness”; Thursday:
Partnership With God.”
Crusade Chairman
Tax Returns,
Vehicle Tag
Deadline Mon.
Monday, April 1, is the dead
line date for tax returns and
purchase of vehicle tags at the
Newton County Tax Office in
the courthouse.
Bonham Johnson, Tax Col
lector, and J. Hugh Steele, Tax
Receiver, stated that their of
fices will remain open all-day
Saturday and all-day Monday
as long as customers are in the
line.
Both county officials have
urged that only four days re
main to make your tax return
and buy automobile and truck
tags. Penalties will be assessed
after Monday.
Benefit Dance at
Elks Club for
Red Cross Drive
A benefit dance will be held
Saturday, March 30 at the Cov
ington Elks Club from 9 until
12 midnight. Proceeds from
the dance will be donated to
the Newton County Red Cross
fund drive.
Elk Club officials stated that
members and guests will be
welcomed for the evening of
entertainment. Tony Wilkie is
Newton County chairman of
the Red Cross fund campaign.
Fourth District
Legionnaires to
Meet at Jackson
The Fourth District meeting
of the American Legion will be
held Sunday, March 31 at
Jackson, according to an an
nouncement by Lewis White,
Commander of Newton County
Post 32.
Registration will be held at
9:45 a.m. at the Jackson High
School auditorium. The meet
ing will conclude in the after
noon.
Any Legionnaire who wish
es to attend the meeting Sun
day at Jackson, should call
Commander White or Adjutan/t
Ty Cason.
First Grade Registration,
Flower Show Starts 4 PM
Everyone interested in E. L. Ficquett School is cordial
ly invited to Open House. No special theme or subject will
be emphasized this year. Each room will develop its own
ideas and will be open to welcome the public.
'A' Student List
Announced at
Newton Co. High
The Student Council at New
ton County High School today
announced the names of those
students who, during the past
six weeks, made all “A’s" in
their studies. They are as fol
lows:
9th Grade: Sandra Allen,
Betty Benton, Margie Brown,
Phillip Jones, Dale Jones, Mari
lyn Loyd, Barbara Morgan,
Sandra Ozburn, Lou Ann Tuck,
and Gwen Stubbs.
10th Grade: Sally Hardiman,
Wanda Nolen, Ruth Watts,
Donna Repetske, Sandra Reyn
olds.
11th Grade: Nancy Blanken
ship, Noel Hays, Rita Harris,
Ronnie Elliott and Bob Travis.
12bh Grade: Janet Bell, Mar
garet Bell, Betty Jean Mc-
Elreath, Kay Parham, and Day
Morcock.
Band: Nelson Hoffman,
Charles Lassiter, E. G. Lassi
ter, 111, Arlene Hargrove, Mar
guerite Horstman, Arlene Mar
tin, Mason Stephenson, Troy
anne Thigpen, and Lynda Holi
field.
5 Students Named
To Ficquett Honors
Students attaining the honor
roll in the seventh and eighth
grades at E. L. Ficquett School
were: Seventh —Phil Johnson,
Wayne Rooks and Linda Katz.
Eighth — Johnny Gregory and
Elaine Wood.
Jack Morgan and Guy Jones to
Make European Goodwill Tour
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JACK MORGAN
The Georgia Department of
Agriculture is sponsoring the
second delegation of Georgia
agricultural leaders on a
Goodwill People to People
tour. Glenn Segars, assistant to
Georgia’s Commissioner of Ag
riculture Phil Campbell is act
ing as tour leader and host
visiting Eastern Europe and the
Soviet Union.
Guy Jones and Jack H Mor
gan of Newton County will
participate in this Program and
attend a special briefing ses
sion at the Continuing Center
For Education, University of
Georgia, Athens, on March 31
and will leave for Europe as
part of a total group of 50
Georgians on Saturday, May
18.
The delegation will visit in
Belgium; England; Poland;
Hungary; East and West Ber
lin, Germany; and the Soviet
Union. They will meet with
Embassy officials * and other
government leaders of these
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"We hope all of the visitor*
will eat in our lunchroom
again this year. Supper tickets
will be available at the prin
cipal's office and on the City
Square at Covington Jewelry
Company,” Principal Georg*
Hutchinson stated.
The charge for the supper
wHI be SI.OO for adults and 50a
for children. High school pupils
may eat for 50c also. "If you
want to purchase tickets thr
ough one of the school pupils,
send the amount to school and
the tickets will be returned to
you. You need not be a parent
of a pupil attending this school.
Everyone is invited. You may
eat anytime between 5:00 and
7:30 p. m.” Mr. Hutchinson
added.
The Green Thumb Garden
Club will present a flower
show on the stage. The special
, project of this Club is lands
caping our school grounds. The
proceeds from this show will
■ be used to continue this pro
' ject that they undertook when
we first moved into our new
, building. Tickets are 10c and
• 25c. They will be available
■ through the club members and
■ the same way that supper tic—
■ kets are available as explained
above. Tickets may be purc
hased at the door also.
REGISTRATION OF FIRST
GRADE PUPILS (who expect
to enter E. L. Ficquett next
' year) will be held in the lunch
room from 4:00 to 4:30 p. m.
this same day, April 3. Pleas#
be present promptly at 4:00.
At that time, the principal
will speak to the group briefly
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GUY JONES
f countries for special briefingt
• and visit all types of farms,
i production facilities, process*
i ing plants, storage and mer
■ chandising of these products.
> The delegation will be
traveling under the Goodwill
• People to People Program
which was inaugurated by
■ Former President Dwight
Eisenhower to improve rela
tions and understanding be-
। tween people of the United
। States and other nations.
The program gives the Geor
, gians an opportunity to carry
. a message of goodwill to their
counterparts and asso cia te d
. trade people in Eastern and
( Western Europe.
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