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This was a heartrending
week for our Lord and Saviour,
when on earth, bringing love
and salvation to men, if they
would only accept it. There
were those who rejected that
love and salvation He brought.
There were those who reject
Him today. The great question
is will we, when He comes
again, recognize Him, or reject
Him. He comes to each of us
many times during our life...
knocking at the door of our
heart, seeking our love, and
offering us Salvation.. .Do we
turn Him aside.. .or do we re
cognize Him when He comes to
us today. We do feel His near
ness when we are in trouble or
sorrow.. .Yes, He is the first
one we call upon, for I think
every human being cries out
to Him in agony, when they
truly have gone as far as they
can go alone. That little thing
called conscience, pulling at
our hearts when we know we
are doing something wrong.. .is
none other than the Saviour
trying to plead with us to do
that which is right and just.
The First Baptist Church, in
Covington, is having a Revival
Service all this week. We need
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Cake and Candy
Sale April 13,
By OES Chapter
Covington Chapter 337 Order of
the Eastern Star will have a home
made cake and candy sale Satur
day morning, April 13, in front
of the Strand Theatre, starting at
9 a. m.
Anyone desiring a good home
made cake for Easter or candy,
come by the Eastern Star stand
and secure either. Proceeds will
go to projects of the local chap
ter.
Covington Lions Park and
Pavilion Now Ready for Use
Covingtonians have become
accustomed to gaging spring
time by the activity in the
Lions Club Park and Pavilion,
located on East Conyers Street
and Legion Drive. The area is
familiarily known as the old
Academy Springs Park.
J. B. Dial, Covington Lions
Club President, stated yester
day that more than 8,000 peo
ple used the free pavilion and
park last summer and that al-
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ready many groups and organ
izations have made reservat
ions for the upcoming summer
time. He said that it is hoped
that some new equipment will
be added soon.
One of the latest additions to
the park is a large sign on the
corner of Conyers Street and
Legion Drive. However, this
only points out some of the
many improvements that have
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SALEM CAMP GROUND TRUSTEES met Sunday for their regular
spring meeting at the Hotel. From left to right: C. D. Ramsey, Jr., Leo
Mallard, Parks Warnock, Judge James C. Davis, J. T. Hicks, S. C. Cand
ler, H H. Ogletree, W. M. Scott, Otis Nixon, Guy Rutland, E. A. King,
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VOLUME 99
COW lON COUNCIL KILLS UTILITY INCREASE
Annual DCT Employer-Employe Banquet F riday
Dean Getz Will Be Main
Speaker At 1963 Event
The 13th Annual Diversified Cooperative Training Club
Employer-Employee Banquet will be held Friday evening,
April 5 at the NCHS Cafeteria at 7:30 o'clock.
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been made by the Lion mem
bers in the past two years. The
pavilion has been opened to the
public for the past five years.
“The park and pavilion can
be used by the public by mak
ing reservations with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home on
a first-come, first-served bas
is,” Mr. Dial emphasized. He
said that reservations may be
made for the coming summer
only, inasmuch as several gro
ups want to use the play
ground and all the facilities.
The park offers playground
3quipment such as swings,
slides, merry-go-rounds, and
the pavilion has hot and cold
running water, grill with vent,
and rest rooms. Mr. Dial said
that the only requirement was
that each group check for
cleanliness before and after use.
“The Lions Club motto has
always been to give service to
this community with as little
solicitation of donations as
possible,” he added.
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Main speaker for the 1963 ban
quet will be Dean Getz, Plant
Manager of the local Brunswick
Sports affiliate. He will be intro
duced by Homer F. Sharp, Super
vising Principal of Newton Coun
ty High School.
Mr. Getz is a native of Garrett,
Indiana, and is a graduate of
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.
He has been employed by the
Brunswick Corporation for the
past 12 years. He was transferred
to the Covington MacGregor plant
a year ago.
The banquet an annual affair
which throws the spotlight on the
various DCT students and their
employers, climaxes a year of
work for some 54 students who are
enrolled in the local program. Ed
ward Dechau, Jr. is the Newton
High DCT Coordinator.
Officers of the Newton DCT club
are as follows: President, David
Davis: Vice - President, Tommy
Maughon; Secretary, Carolyn Dar
by; Treasurer, Delores McMullen;
Parliamentarian, Johnny Head;
Historian, Joyce Harper; Sergeant-
At-Arms, Jimmy Byrd; Repor
ter, Joyce Brooking.
Others who are enrolled in the
DCT club are;
SENIORS — Bessie Bell, Janet
Bell, Margaret Bell, Bruce Brown,
Linda Dial, Mike Flanagan, Pat
Hammonds, Cecelia Haulk.
Cornelia Haulk, Jerry Hayes,
Richard Hewitt, Carolyn Holder,
Joe Hughes, Jeanette Speer, J. C.
Johnson. M. C. Middlebrooks.
Francine Morris, Betty Owenby,
Terry Reed, Ben Stapp, Pat Stapp,
Joan Stokes, Jackie Tomlin, Bren
da Williams, Tommy Womack.
JUNIORS — Pam Betts, Tony
Capes, Ellen Christian, David
Clay, Donald Howard, Sally Jo
Knight, Donny Lundy, Luther Mc-
Cart, Larry Roberts, Roy Taylor,
Betty Walton, Clarence Wells,
Grant White.
During the program Friday
evening David Davis will be the
toastmaster. The welcome address
will be given by Brenda Williams,
and the response will be delivered
by Mrs. Helen Dickinson, Admin
istrator of Newton County Hos
pital.
Dedication of the scrapbook will
be handled by Joyce Harper. J.
B. Dial, President of the Coving
ton Lions Club, will present a
scholarship award, and Mark
M. W. Hull, Bobby Elliott, Aaron Kemp, H. Y. McCord, Jr., Robert Chris
tian and B. B. Snow. Other trustees not in the picture: L. L. Gellerstedt,
Norton A. Davidson, V. C. Ellington, Chief Herbert Jenkins, T. M. Bates,
V. Y. C. Eady, Harold Dobbs, W. 0. Mann and E. T. Hicks.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL € 1963
Garden Club Sponsors Shrubbery Project
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Ladies of the Green Thumb Garden Club have again welcomed Spring by planting
shrubbery around the E. L. Ficquett School. Shown with some of their shrubs are Mrs.
Blake Armstrong, first vice-president; Mrs. Bill Vaughn, president; Mrs. Luke Lassiter,
second vice-president; and Mrs. Fred Harwell, corresponding secretary. The club has
set out over 300 shrubs around the school in the past years.
Salem Trustees Complete Plans
For The 1963 Camp Meeting
Salem Camp Ground Trustees
convened in an annual pre-camp
session, Sunday afternoon at Sa
lem Hotel, to complete plans for
the annual Camp Meeting to be
held the week of Friday August
9-16.
Chairman C. D. Ramsey presid
ed over the meeting that followed
a delicious luncheon, at which
Board member had their wives
and children as guests. The invo
cation was offered by Ed King;
and new board members W. E.
Scott, Jr. and Bob Elliott, Jr. of
Conyers, were cordially welcomed.
Reports were heard from Mr.
Elliott, secretary; Clarence
Vaughn, treasurer; Leo Mallard,
publicity chairman; Otis Nixon,
finance committee chairman, who
stated plans for minor repairs to
Davis, a former advisor of the lo
cal DCT program, will make the
announcement of other awards.
Mr. Dechau will offer comments
before the program comes to an
end.
the hotel and spring would be
completed before the meeting;
and Parks Warnock, Young Peo
ple’s Program Director. It was
announced that a portrait of the
late Judge Clarence Vaughn, for
mer Board chairman, would be
hung in the Hotel lobby.
Chairman Ramsey in the ab
sence, due to illness of Dr. Virgil
Eady, Program Chairman, an
nounced the following outstanding
ministers as speakers who will fill
the pulpit during Camp Meeting:
Dr. Merle Patterson, pastor Druid
Hills Presbyterian Church, Atlan
ta; the Rev. Mr. Frank Robert
son, District Supt. Savannah Dis
trict, Methodist Church; and Bis
hop John Owen Smith of Atlanta.
Other participants will be the
Rev. Mr. Harry Armstrong of
Atlanta’s First Methodist Church,
platform director; Mrs. Arm
strong, pianist; and the following
faculty members: The Rev Mr.
Marion Sherrill, Conyers Metho
dist Church, Adults: the Rev. Mr
Charles J. Elder, Conyers Baptist
Church, Young People; Mrs.
Spence Ramsey, Intermediates;
Mrs. Chester Robinson, Conyers
and Mrs. O. B. Hammond, Atlanta,
Juniors; Mrs. W. E. Scott, Jr.,
Conyers, Primary; and Mrs. C. D.
j Ramsey, Beginners.
Prosjxjcts for this year’s meet-
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Beckham Is New
Deputy Sheriff
E. C. Beckham is a new De
puty Sheriff of Newton Co
unty and has already assumed
his new duties on Sheriff John
Berry’s staff. Mr. Beckham re
signed his duties as Town
Marshal at Oxford on April 1
after a year’s duty at that post.
Mr. Beckham and his family
will live at the Newton County
Jail. He is an experienced law
enforcement official and is a
native of Thomaston, Ga.
Oxford Mayor Wiley Allgood
said yesterday that a replace
ment for Marshal Beckham
will be named in the next few
days.
Newton Sheriff Berry now
has two deputies on his staff.
Junior Odum is the chief de
puty.
Jaycees To Sponsor Double
Pageant April 19 Newton High
The Newton County Junior Chamber of Commerce has
announced that this year for the first time the club will
sponsor the “Junior Miss” and “Miss Newton County” beau
ty pageants as a double attraction on Friday night, April 19,
at 8:00 p. m. at the Newton County High School Auditorium.
Harry P. Cowan, president of
the Jaycees, said that he be
lieves the double pageant will
be of greater interest in New
ton County and will also give
more young ladies an opport
unity to participate.
For several years the Jay
cees have sponsored the “Miss
Newton County" pageant
which is a preliminary contest
for the “Miss Georgia” and
“Miss America” pageant. This
contest is open to girls bet
ween the ages of 18 and 28.
The "Junior Miss” pageant,
which is to be added this year,
is open to girls who will be
seniors in high school next
year.
The Newton County Jaycees
Commercial Electric Rates
Io Be Lowered 10 Percent
After hot debate and rapid-fire voting on several mo
tions the Covington City Council killed an ordinance Mon
day night that would have increased water, sewage and gas
rates in the city. The only part of the ordinance that was
passed was the section which calls for the lowering of th®
commercial electrical rate bv
The controversial ordinance had
been tabled at the last council
meeting pending further study and
full attendance of councilmen be
fore the final vote was taken.
The ordinance called for an in
crease of 75 cents per month per
customer served with gas and
water - sewage by the city. A
raise of 50 cents per customer
would have been for water and
sewage service, and a 25 cent
raise per customer would have
been for gas service.
Commercial Electricity
The 10 per cent cut of the com
mercial electric rate will cost the
city approximately $13,000 to $15,-
000 in revenue annually. This
move was made as an induce
ment to merchants to light their
windows at night and make im
provements electrically that would
not have been possible at the high
er rate.
Concern has been expressed by
City Manager J. H. Bryan as to
where the money is coming from
to make up the loss of revenue
since the council defeated the
utility increases suggested by him
and previously proposed in 1959
by the city’s consulting engineers. I
Audit Reports
Audit rejiorts show that the
, City of Covington water and sew- I
age departments have operated at
a loss of $52,489.67 during the last
two and one-half year period. The
water-sewage rate hike would
have brought in an additional $15.-
000 revenue annually.
Covington is presently operating
its gas service at a loss of $12,000
per year which has been paid for
Gospel Meeting
At Covington
Church of Christ
A Gospel Meeting will be
held at the Covington Church
of Christ, New Atlanta high
way just beyond the city limits,
starting Sunday, April 7th and
concluding on April 14th. The
preacher for the meeting will
be John H. Gasaway, who for
merly served the local church
for five years as their minister.
Sunday services are schedu
led for 11a.m. and 6 p. m. The
week-day services will be held
each evening at 8 o’clock. Jose
ph E. Stewart is the minister of
the Covington church.
A cordial welcome awaits all
for these meetings at the chur
ch.
have choosen six girls as con
testants in each pageant from
a large group of girls who were
invited to participate.
"Junior Miss” contestants
who were chosen are: Jean ,
Russell, sing and dance rout
ine; Jane Coggin, piano solo;
Robin Dennison, piano solo; 1
Cheryl Pannell, dance routine;
Peggy Williams, sing or dance (
routine; and Selma Spears,
vocal selection.
Contestants for the “Miss
Newton County” pageant who
were chosen are: Delores Ann I
Haney, dance routine; Hannah I
Wyatt, vocal selection; Marilyn
Miller, ballet routine; Mary 1
J Snrouse, comedy dance; Ann j
Thompson, vocal selection; and I
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10 per cent,
in the past by borrowed money.
The defeated gas rate increase
would have brought in $6,600 in
revenue annually. This would still
have left a deficit of $5,400 to b®
paid for with borrowed money.
Recreation Delegation
A delegation from the Coving*
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Dr. Woodruff
Kiwanis Club
Speaker Today
Dr. Guy Woodruff, Director of
Food Processing, Georgia Experi
ment Station, Griffin, will be th®
guest speaker at the Covington
, Kiwanis meeting today (Thurs
day) at Legion Home at 1 o’clock.
Kiwanian Edgar Wood,
Chairman of the Attendance
■ and Reception Committee, will
award perfect attendance pin»
during the program today.
The program chairman for to-
I day is James Hutchins.
i Ladies Night was observed
by the Kiwanis Club of Cov
ington Thursday at Ficquett
School cafterorium. Approxi
mately 150 people were present
to enjoy the occasion.
Program for the evening wa»
furnished by personnel of Ein
ory-At-Oxford College and on®
member of the Newton County
High School faculty, Mrs. Kay
Newton. Kiwanians Bob Arn
old and Rucker Ginn were in
charge of the program. Many
of the arrangements were mad®
by Mrs. Tony Wilkie and Mrs.
Greeley Ellis.
The Emory Glee Club rend
ered several numbers to th®
delight of all present. Dr. Har
old Mann was the director.
Miss Marilyn Miller, astu
dent at Emory-Oxford, per
fromed a ballet and acrobati®
dance as her part on the prog
ram. Mrs. Newton sang several
popular numbers. She was ac
companied by Mrs. Martin
Goode.
Guests for the program in
cluded: Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Steele, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Vaug
hn, Miss Ruth Tanner, and Bob
: Price, Lt.-Governor of the 12th
I Division of Georgia Kiwanis.
Mr. Price is a resident of Fay-
I etteville.
Kitsy Mellette, drama. Miss
Haney and Miss Wyatt art
j students at Newton County
High School and the other
young ladies are students at
Emory-at-Oxford Junior Col
lege.
The winner of the local "Miss
Newton County" pageant will
then go to Columbus in Junt
to participate in the “Miss
Georgia” pageant.
Winner of the Miss Georgia
contest will have all her ex
penses paid for a trip to Atlan-
Continued on Page 38
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