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VOLUME 99
Spinning Top Champions Will Be
At Covington Meadows Saturday
On Saturday, April 6, Don
Winters TV’s “Mr. Imperial”
and Bob Rule TV’s “Mr. Yo-
Yo”, two of Duncan's Spinning
Top Champions will be at Cov
ington Meadows Shopping
Center this Saturday after
noon.
They will conduct demon
strations of all the champion
ship tricks with the Duncan
tops, conduct games and con
tests, as well as tryouts for
Covington’s first and second
place winners.
The first place winner will
receive a transistor radio; the
second place winner will re
ceive a model kit; runners-up
will receive Duncan tops and
all contestants will receive new
strings for their tops.
The first and second place
winners will be eligible to par
ticipate in the mid-south con
test to be held in Atlanta the
following week-end. The win
ner of that contest will receive
a trip for two to Disneyland
and the second place winner
will receive a TV set. All first
place winners will be eligible
for the national contest to try
Miss Sallie Cook
Final Rites Held
Here Monday
Miss Sallie Mae Cook of
Covington, and a lifelong resi
dent of Newton County, pass
ed away Sunday, March 31, at
the home of her brother, W. S.
Cook, after an illness of sev
eral weeks.
She was a faithful worker
in the First Methodist Church
where she held various offices
in the Charles Porter Sunday
School Class for a number of
years. She was also a former
active member of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
The Daughters of the Revolu
tion and the Covington Wo
man’s Club, ill health having
forced her retirement from
these organizations.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon, April 1, at
the Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home with Dr. Walter Cook of
Atlanta and Rev. Grady Lively,
pastor of the Covington First
Methodist Church, officiating
at the services. Interment was
in Covington City Cemetery
with J. C. Harwell and Son
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements and nephews serv
ing as pallbearers.
Surviving are three brothers,
W. S. Cook, Covington; Homer
Cook, Cla rkes vi 11 e; Carey
Cook, Decatur; one sister, Mrs.
James T. Cook, Marianna,
Florida and a number of nieces
and nephews.
The NEWS joins the many
friends in extend 4 ng deepest
sympathy to the members of
the family in their sorrow.
Flint Hill Community Club Maps Coming Program
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FLINT HILL COMMUNITY Club officers held a special meeting at the home of Exten
lion Agent Mrs. Sara Groves Friday at which they worked on projects for the coming
year. Shown in the photo from left to right (seated): Mrs. James Bohannon, Jr., secretary,
■nd Mrs. C. J. Morris, vice-president. Standing, left to right: Mrs. J. R. Townley, report
er! R. C. Schneider, president; and James O. Byrd, treasurer.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
for a $5,000 college scholar
ship.
Both Mr. Winters and Mr.
Rule have spent quite a few
years working with young peo
ple not only through their ef
forts on behalf of the Duncan
company, but through church,
civic and scout groups.
Their active interest in boys
and girls extends beyond
teaching them skill and dex
terity with tops and yoyos.
Both of these fine young
men feel that the opportunity
they have to be with young
people, to talk with them, and
train them in all the aspects
of good sportsmanship, courte
sy and fair play affords them
their biggest rewards.
The Covington Meadows
Merchants Association hope
that all boys and girls of all
ages will come to the shopping
center for an afternoon of fun
this Saturday.
Funeral for
Miss Robertson
Held Wednesday
Miss Mary France Robertson of
Gainesville, formerly of Mans
field. died in a Gainesville Hos
pital on Monday, April 1, after
an illness of only a few days. She
formerly taught school in New
ton County for many years prior
to going to Riverbend School in
Gainesville in 1956, where she
taught until her retirement a year
ago. She was a native of Newton
County and was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church in
Gainesville, Ladies Bible Class
and Sue Provost Circle and was
a member of the Covington Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederacy.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon. April 3. at
Carmel Baptist Church, Mansfield,
with Rev. D. P. McGeachy 111,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Gainesville, officiating.
Interment was in Carmel Ceme
tery, Mansfield, with Vickers Fun
eral Home, Gainesville, in charge
of arrangements.
Surviving are five brothers,
William Pitts Robertson, James
Boykin Robertson, Covington: H.
Perry Robertson, Wilson Robert
son, Gainesville; Ruben Robert
son, Cairo; sisters, Mrs. W. I.
Snyder, Perry; Miss Margaret
Robertson, Gainesville; Mrs. Ha
rold K. Gray, Atlanta; sisters-in
law, Mrs. John Carter Robertson,
Covington and Mrs. Roy W. Rob
ertson, Jefferson.
The NEWS joins friends of the
family in extending deepest sym
pathy to the members of the be
reaved family.
Goal for the Master Corn Pro
gram is 60 bushels per acre in
1962 to reduce cost of production.
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Covington Lions Club Has Park Ready for Summer
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COVINGTON LIONS CLUB has erected a sign at the Park and Pavilion on Legion
Drive. Shown in the picture above on a spring-like day admiring the sign are, from
left to right: Terry Johnson, who painted the sign for the club; J. B. Dial, Lions Club
President; and Bill Vaughn, immediate past president. The pavilion (in the background)
is in constant demand during the summer months for picnics, family gatherings and
club meetings. More than 8,000 people used the past few years.
CALENDAR
OF EVENIS
Calendar of events for April
4-10;
Thursday, April 4
1:00 p.m. Kiwanis Club
Meeting at American Legion
Hall.
Saturday. April 6
Girl Scouts No. 1063 Cake
Sale
Monday, April 8
7:30 p.m. American Legion
Auxiliary Meeting
Tuesday, April 9
12:00 Rotary Club Meeting
at Teen Can
8:00 p.m. Amitie Club of Ox
ford
If you have announcements
of meetings, banquets, etc. that
you would like printed in the
Calendar of Events each week,
contact the Covington-Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
at Box 168 or telephone 786-
7510.
Girl Scouts Bake
Sale Saturday
Gir Scout Troop No. 1063 will
have a cake sale on Saturday,
April 6, beginning at 10:00 A. M.
in front of the Court House.
Come pick one up for your fam
ily. The Girl Scouts will appreciate
it!
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963
Dr. Claude Purcell Was Speaker
At Covington Rotary Program
“Progress in education is essential to the growth and fu
ture of our state, and we can attribute the most progress in
education to local leadership,” Dr. Claude Purcell, State
School Superintendent, told Rotarians and their wives at
the Ladies Night program held last Tuesday night.
Mr. Purcell praised the consol
idation effort that has been put
forth in the schools of the state
during the last decade. Just 10
years ago there were 3,900 schools
in Georgia. Today there are 1.929
schools. The consolidation pro
gram has left only seven “one
teacher” schools in the state.
“Much progress has been made
in the schooling system for Ne
gro children,” Mr. Purcell said.
Prior to 1950, less than half the
Negro children could go to high
school. Today, every child in
Georgia, White and Negro, has the
opportunity of attending 12 years
of school.
Technical Schools
“During the past two years,
Georgia has built 27 vocational
and technical schools at a cost of
22 million dollars. Half of the mon
ey for these schools has been fur
nished locally and half has come
from the state,” Mr. Purcell said.
At the present time approxi
mately 12,000 people are given
vocational and technical training
in Georgia each year.
Exceptional Children
Mr. Purcell told the group that
he was especially pleased with the
progress that has been made in
the educational program for ex-
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BROWNIE SCOUT TROOP 207 was presented a troop flag by the Cov
ington American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 32. Shown in the photo at the
presentation ceremony are from left to right (seated): Debra Patrick, Dian
ne Walton, Faye Hopkins, Carole Crawford, Sherri McDaniel, Susan Lott
land Kay Adams; (standing): Mrs. Estelle Hopkins, Troop Leader; Mrs.
ceptional children.
“Today we have classes for
: children who have speech defects,
I physical defects, classes for slow
> learners, classes for exceptionally
• bright children, and many more,”
Mr. Purcell said. He said that
> there were over 500 of these
classes operating presently in the
. state and that applications for 75
. more classes have already been
made.
Five classes are being conduct
ed in the state for children who are
considered to be uneducationable.
New Facilities
A comparison of the facilities
that are now available to school
children with those available to
parents when they were in school
was given by Mr. Purcell.
The new laboratories that are
now functioning in schools through
out the state for such subjects as
science, math, languages, and the
arts were pointed too as facilities
in which Georgians can justly be
proud.
Mr. Purcell was introduced by
Newton County School Superin
tendent J. W. Richardson. Pro
gram chairman for the Ladies I
Night was Howard Brooks.
Bill Hoffman. Rotary president,
opened the program and Maurice
Death Claims
Mrs. Strange
After Illness
Mrs. C. T. Strange, 61, died
at her home here Saturday,
March 30 after a lingering ill
ness. She was a native of An
derson, South Carolina.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon al the Chap
el of Harwell Funeral Home
with Rev. Hudson Moody, pas
tor of High Point Baptist
Church and Rev. Bryant Steele,
pastor of Midway Baptist
Church, officiating at the ser
vices. Interment was in Holly
Springs Cemetery near Cov
ington, with J. C. Harwell and
Son Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements. Serving as
pallbearers were her nephews.
Surviving are her husband,
C. T. Strange, sons J. W.
Strange, C. T. Strange Jr.,
daughters Miss Lillie Belle
Strange, Mrs. Donald Johnson,
Mrs. Shirley Johnson all of
Covington; brothers Jess Black,
Bill Black, Edgar Black, sisters
Mrs. Mamie Batchelow, Miss
Lizzie Gregory, Mrs. Essie
Bruce all of Eatonton; Mrs. Ola
Farrow, Mt. Holly, North Caro
lina; Mrs. Bessie Pugh, Buford
and eight grandchildren.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
Mrs. Cowan Heads
Republican Women
In Covington
The Republican Wo m e n’s
Club and its affiliated group
working for a two-party sys
tem in Georgia met at Mrs.
Wendell W. Crowe's home
Wednesday afternoon at 1:30.
Mrs. Crowe is the Chairman of
the Republican Party in New
ton County. The ladies used
this opportunity to elect new
officers and map plans for at
tending a workshop to be held
in Atlanta on Friday, April sth.
The new officers are: Mrs.
Laverne M. Cowan, President;
Mrs. Charles C. King, Jr., Sec
retary and Treasurer; and Mrs.
Dean H. Getz, Publicity Chair
man. The workshop is open to
any lady interested in develop
ing the two-party system in
Georgia. Anyone wishing to go
may contact Mrs. Crowe at
786-2620 or Mrs. Cowan at
786-2149.
On April 6th the State Cen
tral Committee of the Repub
lican Party in Georgia is hav
ing its annual meeting. The
meeting will be held at 10:00
A.M. at the Taft Hall in the
Atlanta Auditorium. During
this meeting a time has been
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Griffin introduced the guests. Dr.
Dallas Tarkenton gave the invo
cation.
Elsie Crawford, Assistant Troop Leader; and Mrs. Dan Clower, President
of the Auxiliary Unit; (seated): Sally Erwin, Patricia Hester, Judy Hale,
Judy Granger, Beverly George, Marla Mason and Luanne Ballew. The
"Flying Up" ceremony for the troop members will be held on April 29.
Belk's Diamond Jubilee Grand
Opening Sale Starts Today
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JOE WEBB
The Grand Opening of Belk-
Gallant’s remodeled store in
Covington will start this morn
ing (Thursday) as the firm’s
“75th Year Diamond Jubilee"
sale gets underway. A 13-page
advertising section (in Color)
in The Covington NEWS today
gives complete details on the
mamoth sale event.
Manager Joe Webb, and as
sistant manager Marion Britt,
have issued a special invitation
for all Newton Countians and
citizens of the surrounding area
to visit the Covington Store
especially during the next three
days when loads of bargains
and many free prizes will be
distributed.
The ribbon - Cutting cere
mony at Covington’s largest
department store will be held
at 9 am., according to Mr.
Webb. Covington Mayor Nat
Turner is expected to be on
hand for the public event.
Many Belk - Gallant officials
from Charlotte, North Caro
lina, New York City and La-
Grange, Georgia, will be on
hand for the Grand Opening
this morning. This will mark
the kickoff for the Belk-Gal
lant Diamond Jubilee Year
which is being observed by all
the stores in the department
store chain.
The long remodeling work
on the Covington store was
finished recently with every
department undergoing chang
es in appearance on both
floors of the building. The ul
tra-modern looking front of
the store is shown via picture
on the front page of the Belk-
Gallant section today.
Many new fixtures have
been installed in the store and
a complete office supply de
partment has been added. The
store has also added new and
famous lines of merchandise
including the famous Catalina
brand, etc. The merchandise
has also been upgraded with
many of the old line brands
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News, Pictures,
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MARION BRITT
still carried by the Belk outlet
here.
An innovation recently start
ed by the Covington store i«
the setup under the new charge
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Luther S. Polk
Succumbed in
Atlanta Hospital
Luther S. Polk, 54, of New
born, died in an Atlanta hos
pital on Saturday, March 30,
after an illness of only one
day. He was a native of Jas
per County. For a number of
years he had made his home
in Newborn where he operated
Polk Service Station, was a
member of the Newborn Meth
odist Church and a member of
the Newborn Masonic Lodge.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at Newborn
Methodist Church with Rev.
Asbury Craft, pastor of Wat
kinsville Methodist Church,
and Rev. William Berry, pas
tor of Newborn Methodist
Church, officiating at the ser
vices.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Luther S. Polk, one son, Steve
Polk, two daughters, Mrs. Al
bert Ozburn Jr., all of New
born; Mrs. W. C. Bouchillon
Jr., Oxford, and several grand
children.
Interment was in Newborn
Cemetery with J. C. Harwell
and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Bill
Berry, Herbert Carson, Bar
ron Davis, Guy Jones, Marion
Sams, Mack Gay, T. W. Bin
ford and Sam Walton.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in ex
tending deepest sympathy t«
them in their sorrow.
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