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Would you be alarmed if word
leaked out that there were twenty
cases of small pox in our com
munity? What’s the first thing
you would do? Certainly we would
rush the entire family to t h e
physician for vacations. Our
physician for vaccinations. Our
of school, or the children whose
family had it would more likely
be quarantined!
Did you realize that there are
more than that many cases of
Cancer in our County right now?
You of course realize that we do
not know HOW we get it. Have
you been to a doctor to look at
your throat, gums, examine and
X-ray your chest, colon and lungs?
I can answer that for you. We all
go about so complacently letting
cancer get a real hold on us, until
we become ill. and then wonder
why it’s too late.
Your Mass Media Chairman,
your Chairman of Education, your
crusade workers have, for months
through the local paper, over ra
dio and at three theaters tried to
warn you of the danger signals.
Parents warn children of snakes
in the woods on camping trips,
warn them and watch them as
they cross streets. However, I am
wondering if they give them a
check-up to see if they have any
symptoms of leukemia (cancer of
the blood) or any other form.
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Presbyterian Good
Friday Communion
Service at 8 P.M.
The First Presbyterian Chur
ch of Covington will celebrate
Holy Communion at their chur
ch on Good Friday, April 12th.
at 8 p. m.
A very cordial invitation is
extended to all believers in
their Lord and Saviour, Jesus
Christ, to participate in this
holy and reverent rite at this
Easter Season.
Burglars Strike
MansfieldSto res
Burglars struck four Mans
field firms Saturday night and
made off with an undetermined
amount of cash from each est
ablishment, according to She
riff John Berry’s office.
Sheriff Berry said that the
four businesses included Hays
and Dennis General Merchan
dise, A. A. Prosser Variety
Store, Prosser Brothers Gro
cery and the Mansfield Drug
Store. Only cash was taken
from the stores, and in two of
the stores safes were broken
into for the thieves’ loot.
Mansfield Policeman Charlie
Henderson almost surprised
the burglars in one of the
firms. He heard a noise about
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COVINGTON ELKS have made a donation of 5300.00 to the
Covington • Newton County Recreation Program. Shown
receiving the check ia Tom Lovern (left). Recreation Direc
tor, from Walker Harria, Exalted Ruler of the Covingion
Elka.
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VOLUME 99
EFO SUNRISE SERVICE AT LAWNWOOD
Twv Drown In Jackson Lake Tragedy Monday
James F. Smith, 38, And
6-Yr.-old Nephew Victims
A family fishing party ended in a double tragedy Mon
day afternoon about 5:45 p. m. when James F. Smith, 38
year old father of two, of Porterdale, died in a futile at
tempt to rescue his six year old great-nephew, Ricky Child
ers, who had fallen from a Jackscm T n'-o pier, near the lake
side home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Burch.
Ricky, who would have been
seven on April 20, was initiating j
a new reel and rod, a birthday ,
gift from his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Richard Childers.
With him on the fishing jaunt,
which had been planned express
ly for his pleasure, were Mr.
Smith, the other victim: his four
year old brother, William Scott
and grandfather Henry Bowen,
who witnessed the tragedy. When
Ricky, ■who could not swim, ac
cording to a family spokesman,
fell from the pier, Mr. Smith im
mediately dived into the lake to
go to his aid. He is said to have
reached the child and started
shoreward with him on his back,
when suddenly they both sank
in the deep water. No water was
found in Mr. Smith’s lungs; and
there was the possibility that he
died of a heart attack.
Covington Fire Department and
Newton County Civil Defense Res
cue Team, both headed by Fire
3 a. m. and investigated only to
find that the robbers had es
caped.
The Newton County Sheriff’s
office was notified early Sun
day morning and they are now
conducting a n investigation
along with the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation.
Sheriff Berry said yesterday
that he believed the robberies
were work of “professional
thieves. The safe cracking jobs
looked like they knew what
they were doing.”
Safes at the Hays and Dennis
firm and the A. A. Prosser
Store were ripped open. Money
from the cash registers at the
other two firms was missing.
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Chief Kouaey T. Floyd, raced to
the scene; and the bodies of both
victims were recovered some 20
minutes later. Artificial respira
tion and a resuscitator were used
for some 40 minutes, but to no
avail.
Double funeral services for the
lad and his would-be rescuer were
held at Julia A. Porter Methodist
Church in Porterdale, at four
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The
Rev. Mr. A. D. Whittemore, pas
tor, was assisted in the last rites
by the Rev. Charles Moody, Coun
ty Line Baptist Church pastor.
Services were concluded at Lawn
wood Memorial Park, where burial
took place, with Caldwell and Co
wan Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Smith a Newton County na
tive, and son of the late C. V.
and Rose Martin Smith, was an
employee of Bibb Manufacturing
Company. He was an active mem
ber of Julia A. Porter Methodist
Church, and of the Men’s Bible
Class there.
In addition to his wife, the for
mer Miss Lucile Allen, he is sur
vived by two children, James F.,
Jr. and Margie Kay; seven sis
ters. Mesdames Leola Harper,
Aubrey Benton, Henry Bowen, Re
na Lewis, Edgar Thacker, Oscar
Brooks and Betty Johnson; and
two brothers, Bobby Smith and R.
A. Smith.
Ricky Childers, also a member
of Julia A. Porter Methodist
Church, was an enthusiastic
S. S. and Church attendant: and
would have received a Bible with
his name imprinted thereon, for
regular attendance, on Easter Sun
day.
In addition to his parents, Ricky
is survived by his brother, Wil
liam Scott; grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bowen and Mrs. Jim
Hughes; several uncles, aunts, and
cousins.
For Mr. Smith pallbearers were:
Jack Rawls, Kenneth Adams, Bill
Scoggins, Donald Lunsford. Fred
Scarborough, and Thomas Range.
Active pallbearers serving for
little Ricky were: Charles Duke,
James Watt, Guy Garner and Reu
ben O’Kelly. Honorary pallbearers
were six of his playmates: Gerald
arid Kenneth Watt: Douglas Davis,
Russell Johnson, Martie Lunsford
and Lyn Marable.
The News joins numerous
friends of both families in extend
ing deepest sympathy in their be
reavement.
3 Local Students
Named to Honor
Lists at Emory
Three students from Newton
County have been named to
the Emory-At-Oxford Honor
and Merit Lists at the college,
according to an announcement
by Dallas M. Tarkenton, Re
gistrar.
Miss Roberta Anne Elizer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Elizer of Oxford, has
made the recent Honor List.
Jack L. Edwards, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry T. Edwards of
Covington, and Charles K. Mc-
Allister, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. McAllister of the State
FFA-FHA Camp, were named
to the Merit List.
The scholastic honor at Em
or/-At-Oxford is granted to
outstanding students for high
academic work during the pre
ceding quarter.
Covington News
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 11. 1963
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COVINGTON PILOT CLUB will take on a new project after January 1, 1964 — sponsor
ship of the Girl Scouts. Going over plans are, from left to right: Mrs. Dorothy Cason, Pi
lot Club Community Service chairman; Mrs. W. S. Cook. Jr., Girl Scout Neighborhood
chairman; and Miss Ruth Tanner, Pilot Club president.
Volunteer Chairmen Are Named
In The Newton Cancer Crusade
Various chairman for the 1963
Newton County Cancer Crusade
have been announced. The Educa
tion and Funds Chairman is Miss
Mae Hardman of Porterdale.
The goal of the Newton County
drive has been set at $3,236, ac
cording to A. E. Hays, Jr. New
ton Cancer Society Chairman. The
campaign is being conducted dur
ing the month of April. The trea
surer of the drive is Terry Avery,
who may be contacted at the
Bank of Covington or at his home
on Pinecrest Drive in Covington.
The list of volunteer workers in
the crusade are as follows:
Education - Funds Chairman,
Mae Hardman.
Independent Businesses, Robert
Stanton, Wilbur Jones, A. E. Hays,
Jr.
Trades and Industries, Ben
Banks.
Special Gifts, Mrs. R. T. (Fran
ces) Smith.
Colored, Mrs. Lottie Johnson.
Mass Media, Mrs. Belmont Den
nis.
Almon, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Dobbs.
Brickstore, Mrs. Mike Emmel.
Brown Bridge Road, Mr. and
Mrs. Weidman Dalton
Covington, Mrs. Ty Cason and
Pilot Club.
Covington Mills, Mr. Grady Rey
nolds.
Flat Shoals Road, Mrs. James
Head.
Flint Hill, Mrs, James N. Bo-
Bank Io Start
Building Mon.
The Board of Directors of
the First National Bank of
Newton County has announced
the signing of the contract for
the construction of the new
bank building at the corner of
Washington and Emory Streets
in Covington.
The low bidder and contrac
tor who will construct the
building is Hallman Brothers
of Atlanta. The architect is
Tomberlin-Sheetz of Atlanta.
Groundbreaking ceremonies
will be held Monday, April 15
at 9 a.m. and the public is in
vited to attend. Following the
groundbreaking ceremony, ac
tual grading of the property in
preparation for the construc
tion will begin.
A spokesman for the new
bank estimated that the entire
project will be completed by
August 16th.
hanan, Jr.
Gum Creek, Mrs. C. A Cason.
Jackson Highway, Mrs. Roy Ai
ken, Mrs. Bryant Steele, Mrs.
Billy Jones and Mrs. Tom Stubbs.
Mansfield, Mr. Arthur Hays, Jr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Hays.
Newborn, Mrs. Barron Davis.
Oxford, Mr. and Mrs. John Bur
son.
Pine Grove, Mrs. James Elliott.
Piper Heights & Rocky Plains,
Mrs. Ellie Coady.
Porterdale, Mae Hardman and
helpers.
Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Standard.
Starrsville, Mrs. Charles Ewing.
West Newton, Miss Nellie King,
Mrs. Fred Dillard, Mrs. Sam
Capes, Mrs. Floyd George, Mrs.
C. A. Jolley.
Calvary Baptist
Revival Set lor
Coming Week
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Revival services will begin
at Calvary Baptist Church on
Monday, April 15. and continue
through Sunday, April 21.
Rev. T. Richard Davis, pastor
of the First Baptist Church.
Hazelhurst, Ga., will be the
visiting evangelist. Frank
Smith will lead the song ser
vice.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend and worship with
us. Services will begin each
evening at 7;30.
David E. Smith,
Jerry Bouchillon
Frat Officers
The Alpha Beta Chapter of
Alpha Tau Omega, Social Fra
ternity at the University of
Georgia announces the election
and installation of officers for
the calendar year of 1963.
From Covington, David E.
Smith was elected President
and Jerry D .Bouchillon was
elected Historian. It is interest
ing to note that Jerry was one
of three new initiates that took
office on March 4th. David, an
initiate from last year took
over the Presidency from ser
ving last year as Pledge Mas
ter.
Negro Perishes
In Home Fire
Rufus Reynolds, sLyear-old Ne
gro. perished as his home was
completely destroyed by an early
morning fire Sunday. He lived on
the Hazelbrand Road and was
alone at the time of the fire.
Sam Cowan. Newton County
Coroner, stated yesterday that a
Coroner’s Inquest was held Tues
day afternoon and the Negro’s
death was ruled accidental. The
small wooden frame house burned
about 2 a. m. Sunday morning.
Two Boy Scouts
Named to "Order
Os the Arrow"
Mike Lassiter and Wardell
Reed, members of Troop 58, B
S. A, have been elected by
their fellow Scouts to the Order
of the Arrow, an honor camp
ing brotherhood.
In the election, conducted by
Mason Stephenson, treasurer of
the Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge, O.
A., of the Atlanta Area Coun
cil, Mr. Reed and Mr. Lassiter
were elected to be tapped into
the order when Troop 58 at
tends Bert Adams Scout Reser
vation this summer.
Mr. Stephenson was assisted
in the election by Tim Exley,
O. A. member, and Charles
Robbins, district scout execut
ive.
Rev. Robert Gary Speaker
At The 6 A. M. Program
A Union Easter Sunrise Service of local churches will
be held Sunday morning, April 14 at Lawnwood Memorial
Park on the Atlanta Highway starting at 6 o’clock. The
service is sponsored by the Newton County Ministerial As
sociation.
Palmer Stone
Ooen House
Monday 7:30-9
The Palmer Stone School
will have Open House for the
public on April 15 beginning
at 7:30 until 9:00. We sincerely
hope all parents and friends
will attend this night.
The Palmer Stone PTA will
also meet on April 15 with tne
first graders in charge of the
program; this will be presented
at the beginning of the hour.
The officers for the forthcoming
year will be installed on this
night.
It is requested that parents
of all eighth graders be present
for a talk by Mr. Homer Sharp,
concerning high school, at 8:30
until 9:00 in the library.
We will not have the Annual
Supper as this has been post
poned because of unforeseen
circumstances.
Girls Cage Team
Al Kiwanis Club
The Newton County girls bas
ketball team, runnerup in the
State AA Tournament at Atlanta
recently, will be guests at the
Kiwanis Club of Covington this
afternoon at 1 o’clock at Legion
Home. Coach Stone Cooper will be
the guest speaker for the ccoa
sion.
Newton High supervising princi
pal Homer F. Sharp will handle
the introduction of the program.
James Hutchins is program chair
man for the day.
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Dr. Guy Woodruff, Director
of Food Processing at the
Griffin Experiment Station,
was the guest speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis meeting
Thursday. Dr. Woodruff was
introduced by Otis Weaver, al
so of the Griffin Kiwanis club.
Dr. Woodruff’s subject was
based on his work of “food and
food preservation.” He gave
many interesting facts which
pointed out the importance of
the food processing industry in
Georgia.
Visitors at the meeting in
cluded: Jim Morgan, Grier
Stephenson, Jack Gibbs, Jr.,
and Jim Benton, Bill Huskey
and P Y. Luther of Griffin,
John Hudson of Eatonton, and
Al Allgood of Gainesville.
The four members of the
Griffin Kiwanis Club com
prised an inter-club meeting
for the day.
EDDIE NAJJAR,
MRS. CALLAWAY
TO AID PAGEANT
Mr. Eddie Najjar will be the
emcee at the “Miss Newton
County-Junior Miss” Annual
Jaycee Beauty Pageant set for
Friday night April 19, at the
Newton High School Auditor
ium at 8.00 o’clock.
Assisting the Jaycees as dir
ector of staging for the page
ant will be Mrs. Lamar Call
away.
Miss Connie Tate, “Miss
Newton County of 1962” will
also be working with the con
testants and assisting Mrs.
Callaway. Miss Tate is a stud
ent at Emory-at-Oxford Junior
College.
Best Coverage
News, Pictures,
and Features
NUMBER IS
The Easter Sunrise message
will be brought by the Reverend
G. Robert Gary, Pastor of the
Allen Memorial Methodist Church
of Oxford.
The Reverend Carl Cassidy,
pastor of the Calvary Baptist
Church, will preside and Rev. A.
D. Whittemore, pastor of t h •
Julia A. Porter Memorial Metho-
Gist Church, Porterdale, will give
the invocation.
Songs will include “All Hail The
Power," and “Christ, The Lord la
Risen." This will be followed by
the reading of scriptures by Rev.
E. A. Callaway, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Covington.
After a prayer by Rev. Cas
sidy special music typical of the
Easter season will be furnished
by the Newton County High
School Glee Club under the di
rection of Joe Sears.
The benediction will be given
by the Rev. Irving Rudolph, pas
tor of the Porterdale Presbyter
ian Church.
The public is cordially invited tn
attend this service.
Robert M. Budd
Named Manager
Lockheed Tests
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F N. Dickerman, acting chief
engineer, of Lockheed-Georgia
has announced two new man
agerial assignments in engin
eering departments.
R. M. Budd of Oxford haa
been appointed manager of en
gineering flight test service
general department, 72-44. Mr.
Budd was formerly foreman of
the C-130 and Jet Star main
tenance department in engin
eering flight test and foreman
nights of production flight line.
He joined Lockheed-Georgi*
in 1951 from Boeing Airplane
Company, Wichita, Kansas.
Mr. Budd is married to the
former Grace Dearing of Ox
ford. They have four sons, Ro
bert Budd, Jr., a junior at
Georgia Southern College, St
atesboro; Joe Budd, a senior
at the University of Ga.; Mich
ael Budd, a freshman at Geor
gia Institute of Technology and
Gary Budd, a senior at Newton
County High School.
He is the son of Mrs. Susie
V. Budd of Oxford and the late
Rev. W. H. Budd, Sr.
Ross Piper Named
To Dean's List
At Emory Univ.
Ross Piper of 310 Dearinj
St., Covington, is one of ten
students in the School of Busi
ness Administration at Emory
University making the dean’e
list for superior academic work
during the winter quarter.