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A Prise-Winning
Newspaper
1962
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Contests
VOLUME 99
Awards Made at Two-Day Boy
Scout Camporee at Bert Adams
Lt. Sam Ramsey
Member of ADIIG
Insoection Team
LT. RAMSEY
Recently promoted First
Lieutenant Sam D. Ramsey,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ram
sey, Jr. of 709 Floyd Street,
Covington, has been selected by
Headquarters Air Defense
Command Inspector General
Office, Denver, Colorado, to be
a member of the Inspection
Team that will evaluate the
115th Fighter Group, Air Nat
ional Guard, at Truax Field,
Madison, Wisconsin.
The ORI Team chief will be
Lt. Col. Furgeau from Head
quarters, Air Defense Comm
and. Lt. Ramsey will evaluate
the Materiel Control function
of the group. He is the Mater
iel Control Officer of the 56th.
Fighter Wing at K. I. Sawyer
Air Force Base, Marquettte,
Michigan. 1
Lt. Ramsey was chosen due
to his knowledge in this func
tional area and the outstanding
record his unit has made under
his leadership this past year.
This inspection will be from
April 4th until April 14th. The
inspection is designed to insure '
all units of ADC and the Air
National Guard are operating
at top effectiveness.
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Easter Sunrise
Service Set at
Prospect 6:30 AM
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There will be n Easter Sunrise
Service at 6:30 A. M. Sunday at
the Prospect Methodist Church,
with Rev. Allan Martin, minister
from Mount Zion, bringing the
message.
Combined choirs from Bethany,
and zion will lead in the song ser
vice.
The public is invited to attend.
Officials Visit Belk's Second Floor
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PORTERDALE AND COVINGTON officials were conducted on a tour of the newly-re
conditioned Belk • Gallant Store in Covington Thursday soon after the Grand Opening
ceremonies took place. Shown on the store's second floor are from left to right: B. B.
Snow, Vice - President of Bibb Manufacturing Company; Joe Webb, Manager of the
store; Covington Mayor Nat S. Turner.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
Fifty-four Boy Scouts and 10
adults attended a two-day Cam
poree at the local Bert Adams
; Boy Scout Reservation, April 5
I and 6.
Camping Director Charlie Rob
bins and Newton - Rockdale Dis
trict Commissioner Cecil Allgood
reported that the troops did a good
job and the unit leaders are to be
praised for the job they are doing
with boys in their communities.
Over half of the boys present were
Tenderfoot Scouts with many
camping for the first time.
Listed below are the awards
presented to the Unit Leaders at
the monthly Roundtable Tuesday
night:
Blue Ribbon (Top):
Troop 209 Conyers. Wolf Patrol.
Troop 222 Covington Ga. Pio
neer Patrol.
Troop 222 Covington Ga. Broken
Arrow Patrol
Troop 223 Covington Mills Rebel
i Patrol
RED RIBBONS (Second Pla-
I teau):
Troop 58 Covington Ga. Eagle
Patrol
Troop 58 Covington Ga. Moose
1 Patrol
Troop 209 Conyers Ga. Eagle
Patrol
Troop 222 Covington Ga. Eagle
Patrol
Troop 276 Union Community
Panther Patrol and the Flaming
Arrow Patrol
Former Resident
Os Covinnton
Dies in Ohio
Mrs. A. J. (Kate Harwell) Wis
mer, 69. of Aurora, Ohio died on
April 4th.
Mrs. Wismer was born in Ea
tonton. Ga. She was the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Oscar Harwell of Eatonton. Mrs.
Wismer formerly lived in Coving
ton for a short while. She lived in
Aurora. Ohio for the past 6 years.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, April 9th at 3:00 p. m.
at the Graveside in Eatonton
Cemetery with Rev. Grady Lively
officiating. Nephews served as
pallbearers.
Interment was in Eatonton
Cemetery with J. C. Harwell and
Son Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Survivors include two daughters,
I Mrs. Anice Johnson. Aurora, Ohio
1 and Miss Billie Wismer, New
| York, New York; two sisters, Mrs.
I Lucian Watson and Mrs. James T.
Cook, both of Marianna. Florida.
The NEWS joins friends of the
family in extending deepest sym
। pathy to the members of the be
reaved family.
What makes a proper and
accurate farmer? Proper and
accurate records, say Coopera
tive extension Service econo
mists.
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Dr. I. S. Ingram
Talks of Easter,
Monastery
By Dr. Irvine S. Ingram
President Emeritus West
Georgia College
EASTER:
Lent will be over Easter. For
forty days exclusive of Sun
days the Anglican and Catholic
churches observe this period of
fasting and prayer. Easter is a
Christian festival commerating
the resurrection of Christ. To
the Christians this means vic
tory over death.
A former distinguished min
ister in writing on this makes
this statement: “No conviction
has grown stronger during my
ministry than that death opens
the door to a continuing yet
higher experience for the hu
man consciousness. This growth
certainly comes mainly from
two sources: from watching
people die peacefully, heroi
cally, and with eager anticipat
ion of more to come, and from
working daily to meet human
needs in terms of Christian
doctrine of Ged which to me
means eternal life.
I am reading “And Jesus Said,”
by Hoover Rupert. There is a
chapter called “About the Mir
acle of the Resurrection”. The
chapter opens with the quot
ation from Luke 24:3-33. The
account is on the third day
after the death of Jesus. It con
cerns the two disciples on the
road to Emmaus.
All of us at sometime walk
the Emmaus Road. Doubts
come. Grief depresses and we
seem alone. Then suddenly He
appears and our hearts are
warmed and our faith is re
need. This means Easter.
THE TRAPPIST MONASTERY:
With my associate at the
Chamber of Commerce I visited
the Trappist Monastery out from
Conyers. It is called the Mon
astery of the Holy Ghost.
As you know, a monastery
is a house of religious retire
ment or seclusion from the
world for persons under religi
ous vows.
Here live at present forty
monks and thirty-four brot
hers, known as workers. A
monk is a man who undertakes
a lifetime search for God.
Monks live, in the main, in
Catholic churches in company
with a like-minded community
of believers. It is said that their
idea came from St. Benedict
1400 years ago. He developed
“Three kinds of activity in or
der to occupy the monk’s time:
liturgical worship, reading, and
labor. The monks assist at Mass
in the morning, joining their
prayers with the prayers of the
Church and sing the songs
chorally at intervals during the
day.
As I understood Father Law
rence, who was our companion
as we moved through this
church, he stated that in order
to train for a Father one had to
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1963
study for eleven years. So they
read, pray, sing, and worship
here.
The host Father told us that
they have five formal sessions
a day. As I understood him, the
workers do not have to attend
these services.
I wish I had the descriptive
words to picture this beautiful
abbey. One of the Protestant
faith normally does not under
stand the many symbols and
ornamentations found in a
Catholic Church. I know all
this is very meaningful to a
Catholic but to an uninformed
person, such as I, I feel that
many of their churches have
many things that detract from
their beauty. Not so with this
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at Belk-Gall ant Company Grand Opening Thursday
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Thursday morning marked the start of the firm's Diamond Jubilee Anni
versary Sale. Mayor Nat Turner of Covington (left) and Belk-Gallant
Manager Joe Webb are performing the ceremony as city councilmen and
Belk officials look on in the background. Left to right (in background)
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COVINGTON BUSINESSMEN attend the formal opening of the newly
reconditioned Belk-Gallant Store on Thursday. Shown seated in the men s
department of the store, are from left to right: Edgar Wood, Wood and
Company; Guy Evans, Evans Drug Store; and Phillip Cohen, W. Cohen
l and Company. Standing (left io right): Bill McDowell, Henson Furniture
Catholic Church of the Trappist
Order at Conyers. One is struck
with the simplicity of its tre
mendous beauty carefully de
signed by evidently a great
architect and built by the loving
hands of men who live and
work there.
Silence prevades the whole
institution and yet there is a
spirit of warmth, cordiality,
and hospitality that takes one
in and the visitor becomes an
appreciative observer and lea
ves the place with good will
and interested concern.
Extension Service consumer
marketing specialists report
that egg supplies are at a sea
sonal peak this time of year.
Covington Businessmen Attended Belk's Grand Opening
Phi Kappa Phi
Honors 94 at
Univ, of Georgia
ATHENS — Ninety-four Uni
versity of Georgia students
have accepted invitations to
join Phi Kappa Phi, honorary
scholarship fraternity.
The new members come from
both professional and liberal
' arts divisions of the University.
They will be among the stu
dents honored at the Univer
sity’s “Honors Day” ceremonies
t in May.
One of the new members is
James R. Darby of Covington.
Livestock Sales
Total $45,190
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 475 head of
cattle, 4 goats and 14 hogs
Monday for a total of $45,190.-
95. Milk cows and springers
topped at $265.00, baby calves
at $36.00 and stockers at $2lO.
Price ranges were: calves,
$20.00 to $32.00; heifers, $17.00
to $22.00; steers, $17.50 to
$27.50; light bulls, $15.00 to
$21.50; heavy bulls, SIB.OO to
$20.; canners, $13.50 to $14.50;
cutters, $14.50 to $15.50; fat
cows, $16.00 to $17.70; and
hogs, $13.00 to $14.50.
are: Marion Britt, Assistant Manager of the Covington Store; Guy Evan*
Evans Drug Store and city councilman: Buddy Baker, city councilman!
Mel H. Waggoner, Gulf Oil Corporation and city councilman; Otis SpiL
lers. Spillers Lumber Company and city councilman; Jimmy Gallant el
LaGrange, secretary and treasurer of the Belk-Gallant organisation. —
Company; Leo Mallard. Covingion News; David McKinnon, Sears Roe
buck and Company; Marion Britt, Assistant Manager of the local Belk
store; Jimmy Gallant, Secretary and Tseasuaee of the Belk-Gallant chains
James Hutchiee, Parseea - Hutchin* Dafsarisnen* Sto*; Rev. Edgar A.
Callaway, p&tes Fvn« Quesfc Gm*tysn»
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James Fitzgerald
Assigned to
USS Intrepid
USS INTREPID—Navy En
sign James I. Fitzgerald, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lomus Warren of
Route 1, Covington, Ga., is
serving aboard the anti-sub
marine warfare support air
craft carrier USS Intrepid, cur
rently participating in warfare
training in the Caribbean.
The training includes gun
nery exercises, fire drills, air
operations, general quarters
drills and man overboard
drills.
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