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By the Office Boy
One of the most sacred and
impressive, services we have
ever attended was the one at
the Presbyterian Church on Fri
day Evening, Rev. Tom White,
Pastor.
Ulis was an observance of
the Lord’s Supper. We feel that
every person present came
away with a new dedication of
himself, or herself, to the
Christ who died upon the cross,
between two thieves, for our
sins. So. . .
At the next Ministerial As
sociation Meeting . . . We would
rejoice at hearing of a Motion
made, seconded and carried,
that this community plan a
County wide observance of the
Lord’s Supper each year, “In
the upper room”, so to speak,
with all denominations taking
part in the observance, just as
we have Easter Sunrise Ser
vices. Do I hear a second to
that motion? We feel definitely,
that this will open the door to
a better Christian Community
in which to live.
We are deeply grateful to
Rev. White and Mrs. White,
for what they have meant to
us personally, during these past
two years, which have been
trying ones. Her loving
hands cared for our loved
one every day, in the
hospital when he was here,
until the very last. I knew and
loved her wonderful Mother
and Father, in Savannah, and
we spent many happy, hours
with them. We only wish
we could have meant as much
to them as they have to us
both. He has gone away now,
and walked the same pathway
as my husband, but we know
that makes each one of us in
this community want to join
hands in helping more with the
Cancer Crusade, because of the
many loved ones in this com
munity who have gone on with
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Oxford Gets New Town Marshal
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C. J. HALL (center), the new Town Marshal at Oxford, is shown in the photo above with
Garland Williams (left). Chairman of the police committee: and Tom Dial (right), Oxford
Fire Chief. Marshal Hall is a native of Loganville. He succeeds E. C. Beckham who re
signed to take a Deputy Sheriff post in Newton County.
Headon Collision at Salem Camp
Takes Lives of Two Young Men
A headon collision of two
automobiles on the Salem
Camp Ground road late Friday
night claimed the lives of two
young men, one a native of
Newton County.
Joe C. Parkes, 36, of Route 1,
Covington, died instantly and
Bobby F. Farmer of Milstead
lived until 2:40 a. m. Saturday
following the accident.
Sam Cowan, Covington fun
eral director who arrived at the
scene of the wreck a few min
utes past 10:30, said that the
motor in Mr. Parkes car was
thrown into a ditch some 20
feet from the automobile’s
chassis. He said the drivers
were the only occupants of the
cars.
Mr. Parkes was a carpenter
by trade.
Funeral Services were held
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JAYCF cAUTY PAGEANT SET FRIDAY NIGHT
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Corm. osioner Referendum Election May 15
Vote To Elect
Commissioner,
3 Associates
A referendum will go to the
voters of Newton County on
Wednesday, May 15, pertaining
to the election of three county
commissioners and a chairman.
Georgia House Bill 682, pass
ed at the 1963 session of the
General Assembly, sets forth
the provisions for the office of
Roads and Revenue of New
ton County.
Newton County’s two repres
entatives in the Georgia House
W. D. (Donald) Ballard and
Jack H. Morgan stated that the
new system, if passed by the
voters on May 15, will carry
two main changes: (1) the
three County Commissioner
advisors will be elected instead
of appointed by the Grand Jury,
(2) the salary of the fulltime
Commissioner will be raised
from $7,500 to $9,000 per year.
The Newton Representatives,
Morgan and Ballard, sponsor
ed and got the bill passed at
the request of many interested
on Sunday, April 14th at 4:00
p. m. at the Community Church
of Jesus Christ with Rev. Carl
D. Cannon officiating.
Interment was in Baptist
Cemetery, Porterdale with
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Esther Allen Parkes, Coving
ton; his mother, Mrs. Ira Par
kes, Covington; one son, Danny
Allen Parkes, Covington; one
brother, Carlton Parkes, Cov
ington; sisters, Mrs. Birdie
Watson, Mrs. Betty Allgood,
both of Covington and Mrs.
Nettie Skinner of Conyers.
Serving as pallbearers were
J. B. Patterson, Daniel Middle
brooks, Otis Corley, Reymond
Cook, Henry Boozer and Fred
Wilson.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deep
est sympathy to the members
of the bereaved family.
Mr. Farmer’s tuneral was held
Sunday at 3 p. m. from the
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
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citizens. “Since this form of
government was suggested by
so many Newton Countians
we felt that it was our duty as
representatives of all the peo
ple, and not of any one group,
to sponsor such legislation and
give the people the opportuni
ty to express their feeling at
the ballot box,” they stated.
The county chairman of the
Commissioners will be elected
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Newton Senior
Play Set for
April Mih
The annual Senior Play, un
der the direction of Mr. Eddie
Najjar, will be presented on
April 25-26, Thursday and
Friday nights at 8:00 o’clock.
The title is “Pillow Talk”, a
comedy in three acts.
In addition to the play, the
Bell Telephone Company will
have an exhibit of future tele
phones to be used. Some in
cluded are: T.V. attached so
the person can see who he is
calling, and those dialed by
inserting cards.
Come and see “Pillow Talk”.
It will delight you. The mix
up on the phone is one of the
most comical scenes in the
play. The play will leave you
delighted and breathless.
The admission is 50 cents
for students and SI.OO for
adults. Tickets can be pur
chased from any Senior stu
dent
Program Participants on Emory-Oxford Arts Week
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DR. DEWEY
Parents Day Schedule Given
Emory-Oxford Fine Arts Week,
The week of April 22-26 has been ’
set as Fine Arts Week and will be 1
climaxed on Friday as Parents’
Day at Oxford, a division of .
Emory University.
Dr. Malcolm H. Dewey, who
founded and served as head of the
Fine Arts Department and is now
Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts
of Emory University, has provided
excellent leadership in arranging
a stimulating program for Fine
Arts week on the historic campus
at Oxford, Georgia. For more than
a dozen years he has done this
and the following schedule is in
dicative of his insight and fore
sight.
During the entire week there
Red Cross First
Aid Instructors'
Course Set Here
The American Red Cross First
Aid Instructors training course
will start April 22nd at 7:30
p. m. The class will be held in
the court room of the City Hall.
This will be a 15 hour course
meeting for 3 hours each night
of April 22, 23, 24, 25, and 29.
It will be taught by Charles
Rice, American Red Cross Area
Representative. Completion of
the instructors training will
bring to 41 the number of hours
spent in class by each of the 9
people expecting to take the
course.
Three others who are already
classified as regular teachers
will not be required to take the
full instructors course in order
to become First Aid Intsruc
tors. First Aid classes will be
scheduled as soon as possible
following this training.
First National Bank of Newton County Has Groundbreaking Ceremony
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GROUNDBREAKING for th* new First National Bank of Newton County
was held Monday morning at the ait* of the new building at the corner
of Waahington and Emory Street* in Covington. Looking on aa Covington
Mayor Nat Turner turna the firat apade of dirt ar* from left to right:
Jame* Hutchina, Walter Johnson (vic* • president Trust Company of
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will be an art exhibit in the li
brary.
Monday: "Art Versus the Fine
Arts” will be the opening lecture
by Dr. Malcolm H. Dewey.
Tuesday: A lecture by Mr. Joel
Reeves, Dean of the Atlanta School
of Art. This group is about to
bring into existence an Art School
in Atlanta of significance that will
be fully accredited and will offer
a degree in Fine Arts. Dean Reev
es’ address will be on the subject:
“The Search in Art.”
Wednesday: Mr. Shelley G. Da
vis will discuss and play "The
Music of Chopin." A native of Chi
cago, Mr. Davis made his pro
fessional debut at the age of ele
ven years at the Orchestra Hall in
Chicago. He has appeared as solo
ist with the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra on the WSB Television
network, is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa and is presently on the fac
ulty of Emory University.
Thursday: A lecture by Dr.
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Shannon Spears
Elected Associate
Editor Tift Quill
FORSYTH, GA. — Shannon
Helen Spears, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Spears
of Route 1, Social Circle, was
elected associate editor of the
Campus Quill newspaper this
week by the student body of
Tift College.
Now a sophomore at Tift,
Miss Spears was treasurer of
her class last year. She at
tended Social Circle High be
fore coming to Tift.
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Lou Erickson
Guest Speaker
At Kiwanis Club
Guest speaker for the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club meeting
today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock
at Legion Home will be Lou
Erickson, cartoonist for the At
lanta Journal. Program chair
man for the day is Greeley
Ellis, and he will introduce the
speaker.
Mr. Erickson, who signs his
cartoons “Eric", has won many
awards and honors for his
timely cartoons and caricatures
in the Atlanta newspaper.
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Newton High girls basket
ball coaoh Stone Cooper was
the guest speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club meeting
Thursday. The entire starting
team and manager were also
guests of the club for the meet
ing.
Introducing NCHS Supervis
ing Principal Homer F. Shaip,
was Ben T. Banks, who had
charge of the program for the
day. Mr. Sharp introduced
Coach Cooper.
In recapping his record for
the past 8 years (189 victories
and 34 defeats) Coach Cooper
told the Kiwanians that "this
year's team is not only a fine
ball club but their academic
work has been outstanding as
all six girls are "A” students.”
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Georgia), Marion Britt, Rucker Ginn, Phillip Cohen, Guy Evans, W. D.
Padgett (vice-president Trust Company of Uaorgia), Dica Bellairs, Toni
Batos. Sen. Brooks Pennington, Hugh Steele, Marion Piper, Bill Hoffman.
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway, Walker Harris and Robert Fowler.
"Junior Miss" Contest Also
Slated For NCHS 8 P. M.
The Newton County Junior Chamber of Commerce will
present its annual Newton County “Junior Miss” and “Miss
Newton County” Beauty Pageant this Friday night, April
19, at the Newton County High School auditorium at 8:00
o’clock.
“Junior Misses” who will
compete in the first annual
Newton County "Junior Miss"
contest are: Peggy Williams,
vocal; Cheryl Pannell, dance
routine; Selma Spears, vocal;
Robin Dennison, piano solo;
Jean Russell, song and dance
routine; and Jane Coggin, piano
solo.
The winner of the “Junior
Miss” title will be crowned by
Harry P. Cowan, president of
the Newton County Jaycees.
She will then have the opport
unity to go to Cartersville in
November to participate in the
“Junior Miss Georgia” pageant.
The winner in Cartersville will
compete at Moblie, Alabama in
January of 1964 for the Junior
Miss America title.
Miss Newton County
Competing for the title of
“Miss Newton County” will be:
Delores Haney, dance routine;
Hannah Wyatt, vocal; Sissy
Howell, piano solo; Kitsy Mell
ette, dramatic reading, and
Marilyn Miller, ballet.
Misses Haney and Wyatt are
students at Newton County
High School in Covington, and
Misses Howell, Mellette, and
Miller are students at Emory
at-Oxford Junior College.
Miss Connie Tate, a student
at Emory-at-Oxford and "Miss
Newton County” of 1962, will
crown the 1963 winner of the
"Miss Newton County” title.
The winner of the local “Miss
Newton County” pageant will
then go to Columbus in June
to participate in the “Miss
Georgia" pageant.
Winner of the Miss Georgia
contest will have all her ex
penses paid for a trip to At
lantic City and the competition
for the title of Miss America
1963 in September. In addition,
she will receive a full ward-
Newton Welfare
Department Name
Is Changed
The Newton County Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services is the new name of
the Newton County Welfare
Department. There is no chan
ge in any of the program, and
business will be carried on un
der this new name.
The Family and Children
Services is located on second
floor of the Courthouse and the
telephone number is 786-2744.
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robe as part of her Miss Geor
gia prize—plus a coveted
SI,OOO scholarship.
Judges
Judges for the Newton Co
unty “Junior Miss” contest will
be: Mrs. Nat Turner and Mrs.
Addison Terry of Covington,
and Mr. Dan E. McConaughey
of Decatur.
The “Miss Newton County’’
contest will be judged by: Mrs.
Dan E. McConaughey of Deca
tur, Mr. Edward A. Crudup, Jr.
and Mr. Dean Getz of Coving
ton.
Emcee for the 1963 Jaycee
Beauty Pageant will be Mr.
Eddie Najjar, Counselor at
Newton County High Schoo).
Assisting the Jaycees in the
direction of staging for the
pageant will be Mrs. Lamar
Callaway and Mrs. R. M. Paty.
Pilot Barbecue
: Wednesday at
Lions' Pavilion
The Bar-Be-Cue sponsored
by the Pilot Club of Covington
will be held Wednesday, April
24, at the Lion’s Club Pavilion.
The serving hours are from 5 to
8:00 p. m.
The Bar-be-cue is being pre
pared by Fred W. Greer, pro
minent Newton Countian. Mr.
Greer, who prepared the plate
served last year by the Pilots,
is well-known for his delicious
stew and bar-be-cue. An added
attraction will be a free slice if
homemade cake with each
plate.
Tickets are now on sale at
$1.50 and anyone desiring tic
kets, may contact any member
of the Pilot Club.
Jamboree Postponec
PORTERDALE — The presen
tation of “The Eight O’Clock Jam>
boree” has been temporarily post
poned by the Porterdale Woman's
Club due to unforeseen circum
stances. Watch for the paper for
further announcements as to its
presentation.
It will be well worth waiting for
with H. V. Johnson, James Vining,
Jake Hunt, Marvin Gates, Howard
Williams, Estelle Bowman, Kate
Patterson, Ines Buckalew, and
many others in key roles.