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VOLUME 99
Boom in Outdoor Recreation
Near Jasper, Texas, a father
and his two sons watch a re
creational area being cleared
adjacent to the McGee Bend
Dam project ....
—ln New Jersey, youngsters
listen avidly as their mother
explains about the exhibits that
will go into a children’s zoo,
now under construction on
South Mountain Reservation by
the Essex County Park Com
mission.
—Driving from their home
in Muncie, Indiana, a family is
going to look over the Prairie
Creek Recreation Area, where
picnic and boating facilities
will soon be available.
—A husband and wife, hik
ing through Antelope Valley in
California, inspect at first hand
some of the 4,087 acres of land
recently purchased by the Los
Angeles County Parks and Re
creation Department.
Although these are scenes in
widely separated sections of
the United States, they all have
one thing in common—they
illustrate how families are tak
ing an active interest in out
door public recreation, accord
ing to the Institute of life In
surance.
Seek the Outdoors
All across the country simi
lar scenes are being enacted
daily. Outdoor recreation, which
was once thought of as vacation
fare primarily, has grown in
importance to where it occupies
at least one-fifth of all the
leisure time enjoyed by Ameri
cans and their families. Reg
ardless of what device is used
to measure the growth of re
creation —visits to Federal and
state recreation areas, the num
bers of fishing license holders
or outboard motors in use—it
is clear that Americans are
seeking the outdoors as never
before.
The reasons for this have
been developing over many
Mrs. Lamar Smith
Joins Gov. Sanders 7
Staff in Atlanta
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MRS. W. LAMAR SMITH of Ox
ford has joined the staff of Gov
ernor Carl Sanders at the Capi
tol in Atlanta, according to an an
nouncement by Newton Rep. W.
D. (Donald) Ballard.
6 Newton Dairy
Leaders Attend
Marketing Meeting
Newton County dairymen were
among local dairy leaders of the '
Middle Georgia Milk Marketing
District of Georgia Milk Produc
ers met recently in McDonough.
Georgia to discuss milk marketing
alternatives.
W. N. Peters, Jr., Forsyth, Geor
gia, District President, presided
over the meeting where local
dairymen were told the alterna
tives to their present milk market
ing structure. Explanations of a
"no program" market, a "produc
er controlled” market, and a "fed
eral milk marketing order” mar
ket were discussed at length. In
addition the present state market
ing laws and regulations were dis
cussed by the officials of the State
Producers Association.
Other important dairy problems
were discussed by officials of the
State Producers Association, the I
Dairy Section of the Georgia De-j
partment of Agriculture and the
Georgia Milk Control Board.
There are 225 dairy fanners in
the Middle Georgia District who
are renrc»ented by 22 District Rep
resentatives.
Local leaders attending were:
Gene Marks, L. D. Hodges. Joe
Marks. Sam B Hay, Jr., C. Alton
Jolley and County Agent Ed Hunt.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in J 864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
years. They reflect the shorter
work week, which provides a
two-day weekend for a large
majority of families; labor
saving equipment in the home;
longer span of life, enabling
older persons to live many
years past retirement; and
higher income, which permits
many more families to afford
the recreation they would like
to have, both before and after
retirement.
According to the National
Recreation Association, in 1960
alone (latest year for which
statistics are available), 90 per
cent of all Americans partici
pated in some form of outdoor
recreation during the year—
swimming, boating, fishing,
skiing, golfing, picnicking, cam
ping and so on. The Outdoor
Recreation Resources Co m
mission has even totted up re
creational activities and work
ed out a figure of 4.4 billion
separate occasions when indi
viduals participate in outdoor
recreation during a year’s time.
But this figure is only a fore
cast of what is to come, say
recreation authorities. By the
turn of the new century, when
the population of the United
States may nearly double,
participation in outdoor pur
suits will very nearly triple.
Even now, existing recreat
ional facilities in most areas are
hard pressed to accommodate
the number of persons using
them. However, remedies are
being sought by many indivi
duals, civic organizations, busi
ness firms, as well as Federal,
state and local agencies, who
are working to meet current
recreational needs, as well as
to provide facilities for the fu
ture.
Private Assistance
Individuals have made sub
stantial gifts, both in funds and
in property, toward recreation
projects in their own comm
unities. In many areas, clubs
and civic associations have fin
anced the acquisition or im
provement of recreational lands
or facilities. Also, it has become
fairly common for business
concerns, particularly utilities
which have large acreages at
their disposal, to donate or
lease lands for recreational use.
One of the most impressive
demonstrations of interest in
recreation is coming from the
American people themselves,
who have indicated time and
again their willingness to tax
themselves for recreational
facilities at a time of widesp
read concern over the extent of
taxation. Last year alone, bond
issue referendums for recreat
ional developments were held
in 89 communities, and more
than two out of three were
passed by the voters. The same
ratio held true for 41 recreation
tax levies that were submitted
to voters.
Georgia Baptist
To Observe World
Missions Week
ATLANTA—Georgia Baptist
churches will observe World
Missions Week April 21-26,
with emphasis upon teaching
world mission responsibility at
every age level through study
courses.
Several hundred churches
are expected to join in the age
group studies the week of April
21, with other churches partici
pating later in the year, accord
ing to Garnie A. Brand, At
lanta, Georgia Baptist Conven
tion Training Union leader and
World Missions Week coordin
ator.
The Georgia Baptist Conven
tion is cooperating with the
Southern Baptist Convention
in a seven-year long Baptist
Jubilee Advance observance,
culminating in 1964 with the
celebration of the 150th year of
organized Baptist work on the
North American continent.
During 1963, the Baptist Ju
bilee emphasis is upon World
Missions.
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A Baptist Men’s Retreat is
scheduled at Rock Eagle State
Park April 26-27 with emphas
is upon the role of the Baptist
layman in world and commun
ity responsibility. Several
hundred are expected to attend
the week-end retreat, sponsor
ed by the Brotherhood Depart
ment of the Georgia Baptist
Convention. Bernard D. King,
Brotherhood secretary, will be
retreat director.
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Leaders in Baptist Student
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Amitie Club Makes Another Donation to School
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OXFORD'S AMITIE CLUB presented another donation to the Palmer • Stone School
during Open House Monday at the school. Shown in the photo are from left to right:
Mrs. Clyde Webb, President of the club; E. D. Whatley, Principal of the school; and Mrs.
Jack Ellis, chairman of the club project.
Youth Living Too
Easy, Ike Says
INDIO, Calif.—Former Pre
sident Dwight D. Eisenhower,
recalling the days he sold milk
door-to-door for five cents a
quart, said parents "coddle
their children with soft living.”
“Today’s leaders sold news
papers and did other chores to
help their parents,” he said, but
today’s youths grow up “in
apartments or fine homes and
are not called on to do even
such minor chores as mowing
lawns.”
Speaking at a Boy Scout
lunch, Eisenhower called for
the development of “leadership
qualities” and said the Boy
Scouts “gives the greatest
promise of doing the job.”
About 18 civic leaders and
scout executives attended the
lunch to hear Eisenhower, hon
orary vice president of the
National Council of Boy Scouts
of America.
Belle Thigpen
Is NCHS Band
"Rookie of Month"
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BELLE THIGPEN
Belle Thigpen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Thigpen, Jr.
is “Band Rookie of the Month.”
Belle served in the Cadet Band
last year. She has been study
ing flute lessons and is play
ing second chair flute in the
High School Band.
Belle was able to make the
lowa Music Man trip last year
with the Band. She is a mem
ber of St. Augustine’s Catho
lic Church and sings in the
choir. She enjoys horseback
riding and rides often.
Work on Georgia campuses will
attend a leadership Training
conference April 19-21 at the
FFA-FHA camp, Covington,
The Rev. Aubrey L. Hawkins,
Atlanta, secretary of the De
partment of Student Work for
the Georgia Baptist Convention,
has announced.
Land now growing broom
sedge and briars is much bet
ter off in pines, declare Exten
sion Service foresters at the
University of Georgia.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1963
Highway Deaths
Drop for First
Time in Months
ATLANTA—With March re
cording an 8 per cent decrease,
Georgia’s traffic death toll
showed a downward trend for
the first time in five months.
It was the first monthly dec
line since October, 1962, when
a 21 per cent drop was. record
ed over the previous year’s
counterpart.
This and other interesting
comparisons were revealed in
the latest consolidated statis
tics compiled by the Georgia
Department of Public Safety’s
Accident Reporting Division,
just released by Col. H. Lowell
Conner, director.
Here’s how 1963’s first quar
ter compares with the corres
ponding period a year ago:
Deaths attributed to traffic
accidents totaled 267 compared
with 246, an increase of 21, or
9 per cent. Os these, 208 occur
red in rural areas as against
188 last year, again of 20 fatali
ties, or 11 per cent. Urban area
deaths increased by one, or 2
per cent, the comparative totals
being 59 and 58.
Pedestrian deaths through
, out the state decreased by two,
or 5 per cent. The totals were
39 this year; 41 in last year’s
first quarter.
There were 43,758 more mo
tor vehicles registered in Geor
gia during the three-month
period than a year ago, year
ago, 954,772 versus 911,014, a 5
per cent increase. These vehic
les traveled 4,386,598,086 miles
in 1963’s first quarter, an in
crease of 186,624,121 miles, or
4 per cent, over last year.
Georgia’s death rate (based
on the number of persons killed
to each 100-million miles tra
veled) went up from 5 9 to 6.1,
a three per cent jump.
“We hope this downward
thrend in March is a turning
point in our traffic safety prog
ram in Georgia,” declared Col.
Conner. “We of the State Patrol
will continue to do everything
possible to maintain public
safety. If the individual drivers
will do the same, the situation
will improve.”
Steve Biggers
At Great Lakes
Naval Center
GREAT LAKES, ILL.—Newt
Steve Biggers, 20, son of Mrs.
Mary L. Biggers of Route 3,
Covington, Ga., is undergoing
nine weeks of basis recruit
training at the Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, 111.
The indectrination to Navy
life began on March 27. It con
sists of physical fitness drills,
military drills, seamanship,
basic military law, customs and
etiquette of the naval service,
swimming and survival, and
first aid.
During the training, recruits
receive tests and interviews
which determine future train
ing and assignment in the Navy.
Newborn Woman
Qualifies for
Cooking Contest
Thirty-six Georgia homema
kers have qualified to compete
for district honors in the fifth
annual Georgia Poultry Pro
ducts Cooking Queen Contest.
A winner will be named at
each of six district poultry
cooking competitions to be held
throughout the state this month.
These six top winners will
compete for the title of Geor
gia Poultry Products Cooking
Queen at a cook off on June 7
at the Georgia Power Company
building in Atlanta.
The contest is sponsored by
the Georgia Poultry Federation
in cooperation with the Georgia
Egg Commission, the Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service,
the home service and rural di
visions of the Georgia Power
Company, and the Georgia
Poultry Processors Assn.
Named to compete in the
district competitions are North
east Georgia residents Miss
Bebe Rodgers, 1201 Oakdale
Road, Augusta; Mrs. Ralph E.
Johnston, Newborn; Mrs. Will
iam H. Justice, 280 Ferncliff
Drive, Athens; Mrs. Jack A.
Holley, 1915 Starnes St., Aug
usta; Mrs. E. A. Mankwalter,
2346 McDowell St., Augusta;
and Mrs. Eugene P. Baldwin,
North Main Street, Madison.
Hidden Lung Ills
Show Up in X-Ray
Do you get high marks on
your camera test?
Let’s assu>me that your eyes,
nose, mouth, chin and hair are
strictly photogenic. How about
your chest — the inside of it,
that is? Had a picture taken
lately?
A chest X - ray, no matter
how good-looking, will never
get you a movie contract. But
it will tell your doctor a lot
of things he ought to know
about you. It will tell him how
healthy your lungs are.
For most people, the chest
X-ray is now considered in
dispensable as a health index.
With regard to certain lung
ailments, it’s the only reliable
means of checkup. A tuberculin
test will show whether TB
germs are present in the body,
but a chest X-ray is needed to
find out whether they are ac
tively in business and causing
active disease.
For anybody whose reaction
to the tuberculin test is posi
tive, chest X-rays annually or
as often as directed by a phy
sician are a “must”. They are
also considered routine for peo
ple over 45. That’s because ac
tive tuberculosis and other
chronic diseases are more like
ly to develop in middle - aged
and older people than in the
young.
Over and done with in two
or three minutes, a chest X
ray examination adds up to a
minimum investment of time
and trouble for a maximum
return in health precaution.
Without it, you can sit for
handsome protraits or snap
shots—but how can you tell
how “photogenic” you really
are?
5 Newton County
Youths Entered
Livestock in Show
Five Newton County youths ex
hibited eight steers last week in
Atlanta's 16th Annual Georgia
Livestock exposition.
Two Social Circle Future Far
mers of America placed in the
top 10 in senior fitting and show
manship. Mike Sigman placed
seventh and Alan Whitley stood j
ninth. One of Alan's steers, plac
ed second in the meavy Angus !
class, sold for 38 cents to Colonial
Stores, buyers of approximately 20
percent of the club steers. The
other, an eighth - place heavy
Hereford entry, brought 36 cents
from Southeastern Meat Company,
Atlanta.
Young Sigman's fourth • place
Angus steer in the heavy class
sold for 38 cents a pound. South
eastern Meat paid the third-hlgh
est price of the sale for his steer.
Another Sigman entry, a fifth -
placed Shorthorn, brought 35
cents from Stephens Realty Com
pany, Social Circle.
In the 4-H circle, George Lazen
by of Mansfield a fourth - place
heavy Hereford which sold for 31
cents to Patrick Feed Company of
Covington. Cline Ranch, Social
Circle, paid 28 cents for the other
Lazenb.v entry, a lightweight Here
ford. Mary Hazel Polk, Newborn,
placed 14th with her heavy Angus,
selling the steer to Colonial
Stores.
Ten - year -old Nan Purdy,
4-H of Thomaston, won the
Grand Championship with her
872-pound Hereford “Babe.”
Nan is the granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Parr of
Newton County. Her uncles
are Charles E. Parr and V. G.
Parr, also of Newton County.
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 440 head of
cattle and 25 hogs Monday for
a total of $42,891.22. Milk
cows and springers topped at
$237.50, baby calves at $32.00
and stockers at $212.50.
Price ranges were: calves,
SIB.OO to $29.00; heifers, $16.50
to $23.00; steers, $17.00 to
$27.00; light bulls, $15.00 to
$22.00; heavy bulls, $17.00 to
$20.40; canners, $13.00 to
$14.00; cutters, $14.00 to $15.;
fat cows, $15.00 to $18.10; and
hogs, $ll.OO to $15.00.
There were 145 shippers and
71 buyers, including 8 pack
ers.
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"THE THUNDERBIRDS", U. S. Air Force supersonic precision flying team, will take
part in the air show at Dobbins Air Force Base, Saturday, April 20.
"Thunderbirds"
To Perform at
Dobbins' Show
The Thunderbirds, U. S. Air
Force supersonic precision demon-1
stration flying team, will highlight
activities during “Operation Part
nership” at Dobbins Air Force
Base, Saturday, April 20. Reserve
Troop Carrier Squadrons from]
Memphis, Tennessee, and Ai r
Cargo Squadrons of the Georgia
Air National Guard will join in
a mass aerial tribute to south
eastern aren employers and the
general public.
The full day of aerial might is
expected to attract Government,
business and military dignataries
from Washington and the south
eastern area.
“Operation Partnership," said
Brigadier General George H. Wil
son, Commander of Dobbins and
the 445th Troop Carrier Wing,
“emphasizes the strong employer
reservist relationship ujx>n which
the modern reserve program is
constructed.” He pointed out that
the Berlin crisis and the Cuban
crisis established clearly that the
business industry trained reser
visit is an "immediate contribu
tor” to the defense structure
when needed. "The same qualities,
skills and talents that motivate
the economic and productive gen
ius of America today can fill Air
Force defense needs in a crisis
tomorrow, said General Wilson.
Specil ceremonies honoring
employers and families of reser
vists of the 445th Troop Carrier
Wing, who were recalled during
the recent Cuban crisis, will pre
cede an afternoon of aerial dem
onstration. Certificates of recog
nition from the Continental Air
Command will be presented to
these employers and families for
"demonstrated spirit of coopera
tion and understanding” during
this period of crisis.
This is the first performance of
the Thunderbirds in Atlanta. They
have performed in 31 countries
throughout the world and average
over 100 demonstrations a year.
Equipped with the F-100 Super
Sabre fighters, they became the
first supersonic aerial demonstra
tion team in the world.
The general public is invited to
witness the aerial demonstrations
and inspect hangar and flight line
static displays at 2:00 P. M., Sat
urday, April 20.
If breakfast is pleasant and
enjoyable the family is on
the way toward a good day.
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Mike Pratt to
Attend All-State
Band Meeting
MIKE PRATT
Mike Pratt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Pratt will attend
the Jr. All State Band Meet in
Dublin, Ga., on April 19 and
20.
Mike was in Clinic band for
two years and in All State for
two years, including this year.
He is a member of the First
Methodist Church in Covington.
He is also a Star scout in Boy
Scout Troop 222. Mike takes
piano lessons from Mrs. Mar
tin Goode.
Franklin Brown
Assigned to Air
Assault Division
FORT BENNING, Ga.—
Army Staff Sergeant Franklin
L. Brown, 30, whose wife, De
loria, lives in Blakely, Ga., re
cently was assigned to the 11th
Air Assault Division at Fort
Benning, Ga.
The division, the only unit
of its kind in the Army, was
formed last February in or
der to develop and implement
Army air-ground combat tac
tics. Air assault units are de
signed to achieve surprise and
gam tactical advantage in
combat through the use of air
craft.
Brown is a supply sergeant
in Headquarters Detachment of
the division’s 37th Air Trans
portation Battalion. He enter
ed the Army in 1949 and was
stationed in Albany, Ga., be
fore his present assignment.
The sergeant, son of Mrs. Ida
A. Brown, 15 Broad St., Por
terdale, attended Conyers High
School.
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