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Tomorrow is a gala day for
Emory -at - Oxford and this
community, for it's Par
ent's Day, It is one of the high
lights of the year, and a day
we always look forward to. If
we have not already met the
parents of the young people
out there, we have an oppor
tunity to do so on Parents Day.
You w’ill find a story else
where in the paper of the ac
tivities of the day. They are
very proud, at Emory-at-Ox
ford, that one of their young
ladies, Miss Marilyn Miller, of
Atlanta, won the Beauty Con
test, in the pageant here. This
you will also see elsewhere in
today s paper.
May Ist is National Youth
Day observed by Elks, and a
day our Elks stage a beauti
ful affair for the youth of our
county, we are all looking for
ward to this day.
We missea the beautiful
wedding of one of our sweet
little neighbors, Sarah Ste
phenson. Oh yes, we were in
Atlanta, but you know at Em
ory Hospital they won't let you
get out of bed and go to a
wedding! Shame on those doc
tors! But we will read all about
it in this paper. We are wish
ing this young couple every
happiness that life can bring.
Yes, we felt at home at Em-
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Aidmore "Open
House" Sunday
Open House will be observed at
the Aidmore Hospital for crippled
children in Atlanta Sunday from
10 a. m. until 4 p. m., according
to an announcement by C. T. Bo
hanan, Exalted Ruler of Coving
ton Lodge Number 1800,
Lunch will be served from 11:30
until 2 p. m. All Elks and their
families are invited to attend this
occasion.
Sen. Pennington
Kiwanis Speaker
Today al 1 PM
SEN. PENNINGTON
Senator Brooks Pennington.
Jr. of the 35th District of
Georgia will be the guest j
speaker at the Covington Ki
wanis Club regular weekly ,
luncheon meeting at Legion
Home at 1 o'clock. Rucker Ginn
will introduce the speaker to
day.
A native of Morgan County,
Sen. Pennington lives at Madi- ,
son. His wife is the former I
Jacqueline Christian of Newton
County.
His speech today will be
along the lines of a report of
Ihe accomplishments of the
1963 Georgia General Assem- i
bly.
Tops in Newton County Jaycee Beauty Pageant
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The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
VOLUME 99
EI^JUTH DAY BANQUET WEDNESDAY
Mios Miller, Miss Pannell Are Beauty Winners
Misses Mellette, Spears
Second In Jaycee Event
Miss Marilyn Miller of Atlanta, talented co-ed at Emory
at-Oxford Junior College, was crowned “Miss Newton
County”, and Miss Cheryl Pannell, a charming junior at
Newton County High School, was crowned Newton County
“Junior Miss” at the annual Jaycee Beauty Pageant held
(Friday night.
Parents' Day
Friday al Emory-
Oxford College
The Annual Parent's Day
program Friday at Emory-At-
Oxford college will climax Fine
Arts Week at the college.
Thursday’s (today) program
will feature a lecture by Dr.
Joseph E. Guillebeau, Jr. on
“Literature and The Expand
ing Personality.” This program
w'ill be held in the Allen Me
morial Auditorium at 11 a. m.
Parents’ Day will bring
about 600 parents and other
guests to the Emory at Oxford
campus to climax a significant
week of emphasis on the fine
arts.
The program for this day in
cludes parent - professor con
ferences in the offices of facul
ty members from 8:30 to 10:30:
open house for women's and
men's residences; tours of cam
pus buildings: a program in
Allen Memorial Auditorium at
10:45: an outdoor complimen
tary luncheon on the quadran
gle at 12:15 and an Air Force
ROTC review and change of
command. This will be a color
ful event including bestowing
of honors and recognition of
coed sponsors.
Ken Musgrove, President of
Emory at Oxford Student Bodv
will emcee this program. Re
cognition of honors will take
place and awards will be
made.
Honorable James A. Mac Kay,
one of DeKalb County’s three
Representatives in the Georgia
State Legislature, will deliver
an address on the subject: “The
Politics of Fine Arts and the
Fine Arts of Politics.”
Representative Mackay is a
graduate of the College of Arts
and Sciences and Lamar School
of Law, both of Emory Uni
versity, and a member of th?
Georgia and the American Bar
Associations.
He is a past president of
Emory University Alumni and
is currently Alumni Represen
tative on the Board of Trus
tees.
The Emory at Oxford Cho
rus, under the direction of Dr.
Harold W. Mann, will provide
special music for this occasion.
The historic campus is now
in full beauty with the many
white and pink dogwood add
ing color to the attractiveness
of nature's carpet of green on
the lawns and the foliage of
green on the trees and shrubs.
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First runner-up in the Miss
Newton County Contest was
Miss Kitsy Mellette, who is also
a student at Emory-at-Oxford.
First runner - up in the New
ton County “Junior Miss” con
, test was Miss Selma Spears.
Queen Marilyn Miller
Miss Miller, who won the
.judges favor with her beautiful
I ballet dance, will represent
Newton County in the “Miss
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, Georgia" contest in Columbus
: this June. She was crowned by
I reigning Queen Connie Tale,
who was Miss Newton County
of 1962.
The "Miss Newton County”
| title also carried with it as
prizes a week’s ail-expense paid
vacation at Daytona Beach,
Fla. and a SSO savings bond.
Miss Mellette, who presented
a dramatic reading from “Me
dea”, was awarded a $25 sav
ings bond for being selected as
the first runner-up.
"Junior Miss" Queen
Miss Cheryl Pannell, who
[ presented a dance routine en
titled “Teenage Jazz”, was
crowned Newton County “Ju
nior Miss” by Harry P. Cowan,
president of the Newton Coun
ty Jaycees.
Miss Pannell's title also won
for her a week's all - expense
paid vacation to Daytona Beach,
Fla. and a SSO savings bond.
The Junior Miss Georgia pa-
I geant, in which Miss Pannell
will compete, will be held in
Cartersville. Ga. in November.
"Junior Miss” first runner
up. Miss Selma Spears, sang
"San Francisco” in competition
and as her prize she received
a $25 savings bond.
New Industry Gives
Multiple Dividends
It’s hard to remember — if
not to believe — the many re
wards or results that come
from establishment or expan
sion of a new industry in a
rommunity.
In its updated analysis of
what a community gets when
100 new factory workers get
jobs in a community, the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce finds
that there also will he:
359 more people
91 more school children
100 more housholds
97 more passenger cars reg
istered
$710,000 more personal in
come that year.
$331,000 more retail sales per
year
$229,000 more hank deposits
3 more retail establishments
65 more people employed in
NON -MA NI FA (TURING.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1963
"National Youth Day" Proclaimed in Covington
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ELKS NATIONAL YOUTH DAY proclamation ii signed by Covington Mayor Nat Tur
ner marking May 1 as ''Youth Day in Covington." Shown with the Mayor aa he penned
the decree are from left to right: Bill McDowell, youth committee member: Alva
Spillers, president of the Newton High student body: Rosemary Laster and Bob Tra
vis, NCHS student leaders in many activities. The Annual Youth Day banquet is set for
the Elks Home, Wednesday evening. May 1.
Dog's Attack of
Girl Is Averted
An attack of a 10-year-old
girl by a large dog was ap
parently averted late Monday
afternoon by a passing motor
ist on State Highway 81 just
south of the Porterdale city
limits. The motorist, J. T. Sea
bolt of the Livingston com
munity, immediately stopped
his car and frightened the dog
away.
The girl, Frances Martin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ro
ger Martin of Route 1 Salem
Road, suffered scratches and
bruises. However, Mr. Seabolt
said that the attack could have
been much worse had he not
brought his car to a sudden
stop.
The dog was reported to have
been owned by Oscar Phillips.
The animal was killed by law
enforcement officials Tuesday.
It was not believed to have
been rabid, however.
“I honestly believe that the
dog would have killed that
little girl if I hadn't happened
along at that time Monday,”
Mr. Seabolt stated.
Mr. Seabolt said the little
girl was walking along the
highway whea the deg sud
denly lunged for her from a
cloning area.
Jaycees Hear Rep. Don Ballard
Explain Referendum Election
Newton County Jaycees
heard Representative Donald
Ballard discuss the up-coming
referendum which will decide
whether the people of this
countv want a board of three
Ram Booster Club
Organizational
Meeting Tuesday
An organizational meeting of
the Newton County Ram Boos
ter Club will be held in t h r
Newton High Auditorium,
Tuesday night April 30, 1963
at 8:00.
The public has a special in
vitation to attend this meeting.
The Ram Booster Club will
support football, basketball,
baseball, frack and other sports
in high school and junior high
school.
“Since this will be a county
wide organization, it will need
the backing of parents, teachers
and every one interested in
sports. The school needs the
support of this organization and
the organization needs every
adult in Newton County,” an
official stated.
Glee Club to
Sing at S. C.
The Glee Club of Newton
County High School is going to
sing at the Methodist Church
in Social Circle on Sunday,
April 28. 1963 at 5 o'clock.
Mi. Joe Scars is director.
, advisor commissioners and a
chairman elected by the peo
ple, or the present county com
missioner form of government
at their meeting Monday night.
Rep. Ballard said that un
der the new form of county
government the three advisor
commissioners would be elec
ted from three districts in the
; county. These men would make
। the policy for the county gov
| ernment and the chairman
' commissioner would be respon
sible for carrying out the pol-
I icy.
The Newton County Grand
i Jury has recommended a mul*
I tiple county commission in or
! der to provide closer contact
I between the people and the
। commissioner from their dis
trict. and to also relieve the
burden of decision from the
shoulders of one man and
। place it before a three mem-
I be • commission.
The lefcrendum will be
voted on May 15 The new
system proposed by the refer
endum will carry two main
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'Jamboree' al
Porterdale 8 PM
Friday-Saturday
। PORTERDALE The Eight-
O'clock Jamboree of the Por-
i terdale Woman's Club will go
!on stage on Friday, April 26,
and Saturday, April 27, at
eight o'clock in the Porterdale
School Auditorium.
Leading characters who
will present this entertaining
and relaxing minstrel are as
follows: James Vining as
Preacher Short: H. V. Johnson
as Mr. Jones, the Interlocutor;
Jake Hunt, Jack Rawls, James
A. Jeffries, Marvin Gates, Sr.,
and Bill Scoggins, the End
Men. Three hilarious skits will
be: “Over the Back Fence” by
Mrs. Ines Buckalew and Mrs.
T. C. Christian; “Black Clouds"
by Mrs. Estelle Bowman and
Mrs. Bill Scoggins; “Coon- ’
Creek Courtship” by Mrs. Ar- ■
chie Patterson and Dr. Richard
Bellairs.
A chorus will consist of Mrs.
M. B Shaw, Mrs. J. B Patter
son, Mrs. J. B Mitchel), Jr.,
Mrs. James Adams, Mrs. Estel
le Bowman, Mrs. Ines Buck- j
alew, Mrs. Archie Patterson,
Mrs. T. C. Christian, Miss Ar
lene White, Mrs. James E
Cason, Mrs. Reuben Rutledge.
A Pickaninny Chorus will be
a highlight also.
Miss Kay Shaw will render I
'he “St. Louis Blue-" and she
with Miss Kathrina Slone will I
do a rendition of “Bill Bailey”. I
The Gospel Quartet con.- t-|
ing of Mr. Frank Campbell.
Clifford Cagle, Bill Cagle, and
Carl Elkins will furnish music
as a part of the program.
Refreshments will be sold
during the intermission and
prior to the performance
The admission fee is thirty
five cents for children and stu
dents and fifty cents for adults. |
D. C. T. Students
To Attend State
Convention Friday
T h e Seventeenth Annual
Convention of the Georgia Fed
eration of Diversified Cooper
ative Training Clubs will be
held April 26 - 23 al Epworth
by-the-Sca. St. Simons Island.
Attending this meeting will be .
D. C. T students, coordinators,
chaperone* and guests number
ing more than 300.
One of the purposes of this
meeting is to elect the state
officers foi the coming yea
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200 Boys and Girls To Be
Cited For Achievements
Newton County's observance of Elks National Youth
Day will be highlighted Wednesday evening, May 1, at the
Elks Home when some 200 local youths will be honored at
the Annual Banquet. Starting time of the event this year
will be 7:30 o'clock.
Senior Play
Performances
Thursday-Friday
Come and see it! The Senior
Play! It's the most humorous,
comical and heartwarming plav
you will ever see. It is the
story of a man who conceals
his identity because of a mix
up on the phone.
It was originally a movie,
but it is even better as a play,
and especially with actors from
your everyday life! The seniors
(Sc? Picture On 2nd Front)
। are presenting “Pillow Talk"
■ to raise money for further un
| d' . takings in the near future.
There is a cast of well over
twenty seniors. Some of them
will not be seen but once, hut
every line in the play is im
portant.
The four leading parts are;
Jan Morrow Delores Ann
Haney; Brad Allen Dennis
Hammonds; Jonathan Forbes
Billy Blair; Alma Betty
Faith Jaynes.
All the other parts ai? dou
ble - cast. One cast will play
Thursday night and the other
cast on Friday night.
Come and see “Pillow Talk"
and get a BIG BANG!
Newton C of C
Meets Tonight at
REA Building at 8
Covington - Newton County
Chamber of Commerce members
will meet tonight at the Snapping
Shoals EMC Building at 8 o'clock,
according to an announcement by
John II Hall, executive Director.
President Ed Robinson will be
in charge of the meeting which
will feature a “State of The Cham
bei” report to the members. AI
so the membership drive for the
coming year will be explained
and put into motion
Each member attending t h e
meeting tonight is urged to bring
a prospective member with him.
Mr. Hall emphasized.
Cancer Fund Drive Receives Two Checks
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TWO CHECKS WERE presented to the Newton County
Cancer Fund Crusade as the Covingion Elka Club and the
Elkadette Club each donated SIOO.OO to the campaign which
represented the proceeds from a recent benefit dance. Shown
presenting the Elks check is C. T. Bohanan (left). Exalted
Ruler, and Mrs. Bill Vaughn, president of the Elkadettes.
A. E. Hays, Jr., president of the Newton County Cancer
Chapter, receives the donations.
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News, Pictures,
and Features
Jimmy Gardner, Jr., chair
man of the Youth Committee
for the Elks organization, will
be the master of ceremonies.
Other members of the youth
committee are M. B. Shaw,
Rill McDowell, Billy Crowell,
Wilbur Fisher, Stone Cooper
and Ronald Bradley.
C. T. Bohanan, Exhalted Ru
ler, will give the welcome ad
dress.
Boys and girls from high
school organizations and lead
ers in the various elementary
schools of the county will bo
honored at the banquet. Messrs.
Cooper, Bradley and Fisher
will introduce the high school
students at the banquet pro
gram. Mr. Crowell will handle
the introduction of the Junior
High boys and girls.
M. B. Shaw and Bill Mc-
Dowell will introduce and rec
ognize other special achieve
ments of boys and girls present
for the annual occasion. To cli
max the evening's program
Lewis Caldwell will make a
i short talk.
Elks National Youth Day An
-1 nually brings to the public at
tention the importance of youth
in America. The Covington
Elks have staged the banquet
for the past seven years. It is
an occasion when superlative
performances are recognized in
all age groups in Newton Coun
ty.
In regard to Youth Day in
vitations this year Exalted Ru
ler, C. T. Bohanan, asked that
the following statement be pub
lished: "Although we do n o t
feel that we are obligated to
make a statement relative the
number of adult invitations be
ing issued this year as compar
ed to previous years we would
like the public to know the
reason for this. Youth Day is
a vital part of the Elks pro
gram, and we feel that it is
our duty and privilege to in
vite as many of our youth as
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