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Oops my friends! Every day
we learn of NEW ana KX
PAN DING INDUSTRIES
everywhere in our State, of
whlcn we are justly proud!
But, we in Newton County
must wake up to the fact that
we have to "WAKE UP, AND
GO AFTER'’ Industry, if we
get it. These towns, even At
lanta, are expanding so rapid
ly, employing so many people
that they have to commute.
We do not want Covington to
become the •‘bedroom” tor all
the other towns. Just investi
gate and see how many com
muters we have to Atlanta
right now.
We gave yon a list of many
new industries last week . . .
now comes this announcement
by the Georgia Department of
Industry and Trade, Jack Min
ter, Director, 100 State Capitol,
Atlanta, in our "Editor’s For
um”.
Thiokol Chemical Corpora
tion, of Camden County has
been awarded a contract by the
Air Force for construction of
a new solid propellant rocket
facility to produce solid-fuel
motors necessary for planned
boosters.
The office of the Great
Southern Land and Pape.
Company in Early County i
complete and occupied. It re
presents a $50,000,000 invest
ment. It will manufactu;
Kraft Linerboard.
U. S. Rubber Coinpan;
is operating in a new-
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Official Vote
In Referendurr
The official tabulation of tlr
vote in the Newton Count,
commissioner referendum elec
tion. Wednesday May 15, shew
ed that the proposal for 3
elected commissioners from
three districts of the county
was defeated by a 699 to 333
margin.
Vote tabulation according to
polling places were as follows:
For Against
City of Covington 131 209
Covington Mill 5 55
Oxford 22 32
Gum Creek 9 4
Almon "9 10
Stansells 33 37
Downs 11 17
Rocky Plains 7 56
Porterdale 11 109
Leguin 15 19
Brewers 13
Gaithers 1 9
Hays / 4 29
Mansfield 15 35
Newborn 7 35
Brick Store 10 16
TOTAL 333 699
Covington News
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OFFICERS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA Chapter of Georgia Heart Association ar<
shown above at the annual meeting recently at Athens. From loft to right ire: Dr. L.
Kendrick Lewis, Madison, vice-president; Mrs. John W. Burroughs, Jr., Danielsville, vice
president; Dr. Joe Griffith, Commerce, president; Mrs. Tyrus Butler. Athens, secretary;
Dr. Thomas L. O»ws. Covinnt^n, ♦reesurer; and Mrs. Virginia Bagveil, Monroe, chair
man of the board. Mrs. Helen Dick.nson of Covington la a member of the board. I
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VOLUME 99
NEWT'# BANDS’ SPRING CONCERT FRIDAY
Attx pt Made To Crack Covington Bank Safe
FBI, Covington Police Seek
An Apparent "Amateur"
| An amateur burglar entered The Bank of Covington Fri
day night by breaking through the plate glass wall at the
downstairs entranse and attempted to crack the safe hold
ing night deposits with a hammer and a rock.
Kenneth Anglin
Gets Outstanding
Awards at Mercer
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KENNETH L. ANGLIN. son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Anglin of
308 Mill St., Covington, won
the Most Outstanding Senior.
Award from Alpha Phi Omega
service fraternity at Mercer
University of Macon. Ga. He
also won the Most Outstanding
Independent Man Award from
the Mercer Independent Men’s
Association.
Rotarians Hear
Minister Speak
On Soil Week
Members of the Covington Ro
tary Club heard Rev. W. H. Lewis
of Locust Grove. Ga. at their reg (
ular weekly luncheon meeting at (
the Teen Can building Tuesday.
The program and speaker stressed
Soil Conservation which is being
observed over Georgia this week
as Soil Stewardship Week.
James Knight, Soil Conserve- ।
tionist of Newton County, was in
charge of the program and he in .
troduccd the speaker.
One visitor was present for the
prop-arm He was Jack Dalton of
. Atlanta.
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The Federal Bureau of In
vestigation and the. Covington
Police are still checking clues
and following up leads in an
effort to apprehend the thief.
The burglai entered the bank
building, which is always open
for access to other offices in
the building, and broke out a
hole in the glass wall big en
ough to wriggle through.
Evidence at the scene showed
that the thief must have been
cut while trying to break out
the glass with the hammer.
The robbery attempt was
discovered Saturday morning
by tiie janitor when he arrived
to clean up the building.
Police were not able to give
an approximate time of the
Friday night break-in, but it is
believed to have occured some
time after midnight.
Nothing was taken from the
bank and the only damage was
the broken glass wall and a
broken combination on the
night depository vault. An esti
mate of the damage was not
available.
C. G. Nendersoti, assistant
cashier, said that to his know
ledge this was the first robbery
attempt ever made on Tno
Bank of Covington.
Coin Club Is
Organized Here
A local group met on Tues
day night. May 14. for the
purpose of organizing a coin
club for the benefit of interest
ed collectors in Covington and
surrounding towns.
The following officers were
elected; Buddy Danield. Presi
dent, M. E. Goode, Vice-Presi
dent, Martin Avery, Treasurer,
and Beverly Perry, Secretary.
Meetings will be held on the
second and fourth Tuesdays in
each month. The next meeting
will be held in the civic room
of the new REA building on
Emory Street at 8:00 P.M..
May 28. In an effort to interest
young people in collecting, fees
have been set at a minimum.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1963
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ABOVE IS THE SCENE of the burglary atiempi at The
Bank of Covington last Friday night. Ai left, next to the
door, is the broken glass wall where entry was made, and
in the background I* the night depository vault that the
thief attempted to break open.
Dr. Thos. Crews
Is Treasurer
Heart Chapter
' Springs, Georgia was eketed :
President-Elect of the Georgia
, Heart Association's Northeast
I Chapter at its annual Member
ship Meeting held Thursday
night at the Athens Country
Club.
Dr. Joe Griffeth of Com
merce assumed the office of
President for the coming year.
Other officers elected wore:
Vice Presidents— Mrs. .John
W. Burroughs, Jr., Madison
County ahd Dr. L. Kendrick
Lewis, Morgan County; Sec
retary — Mrs. Tyus Butler,
Clarke County; Treasurer —
Dr. Thomas L. Crews from
Newton County.
Other Board Members elect
ed included Mrs. Helen Dickin
|i son from Newton County.
I Dr. Robert G. Ellison of Au
gusta, principal speaker at the
meeting, outlined recent ad- :
vanccs in the treatment of
heart defects through surgery.
Homer Sharp, Jr.
Suffers Injury
From Horse Kick
Homer Sharp. Jr., a mem
ber of the LaGrange College
faculty at LaGrange, Ga.. has
been hospitalized from com
plications of a hor-e kick some
two weeks ago. Mr, Sharp en
tered City-County Hospital at.
| LaGrange Thursday.
| H. F Sharp. Sr. of Coving
ton. said that the horse be
longed to a neighbor and
Homer. Jr. was helping take
I care of the animal. Young
j Sha p was kicked in the leg a
' week before he was taken to
the hospital. When the injury
failed to respond to treatment
he entered the hospital.
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It was understood that Hom- ।
er. Jr. will be able to return to ]
his boin'- at LaGrange today I;
I (Thursday). li
Covington Book
Club Had Final
Meeting of Year
The Covington Book Club
held its last meeting of the
year at the home of Mm. Be:
Banks with Mrs. R. M. Paty
presenting the program on
Psychiatry. This concluded the
series begun last September on
current personalities in the
fields of education, drama, li
terature. dance, music, religion,
art, science and psychiatry.
Mrs. V. Y. C Eady gave the
first program on James Bryant
Conant, educator. Other parti*
cipating were Mrs. Nat S
Turner, in October, on drama
chose as her subject Lawrence
Durrell; Mis. Tom Stanton in
November chose Sir Winston
Churchill in literature; i n
December Mrs. Robert R. How
ler discussed Japanese dance;
January, Mrs. Martin E. Goode
talked on Leonard Bernstein
and was assisted by Mrs. Bruce
Herrington, who sang some of
his works; February, Mrs. S. J
Morcock gave the life and
talked on some of the writing.
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Covinqton Elks Club Officers for 1963-64
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COVINGTON ELKS LODGE officers for 1963-64 are ihown
in the photo above at the Elks Club in a recent picture.
Front row, left to right: A. J. Gilbert, Tiler; Jake Hunt,
Tnn*r Guard: Clint Patrick, Esauire: Fred Lott, Chaplain.
Back, left to right: James Hardman. Secretary; Robert
I Eagle Seoul
; Awards Today
Kiwanis Meeting
Covington Kiwanis program
for Thursdays today) at 1
o'clock at Legion Home will
feature the presentation of the
Eagle Scout rank to Mason
Stephenson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Stephenson, and Da
vid Rainey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Rainey.
Both young men are mem
bers of Explorer Post 222,
which is sponsored by the Ki
wanis CI u b of Covington.
Charles C. King, Jr. is the ad
visor to the post.
Presenting the award to
Stephenson today will be his
grandfather, Mason Williams
of Monroe, who has boon ac
tive in Scouting for over 30
years.
Presenting the award to
Rainey will be Martin Goode,
a former Scoutmaster of Troop
222 and youth leader of Cov
ington Methodist Church.
Mason and David have both
■ been active Scouts since they
J were eight years old and have
gone through the programs of
I Cubbing, Scouting and are now
Explorer Scouts. Their two
older brothers. Grier Stephen
son and Joe Rampy, arc also
, Eagle Sc.uuts of T<roo» 222. -
Charles Robbins, District
Scout Executive, will also
participate in the award
ing of the badges. S. J. Mor
cock, Chairman of the New ton-
Rockdale District of Hie Atlan
ta Area Council, is in charge
of the program today.
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Prof. Nelson Hoffman of the
Social Studies Depl. of Emory
at Oxfc d, was the guest pea
. ker at the Covington Kiwanis
I Club meeting Thursday. His
subject w'as "Keen ng Sane in
। A Crazy World." W. J. Dickey
wa in charge of the program
land he introduced Piof. Hoff
; man.
Visitors at the meeting
Thursday included John Mc-
Cormick at Ireland, guest of
Wendell W Crowe; Gary Budd
and Billy Blair. Newton High
Key Club members.
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
High Low
। Wed. Mav 15. 87 64
Thurs. May 16, 83 ««
■ Eri. May 17, 81 62
Sat. Mav 18. 80 61
I Sun. May 19, 82 53
Mon. May 20, 81 61
I Tues. May 21. 83 62
Blue Rambler, Training and
Cadet Band Are Featured
' The Spring Concert of the Newton County Banris will
be presented tomorrow (Eriday) evening, May 24, at 3
o’clock at the Newton County High School Auditorium wit i
the Newton County Training Band, Newton County Cadet
Band and the High School Blue Rambler Band being pre
sented in a shirt sleeve concert scheduled to entertain both
young and old in a varied pro
gram of band music, according
to an announcement by Band
Director Basil Rigney. Narra
tion of the program will be
given by Eddie Najjar.
A highlight of the evening
will be the presentation of the
Sousa Award and Rookie of
the Year Award. Also to be
presented to band students this
year will be several other
awards presented by civic
clubs of Covington for out
standing accomplishments in
band.
The program to be present
ed will be as follows. Training
Band numbers will be "Har
mony March”. Yoder, Peters;
“Irish Folk Tune". Kinyon:
“Death and the Maiden ”. Schu
bert arr. Harris.
The Cartel Band will play
’ “Pacific Grandeur”. Olivadoti;
i "Waggery for Woodwinds”,
Walters and “Dry Rones",
I Yoder.
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Final Rises Held Yesterday for
P. W. Praff, Prominent Leader
Funeral services for Parks
Winfield Pratt, prominent
business and civic leader of
Covington, were held Wednes
day afternoon, May 22. at the
Covington First Methodist
Church with Rev. Grady Live
ly, pastor, officiating at the
last riles.
Mr. Pratt was horn in Jack
son, Butts County, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W R Pratt. He
moved to Covington approxi
mately 27 years ago establish
ing a lumber business. At the
time of his death Tuesday
morning, May 21, hr was part
owner and president of Pratt-
Dudley Building Supply Com
pany.
Mr. Pi utt was a faithfful
worker in the First Methodist
Church where he had held va
rious offices as a leader in the
church. He was a Past Prc-n
--j dent of the Kiwanis Club, Vet
eran of World War I, Past
Commander of the American
Legion, member of the Elks
Club, a past Director of the
National Hardwood Association
and for a number of years
Hodges. Esteemed Loyal Knight; C. T. Bohanan. Exalted
Ruler; William Galt, substituting for Dan Clower, Esteemed
Leading Knight; Jack McGiboney, Eteewr . Lecturing
Knight.
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Best Coverage
News, Pictures,
and Features
by the famed Blue Ramble. ’
are: “King of Kings,” Blue
Rambler Marching Theme, an.
by Jimmy Patrick and David
Ramey with David Ramey con
ducting; ''March Slave",
Tschaikowsky, air. Lauren
deau; "Malagucna", Lecuona,
arr. Beeler; ‘‘Proud Heritage",
Latham, with Charles Reyn
olds conducting; "A Jazz
Suite". Mersey, David Ramey
alto Saxophone solo and Jami i
Hunt. Trap Drums; “Carnival
Variations", Jacoby with trum
p j trio Gary Budd. Thom; s
Whclchel and Nelson Hoffman
and “Grccnslecvcs”, arr. Reed.
Members of the Cadet Band
and their instruments arr:
OBOE: Lillian Benton.
ELUTE. Glenda Chapman,
Ardis Adams, Nancy Parker,
Glenn is Bank ston.
CLARINET: Vance Morris,
Jimmy Alexander. Cathy Day,
Elaine Wood. Becky Strawn,
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P. W. PRATT
"i vcd on the City Council nf
Covington,
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
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