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Oh Brother! Ernie Rogers,
Columnist Delicious, of the At
lanta paper . . . has always
been very dear to the heart of
the Office Boy . . so has his
wife . . . first because his Dad
holds a very special place in
my heart, and did before I
knew him. We had so much in
common . . . BIRDS . . . and
i.e would come down and speak,
to our Garden Club on Birds
. . . Then I met Ernie, first
thru his columns . . then at
the Press Conventions. But
this week ... I found we real
ly had as much in common as
did his Dad and I . . . CLEAN
ING the Medicine Cabinet.
Yes siree! It’s funny (and
not) how I’ll go in there . .
pick up this and that, hold it
over the trash can . . then put
it right back . . “might need it
sometime.” Too, there was the
tragic time, just yesterday, it
seems, that I had so much
medicine stacked in there and
on bedside tables and in suit
cases . . . with the prescription
written out to that Companion,
so recently gone away. High
powered drugs . . . expensive
. . . NO I would not throw
them away . . . I'd give them
to somebody . . . even the hos
pital . . . back they went . . .
you never get around to it . . .
Now . . . I’ve sold the home of
nearly 30 years.
I have packed for several
days ... I find myself alone
here . . . dashing from one
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Eclipse Postscript!
Saturday a lady in a mid
western town called up the
editor of the local newspaper
and asked if the world
wasn't coming to an end as
it was getting dark in the
day-time. The editor assured
the lady that the world
wasn't coming to an end.
that it was only the solar
eclipse.
The lady became angry
and said “Why didn't the
newspapers, radio and tele
vision let the people know
what was happening.”
NEWS Receives The Market Bulletin
Contract For 30th Straight Year
Commissioner of Agriculture
Phil Campbell announced to
day that bids received for
printing of the Georgia Farm
ers’ Market Bulletin on July
22 efectuated an annual sav
ings of approximately SIB,OOO
in printing costs to the De
partment of Agriculture.
This savings was made pos
sible, Campbell said, due to
the revising and modernizing
of the specifications for print
ing the Market Bulletin in
keeping with recent advance
ments in the printing industry.
Low bidder for the contract
was The Covington News of
Covington, Georgia. State rec
ords show that The Covington
News has been printing the
farm paper for the past 30
years, having first won the con
tract in July of 1933.
Brunswick Sports Gives Owens Boot for Civil Defense Rescue Work in Newton County
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A NEW 15-FT. OWENS boat was presented to the Newton County Civil
Defense Association Tuesday for rescue work in the area. The presenta
tion was made Tuesday at City Hall in Covington. Shown in the photo
from left to right: T. M. Bates. County Commissioner and member of
Newton County Advisory Board; J. H. (Hank) Bryan, City Manager; John
Morford, Personnel Manager of Brunswick Sports plant in Covington;
Filly Crowell, Mayor of Porterdale and member of CD Advisory Board;
Harold Baccus, Safety Officer for State CD Association: N. S. Turner,
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VOLUME 39
SN^/ING SHOALS EMC MEETING FRIDAY
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Mrs. Henry Odom, Sr. Is Top Recipe Winner
Roberts, Bonner
Are 3 Category
Grand prize winner of The Covington NEWS first annual
Best Recipe Contest is Mrs. Henry Odum, Sr., 922 North
Emory Street in Covington. The contest closed Thursday,
July 18. and all the recipes entered in the contest are in
cluded in The NEWS’ 16-page supplement in the newspaper
today.
Mrs. Odum won the top prize
for her recipe “Chicken (Din
ner In One) Delight". The re
cipe is given on the front page ;
of the 1963 Cook Book's speci- I
al section in The News today.
Winners in the three cate- I
gories in the contest, the first '
annual feature of the newspa
per. are Ruth Roberts. Route
4, Covington, Meats and Fish; ।
Brenda Bonner, Covington, in
the Vegetables and Salads; and
Mrs. Jessie D. Byrd, Route 3, ।
Conyers, in Baking and Des- j
serts. All winners may pick up
their prizes at The News office.
Mrs. Odum will receive a '
Westinghouse Broiler-Fry Pan,
Ruth Roberts will receive a
Westinghouse Spoutless Coffee
Maker, Brenda Bonner will re
ceive a Westinghouse Dry
Iron, and Mrs. Byrd will re- j
ceive a Kappa Monarch Corn
Popper.
Many of the recipes entered ;
were given Honorable Mention, j
They include those sent in by: I
Leu Anne Tuck, Mrs. Annie I
Lee Day, Ruth Parker, Sandra I
Allen and Gwen Stubbs in
Meats and Fish recipes; Mrs.
George T. Berry, Mrs. Annie
Lee Day, Mrs. S. J. Morcock,
Commissioner Campbell re
quested that the State Purchas
ing Department receive bids on
the Market Bulletin printing
job this year as a result of
other printers desiring to bid
on the State work.
This year's acceptance of six
sealed bids marked the first
time in 13 years that more
than one bid was submitted for
the Market Bulletin contract
although invitations to bid and
public notices of invitation to
bid have been issued many
times.
The State Purchasing De
partment said that the receipt
of several bids this year was
primarily due to an increasing
number of printers in the state
equipped to print and mail the
Market Bulletin.
Bf/^O /erage of news, pictures, and features of ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
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The ** ’ y Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
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Eddye Cowan and Mrs. J. T.
Jaynes in Vegetables and Sal
ads: Mrs. Edna Mote. Mrs. B.
F. Bloodworth, Mrs. Annie Lee
Day, Eddye Cowan and Mrs.
Sam B. Hay, Jr., in Baking
and Desserts.
The 1963 Cook Book sup
plement in The NEWS today
contains many varied recipes
and a host of local buying
guides of Newton County mer
chants. Your shopping needs
can be solved by referring to
the merchants and business
firms listed in the advertise
ments in the Cook Book to
day.
Judges of the contest were
Mrs. Sara Groves, Home Ex
tension Agent of Newton Coun
ty; Mrs. Pitts Robertson, As
sistant Dietitian at Emory at
Oxford College; and Mrs. J.
D. McKinsey, Home Economics
teacher at Newton County
High School.
Kiwanis Family
Picnic Tonight
Kiwanians and their families
will stage their annual summer
picnic at the Newton Drive
park area and swimming pool
this evening, (Thursday),
starting at 6 o'clock.
Barbecue and Brunswick
Stew will be served by Fred
Greer, who is noted for his de
licious picnic meals.
The Kiwanis Pool will be
open to those Kiwanians and
members of their families who
wish to take a swim.
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Dr. William Jones of the
Chemistry Dept., Emory Uni
versity. was the guest sneaker
at the Covington Kiwanis
meeting Thursday. Dean V. Y.
C. Eady was program chairman
for the day and he introduced
the speaker.
Dr. Jones’ subject was “The
Taste of Technological Change
Today.” His talk was most edu
cational and informative in re
lation to this changing world
today.
Among the visitors at the
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Winners
Mayor of Covington and Chairman of Newton County Advisory Board;
Dean Gets, Plant Manager of Brunswick Sports in Covington. Rescue Unit
members present in uniform are. from left to right: Robert L. Autry. James
Edwards, W. J. Lane, Tyrus Day, Jack Harwell, R. L. Seabolt, Otis Parish,
and Emmett Chapman. Mr. Getz is holding a Certificate of Commenda
tion" presented io Brunswick from the State CD Association, and CD
Chairman Turner holds the key to the nevz boat. R. T. Floyd is Newton
Director of Civil Defense.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 25. 1963
Larry Jamison Memorial Chapel Is Dedicated at BSA Camp
THREE COVINGTON residents participated in the recent dedication of the new Larry
Jamison Memorial Chapel at the Bert Adams Scout Reservation. They are. left to right:
C. D. Ramsey, member of the Advisory Committee of the Atlanta Area Council. Boy
Scouts of America: E. G. Lassiter. Jr., advisory committee member, and S. J. Morcock.
chairman of the Newton-Rockdale Scout District and member of the executive board of
the scout council. Also participating in the program were Dr. Frank Morehead, right,
pastor of the Peachtree Road Methodist Church in Atlanta, and E. K. Jamison, second from
right, president of the Atlanta Area Council. The new chapel was named in memory of
Mr. Jamison's son.
Brunswkk-MacGregor Gives CD
Rescue Boat Io City-County
The Newton County Civil Defense Association had a
visit from Santa Claus in July as the Brunswick-MacGregor
Corporation Monday made a present of a new 16 ft. Owens
boat and 35 h p. Mercury motor to the association.
Covington Mayor Nat Turn- 1
er, chairman of the local Ci- j
vil Defense Advisory Board. I
recently contacted Dean Getz
of the Brunswick Sports plant
in Covington relative to buy
ing a "boat suitable for rescue,
purposes in the county.’’ Mon
day he received a telephone
call that the boat and motor
would be delivered that day.
The Mayor was elated when
he was told there would be no
charge for the fiber-glass boat
and motor.
The Advisory Board for the
local Civil Defense program
consists of Mayor Turner, Com- i
missioner Tom Bates, Mans-1
field Mayor A. E Hays. Sr.,
Porterdale Mayor Billy Crow
ell and Oxford Mayor Wiley
Allgood. They supervise the
program with R. T. Floyd as
the CD Director.
The new Owens boat and
Mercury motor will replace
the worn-out rescue boat that
had been used by the CD as
sociation. The old boat had
been used three years and was
bought with funds donated by
Newton County Post 32 Ameri
can Legion.
CD Director Floyd said that
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Dr. Charles L. King
Is Speaker Sunday
At 11 AM Service
Dr. Charles L. King will be
the preacher at the 11 AM.
service at The First Presby
terian Church in Covington. He
will share the pulpit with the
Pastor, Rev. Thomas J. White.
Lions Meet at 7:30
The Lions Club will meet
Thursday, July 25, at the Lions
Pavilion at 7:30 with the sup
per guest speaker to be Rev.
Thomas J. While, pastor of the
Covineton Presbyterian
Legion Auxiliary
Gets State Award
For Its Yearbook
The 45th American Lesion A
Auxiliary Slate Convention
was held in Savannah, Ga ,
July 18-21, 1963 Approximate
ly 2.500 Legionnaires and
Auxiliary members from over
the State attended the Conven
tion.
Members of Newton County
Legion Post k Unit No. 32 at
tending were Commander
Lewis White and Mrs. White,
Adjutant Ty Cason and Mrs.
Cason.
Trophies and awards were
presented on Sunday, and
Newton County Unit No. 32,
won first place in the Year
bi ok and was given two awa
rds. Mrs. Lewis White was Unit
Chai: man of Yearbook Com
mittee.
1' h e Convention officially
opened on Friday morning with
registration and reports fiom
officers and standing commit-
Covington News
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Today
Annual Membership Event
At New Covington Building
The annual meeting of t
I Membership Corporation will
the headquarters building on
ington. For many years in Hi
held at Salem Camp Ground.
Registration for members
will start at 1 o'clock and the
meeting will be held at 2:30,
according to an announcement
by J. E. Robinson, Manager.
Many valuable pi iz.es will be
awarded during the afternoon.
Prizes will be given the first
500 who register.
Snapping Shoals serves some
6,633 consumers in a six-coun
ty area of middle Georgia and
has 1,052 miles of lines. The
organization recently opened
its new headquarters building i
in Covington.
Officers of the Snapping
Shoals EMC are: R O. Robert
son, president; Fred Greer,
vice-president; Henry Ander
son, treasurer; E. C. Ray, sec
retary; Ed Robinson, manager;
J. G. Moseley, W. C. Savage,
J. T. Wallace, L. J. Washing
ton and A. O. Sowell, direc
tors. Attorneys are Clarence
I Vaughn, Jr. and R. M. Potts.
In recounting the Snapping
Shoals EMC record for 1962
Manager Robinson in his ie
port stated:
“The year of 1962 (April 1.
1962-March 31, 1963) has been
an eventful one for your Co
operative. About 10 miles of
new line was built to serve 290
! new consumers. Average
monthly use of electricity in
creased by 9 percent to an all
time high of 437 Kilowatt
hours per month.
"Several noteworthy events
occurred during 1962. The first
Alcovy Methodist
Homecoming Sun.
Homecoming will be observed
lat the Alcovy Methodist
Church on July 28. 1963. The
Rev. Alfred W. Hanner, Jr., a
former pastor, will bring the I
11 A.M. message. Rev. Han
ner is pastor of the Kennesaw
Methodist Church.
I A basket lunch will be served
1 after the morning service. All
i friends of the church are in-
fees. Shore dinner was givet
on Friday afternoon.
Saturday, the highlights o
the Convention were the Para
de, Georgian Dinner given ii
honor of Department Comman
der W. D Harrell and Depart
ment President, Mrs. John C
Ix'wis. Speaker was US Senato
Richard B. Russell, who wa
presented by Erie Cocke, Pa-
Department and National Com
mender. National Executiv
Committeeman Jack Langfon
served as Master of Ceremon
les.
On Sunday, » Memorial Ser
vice was held for the decea-e<
member- of the Legion A Auxc
liary. National Commande
Jimmy Powers spoke to th<
separate se -ions of the Legioi
A Auxiliary.
On Sunday, election of offi
cers was held for the yeai
1963-64. Herman Spahn, fron
College Park was elected anc
installed as Department Com
mander and Mrs. Marie C aw
thon from Atlanta was elected
and installed as Departmen'
Pi csident.
One of the resolutions parsed
by the American Legion wa-
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SOCIETY
EDITORIALS
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he Snapping Shoals Electric
be held Friday, July 26 at
North Emory Street in Cov
e past the meeting has been
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and probably most important
to our members was the re
funding of about $25,000.00 of
our Capital Credits.
“On July 27, 1962, the Co
ops 35th Annual Meeting
found a capacity crowd of
member-owners and guesis
converking on Salem Camp
Ground for the days business.
Please note that the meeting
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Revival Starts
At Starrsville
Sunday 7:45 PM
Revival services will be held
at Starrsville Methodist Church
from Sundav, July 28, through
Friday, August 2. Song aer
j vices, conducted by W. A.
Childers Jr., will start at 7 45
p. m. with the evening ser
vices at 8 p. in.
Rev. Jimmy Thurman, the
new pastor of the Newborn-
Stansvllle Charge, will be the
speaker for the services.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Dr. Maloney to
Open His Dental
Office in August
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DR. MALONEY
Dr. Johnny Maloney will
start his practice of dentistry
sometime between August 1
and August 10 at the Covington
Meadows Shopping Center.
Dr. Maloney received his de
gree in dentistry in June from
Emory University, Atlanta. He
is a native of Adel, Georgia,
where he was graduated from
Cook County high school.
He is a member of Psi Omega
fraternity, professional dental
fraternity. Dr Maloney is also t
member of the Methodist
Church.
Married to the former Cyn
thia Tillman of Adel, the Ma
loneys are parents of three
children: Scotty 7, Gregory 4,
and Kim 2. Their residence in
Covington is 1402 Forest Drive.
Elks Club Dance
Saturday Night
The Dixie Swingettes will
play at the Elks dance on Sat
urday night, July 27, from 9-
12 midnight.
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