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Wonder if you ever heard
the story of the 1 ttle boy of
three, who ran around the
farm yard with the older chil
dren who were riding the
goats, and they pushed him
aside . . . would not play with
him . . nor let him ride. Fin
ally they tired of riding the
goats and went on to play
play somewhere else. The lit
tle fellow was hurt to be push
ed aside, and while standing
there alone by the fence an old
goat, tired from the ordeal
with * group of fun loving
boys, walked up to the fence
and leaned on it to rest. "Ah!
thought the 3 year old! I'll
show them.” So he climbed up
on that fence . . not making a
sound . . . balanced himself
and fell over astride Old Billjn
It frightened the goat and
away he dashed madly . . .
The little boy hugged around
his neck and clung on for dear
life . . . when he had taken
all he could, with the goat run
ning around and round the
house ... he yelled every
breath: “Thum - Body! Thum-
Body! Come help me turn this
goat loose!”
Now your office boy is cry
ing aloud: “Thum - Body!
“THUM - BODY!” Come help
me turn this House loose!”
Sold ... it has to go! Two
weeks and I have to be out!
No where to go! And the Irony
of the matter is . . . You get
such good results from your
advertising . . . and I've seen
for 30 years, the business that
advertised consistently, grow
and grow and grow into places
we are justly proud of in Cov
ington today. Likewise we
have seen those who . . . Like
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Mrs. Claude Jordan
Injured in Wreck
Mrs. Claude Jordan of Cov
ington was seriously injured
Saturday evening at 6:30 in an
automobile wreck at Rutledge.
She is presently hospitalized at
Newton County Hospital with
chest injuries and severe cuts
and bruises.
Mrs. Jordan was alone in her
car returning to Covington
when a motorist crossed over
the highway to turn off a side
road. The cars collide broad
side.
Mr. Jordan told the News
yesterday (Wednesday) that
his wife’s condition was still
serious due to the steering
wheel being driven into her
stomach.
Herbert Vining, Dr. J. R. Sams
Promoted al Newton Federal
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The Board of Directors of
Newton Federal Savings and
Loan Association met on July
25, 1963 and elected Dr. J. R.
Sams president, Leon Cohen
vice-President, Herbert H. Vin
ing Executive Vice-President
and Secretary-Treasurer. Jack
L. McGiboney Assistant Secre
tary-Treasurer, and Miss Grace
Cook. Assistant Secretary-
Treasurer.
Dr. Sams has been Vice-
President of Newton Federal
Savings and Loan Association
since ’1947. Mr. Cohen has
served as a director of Newton
Federal Savings and Loan
since its beginning, having
served as director of Newton
County Building and Loan
from 1928 until the change
over to Newton Fedet a. Sav
ings and Loan Association. Mr.
Vining has served as Secie
tary-Treasurer since 1947.
Mr. Vining has been asso
ciated with Newton Federal
BA Prize-W inning
Newspaper
1963
Better Newspaper
Contests
VOLUME 39
LEGir .ND AUXILIARY TO INSTALL OFFICERS
1,2 Attend Snapping Shoals EMC Meeting
0. D. Grants, J. M. Mitchums
Oldest Couples Present
A crowd of over 1,200 people gathered Friday for the
annual meeting of the Snapping Shoals Electric Membership
Corporation held at the new EMC Building in Covington.
This was the third largest crowd in the history of the corp
oration to attend the annual event.
Two couples were honored
when they were found to be
tied for being the oldest coup
les present at the annual meet
ing. They were Mr. and Mrs.
O. D. Grant of Newton County
and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mitch
um of Loganville. The combin
ed ages of each couple total a
grand 163 years and each re
ceived an electric blanket as
their prize.
Many prizes and free gifts
were awarded during the day
including 1,500 balloons for the
kiddies and some 600 pocket
knives for the boys and men.
This years meeting was held
at the EMC Building in Cov
ington in order for the mem
bership to see the Corporations
new headquarters. Next year
the membership will return to
Salem Camp Ground for their
annual meeting.
Winners of the 63 electrical
prizes presented to lucky mem
bers at the meeting were as
follows: E. N. Brewer, Jake
Dobbs, Wilson Jackson, Marvin
Cason, Carroll King, F. S.
Next Elks Meeting
Thursday, Aug. 15
The next regular meeting of the
Covington Elks Club will be held
the third Thursday in August,
which is Aug. 15, according to an
announcement by C. T. Bohanan.
Exalted Ruler. Only one meeting
is held in the month of August.
Initiation Night will be observed
at the August meeting and will
begin at 8 o'clock, Mr. Bohanan
said.
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for 16 years as has also Miss
| Cook. Mr. McGiboney joined
I the association on January 1.
’ 1963, after serving as business
manager of Newton County
Hospital.
The Board also elected S. M.
Hay as Director of the Newton
1 Federal Savings and Loan As
■ sociation to serve the unexpir
ed term of the late W. C. Me-
Gahee. Mr. Hay is Clerk of
Newton Superior Court, a
member o^ the Kiwanis Club,
and a Mason. He is a member
of the First Baptist Church of
Covington and has served as a
• Deacon and Supt. of Sunday-
School. Mr. Hay served as Tax
Collector for 16 years prior to
his election to Clerk of Su
perior Court. He is a member
of the American Legion and
served in the Army for two
years.
Mr. Vinino is a native of
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BEST COVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Covinr Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
Jones, Mrs. Edgar Wallace,
Fanny Smith. Bethel Methodist
Church, Rockdale Baptist
Church, Bobbie Lou Biggers,
Howard Tomlin, Lee Milligan
Livingston Colored Church, H.
E. Padgett, T C. Piper.
Mt. Zion Church. Mrs. N. A.
Smith, O. F. White. R. W.
Dobbs, Mrs. Roy Kirkus, Mrs.
George Miller, Hubie Liuerette,
John Hill, Philadelphia Metho
dist Church, Mrs. Thurman
Stapp, Mrs. Wallace Jones,
Billy Kirkus, Howard Farmer,
Salem Parsonage. G. V. Rosser,
Ray Satterfield, Salem Metho
dist Church, N. C. McDonald,
Mrs. L. D. Rosser, Bethel
Community House.
W. G. Howard, P. G. Neeley,
Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. N. F.
Coody, Sr., L. M. Moss, Mt.
Bethel Church. Pine Grove
Church, Mrs. Elmer Hitchcock,
Mrs. Harris Bryant, Lyman Ho
ward, Mrs. J. M. Lewis, J. L.
Lundy, Otis Lawson, Peggy
Norsworthy, J. E. Craig, Ruth
Phillips. Rossie Lee Lott. Alice
Dawkins, Howard McCullum,
Mrs. W. H. Corley, Sr.
J. P. Hammonds, Paul Shel
ton, Mrs. Frank. Christian,
Shingle Roof Camp Ground,
Zion Baptist Church, S. V.
Farmer, and Wilbur Jones.
Tony Wilkie Is
Named Prexy
Meadows Assn.
Tony Wilkie of State Farm
Insurance Company has been
elected president of the Cov
ington Meadows Merchants As
sociation. New officers were
elected at a meeting on July
30.
Other officers elected for the
coming year include: Hulon
Piper, Big Apple Supermarket,
vice-president; and Mrs. Ellen
Fabian of Forest Lane, Inc.,
secretary-treasurer.
Plans for the activities of the
Merchants Association were
discussed and President Wilkie
appointed a Planning and Ac
tivities Committee consisting
of the following members: Mrs.
Ellen Fabian, Chairman: Mr.
Hulon Piper and Mr. Charles
Carter of Diamond Oil as mem
bers.
A vote of thanks was unani
mously given the retiring of
ficers Don Mitchell of W. T.
Grant Company, Marion Smith
of Meadow' Park Pharmacy
and Mrs. Mary Dunn of Mea
dows Hairstylists for their un
tiring efforts on behalf of the
Association and Covington
Meadows Shopping Center.
Oxford Teachers
Attend Reading
Conference, Athens
Mrs. Mel Bonner, Mrs. C. C.
Hood. Mrs. F. M. Ellington, all
of Palmer-Stone School, and
Mrs. Mercer Carter of Law
renceville, attended the 24th
Annual Reading Conference at
the Center for Continuing Ed
ucation in Athens.
The theme of the confer
ence was Helping Children
with Reading Disability. Con
sultants were Georgia Teach
ters. University of Georgia
faculty members, and Dr. Guy |
L. Bond, Professor of Educa
tional Psychology. The Univer
sity of Minnesota.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1963
Free Gifts Awarded at Snapping Shoals Meeting
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Shown at the Snapping Shoals EMC building as the many prizes were given to lucky win
ners are left to right: J. E. Robinson, manager; Mrs. Julius Laseter, Arthur Barber, W. L.
Knight, J. E. Jenkins and Louis Parish. The little girl drawing names from the box was
selected from the crowd and is unidentified. The 1963 meeting was held at the local head
quarters building.
AMA’s Dr. Annis
Speaker Here
Thursday, Aug. 8
Dr. Edward Annis of Miami,
Fla., president of the American
Medical Association, will be the
guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday,
August 8.
The program has been arrang
ed by Dr. Harry Faulkner of
Covington, and he will introduce
the noted speaker. The public is
invited to hear Dr. Annis at Le
gion Home at 1:20 p. m. Kiwan
ians will have their luncheon meal
at 12:45, according to an an
nouncement by President Frank
Meadors.
Dr. Annis has taken a leading
role in speaking relative to Presi
dent Kennedy’s medical aid to
aged program. A year ago Dr.
Annis debated the medicare pro
gram with Walter Reuther over a
national TV network. He also re
plied to President Kennedy's
speech via television.
Lanier Hardman is Kiwanis pro
gram chairman for the program
and he has issued an invitation
for the public to hear Dr. Annis’
speech August Bth.
SUPERLATIVE
MARKET ROBBED
Thieves broke a glass in the
front door of Superlative Mar
ket, 208 West Usher Street,
Covington, Tuesday night and
entered the store to pilfer an
undetermined amount of cig
ars. cigarettes and butter.
Russell Braden, manager of
the store, discovered the break
in Wednesday morning when
he opened for business. He said
that at least 25 pounds of but- I
ter was missing. Single pack- j
ages of cigarettes were taken
and apparently no cartons were
missing, he stated.
Covington City Police and
the Georgia Bureau of Inves
tigation are working on the
case. A clear set of finger
prints were reported to have
been attained.
HAY'S CEMETERY
CLEANING TUESDAY
All persons interested in the ,
Hay's Cemetery are requested
to please meet Tuesday morn
ing, August 6, to clean off j
cemetery.
Revival Sef al Red Oak Church
Aug. 4-9; Blasingame Io Speak
) Red Oak Methodist Church,
{, the oldest church in Newton
’ County, announces its annual
revival, August 4-9. The pastor,
Robert M. Blasingame, is to
' be the speaker for the week.
Red Oak was established in
i 1803 which makes it one of the
oldest continuously active
churches in our part of the
j state. Located twelve miles
' | south of Covington, on high
way 36, it rests in a beautiful
; | setting of huge trees contrast
ing with the brilliant whiteness
of the white church walls. Its
: well-cared for grounds are
studded with ancient grave
markers, many dating in the
earliest of the previous century.
Recent additions to the church
property include an attractive
fellowship building and kitc
hen. Thus a fine background
for an annual revival.
Mr. Blasingame, the revival
speaker, has been pastor of Red
Oak since July of 1960. Prior
to this he served in the U. S.
Army. A paratrooper who saw
service in both Asia and Euro
pe, he holds awards for combat
duty in Korea including the
Purple Heart and Commenda
tion Ribbon. He was trained
for the military service at
"Georgia's West Point”. North
Georgia College, at Dahlonega.
His decision to enter the minis
try came as he served in the
"Marne Division” along the
Iron Curtain borders of East
Germany in 1959. An infantry
company commander at the
' time. Mr. Blasingame felt God's
call to train for the Christian
ministry. He is now a senior at
[ the Candler School of Theo
logy, Emory University. Origi
' nally from Walton County, he
Pilot Club Meets
Tonight at 8:00
The business meeting of the
Pilot Club of Covington will
be held at the Girl Scout Hut
at 8 p.m. Thursday evening.
August 1. The Executive Board
will meet at 7:15 p.m.
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lis a graduate of the Monroe
High School. His people are i
long-time residents of this sec
tion of Georgia.
He is married to the former
Betty Fargason of Decatur.
They have four children and
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Biggers Family
Reunion Sunday
The Biggers Reunion will be
held Sunday, August 11, at the
cottage of Charles Biggers on
Jackson Lake. A basket dinner
will be served at noon.
Bobby McGaughy Meets Senator Richard Russell
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SEN. RICHARD RUSSELL AND BOBBY McGAUGHEi. Jr. (right) met last week
in Washington, D. C. at the 1963 American Legion Boys' Nation. McGaughey, one of two
delegates from Georgie, who attended the Boys’ Nation, lives at Mansfield and attends
Newton County High School,
Mrs. Ty Cason, Lewis White
Elected For Year 1963-64
Newton County Post 32 and American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 32 will install their 1963-64 officers at a joint meeting
Tuesday evening at Legion Home. The Family Night program
and meal will be held at 7 o’clock.
Tech Official
Kiwanis Speaker
Today at 1 P.M.
Larry V. Johnson of the
Georgia Tech Engineering Ex
tension Service will be the
guest speaker at the Covington
; Kiwanis club meeting today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at
1 o'clock.
John Alford, a former presi
dent of the local Kiwanis Club
and now with Southern Tech in
Atlanta, is expected to intro
duce the speaker today.
Mr. Johnson has had vast
experience in the engineering
field and his speech today is
expected to center around his
work at Georgia Tech, accord
in g to program chairman
Homer F. Sharp.
New Band Members
To Report Monday
Basil Rigney, Band Director
of Newton County, announces
band practice for all new
members and freshmen band
members will start on Monday
August 5, from 7 until 9 a.m.
Starting on Monday, August
12, all band members are to j
meet at the band building each I
day from 7 until 9 until the i
opening of school for the fall
term.
Rigney requests any band
students having moved to Cov- '
ington or Newton County from
out of town to contact him on
Monday, August 5. 1
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OBITUARIES *
SOCIETY Ml
EDITORIAL i
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SPORTS 23
CLASSIFIED 28-27 j
Re-elected for another term
as commander of Post 32 is
Lewis White. Mrs. Ty Cason is
the newly-elected president of
the Auxiliary Unit. She will
succeed Mrs. Dan Clower.
Other officers of the Auxili
ary Unit are: senior first vice
president Mrs. Lewis White;
second vice-president Mrs,
John Chapman; secretary Mrs.
Emory Thompson; treasurer
Mrs. Maurice Gaither; corres
ponding secretary Mrs. Dovie
Dawkins; historian Mrs. Larry
Greer; sergeant at arms Mrs.
A. R. Hooten and Mrs. C. T,
Bohanan.
Post 32 officers, other than
Commander White, are: senior
i vice-commander Richard Lord;
junior vice-commanders Will
: iam C. Galt and Albert Osburn,
Jr.; adjutant Ty Cason; chap
lain Rev. Irving Rudolph;
house committeemen Rembert
Kitchens and Luke Hill.
Installing officers for tha
Auxiliary Unit will be Mrs. H.
P. Jackson of McDonough,
Fourth District President.
Larry Coggin, of Newnan,
I Fourth District Commander,
will install the Post 32 officers.
Commander White said that
all Legionnaires and Auxiliary
members and their families are
invited to the meeting Tuesday.
' “Come on out and bring tha
family. This will be our first
Family Night and we hope we
can fill the building,” he added.
Dr. J. B. Mitchell
Is Hospitalized
Friends of Dr. J. B. Mitchell,
I Jr. are interested that he un
derwent surgery at Emory Uni
| versify Hospital on Wednesday,
i July 31. Dr. Mitchell entered
the hospital on Sunday, July
21.
He is wished an early recov
ery and return to his horn®
' and practice.
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