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Had to go to town one day
this week and upon my return
I found a large bag ‘o some
thing sitting by my door. When
1 opened that bag! My dears
there were apples so big you
could not believe your eyes
. .. green ones all blushed with
red! My “berry Paborite” fruit,
as one of our adorable grands
says. Then there was a card:
“Mrs. Frank Moss, Rt. 3, Cov
ington.” Thank you Mrs. Moss
with all my heart for your
sweet thoughtfulness of me.
You can know I am going to
enjoy them. They brought a
feeling of nostalgia! We lived
in the Blue Ridge Mountains
of Western North Carolina for
12 years! They are famous for
their apples but none like these.
1 had to weigh them, and all
I had was the scales I weigh
myself on . .. but they seemed
adequate for these BIG apples.
My doctor says my scales weigh
four pounds less than his . .
but you can't blame me for
keeping them .. now can you?
. + . Two of these apples on
these scales weighed nearly 5
pounds! Os course I called her
to thank her, and asked her
what kind of apple this was
. .. as is my luck she had, a
few years ago .. . fallen, as I
often do, for a special collec
tion of Apple trees and this one
tree had the big ones on it and
she did not know the name. I
meant to buy me a tree like
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Band Members to
Meet Mon., 7 AM
All band members of the
Blue Rambler Band and the
Cadet Band are requested to
meet at the band building
Monday morning, August 12,
from 7 until 9 a.m.
New members of the band
started this week and all
members will meet starting
Monday morning.
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Power Cutoff for
Some Snapping
Shoals Customers
There will be a cutoff of
power for Snapping Shoals
EMC customers served from
the Porterdale Sub-Station,
Tuesday, August 13 from 12:30
AM. until 1:30 A.M., accord
ing to Ed Robinson, manager
of the local EMC.
Areas affected are:
Mountain Hill, Highway 81
Covington to South River,
Highway 212 from Junc
tion with 81 to Monas
tery, Salem Road, Brown
Bridge Road, Highway 20 from
Oak Hill to 1-mile South of
Conyers, Highway 278 and In
terstate 20, Almon, Mount
Zion Road, Gum Creek Road,
Highway 138 from Conyers to
Costley’s Mill, Area East of
Milstead and Conyers, Gee's
Mill Road.
This outage is necessary to
permit the Georgia Power
Company time to replace de
fective equipment used to serve
the Co~Op. :
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Unit No. 32 officers for 1963-64 are shown above at a
joint meeting with Newton Post 32 Tuesday evening. Installed in their respective offices
are from left to right, seated: Mrs. Dan Clower, immediate past president; Mrs. H. P. Jack
son of McDonough, Fourth District President, who installed the officers;: Mrs. Ty Cason,
president; and Mrs. Lewis White, senior vice president. Standing, left to right: Mrs. C. T.
Bohanan, sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. Emory Thompson, secretary; Mrs. Maurice Gaither, treas
urer: Mrs. Bill Pitts of McDonough, past district president; Mrs. Arthur Hooten, sergeant
at-arms. Not present for picture: Mrs. John Chapman, second vice-president; Mrs. Dovie
Dawkins, corresponding secretary: and Mrs. Larry Greer, historian.
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VOLUME 39
SAL"% 1963 CAMP MEETING STARTS FRIDAY
AMA President Annis To Speak Here Today
Public Invited To Legi
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Dr. Edward R. Annis of Miami, Florida, President of the
American Medical Association, will be the guest speaker at
the Covington Kiwanis Club meeting today (Thursday) at
Legion Home at 1:15 p. m. Eiai e
Dr. Annis, the head of the
200,000-member association,
was installed as president in
June 1963. He will be intro
duced at the meeting today by
Dr. Harry Faulkner of Cov
ington. The public has been in
vited to hear Dr. Annis follow=
ing the Kiwanis Club luncheon
at Legion Home. The luncheon
will be served at 12:45 ‘instead
of the usual 1 p. m.
The speaker is a prominent
surgeon and served as chair
man of the AMA’'s National
Speakers Bureau for a year
prior to his election as pres
ident of AMA. He has won pro
minence as a speaker and de
bater, appearing on nationally
televised programs such as
“Your Doctor Reports,” the
AMA’s television program of
May 21, 1962. He also debated
Walter Reuther on the subject
¢ medicare.
He was born in Detroit on
March 27, 1913. Doctor Annis
was graduated from the Uni
versity of Detroit with a BS
degree in 1933. Five years later
he earned his MD degree from
Marquette University School of
Medicine and hegan his medical
practice in Tallahassee, Florida.
In 1948 he moved to Miam:
where for 10 years he was chief
of the Department of General
Surgery at Mercy hospital.
For several years he has ser
ved as a director of the Family
Service and Senior Citizens
division of the welfare plan
ning council of Miami. He is
chairman of the Florida State
Medical Association’s Legis
lative committee and an active
member of the Kiwanis and the
Wesleyan Guild
To Attend Salem
Meeting, Tuesday
The Wesleyan Service Guild
of the First Methodist Church,
members and their families
will have a supper and attend
the Salem Camp meeting on
Tuesdav. August 13,
Members are urged to make
their reservations with Miss
Olive and Pauline Smith as
soon as possible. Serving time
is 7:00 and services begin at
8:00 p. m.
Che Cnvington News
BEMT VERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Covi'fi&h .rprise, Established in 1864—‘Th‘e Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
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!Dade County Chamber of Com
| merce, serving on the latter's
pelitical action committee.
In 1958 Doctor Annis was
awarded the Brotherhood
medal of the National Con
ference of Christians and Jews.
In 1961 the Florida State Medi
cal Association gave him the
!firs.t annual J. H. Robins Com
!pan,v award for “Outstanding
{ Community Service by a Phy
| sician.”
l Doctor Annis is married to
the former Betty McCue
'Starck. They have eight child
|ren, four boys and four girls,
ranging in ages from 4 to 20
| years.
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County’s Tax
Dl
i igest Almost
Tops $15,000,000
The Newton County 1963 tax
|digest, recently completed,
| shows an increase in the total
{net tax valuations of more
!l,han a half million dollars.
| This was announced this week
by J. Hugh Steele, Tax Receiv
er for Newton County.
Mr, Steele said that almost
all categories of real and per
sonal property showed an in
| crease over last year. The on
;ly significant decrease was in
;farm implements, and this con
{tinues a trend set several years
| ago.
The total gross digest for
1963 is $14,827,320 and the net
after homestead exemptions
and personal property exemp
| tions is $10,047,923, Mr. Steele
'stated.
|
- Biggers Family
| Reunion Sunday
| The Biggers Family Reunion
| will be held Sunday, August
ill. at the cottage of Charles
| Biggers on Jackson Lake. A
| basket lunch will be served at
I'the noon hour.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1963
Salem Tabernacle Ready for 135th Meeting
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SALEM TABERNACLE (above) will be the scene of preaching services of the 1963 Salem
Camp Meeting August 9 through 16. The first service of the meeting will be held Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Other services throughout the week will be held at 11 a. m. and 8
p. m. (See another picture and article on page 20).
C 1l Ok Tax Revaluati
For The City Os Covingt
Covington'’s City Council voted Monday night to in
stigate a tax revaluation program in Covington. An inves
tigation is now underway to determine the best way to
initiate this program and to find an outside professional
firm to do the revaluation of property taxes in the city.
At the present time the elec
trical, water, and sewage utilities
of the city are operating at peak
capacity. An engineer was re
cently hired to study our present
electrical system in order to de
termine what will be needed so
that plans can be made to take
care of future growth.
“For the future growth of Cov
ington, both domestically and in
dustrially, it is necessary that all
of our utility services be reap
praised and expanded.” Mayor
Nat Turner said, “and the only
way I see for this to be accom
plished is through a tax revalu
ation program.”
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In a referendum last November,
the people voted 750 to 691 in the
Covington precinet for tax reval
uation. The same referendum
was defeated in the County.
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Mayor Turner said that during
Newton County Post 32 Officers for 1963-64
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OFFICERS OF NEWTON COUNTY POST 32 American Legion are shown in the picture
above at their installation Tuesday night at Legion Home. Seated, from left to right: Rich
ard Lord, senior vice-commander; Lewis White, re-elected commander; Albert Ozburn, Jr.,
junior vice-commander. Standing: William C. Galt, junior vice-commander: Ty Cason, re
elected adjutant; and Rembert Kitchens, house committeeman. Not present for the pic
ture: Luke Hill, house committeeman; Rev. Irving Rudolph, chaplain.
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the past week he had been forced
to turn down a carpet manufac
turing company desiring to move
to Covington, that would have em
ployed 400 people because t h e
city could not supply one million
gallons of water and dispose of
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Officer Don’ to
Appear at Hutchins
Store Friday 7-9
“Officer Don” of WSB-TV’s
Popeye Club will be at Hutch
ins Department Store Friday
night, August 9th from 7 until
9 o’cleck.
“Officer Don” will autograph
pictures of himself and will
talk to all his little friends of
the Popeye Club who live in
this area.
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- Barbecue Planned
~ln Interest of Two-
Party System Here
| A barbecue will be held Sat
urday evening, August 24th at
;the Lions Club Pavilion in
[Covington in the interest of the
Two-Party system in Newton
' County and Georgia.
| Sponsoring the barbecue are
| women of the local Two-Party
’m'ganization. Mrs. Wendell W.
| Crowe stated that many men
lin Covington and Newton
| County have shown an interest
lin the two-party organization
’and they are especially invited
| to the barbecue.
‘ Anyone desiring further in
?formation on the barbecue may
|contact Mrs. Crowe, Mrs.
| Charles C. King, Jr., Mrs. Dean
!(;etz, Mrs. Laverne Cowan or
[ Mrs. Tom Culbertson.
| The barbecue will be pre
| pared by Fred Greer of Mans
| field.
Drs. Robertson, Patterson
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Salem Camp Meeting's 1963 session will get underwav
Friday evening, August 9 with an 8 p. m. service in the
main tabernacle. The meeting will continue through August
16. This year marks the 135th year of the annual meeting.
Highway Wreck
) ? d / Night
Tak 0y Life
An almost headon collision
of a pickup truck and an au
tomobile Saturday night claim
ed the life of a 53-year-old
Newton Countian, Jesse A.
Stuarte of Route 1, Covington.
The wreck happened six miles
South of Covington on State
Route 36 where the BSA Res
ervation road intersects.
Mr. Stuarte was on his way
home when a 1963 Rambler,
driven by William Marcus
(Bill) Fulcher, former Georgia
Tech football star, entered
highway 36. The victim was
taken to Newton County Hos
pital and was conscious at the
time. At the hospital he died
suddenly, apparently from
chest and head injuries.
Newton County Sheriffs of
fice have charged Fulcher with
failure to yield right of way.
The Sheriffs office and State
Highway Patrolmen investigat
ed the accident, which took
place about 9:30 o'clock. Of
ficers said that Fulcher had
taken a load of Boy Scouts to
the camp and was on his way
back to his home in Atlanta. ‘
Mr. Stuarte was a native of
Red Level, Alabama, but had{
made his home here for some‘
time. A member of the Stewart |
Baptist Church, he served as
Deacon of the church. |
Funeral services were heldi
Monday afternoon, August 5, at |
Stewart Baptist Church with |
Rev. Clifford Brown, pastor of |
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Bank Cashier s
Billy E. Nalls
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The cashier of the First Na
tional Bank of Newton County is
Billy E. Nalls, age 29, who was
recently employed by The Citizens
Bank and Trust Company of |
Bainbridge, Ga. Mr. Nalls sel
ection was announced by Grady |
Coleman, president of the new
bank in the county.
Mr. Nalls has had 12 vears ex
perience in banking in all depart- |
ments. He has completed two col- |
lege courses, one Real Estate Law
and the other Management of
Bank Funds.
For the past three years Mr.
Nalls has been a loan officer
making both commercial and in- |
stallment loans and has been in
charge of the bank's Installment
Loan Dept.
Mr. Nalls is a member of the
Rotary Club and has been a mem
ber of the Kiwanis Club, having |
served on the board of directors
of that organization at Bain
bridge for many years.
A member of the Baptist
Church, Mr, Nalls is a deacon,
Sunday School teacher and choir
director. He is talented vocalist |
and has sung for many weddings,
funerals, civic benefits such as
the Miss Bainbridge Beauty Pag
cant, March of Dimes, radio and
high school activities.
Mr. Nalls is married and the
father of two boys, Larry, age
8, and Greg, age 1.
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Covington News
Today
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CLASSIIDD .. .. ... e v U
; Outstanding speakers who
| will be preaching during thae
| 1963 meeting include: Dr.
| Frank L. Robertson, Savannah
‘District Supt. of the Methodist
Church; Dr. Merle C. Patter
‘son of Druid Hills Presbyterian
Church, Atlanta: Bishop Jechn
iOwen Smith of the Methodist
Church in Georgia; and thae
!Rev. Harry P. Armstrong, as
| sociate minister and ministes
| of music at the First Methodist
| Church, Atlanta,
! Bible study courses will ba
| held throughout the week foe
all age groups. Teachers of tha
| various classes include: Mrs. C.
|D. Ramsey, Jr., Mrs. W. E,
IScott, Mrs. Chester Robinson,
Mrs. O. B. Hammond, Mrs.
!Spence Ramsey, Rev. Charles
‘ Elder of Conyers Baptist
| Church, and Rev. Marion Sher~
| rill, pastor of First Methodist
"Church, Conyers.
| The daily schedule for
' preaching services will be at
{ll a. m. and 8 p. m. The first
”ser_vice of the meeting will be
iFmday. August 9 at 8 p. m,
' % with Dr. Robertson the speaker,
| He will alternate wih Dr. Pat~
| terson at the two-day services
" with the exception of Friday,
| August 16 when Bishop Smitn
| will be the speaker at 8 p. m,
‘ Many civie groups and
| church organizations will have
;charge of special music dure
ing the meeting. The Atlanta~
| Decatur-Oxford District Metho«
‘dist preachers will have charge
of the music on opening night,
August 9th,
Saturday evening the Con
‘yers Baptist Church choir will
| present the musical program
'under the direction of Lowell
| Alexander,
l At the 3 o'clock service Sun
day Rev. and Mrs. Norman
{ Manning will render several
| duets and the Trinity Metho=
‘dist Choir will appear on tha
program also. At the 8 p. m,
| service Sunday the Youth
| Choir of Conyers will have the
| program prior to the preaching
| service.
Monday night the Conyers
;Lions Club' will attend the
| meeting in a body and the
First Baptist Church of Porter=
dale will render special musie,
Other special programs will in=-
clude: Tuesday, Wesleyan Ser=
| vice Guild and First Methodist
| Church, Covington, and Con«
| yers Adult Choir; Wednesday,
' Salem Methodist Church Choir;
| Thursday, First Methodist
Church Choir, Porterdale; Fri=
| day, Baptist Choir from Kirk«
| wood Baptist Church, Atlanta,
- Grand Master Perry
~ls Worthville Lodge
- Speaker, Saturday
|
| Grand Master Ralph A.
| Perry, leader of all Mascnie
Lodges in the State of Georgia
will be at ancient York Lodgza
No. 127 at Worthville on Sat=
| urday night, August 10th and
| will also be guest speaker.
| Grand Master Perry is well
| known to all Masons in tha
| State of Georgia and we ara
looking forward to having him
with us on this The Family
| Night of our Lodge.
A basket supper is planned,
starting at 7 P. M. All Masons
and their families are urged te
attend. »
Homecoming at
- Canaan Sunday
Annual Homecoming Day
will be observed at Canaan.
Baptist Church Sunday, August
11. Rev. William Atha, pastor,
| will do the preaching at the 11
la. m. service. -
All former members and
friends are invited. The noon
meal will follow the service. .
NUMBER 32