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So help me! Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Walls observed their 50th
Wedding Anniversary quietly,
at home, Sunday was a week
ago ... not a word did they say
about it because she had under
gone surgery in an Atlanta
Hospital for a broken hip, and
was recuperating at home ...
But when I ran by to see her
Sunday afternoon there she was
beaming! In her wheel chair,
with the light of love glowing
within her face, and happiness
too ... for she was surrounded
with beautiful golden gifts from
all her relatives and friends
who did know the date of
this wonderful event, which
comes to so few married ccup
les. Fifty-years of wedded life,
with their children and fami
lies, their brothers and sisters
about them! What a glorious
event. Mr. and Mrs. Walls are
devout Christians, members of
the First Baptist Church, and
their wedded life has been a
blessed 50 years. We've never
heard either of them teach a
class, but we’ve heard him
pray, and heard her pray. We
happen to be in the same Sun
day School Class, Mrs. Walls
and I. It falls my place to teach
this class, and we like a “Class
Participation" in the lessons
taught. Mrs. Walls is one who
knows her Bible from cover to
cover, and is truly a joy to
work with, for she brings out
such thought provoking chal
lenges to each of us. By their
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Covington Lions
Broom and Mop
Sale Thurs.-Fri.
Members of the Covington
Lions Club will stage their
annual broom and mop sale in
the city today (Thursday) and
tomorrow, August 15-16. The
sale will be conducted between
the hours of 6 and 10 p. m.,
according to an announcement
by James Lord, president of
the club.
Mr. Lord said that the money
derived from the sale will go
to the Lions sight conservation
program and community pro
jects in Covington.
Price of the brooms are $1.50
each, and the mops $1 each.
Mount Pleasant
Revival Starts Sun.
Revival services will begin
at Mount Pleasant Methodist
Church on Sunday, August 18,
with the 11 a.m. service. Ser
vices will be held each even
ing, Monday through Friday at
7:30 p.m.
The pastor, Rev. Charles
Thomas, will bring the mes
sages for the services during
the revival with special sing
ing planned. The public is cor
dially invited to attend each
of these services.
135th Salem Camp Meeting Ends Friday Evening
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LOCAL SALEM CAMP Ground attendants and Camp
Meeting participants are pictured above in the historic
Tabernacle at Monday evening's service. Left to right they
are: Rev. Messrs. Grady Lively, Covington First Methodist
pastor and Tom White. Covington Presbyterian pastor; Dr.
Frank L. Robertson, one of the meeting's sneakers: C. D.
Ramsey, Salem Board of Trustees chairman; Dr. Merle Pat-
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SAI , CAMP MEETING WILL END FRIDAY
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AIViA President Blasts ‘Socialized Medicine’
Dr. Annis Was Kiwanis
Club Speaker In Covington
Dr. Edward R. Annis, president of the American Medical
Association, made a forceful speech here Thursday at Legion
Home following the Covington Kiwanis luncheon meeting.
He presented facts and figures relative to “the administra
tion’s apparent drive for legislation leading to socialized
medicine." Dr. Annis appeared on the Kiwanis program
through the efforts of Dr. Harry Faulkner, who introduced
the speaker.
DR. ROBERTSON
KIWANIS CLUB
SPEAKER TODAY
Dr. Frank L. Robertson. Dis
trict Superintendent of the
Methodist Church, will be the
guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis club meeting to
day at 1 o'clock at Legion
Home.
Dr. Robertson is one of the
main speakers at the 1963 Sa
lem Camp Meeting which ends
tomorrow (Friday) evening. C.
D. Ramsey is in charge of the
program today and he will in
troduce the speaker.
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Dr. Edward Annis, president
of the American Medical As
sociation, was the speaker at
the Kiwanis meeting last week.
Guests at the luncheon
Thursday included: Bill Chism,
president of the Georgia Phar
maceutical Assn.; Mrs. Regina
Baird, executive - secretary of
the Georgia Pharmaceutical
Assn.; Dr. Clifford Long, chair
man professional relations
committee of the Ga. Phar
maceutical Assn.: Rev. Gordon
Mann of Covington: Mrs. La
nier Hardman of Covington;
Herschell Smith of Americus;
Barbara Milz, staff writer for
the Atlanta Constitution; Dr.
Carl Lundgren. Jr. of Oxford
and Bell Telephone Labora
tories; Ensign Frank Turner of
Covington; Grady Coleman,
Dr. Johnny Maloney. Bubba
and Mike Pratt, and Bill Hoff
man. all of Covington; Bill
Davenport of Fort Payne. Ala.:
Jack Jones, camp director of
Camp Valley View Ranch,
Cloudland, Ga.: Ann Murphy,
counselor of Valley View
Ranch. Cloudland. Ga,
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BE> OVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
Dr. Annis is head of the
more than 200,000 physicians
in America and he set forth a
convincing argument for the
AMA stand on the King-An
derson bill, which if passed,
purport to provide medical
care for persons over 65 under
the Social Security program.
He said that attempts would
be made to remove the age
limit in the bill to give “feder
ally-supported medical care to
everyone."
“The American people will
not buy socialism—they won’t
buy socialized anything, if
they know what they are get
ting." the Miami physician
stated.
He said that while the na
tion’s physicians oppose this
King-Anderson bill, “we will
work with anyone, everywhere,
to see that none of our peo
ple anywhere will be denied
needed medical care because of
Inability to pay."
Dr. Annis cited the state
supported Florida program
which provides medical care
for persons unable to pay for
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Bobby Travis to
Attend Order of
Arrow Conference
Bobby' Travis of Covington
has been selected to attend the
National Conference of Order
of The Arrow at the University
of Illinois, Urbana, August 19
through August 25.
The Conference, sponsored
by the Boy Scouts of America,
will have a select group of de
legates from all parts of the
United States. Travis will at
tend the event with other Boy
Scouts from the Atlanta Aiea
Council.
The group will leave Atlanta
Monday and return the follow
ing Sunday.
terson, who alternates services with Dr. Robertson: Miss
Layona Glenn, retired Methodist Missionary io Brazil, and
at 96. one of Camp Meeting's most active "tenters''; the Rev.
Mr. Marion Sherrill, Conyers Methodist pastor, and teacher
of the Adult Bible Class; the Rev. Mr. Harry Armstrong,
platform and music director; and Dr. V. Y. C. Eady, a Salem
Trustee.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 15, 1963
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Dr. Edward Annis Kiwanis Club Speaker
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DR. EDWARD ANNIS, president of the American Medical Association, was the guest
speaker at the Covington Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday at Legion Home. Shown in the
photo above are, from left to right: Lanier Hardman, program chairman for the week;
Dr. Annis of Miami, Florida: Dr. Harry Faulkner, who introduced the speaker: and Frank
Meadors, president of the Covington Kiwanis Club. The program was open to the public
and many were present to hear Dr. Annis' speech.
Dr. A. M. Herrick
Was Rotary Club
Speaker Tuesday
Dr. A. M. Herrick. Dean of
the School of Forestry, Uni
versity of Georgia, was the
guest speaker at the Covington
Rotary Club meeting Tuesday
at the Teen Can building.
The program consisted of
Dr. Herrick showing slides
and lecturing on forest and
natural resources we have in
our state and country.
Dr. Herrick has written
several journal articles and
papers on forestry since his
graduation from the State Uni
versity of New York College
of Forestry.
Main speaker at the August
6th meeting of the Rotary
Club was Grady Coleman,
president 0? the First National
Bank of Newton* County. In
his talk Mr. Coleman traced
banking
Newton County
Is Chosen for
Pasture Program
Newton County has been se
: lected as one of 29 counties in
the state to carry on a Big M
Pasture Program, County Agent
Ed Hunt announced today.
This program follows the
Corn Program conducted last 1
i year and the Soil Fertility ■
Program conducted two years
ago in this county.
Pastures are the basis for the
beef and dairy industries, the
county agent pointed out. It is
estimated that Newton County i
has 12,500 acres of improved
pasture that can be made to
nroduce 200 pounds of beef or
2.000 pounds of milk more per
acre than at present. 10,000
acres of unimproved pastures
are in the county that will pro
duce 100 pounds more beef or
1,000 pounds more milk per
acre.
Gross value of this increased
production would be $700,000
added to the county’s farm
income.
At the present time. Newton
County's pastures are low due
to the lack of proper manage
ment. use of inefficient plants
and inadequate lime, fertilizer
and weed control, the county
agent said.
The Cooperative Extension
Service State Program has set
a goal of permanent pastures
carrying 1.5 animal units or
cows per acre. This goal is to !
be reached by 1965.
Director W. A. Sutton of the
Extension Service said the Rig
M. Pasture Program, sponsor
ed by the Georgia Plant Food
Educational Society, will go a
long way in helping farmers:
reach this goal. In the last two
years the Big M Pasture Pro
gram was started in 80 counties.
Mansfield Revival
August 19 Thru 23
Revival will begin on Mon- ,
day night, August 19th at 8:00
p.m. at the Mansfield Metho
dist Church. Services will go
through Friday night, August
23rd. The Rev. Hoyt Purcell,
pastor of the Social Circle
Methodist Church will be the
speaker at these services.
If anyone needs transporta
tion to these meetings, please
call Rev. Wallace E. Roberts,
pastor of Mansfield Methodist
Church, at 786-8310.
GRAVESIDf RITES
TODAY FOR WIFE
OF DR. HARWELL
Funeral services for Mrs.
Kathryn Sanders Harwell, wife
lof Dr. Lee Harwell, Dean of
LaGrange College, and form
er member of the Emory-at-
Oxford faculty, will be held
; this morning (Thursday) at
■ll o’clock at Hunter-Allen-
Myhand Funeral Home in La-
Grange.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by
her husband; two daughters, .
Mary Anne and Kathy Har
well; mother, Mrs. Jack Sanders j
of Atlanta; a brother, James
Sanders, also of Atlanta.
Graveside services will be
held at the Covington City
Cemetery at 3:30 this after
noon. J. C. Harwell and Son
will be in charge of the Cov
ington service.
The NEWS extends deepest i
sympathy to members of the
bereaved family.
Benefit Barbecue
To Aid Two-Party
System in County
Guests from around Geor
gia, among whom will be a
prominent speaker who will i
: talk informally and several
who can answer questions of
the group, are expected to at
tend the Get-Together Barbe-j
cue on Saturday, August 24th
at the Lions Club Pavilion. The
affair will be sponsored by the
Republican Women's Club and
the group interested in a Two-
Party System in Georgia.
The barbecue is not a fund
raising event but rather a
means of getting together those
i interested in working for bet- •
; ter government by drawing
■ more good candidates into the
competition for office.
The affair, to be held on '
Saturday, August 24. will be
gin at 7 p.m. at the Lion’s;
Park. Reservations must be
made by sending $1.50 to Mrs.
Charles King. Ji. on or be
fore August 18th. Mr. Fred
Greet, who is preparing his
excellent barbecue, must know
in advance how many are
coming so that there will be
plenty for all.
I OBITUARIES t
SOCIETY _».IS
EDITORIAL 19
! RURAL AND URBAN 1»
I SPORTS 23
LEGALS 24 j
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Bishop John 0. Smith To
Preach At Final Service
I The century-old, hand-hewn beams of Salem Camp
! Ground’s historic Tabernacle again echoed the resounding
gospel hymns Sunday as some 1,800 worshipers sang the
familiar songs of their childhood; and listened attentively
to the three forceful sermons, morning, afternoon and eve
ning. delivered by prominent members of the Methodist and
Presbyterian denominations.
Dr. Frank L. Robertson,,
Savannah District Superint
endent, The Methodist Church,
brought a stirring message on,j
“And Sitting Down, They'
Watched Him There", in the
morning message; and, in the
afternoon, when his topic was. ’
“Would You Also Go Away?" |
Dr. Merle C. Patterson, pastor, I
Druid Hills Presbyterian I
Church, was the evening I
speaker, with “Discipline” as
the text taken from Matt 7:13-
14.
In the absence of the Rev.
Harry P. Armstrong, platform
director, Dr. J. Hamby Barton. ■
introduced by Salem Board of
Trustees Chairman C. D. Ram
sey, presided, and led the con
gregational singing, in the day
time services.
Other program features in
cluded a tribute paid the late
i Mrs. E. C. McDowell in an
altar arrangement placed in
her memory by her daughter,
' Mrs. Bruce Allen, and grand
daughters, Miss Maggie Beth
Davis and Mrs. Claude Jordan;
and a resume of Salem's opera
tion during the past year, by
the treasurer, Clarence Vaug
hn. Jr.
A brief memorial service fori
Two from Oxford
To Receive Ga.
Degrees Today
ATHENS — The University
of Georgia will award nearly I
1 700 degrees at its summer
I commencement August 15,;
i bringing to a total of more
i than 2200 the number of de
grees awarded this year.
I Exercises will be held in the
'Fine Arts Auditorium at 10:30;
a.m.
Dr. Thomas L. K. Smull of
the National Aeronautics and j
Space Administration is to be ■
the speaker. The valedictory,
will be given by Sandra Kath- •
। leen Davis, of Atlanta, who ■
will receive the Bachelor of;
j Arts degree. Miss Davis has:
I majored in mathematics.
Among those receiving de- .
grees will be 231 graduate stu
dents. Doctor of Philosophy
degrees will be awarded to 16
students while Doctor of Edu
cation degrees will be award
ed to seven others. This will
bring to 50 the number of doc
toral degrees awarded b.y the;
University this academic year,,
a record number.
The candidates for degrees
include Charles A. Burnett,
Oxford, Master of Education;
Bachelor of Science, Joseph
Dearing Budd of Oxford.
Sardis Revival
Speaker Is the
Rev. F. C. Barnes
Revival services will be held |
at Sardis Congregational
Church on Highway 81. four,
miles north of Oxford, starting
August 25, at 7:30 p. m. and
continuing through September
1.
Rev. F. C. Barnes will preach
and the public is cordially in
vited to attend. Jackie Pickett
will be director of music.
GOSPEL SINGING
Grace Baptist Church will
have their regular monthly I
old-time gospel singing on ■
Saturday night, August 17.!
Everyone is very oq*dially in-
vited to attend.
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Mrs. John Tate and Mrs. Mc-
Dowell, claimed by death since
i last year’s class, was held in
the opening Adult Class, taught
by the Rev. Marion Sherrill,
Conyers Methodist pastor. Mrs.
Leo Mallard, in charge of the
service, read briefly from Rev.
13:14 and John 12: 24-26; and
' paid loving tribute to both
! members of the class, whose
loyalty and Christian Service
; night well be emulated. Miss
i La.yona Glenn concluded the
service with prayer, following
special music by Mrs. M. P.
Rakestraw, who sang, “I Would
Be True", with Miss Nancy
Still accompanying.
Miss Layona Glenn, who first
came to Salem Camp Meeting
as a babe in arms, is at 96, the
oldest "tenter” attending this
years services. Mrs. Nonie Rice,
of Atlanta, 93, was unable to
stay the entire time this year,
• I but attended the Sunday ser
vices, to keep her record of
1 attendance unbroken.
’ Contributing to the success
of the annual meeting is the
leadership of the Rev. Harry P.
Armstrong, platform and mu
j sic director, and his wife, Mrs.
Armstrong, pianist. Various
groups, including Conyers Bap
tist Church Choir, Conyera
Methodist Church Choir, Con
yers Lions Club, Conyers Adult
Choir, and the District Metho
dist Preachers, have also made
fine musical contributions.
The Morning Devotions Jed
by the Rev. Mr. Phil Barnhart,
Associate Minister, Belvedere
Methodist Church, are proving
inspirational and instructive.
Thus far a record attend
ance of 152 for the young peo
। pie's classes at Salem has been
reported by Mrs. C. D. Ram
; sey, one of the teachers.'
Services will continue through
Friday evening. August 16, at
I 11:00 a. m. and 8 p. m.; and the
public is cordially invited to
i come and participate in this un-
I usually fine program of Christ
ian fellowship and spiritual
J enrichment. Bishop John O.
Smith will preach the conclud
ing sermon at 8 o’clock, and the
Kirkwood Baptist Church
i Choir of Atlanta will furnish
special music for this service.
Schools to Start
Friday, Aug. T 9
J. W. Richardson, Superin
tendent of the Newton County
Schools, announces the schools
of Newton County will open
for the school term 1963-64. on
Friday, August 30. Grammar
| schools of the county will start
।at 8:20 a.m. with the high
’schools starting at 8:35 a.m.
All county school buses will
operate on schedule and the
I first day of school will be for
i the regular hours, with lunch
; to be served in the lunch rooms
I of the various schools at noon.
Teachers in the county will
• report for pre-planning on
Monday morning, August 26
at their respective school.
Labor Day, Monday, Sep
tember 2, will be observed as
a holiday in all schools of the
county.
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