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Still on our trip through
Canada, we continued from
Winnepeg, in the forks of the
Red and Assiniboine Rivers, on
Highway 1, to Portage La
Prairie, a rich farming center.
Beautiful Island Park, in a
natural setting formed by a
bow in the Assiniboine Rivers,
located in the heart of the city,
gave it an air of tranquility.
On through Brandon, well
into the Prairie Provinces,
known as the “Wheat City”.
We thought we had seen large
wheat fields until we saw the
waving expanses of almost
waist high grain in mile wide
strips, no less! The wheat coun
try we learned, was a contin
uation of fertile lands of
Montana and North Dakota.
South of Brandon on the U. S.
border was the International
Peace Garden, in the midst of
the Turtle Mountains - mid
way between the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans. This is the only
garden in the world dedicated
to Peace. It symbolizes 140
years of peace between Canada
and the U. S.
For man.y years after the
American Revolution, Canada
and the U. S. were rather bad
neighbors, since Canada natu
rally sided with England, her
mother country. The Peace
Garden made us realize how
much history we had forgotten!
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Art Seminars Set
Emory-at-Oxford
The Newton County Library
Board is sponsoring a series of
art seminars beginning Mon
day, September 23 and con
tinuing for six weeks through
October 31. They will be held
twice a week on Mondays and
Thursdays at 8:00.
Dr. Joseph Guillebeau of
Emory at Oxford will conduct
the seminars. He will use art
prints, which will be projected
into a screen to give added ef
fect. The theme will be “The
Historical Development of
Western Painting’’.
This is the second series
that the Library has sponsor
ed. Dr. Guillebeau was also in
charge of the first one. It was
so successful, that it was re
quested by those who attend
ed to have another.
Any citizen of Newton Coun
ty who is interested is invited
to participate.
Ram Boosters to Sell
Cakes Saturday 9 A.M.
Mothers of varsity football
players on the Ram team will
hake cakes and a Public Cake
Sale will be held Saturday.
September U in front of the
Newton County Courthouse.
Funds derived from the sale
of these homemade cakes will
so to the Newton County Ram
Booster’s overall athletic pro
gram in the county. The sale
will start at 9 AM.
Covington News
34 Jr
Today
Jaycees To Sponsor Christmas
Decoration Os The Public Square
The Newton County Jaycees voted at their Tuesday night
meeting to adopt as a project the planning and decoration
of the Covington Square for the Christmas season. Money
for the project will be supplied by the City of Covington.
Square decorations have in the
past been handled by the Cham
ber of Commerce with funds and
labor supplied by the city. Due to
the present inactivity of t h e
Chamber of Commerce, a repre
sentative of the City of Coving
ton was authorized to approach
the Newton County Jaycees and
offer them the opportunity to un
dertake the Christmas decoration
project.
Leo S. Mallard, Jaycee presi
dent. appointed W. R. Childers as
chairman of the square decorating
committee and named Billy Smith,
Walker Campbell. Grady Cole
man, Cloud Abernathy, Philip Co
hen, Harry Cowan and Bobby
Patrick to serve as members.
Harry Cowan, city clerk, told
the Jaycees that the decorations
from pas*, years and approximate-
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1963
Better Newspaper
Contest,
VOLUME 39
NEW7 4 SCHOOLS HAVE RECORD ENROLLMENT
Emery Expects 424 Students For 1963-64
215 New Students Will
Report Saturday, Sept. 14
Saturday (September 14th) 215 new students will con
verge on the historic campus of Emory at Oxford. These
students will be the vanguard of 424 who will make one of
the best academically in the long history of Oxford.
During this week the pro
fessors have been on campus
preparing for the influx of the
student body. After listening
to the Director of Admissions
analyze the high academic
qualifications of the incoming
new’ students, one professor
was heard to remark: "I sure
ly am glad I got in college
several years ago.” The others
standing nearby joined in full
agreement.
The total score on college
'ft Newton Fair
Offers® in
Dairy Show
Prize money for exhibitors
in the 1963 Newton County
Fair Dairy Cattle Show totals
$735.00 according to Hugh
Sams, fair committee chairman.
Yhe Junior Show, which is
open to bonaflde 4-H and FFA
members, has prize money for
entries in five divisions— Jun
ior heifers, Senior heifers, Jun
ior yearling heifers. Senior
yearling heifers and mature
cows. The adult show will also
offer first, second, third and
all others, money to those who
enter their animals.
The champion will also re
ceive an additional S2O in the
Junior and Adult divisions, Mr.
Sams stated. The Reserve
Champion in each category
will receive $lO.
The first, second, third and
all other prize money in the
five divisions will be $25, S2O,
sls and $7.50.
The definition of classes for
the two shows follow:
Junior Heifers: Calved on or
after January Ist of year
shown.
Senior Heifers: Calved on
or after July Ist of preceding
year and on or before Decem
ber 31st of preceding year.
Junior Yearling Heifers:
Calved on or after January Ist
of preceding year and on or
before June 30th of preceding
year.
Senior Yearling Heifers:
Calved on or after July Ist of
second preceding year and on
or before December 31st of
second preceding year.
Mature Cow Class: Calved j
prior to July Ist of second pre
ceding year or an animal which i
has already dropped one or
more calves.
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ly $2,000 would be allotted by the
city for the decoration of the
square during the Christmas sea
son this year. The city will also
furnish some work crews to aid
in the decorating.
COMMUNITY SURVEY
Plans are being made by the
Jaycees to conduct a Community
Survey which will determine the
greatest needs now existing in
Covington and Newton County.
From this survey the Jaycees ex
pect to adopt their No. 1 Exter
nal project for the year 1963-64.
Philip Cohen, chairman of the
Community Development com
mittee, will coordinate plans for
the survey. Serving with him will
be the entire Jaycee membership.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The Jaycees are presently con-
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BEbT AVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Cov’J^ cerprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
Hentrance evaminations in
: creased an average of 140
; points more in the 1963 enter
; ing class over the 1962 enter
: ing class. This is the highest
; ever. And the ratio of the to
’ tai score on the Oxford Cam
pus is quite favorable to the
average score on the Atlanta
; campus of Emory University.
The Basic Liberal Arts Pro
gram (the accelerated program
for honor high school students
who have completed the tenth
grade) is the largest since it
• was inaugurated several years
ago. It also has the strongest
academic record. The 20 high
ly selective students in this
program constitute the largest
in number and have the best
academic record.
The 29 Early Admission Stu
dents, who are very selective
high school seniors, fall in the
same categories as the Basic
Liberal Students.
The 164 college freshmen,
making the total of 215 new
students, have excellent high
school records and strong Col
lege Board scores.
Saturday will begin a busy
five - day matriculation and
orientation schedule for new
students on the Emory at Ox
ford Campus. This will in
clude a tea at the Dean's home
Sunday afternoon at 4, a pic
nic at 6 o’clock at the Church
Educational building, and a
Vespers at 7 o’clock in front of
Allen Memorial Methodist
Church.
*’lt looks like a banner year
in the offing at Emory at Ox
ford,” an official of the college
commented.
Pilot Club to
Sponsor Cooking
School Sept. 24
Pilot Club of Covington an
nounces an outstanding attrac- ,
tron for September- 24. General
Electric is sponsoring a Cook- |
ing School under the supervi
sion of their Home Economist i
which will be held at Newton I
County High School Auditor-1
ium.
The grand prize for the oc
casion is an electric dish wash- i
, er. Many other electrical appli- i
ances and food prizes will be
given.
Admission will be SI.OO. ;
. Tickets can be obtained from i
members of the Pilot Club.
ducting an extensive membership
drive and young men between the
ages of 21 and 36 are invited to
join.
Bobby Patrick. membership
chairman, said that a special push
will be made during September
to reactivate old members and
gain new members so that an ac
curate membership list may be
sent to U. S. Jaycee headquar
ters by October Ist — the dead
line date for the local Jaycees to
pay the national dues for their
members.
Carter Jolinson. secretary -
treasurer, reported that to date
only 13 members have become
current with their dues. He urged
members to either see him and
pay their dues or mail their check
to: Carter Johnson, Treas.. New
ton County Jaycees. Box 131. Cov
ington. Georgia. Newton County
Jaycee dues are $3.30 per quar
ter or $14.00 a year.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1963
Shopping Center Merchants Give $250.00 to Newton Band
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Lewis Mason looks on approvingly as H. C. Piper presents a check in the amount of $250
to Mrs. E. J. Callaway of the Newton County Band Booster Club to be given to Basil Rig
ney (right). Director of the band. The check was a gift to the band from Covington Mea
dows Merchants Association and is to be used for transportation of the band members to
out of town games during the coming football season. Any surplus may be used as Rig
ney sees fit for band needs.
Gen. Woodward
Speaks on Topic
"Earth to Mars"
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BRIG. GEN. WOODWARD
Guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club meeting to
day (Thursday) at the Legion
Home at 1 o’clock will be
Brig. General, U.S. Army
(Ret). General Woodward is
Director Atlanta Metropolitan
Area Civil Defense.
A native of Jackson, Georgia,
General Woodward lived in
Winder most of his life before
' embarking on a distinguished
Army career.
At the age of 15 General
Woodward joined the National
: Guard. Upon enrolling at the
University of Georgia, he stu
died civil engineering for two
years prior to entering the U.
S. Military Academy at West
Point. N. Y.
In 1931 he was graduated
from West Point with a B.S.
degree and commissioned as a
! 2d Lieutenant in the Infantry.
General Woodward is also a
graduate of The Infantry
School. Ft. Benning, Ga.: The
i Command and General Staff
College, Ft. Leavenworth,
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Adult, 4-H Canning In
Newton Fair This Year
A group of new’ exhibit
classifications have been an
nounced for the 1963 Newton
County Fair, which starts in
Covington September 30. It will
be in canning and will be open
to adults and 4-H club mem
bers and will be judged separa
tely.
Mrs. Sara Groves, Extension
Agent for Newton County, said
that this new classification for
the fair will greatly expand
this phase of home canning.
The prize money for the win
ners in the six groups W’ill be
$3.00 for first, $2.00 for second,
and SI.OO for third.
The group exhibits are:
1. Exhibit of Jelly, Marma
lade and Conserves: Con
sist of 4 jars of a combina
tion of your choice requir
ing 2 varieties.
2. Relish exhibit: Consist of
Girl Seoul Fund Drive Slates
Kickoff Breakfast September 19
Miss Kathryn (Kitty) Love,
Public Relations Services Di
rector of the Greater Atlanta
Girl Scout Council, Inc., and
Mrs. W. S. Cook, Jr., local Girl
Scout Neighborhood Chairman,
are working with the newly
appointed local chairmen and
the Pilot Club of Covington to
raise $2,200 in their Annual
Girl Scout Fund Drive.
Mrs. Neal Banks and Mrs.
Au bra Sherwood, Chairman of
the Pilot Sponsoring Commit
tee. were hostesses to volunteer
chairmen at a dinner meeting
in the home of the former on
Monday evening. August 26.
Original plans formulated at
that time for the drive will be
completed at a second meeting
on September 12.
On the morning of Septem
ber 19 at seven-fifteen, Pilots
and campaign volunteers will
officially launch the drive with
a Kick-Off Breakfast at the
Buck-N-Kid Restaurant.
James E. Hardman is the
overall chairman of the 1963
Drive. Working with him in
addition to the Pilot Club are
the following committee chair
men: Dean Getz. Outlying Dist
rict; Ben Banks, Covington
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4 pints of relish of at least
2 varieties.
3. Tomato Exhibit: Consist
of 2 quarts canned toma
toes; 2 pints chili sauce or
tomato juice or both
4. Peach Exhibit: Consist of
one jar canned peaches,
one jar peach pickles and
one jar peach preserved.
5. Pickle Exhibit: Consist of
3 jars of 3 varieties.
6. Jelly Exhibit: Consist of
4 jars of at least two
varieties.
First and second prize money
and a ribbon for third will be
। offered for the following items:
Tomatoes, soup mixtures,
string beans, shelled beans or
peas, other vegetables, peaches,
pears, berries, other fruit;
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Interstate 20 Work Underway at Covington-Oxford City Limits
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INTERSTATE 20 Expressway work on River's Hill between Covington and Oxford !■
underway as heavy equipment continues to move tons of earth on either side of Stat*
Highway 81. Shown in the photo at left operating the Patrol Grader is Lonnie Spray*
berry of Route 1, Covington, while Cleveland McMullen (center) of Eatonton is the driver
of the "Sheep's Foot."
OBITUARIES 6 ;
SOCIETY M 4
EDITORIAL 10
SPORTS 17
RURAL AND URBAN It t
LEGALS BA
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5,005 Register First Week;
Newton Co. High Has 894
The schools of Newton County show an increase in enroll
ment over the same period of last term, according to an
announcement by Supt. J. W. (Whit) Richardson. Newton
County High School gained more than any other school, an
enrollment of 894 this week against an enrollment of 831
at the beginning of the 1962-
1963 term. The total enrolled
thus far this year is 5,005.
E. L. Ficquett, 844; Heard-
Mixon, 115; Livingston, 284;
Mansfield, 126; Palmer-Stone,
484; Porterdale, 536; Newton
County High, 893; East Newton,
347; Washington Street, 319;
R. L. Cousins, 1057. This is a
total of 5005 pupils registered.
in the ten schools in the New- I
ton County System. This is an
Superior Court
To Meet Monday
The September term of New
ton County Superior Court will
start Monday, Sept. 16, at 9 a.
m. with an apparent heavy
docket, according to Superior i
Court Clerk 3. M. Hay.
It is expected that two Negro
murder cases will be on the
docket. Mr. Hay said that civil
cases will be tried next week
and the criminal cases the fol
lowing week. The last term of'
the Newton Superior Court was.
held in March.
A supplemental Jury List
has been announced by Clerk
Hay. It lists the following per
sons for the Traverse Jury;
H. Grady Jones, Leguinn.
Jack Jennings, Town.
Robert Stanton, Sr., Brick
Store.
E. G. Trammell. Town.
Daniel W. House, Town.
J. N. Morgan, Town.
Barney Mitcham. Town.
Curtis Johnson, Town.
Dewey H. Kennerly, Town
Hugh Jones, Leguinn.
Splint Hunt, Town.
W. Howard Parish, Town.
C. C. Mason, Gum Creek.
P. M. Hyatt, Town.
James B. Hutchins, Town.
Max T. Williams, Oxford.
D. K. Hicks, Jr., Town.
Julian L. Gilbert, Rocky
Plains.
W. E. Parker, Leguinn.
Herbert Katz, Oxford.
S. R. Fuller, Town.
Albert D. Moody, Cedar
Shoals.
O. D. Grant, Leguinn.
Robert Davenport, Oxford.
J. S. Mitchell, Brewers.
J. Oscar Mask, Leguinn.
Berto H. Skinner, Town.
H. L. Moody, Cedar Shoals.
B. D. Childs, Downs.
Clinton L. Patrick, Town.
NUMBER 37
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increase of 145 over the first
day enrollment last term.
Average Daily Attendance ij
the basis used for appropri
ation of funds to a system. This
means that school attendance,
rather than school enrollment,
determines how many State
paid teachers Newton County
. can have. Every year, except
one year, since 1948, New-ton
i County has gained from one to
four teachers because of in
crease in Average Daily Atten
dance. This is the reason teach
ers and administrators stress
the best possible attendance
from every child.
Many classrooms are crowd
ed because enrollment is s®
much larger each year than the
average daily attendance. The
Newton County Board of
Education employs extra teach
, ers to help relieve the situation.
However, local budget cannot
afford enough teachers for an
ideal teacher-pupil ratio.
i The administration urges the
interest and cooperation of
pupils, parents, guardians, and.
landlords in the best possible
attendance of every child dur
ing this school term.
Giant Motorcade Is
Planned to Conyers
Newton County football fans
are invited to join the Motor
cade to Conyers Friday night
for the Ram-Rockdale County
gridiron clash.
The Motorcade will form at
NCHS prior to 7:15, according
to Parade Marshal Aubra
Sherwood. Members of the
Newton Pep Club will be on
hand at 6:30 at Newton High
to decorate the cars with ap
propriate bunting. Robin Den
nison is president of the Pep
Club.
Schedule for the Motorcade
is to arrive at the Conyers
exit of the Expressway at 7:30
at which time Conyers Police
| will meet the caravan and
escort the cars to the new
stadium and parking area.
Student tickets will be on
sale at the NCHS Office until
4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, ac
cording to Homer F. Sharp,
supervising principal. Students
tickets at the local high school
will be 50 cents. All admissions
at the gate at Conyers will ba
$1.25.