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VOLUME 99
Pitts Chapel
Rev. Jerome Hamm Was
Guest Speaker At Service
BY MARY S. MALLARD
Sunday was a day of “Coming Back to Bethel” for mem
bers, former members and friends of Pitts Chapel Methodist
Church, who gathered there for their annual “Homecoming,”
for which the Rev. Mr. Jerome Hamm, pastor North Cov
ington Methodist Church was guest speaker.
Car Found in
River Tuesday
The Newton County Sheriffs
office is presently in possession
of a 1958 Plymouth automo
bile pulled from the Yellow
River Tuesday morning after
a fisherman spotted the car’s
radio antenna in the water.
Tha car apparently belongs
to D. C. Nixon of East Point,
Ga. and it was reported stolen
sometime Friday night. The
auto recovery was made just
off State Highway 36 below
Potts Store. A rope was tied
to the steering wheel and of
ficers theorized that the vehicle
had been steered into the deep
water.
Carroll King was boating on
the river when he noticed the
radio aerial in the water. He
investigated and saw that a
car was underneath, then he
notified the Newton County
Sheriffs office. E. C. Beckham,
Deputy Sheriff, said no one
was in the car when recovered.
He said that the owner is sup
posed to claim the car today.
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Covington temperatures dur
ing the past week as reported
by Weatherman Jack Chapman
were:
High Low'
Wednesday, Sept. 4 92 66
Thursday, Sept. 5 88 68
Friday, Sept. 6 80 65
Saturday, Sept. 7 79 66
Sunday, Sept. 8 89 58
Monday, Sept. 9 91 60
Tuesday, Sept. 10 90 62
There was .15 of an inch of
rain during the week.
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The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
The Rev. Mr. W. H. Lunsford,
pastor, graciously ' welcomed
those present, among whom
were members of the Hulon
Henderson family of Atlanta,
and the Rev. Mr. T. W. Taylor
of Griffin, a former pastor,
who led the service’s singing.
“Our Choice” was the text
used by Rev. Hamm, with
Genesis 3:1-13 as the scriptural
base. Running from God was
cited as the original sin, by the
speaker, w r ith narrations of the
flight of Adam, Jacob, Moses,
Jonah, Saul of Tarsus and oth
ers as Biblical illustrations.
Ours is the choice, Rev.
Hamm concluded, as to wheth
er we waste our lives running
from God: or, stand still, ‘Seek
His Presence, and let Him
find and use us.
A delicious basket lunch was
served during the noon hour,
beneath the churchyard shade
trees. Among those present was
Mrs. J. T. Pitts of Newborn,
whose husband, Dr. Pitts, do
nated the land and timber for
the construction of the Chapel,
in 1904.
Church records show that
the church was organized in
1903, following a brush arbor
revival held about 1/4 mile
east of its present site, during
the time Bishop J. S. Key and
Presiding Elder J. W. Heidt
were serving the Southern
Conference. The Rev. T. C.
Edwards, the first pastor, was
followed by Dr. Charles E. El
liott; and the church register
showed 26 charter members en
rolled.
Many former residents of the
surrounding area, who have
gone into other fields of en
deavor than agriculture, have
moved away in recent years.
However, the church, with on
ly 18 members, still holds reg
ular services, and stands as a
challenge to much larger
churches. During the past year
a piano has been purchased;
and a fine program of renova
tion, including painting inside
and out, repairs of flooring,
etc,, has been completed.
Following the lunch hour,
the congregation reassembled
for a song service, and after
noon session, led by the Rev.
Messers Taylor and Lunsford,
with Mrs. Bill Jowers at the
piano.
The deadline for filing fed
eral gasoline tax refund forms
is October 1, Extension Farm
Management Specialist Edward
Brown reminded farmers this
week.
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Pictured above in the sanctuary of Pitta Chapel, are par
ticipants in the annual Homecoming held there Sunday.
Left to right, front: Mrs. Hughie Womack, ^ewardess: Ros
coe Speer, Steward; Mrs. Bill Jowers, pianist; Hughie Wo
mack. treasurer; Mrs. J. T. Pitts, whose late husband gave
County Retail
Sales Shows a
Big Increase
Retail sales in Georgia dur
ing the second quarter of this
year totaled $1,525,097,721 as
compared to $1,436,238,881 dur
ing the same period in 1962, ac
cording to a report released to
day by the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce Re
search Department.
Research Director Morris
Ward reported that 115 coun
ties recorded an increase dur
ing the last quarter.
Second quarter business vol
ume in Newton County totaled
$6,799,469 in 1963 as against
$5,935,093 in the same quarter
in 1962. This is an increase of
$864,376 over the same period
last year.
■ The retail sales figures are
based on the actual bank de
posits of the Georgi* State
Sales and Use Tax collections
and are furnished through the
cooperation of the Georgia De
partment of Revenue, Sales and
Use Tax Unit, the Georgia De
partment of Labor and the
Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce.
In some cases, the figures
may not reflect an entirely ac
curate economic picture of a
particular county because of
collections of delinquent taxes,
lump sum tax payments on
large purchses of building
material, industrial machinery,
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1963
Newton Students Preparing for
College Work in Many States
Newton County students who
will be leaving soon for their
respective colleges are:
Wesleyan, Macon: Elkwlaelh
Fitzpatrick, Carol George.
Shorter, Rome: Carol Burch.
Woman’s College, Milledge
ville: Anita Varner, Jane Rich
ardson, Suzanne Adams, Lura
Madden, Betty Faith Jaynes,
Miriam Gardner, Margaret
Rape, Judy Barker, Norma
Wilson, Marilyn McKay.
Agnes Scott, Decatur: Day
Morcock, Brenda Brooks.
North Georgia, Dahlonega:
Linda Mann, Rosemary Smith,
Jimmy Capps, Lee Campbell,
Oliver Bowden, Herbie Duke,
Freddie Lott, Clay Harris.
Middle Georgia, Cochran:
Ronnie Lynch, Alva Spillers,
James Knight, Sam Allgood,
Jimmy Lynn.
Norman, Norman Park: Ter
ry Rutledge.
Georgia Tech, Atlanta: Gary
Budd, Joe Shiver, Tommy Al
exander, Mike Budd, Mike
Lott, Randy Prosser.
University of Georgia, Ath
ens: Harriett Dietz. Bede
Campbell. B o ots i e Hertwig,
Sandy King, Dennis Ham
mond s, Godfrey Trammell,
Dave Smith and wife Janelle
Wood Smith, Jerry Bouchillon,
Mike Costley, Bobby Pickrell,
Delores Malcolm, Elizabeth Ann
Greer, John Richardson, Wal
ter Thompson, Helen Masten
and Peggy McClure.
Emory University, Atlanta:
Stephanie Ginn, Sara Margaret
Patterson, Henry Rogers, Wil
liam Trammell, Sid Cook,
Everett Pratt, Roy Steadham.
University of Tennessee,
Knoxville: Perry Haymore.
Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn.;
Camilla Dietz, Seaborn Hard
man.
West Georgia. Carrollton: |
Patsy Loyd, Lynn Clower.
LaGrange. LaGrange: Troy
anne Thigpen. Eddie Smith.
Womans College of North
Carolina. Greensboro. N. C.:
Gail Robinson.
Furman University. Green
ville. South Carolina: Susan
Hardy.
Southern Tech, Atlanta:
Butch Woodruff.
Davidson, Davidson, North
Palmer-Stone P-TA
Meeting Mon., 7:30
The Palmer-Stone P.T.A.
will meet in the Palmer Stone
School cafetorium on Monday
evening, September 16th at
7:30. The program theme will
be “Getting to Know Each
Other”.
“We are hoping to have a
good attendance for this first
meeting,” a spokesman stated.
the church site; Mrs. J. E. Robinson, oldest member; and
Mrs. J. D. Wyatt, additional pianist; Background: The Rev.
Mr. W. H. Lunsford, pastor; the Rev. Mr. Jerome Hamm,
guest speaker: and the Rev. Mr. T. W. Taylor, a former pas
tor.
Carolina: Grier Stephenson.
Bowling Green Business Col
lege, Bowling Green, Ken
tucky: Marjorta Robertson.
Mercer, Macon: Kay Parham.
Peabody College. Nashville,
Tennessee: Mada Patterson.
Clemson, Clemson. South
Carolina: Tommy Brown.
Georgia Southern College,
Statesboro: Dianne Johnson,
Cora Lemke.
Georgia Military College,
Milledgeville: John Chestnut,
as a senior in high school.
Berry College, Rome: Bren
da Williams.
Oglethorpe. Atlanta: Doug
Dooley.
Auburn, Auburn, Alabama:
Dickie George.
Patricia Stevens School: Di
ane Jones.
Students at Emory - at - Ox
ford, Emory, will be: Gloria
Jean Malcolm, Judy Steadham,
Linda Vaughn, Tommy All
good, Bill Allgood, Curtis Jack
son, Jess Barton, Billy Blair,
Lauree Cook. Elise Goode.
Pinewood. Summer vi 11 e,
South Carolina; Keren Calla
way.
Georgia Military Academy,
College Park: Tommy Calla
way.
Gordon Military College,
Barnesville: Barry King, Tom
my Haynes.
Smith College, New York:
Mozelle Biggers.
Milk production on Georgia
farms for July was three per
cent above production in July,
1962, and five per cent higher
than production in June of this
year, according to the Georgia
Crop Reporting Service.
Georgia Senators on "Cracker Crumble"
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SEN. HERMAN TALMADGE
has accepted a bid to partici
pate in the “Cracker Crumble."
journalism scholarship benefit
dinner, sponsored by the Geor
gia Press Assn., Dec. 6 at the
Atlanta Biltmore. He is among
several prominent Georgians
on the program.
Newton Band Gave
Great Performance
The Blue Rambler Band up
held its great marching stand
ard last Friday night at the
football game against Morgan
County, The Blue Ramblers
turned out a performance
which excelled any previous
first game shows.
The Band marches onto the
field to the strains of “Light's
Out” march by McCoy into a
squad split which forms a
“Vee” on the field, then into
a block formation which
spreads back to company front.
To climax this routine, the
Band does an individual ob
lique split. Next, the Band
marches six-to-five (6 steps to
5 yards) to “Malaguena” by E.
Leucona. Here they split and
cross over switching back to
eight-to-five (8 steps to 5
yards), they form a box. Then
to “Stepping High” by James
Handion, the Band goes into
a spread block to emphasize a
solo by James Hunt on drums.
Finally they salute the op
ponents from a reverse oblique
to ‘'Thunder Song” by Finlay
son. After a final tribute to
Newton fans, the Band marches
off the field.
The Band is a large one this
year, seventy eight strong,
with five members out front
and seventy-three in company
front. This year's majorettes
are Arlene Martin, a senior;
and Cathy Callaway ami Betty
Jean Spears, both juniors. The
drum majors are Charles Reyn
olds and David Rainey.
The first show this season
will be used again this Friday
when the Rams play Rockdale
County. This show is a master
piece, including both eight-to
five and six-to-five marching,
straight and oblique.
Marguerite Horstman,
Reporter
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Senator Richard B. Russell will
be among prominent Georgians
featured on the Cracker Crum
ble dinner program of the
Georgia Press Assn., Dec. S at
the Atlanta Biltmore. The
event will benefit a journalism
I scholarship program.
Cohen's 71st Anniversary Sale
Starts Today; 10-Day Event
Cohen’s 71st Anniversary
Sale, a gigantic store-wide
event of 10 days duration, will
get underway this morning
(Thursday) on the square in
Covington.
A six-page section (in color)
in The Covington News today
gives further particulars of the
sale.
Cohen's has been in busi
ness in Covington since 1892
in the same location on the
Public Square. Since then it
has been owned and operated
by the Cohen family.
As the sale starts today the
management of the firm issued
this statement for their friends
and customer^:
“All of us at Cohen's want
to say a big THANK YOU to
everyone for letting us serve
you right here on the same
corner for 71 years. Your sup
port and good business nas en
abled us to grow with this
fine community and to change
from a general dry goods type
store into now a complete fam
ily clothing store of quality.
Because this is a great birth
day for us, we have really gone
all out to make this Anniver
sary Sale the most fabulous
imaginable!
“We pledge to meet the
challenge of today's and to
morrow's needs and to continue
। to serve you as leaders in our
' field. Yes, leaders in price,
style, and most important al
ways — guaranteed quality
branded merchandise!
“We pledge to continue to
। lead in customers services. Yes,
free alterations, convenient
1 layaway, attractive gift wrap-
I ping, personal — friendly—in
। terested service, and shopping
by telephone. To our charge
account customers we pledge
to you, as always, the most
liberal terms. In good times
and bad, you have been our
friends and we have been
yours.
“We pledge to give of our
time and money for the bet
terment of all of Newton Coun
ty and to continue to support
all civic, church, school, and
hospital projects. And again
let us say a sincere thank you.
The Cohen Family
Girl Scouts
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Businesses and Industries;
Amity Club, Oxford Door-to-
Door Campaign; Jack McGib
oney, Professional; Miss Ruth
Parker, Civic Clubs and Or
ganizations; Miss Mae Hard
man, Porterdale; Bill Hoffman.
Publicity; George Jolly, Cov
ington Mills; Mrs. J. B. Dial,
Covington Residential Door-to-
Door Campaign.
With seventeen troops serv
ing 286 girls in Newton County,
the need for their support is an
ever-growing challenge to
every citizen.
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U. of Ga. Opens
Sept. 15 With
10,300 Expected
ATHENS, Ga. — The Univer
sity of Georgia begins a new
term Sept. 15 with an enroll
ment of some 10,300 students.
It will be the largest enroll
ment in the University's history
and the first that the student
body has passed the 10,000
mark.
Fresfiftfftm wiIT arrive on
campus several days before
upperclassmen. R e g is t ration
will be held Sept. 18 and 19
and classes for all students be
gin the next day.
Registrar Walter N. Danner
savs that all classes, including
graduate, should show an in
crease, but the largest in
creases are expected in the
freshman and junior groups.
Last fall there were 2,123
freshmen and 2,161 juniors.
Several new buildings will be
used at the University for the
first time this year. Freshman
women are to be housed in the
nine-story Creswell Hall which
has room enough for 1000 stud
ents. The 12,000 seat coliseum
is expected to be completed
during the year as are the new
Pharmacy Building and 100
apartments for married stud
ents.
Also under the heading of
“new” on campus is the School
of Social Work which has just
been established to train pro
fessionally qualified social
workers. Initially, the school
will have a staff of five includ
ing a supervisor of field work,
and about 20 students. All work
in the new school will be at
the graduate level.
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