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This week has ushered in
fall’s prelude, with mornings
nippy enough to remind us it is
furnace - checking time; and
that inevitable winter is closer
than we like to think.
The summer in which we
had planned to catch up on
visits, cook-outs, fishing, and
just a little “lazy-livin’ ” slip
ped right through our fingers,
and left us still hoarding a
pocket full of plans. Its high
light for us was our trip to
Seattle via Canada; so join us
on another phase of “where
our summer went”.
Still traveling Trans-Canada
Highway we left Saskatchewan
Province, crossing into Alberta,
perhaps the richest of the
Prairie Provinces. Named for
one of Queen Victoria’s daugh
ters, this province not only
produces 90 r oof Canadian oil
and natural gas; but is a major
lumbering and agricultural
province. It has more land -
some 1,190,000 acres - under
irrigation than any other pro
vince; and its two pound sugar
beets reminded us sharply that
our “sugar cane” was not the
only source of sugar.
Much of Alberta’s lich south
ern section was cut up into
small farmsteads: but a few
huge ranches of range land
were still in operation, among
them the famous E. P, Ranch,
owned by none other than the
Duke of Windsor. Not only does
Alberta hold a top rating eco
nomically, it boasts the greatest
variety in climate and terrain.
The warm southwest wind,
called chinook, can send tem
peratures spiraling from 20 be
low zero to 60 above, in a matt-
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MUim Booster Club
Seeks Finances
The Newton County Ram
Booster Club, composed of per
sons who seek to aid the over
all athletic program in high
school and elementary school
in the county, is asking for fi
nancial help in order to meet
the club's budget for the com
ing school year.
Walker Harris, president of
the Boosters, said yesterday
that he has mailed letters to
heads of civic clubs and orga
nizations in the county, for fi
nancial assistance. He said
that the $5 membership fee
has not brought in sufficient
funds for the money needed
by the club.
In the letter President Har
ris stated the five main ob
jectives of the club, and also
gave details concerning the
budget which is $3,500 for
1963-64.
Personal contributions are
also most welcomed, Mr. Har
ris stated. The treasurer of the
club is Mrs. Melba Dooley and
she may be contacted at the
Newton County Courthouse.
Monday through Saturday.
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the college for 1963-64. Shown in the photo with Dr. Dallas M. Tarkenton (front, center).
Registrar and Director of Admissions, are (front row) Mrs. Charlotte Holland (left), in
structor in Social Studies; and Miss Brenda Jenkins, instructor in Physical Education.
Back row, left to right: James Jordan, J. F. Hough, Jr., and James Camp, all instructors
in Social Studies. Not present for the picture Homer F. Sharp, Jr., Biology instructor.
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1963
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I VOLUME 93
CITV ^UNCIL EMPLOYS REVALUATION FIRM
New».jn Girl Scout Fund Drive Opens Today
Jas. Hardman Chairman;
Campaign Workers Named
The Girl Scout Fund Drive is scheduled to open today
(Thursdav) throughout Newton County.
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Art Exhibit at
Legion Home Set
For Fair Week
The Art Exhibit at the 1963
Newton County Fair at Legion
Home is open to all artists in
this area and they may enter
their works in either of three
classifications.
Classifications are as follows: ;
(1) Modernistic, (2) Realis-j
tic and (3) Impressionistic. I
Enter each in oil, water color
or sketch..
The exhibit will be open to
the public on Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday evenings |
from 6 until 10 p. m. A ticket
purchased to the fair will also
be honored for admittance to
the art show at Legion Home. :
Further information may be
obtained by contacting the Ex
tension Office in the Court
house, Covington.
Palmer-Stone P-TA
Fall Festival Set
At the Palmer Stone P-TA
meeting on Monday night, plans
for the Fall Festival were be
gun. The date for this occasion
has been set for October 25. ’ ।
Please watch the Covington
News for more information!
about this event.
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Volunteer workers, under the
i leadership of James E. Hardman
| will seek $2,000 to continue and
expand Scout activities for girls
from seven to seventeen years old
in this area.
“I have accepted chairmanship
of this campaign with pride,” Mr.
Hardman said: “because I know
that the pragram offered to the
Girl Scouts in our town will help
them to become better citizens at
home, in their community and in
, the world.” Mr. Hardman went on
to explain that the funds contri
| buted to this campaign will be
used to bring better Scouting to
more girls. The launching of the
up-dated program for the Girl
Scouts of the ‘sixties requires ad
ditional training for many Girl
I Scout volunteers in our council.
“Through Girl Scouting,” Mr.
Hardman affirmed, “Our girls
can enjoy wholesome recreation,
make new friends, learn practical
skills, and develop healthy atti
tudes that will help determine the
direction their lives will take.”
The theme of the finance cam
paign for our Girl Scouts is “Ser
vice. . . A Girl Scout Promise.”
The Girl Scout Fund Drive be
gan this morning (Thursday, Sep-
I tember 19th) at 7:15 with a Kick
i Off Breakfast at the Buck-N-Kid
Restaurant. Co-chairmen of the
Pilot Club Sponsoring Committee
are Mrs. Neal Banks and Mrs.
Aubra Sherwood. Treasurer for
the Drive is T. H. Avery.
A large number of residents of
Newton County will be working
with the Pilot Club and James
E. Hardman, the overall chairman
of the 1963 Drive. Dean Getz,
chairman of the Outlying Business
and Industry lists as assistants
Don Bailey, William Bibb. Mrs.
Dean Getz, John Morford and
Frank Samples.
Ben Banks, chairman of the
drive for the Covington Business
area has enlisted the able help of
Terry Avery, Neal Banks. Rucker
Ginn, Martin Goode, Sam Hay,
James Hutchins, Bonham John
son, Bill McDowell, Jack Mea
dows, Ed. Robinson, Carl Smith,
Hugh Steele, Donald Stephenson
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1963
Dr. W. Harrison
Kiwanis Speaker
Today at 1 P.M.
Guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at Legion Home
at 1 o’clock will be Dr. Wil
liam B. Harrison, Director of
the School of Nuclear Engi
neering and Chief of the Nu
clear Science Division, Engi
neering Station, Georgia In
stitute of Technology. Program
Chairman today is Robert O.
Arnold and he will present to
the speaker to the Kiwanians.
Dr. Harrison's subject will
be “Your Nuclear Future.”
Dr. Harrison is a native of
Johnson City. Tenn., and re
ceived the degrees of B.S,
M.S. and Ph.D. in the field of
chemical engineering from the
University of Tennessee.
He came to Georgia Tech in
1952 and prior to that time had
been associated with the Oak
Ridge National Laboratories,
Los Alamos Scientific Labora
tories, and the University of
Tennessee. He is presently a
member of the Georgia Nuclear
Advisory Committee, the
American Nuclear Society,
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, and Sigma Xi hon
orary scientific society.
Dr. Harrison has engaged in
numerous heat transfer studies,
and is the author of a great
many articles in this field
which have been widely pub
lished in both engineering and
scientific journals.
Georgia Tech now has the
most modern reactor and nu
clear facilities of any college
in the world.
Art Seminars to
Begin Monday at
Newton Library
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
Thursday at 8:00 p.m. at New
tpn County Library.
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 sponsored. Dr.
Guillebeau was also in charge
of the first one. It was so suc
cessful, that it was requested
by those who attended to have
another.
Any citizen of Newton Coun
ty who is interested is invited
to participate.
For any additional informa
tion contact Mrs. R. M. Paty,
Chairman of Newton County
Library, phone 786-2795.
Bth District Royal
Arch Convention
Set Here Oct. 2
Covington Chapter No. 71
will be host to the Eighth Dis
trict Royal Arch Convention to
be held Wednesday, October
2nd at the Masonic Temple.
All members of Covington
Chapter No. 71 are asked to be
present at 3:30 p.m. Registra-|
tion will begin at 4:00 p.m. and I
the Convention will open at I
4:15 p.m. Supper will be serv- I
ed in the Dining Room at 6:00
p.m.
Two members of Covington
Chapter have been elected Dis
trict Officers, W. J. Dingus, Jr.,
who will preside, is District,
High Priest and A. J. Gilbert is ,
District Secretary.
W. Roy Aiken Honored for 25-Year Service
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W. ROY AIKEN was signally honored Thursday in Cov
ington for his 25-years of service to the local Agricultural
Stabilization Program. Mr. Aiken (left) is shown receiving
a 25-year pin from P. M. Nix, District Fieldman of ASC.
The pin and certificate, which he holds, represents a quarter
century for the local ASC Office Manager. Mr. Aiken came
to work for the agriculture group in 1938 on "a two-weeks fill
in job."
Gang Os 12 Caught Here
In Series Os Robberies
A teen-age gang of 11 per
sons and a 30-year-old man
have been apprehended in Cov
ington and charged with at
least four robberies in the city
during recent weeks, accord
ing to Covington City Police,
the Newton Sheriffs Office
and the GBI.
Robberies on successive
nights at Gold Crown Lanes
and the garage-storage room
at the home of James Hutch
ins, September 6-7, paved the
way for cracking the series of
breakins reported to law en
forcement officials.
At Hut ch i n's home an
amount of foods was taken
from a deepfreezer. The rob
bery at Gold Crown Lanes
netted the culprits SIOB.OO, ac
cording to local officers.
Also tied in to the gang were
Jan Garber's Band
Will Furnish Music
For Elks Dance
Music for an Elks Club
dance, Wednesday, October 2,
will be furnished by Jan Gar
ber's Band, a 14-piece organi
zation who has enjoyed tre-1
mendous nation-wide populari
ty for more than quarter cen
tury.
The dance at the local Elks
Club Home, will start at 9
p.m. and last until 1 a.m. Ad
mission price is $5 per cou
ple.
Powers Will Speak
At 4th District
Legion Meeting
The Fourth District Ameri
can Legion and Auxiliary will
hold their first district meeting
of the new year in McDonough
at the Legion Home on Sun
day, September 22. 1963. Past
National Commander Jimmy
Powers will speak at 10:30
AM.
Legion Members and Auxil
iary members who wish to at
tend are requested to contact
Mr. Lewis White, Post Com- |
mander or Mrs. Ty Cason, Unit
President.
It is hoped that as many as
possible will attend.
two robberies at the Porterdale
Golf Course, Police stated.
The 12 will be tried in the
near future in Newton County
Superior Court, City Police
added.
Kiwanis District
Program Set
Final plans for the 44th dis
trict Kiwanis convention in
Atlanta during September 22,
23 and 24 have been announced
by Morgan Thomas, general
chairman.
On Sunday, September 22,
there will be a past governors’
luncheon and a meeting of the
district board of trustees be
for the convention formally
gets underway. That evening
a memorial service will be held
and presided over by Marion
।C. Snead, District Governor.
This will be followed by a
keynote address on “The Spir
itual Basis of Democracy” by
the Rev. Monroe F. Swilley, Jr.,
of Atlanta.
Monday morning, C. G. Ben
der of Marietta will address the I
assembly, his subject being I
“Sacred Cows - Complacency- ;
Greasy Kid Stuff”. This will
be followed by presentations of
awards and a Fellowship
Luncheon with guest speaker
Robert F. Weber of Detroit,
Michigan, Trustee of Kiwanis
International. Monday after-
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Masonic Officials
Visit Here Tonight
Covington Chapter 337 Or
der of the Eastern Star will
observe the official visit of the
Worthy Grand Matron and
Worthy Grand Patron at the
Masonic Hall tonight (Thurs
day), September 19.
All members of the local
chapter are requested to be
present.
Covington News
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Program To Cost $38,550;
Completion In 8 Months
Covington's City Council voted unanimously Monday
night to employ Hunnicutt & Associates, appraisers, to
come into the city and appraise all taxable real and tangible
personal property, and prepare assessment maps of all prop
erty within the boundaries of the city for use in revaluating
property assessments as provided by law for municipal
taxation.
Newton Jaycees
Seek Members
The Newton County Jaycees will
discuss plans for the decoration
of the Covington Square during
Christmas season at their meet
ing Tuesday night, September 24,
at the Buck-N-Kid Restaurant at
7:00 p. m.
Nath Hayes, assigned Jaycee
National Director, and Paul Mar
tin, Region Six President, will
visit with the local club and bring
them news from the region and
national organization.
Bobby Patrick, membership
chairman, has urged that each
member be present for this meet
ing and if possible bring a pros
pective member who is interested
in helping the club work toward
I its goal of “A More Progressive
Newton County.”
Mr. Patrick has urged that any
young man between the ages of
21 and .36, who is interested in
joining the Newton County Jay
cees, to contact him at Henson
Furniture Company and attend the
Tuesday night meeting.
'Scoutacular' in
Two Performances
At Atlanta Park
Don’t miss “Dark Side of the
Moon” an original musical fan
tasy with a cast of over 200
people and one chimpanzee,
several original songs and a
large concert band. “Dark Side
of the Moon” will be performed
twice each night this Friday
and Saturday at Chastain
Memorial Amphitheatre as a
part of the big Scoutacular put ;
on by Atlanta Area Boy Scouts.'
Other attractions include a 1
three-ring circus and Roman |
chariot race in the horse show I
arena, and around a hundred
exhibitions of scouting skills on
surrounding grounds. Also in
cluded is a real Mercury Space
Capsule from the National,
Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration, and a tepee village of
Cherokee Indians from the
Cherokee Reservation.
Be sure and see the Scout- I
acular this Friday and Satur- I
day at Chastain Park. The;
show opens Friday at 4P. M. 1
Covington Elks Aid Newton Hospital
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COVINGTON ELKS LODGE has made another aenerou*
contribution to Newton County Hospital. Shown In the photo
are B. B. Snow (left) receiving the check from C. T. Bo
hanan. Exalted Ruler of Elks Lodge No. 1806. Mr. Snow is
chairman of the Newton County Hospital Authority.
OBITUARIES 4
SOCIETY 1-15
EDITORIAL 10 ;
RURAL AND URBAN _ II
SFORTS 25
NEWTON HIGH NEWS 21 I
LEGALS 30
CLASSIFIED 21
'i An appraisal will also be
i made of all tax exempt real
1 , estate within the city.
I REVALUATION COST
I The cost of the tax revalua-
I tion program to the city will be
; $38,550 and work on the pro
ject will begin within 30 days
I after the execution of a con
-1 tract. All appraisals and re
: cords can be completed and
delivered to the city within
eight months from the date
work begins.
During the progress of the
i revaluation project the public
relations staff of Hunnicutt I*
Associates will bring to the at
; tention of the public the ad
vantages of a complete reva
; luation to the city and the
taxpayers.
PUBLIC INSPECTION
Upon completion of the work,
| representatives of the corpora-
11 tion will hold the appraisal re-
I : cords open for public inspec
-11 tion foe Five consecutive days.
During this time the tax
■ payers will be given the op
r portunity to examine the work
performed by the corporation,
make valuation comparisons,
and ask questions regarding the
revaluation program.
In the event any taxpayer
has good reason to believe an
error has been made in the
valuation placed on his proper
ty, a review will be made of
the appraisal and the taxpayer
' notified of the results.
In the event of court action
against any assessment based
on the corporation’s appraisals,
the corporation will cooperate
with the city and its attorneys
in the defense of the appraisals
and assessments.
At the request of the city,
the corporation will furnish a
qualified representative as an
expert witness to support the
I property valuations.
MAINTENANCE
Upon completion of the re
valuation program, the corpo
ration may be employed on an
annual basis to furnish the city
i with trained and experienced
personnel to assist in the main
tenance of the assessment sys
tem.
QUALIFICATIONS
Hunnicutt & Associates. Ine.
is a professional team of highly
trained specialists in the field
of large scale appraisals: pro
fessionals whose proficiency in
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