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Welcome
Neighbor I
M. S. M.
“If from cherished childhood
scenes
Fate and fortune have brought
you here,
And your heart still homeward
leans;
Remember—New friends with
time grow dear.
Your joys, your sorrows are of
ours a part,
So. help us to know you that
we may share
This experience of Life, with
open heart;
Welcome Neighbor! We’re glad
you are here.”
The Baptist denomination is
extremely fortunate this week,
in that we have two new Bap
tist ministers and their fami
lies among recent newcomers.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Guy
R. Davidson, recently of Co
lumbus, are residing at 37 N.
Broad St. in Porterdale, where
Rev. Davidson is Porterdale
Baptist Church's new pastor.
Both Rev. and Mrs. David
son are Alabama natives, but
claim Columbus, where they
spent the most of their child
hood, as home. Mrs. Davidson
enjoys sewing and music, in
addition to her church activi
ties.
Rev. Davidson is an avid
fisherman, as well as a “Fisher
of Men’’; and also enjoys spec
tator* sports as a hobby.
The Davidsons have two
married daughters, Mrs. Frank
Parker of Richmond, Va., and
Mrs. Jerry Fincher of Ft. Ben
ning; and one daughter, Cathey,
14, who is a student at Newton
High, this year.
We are indebted to Oxford
Baptist Church for bringing us
the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. 0. L.
McCullough, as their new pas
tor. The McCulloughs come
from Ft. Worth, Texas, and
with their two daughters, Be
linda 4 and Laura 2, are re
siding on Wesley St. in Oxford.
Mrs. McCullough claims
Smyrna as her home town; and
enjoys sewing and spectator
sports as hobbies. Rev. McCul
lough is a Newton County na
tive, but spent most of his
childhood years in Rockmart.
He shares his wife’s interest in
spectator sports; and also likes
reading, golf and tennis.
From Decatur come Mr. and
Mrs. William D. Partee, who
are really more in the catagory
of “homecomers'’ than new
comers, since Mrs. Partee is
the former Miss Frances Rain
ey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Rainey. They, with their
four daughters, Linda 17, Jim
my Ruth 14. Kathy 9 and Mary
2 -1/2, reside at 601 East Con
yers St.
Mrs. Partee names sewing,
needlecraft and spectator sports
as hobbies. Mr. Partee, who is
associated with Mr. Rainey in
Rainey Oil Co., enjoys specta
tor sports and golf in leisure
moments.
All three families are receiv
ing a warm welcome into so
cial, religious and civic life of
the community, which they
have chosen to make their fu
ture home.
Tea at Home of
Mrs. Johnson Feted
Miss Charlene Hicks
Miss Charlene Hicks, bride
elect, was honored with a tea on
Wednesday afternoon, September
4, at the home of Mrs. James M.
Johnson with Mrs. A R. Hooten
as cohostess.
Attractive arrangements of fall
flowers were used throughout the
home. Arrangements in the living
-oom of the home featured chry
santhemums and white roses. The
guest book was kept on the buf
fet in the dining room where an
attractive arrangement of white
chrysanthemums and stock was
placed at one end.
The dining room table was over
laid with an imported white linen
cutwork cloth with a white milk
glass container at one end fea
turing marigolds in variegated
shades of yellow. Miss Mene Pa-
Allen-Whyte Wedding Vows Spoken
In Ras Beirut, Lebanon Ceremony
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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Whyte
Miss Shirley Mae Allen, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bar
ron Allen of Porterdale, became
the bride of Christopher J. Whyte
of Dublin, Ireland on July 6. at
the German Evangelical Chapel
in Ras Beirut. Lebanon. Rev. Gus
tav Adolf Kriener officiated and
delivered the 'wedding sermon in
English. The altar before which
the couple took their vows was
lighted with white candles and
banked with white gladiolus.
The bride's only attendant was
Mrs. Hugh S. Jolley who wore a
straight lined beige lace with ac
cessories of the same color and
a tiny lace bun-shaped hat. She
carried a bouquet of carnations.
Danny O'Leary, also of Dublin,
Ireland and a co-engineer with
Mr. Whyte at Trans-Arabian Air
lines, served as best man.
The bride, formerly of Atlanta
and with the American Embassy,
entered with Richard B. Parker,
political officer at the embassy.
She wore a white lace over white
Konigsmark-Johnson Rehearsal Supper
Held at Smyrna Home on Friday
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The rehearsal supper honoring
Miss Ann Konigsmark of Smyrna,
and James Johnson Jr. of Cov- i
ington, was held Friday night
September 13, at the home of the
groom-elect's aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. Zelan Wills in Smyrna.
Arrangements of bronze and ■
yellow chrysanthemums were
used in the living room. The din
ing room table from which the
delicious buffet supper was serv
ed, was overlaid with a white lin
en cutwork cloth and centered with
an arrangement of bronze and yel
low chrysanthemums, flanked by i
candelabra with burning yellow
candles.
The buffet held a central green
arrangement flanked by candel
abra with yellow burning tapers.
At a side table a miniature bride
and groom were flanked by milk
glass baskets containing lily of the
valley.
Mesdames Harris and Reece Add Zest
To Social Scene with Dessert-Bridge
Among current events lend
ing zest to the social calendar
was the dessert-bridge on
Tuesday afternoon, at which
Mrs. Walker Harris and Mrs.
Ray Reece were co-hostesses at
the former's home.
Autumnal colors were ac
centuated in floral arrange
ments throughout the attrac
tive setting. An arrangement of
roses, grapes and foliage in
; pink into burgundy tones key
noted the color scheme, in the
: living room, where growing
green plants were also used to
advantage. Small tables where
the delicious sweet course was
served were centered with
miniature arrangements re
den and Mrs. C. C. Hood served
punch from the other end of the
table. Completing the table's ap
pointments were trays of dainty
sandwiches, mints and nuts.
Miss Hicks was attractively
dressed for the occasion in a
white, green and yellow printed
silk sheath with which she w’ore
a white carnation corsage with
yellow ribbons, a gift of the hos
tesses. In the receiving line with
Miss Hicks were her mother. Mrs.
D. K. Hicks Jr. and Mrs. Frank
Gwin, mother of the groom to be.
Approximately 50 friends of the
। honoree were present.
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satin with round scalloped neck
line. short sleeves, a tight fitting
bodice and A-line skirt which fell
gracefully to her knees. Her white
illusion veil was elbow length and
topped by a milded rose of the
same veiling. She carried a bou
quet of white carnations with
white ribbon streamers.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker received
with the bride and groom at the
reception given in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Evan M. Wilson.
Duraffourd Building, Avenue Dr.
Paris. The Wilson's were in the
United States at the time of the
wedding but had offered their
home for this occasion. Decora
tions were arrangements of mix
ed white flowers in vantage points
throughout the home. The beauti
: fully decorated two tiered wedding
| cake centered the dining room
table.
After a wedding trip to Kyrenia,
' Cypress the young couple are
making their home in Ras Beirut,
Lebanon.
Miss Konigsmark selected for
the occasion a two piece pink
sheath with w’hite accessories and
wore a cymbidium corsage, a gift
of the groom-to-be.
Mr. Johnson selected this time
to present gifts to his attendants.
Those present for the occasion
were: Mr, and Mrs. Allan Mor
ton. parents of the bride: Mr. and
Mrs. James Johnson, parents of
the groom; Miss Nancy Konigs
mark, Mr. and Mrs. George Jus
tiss, Mr. and Mrs. Donald King,
Miss Kay Mills, Charles Leonard,
Miss Carol Austin, Ted Wills,
George Ivey, Mr. and Mrs. Audry
Benton and Keith, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Capes. Miss Jean Johnson,
Rev. nd Mrs. Nat Heath, Mr. and
Mrs. Zelan Wills, Mrs. Howard
Potts, Richard Morris, the honor
ees and the hosts.
During the evening Richard
Morris, organist, entertained the
group with piano music.
fleeting the chosen colors.
The den, where additional
tables were set up. butterfly
' chrysanthemums in yellow into
bronze shades, were combined
in an ormolu compote to form
। the piano arrangement.
In the ensuing games, Mrs.
Grady Coleman won top score;
Mrs. William Bibb, second
high; and Mrs. P. W. Pratt, Jr.
consolation prize.
Others playing were: Mes
dames E. G. Lassiter, Matt
Klem, Don Briscoe, E. E. Call
away, Walker Campbell, Wen
dell B. Crowe, Marion Piper,
John Fuller, Gordon Mann,
Lanier Hardman, John Jerni
gan, Charles Burnett, Pean
. Getz, Oscar Harper, Bill Cook,
Jr., Milton McLaney, Donald
Stephenson. Charles King, Jr.,
Tom Crenshaw, W’arren Kirk
| land, Luke Lassiter, Jimmy-
Pound. Harry Faulkner and
Tom Culbertson.
MEETINGS
The Covington Service Guild
will hold its first meeting of
the year at the home of Mrs.
Edgar Callaway at 645 Legion
Drive on Monday, September
123rd at 3:30 p. m.
Mrs. Leo Mallard, Society Editor
September D.A.R.
Meeting Held at
Belcher Home
The Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution held their j
September meeting on Wednes
day 11th at the home of Miss
Ethel Belcher. The meeting
was called to order by the Re
gent, Mrs. Lyda Sue B. Hall,
with prayer by the Chaplain,
Miss Ethel Belcher. Miss Flor
ence Bower, Flag Chairman, j
led the group tn the pledge to
the flag.
Mrs. D. B. Dixon, recording
secretary, read the minutes of
the last meeting and gave a re- ।
port of the Northeast Division
of the DAR which met in I
Gainesville on September 3, at :
the Holiday Inn. The president
general's message was read by
Mrs. Harry Dietz.
Mrs. A. D. Jordan gave the
National Defense report and in
terestingly discussed the War
of 1812. She closed by reading
“The Star Spangled Banner'’ by
Frances Scott Key.
The regent announced three
of the Children of the Ameri- i
can Revolution were transfer- j
ring to the Sergeant Newton
Chapter DAR. They are Mary
Jane Dixon, Stephanie Ginn
and Sara Margaret Patterson.
They have each served as pres
ident of the Sergeant Newton
Junior Society and all are char
ter members.
The DAR group were re
quested to call the City Man
ager. Mr. Brian, to see what
provisions could be made in
replacing the water fountain
in the city park, which was
destroyed several months ago.l
The speaker, Leo S. Mallard, i
was introduced by the program
chairman Miss Ethel Belcher,
who has known him since
childhood. Mr. Mallard, a most
interesting Journalist and staff
writer for the Covington News
on World Affairs, proved him
self an outstanding and inter
esting speaker. He chose for
his subject, “The Constitution
of the United States of Ameri- .
ca”. He stated September 17-:
23 had been designated as Con- '
stitution Week. He read the
Preamble of the Constitution j
outlining its most important j
points. A short resume of the \
amendments was given and
present day legislative actions j
were tied in with the Consti-1
Miss Mae Hardman Cited by State
Cancer Society as Year's "Volunteer"
• Miss Mae Hardman was hon
ored at the State Meeting as
Newton County “Volunteer of The
j Year.”
Mrs. Frank Langdon, Jr., Co-
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Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Bailey an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Wanda Marlene Bailey,
Ito James Kenneth Adams, son of
, Mr. and Mrs. James Noel Adams
of Porterdale.
Miss Bailey is a graduate of
Newton County High School and
I Middle Georgia College. She is
presently employed by the Stand
ard Oil Company in Atlanta.
Mr. Adams is a graduate of
Newton County High School and •
| has served four years in the US
Navy. He is presently employed
by Lithonia Lighting Company,
Inc. in Conyers.
The wedding will be on No
vember 1. at 8:30 p. m. at the
Salem Methodist Church. No in-
I vitations will be sent but all I
friends and relatives are invited
,to attend.
Mr. Tom Moore Honored
On His 75th Birthday
Tom Moore was honored
Sunday, September 15, with a
birthday dinner at his home
| here in observance of his 75th
। birthday. The dining room ta
■ ble was overlaid with a white
linen cloth and the beautifully
decorated white embossed cake
with pink decorations and a
pink “75” placed at one end of
: the long table. At the other
end of the table a pink con
' tainer held potted greenery.
A delicious buffet dinner
was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Moore and the following
I children and grandchildren:
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore and
son Charles; Mr. and Mrs. Al-
I vin Moore, Alvin Jr. and Terry,
| Donna and Karen; Harry
Moore, Cheryl, Patti and Paula;
■ Mr. and Mrs. Travis Johnson
and Jeff; Mr. and Mrs. James
Cordell, Randy, Sandralyn and
Kristy. Riverdale; Mr. and
Mrs. James Teague, Atlanta
and Mr. and Mrs. Avah Walker
and children, Sherry and Lee.
Porterdale Circle
Hears Mrs. Bellairs
PORTERDALE — Mrs. Neal
Wheeler presided over the
meeting of the Ethel Belcher
Circle of the Julia A. Porter
Memorial Methodist Church at
their monthly meeting held in
the church on Monday, Sept
ember 9. at seven-thirty
o'clock. Mrs. Leßoy McGiboney
led in the opening prayer.
Minutes and the treasurer's
report were read. Seven mem
bers and one visitor were pre
sent.
Mrs. Richard Bellairs gave
■ the inspiring program entitled
“Recruitment, Concern of the
Whole Church”.
Mrs. Mary Price, hostess,
'served delicious ice cream and
cookies during a happy social
period.
The October meeting will be
held in the home of Mrs. Leßoy
McGiboney.
, tution and Amendments.
The program chairman
■ thanked the speaker for bring
ing such an interesting and
I timely speech to the DAR
: group.
During the social hour Miss
Belcher and her cohostess,
, Mrs. A. D. Jordan, served de-
I licious refreshments.
lumbus, is the 1963 “Volunteer of
the Year” for the Georgia Di
vision of the American Cancer
Society.
The presentation of the highest
award of the Georgia Division
was made Thursday night at the
Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
The dinner climaxed two days
of activities by some 350 volun
teer delegates of the Society in
Georgia.
Mrs. Langdon was recognized
for her six years of service in
the Muscogee County Unit and
especially for her “dedicated ser
vice in promoting the Employee
Cancer Education Program of
the unit” in carrying out a pro
gram to contact the chief exe
cutive of all major businesses in
Columbus and Muscogee County
to install the life-saving cancer
information program for em
ployees.
The award was presented by
Lon Sullivan, executive vice-pre
sident of the Georgia Division.
Recognition was also given to 24
local unit “Volunteers of t h e
Year”, from among whose ranks
Mrs. Langdon was nominated.
Arch Avary New President
Georgia Division A. C. S.
Arch Avary, Jr., Atlanta bank
ing official and chairman of the
Georgia Education Funds Cru
sade for the past two years, was
named president of the Georgia
Division of the American Cancer
Society at the Annual Business
Meeting. Wednesday.
The meeting, attended by 200
volunteers and delegates opened
the two-day 17th Annual Meeting
of the Division and was held at
the Riviera Motel in Atlanta.
Avary. who spoke throughout
the state this past spring, was
himself operated on for cancer of
the colon-rectum earlier this sum
mer.
“I thank God each day for my
association with the Soc i • t y,”
Chambers - House worth Wed
At Salem Methodist Sunday
Miss Brenda Elaine Chambers,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
W. Thompson and Robert L.
Houseworth Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Stubbs, were united
in marriage Sunday, September
15. at the Salem Methodist Church
near Covington. Rev. Carl Stand
ard. pastor of the South Bend
Methodist Church in Atlanta, and
cousin of the bride, officiated at
the impressive double ring cere
mony.
The altar was beautifully decor
ated with a large basket of white
chrysanthemums, gladiolus and
emerald fern flanked by four
branched candelabra. Completing
the decorations were the cross
and altar candles which were also
burning.
Traditional wedding music was
furnished prior to and during the
service by John Farmer and he
accompanied Mrs. James Hord,
soloist, as she sang “If I Could
Tell You”, prior to the service
and as part of the benediction,
“The Lord's Prayer”.
Jerry Standard of Atlanta, cou
sin of the bride, served as best
man with Bill Compton of Con
yers as head usher. David Byrd
and Alton McCullough were usher
groomsmen and lighted the can
dles.
Mrs. Billy Compton, sister of
the groom of Conyers, as matron
of honor, wore a moss green silk
and peau de soie dress fashioned
with a round neckline, short sleev
es and fitted bodice. Pleats in the
skirt gave a slight bell shape to
the dress. As a headdress she
wore a halo of matching material
with oval nylon veil, matching
green pumps and white gloves.
She carried a cascade arrange
ment of bronze mums. Mrs. David
Byrd. Mrs. Ed Daniel, cousin of
the bride: Miss Alma Simons,
cousin of the groom; as brides
maids, wore dresses identical to
that of the matron of honor and
carried similar cascade bronze
mum arrangements.
The bride, given in marriage by
her step-father. James W. Thomp
son. wore a traditional floor length
wedding gown of white silk or
ganza fashioned with a fitted bo
dice, seed pearl embellished scal
lops at a scooped neckline, long
lily point sleeves and front point
from which emerged a full two
tiered skirt over taffeta, highlight
ed with raised lace roses and
flower clusters centered with seed
pearls. The Chantilly lace bottom
of the skirt came to a point in
the center front and back. Her
veil of illusion net cascaded from
a pearl encrusted tiara. She wore
white satin pumps and her only
jewelry was tiny white pearl ear
rings. Her white Bible was top-
Avary commented. "Otherwise. I
might not be here today to ac
cept this position of responsibil
ity in the effort to save more
lives from cancer.”
Avary attributes the early de
tection and treatment of the can
cer to the habit of annual health
checkups and his persistance in
seeking medical attention when a
danger signal of cancer develop
ed.
“Today, two out of every six
cancer patients are being saved,
because they go to see their doc
tors in time,” he added. “One
more out of the six could be
saved with the medical knowledge
now available.”
Cancer of the colon-rectum is
curable in almost 70 per cent of
the cases when treatment is
started before there is any re
gional involvement. Avary says
that he is given every hope of
"cure” by his doctors.
The native of West Point. Geor
gia. has already been active this
Summer and Fall urging people
to have an annual checkup —
including proctosigmoi d s cop i c
checks for colon-rectum cancer
and to learn the Seven Danger
Signals.
"I wish I could personally reach
every Georgian with this life
saving message — hundreds more
of the 8,750 Georgians who de
velop cancer each year could be
saved.”
Mrs. Carl Sanders Honored at
State Cancer Meeting!
Mrs. Carl E. Sanders called up- j
on volunteers of the Georgia Di-
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Houseworih
I ped with a white orchid set in
■ white net wth stephanotis and
' white satin streamers. The bride
I honored the traditional something
old, new, borrowed and blue, with
her wedding gown being that ol
Mrs. David Byrd.
The bride's mother chose a pea
cock blue silk dress with a round
neckline, elbow length sleeves and
fitted bodice with straight skirt.
Her shoes and hat were of the
same color and she wore a white
cymbidium orchid corsage.
Mrs. Stubbs, mother of the
groom, wore a beige crepe with
matching jacket. Her dress was
I fashioned with a round neckline
and elbow length sleeves. Beige
and brown accessories with a
i white cymbidium orchid corsage
i completed her costume.
Mrs. Henry Britt, maternal
grandmother of the bride, chose a
| navy crepe dress with which she
Home of Mrs. Vaughn Was Scene
Green Thumb Garden Club Meeting
The Green Thumb Garden:
Club held its first fall meeting
Thursday, September 12, in
1 the home of Mrs. Bill Vaughn
I with Mrs. Donald Colquitt and
Mrs. Dick Schneider as cohos
tess.
Prior to the meeting a de
licious sweet course was serv
ed.
Mrs. Luke Lass te”, presi
dent. opened the meeting by
greeting club members and
welcoming Mrs. Grady Cole
man and Mrs. Billy Nalls as
visitors.
Mrs. Lassiter led the group
in reading the Gardener's
Creed in unison. The minutes
of the May meeting were read
by Mrs. Dick Schneider and
were approved. Mrs Fred Har
well, treasurer, gave the fi
nancial report. Mrs. Donald
Colquitt, Yearbook Chairman,
made her report. Mrs. Fred
Harwell reported that the
theme for this year is, “Parade
of Beauty”.
Mrs. Luke Lassiter reported
that she. Mrs. Hugh McDonald
and Mrs. Bill Vaughn had at- ;
tended the district meeting of;
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Mrs. Bill Vaughn, Covington
Elkadette! President; Mrs. Jack '
Allen, second vice-president
and Miss Mary Trippe, scrap
book chairman, attended a
most interesting workshop re
cently at Aidmoie Hospital in ;
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wore black accessories and *
white carnation corsage.
Mrs. R. L. Chambers, paternal
grandmother, wore a royal blue
crepe dress, black accessories and
a white carnation corsage.
The wedding party greeted
guests in the vestibule of the
church with the bride's book be
ing kept at a table overlaid with
a white damask cloth and a crys
tal bud vase of bronze and yellow
mums. Mrs. Harold Thompson, who
presided at the table, wore a
beige brocade dress with beige
accessories and a corsage of yel
low carnations.
For traveling the bride changed
into a medium tan suite of rayon
and silk with a beige pongee
blouse. She wore beige accessories
and the white orchid from her
bridal bouquet. After their return
from a honeymoon in Panama
City, Florida, the couple will
make their home in Conyers.
' “The Red Bud District”, that
morning in Decatur. Mrs. Las
siter stated that great empha
sis is being placed on the plant
ing of red bud trees in this
district. Plans are being form
ulated for a "Wheel of Flow
ers”, throughout the state. Ma
con would be the Hub. Each
town is to choose a particular
tree and flower.
Mrs. Lassiter asked for vol
unteers to meet at the E. L.
Ficquett School to prune some
of the shrubbery.
Following the business ses
sion Mrs. Dick Schneider pre
sented a program on, "Planning
a Home Flower Garden - ’. Mrs.
Schneider had made beautiful
posters showing many of the
favorite annuals, bi - annuals
and perennials of all kinds.
Mrs. Bill Vaughn gave the
horticulture study on plants
for line or skeleton. She pass
ed on to club members some
of the new- line materials she
had seen used in arrangements
at the "Red Bud District”
meeting.
Members receiving awards in
arrangements were: Mrs. D. L.
Dennison, blue: Mrs. Fred Har
well, blue and Mrs. Dick
Schneider, red.
Those receiving awards for
horticulture were: Mrs. Fred
Harwell, 1 blue; Mrs. Dick
Schneider, 2 blue, 1 red; Mrs.
Luke Lassiter, 5 blue, 1 red, I
yellow; Mrs. Bill Vaughn, 3
blue and 3 red.