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Reliving our Canadian trip
enroute to Seattle, we could
not leave Calgary, Alberta
without mentioning St. Geor
ge's Island, where authentic
replicas of dinosaurs and other
pre-historic animals, range the
same land where their fossils
are found; and one of the fin
est zoos of modern times is
located.
From Calgary, where the
World Famous Stampede lent
the entire city a carnical air,
we resumed our journey along
the Trans-Canada Highway,
climbing the foothills of the
majestic Rockies, many peaks
of which were snow capped.
Beautiful Mt. Rundle mirrored
in the lake at its base, herald
ed our approach to Banff Na
tional Park, magnificent scen
ic playground; and the city of
Banff, noted resort, with its
vivid flowers forming a veri
table mounting for Cascade
Mountain set like a huge gem
at the foot of Banff Ave. In
ternationally famous Banff
Springs Hotel; Moraine Lake
in the Valley of the 10 Peaks;
and on through Kootenay Na
tional Park to Radium Hot
Springs, British Columbia for
the night. Here we encounter
ed a disturbing bit of infor
mation. We learned through a
naturalized Canadian Citizen
from Europe, that Communism
had gained a strong foothold
in two of Canada’s provinces.
He had escaped the iron cur
tain when sent as a delegate
to Australia, and landed in
Canada with $2 and the
clothes he wore. Perhaps for
business, as well as other rea
sons, he flew the U. S. Flag,
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Bloodmobile Unit
In Covington Today
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile will be in Cov
ington today (Thursday) and
will be setup at the First Bap
tist Church Annex building
from 12 noon until 6 p. m.,
according to an anouncement
by Mrs. Dean Getz and Mar
shall Elizer, local blood offi
cials.
They stated that at least
150 pints are needed at to
day’s visit of the Bloodmo
bile in order to keep our
countywide blood coverage.
A donation of blood is dif
ferent from any other dona
tion you can give. Money can
and does many wonderful
things to help those in need.
However, a donation of blood
is the gift of life itself to some
one like the baby who needs
a complete exchange of its un
healthy blood for healthy
blood, a mother who hemorr
hages in childbirth, a child
who is badly burned, a father
who is injured at work, a
whole family who has an ac-
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CHAMPION SPELLERS of Newton County schools are shown in the photo above with
officials who conducted the 1963 contest Tuesday at the E. L. Ficquett School, Covington.
Front, left to right: Susan Chester of Palmer-Stone School, first in elementary schools;
Gwen Stubbs, first place at Newton County High; Gary Rooks, second at Newton High;
and Emily Morgan, of Ficquett, second in elementary competition. Back row are: E. D.
Whatley, principal of Palmer-Stone School; Eddie Najjar, assistant principal of NCHS;
George Hutchinson, principal of Ficquett School; and Miss Lucille Lynch, Curriculum Di
rector of Newton County Schools. The two top winners will enter the state contest next
week at the Southeastern Fair, Atlanta.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1963
Better Newspaper
Contests
VOLUME 39
NEh lON COUNTY FAIR STARTS ON MONDAY
Grand Jury Recommends Local Beer Sale
Revenue Would Be Placed
For County School Use
The Newton County Superior Court Grand Jury for
September issued one of the strongest worded sets of recom
mendations to come from that body in many years last week
when the presentments were announced on Wednesday.
Foreman of the jury was
J. E. Robinson, clerk was E. E.
Callaway and assistant clerk
was Robert H. Stanton, Jr.
Fifteen recommendations were
set forth with one of those fa
voring the sale of packaged
beer in the county “in order
to control and regulate the
many troubles caused by the
illegal sale of beer. . .”
The grand jury asks that the
County Commissioner and
mayors of incorporated towns
“issue licenses to established
firms who maintain at least a
$5,000 permanent inventory;
that beer be sold hot and in
package form only, i. e. mini
mum carton 6 only. That each
12 oz. container have a five
cent tax stamp so affixed to
cident in their car while vaca
tioning, or any one of hundreds
of other instances when one
pint of blood stands between
life and death.
The Red Cross will take care
of collecting, storing (Whole
blood must be used within 21
days, and refining (after 21
days) the blood is separated
into its component parts.
A calling committee com
posed of: Mesdames James
Pound, Marion Piper, Thomas
Crenshaw Jr., Robert Shep
herd. John Porter, Bonham
Johnson, Grady Smith, Leslie
Gibson, Paul Adams, Jr., and
L. A. Patrick have all been
working with Covington Blood
Chairman Mrs. Dean Getz to
notify as many of the citizens
of Newton County as possible
of the time and place for do
nating blood. It is hoped then
that each donor will in turn
become part of the committee
to spread the word of the im
portance of the Blood Program
to Newton County residents.
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OVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
9^ on Enterprise, Established in 1864 The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
be earmarked for Newton
County school use . . .”
Other recommendations by
the jury include the establish
ment by the county of a Plan
ning Commission to work with
the City of Covington Plan
ning Commission, that all elec
tive county officials be plac
ed on a salary basis.
The complete September
Grand Jury Presentments fol
low:
We, the Grand Jury for the
September 1963 Term submit
the following:
1. We wish to commend our
County Commissioner Mr.
Bates for the much needed re
pairs done to our Courthouse.
2. We nominate for Judge
Guess's approval H. 0. Whel
chel, Sr., and E. L. Ficquett
as Newton County Registrars.
3. The Small Loan Act of
Georgia was discussed, and at
this time was tabled.
4. We strongly recommend
that legislation be instigated at
once to place all our elective
officials on salary bksjf, ra
ther than the fee syttem.
5. We recommend that the
Juror's pay for the year 1964
to be as follows:
$5.00 per diem for Jurors.
$6.00 per diem for Foreman
and Clerks.
SIO.OO per diem for Bailiffs.
6. We recommend that when
police officers and Sheriff De
partment officials make ar
rests or cases, that they do a
better job of reporting details;
that is, the exact time, place,
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Miss Hays Patient
In Newton Hospital
Miss Clara Mae Hays, Visit
ing Teacher for Newton Coun
ty Schools, is currently a pa
tient in Newton County Hos
pital.
She is being wished a
speedy recovery by her many
friends.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963
Newton-Rockdale BSA Finance Campaign Discussed
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BOY SCOUT LEADERS from the Atlanta Area Council are shown discussing the forth
coming scout finance campaign to be held in the Newton-Rockdale district of the coun
cil. They are, (standing, left to right), Ted Waller, professional scouter serving the New
ton-Rockdale district; O. B. Gorman, council scout executive; E. G. Lassiter, Jr., of Cov
ington, member of the council's executive board; and (seated, left to right), S. J. Morcock,
executive board member and chairman of the Newton-Rockdale district; D. R. Davis, co
ordinator of the finance campaign; and E. K. Jamison, president of the Atlanta Area Coun
cil. The Newton-Rockdale scouting district will stage community campaigns between Oct
ober 15-20. Finance chairman for the district is C. T. Bohanan with John Riley Thompson
as campaign chairman.
Downtown Merchants Open
On Friday Nights Until 9
Many of Covington’s downtown merchants have announced
that they will remain open Friday evenings until 9 o’clock
for the shopping convenience of the public. Fourteen firms
adopted the new plan Friday evening.
Merchants who will be open
Friday evenings are as follows:
Allen’s 5 and 10c Store, Belk-
Gallant Company, Co he n’s.
Colonial Stores, Dietz’s. Har
per’s 5 and 10c Store, Henson
Furniture Company, Hutchins,
Kroger, Major Appliance,
Georgia River
Basins Report
Given President
A 40-ycar, $5.5 billion com
prehensive development plan
for eight Southeastern river
basins was submitted to Presi
dent John F. Kennedy this
week for action by the Cong
ress.
It was developed by the U. S.
Study Commission. Southeast
river basins,, created by a 1953
congressional act sponsored by
Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga.
The commission, headed by
J. W. Woodruff Jr., Columbus,
Ga., conducted a detailed studv
of the 88.000-square mile area
of the river basins in Georgia
and parts of Alabama, Florida
and the Carolinas. It held pub
lic hearings in each of the
basins and already has dis
closed details of its develop
ment proposals through the
year 2000.
In its report to the President,
the commission urged congres
sional approval of the plan as
a blueprint for public and pri
vate development projects.
To Faciliate the area's deve
lopment, the commission pro
posed that a permanent resour
ces advisory board be estab-
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Peoples Drug Store. Pool's,
White’s, and Wood-Dickinson
Furniture Co.
Heretofore many of the mer
chants in the downtown area
have remained open on Friday
evenings during the fall in order
that many regular customers
may avail themselves of the
opportunity to visit the stores.
This trail basis led to full-time
opening of stores on Friday
evening during the entire year.
Many merchants expressed
their satisfaction at the number
of shoppers in downtown Cov
ington on Friday evenings in
the past.
Several of the firms remain- '
ing open on Friday evening are i
offering Special Bargains to
customers on this particular j
night.
It is also pointed out that
free parking is available in
downtown Covington at night. I
Deeds Now Ready For The
Georgetown.’! 20 Right-of-Way
Deeds are now awaiting pro
perty owners’ signatures in the
County Commissioner’s Office
in the Courthouse for rights
of-way from Georgetown
(above Oxford) to Interstate
20, East of Covington, accord
ing to an announcement by
Commissioner Tom Bates.
Project 2503-(l) has been
assigned “Number 1 Priority”
by the Highway Department
and only the acquiring of the
right-of-way is now needed for
the project's 5.490 mile road
which will cost about 5400.000.
The proposed road will be a
by-pass of State Route 81
Mental Centers
In Ga. Stressed
By Gov. Sanders
ATLANTA (GPS) — Gov.
Carl E. Sanders has advocated
outpatient service for mental
ly ill persons at community
health centers as a means of
alleviating overcrowded con
ditions at the state mental
hospital in Milledgeville.
The Governor expressed his
views in a speech at the dedi
cation of a new $7-million
building complex held recent
ly at the state institution. Em
phasizing that “all persons sus
pected of mental illness should
be given a complete and ex
haustive examinatiion in order
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through North Emory Street in
Oxford and will route much of
the heavy traffic to the East
of both Oxford and Covington.
Mr. Bates said that when
deeds were first presented it
was for a 130 wide right-of
way. He said this would work
a hardship on some of the pro
perty owners and he thereby
requested that the width be re
duced to 100 foot on most of
the road.
The Commissioner’s Office
has asked that land owners
along the proposed road come
in to the office for further in
formation on the project. How-
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SOCIETY ♦•IS
RURAL AND URBAN 1*
EDITORIAL 10
SPORTS 25
NEWTON HIGH NEWS 27
LEGALS 30
CLASSIFIED 31
New Features Added Io
Legion-Sponsored Event
Fair time is here again and the 1963 Newton County Fair
will open its gates Monday, September 30th for a week-long
schedule of activities at Legion Field in Covington.
Newton County Legion Post
32 Commander Lewis White
has announced that all indica
tions point to “the 1963 fair as
one of the best ever in Cov
ington.” Hugh Sams and other
committeemen have completed
plans for the cattle show, pet
show and other livestock ex
hibits.
This year, for the first time,
a part of the fair activities will
be held at Legicai Home as four
Tax Revaluation
Is Subject of
Kiwanis Program
Covington Kiwanians will
hear a Florida tax revaluation
expert discuss the pros and
cons of tax revaluation as it
may pertain to Covington at
the Kiwanis Club meeting to
day (Thursday) at 1 o'clock
at Legion Home.
Warren Hunnicutt, president
of Hunnicutt and Associates
of St. Petersburg, Fla., will be
the guest speaker at the club’s
luncheon meeting. The pro
gram today is in charge of
Mayor Nat Turner and he will
introduce the speaker.
Mr. Hunnicut’s firm special
izes in custom - tailored re
valuation programs, according
to City Manager Hank Bryan.
Dr. William B. Harrison, Di
rector of the School of Nu
clear Engineering and Chief
of the Nuclear Science Divi
sion of Georgia Tech, was the
guest speaker at the Kiwanis
meeting Thursday. The pro
gram was in charge of Robert
O. Arnold and he introduced
the speaker.
Dr. Harrison’s subject was
“Your Nuclear future'’. He ex
plained Georgia Tech’s role in
the present and future plans
of the atomic world.
Visitors at the meeting in
cluded: Bill Carrington of
Lawrenceville's Southern Bell
Telephone office; Rev. Edgar
A. Callaway, pastor of First
Baptist Church in Covington;
J. W. (Whit) Richardson,
Supt. of Newton County
Schools; Mason Stephenson
and Jim Benton of the NCHS
Key Club.
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“KIWANIS KETTLE” —
Mel Waggoner called the
members attention to an ar
ticle in The Covington News,
Sept. 19, 1963, honoring Ro
bert O. Arnold, a prominent
Covington Kiwanian for 37
years. The article included a
resolution issued by the pre
sent Board of Regents of the |
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ever, it was stressed that the
county would not be able to
pay for the rights-of-way but
would take care of moving such
houses, barns, etc. as would be
necessary.
A State Highway official told
the Covington News Friday
that the paved road would in
crease the value of land along
the new road as much as 10
fold.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bates also
announced that the deeds have
been acquired for the Almon to
Salem Road and “it is hoped
that we will be able to start
soon on this project.”
NUMBER 39
new attractions are added to the
fair. A Senior Citizens exhibit,
an Art Show, a Flower Show
and an Adult Clothing Exhibit
will be on display at Legion
Home on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday from 6 to 10 p.
m. An admission ticket to Leg
ion Field or Legion Home is
good for both places during the
fair.
On the midway again will
be the James H. Drew Shows,
which is bigger and better this
year. Mr. Drew has announced
that the show has many high
type adult entertainment feat
ures this year.
Tuesday the judging of the
cattle and dairy show, booths,
exhibits of farm and home pro
ducts and other contests in the
Exhibit Building and Legion
Home will be completed.
Mrs. Sara Groves, Home Ex
tension Agent for Newton
County, said that the Flower
Show will be for professional
and amateur arrangements,
, horticulture exhibits of pot
plants and cut flower specimen.
1 Entries may be taken to Legion
Home by 11:30 a. m. Tuesday*.
Mrs. Groves stated “we are
most anxious for all people,
individuals not necessarily
members of home demonstra
tion clubs or garden clubs, to
take a part in the flower show.'*
A Fair Catalogue has been
prepared and printed by The
Covington News under the
sponsorship of the West New
ton Home Demonstration Club.
This was accomplished in co
operation with Newton County
Post 32 American Legion.
Pre-registration forms for all
exhibitors at the fair may be
obtained at the Extension
Office in the Courthouse, Cov
ington.
The booth exhibit at ths
Legion Field exhibition build
ing this year will have 12 home
demonstration booths and five
community club booths. Each
will have an educational theme.
Judges for the Newton Coun
ty Fair are as follows: Comm
unity Club Booths: Richard E.
Smith, Community Develop
ment specialist, Athnes, Ga.;
Audrey Morgan, head Exten
sion Family Life Dept., Athens;
Lucile Higginbotham, head Ex
tension Health Education Dept.,
Athens.
Home Demonstration club
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Attention: Woman's
Club Members
PORTERDALE — Mrs. J. T.
Jaynes is expecting all Wo
man's Club members of the
Porterdale Club to give to her
their entries in the contest to
choose the boss of the year
who will be crowned at t h e
Dinner Meeting of the Club
on October 21.
Entries are to state in fifty
words or less “I think my boss
should be the “Boss of the
Year” because;” and be given
to Mrs. Jaynes by Friday,
September 27. They will be
mailed to a judge in Atlanta
on Monday, September 30, and
none received after that date
can be accepted for the con
test. This is a wonderful op
portunity for ladies to com
pliment their employers. The
winner will be revealed on
the evening of the dinner hon
oring the bosses of members.
Covington News
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