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To those of us who knew J. C.
Upshaw as professor, Sunday
School teacher, neighbor and
friend, the world is poorer in
losing him, but richer, because
he lived.
With a philosophical mind, he
was a scholar and teacher possess
ed with that rare ability to imbue
others with his love and deep ap
preciation of natural and spiritual
beauty.
Perhaps that is why we think of
him as delighting now, in the
revelation of faith and beauty and
truth in its purest form, which
mortals but see, “Through a glass
darkly’’.
Our sincere sympathy is with
members of his bereaved family,
among whom is his beloved sis
ter, Mrs. W. K. Swann, who has
just returned from Emory Hos
pital where she has spent the past
two weeks as a patient. Her many
friends are with her in thought
and prayer, for an early recovery.
It is good to know that Miss
Clara Mae Hays was permitted to
return home Tuesday from Newton
Co. Hospital w'here she has recent
ly been a patient; and good wishes
from a host of friends will be fol
lowing her convalescence. Walker
Birdsong is recovering satisfac
torily also, from recent eye sur
gery at Emory Hospital in Atlan
ta; and having experienced a “de
tatched retina” operation with our
“favorite farmer”, we rejoice
with him and his family in its suc
cess.
We were left in our Canadian
trip, last week, on the Columbian
Ice Fields in the Canadian Roc
kies. From the chills and thrills
of that great ice cap, we crossed
the Continental Divide and con
tinued down the western slopes
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Annual Boy Scout
Fund Drive Starts
John Riley Thompson, Gene
ral Chairman of the annua!
Boy Scout Fund Campaign an
nounced tc-day that a Pre-
Campaign Planning was held at
the Porterdale Hotel dining
room Tuesday evening. October
1, at 7:00 p. m. for the purpose
of formulating the plans for the
annual fund drive.
Mr. Thompson announced
that Area Director Ted Waller
and other Scout executives
from the Atlanta Council were
present for the program and
they will aid the Newton-
Rockdale District in their pre
planning of the drive.
Scouting is very important
and fruitful to the training of
the youth of our county but a
good' program not only requires
good leadership but also the
financial backing of the people.
Committee Chairmen for the
year are:
General Chairman, John
Final Tribute Paid J. C. Upshaw,
Former Covington School Supt.
Funeral services for James
Claude Upshaw, 81. former
Covington Public School Su
perintendent, who died Satur
day evening at Emory Hospital,
following an earlier heart at
tack at his Avondale home,
were held Monday afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock at Avondale
Baptist Church. The Rev. Mr.
Truett Gannon and Dr. Claude
Upshaw Broach, pastor St.
John’s Baptist Church, Char
lotte, N. C., and the deceased's
namesake, officiated in the fin
al rites, which were concluded
at Covington City Cemetery,
where burial took place.
A native of Walton County,
Mr. Upshaw was the son of
James Berrien and Mrs. Nancy
Arnold Upshaw, pioneers of
this section. He attended Mon
roe High School, was a grad
uate of the University of Geor
gia where he was a tract star
and member of Sigma Nu fra
ternity; and did post graduate
work at the University of Chi
cago.
His career in the field of edu-
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BIBP AIDERS MERGER WITH PEPPERELL
Merchants Pleased With Friday Night Opening
Special Bargains Offered;
Free Parking On Square
The downtown merchants of Covington have reported
that the general public has been very receptive to the new
policy of stores staying open until 9 p. m. on Friday night.
“Shopping until 9 p.m. has
been so successful for the past
two Friday evenings that this
policy will be continued for
the convenience of the shop
ping public,” said Philip Cohen,
spokesman for the downtown
merchants.
In the past many of the
merchants in the downtown
area have remained open Fri
day evenings during the fall in
order for shoppers to avail
themselves of the opportunity
to visit the stores.
This trial basis led to full
time opening of stores on Fri
day evening during the entire
year. Many merchants express
ed their satisfaction at the
number of shoppers in down
town Covington on Friday
evenings in the past.
Several of the firms that re
main open on Friday evenings
will offer Special Bargains to
Riley Thompson; Treasurer,
Terry Avery; Publicity. J.
Grady Coleman: Advance Gifts,
Virgil Y. C. Eady, Jr.; Coving
ton, Rex Rhodes; Oxford, Car
los Meyer; Porterdale, Mac
Isaacs, Chairman, Jack Gates,
J. C. Edge.
Rural Communities: Donald
Stevenson, Chairman; Salem,
Roy Moore, Vice Chm.; Mans
field Arthur Hays, Vice Chm.;
Newborn, Hugh Sams, Vice
Chm.: Stewart, E. M. McCart,
Vice Chm.; Almon, G. Harold
Dobbs, Vice Chm.
Virgil Eady, Jr., as Chair
man of the Advance Gifts Com
mittee, says that his committee
is already functioning and any
person or business that is inter
ested in making an advance
gift to the Boy Scout Drive
should contact him at his office
or contact the General Chair
man, John Riley Thompson.
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J. C. UPSHAW
cation began at Youth, Ga.,
Walton County, where he soon
became superintendent of Mon
roe High School. In 1902 he
married the former Miss Nettie
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BEST cr age OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
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customers on this particular
night. Free Parking is availa
ble to customers shopping in
downtown Covington on Friday'
night.
Merchants who will remain
open on Friday evenings until
9 p.m. are: Adams Family Shoe
Store, Allen’s 5 and 10c Store,
Belk - Gallant Company,
Cohen’s, Colonial Stores,
Dietz’s, Harper's 5 and 10c
Store, Henson Furniture Com
pany, Hutchins, Kroger, Ma
jor Appliance, Peoples Drug
Store, Pool’s, Ramsey Furni
ture Company, White's, and
Wood - Dickinson Furniture
Company.
5 Young Men
Arrested in
Burglary Here
Law enforcement officers have
arrested five young men in con
nection with the burglary of Free
man Oil Company on Sunday
; morning.
Being held under S2OOO bond in
the Newton County Jail are: Huie
Maddox. 24; Larry Womack, 17;
Robert Jordan. 25; and Larry Hod
j ges, 19. Ralph Hodge, 18, was re
■ leased Tuesday under bond paid
,■ by his uncle Tony Hodge.
The five Newton County young
men were arrested in a round-up
early this week by the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation, Newton
County Sheriff’s Office, State
Crime Lab, and the Covington Po
lice Department.
According to Covington Police
the men entered Freeman Oi 1
Company, located on Porterdale
I Road, about 2:00 a. m. Sunday
I morning through a door on the
south side of the building. They
stole a safe from the building
which contained approximately
$2,100 in cash and checks and the
company records.
The safe was found on Tuesday .
about noontime in Yellow River,
southwest of Covington, just above
Jackson Lake where it had been
thrown by the thieves.
Police report that between SBOO
and S9OO in checks and about the
same amount in cash has been
recovered to date. The men had
spent about S3OO of the money be
fore being apprehended.
Howard Williams, manager of
Freeman Oil Company, said Wed
nesday that all the money had
been recovered except about SSOO.
and that all records of accounts
that had been in the safe were
also recovered. “These were wet”.
Williams said, “but we are still
able to read them.”
Mansfield P TA
Meets Thursday
The Mansfi e1 d Parent-
Teacher Association will meet
October 10. at 3 p.m. in the
school cafctorium. Modern Ed
ucation will be the theme of ,
the program. Miss Edith John
ston's first and second grade j
pupils will give the devotional
I and Miss Lucille Lynch, Di-
I rector of Curriculum, will be ।
the guest speaker.
A business meeting will fol
i low the program. All members
| are urged to attend.
Pilot Club Will
Meet at Scout Hut
The Pilot Club of Covington
I will meet for the regular busi
ness meeting in the Girl Scout
Hut on Thursday. October 3,
1963.
Executive Board meeting at
I 7:15 p. m., business meeting, 8
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1963
Vining Honored for March of Dimes Service Record
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Herbert H. Vining is shown receiving a 10-year Service Certificate from the National
Foundation March of Dimes at an appreciation dinner given in his honor Wednesday
night at the Covingion Elks Club. Left io right are: Troy Thigpen, 1963 Fund Drive chair
man: Mrs. Herbert Vining; Mr. Vining, honoree; Mrs. Warren H. Alday, who presented
the award: and Cecil McCall, State Representative of the National Foundation March of
Dimes.
Greeley Ellis Elected President
Covington-Newton Co. C of C
Greeley Ellis, prominent young Covington attorney, was
elected president of the Covington-Newton County Cham
ber of Commerce at the annual meeting of the organization
held Thursday night at the Snapping Shoals Electric Mem
bership Building. Mr. Ellis succeeds J. E. (Ed) Robinson.
Dean Getz, manager of
Brunswick Corporation in Cov
ington, was elected vice-presi
dent and Tony R. Wilkie and
Dr. W. L. Dobbs were elected
as directors. Charles Strick
land was unanimously elected
to 'lontinue as secretary-trea
surer o! the Chamber.
Mr. Ellis has been a resident
of Covington and a practicing
attorney here for three years.
He is a 1953 graduate of West
Point Military Academy where
he received a B.S. Degree.
After two years U. S. Army
service in the United States
and one year overseas service
in Germany, Mr. Ellis entered
Mercer University to study
law in 1956. In 1957 he trans
fered to Emory University Law
School where he graduated in
1959.
Mr. Ellis was admitted to the
bar in December of 1958 and
practiced law in Atlanta until
April, 1960 at which time he
moved his family to Covington.
He is a member of the Ameri
can Bar Association and the
Georgia Bar Association.
Since moving to Covington
Mr. Ellis has worked closely
with the city government and ,
City Attorney Reuben Tuck on
legal matters. He has worked
actively as a member of the
Covington Kiwanis Club, the
Newton County Jaycees, and
the Covington Elks Club. He
is past president of the New
ton County Cancer Society j
and is presently serving as
chairman of the activities com- j
mittee of the Newton-Rock
dale District. Boy Scouts of
America.
Rather than making an ac
ceptance speech after his elec- I
tion, Mr. Ellis thanked the ;
membership for the confidence
that had been placed in him
and then opened thefloor to the
membership for a discussion of
present problems confronting
the Chamber and possible goals
that the members would like -
to see the Chamber reach dur
ing the coming year.
Secretary Charles Strickland
reported that the Chamber has
a membership of 109 at the ।
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GREELEY ELLIS
present time. There were 32
members present at the an
। nual meeting.
Past President Ed Robinson
was given a rising vote of
; thanks for the work he did for
| the Chamber during his term
I of office.
I Mr. Ellis announced that he
would meet with the Board of
Directors for a planning ses
sion and then call a meeting
lof the entire membership of
the Chamber in the near fu
ture.
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington dur
ing the past week were;
High Low
Wed. Sept. 25 . 75 5L
Thurs. Sept. 26. 82 61
Fri. Sept. 27, 78 58
Sat. Sept. 28, 70 59
Sun. Sept. 29. 77 59
Mon. Sept. 30, 79 54
i Tues. Oct. 1, 73 52
Rainfall during the week total-
। ed 2.70 inches.
Dr. Robi. Wilson
Kiwanis Speaker
Today al IP. M.
Guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club regular
weekly luncheon meeting today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at
1 o’clock will be Dr. Robert C.
Wilson, Dean Emeritus of The
School of Pharmacy, University
of Georgia. The program today
is in charge of Lanier Hardman
and he will introduce the
speaker.
Dr. Wilson was licensed to
practice Pharmacy in 1902. he
practiced in a Pharmacy until
1907. he then served as Instruc
tor and Professor until 1916,
when he was made Dean of the
School of Pharmacy. He held
this position until 1949 when
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Boy Scout Officials Mapped Fund Drive
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Newton County Boy Scout Fund Drive workers are shown at a planning session Tuesday
night at the Welaunee Hotel in Porterdale. Left to right are: S. J. Morcock, Newton-Rock
dale District Chairman; Ted Waller, Newton-Rockdale District Director of Camping; O- B.
"Country" Gorman, Chief Scout Executive of the Atlanta Area Council; John Riley Thomo
son, Newton County Fund Drive Chairman; Rex Rhodes, Covington Fund Drive Chair
man; and C. T. Bohanan, District Finance Chairman.
Georgia Firm Has 6,600
Employees; 3 Plants Here
Bibb Manufacturing Company, with three plants at Por
terdale and Newton County’s largest employer, and Pepper
ell Manufacturing Company of Boston, Mass., announced
Thursday they are studying a possible merger plan. The two
textile firms are among the nation’s major textile producers.
“Initial investigation dis-1
closes that such a consolida
tion would have considerable
advantages for each company
Blood Donors
Numbered 132
The Red Cross Bloodmobile |
took back to the Blood Center I
in Atlanta 132 pints of blood
following its visit last Thurs- .
day. One hundred seventy six
people came to the First Bap- I
tist Church to offer their blood
but 44 were rejected because i
the loss of a pint of blood
might have caused them dif
ficulty.
While the quota was 1501
pints, still the 132 pints is sol
close that the extra pints can
come on the next visit here on
Jan. 16th, on the visit io Ox
। ford and Porterdale in Novem
ber, or by counting the pints
i that have been given by local
i residents while at work in oth
ier counties. Six pints have
I been donated at Newton Coun
ty Hospital to aid a patient.
This also is added to the total
for the county.
“We strive each time to
reach or surpass our quota but
it is felt that this will come in
time. It is very apparent on
reading the list of donors that
pretty much the same people
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Herbert Vining Honored by
March of Dimes Chapter Here
Herbert H. Vining was hon- ।
ored Wednesday night at an
appreciation dinner given by |
the Newton County March of
Dimes Chapter for his many I
years service as chairman in
Newton County.
Mrs. Warren H. Alday, vol- I
unteer Mothers March chair
man for Fulton and DeKalb
counties, presented a 10 year
Service Certificate to Mr. Vin- I
ing from the National Foun
dation and thanked him for his !
faithful service.
Emcee of the program was
Troy Thigpen. Covington at-
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and their share-holders,” said
j a joint statement by Homer M.
Carter, Pepperell president,
and Robert Train, Bibb presi
dent.
Final action rests with stock
holders.
A merger would bring to
gether assets of nearly $l2O
million in a dozen mills in
Georgia, Alabama and Maine.
Pepperell, producer of house
hold goods, employs 7,500
workers at six plants in Lin
| dale and LaGrange, Abbeville
' and Opelika, Ala.. Biddeford
; and Lewiston, Me. Its executive
I offices are in Boston.
Its net sales the last fiscal
: year were $96.4 million with
net profit of $3.1 million. As
sets are listed at $58.9 million.
Bibb, with executive offices
■ in Macon, has 6,600 workers at
mills in Macon, Columbus,
Reynolds, Forsyth and Porter
j dale. Its net sales last fiscal
’ year were $85.2 million with
’ $2.04 million net profit and as
sets of $59.3 million.
Bibb produces floor covering
Hand household goods, cordage
and twine, yarns, cloth and
: fabric and products for the
rubber industry.
The company officials said
1 their studies will determine the
' advisability of merging tha
' firms.
I “Until such studies are com
pleted, it is expected that no
further statement will be made
by management of either com
pany,” the statement said.
torney and 1963 chairman of
the March of Dimes Fund
Drive. He introduced Cecil Mc-
Call. State Representative of
the National Foundation March
of Dimes, who showed a film
about the Foundations research
and treatment in the field of
birth defects.
Guests attending were: Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Vining, Mr,
and Mrs. Troy Thigpen, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Bates, Rep. and
Mrs. Don Ballard, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Hoffman, Art Booth,
and Mr. and Mrs. Leo S. Mal
lard.
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