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VOLUME 99
S. M. Hay Elected President Covington Kiwanis Club
Hutchins, Dr. Tuck Named
Vice-Presidents For 1964
S. M. Hay, Clerk of the Newton County Superior Court,
will be the president of the Kiwanis Club of Covington for
the year 1964. Mr. Hay was elected recently at a regular
weekly luncheon meeting of the club.
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Woman's Ciubs
Al Porterdale
Make 'M Plans
PORTERDALE — Members of
the Porterdale Woman's Club have
awaited with anxiety and antici
pation the report of their ballot
ing at their meetings on Septem
ber 16 and 17 relative to activi
ties during the coming year. Mrs.
M. B. Shaw announced that they
would be released this week. They
follow:
FINANCES: Dues will be raised
from ten cents each month to
twenty-five cents a month. The
club treasury. The suggested bud
get will be adopted. The atten
club will keep one project for the
dance award ordinarily given at
each meeting will be donated to
the Welfare Committee.
PROJECTS: Three projects will
be chosen for the year. Highest i
votes selected the calendar, fruit
cakes, and carnival. The Night Di
vision will have flavoring at all
times. The Morning Division will
sell Gotschalk cleaning sponges at
all times. There will be a clubj
trip based on the money available
for that purpose. Members want
to have something for those who
cannot take a trip. Highest votes
for proposed trips were for Ken
tucky, Myrtle Beach. Daytona
Beach, and Nashville.
WELFARE: Members approved
of taking a love offering at each
meeting and of bringing food and
clothing. This committee will have
the privilege of sponsoring one
project for welfare during the
year.
FLORAL: The remembrances to
shut-ins will remain as the by
laws previously indicated.
REFRESHMENTS: Members
will serve and select new recipes
for the club: recipes will be given
to members at their meetings.
Members preferred a club ban
quet in preference to dinner meet
ings once a quarter.
LIBRARY: The club will con
tinue to sponsor the Woman's
Club Library.
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Lynda Holifield,
Eugene Anglin Are
Enrolled in School
Miss Lynda Elizabeth Holi- ;
field and Eugene Anglin have
enrolled at the Greenleaf
School Os Business in Atlanta.
Miss Holifield is taking an
Executive Secretarial Course,
and Mr. Anglin is studying to
be a Salesman and Junior Ac
countant.
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Other officers elected to
serve with Mr. Hay are: James
Hutchins and Dr. Goodwin
Tuck, vice presidents; Ben
Banks, secretary; Moody Sum
mers, treasurer; and board of
directors: Frank Meadors, (im
mediate past president), Greely
Ellis, Dr. Jordan Callaway,
Mel Waggoner, W. B. Thomp
son. Edgar Wood, Dr. Laverne
Cowan and George Hutchin
son.
The new club president has
been a Kiwanian for some 25
years and served on various
committees and has held many
committee chairmanships and
offices. Among those were club
secretary, director two years
ago, vice-president, and re
cently headed a finance cam
paign to make needed improve
ments to the club’s Swimming
Pool on Newton Drive in Cov
ington.
A most recent honor to come
to Mr. Hay was his appoint
ment to the board of directors
of Newton Federal Savings and
Loan Association. He is also
an active member of the First
• Baptist Church of Covington
having served as teacher, Sun
day School superintendent and
deacon.
Mr. Hay is a member of the
Masonic order, Covington Elks
Club, Newton County Post 32
American Legion, and the Cov
ington-Newton County Cbam
i ber of Commerce.
A veteran of World War 11,
he aided many worthwhile
drives in the county before en
: rolling in the armed services.
He was chairman of various
fund drives for USO, Boy'
Scouts, Cancer, and War j
Bonds.
Mr. Hay attended Covington
High School and the Atlanta
Institute of Speech and Ex
pression, and the School of
Pharmacy.
In recent years he served as
Newton County Tax Collector
for 12 years and has been
Clerk of Superior Court for
the past 7 years. Mr. Hay is
married to the former Lois
Thornley and they have one
son, Sammy.
A hobby of the Hays is the
art of magic. Mr. Hay is a
member of the Atlanta Society
of Magicians, Society of Amer
ican Magicians and Interna
tional Brotherhood. He is a
semi-professional performer.
Plans Made for
Education Week
Observance Here
All Presidents and Key Lead
ers in the organizations and chur
ches of Newton County are re
ceiving important invitations this
week to plan early for the obser
vance of American Education
Week. November 10 - 16. 1963.
This is a joint community en
deavor observed throughout the
United States each November un
der the sponsorship of the Nation
al Education Association. The
American Legion. The U. S. Office
of Education, and the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers
in coordination with local units of
the education associations. Begun
in 1921 as part of the battle against
illiteracy and physical unfitness,
it has become a time for concert
ed activity to disseminate infor
mation about America's schools.
“Education Strengthens the
Nation" has been selected as the
most appropriate theme. All clubs
and groups sincerely interested
in education are urged to use films
or speakers which can be sug
gested by Mrs. Charlotte Adams,
President of the Newton County
Education Association, who is co
ordinating A. E. W. activities with
community and civic organiza
tions. Why wait any later to tele
phone her at 786- 7932 about such
a vital matter i
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Jaycees Hear
Director 6lh
Region, Speak
Nath Hdyes, National Di
i rector assigned to the Sixth
■ Region Jaycees, visited the
, Newton County Jaycee Club
last meeting and praised the
I reorganization efforts of the
club.
In his report to national
headquarters Mr. Hayes stated:
“this club is on the right track
and with a little help from
regional and state officers can
become an outstanding one.”
Visiting witn Mr. Hayes were
John Lackey, president of the
Gainesville Jaycees. and Clark
] Wyllie, member of the Gaines
ville club.
Bobby Patrick, membership
chairman, was elected to serve
as secretary-treasurer of the
club upon the resignation of
Carter Johnson. Mi - . Johnson
will leave in the near future for
service in the United States Air
Force.
Jack Harwell, chairman of
the annual Jaycee Halloween
Candy Sale, announced that the
J candy has been ordered and
that a complete report on the
plans for the sale will be re
vealed at the next Jaycee meet
ing on Tuesday night, October
8. at the Buck-N-Kid Restaur
ant at 7:00 p. m.
Jack Lloyd of Porterdale,
and Jerry Aldridge, teacher at
Newton County High School
and former Blackshear Jaycee,
were welcomed into the club as
new members. Other guests
who attended the meeting were
Harry Hastings, a broker from
Atlanta and Bill Nalls, cashier
of the First National Bank of
Newton County.
Emory President
Speaks at Oxford
Making his first major add
ress to the students, Emory’s
new president. Dr. Sanford S.
Atwood journeyed to the birth
place of Emory at Oxford, j
Georgia Wednesday to deliver
the Convocation address.
At the conclusion of the
speech Dr. Virgil Y. C. Eady, i
Dean of the College, officially;
declared the academic year;
1963-64 to be open.
At a dinner meeting of
faculty members and a part of ■
the student body earlier in the
evening Dr. Atwood won the
hearts of the Oxford Division
of Emory University. He said,
“When I visited Atlanta in
June I was introduced to the
right group at the proper time
in precise manner. But when
I see the Chairman of the
Board of Trustees I will say to
him that if he had planned to
do a selling job. he should have
taken me to the Oxford camp
us.”
Allen Memorial Auditorium
was filled for this official open
ing of the college year. Dr.
Ward. Vice-President of Emory,
in introducing the new presi
dent said, “This was the first
official occasion that Dr. At
wood has appeared before a
student group of the Univer
sity.”
In his address President At
wood pointed out Emory’s
strategic position in American
education and observed, “Some
of us have dreams for Emory’s
future and believe it to be
promising.”
Basing his speech on two ex
periences which had come to
his office this week, Dr. At
wood spoke to the students
about two topics which are de
manding the attention not oniy
of students and educators, but
all the citizens of this country
— freedom and responsibility,
as they relate to communism
and integration.
The historic Oxford campus,
an active academic division of j
Emory University begins the I
new year with 426 students ।
with superior academic quali- j
fications. They have been care
fully screened according to the
rigid admission requirements.
At the close of President >
Atwood’s address the entire
student body rose and ap- 1
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1963
Elkadettes Make Booster Club Donation
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COVINGTON ELKADETTE CLUB presented a check to
the Newton Ram Booster Club last week to aid the club's
finance drive. Shown here are Mrs. Bill Vaughn, Elkadette
President, and Walker Harris, Ram Booster President, hold
ing the check.
Slate Ag Solons Will Study
Changes in Vo-Education Setup
The officers of the Senate Agri
culture Committee and the officers
of The House Agriculture Com
mittee have held several meet
ings in Atlanta to study the voca
cational Agricultural Program
Georgia. The meetings were set
up by cnairman of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, Senator
Brooks Pennington. Jr. and t h e
chairman of the House Agricul
ture Committee. Representative
David Newton. The meetings were
joint Senate, House meetings and
were held in Atlanta at the State
Troop 58 Boy
Scouts Visit Fair
Members of Boy Scout Troop
58 visited the Newton County
Fair and were guests of the
James H. Drew Shows for
rides and entertainment Mon
day evening.
Mr. Drew welcomed the'
Scouts to the midway and told ’
the Scouts many interesting
things about the show.
plauded the forthright chal
lenge. They indicated accept
ance as lively discussions and
express! ons of appreciation
were in much evidence.
The Convocation marked the
127th year of the organization
of Emory College at Oxford,
Georgia.
Blood Program Workers Welcomed Donors Thursday
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LOCAL BLOOD DONORS numbered 132 Thursday at the First Baptist Church when the
Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Covington. When The News photographer arrived to take
an impromptu picture Herbert Vining (right) was the donor at this table. Others in the
picture are from left to right: Mrs. C. C. King, Jr,, Mrs. Dean Getz and Mrs. Mary Frances
Reed.
Capitol.
Senator Pennington stated that
various agricultural and educa
tional officials in Georgia were
invited to attend and discuss the
Georgia is fortunate to have one
of the finest vocational education
programs of any state in the Unit
ed States. Mr. Jack Nix, director
of the vocational program in
: Georgia pointed out that his office
received letters weekly from
other states requesting informa
tion on the Georgia programs. The
I joint committee felt that this was
a good indication that Georgia has
i been on the right track.
Following the series of articles j
that were carried in the Atlanta I
Constitution pertaining to voca-!
I tional education in Georgia and
i particularly to vocational argri- !
culture training in Georgia, it was
felt that many people may have !
obtained the wrong impression of '
j our vocational training program
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Services at Carmel
Church, Mansfield
Rev. Earle F. Stirewalt will
| conduct a series of services at
| the Carmel Baptist Church in
: Mansfield. Monday, October 7,
through Friday, October 11, at
7:30 each night.
Everyone is cordially invit
ed to attend.
Two Newton Teachers Explain
"New Approach Io Mathematics"
Two Newton County teachers
participated on the program of the
Georgia Mathematics Council at
the fifth district meeting held dur
ing the annual session of the dis
trict Georgia Education Associa
tion at the Forest Park High
School on Friday, September 27.
Mrs. Edgar Wood of E. L. Fic
quett ^nd Mrs. L. M. Burke of
Newton County High were invited
to present to the group their
methods of presenting the “n e w
approach to mathematics” to stu
dents of their respective schools.
Mrs. Wood gave a most inter
esting and helpful discussion of
methods used in presenting the
"new mathematics" to students
of elementary school age. In het
discussion Mrs. Wood explained
how she uses various manipula
tive materials in her classroom
procedures. These materials were
Henson's Founder's
Day Sale Starts
Today (Thursday) marks the
start of Henson Furniture
Company’s Founder’s Day Sale
in all seven stores of the orga
nization including the store in
Covington. Bill McDowell is
manager of the Covington
store.
Henson is marking its 36th
year of service to homemakers
in Middle Georgia. Other than
the store in Covington they
have firms in Conyers, Greens
boro, McDonough, Hogansville,
Fairburn, and Newnan. The
chain was founded by William
A. Henson, who set a motto of
“Honest dealing and friendly
service.”
Hensons’ now offers a “De
corator Service” of complete
assistance to help plan and
furnish the home.
A six-page section (in color)
in The Covington NEWS today
gives particulars of the Found
er's Day sale.
Roquemore Reunion
Mansfield Oct. 13
The John Roquemore annual
Reunion will be held the sec
ond Sunday in October, which
will be on October 13th. Every
body is invited to attend.
Please bring a well filled bas
ket.
The reunion will be at the
Woman's Club House in Mans
field.
J. H. Roquemore
President
Mrs. Ruth Roquemore
Secretary
hed in 1953
on display for the group to exam
ine.
In the high school division, Mrs.
Burke gave a very effective des
cription of the program of “new
mathematics' included in the pre
sent curriculum of Newton Coun
ty High School.
Newton County was the first
county in Georgia to introduce
the now popular "new approach to
mathematics". This program was
initiated under the leadership of
Miss Louise Reeves, former Di
rector of Curriculum of Newton
County and has been continued
by Miss Lucille Lynch, Newton
County's present Director of Cur
riculum.
Ernest M. Wood
Named Agent of
Central of Ga.
Ernest M. Wood has been
named agent for the Central
of Georgia Railway at Coving
ton, according to recent an
nouncement made by J. A.
Ryle, superintendent for the
railway. Mr. Wood succeeds J.
P. Floyd who has retired fol
lowing more than 42 years of
service with the company.
A native of Oconee, Ga., Mr.
Wood began his career with
Central in 1922 as an agency
clerk at Summerville, Ga. He
has served the railway as agent
at several locations in Georgia,
including Stevens Pottery and
Porterdale, and moves to Cov
ington from the similar post
at Metter.
Mr. Floyd, who has been
agent at Covington since 1954.
resigned to accept retirement
effective Sept. 1. He is a na
tive of Conley, Ga., and en
tered service with Central of
Georgia as a telegraph operator
on May 19, 1921. He served in
that capacity at a number of
points on the railroad and was
named agent at Metter in 1952,
which position he held at the :
time of his appointment at i
Covington in 1954.
Extension Service nutrition
ists say it’s wise for the home- j
maker to plan meals for at least
two or three days at a time, i
Planning for an entire week
in advance is even better, they I
say.
Mrs. Haynes, a Nurse, Gives Blood
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MRS. C. T. HAYNES of Oxford was one of the blood donors
Thursday when the Red Cross Bloodmobile Unit visited
Covington at the First Baptist Church. The Red Cross Nurse
with Mrs. Haynes is Miss Louise Collins (left) of the Atlanta
Blood Center.
Best Coverage
News, Pictures,
and Features
Miniature Club
Flower Show Set
For Wednesday
Final plans are being made by
members of the Miniature Gar
den Club for their Fall Flower
i Show, “Autumn Glory”, which
will be held Wednesday, Octob- r
9. at the new country home of Mr.
and Mrs. Moncey Pratt on Jer
sey Road. The hours of the sho ?
are from three until six o'clock.
The public is cordially invited an I
admission will be 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
Proceeds from the show will lie
used for civic projects of the
club.
There will be a Horticulture ex
hibit with many beautiful fall
flowers, plants and shrubs grown
I by members of the club.
| Mrs. John Jernigan is acting
as Flower Show Chairman with
। the following chairmen serving
Schedule; Mrs. John Fuller, Stag-
I ing; Mrs. Lanier Hardman, Prop
erties and Awards; Mrs. E. E.
। Callaway, Entries: Mrs. Henry
Odum Jr., Classifications: Mrs.
Moody Summers Jr., Judges;
Mrs. John Jernigan, Judges
Clerks; Mrs. Hugh Harris, Hospi
tality; Mrs. Bert Adams, Publi
city; Mrs. S. R. Campbell Jr.,
Tickets; Mrs. John Jernigan. Dis
mantling and Photography, Mrs.
Moncey Pratt.
Wayne Sams Is
Accepted in
Cattlemen Group
Wayne Sams, Newborn, has
been accepted for jurtior mem
bership in The Holstein-Frie
: sian Association of America,
I Brattleboro, Vermont.
To qualify, junior members
must be under 21, and hava
completed one year of success
ful 4-H or vocational agricul
tural dairy project work. They
also must own at least one Re
gistered Holstein in their name.
Junior members are entitled to
all privileges, except voting, of
the National Holstein organi
zation.
Junior Holstein members
may register and transfer their
animals at member rates and
receive regular reports of breed
and Association progress.
More than 36,000 young Hol
stein breeders have participated
in the program since its start
in 1923.
The three things most diffi
cult are - to keep a secret, to
j forget an injury, and to make
• good use of leisure. -Chile.
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