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Many hearts, in addition to
those of the family, keenly feel
the loss of Mrs. J. S. (Lois
King) Gardner, whose earthly
span of life was completed
Friday.
A dedicated Christian, her
deepest interests were her
home, church and family. Many
brought their heartaches to her,
for she had away of listening
“with her heart”, where their
problems stayed. Her home was
a haven of comfort, even to
ministers of her church, for
whom the doors were always
open. The renowned Peter
Marshall, who served his first
charge in her church, often
found the inspiration and en
couragement he need ed, in
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Auburn Assigns
Dr. Hugh Reagan
Associate Prof.
AUBURN, Ala. — Announce
ment of the promotion of Dr.
Hugh D. Reagan from assistant
to associate professor of history
and political science at Auburn
University this month was
made by President Ralph B.
Draughon.
Dr. Reagan, a native of Cov
ington, Ga„ received the A. B.
and M. A. degrees from Emory
Academy and Emory Univer
sity and the Ph.D. from the
University of Texas. He has
been a member of the staff at
Auburn since 1948, obtaining a
leave of absence from 1951-52
to doctoral studies.
Dr. Reagan is the son of Mrs.
W. L. Reagan who resides in
Covington. Also in Covington
are two sisters, Miss Kathryn
Reagan and Mrs. C. L. Wilson.
Covington News Marks 98th
Year Os Service On Oct. 28
Some six months after Gen
eral Lee's surrender at Appo
mattox Courthouse, on April
9, 1865. William L. Beebe
garnered his resources and
established “The Georgia En
terprise’’, forerunner of today's
“Covington News".
One marvels at the courage
of this pioneer journalist who
dared attempt publication of a
newspaper in the defeated,
devastated path of Sherman’s
March to the Sea. But Editor
Beebe, like the Southland he
loved, rose from war’s wreck
age and ashes with his face
steadfastly toward the future.
Published each Friday, the
earliest available copv of THE
GEORGIA ENTERPRISE, a
six column, four page sheet,
dated August 21, 1868, is on
file in Newton County Ordi
nary Donald Stephenson's of
fice. Masthead of a Jan. 9,
1885 issue named as its pub
lishers, James Delaney and
Porterdale Baptist Revival Has
Rev. Drake as Guest Speaker
PORTERDALE — The Porter
dale Baptist Church wishes to ex
tend a personal invitation to their
Evangelistic Revival Services on
October 13-20 at seven-thirty each
evening.
Rev. Charles W. Drake, pastor
of the Central Baptist Church of
Gainesville, Georgia, will be the
outstanding guest minister. A
Christian since he was thirteen
years of age, Mr. Drake was or
dained to the gospel ministry by
the First Baptist Church of For
syth, Georgia and has held pastor
ates in Georgia. Alabama, and
Tennessee.
Educated at Mercer University
and the Southern Baptist Theolo
gical Seminary, this active min
ister has had interesting exper
iences teaching in the Mercer Ex
tension School at Columbus. Geor
gia and in the Howard College
Extension School in Gadsden. Ala
bama.
"That as many as 98 souls were
won in a single evangelistic re- J
vival attests to the power of this
servant of God to tell men and
women and young people of Je
sus Christ and the souls for whom
He died,” a church official stat
ed.
Mr. Herbert Burch. Music Dir
ector of the church, will lead the
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1963
Better Newspaper
Contests
BEST CO’ "AGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia Enterprise, ' ’B6s—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer Established 1953
VOLUME 98
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Count, Asked To Pay Fire Truck Repairs
City Fire Department Has
One Truck For Counjy Calls
The only fire truck in Covington that is allowed to go
outside the city limits to fight fire in the county has thrown
a rod and needs a new motor at a cost of approximately
S6OO, City Manager J. H. Bryan told the City Council Mon
day night.
Mayor Nat S. Turner told
the Council that the City had
over S9OO tied up in the tanker
truck pumping equipment and
since the truck was used most
ly out in the county to fight
fire he felt that the county
■ should pay for the motor re
pair.
County Commissioner Tom
I Bates had been approached
' about the matter, Mayor Turn
, er said, but had not given the
: city an answer to date.
POLICE CARS
The Council opened bids on
the purchase of two new po
' lice cars to replace two cars
i now in service. The old cars
have 84.000 miles and 90,000
miles on their milage guages
and are costing the city an
average of sll9 per month
each to maintain.
The lowest acceptable bid
was from Walker Harris Au
tos, Plymouth dealer. The cost
of the two new cars plus the
James W. Anderson; and a
statement of policy by the
editor, Si W. Hawkins, defi
nitely establishes the found
ing date of The Georgia Enter
prise as October 28, 1865. We
quote, “A progressive Demo
cratic paper, published weekly
at Covington, Ga., terms $1.50
per annum in advance. Estab
lished October 28. 1865. Burnt
out on August 31, 1881, and
again on December 31, 1883.
Both times it ■ went down in
ashes without any insurance.
The Enterprise is an uncom
promising advocate of the prin
ciples of an organized and liv
ing Democracy cf today . . . .
In other words, The Enter
prise will not be a “fence
rider” in any of the political
campaigns. Those who desire
a live newspaper are earnestly
requested to give it a trial”.
One gains a rather conclusive
impression that Editor F - -
ins was a man of strong con-
REV. DRAKE
, singing each evening with Miss
Jordye Tanner, organist, and Mrs.
Henry Greene, pianist, as the ac
companists.
This will afford wonderful op
portunities for Christian fellow
ship and it is hoped that many
souls will find Jesus Christ as
their Saviour.
The Covington news
trade-in of the old ones was
$2691.68.
Other bidders were Coving
ton Auto Service, $2943.02
(Ford); McGuire Motor Com
pany, $3064.70 (Dodge); Ginn
Motor Company, $3300 (Chev
rolet); and the bid submitted
by Hayes Motor Company,
Studebaker dealer, was reject
ed because its cars did not meet
city specifications for horse
power or wheel span.
ZONING APPROVED
Acting after official approval
by the City Zoning Board, the
Council approved the site for
the building of a $400,000
Nursing Home in Covington
and also a new seven lot sub
division being developed by
Frank E. Christian on Monti
cello Street.
The Nursing Home will be
j located east of the Newton
County Hospital on Tate
I Street.
victions, be they about not
taking out insurance, or politi
cal issues.
In 1872, the masthead show’s
that Delaney dropped out, and
James W. Anderson and S. W.
Hawkins were the publishers.
Somewhere along the line,
whether through inadvertence,
or for reasons best known to
himself, an early editor ran
the clock up, and added a
year to the paper’s Volume
number. Each succeeding edi
tor accepted the number as
correct, and consequently
raised the volume number each
year. But, for the sake of keep
ing the record authentic, we
are correcting the founding
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Kiwanians so
Hear of Local
Committee Work
Members of the Kiwanis Club
of Covington will hear reports of
two important committees today
(Thursday) as George Hutchinson
and Marion Piper will inform the
members of the boys and girls
work and the swimming pool.
Mr. Hutchinson is a member of
the boys and girls committee and
he has handled many of the de
tails involving grammar school
boys and girls especially those at
E. L. Ficquett School in Coving
ton of which he is principal.
Mr. Piper headed the local
swimming pool operation this past
summer and he will make his an
nual report of the physical facili
ties and financial status of the
pool at the present time.
President Frank Meadors will
preside at the program today. The
board of directors authorized a
local program of this type at least
once every Iwo months to acouamt
the Kiwanians with the work of
the local club.
Correction!
In last weeks paper the ad
vertisement for Hair Fashion
Center stated that the firm
was “now open Monday
throught Friday 9:00 a. m. to
6:00 p. m.” This was an error
and should have read “Monday
through Saturday.”
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963
Susan Chester Second in Spelling Bee
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SUSAN CHESTER, 6th grade student at Palmer-Stone
School in Oxford, won a second place ribbon in the State Dr.
Collins Annual Spelling Bee at the Southeastern Fair in At
lanta last week. Susan is holding the ribbon she won when
she tied for second in grammar school competition from state
entries in the contest.
Annual Membership Meeting of
Farmers Mutual Exchange Tonight
The Annual Membership,
Meeting of the Farmers Mu
tual Exchange, Inc. will be j
held this evening (Thursday) .
Oxford Lions to
Sponsor Scout
Fund Campaign
Oxford Lions Club met Oc
tober 3, at the Community 1
Center in Oxford. The club ;
sponsored the Balloon and I
Dart game at the County Fair 1
with the proceeds going to the '
Scouting program in Oxford.
The Lions Club will sponsor
the Boy Scout Finance Drive
in Oxford with Carlos Meyer
as chairman.
New members inducted into
the club were Wayne Newton,
Wallace Scarborough and Vir
gil Eady, Jr.
Rev. Bob Gary presented the
program for the meeting and
showed slides and spoke about
the many interesting places he I
visited on his recent world
tour. This was very much en
joyed by the club members. 1
Ficquett School Lunch Room in Covington Serves 840 Daily
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SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM scene at Ficquett School in Covington where
some 840 lunches are served daily saw these Fourth Grade students with
their trays as they were being served. Ficquett cafeteria serves the lar
gest number of students in the county under the supervision of Mrs. Loyd
Alexander (left), lunch room supervisor. George Hutchinson, Ficquett
Principal is shown with Mrs. Alexander and the students are from front
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at the Ficquett School Cafe
torium at 7:30 o'clock.
The new directors of the as
sociation will be elected and
reports covering the past year's
operation of the local associa
tion and Cotton Producers As
sociation will be given. Pa
trons and members of their
families are invited to attend
the meeting tonight, according
to an announcement in today's j
Covington News advertising |
section.
Denver Day, manager, and
Howard Pickett, assistant man
ager, says that an interesting
program is planned and re
freshments and door prizes
will be given.
Band Boosters to
Meet Tuesday 7:30
A meeting of the Band
Boosters will be held on
Tuesday, October 15th at 7:3(1
p. m. the Band Building. Mr.
J. H. Dennis of Mansfield,
President of the Band
Boosters, states that this is a
most important meeting, and
all Band Boosters are urged
to be present.
Murder, Suicide
Ruled in Death
Airman and Wife
A report from Anchorage, Alas
ka Friday, October 4, announced
the death of a Covington airman
and his wife. Airman IC Edgar
Junior McCullough and Kathron
Syble McCullough, both 35, as ap
parent murder and suicide. They
were found shot to death in their
trailer home at the Elmendorf Air
Force Base Tuesday night. Their
two children, Vickie 10 and Don
ald 7, ran to neighbors to summon
j help.
The two children arrived in Cov
ington Sunday morning after a
plane trip to Atlanta, accompanied
by a neighbor and friend of t h e
family, Sgt. Jim Payne, at whose
home the children stayed until
their plane trip to Georgia. They
| are now at the home of Mrs. Mc-
Cullough’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
’ Arthur Ewing.
The McCullough family had
been in Anchorage for almost two
, years, having moved there the
first of November. Mrs. McCul
lough was employed with the gov
ernment as assistant manager of
the cafeteria in the personnel of
fice building in Anchorage.
Funeral plans for the couple
will be announced later on the ar
, rival of the bodies in Covington
; from Anchorage.
Surviving besides the two child
ren are her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I Arthur Ewing, two sisters. Mrs.
I J. T. Owens Jr., Almon; Mrs. O.
i H. Anthony Jr., Fort Benning.
H. Anthony Jr., Fort Benning; one
step-sister, Mrs. C. H. Berry Jr..
Almon; two step-brothers, Howard
Ewing, Covington; Glenn Ewing, I
Social Circle.
He is survived by his father. Ar- 1
chie McCullough, three sisters, Mrs.
Douglas Digby, Mrs. Bernard
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AN APPEAL
Henry Gaither, better known as
"Old Hence”, one of our best;
colored citizens is in need of fi
nancial assistance to purchase an
artificial limb. We understand ■
while a young man he was an
employee of Central of Georgia
Railroad and accidentally lost one
of his legs. At that time he was
furnished an artificial limb. This
limb is now worn out and he needs
a new one.
He is receiving a small monthly
check from the Welfare Depart
ment just about enough to pay
rent and groceries. The Bank of
Covington will gladly receive any
donations to this fund.
to rear of the line: Lynn Corry, Shelly Parnell, Janice Tuck, Shirylene
Moore, Bill Womack, Ricky Schell, Dan Porter and Beverly Hogan. Cooks
serving are, left to right: Thelma Thomas, Odessa Smith, Ada Ruth Nolley,
Maggie Kemp and Hattie Mullins. National School Lunch Room Week will
be observed the week of October 13-20.
OBITUARIES 2 ।
SOCIETY 9.1 S |
RURAL AND URBAN 1» l
EDITORIAL 10
SPORTS 23
NEWTON HIGH NEWS „ _25 j
LEGALS 24
CLASSIFIED 27 1
2,018 Households Had An
Income $4,000 Or More
A larger segment of Newton County’s population than
ever befoie is now to be found in the middle and upper in
come brackets, according to a special news release by the
Park Row News Service of New York City.
Wreck at Salem
Monday Fatal Io
Ralph Reagin
Ralph Eugene Reagin, 31,
was killed Monday morning,
October 7, in a wreck at Salem
Road and Brown Bridge Road.
He was employed as foreman
for Carolina Freight Carrier's
I Corporation in Atlanta.
Reagan was driving a 1962
Volkswagen and was return
ing to his home from Atlanta
about 5 a.m. when his car col
lided with a truck loaded with
chickens and driven by Marcus
Hoyt Dishroon, 17, of Gaines
ville. The truck was traveling
east on Brown Bridge Road,
according to the Newton Coun
ty Sheriffs Department, who
investigated the wreck minutes
I after it happened.
The Sheriffs Office reported
that Dishroon has been charged
with failure to yield right of
way.
Funeral services for Mr. Rca
gin were held Tuesday after
noon, October 8. at the Chapel
of Caldwell and Cowan Fu
neral Home with Rev. Charles
L. Moody officiating. Interment
was in La wm wood Memorial
Park with Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Surviving are his father,
Quillian E. Reagin Sr., mother
Mrs. Laura Mae Mills, wife,
Mrs. Mildred Dalton Reagin,;
one daughter Sheila Yvonne I
Reagin all of Covington; broth- !
er, Quillian E. Reagin Jr., Con- >
yers; and grandfather, Jerry j
Love, Covington.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deep- I
est sympathy’ to them in their |
sorrow.
Covington News
OQ Pages
Today
NUMBER 41
The income gains of recent
years have carried many of
I them to new and higher levels.
I Families who had been in the
j $4,000 to $7,000 category have
moved into the $7,000 to
I SIO,OOO bracket. Their former
position has been occupied, in
turn, by families who had been
in the $2,500 to $4,000 group
previously.
The facts are brought out in
a breakdown of 1962 incomes,
conducted by Sales Manage
ment. The copyrighted study,
which shows the proportion of
the population in each group
; ing, covers the entire country.
It determines, for each
, community, whether the so
' called "average income” is en
joyed by a large part of the
1 population or whether it is
merely a statistical figure re
' suiting from a balancing off
between very high and very
low income classes.
11 Some 2,018 households in
■ Newton County had disposable,
'! cash incomes last year of $4,000
* or more, it is shown. This was
5 after payment of their Federal
' and state taxes.
I It marked a gain over the
1 preceding year, when there
1 were 1,554 local households in
, the "over $4,000” brackets.
The change in the one year
amounted to 29.8 percent. The
comparable gain in the United
States was 2.7 percent. It was
20.2 percent in the State of
Georgia.
At the $7,000 to SIO,OOO level
locally are 307 households, the
' breakdown shows, and, at the
$2,500 to $4,000 level, 1,879
households.
It all adds up, for the aver
age family, to greater purchas-
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Free Musical at
Shopping Center
Saturday at 6:30
A free musical show will be
presented by Bill Hamby and
the Georgia Play Boys on Sat
urday evening at 6:30 p. m. at
the Meadows Shopping Center.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend and hear a pro
gram of singing, playing coun
try and western music as well
as rock and roll and twist.
There is no charge.