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Ralph McDonald
Rites Held Sun.
At Starrsville
Ralph W. McDonald, a native
of Newton County and promi
nent farmer, died in a private
hospital on Saturday, October
5. after a short illness. He was
73 at the time of his death. He
was a faithful member of
Gaithers Methodist serving as
Sunday School Superindent
and was Lay Leader in church
at the time of his death. He was
a member of the Mansfield Ma
sonic Lodge, 489.
Funeral services were held
at Starrsville Methodist Church
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Covington, Georgia
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i on Sunday afternoon with Rev.
i Bob Blasingame and Rev. J. R
i Burger officiating. Interment
was in Starrsville Cemetery
with J. C. Harwell and Son
। Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Serving as pallbearers were
Robert Herring, Chester Mc-
Cullough, H. V. Johnson, Wil
lie Campbell, Jack Meadors,
Alvin Johnson and Alton John
son.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ralph W. McDonald, two sons,
Felton McDonald, Rabun Mc-
Donald. all of Covington; one
daughter, Mrs. Fred B. Hays,
Mansfield; one sister, Mrs. E.
L. Campbell, Covington; six
grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in ex
tending deepest sympathy to
them in their sorrow.
Mrs. J. Gardner
Succumbs al 84
Mra. James 3. Gardner Sr.,
beloved citizen of Covington
and native of Newton County,
died suddenly at her home
here on Friday, October 4. at
the age of 84. Mrs. Gardner,
the former Lois Elizabeth
King, was the daughter of the
late William Rufus King and
Vannie Hull Almand, both na
tives of Newton County, living
in the Bethany Community.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were
married November 26, 1897
and moved to Covington from
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the Bethany Community in
1903. She was a most faithful
worker in the Presbyterian
Church where she served for
many years as a Sunday
School teacher, president of the
Women of the Church and va
rious other offices in the wo
men's organizations of the
church. She was a member of
the United Daughters of the
Confederacy and of the Wo
man’s Club of Covington.
Funeral services were held
at the Chapel of Harwell Fu
neral Home on Saturday after
noon. October 5, with Rev. T.
J. White, pastor of the Cov
ington Presbyterian Church,
officiating. Interment was in
Covington City Cemetery with
J. C. Harwell and Son Fu
neral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Serving as pall
bearers were Dr. E. W. Ex
ley, Donald Stephenson, D. K.
Hicks, Jr., C. T. Bohanan, E.
G. Lassiter, Howard Brooks,
Ed Robinson and Arthur Hen
derson.
She is survived by her hus
band, James S. Gardner Sr.,
one son, James S. Gardner Jr.,
both of Covington; one broth
er. Dr. J. L. King. Macon and
one granddaughter. Mias Mir
iam Gardner. Covington
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extend
ing deepest sympathy to them
in their sorrow.
Murder Suicide
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Kitchens, all of Covington: Mrs.
Tommy Gibbs. Social Circle: one
brother. William McCullough.
Covington and a number of nieces
! and nephews.
, The NEWS joins the many
friends of the families in extend
ing deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
Experiment station tests
’ ove that seed treating can
increase germination and seed
ling vigor by 10% or more.
Two to 4 extra bushels of wheat
or barley per acre is not un
usual.
Covington
1 Continued From Page 1
1 date, and name of the first pa
per from “The Covington En
terprise, 1864’’ which now ap
pears beneath The Covington
News heading, to read “The
Georgia Enterprise, 1865,” in
the current issue, in deference
to National Newspaper Week,
October 13-19. With this cor-!
rection, The Covington News
will mark its centenniel in the
same year as that of the end
of the War Between the States I
—1965.
In 1874 J. W. Anderson
established “The Co v i n g t o n
Star”. When his competitor’s
paper, “The Georgia Enter
prise” burned a second time in
1883, Mr. Anderson extended
the professional courtesy of
printing a small replica of Mr.
Hawkins’ weekly edition, for
him. In September of 1884, the
“Georgia Enterprise” went to
an 8 column paper.
The Covington Star continu
ed until 1902, when it merged
with the Georgia Enterprise, to
become “The Enterprise”, with
Charles G. Smith as proprietor
and editor. In February 1906,
J. H. Cornwell is shown as
editor and E. R. Gunn as busi
ness manager. By March Corn
well had dropped out, and Mr.
Gunn was editor. The paper
was sold on September 7, 1906,
to James P. Cooley, who was
both editor and proprietor. In
the fall elections, Mr. Cooley
was elected as solicitor of city
court, but died November 2,
1906, before assuming the
duties of that office.
In 1908 The Enterprise again
changed ownership and name,
when in December it became
The Covington News, with Lon
L. Flowers as editor and pub
lisher. Mr. Flowers continued
in this capacity until 1914,
when R. F. Taylor became edi
tor and publisher.
Jack L. Patterson, 1919 edi
tor and publisher, sold The
Covington News and Job Plant
to W. E. Lightfoot and Ralph
Meeks. In 1923, Mr. Patterson
bought back his one half in
terest in the News, which he
had sold to Mr. Meeks, with
surrendered notes on same. The
paper went into the hands of
a receiver, and was purchased
by W. Trox Bankston, on Feb.
14. 1924, who edited and pub
lished it until 1928, when it
was purchased by Dr. C. L.
Snowden.
Upon Dr. Snowden’s death
in 1930, his estate continued
the paper, until it was pur
chased by Mrs. Belmont Den
nis on Nov. 13, 1931. The pa
per had retrogressed to the
original 6 column page; but
went to 7 columns within a
few months, and then to an
eight column, with publication
changed from Friday to Thurs
[ day.
L In 1957, The Covington News
• absorbed The Citizens Ob
, server, established in 1953 by
> W. Thomas Hay, now editor
. and owner of The Rockdale
. Citizen.
> For thirty years the late Bel
f mont Dennis served as editor,
» with Mrs. Dennis as associate
. editor.
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balance in your checking and savings
accounts. You will have cash when
you need it. If you need more for a
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Dependable service since 1901.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
i News
| In 1946. Mrs. Mary Sessions
Mallard became an associate
editor also. Upon the death of
Mr. Dennis in December 1961,
Mrs. Dennis became editor of
the News.
During the past 32 years The
Covington News has kept pace
with the progress of Newton
County. It has grown into one
of the state's larger weeklies,
with an average of 30 pages
weekly. In 1938 the News in
stalled a 32 page Goss Rotary
Press, one of the first to be
purchased by a weekly in the
state; two smaller off-set
presses have been added in the
past few years. It has received
some 30 Georgia Press Asso
ciation Better Newspaper Con
test awards, two National Edi
torial Association Better News
paper Contest places and two
NEA honorable mention
awards in General Excellence,
in the past twenty-five years.
Among these awards have
been many first places in Typ
ography, General Advertising
Excellence, Local News Cover
age, Local Society Coverage,
Sports Coverage, Local
Pictures, Best Religious
Editorial; NEA General Excel
lence in competition with 2,-
400 wft klies and semi-week
lies, 1961 — second in nation,
and honorable mention awards
in “Service to Agriculture”,
1963, General Excellence —
—1945 and 1960.
Os interest Is the fact that
the Hal M. Stanley Award for
Excellence in Typography was
won by The News five times,
and was finally in 1944, pre
sented as a permanent award
to Editor and Mrs. Dennis by
the donor, the late Mr. Hal M.
Stanley. The trophy was a
glass enclosed case holding an
original copy of King Richard’s
Almanac, published by none
other than Benjamin Franklin;
and is a treasured item, on dis
play at the News office.
A newspaper at its best is
a consciencious recorder of lo
cal events, a champion of those
causes and projects which pro
mote the economic, cultural
and spiritual development of
the community it serves; and
a guardian of the freedoms up
on which America is founded.
As such, it not only is a re
corder of local and national
events, but is a chronicler of
history, and as such becomes
an institution.
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REA Is Backbone
Os Rural Growth
ATLANTA (GPS) — Addressing
the recent annual meeting of the
Coweta-Fayette Electric Member
ship Corp., held in Newnan. Gov.
Carl E. Sanders was high in his
praise of the REA. Said he:
“Thanks to REA. farm ads in
newspapers no longer read, ‘three
bedrooms and a path.’ Rural elec
trification has been the very back
bone of rural development in our
nation."
The Governor said REA “is an
organization that is as American
as cornbread and blackeyed peas.”
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Porterdale Personals
Dennis Hammonds, student
at the University of Georgia,
was the week-end guest of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Hammonds.
—
Miss Sherrill Crowell, Miss;
Beverly Hinton, Miss Regina '
Thompson, and Randy Digby |
attended the Fall Retreat of |
Districts 4 and 5 at Camp Cal- !
vin Conference Center near
Lovejoy, Georgia on Saturday
and Sunday, October 5 and 6,
respectively
Franklin Woodruff and I
Charles Sears of Southern)
Technical Institute were week- i
end visitors of their families,;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woodruff
and Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Sears, respectively.
Mrs. Josie Mason is a patient
at the Georgia Baptist Hospital
where she underwent surgery
on Thursday, October 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Davis
and children of Columbus,
Georgia were Sunday visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. Frances White
sell.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ragan,
Lynn Ragan, and Miss Belle
Steadham visited Mrs. Josie
Mason at Georgia Baptist Hos-
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ing power than before. The in
crease in its net cash income
has more than kept pace with
the rise in the cost of living,
according to the U. S. Office of
Business Economics.
It reports median income in
1962 was $220 higher, nation
ally, than it was in 1961. The
prices of consumer goods and
services advanced only one
third that much, however, in
the year, so that real purchas
ing power rose nearly $l5O per
family.
The big incomes earned to- j
day, compared with what they
were 10 or 15 years ago, are
attributed, in part, to the fact
that nearly half of the nation’s
families now have two or more
wage earners. The answer is
that many more married wo
men have entered the labor
force.
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pital on Sunday, October 6.
Ronnie Lynch, a student at
Middle Georgia College, Coch
ran, Georgia was the week-end
i visitor of his family.
Mrs. Claudia Thompson is
' a patient at the Newton Coun
। ty Hospital.
I Mrs. Lola Drennon remains
I a patient at the Newton Coun
ty Hospital suffering from in
juries in an accident on Sep
tember 29.
Mr. and Mrs. James R.
I Hardeman visited their moth
! er, Mrs. Georgia Piper, and
| Mrs. Grace Walden in Macon,
j Georgia on Saturday, October
5.
Mrs. Marcus Coody honored
, her mother, Mrs. M. B. Shaw,
| with a birthday dinner in her
honor at which other family
members were present on Sun
day, October 6, at her home on
Newton Drive in Covington,
Georgia.
Mrs. James R. Darby and
' son, Alan Burris, are the house
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. B. Snow.
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sign Byron L. Bohannon, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bohannon
of 414 Hannah St., Covington,
Ga., is serving aboard the guid
ed missile detroyer USS Sellers
with the Sixth Fleet in the
Mediterranean.
The Sixth Fleet, composed
normally of some 50 ships, and
almost 25,000 men, is a modern,
well-balanced fleet including
an attack aircraft carrier strik
ing force, an amphibious land
ing force and a variety cf sus
taining auxiliary ships which
। make it possible for the fleet
to operate indefinitely at sea
without shore bases in the
Mediterranean.
Sellers, which normally ope
rates out of Charleston, S. C.,
recently visited Toulon, France,
and will visit other Mediterra
nean ports before returning to
the U. S.
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Thursday, October l n . 1963