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_ Newton High’s “Homecoming
Game” Friday night was one of
those rare, perfect occasions,
when everything was “right”!
The weather was perfect, and
victory in the game with GMC
was doubly sweet since it was
our “Homecoming”. The Blue
Ramblers’ halftime show was
truly a thing of beauty in its
precision, music and execution,
and reflected arduous hours of
practice and drilling. They and
their Director Basil Rigney de
served the ovation tendered
them by the crowd.
In addition to all of this,
came the crowning of the
Homecoming Queen. All of the
girls were beautiful in their
fairyland gowns of silk and
satin, lace, ruffles and bows -
it must have been a hard
choice! The tense moment came
and Robin Dennison was
named the 1963 Homecoming
Queen. There was an extra note
of approval in the crowd’s
cheer. For not only was Robin,
with her natural platinum hair
and romance blue creation of
ruffles and silk, a regal beauty.
Many of us who have watched
Robin gray into a lovely young
woman, saw more than exter
nal beauty. She also posses'es
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Coin Club to
Hold Open
House Tuesday
The Piedmont Coin Club of
Covington will hold open House
Tuesday, October 29th at 7:30
p. m. at the Snapping Shoals
EMC Building on Emory Street
in Covington. The public is in
vited and free drinks of Cokes
and coffee will be served, ac
cording to President Buddy
Daniel.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the
club, Stone Cooper was the
winner of a 1962 Proof Set as
door prize. At the Open House
meeting there will be several
rolls of uncirculated pennies
and nickels given away as door
prizes. Also, there will be on
display some $2,000 to $5,000
worth of old and rare coins.
After the meeting there will
be an auction in which anyone
may purchase coins.
1963 Homecoming Queen Crowned at Football Game Friday
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Friday after she was crowned by Bob Travis (right), president of the NCHS student
body. John Glass (left) was Miss Dennison's escort. The mascots are Miss Judy Gaither,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mauric* Gaither and Master Keith King, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne King.
A Prize-Winning
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I 1963
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BE 'ERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia F ^ed 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer Established 1953
VOLUME 98
BAK dOSTERS NAME OFFICERS, CHAIRMEN
Flint Hill, Brick Store Are Top Communities
Historical Documents, Club
Projects Cited By Judges
Flint Hill Community was judged the top community in
Newton County Tuesday afternoon when the judging was
completed for the county improvement club title. Brick
Store Community was second and Heard-Mixon, Pine Grove
and Starrsville, all tied for third place.
Rev. Pendleton,
Former Pastor
Here, Is Dead
Rev. E. R. Pendleton of
Chattanooga, Tennessee died on
Friday, October 18, at the age
of 92. He was a former pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
Covington, serving several
years around 1910, and at the
time of the building of the
present church auditorium.
Funeral services were held
at the graveside in Forest
Lawn Cemetery in Chattanooga
on Sunday afternoon.
He has one daughter, Mrs.
Constance Pendleton Banks of
Chattanooga.
The NEWS joins former
friends here in extending to
Mrs. Banks and other mem
bers of his family deepest sym
pathy in their sorrow.
Halloween Carnival
At Livingston Fri.
Livingston School P-TA will
hold its Halloween Carnival
Friday night at the school gym
nasium.
Everyone is invited to attend
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Judges reported that it was a
close race between Flint Hill
and Brick Store as both clubs
had projects of preserving re
cords of history and heritage of
their communities. Each also
worked on preserving original
landmark sites.
Determining factor for Flint
Hill was a community barbecue
given by the club. Also exten
sive improvements made to
their club house which the
community owns by an original
deed dated 1855. Flint Hill also
had newspaper clippings from
the old Covington Star in 1880
giving the complete history of
the community. The original
document at Flint Hill hangs in
the club house and was donated
by Mrs. Nannie Boggus.
Flint Hill also erected many
signs in the community. They
placed a marker on SR 81 at
Macedonia.
The Brick Store club has
done an outstanding job of de
veloping history of the comm
unity and individual families
living in the community. These
records have been bound in an
attractive scrapbook with a
raised motif depicting the old
original Brick Store. This was a
stopping point for stage coaches
enroute to and from New Or
leans, Augusta and Charleston.
Both Extension agents Mrs.
Sara Groves and Ed Hunt
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1963
Newton-Rockdale District BSA Finance Campaign
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NEWTON - ROCKDALE DISTRICT Boy Scout Fund Campaign is presently underway
in the two counties of the Atlanta Area Council. Shown above on the City Square in Cov
ington giving the BSA salute is William Lawson of Troop 58, Covington. The local fund
drive started at a kickoff breakfast Tuesday at Henderson's Restaurant when adult lead
ers and volunteer Scout officials mapped campaign plans. John Riley Thompson is overall
chairman.
"Facing Disciplinary Fads" Is
Theme of Porterdale PTA Meeting
PORTERDALE — A panel
of local experts will discuss
“Facing Disciplinary Facts” at
the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of the Porterdale School
on Thursday evening, October
24. at seven o’clock in the
School Auditorium. The Rev.
Irving G. Rudolph, Program
Chairman, will act as moder
ator.
Serving as panelists will be
Mr. Donald G. Stephenson, Or
dinary of Newton County; Rev.
Guy Davidson, pastor of the
Porterdale Baptist Church; Mr.
Eddie Najjar. Assistant Princi
pal at Newton County High
School; Mrs. Alfred Cordell,
parents of students at Porter
dale School. Each will present
brief facts relating to their own
field and the audience will be
invited to participate by ask
ing questions.
The Third Grades of Mrs.
Alma Patterson and Miss Lucy
Robinson will present the in-
Forest Fire Danger
Cited In Georgia
The Georgia Forest Research ;
Council Monday issued an ap
peal to recreational seekers in
Georgia to exercise extreme
caution when smoking or using
camp fires in the woods.
H. E. Ruark, Council Direct
or, said D. F. Taylor, Research
meteorologist at the Southern
Forest Fire Laboratory, reports
a continued below normal rain
fall for Georgia. Taylor stated
that pleasant, clear warm days
will increase the number of
people seeking recreation in the
woods and this can be danger
ous for Georgia unless caution
is taken.
Taylor noted that high fire
danger presently exists througn ;
the northern half of the state. 1
“This danger will increase un
less we get rains,” he said, “and
should there be a killing frost
before it rains the danger will
become more explosive.”
Ruark noted that there has
been an increase in forest fires
throughout the South and in
many areas along the east coast.
He advised that debris burning
be postponed and any fires in
or near the woods be postponed
until we receive a good rain.
“We are approaching a most
| spirationaL
This is a meeting no one
can afford to miss.
Rodeo Sat.-Sun.
At Odum's Farm
A Rodeo will be held Saturday
night and Sunday afternoon at
Junior Odum’s Farm in Coving
ton. The Saturday night show will
start at 7 o’clock and the Sunday
afternoon performance will be at
2:30 P. M.
Many of the best Bareback
Brone Riding cowboys in the
south will be in the show. Also
steer wrestling, bull riding, calf ‘
roping, saddle bronc riding and
professional clown acts will be in- I
eluded in the rodeo.
Local riders will be astride '
many of the broncos and steers. !
The Rodeo is billed as fast and
rough with plenty of excitement
for the entire family.
explosive situation,” Ruark
said, “and it is anticipated that
good weather will bring re
creational seekers out in great
numbers during the beautiful
weather we are having. We
urge that they use caution in
wooded areas.”
Taylor said that the fire
weather forecasting staff are
watching weather and fire
danger build-ups. Low relative
humidity and high winds can be
most serious in case of forest
fire outbreaks.
10# Supper at
Lovejoy Saturday
A Ten Cent Supper will be
held at Lovejoy Saturday night,
sponsored by the WSCS of the
church. The ladies of the church
are preparing a delicious meal
to be served from 5:30 until the
food is sold.
Everyone is invited to come
to Lovejoy Church Saturday
night, October 26 for a good
meal and to help the WSCS of
the church.
Methodist Pastors
Met at Porterdale
PORTERDALE — Rev. A. J.
Bruyere, pastor of the Julia A.
i Porter Memorial Methodist
I Church, was host to the fifty
six ministers of the Atlanta-
Decatur-Oxford District, Octo
ber 21, 1963.
After a series of reports by
various Committee Chairmen,
the meeting was turned over to
Dr. Lester Rumble, pastor of
the North Decatur Methodist
Church, who talked to the mini
sters of the advantages of phy
sical fitness in the life of a
minister, and then he gave a
few hints on some of the exer
cises he has used.
At the conclusion of this
meeting, the ministers were in
vited to partake of barbecued
chicken with all the trimmings.
4 Newton County
Students Enrolled
LaGrange College
LaGRANGE, Ga. — Four
Newton County students are
among a record number cur
rently studying at LaGrange
College during its 133rd aca
demic year. They are: Madelyn
Mary Bates, James Thomas
Mooney Jr., Edward Lee Smith,
and Troyanne Camille Thigpen,
all of Covington.
A total of 496 students are
enrolled this fall at the four
year institution, Registrar Al
fred Mariotti said. Not only is
this a high mark but the per
centage of men students -- now
48 per cent --is also a record.
Nine states and three over
seas areas are represented in
the year’s enrollment. The
largest number of students, 414.
are from Georgia, with Florida
having the second largest num
ber, 56.
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week according
to weatherman Jack Chapman
were:
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Wed. Oct. 16 78 48
Thurs. Oct. 17, 81 41
Fri. Oct. 18, 81 43
Sat. Oct. 19, 80 48
Sun. Oct. 20, 85 47
Mon. Oct. 21, 87 53
Tues. Oct. 22, 82 56
Covington News
OA Pages
““ Today
Projects Are Discussed At
Initial 1963-64 Meeting
The Band Boosters’ Club held its first meeting of the
year on Tuesday night, October 15th at the Band Building
with J. H. Dennis, president, presiding. The meeting was
opened with prayer by the chaplain, Mrs. Everett Pratt.
Mr. Dennis welcomed the * * * *
approximately 80 members
present and explained the fi
nancial status of the Band for
the benefit of new members.
The new officers and com
mittee chairmen who will serve
with Mr. Dennis were an
nounced as follows: Vice-Pres
ident, E. L. Rainey; Secretary,
Mrs. Jordan Callaway; Trea
surer, Hugh Kesler; Chaplain,
Mrs. E. H. Pratt; Chairman
Ways and Means Committee,
Mrs. Hugh McDonald; Chair-
Dr. Robert Spiro
Speaks Kiwanis
Meeting Today
Guest speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) al Legion Home at
1 o'clock will be Dr. Robert H.
Spiro, Jr., Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts, Mercer Uni
versity.
Dr. Spiro is a graduate of
Wheaton College, the Univer
sity of North Carolina and
University of Edinburgh, Scot
land. He served in the U. S.
Navy from 1941 until 1945.
Before joining the faculty at
Mercer Dr. Spiro taught at
King College in Bristol, Tenn.,
Mississippi College, and was
President of the Blue Ridge
Assembly, Inc. from 1957-60. j
Kiwanis club committee re
ports of the activities of boys I
and girls comprised the regular
luncheon meeting program of j
the Covington Kiwanis club
Thursday at Legion Home. C. D. I
Ramsey, chairman of the com
mittee, had charge of the pro
gram.
Reports were given by S. J.
Morcock on Bey Scouts, Ben i
Banks on Girl Scouts, George
Hutchinson on underpriveleged
children, and Mr. Ramsey on
the committee's work not
covered by the above reports. |
Bob Arnold said that a YMCA
program would be held on
October 31 at Kiwanis.
The last part of the program
was enjoyed with a “Sing'
Along With George” participa
tion from the members. It was
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JAYCEES HOLD CANDY SALE;
SPONSOR HALLOWEEN PARADE
Ihe Newton County Jaycees will be selling Halloween
candy by the "boatload” around the square and at the shop
ping center Friday night to raise money for their civic
projects
The Jaycee Halloween Can-1
dy Sale is an annual event and
the bags of “trick-or-treat” i
candy that they sell contain'
107 pieces of individually,
wrapped hard and stick candy.'
Jack Harwell, candy sale
chairman, said that the Jay-!
cees will begin their sale Fri- 1
day evening at 5:30 p.m. and
will sell the candy from the
back of a boat decorated in
Jaycee fashion.
The sacks of candy will sell i
for SI.OO each. All money:
earned on this sale will be
used for civic projects within|
Newton County.
HALLOWEEN PARADE
The Jaycees are also spon
soring a city-wide Halloween
Parade on Thursday night Oct. i
31, beginning at the Kroger'
parking lot in Covington at I
6:30 p.m. Prizes will be given.
OBITUARIES A
SOCIETY »-15
EDITORIAL 10
SPORTS _ _l7
RURAL AND URBAN 17
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS _2l
LEGALS 22
CLASSIFIED 23
; man Prgram Ad Committee,
E. G. Lassiter, Jr.; Chairman
' Tickets for Concerts, Arthur
Hargrove; Co-chairmen Rec
reation Committee, Mrs. Betty
1 Burts and Mrs. Amos Miller;
Chairman Calling Committee,
Mrs. H. R. Holifield: and Chair
. man of Publicity, Mrs. Donald
■ Stephenson.
Mr. Kesler gave the treasur
' er's report, reminding mem*
■ bers of the five dollars per
i family annual dues.
Mr. E. G. Lassiter, Jr. re
ported on the activity of the
t Program Ad Committee and
11 secured a number of volunteers
to assist with this important
project.
Announcement was made
j that E. L. Rainey will be chair
man of the “doughnut sale”,
which will begin on Thursday,
Oct. 24. and continue for four
weeks. Mrs. E. G. Lassiter, Jr.
■ volunteered to serve as overall
: calling chairman for this pro
. jcct.
! Basil Rigney, Band Director,
■ showed the design of the pro
posed new uniform for the
Blue Ramblers. After a gener
al discussion the decision on
the new uniforms was post
poned until the next meeting.
Band Boosters were urged to
attend the Newton Community
Theater meeting on Oct. 23rd
to help plan for the joint pro
duction in November.
It was agreed that this was
a most enthusiastic Band
Booster meeting with the best
I attendance ever!
—
Harold House Is
Branch Manager
Atlantic Company
The Atlantic Company of At
lanta. has announced the ap
pointment of Harold House as
Branch Manager of their new
. 700,000 cubic-foot refrigerated
warehouse in Jackson, Missis
sippi. Harold was recently
transferred to Jackson frera
Memphis, Tennessee where ha
held for five years the position
as Branch Manager for the At
lantic Company.
Being a native of Covington,
Harold is the son of Mrs. Ben L.
House and is married to th»
former Ellen Bryant of Coving
-1 ton.
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to the children wearing the
"spookiest” costumes.
Leading the parade will be
the Newton County High
School Blue Rambler Band and
also participating will be the
R. L. Cousins High School
Band. Prizes will be given to
both white and Negro children
who are winners in costume
contest.
A Covington police car will
escort the paraders to the Cov
ington Square, where the cos
tume judging will take place,
and then out Elm Street to
Covington Meadows Shopping
Center where the Jaycees will
announce the winners’ names
and present the prizes.
More information on the
Jaycee Halloween Parade will
be given in the NEWS next
week.
NUMBER 43