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We were never an early riser
for we do not go to bed early :
—but we lived alone. Now we
wake up with our neighbors
as they begin to stir around
five or five-thirty--—So not
being able to go back to sleep,
it’s nice to read the morning
paper.
Tuesday morning a shock i
really came as we had to read |
in the Atlanta paper-—that
our dear kittle next door neigh
bor was dead-—that is one
next door to my old home—
Mrs. Homer Mobley.
Mrs. Mobley had been in
critical condition for several
years. She and Mr. Mobley,
had grown so dear to me-—
and I know they loved me-—
Living alone, and neither well,
they were a highlight in our
lives-—for every flower ar
rangement we took every
meal we shared—was “the best
they ever tasted”. After I lost
my companion and was alone
my greatest joy was in my
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Square Dancing
Classes Being
Formed in Newton
An adult square dancing
group is in the process of or
ganizing in Newton County.
This is a result of numerous
requests from people in the
county for such an activity.
Mrs. Sara Groves, Newton
County Home Demonstration
Agent, requests that anyone in
terested in a square dancing
group, please contact the Ex
tension Office, 786-2574. and
plans can then be finalized for'
the forming of such a group. I
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smouldering ashes in ihe upstairs apartment of a six-unit
dwelling on Conyers Street for the body of Charles Howard
Nash, age 66. The body was recovered Thursday morning
about 10 o'clock. There were no other injuries in the early
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| Attorney Troy R. Thigpen, second from right, advises the Covington City Council of a suit
i for an injunction against the city, former mayor, and councilmen by his clients C. E. Trainer
| and W. T. Greer, Sr., involving the legality of a contract negotiated between the Mayor
I and Council and Hunnicutt and Associates, Inc. for a tax revaluation program in Coving
ton. He also advised that unless payment is stopped on the contract an injunction suit
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CIT’ MANAGER RESIGNS; INJUNCTION SHUNNED
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Bib» Buys Mills At Newnan And Sargent, Ga.
Cost Is Put In Excess Os
$4-Million; 800 Employees
Bibb Manufacturing Company has purchased Arnall Mills, 1
a Sargent, Ga., blanket weaving company, and Arnco Mills, I
located at Newnan, Robert Train, president, announced last i
week.
The announcement of the
mills purchase was made last
week in The Bibb Recorder, the
company's weekly publication.
Train said the cost of the
new property, plus anticipated
improvements in the Arnall
plant, would total “in excess
of $4 million. Arnco is a sub
sidiary of Arnall Mills.
He said that Arnall Mills
employs 875 persons, operates
19,000 cotton spindles in the
Sargent plant, and 8,500 spind
les on the woolen system in the
Newnan mill.
In another development, the )
Bibb president said he expects
an increased sales force at Bibb
and the company’s diversifica
tion program to improve sales
and earnings this fiscal year.
The company earned $2,096,000
on sales of $68,000,000 during
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the fiscal year which ended )
Aug. 31.
The sales force has been in- I
creased 25 per cent, Train said, )
and new acquistions, plus)
plans to produce more consum- )
er end products, should have a
favorable effect on future sales.
He explained that about 75
per cent of Bibb’s business
heretofore has been in greige )
goods or yarn which are raw
materials for someone else. He '
added that competition in this I
segment of the business has)
been extremely keen, making :
i profits unsatisfactory.
The company this fiscal year I
expects to practically complete
the modernization program at
the Payne Mill here, which will)
convert it into a synthetic yarn |
operation. Payne Mill has been
producing cotton yarns.
He said that plans call for )
weaving synthetic yarns into)
apparel fabric at the company’s
Bellevue plant, also located in
Macon.
Modernization at Payne Mill
and installation of looms at
Bellevue and supplemental
equipment will cost more than '
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Kiwanis Chairmen
To Give Reports
At Today's Meeting
Chairmen of the various )
committees of the Kiwanis
Club of Covington will give an
outline of their objectives at
the club’s weekly luncheon
meeting today (Thursday) at
Legion Home at 1 o’clock.
President Sam M. Hay will
have charge of the meeting.
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Covington Kiwanians heard
a first-hand report on life, cus
toms, politics and the arts of
Indonesia at their regular
weekly meeting Thursday at
Legion Home when James L.
Peacock 111 was the guest
speaker. He was introduced by
Robert O. Arnold.
Mr. Peacock and Mrs. Pea
cock recently spent a year in
Java and other islands of In
donesia. His subject at the Ki
wanis meeting was “Techni
ques of Indonesian Government
For Developing National Loy
alty.”
A visitor at the meeting was
George Allen, a former Kiwan-
I ian.
Covington City Council Hears Details of the Injunction Suit Involving Legality of Contract
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964
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OXFORD' NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL is shown in the picture above at their first
meeting Monday evening at the Town Hall. Seated, left to right: E. D. Whatley, council
man: A. W. Jackson, mayor; Mrs. Violet Bankston, clerk; Charles Burnett, councilman.
Standing, left to right: Thomas Dial, Herbert Katz, Fred Taylor and John Burson, all
councilmen. Mayor Jackson and councilmen Burnett, Dial and Katz were administered
' their oath of office by W. J. Dungus, Jr. Town Judge.
Bloodmobile In Covington Jan. 16
The American Red Cross
Blocdmobile will be at the
First Baptist Church in Cov
ington on January 16th from
12 noon to 6 p. m. The quota
will be 160 pints of blood need
ed to maintain our county
wide blood coverage.
In order to get these 150
pints to send to the Atlanta
Blood Center as our share of
the blood demands, at least 200
people must come to offer
blood. About one out of four
persons will be refused due to
low blood count, an active in
fection or some other condition
that would cause the nurses or
doctors in attendance to feel
that it would be unwise for the
safety of the donor to give
I blood at that time.
“We are behind in the num
ber of pints asked of us by the
Center but we have no way of
knowing for sure how far short
we are of our goal. A good
number of our county residents
are giving blood at their places
of employment in other coun
ties. We haven’t at the present
time any report of how many
pints are collected out of the
county. For this reason the
regional Center hasn't held the
county too rigidly to the quotas
set in order to k ce P our county
coverage. However, blood is
badly needed to maintain the
program,” a local Blood official
stated.
Many have remarked that
they would gladly give blood to
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will also be filed against the new Mayor and Council. Seated left to right are: Council-',
man Luke Savage, E. E. Callaway, Don Wood, Attorney Thigpen, C. E. Trainer, Council- I
man Guy V. Evans, City Manager J. H. Bryin, Mayor Walker Harris, and City Clerk <
Harry Cowan.
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a person but were reluctant to I
just go to the Bloodmobile and
have it bottled so to speak.
However, there is a patient ly
ing somewhere in a civilian or
veterans hospital who is de
pending on the arrival of fresh ,
bottled blood every day for his|
life. Or perhaps he or she is
• walking around right here in
। this county completely un
aware that an emergency is
awaiting around the corner. ’
i Will the blood be there to pull;
them through? It is up to us to |
I see that it is by coming to the j
Bloodmobile at the Baptist
I Church on Jan. 16th between
1 12 and 6 p. m.
First Baptist
Sun. Schedule
Is Revised
Beginning next Sunday. January
12, the First Baptist Church of i
Covington will hold two services '
for morning worshippers, at eight- ‘
thirty o'clock and at eleven (the
usual hour). The purpose of this
i change is to accommodate the
space available to the number of
people who ordinarily come at the
11 o'clock hour. The church is now
in process of remodeling the san
etaury and is holding the services
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Mrs. Lord Named
Adm. Assistant at
Newton Hospital
Mrs. Daisy Lord has joined
the Newton County Hospital as
Administrative Assistant. She
will be on duty from 3 P.M. to
। 11 P.M.
Mrs. Lord received her di
ploma in nursing from the
Grady Memorial School of
' Nursing. She then attended
Asbury and Georgia State
Colleges. Mrs. Lord was
awarded a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Nursing from Medi- j
I cal College of Georgia in De- j
cember, 1963.
Mrs. Lord is the widow of
the late Larry Lord and is the
mother of two daughters, Mari
lyn and Susan. Mrs. Lord is a
dedicated nurse and it is felt
; she will make a fine contribu
■ tion in service to the Newton
| County Hospital.
Covington News
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Cowan Acts As Temporary
Covington City Manager
Under the new administration of Mayor Walker Harris
the City Council accepted the resignation of City Manager
J. H. Bryan, and shunned action on two resolutions presented
to the body by an attorney representing plantiffs in an in
junction suit against the city involving the legality of tha
Covington tax revaluation program, at a meeting Monday
night.
Mr. Bryan's resignation came )
in the form of a letter which ) :
briefly stated: “By request, Ij'
hereby tender my resignation |।
at once as Manager of your ■
city.” ।
Upon acceptance of his resig
nation, Mr. Bryan was given , ■
two months advanced wages of 1
$1,500. Bryan said that he had 1
no statement concerning the 1
Council’s action for publica
tion.
ACTING MANAGER
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In a letter from Mayor Har- j;
ris to city department heads he | I
stated: “We will continue to 1
operate with a City Manager )i
form of government and the |:
City Clerk, Harry P. Cowan, ।
‘ will act as the City Manager 1
I until such time as the position
is filled on a permanent basis.
The acting City Manager has I
the same responsibilities and |
has been delegated the full au
thority of that of the City Man
ager.”
Mr. Cowan, acting city man
ager, said that he will be avail-
William Johnston Gets Same Number
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WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON of 305 Hazel Street, Covingion,
was somewhat surprised Saturday when he purchased his
1964 automobile license plate at the Newton County Tax
Office. He got the same number he had in 1963 — 38 D 163,
Mr. Johnston (left) is shown receiving the tag from Bonham
Johnson, Tax Collector. The new vehicle license plates went
on sale here January 2 despite the snow and ice that coated
the county.
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Greeley Ellis, assistant city attorney, and Councilman Y. B,
Baker read "yay and nay" resolutions presented to the
Council by Attorney Thigpen for action to continue or dis
continue fulfilling the contract with the tax revaluation
firm. After discussion, the Council returned the resolution to
Mr. Thigpen without taking action on the matter.
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able for consultation on city
business between 10:00 a.m.
and 12:00 noon daily and by
appointment during other
hours of the day.
Mayor Harris will be avail
able for consultation at the
City Hall between 9:30 a.m.
and 10:30 a.m. daily, according
to Mr. Cowan.
REVALUATION SUIT
Attorney Troy R. Thigpen
and his clients, C. E. Trainer
and W. T. Greer Sr., appeared
before the Council to advise
the body of the pending in
junction suit against the city
and former Council involving
the legality of the Covington
tax revaluation program.
Mr. Thigpen presented mem
bers of the Council with two
resolutions for action.
One resolution concerned
resinding the previous Coun
cil’s action on the contract and
discontinuing payment on the
contract with Hunnicutt and
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