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The Editors Forum has gain
ed popularity among the mem
bers of the Fourth Estate dur
ing the past few years due to
increased value to the Editors
of the State. We think it is
the best yet! The January Edi
tion had the most beautiful
cover it has ever had! At the
top of the page was a New
Year’s greeting . . . and the
picture underneath was an
adorable picture of little Jeb
Windell McCullough, young son
of Mr, and Mrs. Glenn McCul
lough, with an optomistic out
look for 1964. Mr. McCullough
is Executive Manager of the
Georgia Press Association, and
this No. 1 Son came to his
home while he was at Jekyll
Island at the Press Conven
tion last summer. We know he
will be the most popular mem
ber at the Convention this
summer! Jeb won’t like this
but he’s a beautiful Baby . . .
Glenn, you just tell him I said
he was a “handsome chap.”
New Industries were an
nounced: The Georgia Spring
Corporation, Athens to manu
facture Auto and other springs
with capital investment of
$50,000; Morrison’s Mfg. Co.,
Clayton Co. to process food, lo
cated near Farmer's Market
has a capital investment of
$650,000; Thompson, U. S.
Rubber Co. Canvas rubber
soled shoes will employ 300
people; Atlantic Co., Atlanta
leasing $550,000 cold storage
facility, Savannah.
Sydel-Wooley & Co., Atlan
ta has completed a $150,000
expansion! “That’'s Georgia on
the go in January” says Mr.
Jack Minter, Executive Direc
tor Georgia Dept. of Industry
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Heart Diseas y
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Diseases of the heart and
blood vessels accounted for
50.7% of all deaths in Newton
County in 1962 accordirg to a
report released this week by
the Georgia Heart Association.
In 1961 the percentage in New
ton County was 52.8%.
Deaths from heart disease, |
statewide, were responsible for
53.1% of all deaths, more than
all other causes combined. Fig
ures compiled by the associa
tion from the Georgia Depart—i
ment of Public Health indicate
that 19,161 of the 36,051 deaths
in the state were caused by
diseases of the heart and cir-l
culatory system. |
The heart death percentage
for 1962 (latest year for which |
these figures are available)
compares with 53.3 percent in
1961 and 52.5 percent in 1960.
Deaths from cardiovascular
diseases, nationwide, reached a
new high of 954,000. 1
In releasing the report, Dr.
J. Willis Hurst, Chairman of
the Department of Medicine at
Emory University and Presi
dent of the Georgia Heart As
scciation, stated that Heart At
tack, Stroke, High Blood Pres-i
sure and Rheumatic Heart Dis~{
ease continue to head the list of |
cardiovascular diseases in
Georgia and nationwide. |
Covington Kiwanis Club Board of Directors for 1964
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COVINGTON KIWANIS CLUB board of directors are shown
above being installed at the club’s final meeting of 1963 at
Legion Home. The installing official was Charles L. Craw
ley, Jr., Lt. Governor 12th Division Ga. District of Kiwanis
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Dr. Sanford S. Atwood, president of Emory University,
will be the speaker at the annual Monroe-Covington-Oxford
Emory Club Birthday Party Saturday, January 18, 1964.
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Robberies in
{ Benton General Merchandise
Store at Starrsville was robbed
| Sunday night of approximately
| S3OO in cash and many other
imerchandise items, according
;to the Newton County Sheriffs
| Office.
! Other than the cash the
|'break-in netted the thieves
| about 40 cartons of cigarettes,
| a number of clothing articles,
| a shetgun and an undetermined
| amount of shells.
l The Sheriffs Office also re
{ported that a shotgun holdup
{of Morgan's Store at Dixie on
| State Highway 142 on Friday
| evening was the work of two
| Negro men in their early
twenties.
‘ The storekeeper, Mrs. D. H.
| Morgan, was rcbbed at gun
%poim about 7:30 p. m. of some
[s7s to SBO in cash by the armed
| pair, according to county law
| officials.
Che Couington News
The dinner, to be held at
Haygood Hall on the Oxford
campus at 7:30 p.m., will ob
serve the 127th anniversary of
Emory College and the 49th
anniversary of the university.
Dr Atwood began his duties
as Emory’s sixteenth president
Sept. 1. He was formally in
augurated November 15.
A native of Wisconsin, Dr.
Atwood came to Emory from
Cornell University where he
served as provost. He is an
alumnus of the University of
Wisconsin where he received
8.A,, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.
Dr. Atwood was dean of the
graduate school at Cornell be
fore becoming provost in 1855.
As provost he was chief ad
ministrative officer for one of
the nation’s major universi
ties.
The Monroe - Covington-Ox
ford Emory Club includes Em
ory alumni living in Gwinnett,
Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rock
dale and Walton counties.
President is Homer F. Sharp
of Covington. Dr. E. Jor
Callaway of Covington f%
president and Garland Radford
of Monroe is secretary-treasur
er.
Since its founding at Oxford
127 years ago Emory has grown
into one of the nation’s major
privately-endowed universities
with 4750 students, 1100 facul
ty members, and schools of
medicine, law, theology, den
tistry, nursing, business ad
ministration, in addition to the
college, graduate school and
junior college at Oxford.
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Drop Out Club
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Starts Classes ‘
Newton County Drop Out
Club announces classes have
already started in American
History on two nights a week,
Tuesday and Thursday at 7
pm. at Newton County High
School. Another class should
be starting in the next three
weeks. Charges for the school
are sl. per night fee to join the
club sl. per month. |
All interested people are
urged to attend the meetings
of the club. Time of the next
meeting will be announced
later.
Frank Meadors, Greeley Ellis, Jordan Callaway, Bill Thomp
son, Edgar Wood, Laverne Cowan, George Hutchinson, Ben
Banks, Goodwin Tuck and James Hutchinson. S. M. Hay,
president, was installed earlier in the program by Lt.-Gov.
Crawley.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1964
Bob Travis, Col. Glenn Attend Youth Seminar at Kitty Hawk
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|YOUTH SEMINAR LUNCHEON at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 16 was
| held at the Carolinian Hotel. Col. John Glenn, of NASA, was the main speaker. Shown left
| to right: Stanley Guest of Elberton, a delegate from Georgia: Arvin O. Basknight, South
eastern Director of Federal Aviation Agency: Col. John Glenn, Astronaut of Project Mer
cury;: and Bob Travis of Covington, other Georgia Delegate. Travis spent three days at
the Flight Seminar For Youth as one of the top two delegates at the seminar. Tom Craig
| of West Virginia was the other top delegate.
‘Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fowler to
'Head Newfon Heart Fund Drive
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%’, pNewton County Heart
| Council has announced that
{Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fowler
"will be co-chairman and chair
man, respectively, . for the|
‘|Newton County Heart Fund|
’Drive for 1964. Newton Countyt
|is fortunate to have Mr. and |
Mrs. Fowler give their time to]
this pressing health need. *
Heart disease and related |
cardio-vascular diseases are the
number one Kkillers in our
nation. Research has establish
ed that through education|
many people predisposed to
these diseases can do many
things to postpone or avoid]
heart disease altogether. 5
The dollar you give to the
Heart Fund is breken down in
]the following manner: |
| 20 Cents to Education, Pro-t
| fessional and Public; 36 Cents
ito Research, Local and Nation- |
al; 21 Cents to Community
Service Activity (Heart Clinies
in urban areas, etc.); 11 Cents,
National Program; 8 Cents,|
!FPund Raising; 4 Cents, Ad-!
| ministration. |
The month of February isi
designed nationally as Heait |
Month. The aim this year in'
Newton County is to place|
some educational material on |
Heart Disease in every home in |
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Heart Fund Drive™
Volunteers to Meet
{ There will be a meeting of |
| all citizens who have volun-|
| teered to work in Heart Fund |
' Drive for 1964 at the Court |
| Room at the City Hall, Sunday, |
January 19th at 2:00 p. m. |
| Mrs. Robert Fowler, I
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i Heart Fund Drive
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- Kiwanis Speakers
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{ NCHS Key Clubber Bob|
{ Travis and John H. Bennett, |
| Aviation Representative of the |
{Ga. Department of Industry|
'and Trade, will share the Ki—!
|wanis Club program today |
(Thursday) at the Teen Can at |
1 o'clock. They will give a re-|
{port of their trip to Kitty|
{ Hawk, N. C. when Travis was |
lone of two Georgia delegates |
'to the Youth Seminar On|
| Flight marking the 60th anni- |
versary of powered flight.
Kiwanian Homer Sharp wi!l
be in charge of the program
today and he will introduce
the program participants. The
shift in the meeting place today
is due to repairs being made
to the dining room at Legion
Home.
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Kiwanis Club of Covington
members heard committee re
ports at the club’'s regular
weekly luncheon meeting
Thursday at Legion Home.
President S. M. Hay was in
charge of the program.
Committee chairmen who
gave reports included: W. J.
Dickey, Inter-Club Relations;
Homer Sharp, Boys and Girls;
Marion Piper, Swimming Pool;
Donald Stephenson, Agricul
ture and Conservation; Ruck
er Ginn, Attendance and Re
ception; Ed Robinson, Mem
bership; Leo S. Mallard, Pub
lic Relations; Ed Hunt, Pro
grams and Music.
Secretary Ben Banks and
President Hay also gave re
ports on the recent Mid-Winter
Conference meeting at Rock
Eagle Park, Eatonton.
Covington News
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§ COVINGTON
:' Temperatures in Covington
{ during the past week were:
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| Wed. Jan. 8, 50 43
'| Thurs. Jan. 9, 30 28
Fri, Jan, 10, 52 26
Sat, Jan., 11, a4 28
Sun. Jan. 12, 42 32
| Mon. Jan, 13, 4 20
{ Tues. Jan. 14, 39 16
Rainfall during the week
totaled 1.99 inches with .20
inch being snow. |
Dun, Bradstreet
191 Businesses
| Today Wm. M. Gordon, dis- |
trict manager of the Atlanta]
| office of Dun & Bradstreet, |
| Inc., announced statement re-
quests were mailed to 191 busi- I
nesses in Newton County, He
said this figure was obtainedl
from a physical count of the |
| Dun & Bradstreet Reference
| Book for January, 1964 whichl
| covers manufacturers, whole- |
{ salers and retailers in this|
area. l
| Mr. Gordon stated that dur
| ing January, business concerns |
{in all parts of the United States |
| are asked by Dun & Bradstreetl
| for copies of their financial
| statements. This year requests |
l are being sent to approximatelyl
| three million business concerns
| —to the corner grocery worth
la few thousand dollars as well
| as to businesses worth millions. [
| The Dun & Bradstreet Refer
ence Book lists those manu
| facturers, wholesalers and re
fitailers who seek or grant com
! mercial credit, but it does not
l include some of the service and
| professional businesses such as
beauty and barber shops, se-{
curity dealers, and real estate |
| brokers. Therefore, the figures’
| for total business in the United
| States would be higher than‘
| the three million quoted above. |
| Back of eacn listing of a|
| business in the Reference Book |
*tis a Dun & Bradstreet creditl
| report. The report includes the |
| following: a history of the!
| business (who owns it, who|
| runs it, and how long it hasl
{ been operating); a description |
{ of what the business does and
how it does it; a financial sec
tion which usually includes the
| latest financial statement; and
la record of how the business
pays its bills. :
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| NEWTON COUNTY HIGH 19
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Majority Vote Required:
Qualifying Until Jan. 25
Newton County’s 1964 Democratic Primary election will
be held Wednesday, March 11 with tne deadline for can=
didates to qualify for the various county offices Saturday,
January 25th at 12 o’clock noon.
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Enter Newton ‘
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Primary Races
! Twelve candidates have en-!
tered the various races in the |
March 11 Newton County De- |
mocratic Primary, according tot
an announcement yesterday by
Col. W. J. Dingus, Jr., secre
| tary-treasurer of the commit
' tee,
| Thus far only two contests
' have drawn more than one\
| candidate. Three are entered
|in the Sheriff's race and two
| are in the contest for Newtonl
| County Representative (Post‘
1) |
! The list of those who have
| qualified with Col. Dingus thus
far include:
Newton County Rep. (Post
i1): W. D. (Donald) Ballard
sand C. Otis Nixon.
Newton County Rep. (Post
2): A. Otis Spillers.
,’ Sheriff: Kelvin G. Ozburn,
{ Henry Odum, Jr. and John L. |
| Berry. ,'
| Ordinary: Donald G. Step- |
henson. ‘
Clerk of Superior Court:
Sam M. Hay.
Commissioner of Roads and
Revenue: Tom M. Bates.
Tax Commissioner: Bonham
L. Johnson.
Supt. of Schools: J. W.
(Whit) Richardson.
Coroner: Sam Cowan,
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Third Program on
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Color’ Today at
Newton HD Meet
The third in a series of pro
grams, ‘“Understanding and
Use of Color”, will be held
Thursday, Jan. 16th, at 2:00 at
the Snapping Shoals Building.
Mrs. Sara D. Groves, Newton
County Home Demcnstration
Agent, stated that, “The public
is invited to attend this meet
ing, which is sponsored by the
Newton County Home De
monstration Clubs.”
Mrs. Groves used the theory
that color has three dimensions
or preperties and explained
this by using charts to illust
rate the “Arithmetic of Color”.
She further explained that,
“color is studied by physicists
in relation to light; psycholog
ists in relation to sensation;
and artists in relation to pig-
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Complex Issues Confronting I%}
Georgia General Assembly Session
ATLANTA (GPS) — No
Georgia Legislature in modern
times has been confronted with
as many complex prchlems as
the one meeting next week, in
the opinion of most observers.
The 1964 session literally is
loaded with legislative propo
sals that could set off one ex
plosion after another.
Heading the list is Gov. Carl
E. Sanders’ improve-education
in-Georgia proposals, together
with related tax measures ne
cessary to implement the am
bitious educational plan.
These bills are, for the most
part, based on findings of the
Governor's Commission to Im
prove Education whose volu
minous report recently was
NUMBER 38
The Newton County Demo
cratic Executive committee met
Saturday at the Covington
City Hall in a special called
meeting to make plans for the
upcoming primary. W. C. Ivey
of Porterdale is chairman of
the committee and he presided
at the meeting.
Officers to be elected at the
March 11 balloting inelude;
Ordinary, Clerk of Superior
Court, Sheriff, Tax Commis=
sioner, Coroner, Supt. of
Voter Registration
Newton County citizens
who are not already regist
ered to vote in the March 11
Democratic Primary may do
so at the Tax Office in the
Courthouse. The Board of
Registrars has not announced
the deadline for voter regist
ration in the coming pri
mary. However, it is thought
to be Saturday, January 25,
1964.
iSchools. County Commissioner
of Roads and Revenue, County
’W~Newton County
| Representative in the Georgia
' General Assembly (Post 1 and
Post. 2).
~ One significant change in the
balloting this year requires a
majority of the votes cast for
election. Otherwise, the two
candidates receiving the most
votes (without a majority)
will have their name placed on
the September ballot of the
state Democratic Primary. In
previous elections in the coun
ty the candidate who received
the most votes cast was de=
clared the winner.
The committee set the en=
trance fee for the Coroner race
at $25, and all other races at
S4OO. Candidates who wish to
qualify must do so at the of
fice of Col. W. J. Dingus, Jr,
306 Clark Street, Covington.
Col. Dingus is secretary-trea=
surer of the committee.
Incumbent officials of the
county are: Ordinary Donald
Stephenson, Sheriff John Ber=
ry, Clerk of Superior Court S.
M. Hay, Coroner Sam Cowan,
Supt. of Schools J. W. (Whit)
Richardson, County Commis=
sioner of Roads and Revenua
Tom Bates, Representative
Post One W. D. Ballard, Rep«
resentative of Post Two Jack
H. Morgan. The newly-created
office of Tax Commissioner
combines the two offices of Tax
Ccllector and Tax Receiver,
B. L. Johnson is the incumbent
Tax Collector and J. Hugh
Steele is the Tax Receivgt.
Newton County does not hawe
an elected county surveyor g
the present time. =
unveiled. The report, covering
studies aimed at improving
education. from the grade
school to college graduate lev
els, carries 97 specific reco -
mendations. e, S
If this long-range progr
is to be carried cut, it will rg
quire more money -- lots ore
money -- in the form of new
taxation. How much? Nobody
knows for sure at this Stage
But it has been estimated that
if present plans go through 1
will amount to something - like
$25-million to S3O-million .
additional revenue annually,
The Sanders admi atior
is committed to this propo sod
program of improv .
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