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Shame on you! Celestine Sib
ley! I lived every moment of
the months it took to gather,
here and there, all the fascinat
ing things for your cabin “in
the hills.’’ Why? Honey I have
TAR on my heels! Lived in the
mountains of Western North
Carolina for years. Your column
Tuesday made me homesick.
It was like this. I lived a
quiet life in good old Georgia,
the best State in the union.
Tuberculosis came along and
Doctors advised trying N.C. be
fore going west. So, after a
stint on Sunset Mountain in
Asheville ... I had the joy of
a little rough board cabin built
at Murchison. N. C. It was right
on a stream. The sleeping porch
only had one wall, the other
three sides screened, no glass.
Some mornings my covers were
banked with snow. High on
that mountain, with that brook
rushing by from a spring high
er up .. . water was piped into
the house in two places . . .
the kitchen and the bathroom
where I had to stand on icy
cold tub and take an ice cold
shower every morning ... It
was wonderful! Don’t shudder
. . try it sometime ... a good
rub down and you are warm
all day . . it keeps you from
having so many colds too. A
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March of Dimes to
Benefit from Dance
Saturday at Elks
A March of Dimes Benefit
dance will be held Saturday
night at the Covington Elks
Club from 9 until 12 midnight.
Music will be furnished by the
Dixie Swingettes.
A donation of $3 per couple
will be taken. The public is in
vited to attend and all proceeds
will go to the March of Dimes
drive.
Newton High's One-Act Play Takes
Region; Stale Contest Saturday
The Newton County High ,
School production of “The Ug
ly Duckling” won the Region
4AA One - Act Contest on
Thursday, January 16. Second
Place went to St. Pius High
School of Atlanta which did
the same play. Hart County I
took third place with “I Am a |
Fool” and Chamblee High was
in fourth place with “Helena’s
Husband”.
Members of the cast were
Anne McKay, David Rainey,
Robin Dennison, Charles Reyn
olds. Marilyn Lord, Mason Ste
phenson, Jim Benton, and Jim
my Wiley. These actors and ac
tresses were given superb back
ing by the following band stu
dents: Jimmy Patrick. Tommy
Scarborough, Tommy Whelchel,
Dana Edwards, Mike Pratt, and
James Hunt. They performed
background music written es-
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One-Act Play "The Ugly Duckling" is assembled in this
photo. From left to right: Jim Benton, Mason Stephsnson,
Marilyn Lord, Jimmy Wiley, David Rainey, Anne McKay,
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Newport Cage Tournament Underway Here
Rams-Morgan Meet Tonight
In First Round Finale 9:15
Action will continue tonight (Thursday) in the 12th An
nual Newton Invitational basketball tournament at the NC
HS gymnasium. Four boys games are on tap for tonight.
Four girls encounters were played last night to open the
1964 meet.
Band Boosters
To Meet Tuesday
The Band Boosters Club will
hold a meeting on Tuesday
night, January 28, at 7:30 p. m.
at the band building.
President J. H. Dennis of
Mansfield, urges all Band
Boosters to be present for this
important meeting. Reports
concerning the progress of the
uniform drive will be made.
Miss Chappell to
Speak at Church
Service, Porterdale
Miss Catherine Flo Chappell
will be the guest speaker at
Porterdale Baptist Church on
Sunday night, January 26. Miss
Chappell is home on furlough
from Brazil.
pecially for the play by Basil
Rigney, the band director. As
a matter of fact, the only music
which the judges considered
inappropriate was a weli
known selection not written by
Mr. Rigney.
Sandra Hodges and Elliott
Hewitt were special assistants
to Eddie Najjar, who directed
the performance.
The cast and crew of the
play will compete for the state
title in Athens on Saturday
morning. January 25, at 11:30
at the Fine Arts Auditorium.
The play is a comedy and an
audience is essential to the suc
cess of a humorous play. They
are very eager to have a large
number of Newton County sup
porters there to cheer them on.
Other plays will begin earlier
that morning.
(Tip Cnuui^tntt
Tipoff of the 5 o’clock game
today will pit Oconee County
against Lithonia. In the sec
ond game of the evening the
second seeded Loganville out
fit will meet Rockdale County.
Social Circle and Greensboro
will tangle in the third game
with the over-whelming fa
vorite Newton County Rams,
undefeated in season’s play,
meeting Morgan County in the
finale of the evening.
The Rams impressive 20-
game winning streak without
a loss this year would seem to
virtually put Coach Ronald
Bradley’s five in the finals on
Saturday night. Both Oconee
County and Loganville are in
the opposite bracket and will
no doubt duel in the other Fri
day night semi-final game for
boys.
Girls semi-finals will also be
played on Friday night with
the first game starting at 5
o’clock. The second semi-final
girls game will start at 7:50. If
the NCHS girls survive their
first-round game with Morgan
County, they will meet the
winner of the Rockdale-Social
Circle clash on Friday after
noon at 5.
Presentation of trophies to
the winner and runner-up
teams in the tournament will
be held following the final
game Saturday night.
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington dur
ing the past week were:
High Low
Wed. Jan. 15. 45 9
Thurs. Jan. 16, 41 17
Fri. Jan. 17, 41 31
Sat. Jan. 18, 53 35
Sun. Jan. 19. 59 32
Mon. Jan. 20, 56 46
Tues. Jan. 21, 66 27
Rainfall during the week total-
ed .89 inch, with 5.46 inches for
the month to date.
Charles Reynolds and Robin Dennison. The NCHS play
will be presented in the State Contest at the Fine Arts Au
ditorium, Athens, Saturday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Prof.
Eddie Najjar is the director.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1964
Ram Seniors Get Pointers From Coach Bradley
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RAM SENIORS Grady Campbell and Terry Smith (left io right) are getting some Newton
Invitational Tourney pointers from Coach Ronald Bradley prior to the team's first
round game tonight (Thursday) against Morgan County at 9:15 o'clock. These two boys
have never played on a losing Ram team on the NCHS floor as 65 straight victories have
been posted at home.
5 More Candidates Announce
Five more candidates have
announced for offices in the
Newton County Democratic
Primary, Wednesday March 11,
1964, as the deadline date for
qualifying nears. Noon Satur
day, January 25, is the deadline
for aspirants to enter the local
races.
This week three new men
have made known their inten
tions of entering the Sheriff’s
race in the primary. Luke R.
Hill, Leonard Standard and
Leroy Moss have added their
names to the list of Sheriff
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Front Page)
candidates. Six men now aspire
for that office as Kelvin G. Oz
burn, Henry Odum, Jr. and |
John L. Berry had announced '
earlier.
Jack H. Morgan has announ
ced for Commissioner of Roads
and Revenue this week and J.
Hugh Steele has also announ
ced for the Post Two seat in
the Georgia Legislature. The
opponents for these two candi
dates are Tom Bates and A.
Otis Spillers, respectively.
The only other race to draw
two candidates thus far is the
other Newton County Repre
j sentative position in the Legis-
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Heart Speaker
At the Kiwanis
Meeting Today
Dr. Walter L. Bloom, direct
or of Medical Education and
Research at Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, will be the guest
speaker at the Covington Kiw
anis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at
1 o’clock.
Mrs. Helen Dickinson, ad
: ininistrator of the Newton
County Hospital, will introduce
the speaker today.
Dr. Bloom will explain many
of the advances being made in
the fight against heart diseases.
The program is a part of the
local Newton County Heart
Council activity.
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Covington’s Bob Travis and
John Bennett, of the Georgia
Department of Industry and
Trade, Atlanta, were the speak
ers at the regular weekly
luncheon meeting of the Ki
wands Club of Covington Thurs
day at the Teen Can.
Travis was one of two Geor
gia youth who attended the
Kitty Hawk (N. C.) Flight
Seminar For Youth in Decem
ber. He told the Kiwanians of
his trip and his many exper
iences at the Seminar. Mr. Ben
nett accompanied Travis on the
three-day conference marking
the 60th Anniversary of the
first aeroplane flight by the
Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk.
One visitor was present for
the meeting Thursday. He was
Chuck Bailey of the local Boy
Scout Reservation Camp Bert
Adams.
Layman's Conference
At Stewart Jan. 29
Layman’s Evangelistic Con
ference will be held at Stewart
Baptist Church starting on ।
January 29. F. M. Davis will
be the speaker for the services
which will start each evening
at 7 p.m. Everyone is cordially
invited to attend the mvices. 1
Democratic Chairman
Urges Registration
The Newton County Democratic
Committee wants to urge all peo
ple who are not registered to vote,
to do so by February 15, 1964, so
they can vote in the County Elec
tion on March 11.
We have 22.000 people living in
Newton County and only 4,000 of
them vote at election time. That
is only 20 percent of our people
voting, which is a very low per
centage. Come out and vote. Show
the people of Georgia we are in
terested in good Government.
W. C. Ivey, Chairman
Newton County Democratic
Committee
Turkey Supper at
Palmer-Stone Fri.
There will be a turkey sup
per at Palmer Stone Friday
night, January 24, sponsored
by the Parent-Teacher Associ
ation of Palmer Stone School.
The supper will be held in the
cafetorium from 5 until 9 p. m.
Tickets for the meal will bel
$1.25 for adults and 75 cents
for children. There will also
be homemade pies and cakes.
Emory-Oxford's 127th Birthday Dinner
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PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS at Emory-At-Oxford's 127th Birthday Dinner Saturdav ni»K«
at Oxford are shown above. From left to right: Dr. E. J. Callaway of Covington, new!
elected president of the Monroe-Covington-Oxford Chapter; Lowry Hunt of Madisnn* n
V. Y. C. Eady of Emory-At-Oxford: Dr. Sanford S. Atwood. President of Emory U-s’»
House of Conyers; and Homer F. Sharp of Covington, chapter immediate past Bsmidm* *n2?
Atwood was the main speaker for the occasion- ‘
OBITUARIES 4
SOCIETY 7-9
EDITORIAL «
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"Dogwood" Is Official free;
"Day Lily" Is City Flower
In a lively session Monday night the Covington City
Council voted several measures to economize the operation
of city government, adopted an official tree and flower, and
voted the paving and curbing of the Covington Southview
Cemetery as the first project to be undertaken when weather
permits.
Mayor Walker Harris report
ed to the Council that two tele
phones in the city hall had
been disconnected because they
would not be needed and that
he had moved the Mayor’s off
ice out of the Council room and
set up his office in the room
previously designated as the,
city manager’s office.
The council room will here- 1
after be used only for council
meetings. These meetings are
open to the public and seating
facilities are available.
Council Action
The Council voted to discon
tinue paying a monthly travel
allowance of $25 for use of
personal vehicles on city jobs
to the heads of the police and
fire departments.
It was stated that a third
police car had been added last
year which could be used by
the police department and a
city vehicle was available for
use by the fire department.
Acting on purchasing proce
dures. the Council authorized
that the acting city manager be
allowed to spend up to SSOO in
the operation of city business
and services without consulta
tion; and that the Mayor be
allowed to authorize an addi
tional SSOO if needed after con-
124 Gave Blood
In Covington
When the American Red
Cross Bloodmobile visited Cov
ington on Thursday, January
16, the collection of blood to
taled 124 pints. Thirty two oth
er people came to give blood
but were refused for their own
safety. Two other visits in the
area had been cancelled dur
ing that week due to bad
weather. This had caused a se
rious shortage in the bank of
fresh blood.
Therefore, in spite of the
dangerous driving warnings for
Thursday afternoon and even,
ths mobile came on an emer
gency visit. The number do
nating at this time of year is
quite often small due to ill
ness, the weather, etc.
However, donors came from
all over the county when they
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NUMBER 4
suiting with the city manager.
Airport Lease
After discussion which dis
closed that the present lease of
the Covington Airport was in
valid due to certain conflicts
with the Federal Aviation Ag
ency, the Council voted to re
vise the lease and enter int>
a new agreement with Johnson
Flying Service, the present lea
see.
Dancing
The Council has given ap
proval to the holding of public
dances within the Covington
city limits if the dance is spon
sored and supervised by a Cov
ington Civic Club.
Flower-Tree
Upon the recommendation of
■ the Garden Clubs of Covington
the Council voted to adopt th?
dogwood tree and the daylily
as the official tree and flower
for the city.
Services Approved
An increase in the water
main service for Capes Drive
and Woodhaven Drive and the
looping of a water main from
Rebecca Street to the corner of
[ Emory and Ivy Streets byway
of Lunsford Circle was appro
ved. This project Involves lay
ing 3000 feet of six inch water
main.
In a discussion of the deteri
oration of the Elm Street rail
road crossing it was pointed
out that the Central of Georgia
Railroad had been contacted
several times about repairing
this crossing but without re
sult. State law requires th*
railroad to repair their cross
ings.
Rather than enter suit the
Council decided that it wouid
be less trouble and less expen
sive for the city to proceed
with the repairing of the cross
ing.
Approval was given to widen
and curb North Mill Street
from Floyd Street to Newton
Drive; to curb the south side of
Newton Drive from Anderson
Avenue to Mill Street; and to
curb Anderson Avenue from
Floyd Street to Williams Street.
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