Newspaper Page Text
THE
CHATTER
...80X...
I ocal-Couuty>S&ate
the Office Boy
Well! I walked the floor an
xiously, all morning, waiting,
watching for a letter from my
“Other Mother” in Crescent
City, California. That story has
been in all our papers and na
tionally broadcast. She lived in
sight of those beautiful blue
waters. I could not get a tele
phone call through . . . (those
old records they play back to
you make a woman so mad be
cause you can’t talk back to
them) no calls taken in the em
mergency! I sent her an Air
Mail letter ... no answer . . ,
but no news was good news!
Do you ever cry when you
are brimming with happiness?
I’ve had a letter from her! I
cried until I could hardly read
it . . . then I had to read it to
my Sister who loves her so
much ... we both cried until
I could hardly read that let
ter.
She was in the storm. Sat
up until 1:20 A.M. listening to
news . . then just as she got
into bed ... a huge wave en
veloped her home and set it up
in a crazy position, off its foun
dations . .and severed her bed
room from the rest of the house.
She stepped out of bed in ut
ter darkness and it seems con
tacted a live wire . . . (but no
complaints about that) then
heard somebody banging at the
door and opened it to find a
man there. He said: “You don’t
know me, but I'm the little boy
who used to pull the weeds out
of your flowers and you were
so kind to me that I wanted to
save you if I could.” You see
even a little boy, now a grown
man, never forgets the kind
ness of a wonderful person like
her. He wanted to save her! He
picked her up in his arms,
barefoot and in nightgown, and
carried her across a river of
water in the street with live
wires everywhere . . . and took
her safely to the hospital. There
she was cared for and another
friend among many who came
to her . . . was one who adopt
ed her many years ago as her
“Mother” too. She told her her
home was a total loss, and she
Continued On Page 6
Rep. Stephens
Announces for
Re-Election
Congressman Robert G.
Stephens, Jr. of the 10th Geor
gia District of which Newton
County is now a part, qualified
for re-election with the De
mocratic Committee at the
State Capitol Wednesday.
In qualifying Congressman
Stephens said he is happy to
present his candidacy and will
do his best to represent the
new 10th District in every way
just as he has represented the
old 10th District of Georgia.
The state-wide Democratic
Primary is set for September
and the General Election is in
November.
Covington News
Pa s es
Today
Covington Elks Lodge 1806 Installs Officers for 1964-65
.... /•a HBWIgT'- ’IERMBBR ’ 'Tt
IS i ^HBKX ? VIErR kl. ohh| m W
i BBBBL * i 88888 B
gMSSBiIiIBM gB Oa «MFJM ■ B. - * la ft \
-^HRK' ^B^R^BEk SE^^IRL^MM&ifl. ~JSSBB^BBB
W wOK Kf sms lL- - • ■
W w jEfe, ®
*WI x <wlr F4IH r HBK^sO^BTIi >:- WB W
>- f' *k*
- ' •- " 1 W£^w ft .
-"^S lS5r ^^f'W'-WF'- *' i «s3Bar'» 9HHHH- ‘
^ar ' is^^ ißb nB^^BBBBBB^-■-■
B t■-«!» k<dKr '-Ww ßßr v<
Bt^B^B^B B^ ‘ <
HUH lIMMHMftJMHi^ xJV^Klfll^SaiHEa^MM’
COVINGTON ELKS LODGE installed officers for 1964-65 Thursday at
ihe Elks Home on Rainbow Lake. Seated, left to right: Mickey Johnson,
Chaplain: Fred Lott, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; Hugh Kesler, Exalted
Ruler* Robert Hodge, Esteemed Leading Knight; Jack McGiboney, Esteem-
— >° ?
7°
BEST COVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia Enterprise^ Established 1865— The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer Established 1953
VOLUME 99
GOVERNMENT TAXES TO TOTAL $2,920,000
❖ ❖ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ * * ♦♦♦ * * * * * * * * *
Parents’ Council Initial Meeting Set Tonight
Family Life Specialist Is
Main Speaker at NCHS 7:30
Miss Audrey Morgan, Head of the Extension Family Life
Department of the University of Georgia, will be the main
speaker for the organizational meeting of the Newton County
Parents’ Council, to be held tonight (Thursday) at Newton
County High School Auditorium at 7:30 p. m. Sutton Hordy,
prominent local merchant and Baptist layman, will serve as
the initial meeting’s chairman.
MISS MORGAN
Tag Sales Here
Totals 7,994
Bonham L. Johnson, Newton
County Tax Collector, has is
sued approximately 8,000 ve
hicle license plates since the
tags went on Sale January 2.
Mr. Johnson said that the
total through Saturday, April
4 was 7,994 as compared to 7,-
726 this time a year ago. This
is an increase of 226 cars and
trucks by Newton County own
ers.
The final 10 days of the
March. Mr. Johnson said that
he sold 2,709 tags for cars and
trucks.
Roswell M. Piper
Named to Dean's
List at Emory U.
Ten students have been
named to the dean's list at
Emory University’s School of
Business Administration.
The list recognizes academic
achievement and requires the
equivalent of a B plus average
or better.
Those named included Ros
well Marion Piper, 310 South
Dearing Street, Covington.
(Llw dnntmjtmt Nm#
Miss Morgan, a native of
Clyo, Georgia, received her B.
S. Degree from Georgia State
College for Women.
Prior to affiliating with the
University of Georgia Exten
sion Service, with whom she
served as Home Demonstration
Agent at Valdosta, and District
Home Demonstration Agent in
South Central Georgia until
1953, Miss Morgan taught
school in Georgia and Florida,
and was a Home Supervisor
with the Farmers Home Secu
rity Administration.
She received her Masters:
from Cornell University in
1954; and has studied at Fur
man University and the Uni- !
versify of Georgia. She is a
member of Phi Lamba Theta,
Honorary Society, Epsilon Sig
ma Phi, National Honorary Ex
tension Fraternity, the Georgia,
Southeastern and National
Family Life Councils, Georgia
Conference on Children and
Youth, and the Association of
Childhood Education Internat
ional. She has been cited as the
most outstanding Home De
monstration Agent in Georgia
in 4-H-CLub work; au^.1^19.45
was ehoswr^Tfeprese r. t Geo i -
, gia at a Community Develop
ment Workshop at Furman
University for five weeks. A
cottage at the Lowndes County
4-H-Club Camp has been
named in her honor, and a cot
tage furnished in her honor at
Rock Eagle 4-H-Club Center.
Expressed interest in the
Council, t which is being spon-
Continued On Page 20
Band Pop Concert
Set April 28th
Newton County Blue
Ramler Band will present
their first annual Pops Con
cert on Tuesday evening,
April 28. at 8 p.m. at the
Newton High Auditorium.
The concert will feature such
popular music as “West Side
Story”. Admission will be 50
cents for students and SI. for
adults. It is requested that
clubs and or ga n iz. a ti o n s
wherever possible to refrain
from scheduling meetings on
this date and everyone to re
member to keep April 28
open to attend the Pops Con
cert.
ed Loyal Knight; Al Gilbert, Tiler. Standing, left to right: James Johnson,
Organist; James Hardman, Secretary; Walker Harris. Vice-President NE
District; Bill Galt, Trustee; A. R. Hooten, Inner Guard; W. C. Bouchillon,
Jr., Esquire; and Bonham Johnson, Treasurer.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1964
Georgia Lt.-Gov. Geer Was Covington Speaker
•-WwSW J|w|
MH w. jy ■' 17 \ W7. I
aS i jKI. » La M LF
Bi jmBBK eg sb
■■■ iIBBHIL ■■mV HHMMI
GEORGIA LT.-GOVERNOR Peter Zack Geer was the guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club Thursday. From left to right: Grady Coleman, program chairman; Lt.-Gov.
Geer: Sen. Brooks Pennington, of Madison, who introduced the speaker; and S. M. Hay,
Kiwanis president.
Geer Says Georgia Should
Seek Further Industrial Economy
Guest speaker for the weekly
. luncheon meeting of the Ki
i wanis Club of Covington was
• Lt.-Gov. Peter Zack Geer. In
,l reduction ’of the Georgia of
ficial was by Senator Brooks
Pennington of Madison.
The Speaker of the Georgia
■ Senate gave his views on state
i govern m e n t “mimeographed
order” red tape, new indus
tries, farming, and the upcom
ing State Constitutional Extra
Special Session.
Mr. Geer said that misplaced
agricultural emphasis in state
government programs is cost
ing Georgia millions of dollars
a year in new industries, new
jobs, new investments and new
} payrolls.
The Lieutenant Governor
told the Kiwanians that state
' appropriations should re f 1 e c t
■ the trend in Georgia from an
। agrarian to an industrial econ-
I omy.
“The simple fact is that the
l emphasis is still misplaced at
the state level,” Mr. Geer de
clared.
“The 1963-64 state appro
■ priation for agricultural pur
; poses totals more than $5 mil
| lion, compared to an appropria
| tion of only $1 million for in
dustrial purposes.”
Georgia has one of the finest
State Departments of Agricul
ture in the nation, Lieutenant
Governor Geer said, and agri
culture—as an $857 - million
annual business—is important
to Georgia. But he said thaUmx.
dustrial memrrfweTffF'fffS^s a $9
billion business and Georgians
earn almost $1.5 billion a year
in manufacturing plants.
“So I say to you that Geor
gia is no longer an agricultural
state, but an industrial state,
and our state appropriations
Continued On Page 20
N-R District BSA
Camporee Set
The Newton - Rockdale Boy
Scout District Camporee will
be held at the Bert Adams
Scout Reservation on May 1,
2 and 3—Friday night through
Sunday morning.
Carlos Meyer of Oxford will
serve as Camporee Chief and
serving on the camporee com
mittee are S. J. Morcock, Cecil
Allgood, Grady Coleman, Jim
Knight, Doyle Bailey, Sam
Smith and Dick Walters.
Mr. Meyer said that religi
ous services will be conducted
at the campsite oh Sunday
morning.
All the Scout troops in the
District are making plans now
to participate.
John Burson Is
Elected Prexy
Oxford Lions
Rodney Floyd, Civil Defense
Director for the Covington
area, was the guest speaker at j
the Oxford Lions Club.
The officers elected to serve
for the term 1964-65 were as
follows: President, John Bur-,
son; Ist V. P., Dud Childers; |
2nd V. P., C. Davas; 3rd V. P., j
Wilbur Noles; Secretary-Trea- ■
surer, Charles Ellis; Tail I
Twister, Marshal Elizer; Lion I
Tamer. Mr. Baker; 2-yr. Dir., I
J. L. Higgins; 2-yr. Dir., Virgil
Eady; 1-yr. Dir., Wiley All
good; 1-yr. Dir., Bob McKib
ben and Past President, Char
lie Burnett.
Grady Hubbard is the 40th
active member ot the Oxford;
Lions Club.
American Legion Honors Newton Countians for Service
I B M
V। e ^^^B
<OW&. k 181111188
jg|g|a|«
~ ', ’ r> < '** * V< a .t'V 1- f‘^"'x-s*\ 'rif^y w * **'<* , '*’*
'X 'rV o ^^ ’■
'A V S 'V*'^ ■ .-f ^?|£HKjg®s|®^^
AMERICAN LEGION SELECTIVE Service C ertificates and Pins were awarded three
Newton Countians Tuesday evening at the monthly meeting of Post 32 at Legion Home.
Shown presenting the certificates to two of the recipients is Legion Commander Lewie
White (left). James Hardman (center) and Col. Reuben M. Tuck were present. The third
I member R. Pat Campbell was unable to attend the meeting.
EDITORIAL 2 I
OBITUARIES 7 j
SOCIETY L 7 I
SPORTS —l4 ।
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL IB
YOUTH ASSEMBLY SPECIAL 21
LEGALS M
CLASSIFIED 22
1964 Rise Is Expected Io
Exceed $160,000 in County
(A Special Covington News Feature)
Taxes are again in the s
with April 15th just around th
Uncle Sam will have his,
hand out on that.day to re-|
ceive income taxes based on
1963 earnings.
The tax cut that was voted
recently will not come into play
at this time. It will show up in
the tax reports to be filed in
1965. They will reflect 1964
earnings.
Just how much will the local I
contribution add up to this I
year? The Government hopes j
that it will be more than it was
last April, when personal and
withholding taxes came to ap
proximately $2,760,000.
That is the amount, in round '
Guy Robinson, Prominent Druggist,
Died Suddenly Monday Evening
Guy Robinson, one of Cov
ington and Newton County’s
most prominent businessmen
and lifelong resident, died sud
; denly in a private hospital
Monday night, April 6, where
I he was rushed following a very
.short illness. He was th® son of
the late Dr. Luke Robinson and
Emma Armstrong Robinson,
| who were prominent residents
,of Covington during most of
I their lives, having moved here
[from Walton County and
Greene County respectively.
Dr. Robinson, or Guy, as he
was known to his many friends
throughout this section, was 65
1 years old. He was a charter
member of the Covington Ro
: tary Club, which served as
! honorary escort at the funeral I
services, and a member of the.
First Methodist Church.
He, with his two brothers, |
Reginald and Luke opened the I
City Pharmacy in Covington in |
1919, and together they owned
and operated the drug store I
until after the death of Luke.;
In 1958 the drug store, a land
mark in Covington, was sold to j
Dr. Guy Evans. After selling
out the business, however, he
continued to work as prescri
ption druggist for the concern, j
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m. I
at the First Methodist Church I
NUMBER 15
spotlight in Newton County,
he corner.
numbers, that was turned in by
local residents, as determined
by a breakdown of the state
| wide collections announced by
the Treasury Department, and
by local income reports.
They show that the amount
collected in personal income
taxes throughout the State of
Georgia totaled $599,936,000
| last year.
Some 0.46 percent of it was
paid by residents of Newtop
County.
Since incomes were higher in
1963, in most parts of th>
Continued On Page 20
warns- 'w
Ar
K Ik " '
- -j* ,
Ink
GUY ROBINSON
with Rev. Grady Lively offici
ating at the last rites. Inter
ment was in Covington City
Cemetery with Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home in chargß
of arrangements.
Serving as pallbearers wer«
R. H. Patterson, Jr., Guy
Evans, Walker Harris, Guy
Rogers, Dr. G. G. Tuck, David
Butler, Joe Webb and Grady
Costley. Serving as honorary
pallbearers were Tom Jones,
Dr. F. C. Nesbit, Bob Amcld,
Dr. J. R. Sams, Lanier Hard-
Continued On Page 16