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(Guest Columnist Rev. Arnold
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The revival services at First
Baptist Church will continue
through Friday night, with the
Pastor bringing the week to a
glorious close on Sunday.
I, Arnold Smith, the guest
preacher, am enjoying a wond
erful fellowship with the good
people of Covington and First
Baptist Church. The traditional
hospitality of this fair city is
as warm as in the days of yore.
Let me join Rev. Callaway,
and the good people of First
Baptist Church, in extending
to you and your’s a most cordi
al invitation to attend the re
maining services of this meet
ing., Services are at 7:30 each
morning, through Friday; and
each evening at 7:45. Sunday’s
services will be at the regular
hours.
The attendance at all services
has been large and enthusiastic.
We hope You will come and
bring your families and friends.
The Musiec, under the direct
ion of Rev. Tucker Singleton, of
Madison, Georgia, First Baptist
Church, is most worshipful and
inspiring. In addition to the
large choir of First Baptist, he
has a wonderful group of boys
and girls whose singing is a joy
to hear. Bro. Singleton also
sings solos, accompanying him
self on the Autoharp.
On Monday night the house
was packed with prayerful and
concerned people. In response
to the invitation there were
seventeen (17) boys and girls
who gave their hearts to Christ.
This, I believe is the beginning
of something great and glorious
in First Baptist Church and in
Covington. We are praying that
many more will be deoing like-
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New Math’ Classes
April 29, May 6
E. L. Ficquett School “New
Math” classes for adults are
scheduled for April 29 and May
6, at 7:30 p.m. at the school
There will be a two hour ses
sion each night, Mrs. Carlton
and Mrs. Wood will divide the
group equally for an hour of
instruction and then exchange
groups for the last hour in or
der to prevent duplication of
instruction.
Covington News
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Final Chance For Sabin Vaccine
Sunday; Program Lags In County
Sabin Oral Sunday (SOS) officials in Newton County are
a disheartened group of people this week in view of the
slim turnout for the third feeding of the Sabin Oral vaccine
Sunday in four locations in the county. Only 6,657 people
reported to Covington, Porterdale and Mansfield to receive
the Type II vaccine which is|
the third in the series of three|
immunization sugar lumps. *
Dr. E. Jordan Callaway, co-|
chairman of the Newton Coun-'
ty campaign, and representing
the Newton-Rockdale Medical"
Society, sponsor of the SOS |
program here, stated: “It is!
most disheartening to see the |
poor response to the SOS;.
campaign. After so many pro-l‘
fessional and lay pecple have|
given most generously of their |
time and efforts for this worthy |
cause, to see so few people|
willing to give only a sma]l‘
amount of their time to wipe |
out the future threat of a dread |
polio epidemic here. There |
should be not only enough of|
an individual responsibility |
about the health and welfare of |
the county to take it, but to see |
also that his neighbor takes it, |
so that all might benefit.” He|
continued, “Complete immuni-|
zation can be accomplished;
only by taking all three types,]
as each type can cause a diff
erent kind of polio. It is un-‘
fortunate that so many reasons
and rumors have been advan
sed to sabotage this fine pro
gram. They are all unfounded,
and as physicians we assure
you of its safety.”
“We have done just about all
that we can think of to tell |
the publie about the program
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At 8 oClock At NCHS
The Senior Class of Newton County High School invites
the public to visit Our Town. Guided tours will be provided
tonight and tomorrow night only. Fee for the tour is 50 cents
for students and SI.OO for adults. The tours will begin
promptly at 8:00 p. m. in the NCHS Auditorium, and will
be under the direction of Mr. Eddie Najjar with narration
by Mr. David Rainey. e
"Qur Town, the Senior Play
of 1964, is Grover’'s Corners,
New Hampshire at the turn of
the nineteenth century. As an
extra added attraction, the
story of the life, love and mar=-
riage, and the death of the peo
ple of this town will be acted
out on stage. Performing as
part of the cast are such nota
bles as: Robin Dennison and
Bob Travis, Anne McKay and
Jim Benton, Mason Stephenson
and Sandra Hodges, Ira Jean
Willard and John Cheek, and
Cindy Richardson, Grady
Campbell, Mickey Wilkerson,
Ronnie Elliott, Gary Rooks,
Noami Smith, Tommy Scar
brough, and Danny Fincher.
Others in the cast are: Sel
ma Spears, Linda Partee, Nancy
Spears, Vicky McGiboney, Di
anne Hooten, Kathie Hardy,
Lynn Barker, Tony Hodges,
Betty Kent, Linda Kite, Nelda
White, Becky Womack, Sandra
Sullivan, Freddy Reynolds,
Kenneth Vaughn, Vera Moate,
Terry Smith, Jack Gibbs, Doug
Bledsoe dnd Tim Exley.
Those who have been work
ing behind the scenes, but will
Rev. Maze Jackson
Speaker at Canaan
Baptist Sunday
Sunday, April 26th, Rev.
Maze Jackson will be at Cana
an Baptist Church for the 11:00
a.m. service and for the big
rally at 2:00 p.m. and also for
the . evening service at 7:30
p.m.
Please bring lunch and spend
the day and worship with us.
Canaan Baptist Church is lo
cated south of Porterdale on
Salem Camp Ground Road.
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and to make it easily and inex- |
pensively available to them.i
Next Sunday it will be up to|
the citizens themselves to make
the Sabine Oral Sunday cam
paign a success,” Dr. Callaway
added. {
More than 16,000 Newton
Countians took the first Sabin
sugar lump on February 9-16.
This means that some 10,000
local folks need to visit one of |
the four centers this coming|
Sunday, April 26 to receive
Type 11. The hours are 12 noon
until 5 p. m. and the locations
are:
Porterdale School Cafeteria t
R. L. Cousins School Cafete-|
ria !
Mansfield Community Housei
Newton County School Cafe
teria. |
SOS officials have stressed
the importance of taking all
three types of the Sabin Vac-|
cine. If this is done a booster is
not needed in the future. Alsot
the three vaccines eliminate]
carriers of polio which may
exist among the populace of
anv community. It is a respon
sibility of each citizen to take
the vaccines whether or net you
are able to pay the quarter.
The doctors and nurses in the
four centers in Newton County
volunteer their services. They |
are not paid anything for this |
Che @ouington News |
BEST “"OVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
not be seen on stage include:
Dana Kemp, Chairman of Pub
licity Committee; Wayne Reyn
olds, Chairman of House Com
mittee, Dennis Brizzi, Lights;
and Freddy Reynolds, Sound
Effects, and all members of the
Senior Class who have been
selling tickets. Sets are being
designed and supervised by
Mrs. Laverne Cowan and Mr.
Art Hargrove.
This year, as in several past
yvears, the seniors are compet
ing in ticket sales. The prizes
for the highest couple, which
have already mounted to over
eighty dollars, were donated by
local merchants.
Basil Rigney, Director of the
Newton County Blue Rambler
Band, anncunces this week the
band will present ' their first
annual Pops Concert on Tues
day night, April 28, at 8 p. m.
at the Newton County High
School Auditorium. Admission
for the concert will be 50 cents
for students and $1 for adults.
Selections to be played at the
Pops Concert will consist of
some by special request and
musical numbers the general
public will enjoy.
The first number of the pro
gram will be “Roundtable
March”, by Leonard Smith,
which was given to the Blue
Rambler Band by Paul Rich-
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| time spent on Sunday when
{they help with the SOS pro
| gram. However, there is some
|expense involved in materials
|and supplies for the campaign
| and that is the reason they ask
| for a 25-cent or more donat
ion.” If any money (above
| actual expenes) is realized, it
| will go to a nurses scholarship
ifund right here in Newton
{ County to send one of our own
ineedy girls to a nursing
| school,” Dr. Callaway stated.
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- Covington Pilot
- Club Barbecue
| Wed. at Pavilion
| The Pilot Club of Covington
| wishes to remind every inter
{ested citizen of Newton Coun
ity that your attendance at the
| Pilot Barbecue at the Lions
’Cllub Pavilion in Covington on
| Wednesday, April 29, will be
i_vour investment in the Girl
| Scout Program which this club
| supports. Barbecue with the
{trimmings will be served from
| five to eight o’clock. Prepared
| by Mr. Fred Greer, it will live
|up to his usual reputation of
being ‘“‘the best”.
Remember that tickets are
on sale among Pilot Club mem
bers at $1.50 each. You will
have a good meal and enjoy
the fellowship of your friends
lwhile your conscience will feel
| good for supporting a worth
| while cause.
"lished 1865—The Covington Star, Establishieidr 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Estcblished 1953
COVINGTON., GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1964
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PROMINENT FAMILY MEMBERS of “Our Town”, the Newton High Senior Play slated
for performances tonight and Friday at BP. M. are shown in the photo above. Left to
right: seated, Jim Benton and Mason Stephenson: standing, Ann McKay, Bob Travis, Ira
Jean Willard, David Rainey, John Cheek, Robin Dennison and Sandra Hodges.
City Council Okays Paving;
Reassigns Dept. Personnel
In a three and one-half hour session Monday night the
Covington Mayor and City Council voted funds for several
long overdue paving projects, reassigned several city de
partment heads, and were told by acting city manager Harry
Cowan that appraisals were completed for the tax revalua
tion program in the city. L
The Council voted unani
mously to borrow betweén
$30,000 and $35,000 to contract
for paving and curbing with
Kelly Paving Company. An
engineer will be emploved to
draw specifications for the
work and to inspect the job as
it progresses.
After a length discussion the
councilmen voted to contract
for this work rather than hav
ing city employees do the job
because it could be completed
faster and a great savings to
the taxpayers of the city.
Projects to be included un
der the contract are: (1) the
widening and curbing of Floyd
Street from East Street to
Elizabeth Street; (2) the re
surfacing of East Conyers
Street from Oak Street to
South Dearing Street; (3) the
resurfacing of Newton Drive
from Floyd Street to Anderson
Avenue, and Anderson Ave
nue from Williams Street to
Floyd Street; and (4) the pav
ing and curbing of Southview
Cemetery.
REASSIGNMENTS
Due to the rapid growth of
the city the Council voted to
reassign responsibilities in the
different departments. Ap
pointments that were ap
proved were: (1) Charles Gei
ger, upt. of Public Works; (2)
Albert Parker, Supt. of Elec
trical] Department; and (3)
Oscar Parnell, Supt. of Parks
and Cemetery.
Acting City Manager Harry
P. Cowan was commended for
the job that he has done in
that position and was given a
unanimous vote in his reap
pointment.
REVALUATION
Mr. Cowan told councilmen
that the appraisals for the
city’s tax revaluation program
were now complete and that
the appraisal books would be
open at the City Hall for in
spection on Monday, April 27,
through Friday, May 1, by tax
payers.
At their last meeting the
Council voted to assess proper
ty taxes in the city on the basis
of 75 per cent of the property’s
fair market value. |
Hunnicutt and Associates,
Inc, have completed the ap
praisal of all real and per
sonal property within the
city limits of Covington. The
records will be available for
public inspection during the
week of April 27 through
May 1, 1964, in Courtroom at
City Hall at the following
times: Monday, 10 a. m. to
4:30 p. m. Tuesday through
Friday, 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p.
m. The personnel of Hunni
cutt and Associates, Inc. will
be available to answer any
questions.
PROPERTY SALE
The Council voted three t
wo to hell 24 1/4 acres o
ity property located east o
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SALEM CAMP GROUND Board of Trustees are pictured above at Salem Hotel, where
they held their annual pre-camp planning meeting Sunday. They are, left to right, front
row: Robert H. Elliott, Jr., Charles Candler, Parks Warnock, W. E. Scott, Jr.. and Dr.
V. Y. C. Eady: middle row: L. L. Gellerstedt, J. T. Hicks, Clarence Vaughn, Jr., Chair
man C. D. Ramsey Jr., and Leo Mallard; 3rdrow: M. W. Hull, Robert Christian, Guy
Rutland and Aaron Kemp: back row: C. Otis Nixon, H. Y. McCord, and Ed King.
Covington along the Alcovy
River to Gilbert Gober who
submitted the only sealed bid
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Friday Is Parents’ Day
At Emory-Oxford College
Hundreds of parents of stud
ents at Emory-at-Oxford will
visit the campus Friday in ob
servance of Parents’ Day. Par
ents will come from Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, South Caro
lina, and elsewhere, Students
on the campus are from 18
states and two foreign coun
tries.
These parents will visit the
$200,000 Needed Now For
School Repairs, Additions
A $200,000 School Bond election has been set for May
20, 1964, in Newton County. Polis will be open from 7 a. m,
to 7 p. m. at the regular voting places. Fhc g
The school bond tax levy will
not be increased because of this
bond issue, according to Supt.
of Newton County Schools J.
W. Richardson. The present
school bonds will be paid off by
1972,
This bond issue is urgently
needed for additions and re
Reading Course
Offered at NCHS
By Institute
A course in reading compre
hension will be offered by the
Evelyn Wood Reading Dynam
ics Institute this spring at
Newton County High School.
Beginning May 4, the classes
will meet once a week for
seven weeks from 4 to 6 p.m.
‘Each person is charged sl2 for
the entire course open to high
school students and adults.
“Through this course you are
taught to retain facts better,
cut down time in studying and
increase . speed. All students
who plan to attend college
should take advantage of this
course in preparation for col
lege level work,” a school of
ficial stated.
Those interested in this read
ing program should contact
Eddie Najjar at Newton Coun
ty High School. j
| professors from 8:30 to 10:30
A. M. At 10:45 A. M. Mr. Virgil
Thrash of LaGrange, president
of the student body, will pre
side over the assembly in Allen
Memorial Church Auditorium.
The invocation will be given
by Dr. Dallas M. Tarkenton,
|Registrar and Director of Ad
| missions of Emory-at-Oxford.
| Special music will be provid-
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pairs to existing school build=
ings in the county.
“Newton County populatioa
is rapidly growing and will
continue to grow, To house the
growing school pcpulation we
must build additional rooms,”
Mr. Richardson stated.
Newton County has $25,000
on savings from insurance paid
when Palmer-Stone school
gymnasium burned. The Newt
on County Board of Education
plans to use some of the bond
money to replace an adequate
building at Palmer-Stone.
- Newton County cannot quae
lify for its share of state aid for
‘school buildings unless we are
bonded to three-fourths of our
bonding capacity. At the pre
sent time we are bonded to
about one-third of our bonding
capacity.
If this bond issue passes
Newton County will be in posi=
tion to qualify for state aid for
future building needs.
Cake Sale Saturday
By Porterdale Class
The Young Adult Class of
the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church will have a
“Cake Sale” on the Courthcuse
Square in Covington on May
9th.
I The proceeds will go towards
[the remodeling and furnishing
of a room at the church.
ed by the Emory-at-Oxford
|Chorus under the direction of
Dr. Joseph E. Guillebeau.
! Mr. William E. Culbreth of
' Mobile, Alabama, vice pres=
ident of the student body and
fan honor student who has been
admitted to the Emory Univer
sity School of Dentistry for
' September this year, will give
the students’ welcome to par=
ents.
i Mrs. C. G. Renfroe, whose
‘daughter Anne is a sophomore,
will respond for the parents.
Anne’s father is superintendent
of schools in Decatur.
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Bloodmobile to
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Need Is Cited
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be back in Covington in
exactly two weeks. The First
Baptist Church will again host
the fifth visit of the blood year
on May 7, between the hours
of 12 noon and 6:00 p.m. 5
Every person, ages 21
through 59, is urged to consid
er the support of this program.
Not only does one pint of the
individual's blood assure the
blood needs of his entire ime=
mediate family, but also lends
strength to a community ef
fort.
“As of this moment Newton
County citizens have given 381
pints on a quota of 730 pints
for the year July 1963-June
1964. Only two visits remain in
which the balance of 359 pint
of blood may be couect.'%
stated Marshall Elizer, Newton
County Chairman of the M
program, Lo e R
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