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Friends in Hospitals
Our hearts have been very
much concerned over many
■ lends in various hospital.-.
Marcus Bryant, formerly
with The Covington News,
has been very ill at Georgia
Baptist Hospital. He had to
undergo surgery sometime
ago, and have an entire lung
removed to keep the gnaw
ing infection from spreading.
Our daily prayers go out to
him, Peggy, his wife, his
children, mother and sister,
during this great ordeal of
recovery. We pray the Hea
venly Father will be very
near him and spare him.
The Friends of Mr. Otis
Nixon, throughout the State,
are rejoicing that, after sur
gery at Georgia Baptist
Hospital, has sufficiently re
covered to return to his
home. He especially need
quiet and rest for a quick
recovery, as do we all, after
surgery. He certainly wants
to see his friends, but you
can remember what sleepless
nights you spent when you
had too much company . . •
so can I! We are all prone
to rush in to welcome our
friends home from hospitals,
and talk and talk and talk!
That’s no good for any pati
ent, because we all beg to
come HOME (there’s no
place like it) before the
Doctors feel we are ready for
the many friends to visit us.
Green Valley Farm has long
been a place “where friends
meet”, and it certainly is a
restful place to recuperate
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Rotary To Hear
Report From
Brunswick
Tuesday, July 14 the Cov
ington Rotary will hear a re
port of the activities of the
Brunswick Corporation in
Newton County and the
World.
This program is the first
in a series on the businesses
and industries in Newton
County. They are designed
to give Rotarians and their
friends more information on
Newton County’s present in
dustries and its potential.
Mr. John Morford, Per
sonnel Manager for Bruns
wick, will be the featured
speaker. He will discuss the
diversification of this rapid
ly-growing corporation in
the last ten years from two
plants and 3700 employees
to a complex of 25 plants,
100 sales offices, and 14,000
employees.
The speaker wll tell how
and why Brunswick selected
Newton County as a location
for one of the plants, of this
mushrooming organization.
The Covington Rotary
Club meets every Tuesday at
12:30 at the Teen-Can.
Chief Boy Scout Executive Visits Kiwanis Club
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CHIEF BOY SCOUT Executive Tom Uffelman of the Atlanta Area Council was doub
ly welcomed to the Covington Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday where he was the
quest speaker. S. J. Morcock (left) program chairman, and James Hutchins (right),
vice-president, supplied the greeting with a handshake. This was Mr. Uffelman s first
appearance here before a civic club since succeeding O. B. (Country) Gorman with
the Atlanta Area Scouts.
A Prixe-W inning
Newspaper
1964
Better Newspaper
Contest!
BEST r ^VERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia Enter pri' i ’'hed 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established
VOLUME 99
CITY PROVES BEER SALE: ADOPTS BUDGET
Salem Camp Meeting Speakers Announced
Dr. Chess Lovern And
Rev. Jimmy Waters Listed
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The speakers list for the 1964 Salem Camp Ground
Annual Meeting has been announced by C. D. Ramsey,
President of the Board of Directors. The meeting this
year will be held on August 7th through August 14th.
Preaching for the inter
denominational services at
the famous meeting site in
Western Newton County will
be Dr. J. Chess Lovern, a
native of Oxford and a son
of Judge J. O. Lovern. Dr.
Lovern is the pastor of the
First Methodist Church in
Lubbock, Texas. Rev. Jimmy
Waters, pastor of the Mabel
Pharmacists
Organize Here
The Pharmacists of Newt
on County announce the for
mation of a Newton County
Pharmaceutical Association
with all registered pharma
cists in the county as mem
bers of the organization.
This organization will
function as a component or
ganization of the Georgia
Pharmaceutical Association.
The purpose of the organiza
tion is to improve and ad
vance the profession of
Pharmacy.
Officers elected to serve
for the first year are: Pres
ident, Richard Bellairs; vice
president, Jerry Bray and
secretary-treasurer, Walter
Pope.
Last Call
For Recipes
Housewives of Covington
and Newton County as well
as surrounding areas, this is
the final call for recipes for
the 1964 NEWS Cookbook,
which will be published in
the July 23rd issue. All re
cipes should be in the NEWS
office by July 16. as recipes
will be judged at 10 a. m. on
this date.
Hurry and get your re
cipes in as you could be one
of the lucky winners for this
year’s contest.
(tatiujimt New
White Memorial Baptist
Church of Macon; and Bi
shop John Owen Smith of
the Methodist Church in
Georgia will be the other
speakers for the regular ser
vices in the main tent.
Music director of the
meeting will be Rev. Robert
Gary, pastor of the Allen
Memorial Methodist Church.
Oxford. The pianist will be
Miss Gayle Wimberley of
Baxley, Georgia.
Dr. Lovern will preach at
the first service of the 1961
meeting on Friday, August
7th at 8 p m. Special music
will be furnished by the
preachers of the Atlanta-
Decatur-Oxford District at
this service.
On Sunday, August 9th
three services will be held
with Bishop Smith preaching
at 11 a. m. A special song
service will be held at 3
o’clock in the main taber
nacle. Rev. Waters will
preach at the Sunday even
ing service at 8 o’clock.
Mr. Ramsey says that
special programs have been
planned during the meeting
and groups from various
neighboring churches will
have special song services
each evening. The complete
program will be given in The
Covington NEWS in the near
future.
Oxford Lions To
Stage Broom
Sale Tonight
Members of the Oxford
Lions Club will stage a
house-to-house broom sale
tonight Thursday) in Oxford,
starting around 7 o’clock.
Lions Club broom sale helps
in the eye-sight conserva
tion program by Lions
Lighthouse for The Blind of
Georgia.
W. A. Childers, Jr. and
John Burson are the project
chairmen of the broom sale.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1964
Stone Mountain Carving To Resume
Saturday At Ceremonies At 2:30 PM
Ceremonies will be held at
Stone Mountain Memorial
Park this Saturday, July 11,
at 2:30 p. m. to mark the
resumption of work on the
mammoth carving on the
steep side of the mountain.
Governor Carl Sanders and
Commissioner Phil Campbell
will lead the ceremonies and
then issue a “begin work’’
order to the workmen who
will be waiting 300 feet up
the face of the mountain to
start their torches.
Mr. Campbell is chairman
of the Stone Mountain Aut
hority. Both Gov. Sanders
and Comm. Campbell and
other members of the autho
rity as well as members of
the various organizations
such as the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy are
anxious to see the carving
completed. It will add im
mensely to the appeal of the
mountain as a tourist at
traction in the south.
More than 36 years have
lapsed since the last work
was done on the carving. All
Georgians are now invited
to visit Stone Mountain on
July 11 and take part in this
historic occasion to complete
the memorial to the Con
federacy begun more than a
Oxford Lions Club
Installed Officers
The new slate of officers of the Oxford Lions Club
was installed Thursday evening at the Community Cen
ter. John Burson is sthe 1964-65 president of the club.
He succeeds Charlie Burnett.
The intallation ceremony
was ably handled by one of
Oxford’s own members and
a past president of the club
who is now Deputy District
Governor. Melvin Conrad
prefaced his charge to the
various officers taking over
their new duties with a re
view of the year’s work of
the Oxford Lions Club for
1963-64 under President
Burnett.
Most notably was the
growth of the club during
the past year. From 34 mem
bers the Oxford Lions or
ganization now has 43 mem
bers. This was one of the
factors that placed the club
fourth in the District Gov
ernor’s Contest. Other points
in which the local club made
an excellent showing in
cluded:
Efficiency of S e c r e t a ry
Charles Ellis (for the seven
th straight year), persons
receiving key awards, at
tendance of officers at Zone
and District meetings, and
community projects.
Deputy District Gov. Con
rad also said that the Oxford
Club had a booth at the fair
this year, contributed to the
Newton County High School
NDEA Fund, gave 24 fruit
baskets to elderly people at
Christmas, staged a Pancake
Supper, sponsors Boy Scout
Troop 211 and Explorer Post
211, and is presently pre
paring a house numbering
plat for homes of Oxford.
Aiding incoming President
half century ago.
George Weiblen, who
worked on the original carv
ing, will be in charge of a
group of six men who will
complete the work under the
direction of Walter Hancock,
famed Massachusetts sculpt
or, chosen in competition
with eight other nationally
known sculptors to complete
the work.
Carving will be done with
modern jet torches that will
burn a mixture of oxygen
and kerosene and produce
Mayor's
Statement
In the interest of the
welfare of the citizens of
Covington we urge every
one to refrain from loiter
ing and congregating on
the public streets of Cov
ington, during this period
when everyone should
exercise good judgement
and understanding.
We will appreciate your
cooperation.
Walker Harris
Mayor
City of Covington
Burson with the club will
be W. A. Childers, Jr., first
vice-president: W. G. Davis,
second vice-president; Wil
bur Noles, third vice-presi
dent: Charles Ellis, secre
tary-treasurer; Marshall Eli
zer, Tail Twister; Jim Baker,
Lion Tamer; Charlie Bur
nett, past president; and
directors: Jay Higgins, Vir
gil Eady. Jr. Wiley Allgood,
and Bob McKibben.
Lions Burnett and Conrad
are holders of district and
zone offices. Mr. Burnett is
now Zone 1, Region 1 Chair
man; and Mr. Conrad is the
Deputy District Governor.
Oxford’s club is now one
of the largest in their area of
the state. Nineteen of the
members last year had per
fect attendance records. One
of the members. Lion Cary
Allgood, was honored Thurs
day night when he received
his perfect attendance pin
from Tail Twister Marshall
Elizer (after paying a small
fine).
President Burson, in tak
ing over the gavel from Lion
Burnett, stated that he was
“sure the club could con
tinue the progressive pro
gram we have had for the
past years.” He ended his
acceptance speech with a
paraphrase of the late John
F. Kennedy’s famous in
augural address quote: “Ask
not what your club can do
for you, but what you can
do for your club.”
sounds similar to jet aircraft
engines.
To watch this work on the
carving, more than 300 feet
up the side of the mountain,
as high as a 33 story build
ing. should be an exciting
treat for young and old.
Vera Hooten
Member Co.
Sheriff's Dept.
Vera Hooten is now a
member of the Newton
County Sheriff’s Depart
ment.
Mr. Hooten had previous
ly served as a policeman for
the City of Covington for
the past 16 years.
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Oxford Lions New Slate of Officers For Club Year
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OXFORD LIONS CLUB installed their officers for the club year 1964-65 Thursday.
Seated, left to right: W. A. Childers, Jr., first vice-president; Melvin Conrad, Deputy
District Governor, installing officer; Charlie Burnett, immediate past president; John
Burson, president; W. G. Davis, second vice-president; and Wilbur Noles, third vice
president. Standing: Wiley Allgood, Jay Higgins, Virgil Eady, Jr., all directors; Jim
Baker Lion Tamer; Charles Ellis, secretary-treasurer; Marshall Elixer, Tail Twister.
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"Off Premises" Sale Now
Permitted By Regulations
The Covington Mayor and City Council in a meeting
Tuesday night at City Hall approved a resolution for the
issuance of retail licenses for malt beverages (beer) for
the city and adopted the budget for the fiscal year 1964-65.
Mayor Walker Harris and
all the members of tlu? City
Council were present tor the
meeting Tuesday. Members
of the City Council are Don
Wood, Guy Evans, Buddy
Baker, Luke Savage. Fred
Kitchens and E. E. (Buck)
Callaway.
The budget for the coming
vear for the city totals
$1,335,930, an increase of
$149,175 over the budget of
a year ago, according to fig
ures released by City Clerk
Harry Cowan.
The resolution issued by
the Mayor and City Council
is carried in its entirety in
The Covington NEWS today
elsewhere in the paper.
Strict regulations are setup
for those who obtain licenses
for the sale of the malt be
verages, both retail and
wholesale. There will be
“off premises” consumption
only.
Included in the resolution,
and defined explicitely, are:
retail and wholesale licenses,
type of sale, authority to is
sue licenses, license fees and
taxes, hours of operation,
sale to minors, ordinances
and regulations.
In Item 6 of the hours of
operation is defined; “. . .
the sale of malt beverages
shall be between the hours
of 7;00 o’clock a. m. and
11:00 o’clock p. m. . . .
There shall be no malt be
verages sold or distributed
within this City on Sundays.
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legal holidays or election
days.”
Pertaining to sale of beer
to minors the resolution
states: “No malt beverages
shall be sold within this City
to persons under 21 years
of age, or to persons in an
intoxicated condition, or to
persons who a^e known to
be habitual drunkards.”
The Mayor and Council,
in explaining their action,
stated in the resolution that
“such malt beverages are
being sold to and consumed
by minors and habitual
drunkards, as well as the
public in general; and, this
body wishes to control the
sale and consumption of such
beverages within the corpo
rate limits of said City . . .”
They stated that they were
always keeping in mind the
public interest and the wel
fare of the citizens of the
City of Covington and that
they deemed it advisable to
legalize the sale of malt be
verages in the City.
Farm Groups To
Meet Tuesday
There will be a combined
meeting of the Newton
County Farm Bureau, the
Newton County Dairy Pro
ducers, and the Yellow 7 Riv
er Livestock Producers on
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