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A. E. Hays Reunion
One of the most delight
ful affairs of the year is
when Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Hays, St., of Mansfield,
gather all their family to
gether at their Summer
Home, “Lazy Acres,” for
their annual reunion. Hosts
of friends are invited to
meet with them for this oc
casion. It is a delightful af
fair and we all look for
ward to it with the greatest
of pleasure.
This year was no excep
tion. “Lazy Acres” did not
(look lazy at all. It was never
greener or prettier. The huge
lake glistened in the sun
light. It is teaming with
fish, but they seemed to
sense the enormity of the
crowd, and stayed as quiet
as a mouse. They need not
have worried however, for
the tantalizing aroma which
permeated the air, made you
so hungry you did not want
fish. Great, old fashioned
barbeque pits were filled
with pork and kid, which
had been tenderizing all
night long over hot coals.
Long tables were ready
when we arrived, with all
the good things that go with
barbecue and brunswick
stew. However, the prettiest
tables were arranged by
Mrs. Hays herself. Luscious
cakes that would take a
prize in National Magazines!
Not only for their texture
and deliciousness but for
their beauty. The friends in
vited each year have be
come so close to that won
derful family that you just
feel like a member of the
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President Hay
To Give Report
Os Convention
Covington Kiwanis Presi
dent S. M. Hay will give a
report of his recent trip to
the Kiwanis International
Convention at Los Angeles,
Calif, at the regular weekly
meeting of the Covington
club today (Thursday) at 1
o’clock at Legion Home.
Mr. Hay said that he will
use a tape of convention
highlights as well as his re
port of the convention and
....
Rev. Owen Kellum, pastor
of the First Methodist
Church, Covington, was the
guesit speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club meet
ing Thursday.
The speaker gave an in
teresting resume and re
view of the events leading
to the Battle of Atlantia,
which occurred exactly 100
years ago. He outlined Sher
man’s march in detail and
described many strategic
positions hefld by both Fed
erals and Confederates in
the July and August move
ments.
Visitors at the Thursday
meeting include Werner Von
Gruenhut of Oxford, who
recently moved to our coim
ty to operate a dry kiln in
dustry; and an inter-club
four-some from McDonough
—Paul Cates, D. P. Reeves,
John Craig and Jack Cupit.
Famed Salem Tabernacle Ready For 136th Meeting
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THIS FAMED OLD TABERNACLE at Salem Camp Ground will be the scene of the
136th Annual Meeting starting Friday night August 7th. The rafters in this arbor
are long, hand-hewn timbers, many of which were installed at the turn of the cen
tury. Pulpit speakers at Salem have numbered some of the greatest preachers in
the interdenominational world. Next week Dr. Chess Lovern, Rev. Jimmy Waters
and Bishop John Owen Smith will be the speakers.
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SAL $ MEETING STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT
Officers Elected For Local United Fund
Dr. Chess Lovern, Rev. Waters,
Bishop Smith Are '64 Speakers
The 1964 Salem Camp Ground Meeting will get under
way Friday evening and will continue through Friday,
August 14th. This year marks the 136th annual meeting
of the famed interdenominational camp session.
The three preachers cho
sen for the 1964 meeting in
cludes a local son, Dr. Chess
Lovern, a native of Oxford
and a son of Judge J. O. Lo
vern. Rev. Jimmy Waters,
pastor of the Mabel White
Memorial Baptist Church,
Macon, and Bishop John
Owen Smith of the Metho
dist Church in Georgia, are
the other speakers for the
eight-day meeting.
Dr. Lovern and Rev. Wa
ters head two of the largest
churches in the South and
Midwest. At present Dr. Lo
vern is pastor of the St. Luke
First Methodist Church in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
and there are 5,426 members
on the church roll. This is
the second largest member
ship in Methodism.
Rev. Waters has seen the
Mabel White Church grow
from some 500 members to
the present membership of
3,500 in Macon. He is a na
tive of Gwinnett County and
was graduated from Mercer
University, Macon.
Traditionally the Sunday
crowds are largest for three
services scheduled: one at 11
a. m., a special song service
at 3 p. m. and the evening
service at 8 o’clock.
The platform and music
director of the meeting will
be Rev. Robert Gary, pastor
of the Allen Memorial Meth-
Downtown Merchants
Plan Festival Values
A “Summer Festival of
Values” by Downtown Mer
chants of Covington has
been planned and will be
held from August 20th
through August 29th.
The Downtown Merchants
Assn, will publish an ad
vertising tabloid section in
the Covington NEWS on
August 20th in full color.
Also some 7,000 circulars
will be printed and mailed
to county residents prior to
the start of the sale on Au
gust 20.
The NEWS is asking the
cooperation of the down
town merchants in observ
ing the deadline for advertis
ing copy Thursday, August
13. Copy will be placed in
the tabloid section as it
comes in, therefore it is ur
gently requested that copy
•be turned in early. When
you have your copy ready,
please call The Covington
NEWS, Tel. 786-3401 and a
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odist Church, Oxford. Rev.
Gene Nease, pastor of Salem
Methodist Church; and Rev.
Marion Sherrill, pastor of
the First Methodist Church
in Conyers, will aid with
classwork during the week.
Classes for beginners, pri
maries, juniors and interme
diates as well as adults will
be held during the meeting.
Those who will be in charge
of these classes are: Mrs. C.
D. Ramsey, Mrs. W. E. Scott,
Mrs. Chester Robinson, Mrs.
Pat O’Rear and Mrs. Robert
Gary.
Dr. Lovern and Rev. Wa
ters will alternate in the pul
pit of the main tabernacle,
starting with the two ser
vices Saturday, August Bth.
Dr. Lovern will preach at
the 11 a. m. service Satur
day and Rev. Waters will be
the evening speaker.
Sunday’s schedule calls for
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
at Salem Church; 11 a. m.
sermon at the main tent by
Bishop Smith; song service
at 3 p. m. at 'the main tent;
8 p. m. sermon by Rev. Wa
ters.
A special choir from Salem
Methodist Church will ren
der music at the morning
service, with the Youth
Choir of the Conyers First
Methodist Church bringing
special music at the evening
service.
salesman will pick it up.
Included in the color tab
loid by the Downtown Mer
chants will 'be Back-Tb-
School items, summer clear
ance items, merchants’ spe
cials, and storewide bar
gains from all the stores
sponsoring the gigantic fall
event.
Broom Sale By
Lions Club
Covington Lions Club will
begin their annual broom
sale tonight (Thursday) in
Covington’s residential areas,
according to an announce
ment by President Olin Al
len.
Lions will offer brooms
and mops for sale in their
door-to-door sale. The mon
ey derived from the project
will go to the Lions Light
house for The Blind work in
Georgia.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1964
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NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICERS of the Covingion-Newton County United Fund, Inc.
are pictured above following the organizational meeting Monday at the leen Can.
Seated, left to right: Ed Robinson, president; Mrs. Helen Dickinson, vice-
president; Dean Getz, third vice-president. Standing: Grady Coleman (left), first v c
president; and W. J. Dickey, secretary. Billy E. Nalls, treasurer, was not present for
the picture.
Homecoming
High Point
The annual Homecoming
Day at High Point Baptist
Church will be held Sunday,
August 9. Sunday School will
begin at 9:45 followed by the
morning worship service at
11 O’clock. The Rev. James
(Pete) Bohannon, pastor of
Midway Church, formerly a
mission of the High Point
Church, will be the guest
speaker.
Following the service, a
basket lunch will be served
under the shade trees.
Sunday is also the begin
ning of the summer revival
services at High Point. Be
ginning on Sunday evening
at 7:45 the Rev. Hugh Coop
er, pastor of Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church in Clarkes
ville, will conduct the revi
val services.
Services will continue the
following week beginning at
7:45 each evening. Everyone
is cordially invited to Home
coming and Revival Servi
ces.
Pep Club Cake
Sale Aug. Bth
The Pep Club of Newton
County High School is hav
ing a cake sale on Saturday,
August 8. Three booths will
be set up; one in front of
the Court House, one in
front of the Strand Theatre,
and one in front of the drug
store at Porterdale. The sale
will begin at 10:00 A. M.
The profits will be used
to pay for shakers, pennants,
etc. to be used during the
coming school year. If any
one would like to make an
advance order, please call
Pam Carson at 786-7341. Re
member to come out and buy
a homemade cake from the
Pep Club.
Ram Football Drills
Start On Monday
Newton County Ram foot
ball coaches have issued a
call for all gridiron aspi
rants to attend a “skull”
meeting Sunday at the NC
HS gymnasium at 4 p. m.
Workouts will start on
Monday, August 10 for these
who wish to make the Ram
squad for the coming sea
son. The first few days will
be devoted to exercises in
shorts and periods of calis
thenics.
Coaches Miton McLaney
and Wilbur Fisher are ex
pecting seven lettermen -
backs from the Ram team of
a year ago that had a 5-4-1
Girl Scout Day Camp
Set August 11 Thru 14
Girl Scout Day Camp will
be held at the Scout Hut on
Tuesday, August 11, through
Friday, August 14, from 9:30
until 3 p. m.
The Brownie leaders will
be Mrs. Goodwin Tuck, Miss
Kathy Matocha and Miss
Diane Mason. The Brownies
will develop the Three
Brownie B’s — Be a Dis
coverer, Be a Ready Helper
and Be a Friends Maker. A
cookout at Rutledge is plan
ned for Thursday night.
The Junior Leaders will
be Mrs. Estelle Hopkins, Mrs.
J. V. Garner and Misses
Geannie and Barbara Darby.
The Junior Unit will earn
the Community Safety
Badge.
A special feature will be
Spillers Says Slim Possibility
Keeping One Rep. For Newton
Newton County Represen
tative - Elect Otis Spillers
has expressed his views on
the reapportionment of the
Georgia House of Represen
tatives and he apparently
feels that Newton County
may get one representative
in the new alignment.
He was quoted last week
as saying “We in Newton
County are a little fortunate
in the fact that we are one
of the larger counties and
still have a slim possibility
of keeping one Representa
tive . . ”
Newton County is ranked
38th in the state population
wise and at present has two
representatives in the house
— W. D. (Donald) Ballard
and Jack H. Morgan. Mr.
Morgan did not seek re
election in the March Demo
cratic primary. In that pri
mary Mr. Spillers defeated
J. Hugh Steele for Morgan’s
record. Those backs return
ing are: Tim Christian, Jeif
Hinton, Freeman Batchelor,
Reuben Whisnante, Billy
Shepherd, Mac Gay and
Steve Gunnells. Also a new
comer to Newton County is
Dale Gordon, a 180-pound
back who was a regular at
Wrightsville High last year.
His father is the principal at
Porterdale Junior High this
year.
Lettermen - linemen re
turning are: Jimmy Wiley,
Steve Norman, Elliott He
witt, Larry King, Andre
Bruyere and Danny Tribble.
the Caddette Program to be
led by Mrsi Ed. Robinson and
Miss Regina Thompson. Good
grooming, fashions and poise
will be studied under the
guidance of Mrs. Wattie
•Lewis, Mrs. Julius McElroy
and Mrs. Lamar Callaway.
An overnite camp is plan
ned on Friday for the Junior
and Cadette Units.
Crafts for all units will be
led by Mrs. LaVerne Cowan.
Folf Dancing for all units
will be led by Miss Edna
Fisher.
Camp Director will be Mrs.
Ben Banks with Assistant
Director, Mrs. LaVerne Co
wan.
All who receive letters
and have not registered are
urged to please do so.
post. However, a court order
has made reapportionment
mandatory in Georgia and it
must come in the near fu
ture.
Mr. Spillers has secured
information on the reappor
tionment problems from a
number of other states. Some
have similar problems to
those of Georgia; and some
have problems far more
complicated.
Mr. Spillers said that “it
is my understanding that the
State of Georgia can con
tinue and the naminees that
have been elected can serve
in January, 1965.”
He quoted from a letter he
received from the State of
Nebraska:
“The Federal judges rul
ed that the reapportionment
did not meet the require
ments set out in the ruling
of the United States Supreme
Court. However, the Legis
lators elected under the re
apportionment of the last
session will serve as defacto
legislators in the next ses
sion. Instructions were
handed down for the federal
judges to reapportion the
legislative districts in the
next session which will be
in January, 1965 legisla
ture.”
"The court retained juris
diction of the matter pend
ing the outcome of the ac
tion of the next session in
meeting the requirements of
the courts decision.”
One local political obser
ver pointed out recently
that it now looks like a free
for-all race for the Newton
County's Representative post
in the Georgia House — if
the county gets one repre
sentative under the new set
up.
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Obituary ®
Society 13
Sports
Legals 1®
Classifieds 1$
Ed Robinson Is President;
15-Member Board Os Trustees
The United Fund organization got off the ground for
Covington and Newton County Monday at the Teen Can
building when the charter and by-laws were approved
and officers elected for the campaign. Ed Robinson wal
elected president for the coming year.
Following a short Coving
ton-Newton County Cham
ber of Commerce meeting
Monday, the Covington -
Newton County United Fund,
Inc. was formed and the
wheels put in motion for a
campaign this fall, probably
in October. The United Fund
is commonly referred to as
an organization to “unite all
fund-raising drives and cam
paigns of no-profit local and
national benevolent, chari
table and welfare organiza
tions, in one campaign to be
conducted by the corporation
annually for the support of
such organizations and ac
tivities . . .”
Other officers who were
elected to serve with Mr.
Robinson are: Grady Cole
man, first vice - president
(campaign); Mrs. Helen
Dickinson, se ond vice-pre
sident (planning); Dean
Getz, third vice-president
(b dget); W. J. Dickey, sec
retary; and Billy E. Nalls,
secretary.
The board of trustees con
sists of the officers named
above and: B. B. Snow, Rex
Rhodes, W. B. Thompson,
Greeley Ellis, E. G. Lassiter,
Jr., R. R. Fowler, Donald
Stephenson, Miss Mae Hard
man, Dr. J. W. Purcell and
Arthur Hays, Jr.
The membership of the
Covington - Newton County
United Fund, Inc. shall be
Legion And Auxiliary
Joint Meeting Tues.
Newton County Post 32
American Legion And Auxi
liary Unit 32 will hold a
joint installation of officers
Tuesday evening, August 11,
at Legion Home starting with
a supper at 7 o’clock. The
meal will be served by Cla
rence Henderson.
Installation of the Auxili
ary officers will be handled
bv Mrs. S. M. Hay, imme-
Historic Items Sought For
NEWS Centennial Issue
The Covington NEWS
plans to publish a Centen
nial Issue, in celebration of
100 years of publication, in
October of 1965. Covington’s
first newspaper, The Geor
gia Enterprise was establish
ed on October 12, 1865, only
a few months following the
close of the War Between
the States.
The NEWS is gathering
items of historic interest
relative to Newton County,
to be used in the Centennial
Edition, and will welcome
any material or records of
the county’s early history and
development. If those for
warding such material wish
to place it in a permanent
file, or have it microfilmed,
this may be done by the
Newton County Library
Board, who are assisting in
compiling Newton County
Historic material, for later
Notice On All Resolutions
We have been receiving a number of resolu
tions from various sources with the stipulation
that these resolutions be printed exactly as pre
sented. It is now the policy and will be the
policy in the future of The Covington NEWS, to
treat all these resolutions as general new* and
they will be condensed so as to give the general
intent of these resolutions only.
Should the writers of these resolutions insist
on their resolutions being printed exactly as set
forth, then they shall be charged at our regular
advertising rates for same.
NUMBER 32
individual and participating.
These memberships are de
fined in the by-laws as:
Each contributor to the
Covington - Newton County
United Fund, Inc. shall here
by become an individual
member of this corporation
for the year for which his
contribution was given and
shall be entitled to attend
and vote at all membership
meetings during this period.
Any agency or organiza
tion with a legitimate health,
recreation or welfare pro
gram, upon acceptance by
the Board of Trustees shall
become a participating mem
ber of the Covington New
ton County United Fund,
Inc. and continue as long as
it is approved by the said
Board of Trustees, although
it may or may not receive
any financial support from
the Covington - Newton
County United Fund, Inc.
during a part or all of that
time.
A participating member of
the Covington - Newton
County United Fund, Inc.
may be elected to receive
support through the Coving
ton - Newton County United
Fund, Inc. provided:
It applies to the Coving
ton-Newton County United
Fund, Inc. for support. Each
such application, after clear-
(Continued Page 11)
diate past president of Geor
gia Federation of Women’s
Clubs (GFWC).
Sherman Eley of Franklin,
Ga., Department Junior Vice-
Commander of the American
Legion, will induct the of
ficers of Post 32.
The new president of the
Auxiliary is Mrs. Maurice
Gaither, and Richard Lord
is the newly-elected com
mander of Newton Post 32.
use in a Newton County His
tory, which Mrs. Leo Mal
lard is in the process of se
curing material for.
Few Georgia Counties
have the abundance of in
teresting history which New
ton County possesses; but,
unless it is permanently re
corded, much of it will be
lost to future generations
and history.
Early pictures, records, let
ters, stories, which are au
thentic, and reveal facts per
taining to any phase of New
ton County’s history, its
early settlers, illustrious sons
or daughters; agricultural,
economic, industrial, relig
ious, social and cultural pro
gress will be welcomed for
use by the NEWS for the
Centennial, and Mrs. Mal
lard, for the future publica
tion of Newton County His
tory.