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CHILDHOOD FRIENDS
MEET
Mrs. Ethridge Hays, of
Mansfield, and the Mans
field ladies conceived the
idea of honoring the elder
ladies of the town with a
luncheon, at the Ethridge
Hays Haven . . . namely
■'Lazy Acres.” There is a
story elsewhere about this
sacred occasion when
"friends get together" . . .
but we want to give you a
memory picture I have in
delibly imprinted upon the
beautiful Memory Album
within my heart, which I
cannot show you. I
often turn these pages, when
alone ... I travel thru
beautiful parts of the U. S.;
cruise down the inland wa
terway from New York to
Miami. There are too many
sacred memories to relate.
However, my shadow and I
were invited to this lovely
luncheon by the Mansfield
Ladies, via Mrs. Ethridge
Hays. As the line went down
the sides of the tables of
beautiful cakes, delicious
foods etc. . . we were yet
looking at the huge fish and
mementos on the walls of
Lazy Acres cottage. Sud
denly we noted two ladies
who had filled their plates
and were sitting back in the
great hall chatting so de
lightfully, that I said “You
are just having too much
fun!” They did not even
hear me, nor look at me
but one (Mrs. Emmett Banks
said, excitedly “YOU ARE
TINY! Mrs. Hugh Pannell
exclaimed . . . “And YOU
are Trellie! It turned out to
be a happy reunion of two
women who had not seen
each other since girlhood!
Then suddenly sitting alone,
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Fowler, Chappell In
Runoff Electi on Wed.
A runoff election will be
held next Wednesday, Sept
ember 23, for the office of
Public Service Commission
er. Alpha A. Fowler, Jr. and
the incumbent Allen Chap
pell were the two top vote
getters in the Statewide De
mocratic Primary on Sept
ember 9th but neither re
ceived a majority of the
votes cast.
Mr. Fowler carried Newt
on County with an official
vote tabulation of 632 to Mr.
Chappell’s 281. L. A. (Buck)
Schnall of Marietta polled 43
and Joseph F. Griffin, Jr. of
Savannah received 33 in the
county.
The other contested race
between Congressman Ro
bert G. Stephens, Jr. and
‘Lyndon B. Johnson Campaign 9
Committee Formed In Newton
" A ‘Lyndon B. Johnson Campaign’ Steering Commit
tee was formed in Newton County early this week, with
the avowed purpose of ‘electing President Johnson’ and
carrying the Presidential campaign into every precinct
and home in the county.
The committee consisting
of some of Newton County’s
most influential and active
citizens, pledged to wage a
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NEWTON COUNTY STEERING Committee of the 'Lyndon B. Johnson Campaign' is
shown in the picture above. From left to right: Dr. R. M. Paty, Secretary; Travis
Stewart, Executive Sec. Democratic Party of Georgia; Dr. Virgil Eady Co-Chairman;
Harold Dobbs, Co-Chairman; Sam Burney Hay. Vice Chairman; Volley Parr, Vice
Chairman. Also present, but not in picture, Don Wood, Vice Chairman.
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Rlr. /mobile To Visit Covington Thursday
Donors Asked To Report At
Baptist Church 12 to 6 PM
The next visit of the American Red Cross Bloodmobile
to Covington will be Thursday, September 24, at the
First Baptist Church Annex Building, according to an
announcement by Leo S. Mallard, chairman Newton
County Bloodmobile program. The unit will welcome
donors from 12 noon until 6 p.m.
Officials of the local Blood
Program stated that 150
pints are needed at this visit
from Covingtonians.
Members of the Covington
Service Guild will make the
necessary arrangements for
the unit’s visit at the church
building. Mrs. Money Pratt
will head the canteen com
mittee who will serve re
freshments. Mrs. Louise
Porter will coordinate the
procurement of nurses, doct
ors, nurses aides and profes
sional help. Mrs. Bud Denni
son is in charge of securing
lunches for the workers dur
ing the day.
The Senior Tri-Hi-Y Club
membership has taken on the
task of telephoning former
donors over the weekend and
asking for commitments in
giving blood on the 24th.
Mary Jane Odum is presi
dent of this club. This is one
of their service projects for
the year.
Rissa Spears of the Alpa
Eugene Tudor saw the offici
al vote in Newton give Re
publican Stephens 844 and
Mr. Tudor 149. Congressman
Stephen’s total vote in the
10th District was 22.778
against Mr. Tudor’s 4,934
with a few scattered pre
cincts still missing Friday
morning.
Among the unopposed
candidates in the primary
Senator Brooks Pennington,
Jr. of the 45th District of
Georgia received 1,063 votes.
Judge Frank Guess and Jud
ge H. O. Hubert and Solicitor
Richard Bell polled 1,058 of
ficial votes as they too were
unopposed on the ballot.
Polls in Newton County
will be open again on Sept
ember 23 from 7 a. m. until
7 p. m.
campaign based upon facts
and stated that the real is
sue before the people was
“prosperity, not prejudice.’’
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Tri-Hi-Y Club has pledged
her club members to make
and put up signs in the Cov
ington stores and outlying
areas of the city telling of
the Bloodmobile visit.
Three prominent Negro
leaders have agreed to aid
the donor procurement pro
gram. They are N. H. Mitch
ell, R. L. Stewart and J. W.
Horne.
Extension workers from
the County Agent’s office
will make announcements to
the various clubs over the
county relative to the Blood
mobile visit. Mrs. Virginia
Jones and Ed Hunt are aid
ing in this respect.
Rev. Edgar Callaway,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, has authorized use
of the church building and
janitorial duties during the
day.
Mr. Mallard said that the
Newton County Jaycees are
undertaking the Blood pro
gram as a project this year.
Porterdale PT A
Sets An Open
House Sept. 24
PORTERDALE — The
Parent - Teacher Association
of the Porterdale School will
hold its initial meeting for
1964-65 with Open House
at six o’clock in the class
rooms and the formal meet
ing in the School Cafeteria
at seven o’clock on Thurs
day evening, September 24.
The Rev. A. J. Bruyere, Pro
gram Chairman, will prepare
a devotional for this meet
ing in which the new prin
cipal, L. C. Gordon, will be
officially welcomed.
Mr. D. O. Shirah, Presi
dent, urges all parents,
teachers, and friends of the
school to share in the fel
lowship and inspiration of
such a meeting.
Harold Dobbs, of Almon
and Dean V. Y. C. Eady, of
Oxford, were named County
Co-Chairman. Other officers
named this week were: Sam
Burney Hay, Vice-Chair
man; Pat Campbell, Vice-
Chairman; Don Wood, Vice-
Chairman; Volley Parr,
Vice-Chairman; Dr. R. M.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964
Chamber of Commerce Officers
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NEW OFFICERS of the Covington-Newton Chamber of Commerce are shown in the
picture above at the September meeting Monday. Seated, left to right: Lanier Hard
man, president: Bill Hoffman, vice-president: and Charles Strickland. Mere ary
treasurer. Standing: Everett Pratt, Carl Smith, Moody Summers, Greeley Ellis (past
president), Otis Spillers, Walker Harris and Tom Bates all memers of the board of
directors. Not present for picture: Tony Wilkie. Dean Getz, Bob Arnold and Dr. W.
L. Dobbs, members boird of directors.
Newton Schools Enroll 5,408
Enrollment of the New
ton County schools shows
that a total of 5,408 entered
both elementary and high
Covington
Students Get
Promotions
Three students from Cov
ington, received promotions
in the Corp of Cadets at
North Georgia College, Dah
lonega.
Cadet Edwin C. Harris,
son of Mr. J. E. Harris, re
ceived the rank of Second
Lieutenant. He will be the
Platoon Leader of Company
C.
Cadet James H. Capps, son
of Mr. H. C. Capps, received
the rank of Sergeants Major.,
Second Battalion Staff.
Cadet William L. Camp
bell, son of Mr. Willie L.
Campbell, received the rank
of First Sergeant, Company
G. v .
Promotions were based
upon academic and Military
grades as well as leadership
qualities.
Paty, Secretary and Rucker
Ginn was named Treasurer.
Co-Chairman Dobbs in an
nouncing the formation of
the Johnson group said, “We
are proud to be Democrats
and consider it a pleasure to
actively support the election
of Lyndon B. Johnson as
President of the United Stat
es.”
Dean Eady, County Co
chairman, pointed out that
Lyndon Johnson was, “in
fact, the better qualified of
the two men running,” and
added that “when the people
are fully acquainted with the
facts, they can only make
one choice and that choice
can only be the Democratic
Party.”
Dobbs pointed out that
further organizational infor
mation will be made avail
able in the immediate future.
Dean Eady is arranging for
an outstanding speaker to
address a public meeting to
be held here at an early date.
Meeting with the local
group were Travis Stewart,
Executive Secretary of the
State Democratic Party, and
Leland Harrison, President
of Young Democrats of
Georgia.
BAND BOOSTERS
MEET TUESDAY
Newton County Band
Boosters Club will meet
Tuesdav. September 22, at 8
p m. at the band building,
according to J- H. Dennis,
president of the club. All
members are urged to attend.
schools this fall as compar
ed to 5,339 a year ago. The
enrollment this year is 69
over a year ago.
One of the biggest in
creases was noted at New
ton County High School
where the enrollment this
year is 947. In the 1963-64
term the enrollment was
894.. This is an increase of
53.
Enrollment in the R. L.
Cousins high school (grades
9 through 12) totals 435.
The total enrollment of
both high schools in the
county totals 1,382. In the
Emory 9 s Oxford Campus
Bulging Beyond Capacity
Emory University’s Oxford Campus will open .on
September 21 with more students than it can accom
modate in its five residence buildings. Even with three
girls in a room the 435 co-ed students will necessitate
some men living in private homes.
Since 1836 Emory has off
ered quality education on its
original campus. The pro
gram is a unique one. Fresh
men college students begin
their Emory education at
Oxford in any of the pro
grams offered at the Univer
sity’s campus in Atlanta. Up
on satisfactory completion of
the two years at Oxford, a
student automatically joins
the junior class on the At
lanta campus.
Oxford also offers two
early admissions programs
for accelerated high school
students. With strong grades
in high school and high
scores on the College Entr
ance Examination, juniors or
seniors may begin their col
lege-level work at Oxford.
This program is designed to
aid the exceptional student
to move faster in his educa
tional program.
Nine new faculty members
join the Oxford faculty this
year. Two of these are addi
tions, five are replacements,
and two are taking the place
of professors who are on
leave of absence.
Mr. John S. Austin, Jr.
comes from four years of
college teaching at Georgia
Tech and will be instructor
in Latin and German. He
earned the baccalaureate at
Emory University and plans
to complete his work on the
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Coving
ton during the past week
were:
High Low
Wed. Sept. 9. 86 61
Thurs. Sept. 10, 85 72
Fri. Sept. 11, 84 71
Sat. Sept. 12, 74 66
Sun. Sept. 31, 74 59
Mon. Sept. 14, 77 53
Tues. Sept. 15, 81 56
Rainfall during the week
totaled 1.50 inches accord
ing to Jack Chapman, weath
erman.
elementary schools of the
county (both white and
colored, grades 1 through 8)
the total enrollment is 4,-
026.
Elementary school enroll
ment figures as announced
by the County Supt. office
this week follow:
Ficquett 837
Heard-Mixon 124
Livingston 288
Mansfield 131
Palmer-Stone 443
Porterdale 522
R. L. Cousins 871
East Newton 399
Washington St 411
master’s level at Middleburg
College in the summer of
1965. He spent the summers
of 1960 and 1963 traveli’"'
in Europe, studied at t
University of Freiburg and
the Goethe-Institute at Mu
nich.
Mrs. Mary C. Crudup, with
undergraduate and graduate
degrees from Louisiana State
University, with teaching
experience in secondary
schools in Houston, Texas, as
a faculty member of Univer
sity of Tampa, and with
other educational experien
ces becomes instructor in
French.
Mr. Joseph A. Brittain
earned his bachelor’s degree
at The University of the
South and the Master’s at
Northwestern. He joins the
Humanities Department.
Miss Nancy Nelms, a gra
duate of Agnes Scott, with a
Master’s degree from the
University of Georgia, and
a member of Phi Sigma the
national biological honorary
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P-Y Council To
Hold Coke Sale
On Saturday
A wide selection of those
lucious. home-made cakes,
“like Mother used to bake”,
will be on sale, Saturday,
beginning at 9:60 a.m., at
Newton County Court
House. The Newton County
Parent - Youth Council is
sponsoring the sale, chair
man of which is Mrs. John
Burson, with Mrs. Robert
McKibben as co-chairman.
Proceeds of the sale will
be used in the promotion of
the Council, and youth ac
tivities sponsored by the
Council, according to
NCY-Y Council President
Sutton Hardy.
cil, according to NCP-Y
Council President Sutton
Hardy.
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Lanier Hardman Is President;
United Fund Report Is Given
Lanier Hardman is the new president of the Coving
ton-Newton County Chamber of Commerce, succeeding
Greeley Ellis. Mr. Hardman was elected Monday at the
organization’s September meeting at the Teen Can.
Other officers elected to
serve for the year 1964-65
include: Bill Hoffman, vice
president; Chaues Strick
land, secretary - treasurer;
and new members of the
board of directors: Moody
Summers, Carl Smith, Dean
Getz and Bob Arnold.
Other than election of a
new slate of off! s, the C.
of C. business it ng Mon
day heard the outgoing
president’s report, welcomed
two new members and heard
a report of the United Fund
drive for Newton County.
E. G. Lassit’ Jr. intro
duced the two new members,
Dr. Robert Remes and Jim
Hall of Royal Crown Lanes.
Ed Robinson gave a report
of the United Fund cam
paign, which he said “will
be started around the middle
of October." The Chamber
okayed an outlay of SSOO for
the Fund Drive to get start
ed in its initial work.
Mr. Ellis, in relinquishing
the presidential reins to Mr.
Hardman, told the 70 mem
bers present that he had
“thoroughly enjoyed the
year’s work and I have cer
tainly had the cooperation of
all you members during that
time.”
He listed several accom
plishments of the past year
in Chamber of Commerce
work: created new interest
in the Chamber of Commerce
membership now 108; In
dustrial Development Com
mittee has aided two new in-
Tax Office Moved In Courthouse
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BONHAM JOHNSON. Newton County's new Tax Com
missioner-Elect, points to the sign over his new office
space in the rear of the Courthouse. Mr. Johnson s of
fice was formerly in the front part of the Courthouse.
His new duties as tax commissioner will start in Jan
uary 1965.
FHA Gets New Office Space
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FARMERS HOME ADMINSTRATION office in the
Courthouse is now located in the front section of the
building. Shown in the newly-renovated office space is
Mrs. Mac Gay, County Office Clerk, and Edgar Phillips,
County Supervisor Farmers Home Administration.
NUMBER 38
dustries in locating in Cov
ington (Elayn Manufactur
ing Company and Atlanta
Lumber and Kiln Company);
■lndustrial Authority bill on
November ballot: work on
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BSA Troop 58
Organizational
Meeting Held
Leaders of Boy Scout
Troop 58 held its organiza
tional meeting Monday
night, September 14, at the
Teen Can. Jack Christian,
Institutional Representative
of the Rotary Club, welcom
ed those present and stated
that 14 adults had signed the
Charter application and an
nounced the following ap
pointments:
Howard Brooks, Chairman
of the Troop Committee with
Clint Patrick, Chairman of
Finance and Records; Pill
Hoffman, Publicity and
Adult Training; Hugh Steele,
Recruiting; Howard Milligan
Advancement; Activities,
Bill Morris and Camping, E.
G. Lassiter, W. W. Vaughn,
John Hinton and Bill Nun
nally.
The committee selected Ir
by Edwards as Scoutmaster
for the new year with Harold
Lawson and Jimmy Wheeler
as assistant scoutmasters.
The troop will meet each
Monday night from 7 to 8
p. m. at the Teen Can. Plans
were made to attend the fall
Camporee to be held in Octo
ber.
Boys, or parents of boys
scout age interested in join
ing, may call Howard Brooks
at 786-2319 or 786-2334.
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