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NATIONAL NEWSPAP
ER WEEK' Papers over the
Nation are being saluted
during this week for their
efforts in giving their read
ers the best paper possible.
We, of the Covington News
strive in every way to please
our friends and customers,
and we appreciate all the
nice things they say about
The Covington News and the
Publishing Plant. And, we
strive the harder to make
your paper better week by
week — and to “Better our
Best”.
We appreciate the fact
that The News wins many
awards at State Conventions,
and at least one at the
National Editorial Conven
tion each year. We won a
first place award this year
at the New York NEA Con
vention, which is on display
in our office. Mr. Phil
Campbell and Mr. Bray
were by the News Office this
week, after speaking at the
Rotary Club, and were seem
ingly very appreciative of
the fact that we, a Georgia
Newspaper, brought home
the Ist place award for pro
motion of Agriculture. This
is the first time a Georgia
paper has won this particul
ar award.
Newton County is one of
the finest Counties in the
State, and our 4-H
Clubs, along wih Home De
monstration Clubs, and what
have-you, are doing won
derful work. You saw the
wonderful displays at the
Fair last week! Our County
Fair is always a credit to our
county. We are just as proud
of the awards each of you
won, as you are, for we take
great pride in every phase
of this work within our
County.
I shall never forget the
delicious hot rolls, one of
the young ladies taught the
members to make at Brick
Store . . ■ then we baked
them and ate them along
with our covered dish sup-
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Y Clubbers To
Present Drama
Here Oct. 13
Nine talented members of
the Y Clubs of Newton
County High School will
present a drama entitled
“You Have a Place” at the
Newton High auditorium on
Tuesday night, October 13,
at 7:30 o’clock.
These boys and girls
worked long hours to pre
pare this drama which be
came the spiritual climax of
the Rock Eagle Y Officers
Training Conference in Au
gust. It furnishes a genuine
challenge, especially to the
young people of today. Mr.
David Jordan, Northeast
District Secretary of the
Y.M.C.A. is the author of
the drama and the very ca
pable director.
The members of the cast
are Bill Everitt, Diane All
good, Marguerite Allgood,
Douglas Jolley, Wayne
Rooks, Nona Spears, Mike
Dennis, Ken Johnson, and
Ellen Sams.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Chamber of Commerce Met Monday;
Development Comm. Named
Covington-Newton Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce
held its October meeting
Monday at the Teen Can
building at noon. Newly in
stalled President Lanier
Hardman had charge of the
business session.
Guest speaker for the
meeting was Tom Moore,
Executive Secretary of the
Columbus (Ga.) Chamber
of Commerce. He was intro
duced by Bill Hardeman of
the Georgia Dept, of Indus
try and Trade, Atlanta.
One of the main reports
heard at the meeting was
given by Otis Spillers, chair
man of the Industrial De
velopment Committee for
1964-65. He announced the
personnel of his committee
for the new club fiscal year.
Aiding Mr. Spillers will
be the following members:
Grady Coleman, Carl Smith.
Robert Fowler, Herbert
Vining. Tom Bates. Walker
Harris, Charles Strickland
and Lanier Hardman.
Mr. Spillers also gave a
resume of plans his com
mittee has setup for next
year. Among the objectives
he said that the committee
would continue working
with Covington Mfg. Com-
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AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER PHIL CAMPBELL was the guest speaker at
the Covington Rotary Club Tuesday noon. Pictured left to right: Dr. James W. Pur^
cell. Rotary club president: Otis Spillers, program chairman who introduced the
speaker; Commissioner Campbell: State Sen. Brooks Pennington: and Leo Mallard,
representing The Covington News which prints the Georgia Farmers Market Bul
letin.
Dr. Myers Emory-Oxford
Religious Week Speaker
Dr. Cecil Myers, Pastor of Grace Methodist Church
in Atlanta is the speaker for the Religious Emphasis
Week on the Emory at Oxford Campus, October 12 thru
15.
Miss Nancy Mayes of
Marietta, President of the
Religious Activities Council
says: “Dr. Myers will speak
in Allen Memorial Chapel at
11 each morning Monday
through Thursday. His top
ics are: 1. What it Means to
Be a Christian. 2. A Tall
Man is One Who Keeps His
Own Soul. 3. “With This
Ring... 4. Love Never
Fails.
Dr. Myers will lead a
student discussion group on
Courtship and Marriage each
afternoon at 4:30 and will
have supper with the stud
ents for further conversa
tions.
At seven O’clock in the
evenings special programs
are planned. Monday the
students will present Jean
Satre’s, “No Exit.”
On Tuesday evening Dr.
William Jones, Professor of
Chemistry at Emory Univer
sity, will speak on; “Science
and the Christian Faith.”
Dr. Myers will conduct a
dialogue Wednesday evening
between the students and
himself on the morning top
ics he has discussed.
The religious emphasis for
the week will climax on
Thursday evening with a
service of Holy Communion,
conducted by Dr. Myers.
According to Director of
Religious Life at Emory at
Oxford, the Rev. G. Robert
Gary, the entire week cent
ers around the theme, “The
Buried Life” taken from
Matthew Arnold’s poem.
The public is invited to the
morning and evening ser
vices.
pany in getting their new
plant to be located in the
Industrial Boulevard Area
which would employ some
100 additional employees.
Mayor Walker Harris ap
pealed to the C. of C. mem
bers to support and vote for
the Covington City Bond
Issue coming up on October
21. He said that there would
be no tax increase due to
the bonds being okayed. The
chamber unanimously ap
proved the bond issue and
went on record as favoring
its passage.
Everett Pratt also made
an appeal for voters in the
General Electon to vote for
the Bonding Authority pro
vision on the ballot. He said
that this will enable the C.
of C. to work more favor
ably with prospective in
dustries in locating in New
ton County. This move was
instituted by the local C. of
C. sometime ago.
Three visitors at the meet
ing Monday were: Mrs. G.
D Lancaster, owner and op
erator of Oxford Flower
Shop: George Jolley, newly
appointed City Manager of
Covington: and John Lovern.
of Oxford, recently retired
from Army service.
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Goldwater Club Opens
Campaign Headquarters
Jim Morgan chairman of
the Newton County Gold
water Club, has announced
the opening of local head
quarters in the Woman s
Club Building, located at the
corner of College and Elm
Streets in Covington.
The location is right off
the Southeast corner of the
Public Square. The hours
will be from 10 a. m. until
5 p. m. daily and all day on
Saturdays.
Mr. Morgan said that “the
public is invited to stop in
and visit and pick up literat
ure and other material. All
citizens are urged to come
and learn the true issues in
the coming election and
learn Mr. Goldwater’s strong
stand for free enterprise,
strong social security, peace
National Newspaper Week
October II - 17
We take this privilege, during National
Newspaper Week, to express our sincere
appreciation to those, without whom, it
would be impossible for us to publish a
newspaper: to --
-- Our Readers, for your keen interest
in the NEWS, as reflected in our ever in
creasing circulation;
- - Our Advertisers, for your confidence
in investing your advertising dollars with
us. This support enables us to give out
readers and your customers a bettei
newspaper;
-- Our Correspondents, for your fine
job of reporting events in your respec
tive communities. These items are a
great asset to your newspaper;
-- Our Staff, for your ability and con
sistent efforts, which have contributed
substantially toward making the NEWS a
state and national Better Newspaper Con
test winner;
__ All others, who have assisted us dui -
ing the past year by bringing in news an
pictures, or who have assisted our staii
in various ways to give complete and ac
curate news coverage of the communi y
we serve.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. OCTOBERS. 1^64
Average American:
He's Got $1,298 In
His Savings Account
Tie ideal ba’nine for your own
savings account is a matter only
you can decide, of course, bat
you may to interested in some
national savings statistics recen
tly developed by The American
Bankers Association. These sta
tistics come from a survey of
4,703 commercial banks.
The average regular savings
account balince, for exarnji’ ,
is $1,293. As a rule, the 1 irger
the bank, the larger the indivi
dual balance.
Tie average ba! nice was high
est in the Southwest where it
hit $1,9?.1, almost 50% above the
figure for the U, S. as a whole.
Tie average balance was low
est in the Great Lalos region
where it dropped to $1,031.
and states’ rights.”
The building being used
has been rented until after
November 3, 1964 from the
Covington Woman’s Club
Ray Moore Is Layman’s
Day Speaker Here Sun
Ray Moore, news director of
WSB-TV, will be the Layman’s
Day speaker at the morning wor
ship service at the First Meth
odist Church of Covington this
Sunday. This is in keeping with
the observance of Layman’s Day
throughout the entire Methodist
Church when the pulpits will be
filled by church laymen. Ben
Banks, church lay leader, will
preside at this service with the
Phil Campbell Praises Georgia
Industries In Covington Speech
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Phil Campbell
praised the various industries of the state and their
phenomenal growth during the past quarter-century in
a speech Tuesday before the Covington Rotary Club.
He traced the rapid grow
th of the broiler industry in
the state and said that our
state is “now producing
more than a million broilers
per day." It is now our No.
1 industry.
He also cited the rapid
growth of the Georgia egg
industry, pecan production,
tobacco, cattle, peanuts,
dairying and truck crops.
About the only sad part
of Mr. Campbell’s speech
was his digression of the
cotton crop in the state, once
the money crop of Georgians
from all parts of the land.
He said that, at one time
Georgia had some 5 million
acres of cotton lands, and
that this year only about
800,000 acres were farmed.
The Commissioner seemed
particularly proud of the
egg industry, since a 30-day
campaign was staged recent
ly over the nation and in
Georgia mainly. “Our state
now ranks second in pro
duction of eggs,” he said.
Mr. Campbell was intro
duced by Otis Spillers, who
prefaced his introduction by
saying that the Rotary Club
is sponsoring three Rural-
Urban programs during the
year and that this one is
one of them.
Many local farmers were
present for the meeting and
to hear the Agriculture
Commissioner speak. Among
those invited were: Henry
Anderson, Julius Lazenby,
Claude Jordan, Robert Hood,
Dr. Don Briscoe
Attends Veterinary
Conference, Tifton
Dr. Don Briscoe of Covington
attended the 19th Annual Confer
ence for Veterinarians at Tifton.
The Conference was devoted to a
review of the latest advances in
Therapeutics -of Animal Dis
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The* program was presented by
Dr. D.C. Maplesden of Summit,
New Jersey and Dr. L.N. At
kinson of St. Louis, Missouri.
The Conference, attended by
65 Veterinarians and their wives,
was sponsored by the Georgia
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
and the South Georgia Veterinary
Medical Association. Dr. Loyce
Turner of Valdosta, President of
the Association, presided at the
meeting.
general theme for this year’s
program being “Able to Stand.’’
Mr. Moore has been outstand
ing throughout the North Georgia
Conference as an active Meth
odist Layman. He is a member
of St. Johns Methodist Church in
Atlanta and served as its Lay
Leader for two years. He is now
serving as Chairman of the Of
ficers Board of his church in
addition to his duties as teacher
of the Friendship Class which
consists of nearly 100 members
and has the reputation of being
the outstanding church school
class at St. Johns.
Perhaps Mr. Moore is best
known throughout Newton County
and the adjoining area as news
director of WSB-TV, As a nat
ive of North Carolina and having
attended Columbia University,
Mr. Moore joined WSB radio in
1951 and later joined the station’s
television facility in 1952. He
was made news director of WSB
TV on January 1, 1958 and the
station that year was the only
TV outlet in Georgia to win
Associated Press news awards.
A great deal of interest has
been shown in this service by
the laymen of the First Meth
odist Church and visitors are
welcomed to attend.
Heard Mixon PTA
Elects Officers
The Heard Mixon Parent
Teacher Association held
their first regular meeting
of the year on September
22. The new officers for the
year are: President. Mrs
Lindsev Vaughn: vice-presi
dent. Mis. Ray Tomlin; sec
retarv. Mrs. Hugh Jones:
treasurer. Mr. Ernes' Darby.
Plans were made for the
Halloween Carnival, which
is to be held on F .day. Oc
tober 30. at the Heard-Mix
on Community Bu:.d:ng
Larry Greer, Ed Hunt and
Etheridge Hays.
Others who attended the
meeting were: Senator
Brooks Pennington of Madi
son, A T. Bray of Atlanta,
Harold Brown and Luther
Carson of Newton County.
Frank Merritt of Decatur.
Art Henderson and Bob
Greer of The Covington
NEWS.
Dr. James W. Purcell,
president of the Rotary Club,
was in the president’s chair
during the program. Intro
duction of guests were hand
led by Dr. Maurice Griffin.
Otis Spillers, and Rep. Don
Ballard.
Campbell Says
Egg Program
Most Successful
Com ilssioner of Agriculture
Pnil Campbell issued a statement
congratulating the ogg industry
of 'Georgia oa ‘‘h? in is. suc
cessful promotion norgram err
conducted .’or any agricultural
product.”
The month of Seplembe ' v.ts
proclaimed “Golden Goodness of
Georgia Egg” mot Ph. It was
observed by Georgia egg pro
ducers, the Georgia Egg Com
mission and a Tied industries giv
ing away more than 2'1,000 an ■ 1
cooked eggs an the main streets
of 16 <>r Georgia’s major cities.
It is expected that the program
will greatly increase the con
sumption of eggs in Georgia.
In congratulating ‘he group,
Commissioner Campbell said he
was not surprised al the suc
cess of the program aTer wn.cn
ing the egg industry grow in ten
years from a 28 nillion dollar
industry railing Oom in the nation
to the 110 million do lar indus
try which ranks .second in the
Sanders Keynotes Democratic
Rally At The Courthouse
Georgia’s youthful Gov
ernor Carl Sanders was in
rare form Monday night as
he spoke at the Newton
County Courthouse to an
overfow crowd in the court
room. His appearance mark
ed the occasion for local De
mocrats to rally for the
President Johnson - Senator
Hubert Humphrey ticket for
president and vice-president
in the November 3 election.
Interrupted at least 20
times by thunderous appla
use, Gov. Sanders drew a
comparison of the Democra
tic way of life today with
that of the “Hoover days of
the 19305.”
During his speech he rip
ped the GOP candidate for
president, Senator Barry
Goldwater and vice-pres
idential aspirant William
M iler for their turn-about
stand on national and world
Gov. Carl Sanders Was Covington Speaker
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GOVERNOR CARL SANDERS was the main speaker at a Newton County Demo
cratic Party Rally Monday night at the Courthouse. Shown on the speaker s roatrum
"J from Uft to right: Covington Mayor Walker Harris, who introduced the Gover
nor; Harold Dobbs* co-chairman of Newton Democratic Steering Committee; Gov.
Zanders- and Dean Virqil Y. C. Eady, co-chairman of the Steering Committee. A ca-
Xi 1« <»e cour.roo» 10 h..r .he Gov.rnor la
behalf of the Johnson Humphrey ticket.
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Bibb President Train
Sees Boom In Textiles
MACON. A leading textile exe
cutive forecast a bright future for
the textile industry and Macon
based Bibb Manufacturing Co.
Robert Train, Bibb president,
told the Macon Lions Club Tues
day that a revolution lias changed
the industry during the past 15 to
20 years.
He said textile output has in
creased 35 per cent while em
ployment has decreased 30.5 per
cent and that $640 million was
spent for modernization in 1963.
witli an additional SBOO million
earmarked for new plant and e
quipment this year.
Train added that new fibers,
research, blending of fibers, new
marketing concepts, better com
munications and other factors
have combined to give the indus
try a new look.
At Bibb, sales have Increased
from s6l million 10 years ago
Shiloh Church
Revival Oct. 11-15
The Shiloh Methodist
Church invites all to Revival
Services October 11-15, at
7:30 P. M. Services will be
conducted by the Rev. Ho
ward Collins, a former past
or, now serving in Madison,
Alabama.
Song leader will be Geor
ge Nichols of Ellenwood,
Georgia.
nation that it is today.
Camjbell also praised mem
bers of the 1961 Georgia Legis
lature for p.ssing "ne Agricul
tural Commodity Comm'ssions
Act which enables producer
groups to promote their own pro
ducts in such an effective way.
Hess and Clarka.idMor.onSj.lt
officials, co-industry sponsors of
the program, -aid that the Geor
gia promotion was the mos. suc
cessful of any that their com
panies had held .n past years.
affairs.
“Woud you rather have a
Southerner with a
Georgia background in the
White House, whose wife’s
ancestors came from neigh
boring Alabama, or would
you rather have a man like
Senator Barry Goldwater
who changes his views over
night” Sanders stated.
He recounted the progress
of this country under the
Democratic administration
and when he came to the end
of his speech he said, “Peop
le ask me why I am a Demo
crat and I tell them: The
Democratic party put food
in my stomach, the Demo
cratic Party put shoes on my
feet, the Democratic Party
gave me a job and an edu
cation at the University of
Georgia. These are just a
few of the reasons I am a
Democrat.”
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to SBB million in 1963. Train
said. He added that the company
has spent S2B million on renewals
and additions and S2O million on
machinery and building repairs.
Train said a $1.5 million addi
tion is being added to Bibb’s
Columbus plant and the company
is adding a third floor to its
Macon office building. He added
that plans for a new mill finish
ing plant and a cutting and sewing
plant are under consideration.
Bibb, Georgia’s largest textile
company, employs 7,000 persons
in plants at Macon, Porterdale,
Columbus Forsyth, Reynolds,
Sargent and Newnan.
Roquemore Reunion
Sun. At Mansfield
The Roquemore Reunion
will be held at Mansfield
Clubhouse the second Sun
day in October, October 11.
A basket lunch will be
served at noon, according to
an announcement by J. H.
Roquemore.
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week were:
HIGH LOW
Wed. Sept. 30 77 68
Thurs. Oct. 1 72 62
Fri. Oct. 2 70 60
Sat. Oct. 3 76 67
Sun. Oct. 4 74 65
Mon. Oct. 5 65 52
Tues. Oct. 6 63 39
Rainfall during the week to
taled 4.84 inches according to
Jack Chapman, weatherman of
Covington.
Governor Sanders was in
troduced by Covington May
or Walker Harris who prais
ed his record as a Senator
in the Georgia General As
sembly from his native Rich
mond County.
The co-chairmen of the
Newton County Loyal De
mocratic Steering Commit
tee, Dean Virgil Eady and
Harold Dobbs, presided at
the meeting.
The Courtroom was be
decked with red, white and
blue bunting and a large
picture of President Lyndon
Johnson was on the wall in
back of the speaker’s rost
rum. Decorations around the
railings and balcony were
the work of the Newton Teen
Dem Club. Literature and
campaign buttons were
passed out as the crowd en
tered the courthouse.