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Well, hundreds of us have voted
early on Tuesday morning, as I
write this column, and I have
come to one conclusion. I'm go
ing to change my name! Please
just call me Mrs. zennls from
now on. Why? Well hours you have
to wait in the a-B-C-D line.. and
1 could have walked right in, vo
ted, and walked right out again in
‘he Z Une at the Court House.
We have never had such a turn
out at the polls in the history of
Newton County. I think a Presi
dent will be elected, I am quite
sure of tliat .... but as for the
Constitutional Amendments ....
well, your guess Is as good as
mine, as to whether they had been
studied well by every voter ....
as to whether all understood what
they were all about or not. At any
rate, I think it was a president
most people wanted and most of
the rest could go with the wind.
That sounds bad, but it’s true.
We all have a full week. The
important thing at the First Bap
tist Church is the study course
each night. It started Monday
night, and this morning, at the
court house, a lady who attended
the Monday night session said,
"Mrs, Dennis, did you notice who
was there last night for the Sunday
School Study Course .... it was
practically our Baptist Training
Union.” We wondered where all
the teachers were? Os course,
some of the teachers are mem
bers of the Training Union. The
course Is intended, not only for
Class Teachers and Sunday Scho
ol workers, but for all interested
in the progress and growth of our
Sunday School. Where were YOU
and YOU and YOU? I am sure our
pastor was’disappointed and many
will have good excuses .... but
we were just as disappointed that
all were not there for the tea
cher’s sake. He is a find young
minister from Mansfield, and he
really gave us food for thought!
He is a wonderful speaker and
brought a challenging message!
Interesting from beginning to end!
We were all sorry when the class
was over, for we could have lis
tened and l>eamed on and on at
the great plans he presented for
us to build our Sunday School up
on. The challenge to each tea
cher, each group leader of the
class, was inspiring. Let’s not
disappoint our teacher, pastor,
and our church in us by not being
there! We can always do the things
we really want to do, and we cer
tainly have proved that we NEED
this new inspiration. Wearegra-
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Auxiliary Unit 32
Poppy Sale Sat.
On Saturday, November 7, the
local unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary will observe Poppy Day
here. The poppies will be on sale
in the City of Covington and else
where by the volunteer workers of
the Auxiliary.
They are made by disabled Vet
erans in the Veterans Adminis
tration Hospitals and the money
made from the sale of these pop
pies goes towards helping disabl
ed veterans and needy children of
veterans. Everyone is urged to
"wear a poppy” on this day and
help our veterans.
Art Show At Courthouse
Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM
Final plans for the Art Show,
sponsored by the Covington Ser
vice Guild, are nearing comple
tion. The show, to be held on
Saturday, November 7th from ten
in the morning until five in the
afternoon on the first floor of
the Court House and in the second
floor Court Room, is generating
great interest in the community.
Many fine Newton County art
ists will have their work repre
sented, and the newly formed Fine
Arts Club of Newton County High
School will be on duty to man a
machine on which visitors to the
show will be able to make their
own paintings. Also, Mrs.
William Dobbs will be on hand
to do sketches.
Litter Receptacle On Covington City Streets
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"Covington City Square as Mayor walker Harris (left) dropsan
emotv cigarette pack into one of the new receptacles recently
installed on the city streets. looking on are Charles Geiger
(center), Street Superintendent; and George Jolley (right), City
Manager.
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BE S 'ERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georqio F blished JB6s—The Covinqton Star, Established 1874— The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
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THIS I INE OF VOTERS at the Newton County Courthouse at 11 A. M. extended into the street as local
citizens balloted in the 1964 Presidential Election Tuesday. Three thousand and eighty-three Covmg
tonians voted at the Courthouse Tuesday.
Sen. Richard B. Russell Guest
Speaker At Masonic Roll Call
Senator Richard B. Russell,
Senior Senator of the State of
Georgia, will be guest speaker
at the Annual Roll Call of the
Golden Fleece Masonic Lodge
#6 on Tuesday, November 10th
1964 at 7:45 p.m.
' “Senator Russell is probably
one of the most influential men
in the United States and we feel
very fortunate in having him as
our guest speaker for this occa
sion,” a Masonic official stated.
The Lodge will be open at 6
p.m. and supper will be served
promptly at 6:30 p.m. with the
main program beginning at 7:45
p.m. A large turnout is expected
and we would like to urge each
member to be present and all
visiting brethren are welcome.
C.Of C.Met Monday
The Covington-Newton County
Chamber of Commerce met Mon
day at the Teen Can building for
the November meeting of the or
ganization. President Lanier
Hardman was in charge of the
business session.
The guest speaker was Bill
Durrett, Manager of The Indus
trial Development Dept., Trust
Company of Georgia, Atlanta.
He was introduced by J. Grady
Coleman.
Carl Smith introduced the
guests, Paul Lockwood, General
Agent of the Georgia RR, Athens,
J. E. Soucier, Manager Indus
trial Development Dept. Georgia
RR, and George JoUey, Covington
City Manager.
At the outset of the program
President Hardman welcomed a
new business to Covington, the
Covington Manor Furniture and
Appliance Co. of the Covington
Meadows Shopping Center.
Phillip Cohen gave a short re-
For those who have not al
ready done so, but plan to enter
art in the exhibit, art may be
entered in the Court Room on
Thursday and Friday, November
sth and 6th, from three in the
afternoon until five.
Mrs. John Porter, president
of the Covington Service Guild
stated that everyone had been
most gracious and enthusiastic
about giving of his time and ta
lents to insure the show a suc
cess and make it an annual af
fair.
The Art Show will be one of
the highlights of the season.
There will be no entry fee or
admission charge.
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SEN. RUSSELL
port for the Downtown Merchants
Committee pertaining to markers
for the access road to Interstate
20. Otis Spillers, Chairman of
the Industrial Development Com
mittee, also gave a report.
Aubra Sherwood reminded the
members present that a recent
honor had come to C. OF C.
President Lanier Hardman. He
was named as Georgia’s Out
standing Pharmacist of the Year
at the University of Georgia
Homecoming Friday, October 23.
Members were reminded that a
December meeting of the cham
ber will be held
P-Y Council
Panel Set For
November 12
The first meeting of the school
year for the Parent-Youth Coun
cil, set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
November 12, at Newton County
High Auditorium, promises to be
especially Interesting to both
young people and adults, accord
ing to Council President, Sutton
Hardy.
A panel discussion of various
problems of students from the
fifth through the twelfth grades
will be featured on the evening’s
program. Serving on the panel
will be the Rev. Mr. Irving Ru
dolph, Council chaplain; Miss
Mae Hardman, Billy Nalls, Trea
surer, Youth Committee Chair
man Judy Laseter; and Mrs. R.
H. Patterson. Discussions will
be based upon questions and pro
blems posed by those attending
the meeting. Provisions will be
made for registration of mem
bers and those wishing to join
the Council; and President Hardy
urges that each person having a
question relative to the purpose
and aims of the Council, or sub
ject for discussion, so indicate
upon the coupon printed below,
which may be turned in upon re
gistration.
Mrs. Sam Gainer has been nam
ed Membership Chairman of the
Council and will be glad to enroll
new members. Space on the cou
pon is provided for membership
application. Membership fee is
$1 per family unit, including par
ants and children of the family,
and entitles the entire family to
full participation In all Council
activities. The recently pub
lished Newton County Parent-
Youth Guide will be presented
with each membership card at
the meeting, Mr. Hardy stated.
11. Please enroll my family as members of the Newton County!
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1964
Legion, Auxiliary
To Observe 1964
Veterans Day Here
Newton County Unit 32 Am
merican Legion Auxiliary, and
Post 32 American Legion will
have a joint dinner and program
Wednesday, November 11th at
Legion Home at 7:30 p.m. mark
ing the 1964 observance of Vet
erans Day.
The dinner will be served in
the Dining Hall, preceding the
program in the main auditorium
upstairs.
All members of both organiza
tions are urged to attend the 1964
Veterans Day program and dinner
here, according to an announce
ment by Mrs. Maurice G Über,
Auxiliary President, and Com
mander Richard Lord.
Baptist Convention
In Atlanta Monday
ATLANTA Georgia Baptists
will hear reports of record finan
cial growth, and general progress
when the 143rd session of the
Georgia Baptist Convention gets
under way here in Atlanta Monday
evening, Nov. 9, at the First Bap
tist Church.
And, the Convention will recog
nize the 150th anniversary of the
beginnings of organized Baptist
work on the North American con
tinent with an historical pageant,
“For Our Lord”, scheduled to be
presented by a cast of several
hunders at the opening session
Monday evening.
This 143rd session is expected
to bring together some 3500 mes
sengers (delegates) for a series
of inspirational and business ses
sions continuing through Wednes
day evening.
Featured speakers Include U.S.
Sen. Herman Talmadge, who Is
scheduled to speak on the subject
“The Christian In Today’s Wor
ld,” at the Tuesday evening ses
sion; and an address by Dr. K.
Owen White, on “Our Baptist
Heritage,” at the Monday even
ing session. Dr. White, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Houston, Tex., is immediate past
president of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
Interest centers this year also
in the election of a new president
for the convention. Dr. J. Thorn
ton Williams, pastor of the First
Baptist church, LaGrange, and
presiding officer for this ses
sion is completing a second one
year term as president. The Con
vention constitution allows a ma
ximum of three one-year terms,
but If past procedure is followed,
a new president is elected follow
ing two years of service. Sche
duled also for election will be four
vice-presidents, a recording se
cretary, two assistant secretar
ies, and a treasurer.
When the report of the Conven
tion’s Executive Committee is
made Tuesday morning, it will
mark the 10th year of convention
progress under the leadership of
Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, Atlanta,
as Executive Secretary Treasur
er, and Garrison’s 10th report
to the convention In annual ses
sion.
Johnson Wins Newton;
Goldwater Takes Georgia
Newton County voters Tuesday gave President Lyndon Johnson a
937 majority over Senator Barry Goldwater in the 1964 Presidential
race. However, old-time political observers said it was the closest
Democratic victory in years in the county.
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All county officials were unop
posed on the ballot Tuesday along
with the two Newton County Re
presentatives in the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly, State Senator,
Congressman from the 10th Dis
trict of Georgia and two judges of
Superior Court.
Only one new county officer will
take over in January. He is Sher
iff Henry Odum, Jr. He will suc
ceed John L. Berry, the incum
bent who had served for 12 years.
Bonham Johnson takes on some
new duties in connection with his
new office as Tax Commissioner
of Newton County.
Rolling up a sizeable compli
mentary vote Tuesday were: Supt.
of Schools, J. W. Richardson,
Commissioner of Roads and Re
venues Tom Bates, Coroner Sam
Cowan, Ordinary Donald Stephen
son and Clerk of Superior Court
S. M. Hay. Rep. Donald Ballard
was returned to his job as Post
One representative, and Otis
Spillers is the new representa
tive for Post Two.
The new Congressman for New
ton County will be Rep. Robert
Stephens, Jr. of Athens. Newton
moves into the 10th Congression
al District from the old Georgia
4th District of Rep. John J. Flynt
of Griffin. Brooks Pennington will
begin his second term as Senator
from the 45th District of the state
in January.
Shortly after noon yesterday the
official tabulation of the voting in
Newton County had not been re
leased by Ordinary Donald Ste
phenson. The long ballot included
many amendments.
Local amendment No. 84, crea
ting an Industrial Bonding Au
thority for the County was passed
with a big majority vote for the
passage. Most of the precincts
reporting Tuesday night gave the
bonding amendment about a 95%
passage.
New Plant Diseases
Leaflets Available
From County Agent
Georgia farmers and home own
ers stand to benefit from a new
series of publications on plant
diseases now available at county
agents’ offices.
Published by the University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service, the leaflets deal with a
wide variety of farm and home
plant diseases. Subjects include
diseases of vegetables, fruits,
field crops, trees, and ornamen
tal plants.
Each leaflet discusses a specific
disease of a specific crop or
plant. Sections on disease symp
toms, ways the disease spreads,
and recommended control mea
sures are Included. Pictures Il
lustrate the more common symp
toms.
Titles of leaflets released so
far range from “Black Spot and
Mildew of Roses” and “Early
Blight of Tomatoes” to “Mimosa
Wilt,” “Fire Blight of Apples
and Pears” and “Black Shank of
Flue-Cured Tobacco.”
’New Math’
Classes To
Start Monday
The first class for parents In
terested In learning about mathe
matics as It Is taught In our school
today will be held at Flcquett
School, Monday, November 9,
from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
There will be nine successive
meetings at the same hour on
Tuesday of each following week.
Mrs. W. A. Carlton and Mrs.
Edgar Wood will be the instruc
tors. All parents are Invited to
attend.
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington dur
ing the past week as reported by
Weatherman Jack Chapman were:
High Low
Wed. Oct. 28 74
Thurs. Oct. 29 73
Frl. Oct. 30 77 48
Sat. Oct. 31 75 48
Sun. Nov. 1 65 47
Mon. Nov. 2 72 47
Tues. Nov. 3 73 49
Rainfall during the month total
ed 6.77 Inches.
Presidential Vote In Newton
Precinct Johnson Goldwater
Almon 105 108
Brewers 61 112
Brick Store 59 62
Covington (CH) 1837 1164
Cov. Mill 134 40
Downs 100 62
Gaithers 23 14
Gum Creek 40 96
Hays 97 51
Leguinn 72 94
Mansfield 89 9 7
Newborn 52 36
Oxford 228 185
Porterdale 487 345
R. Plains 87 56
Salem 149 161
Totals 3620 2683
Extension Service 50th Birthday
Celebration At Ficquett School
The local Golden Anniversary
Celebration of the Cooperative
Extension Service will be held
at the E. L. Ficquett Cafetorium,
Tuesday, November 10 at 7:30
P. M.
This year is the 50th birth
day of the Cooperative Extension
Service. On this Golden Anni
versary let’s take a look at how
this unique education system for
families came into being.
The Cooperative Exten si o n
Service was created in 1914
through the passage of the Smith-
Lever Act in Congress. The
Act was named for its two au
thors, Senator Hoke Smith of
Georgia and Congressman Frank
Lever of South Carolina. The
responsibility as stated in the Act
is: "to aid in diffusing among
the people of the US useful and
practical information on subjects
relating to agriculture and home
economics and related areas,
and to encourage the application
of the same”.
More than 12 million families
learn better farming and home
making methods each year with
out going to school. This “out
of-school” learning is made
possible by the Cooperative Ex
tension Service. A unique edu
cational system operating in
every state.
You may have wondered how
this service came to be. It is
a program sponsored coopera
tively by National, State and Local
government, US Department of
Agriculture on Federal level,
Land Grant College (State) which
is our University of Georgia and
the local government.
Even before the passage of
the Act, we here in Georgia
were laying the foundation for our
Cooperative Extension work. In
1909 the first Georgia Farmer’s
Conference was held. The farm
ers were urged to bring their
wives to show their approval of
the united effort to organize the
women of the state. One-half of
the day was devoted to a pro
gram for women which included
“Needs of the Country School”.
Domestic Services and exhibits
of modern appliances and other
lectures on the home. In 1910
a similar meeting was held. A
demonstration was given using
the fireless cooker.
Progress over the years has
shown a remarkable increase.
In 1911 women were organized
into two canning clubs and by
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fin a I PLANS for the local celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Cooperative Extension Service
It F^cauett School Cafetorium, Tuesday November 10th, are shown in the picture above at the Snaking
Shoa s EMC bXS Committee members, seated left to right: Miss Thelma Towns, Mrs B. J.
Shoals EMC Duuaing. Burns. Standing: Mrs. Louis Lang. Newton County Home
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Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic nominee for a full four-year terjn
as President of the United States, won a landslide victory Tuesday
over Arizona senator Barry Goldwater, the Republican standard-bear
er. Johnson carried all but six of the 50 states.
1912 they had grown to include
20 counties. Today the program
for women is carried on in 139
counties with 30,958 women
members.
Extension ‘‘ students’ ’ have
traditionally been the people of
rural America. However, the
Extention Service is being called
upon more and more to assist
non-farm families, with advice
on homemaking, consumer buy
ing, gardening, lawns, shade
trees, landscaping and other sub
jects.
Most extension work falls into
three general areas, agriculture,
home economics and 4-H.
Let’s take a look at Newton
County at the present time:
there are 13 home demonstra
tion clubs, six community clubs,
12 4-H Clubs, a dairy associa
tion and a livestock association.
All under the supervision of our
local Extension Service, located
in the Courthouse. There should
be clubs located in your com
munity. Check with the local
office if you would like to be
come a "student”.
Make your plans today to bring
the family and attend the 50th
Anniversary Celebration of Co
operative Extension Service at
the E. L. Ficquett Cafetorium
Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30
p.m,, sponsored by the Newton
County Home Demonstration
Council.
Newton Countians
Receive 10-Year
Awards At B-P-0
R. J. Hewlett, manager of the
Buick - Oldsmobile - Pontiac
Assembly Division Plant at Do
raville, has announced awards
for 15 and 10 years of service
presented recently.
Ten Year Awards were present
ed to the following Newton Count
ians: '
E. L. Allen, Route 1, Coving
ton; D. B. Bellew, 713 Floyd St.,
Covington; G. Carglle, Jr., 1517
Lakeview Drive, Covington; G.
Christian, Jr.’, Box 106, Por
terdale; W. T. Hailey, R.F.D. 3,
Covington; J. W. Howell, 918
Thompson Avenue, Covington; J.
W. Thompson, R.F.D. 2, Coving
ton.
NUMBER 45
However, bringing the results
closer to home, the State of Geor
gia went for the Republican can
didate for the first time in his
tory. Wednesday at noon the vote
total in Georgia has reached 514,
000 for Senator Goldwater and
438,000 for Lyndon Johnson.
Nationally, the electoral vote
was: Johnson 486 and Goldwater
52. The states tliat Goldwater
carried other than Georgia, In
clude Alabama,Mississippi,South
Carolina, Louisiana and Arizona.
Georgia Democratic leaders
viewed Johnson’s failure to car
ry this state with bitter irony In
light of his crushing victory na
tionally.
J. B. Fuqua, chairman of
the State Democratic Party blis
tered party leaders for their
failure to keep Georgia in the
Democratic camp.
Fuqua said civil rights legisla
tion enacted in July at John
son’s insistence cost the Pres
ident this state but Fuqua blamed
Democratic officials throughout
the state “who failed to work on
Johnson’s candidacy."
The state chairman evidently
included Sens. Richard Russell
and Herman Talmadge in his in
dictment. Neither of the sena
tors put forth much effort on
Johnson’s behalf.
Gov. Carl Sanders threw all
his support behind the Democra
tic ticket, predicting an LBJ vic
tory in Georgia by at least 50,000
votes.
The governor was not imme
diately available for comment as
late returns were tabulated but
reportedly issued a statement ad
monishing Georgians to “reunite
and put aside party differences.”
Sanders said he was “disap
pointed that Georgia did not
choose to join the majority of
states in endorsing our nation’s
president.”
There was immediate specula
tion that Georgia’s defection from
the Democratic Party would cast
long shadows over Sanders’poli
tical career.
Whisky
Distillery
Destroyed
In County
A large whiskey distillery op
eration was confiscated and des
troyed Monday evening in the eas
tern part of Newton County by
Sheriff John L. Berry and his
deputies E. C. Beckham and Vera
Hooten. The location of the illi
cit liquor making outfit was just
off the Little River Road between
Hub Junction and Newborn.
The Sheriff’s office said that
one man had been apprehended
in connection with the "still” and
his name is withheld pending oth
er arrests in the case. He is said
to be from a North Georgia com
munity.
Destroyed were twenty 220-gal
lon barrels of mash and 180 gal
lons of whiskey. The whiskey was
in half-gallon fruit jars and cased
from the Monday’s run. The Sher
iff said that approximately 100
gallons of moonshine was a day’s
capacity of the outfit.