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uur lord and Saviour has ad
monished us to "Love thy neigh
bor as thy self.” Not one of us
on the face of the earth does
just that, we are thinking always
of SELF first. Somehow it seems
natural to do just that, and most
of us do IL
During our National election we
shuddered at the "sticks and
stones” thrown, the slander, the
hurtful things said, just trying to
defeat the *‘other fellow”. Some
times you can MAKE the "other
fellow” by unjust criticism and
defeat yourself, Instead of run
ning on your own merits.
All that was said and done is
ever now, but the sting of hurt
ful words, cannot be easily eras
ed. A word spoken cannot be
recalled.
The subject we are on does
not confine itself to National
Politics. It happens on local
and State levels. It happens
in our own community! We think
sometimes we can hurt a person
we happen to have a grudge again
st by slinging mud among our
friends to hurt him or her. But
really we are only hurting our
selves, for whats the old say
ing: "A dog* that will take a
bone will bring one.”
The pathetic part is that in
most instances we are taking out
a grudge against someone be
cause of their success; because
of their Christian character, be
cause of their goodness; because
they get in our way; because
we are envious of them. . .and
many other reasons. However,
God is watching over His children
here on earth, and will reward
us for our personal good works,
and not for hurtful things we do.
We have to answer to Him for
all the slander, backbiting and
ill spoken words we release. Too
we hurt ourselves among our
neighbors when we slander
another.
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City Council
Qualifying
Until Nov. 24
-Covington citizens who plan to
e jier the Covington City Council
race in the December 9th elec
tion have until Tuesday, Novem
ber 24th at noon to qualify fox
any of the four posts to be fill
ed.
The qualification for candi
dates entering the race is that
he must be a registered voter,
resided in the city for at least
one year, property owner, and
must not have unpaid taxes more
than 12 months past due.
Two candidates have qualified
for the December election and
both are presently councilmen
of the city. Dr. W. L. Dobbs
is a candidate for the one-year
term office created when Luke
Savage resigned recently, and
Y. Buddy Baker has announced
for another two-year term.
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A GAME OF CHESS Is enjoyed at a USO Center in Okinawa by A/2C
Mell Grove (left) of Porterdale, Ga. and a/2C David James Stubbs
of Middletown, Ohio. The USO is a participating organization in the
Covington-Newton County United Fund drive now underway here. A/2C
Grove is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Grove of Porterdale.
^Randolph Holder Is Speaker
At Rotary Club, Nov. 17th
Randolph Holder, a native of
Chicago, but a resident of Geor
gia for fifteen or twenty years,
will speak to the Covington Rotary
Club on Tuesday, November 17.
Mr. Holder has been in the
radio broadcasting business for
about 25 years. He is now co
owner of Athens Radio Station
W.G.A.U. and also co-owner of a
radio station in Rome and Griffin.
Many honors have come to this
broadcaster because of the pro
fessional and diligent manner in
which he handles this news med
ium.
A resident of Athens, Mr. Hol
der is an active Rotarian in that
city. He will speak to the Cov
ington Club on “Rotary Foun
dation.’’
The Rotary Cluo meets at the
Teen Can on Tuesday at 12:30.
In arranging this feature, Dr.
Dallas M. Tarkenton. Program
Chairman, says “Mr. Holder is
A Prise- W i nn ing
Newspaper
Kiwi 1964
Better New paper
Contests
BEST s*^ <3E OF NEWS, PICTURES. AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia En' wished 1865—The Covington Star, Established JB74—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 99
loco’ On Flag Detail At Grant Field
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COVINGTON EXPLORER SCOUTS prepare for the flag raising ceremony at Grant Field, Atlanta, prior
to SXia TeSennessee football game Saturday. I^eft to right; Charles Lassiter, EG. Ussi
ter^^Ssiter, Charles Reynolds, and Jack Meadors. This crew has efficiently handled this job
for’the past two years at the Tech home games.
12 Newton Boys Earn
FFA Green Hand Degree
On November sth, the Newton
County Future Farmers of Am
erica met and conferred the Gre
en Hand degree on the following
members: Ricky Bradford. Jerry
Tilson, Marshall Thompson,
Mayron Fuller, Kenneth Hodges,
Dennis Lackey, Thurmond Ray,
Jimmy Ray, Johnny Ellis, Frankie
Moss, Jack Bruce and Tim Bruce.
Any boy who is studying voca
tional agriculture in high school
and is of good character is award
ed this degree.
The second level of membership
is the Junior Farmer, and in or
der to achieve this degree, the
member must have earned a mi
nimum of SSO from his project
program. This is the highest
degree a local chapter can award.
The State confers the third de
gree, that of the "Georgia Plant
er” and the member must have
earned a minimum of SSOO, but
competition for this 2% of the
state’s total membership is so
keen that a boy usually has to
have earned much more than this
amount.
The American Farmer degree
is the top rung of the ladder in the
F.F.A. It is awarded by the na
tional organization and the boy
must have been out of school for
at least one year and have earned
at least SI,OOO from his project
an interesting and challenging
speaker and will make this meet
ing a rewarding experience.”
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Randolph Holder
olhe (tatiintntt Nrw
program. Newton County has had
only one member, Mort Ewing, to
earn this degree.
Also, Aaron Varner, Jr., Joe
Parker, Lanier Reynolds, Harold
Ayers attended an officers train
ing meeting at East Coweta High
School on Tuesday, November 3.
Larry Standard
Is Automobile
Wreck Victim
An automobile wreck late Fri
day night about one mile east
of Buford claimed the life of
one Covington youth and hospi
talized two others. Larry Stan
dard, 18, of the Salem Community
was a passenger in an automo
bile driven by Kenneth Hall as
the vehicle left the highway and
struck a tree, the State Highway
Patrol reported.
Still in Emory Hospital in At
lanta are Hall and Gary Blood
worth whose conditions Tuesday
were reported by relatives as
“fair.” The fourth youth in the
car, Thomas Treadwell was not
injured seriously. All the boys
were returning to Covington from
the football game at East Hall
where the NCHS team had play
ed earlier in the night.
Standard was a senior at New
ton County High School and was
employed partime at the Big
Apple Super Market. Bloodworth
is a member of the varsity bas
ketball team.
It was reported that bright
lights from an oncoming car
blinded Hall, thereby causing his
vehicle to go off the shoulder
of the road.
Funeral services for young
Standard were held Sunday after
noon, November 8, at Salem
Methodist Church with Rev. Gene
Nease officiating.
Interment was in Salem
Churchyard Cemetery with Cald
well and Cowan Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Ser
ving as pallbearers were Phil
Standard, Reese Childs, Gene
Hammonds, Danny White, Char
les Curtis and Charles Hayes.
Honorary pallbearers were Gary
Mosley, John Schell, Gary Mit
chell, Paul Ellis, Johnny Jolley,
Jerry Wheeler, Keith Bailey,
Bobby Berry and Randy Price.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Standard of
Covington.
The NEWS joins the many fri
ends of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
Ficquett Students
Making High Grades
Named Ist Period
Students at E. L. Fiquett School
attaining a 93 or above average in
all subjects, including deport
ment, for the first period of this
school year are;
Seventh Grade: Karen Meadors,
Phyllis Ward, Lynn Rainey.
Eighth Grade: Sheilah Head,
Susan Kirkland, Barbara Mit
chell, Emily Morgan, Fran Tuck,
Jeannie Walton, Lee Piper.
Sixth Grade: Belva Booxer,
Beverly George, Huanne Moore,
Debby Morford, Deborah Pat
rick, Vickie Shepherd, Clay Sum
mers, Dennis Veale, Ronny Wl
- Gall Wood.
Fifth Grade: Gail Costley.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1964
Thomas Davis
loins Faculty
N. Ga. College
DAHLONEGA—Thomas C.
Davis, a native of Covington,
has been named associate pro
fessor of chemistry at North
Georgia College.
Davis is a graduate of Newton
County High School. He gradu
ated magna cum laude from Nor
th Georgia College in 1954 with
a BS degree in chemistry.
He attended the University of
North Carolina 1954-55 and re
cieved his PhD degree from Flo
rida State University in 1963.
Davis served in the U.S.
Army, where he attained his
rank of captain.
Prior to coming to North
Georgia College, Davis was em
ployed by the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company.
He is married to the former
Miss Karen Cobb, also a grad
uate of NGC. They have two
children and are residing on
Sunset Drive here.
Dr. Robert Allen
Elected J.P.
At Oxford
Dr. Robert W. Allen, Oxford
attorney, was elected Justice of
the Peace of the 1525th Militia
District by write in ballot.
Dr. Allen is a graduate of UC LA
and holds advanced degrees from
SMU and the Sorbonne. He also
studied at Harvard, USC, and UC
Graduate Division. His law de
grees are from John Marchall.
He is a member of the State
Bar of Georgia, Lambda Phi
Alpha, legal fraternity, The Am
erican Trial Lawyers Associa
tion, and Allen Memorial Metho
dist Church, Oxford.
Cancer Education Crusade
Program Is Now Underway
A fall-winter “crusade” to get
life-saving employee education
programs in Georgia business
and Industry—not involving ap
peal for funds—is being launched
this month by Ben S. Gilmer,
President of Southern Bell Tele
phone & Telegraph Company and
Honorary Chairman of the
American Cancer Society’s Em
ployee Education Program.
In a special recorded message
to local unit Employee Education
volunteers, Gilmer asked them to
“consider this program in a cru
sading attitude” to reach men
and women at their jobs with the
“truth about cancer”.
Each working man and woman
is urged to have an annual cancer
detection examination and to be
alert to the seven danger signals
of cancer. The Employee Educa
tion Program is in addition to the
Society’s annual April Education-
Funds Crusade.
Gilmer’s message pointed out
that more than 290,000 Georgians
in the 1,175,000 labor force will
some day have cancer at the pre
sent rates and that, with early
diagnosis and treatment, doctors
feel half of these could be cured.
“Tragically, even though can
cer is one of the more curable
of the major fatal diseases, un
less we do more, 48,000 in this
working population will die
NEEDLESSLY because of fear,
delav or a lack of information.”
90 Pints Is Porterdale
Bloodmobile Quota
You don’t have to walk very far to find a friend or neighbor whose
life has been saved by precious blood which was given by a thoughtful
citizen who took the time and made the effort to give unselfishly when .
the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited this county.
"Again on Monday. November 16,
from eleven o’clock to five o’
clock at the Anderson Building in
Porterdale , YOU will have the
opportunity to share life with an
other person through the mere
gift of one pint of blood,” stated
James Hardman, Porterdale blo
od chairman.
Newton County has failed to
meet their quota as only 221
pints have been given during
this year at the Mobile Unit
visits. Consequently, the cou
nty has the present status of indi
vidual credit-card coverage. This
means that until Newton County
residents have two successful vi
sits in a row, the only ones eligi
ble for Red Cross Blood, if needed
are those having credit cards.
A quota of 90 pints has been set
for the visit on Monday. Surely,
ninety people will use this means
of expressing gratitude to God for
all of His blessings at this
Thanksgiving Season.
‘ ‘lf you cannot give yourself, tell
someone else or even offer to
bring them,” urged Mr. Hard
man.
Newton Hi-Y Citib
Has Plank Os
‘Clean Scholarship’
The "Clean Scholarship”
plank of the Hi-Y platform con
tinues to rln g loudly in the ears
of the Hi-Y boys of Newton County
High School as the November pro
gram carried out this theme. Doug
Jolley based the remarks made
during his devotional on John 18;
37.
Andy Crawley, a native of Wat
kinsville and a ministerial stu
dent attending the University of
Georgia, was guest speaker. He
urged the boys to be careful in
forming their habits because they
are determining, by the things
they do now, the kind of men they
will become. Such habits as hon
esty, fair play, dependability and
truthfulness are Indispensable in
the building of a good, sound,
moral character. Andy asked
the boys to show gratitude to
their parents for their helpful
ness and to remember that they
would soon become parents them
selves.
During the business session,
President E. G. Lassiter called
the attention of the members to
their November through Febru
ary school project - selling and
taking basketball tickets at each
home basketball game, and urged
the cooperation of each one.
COVINGTON
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington dur
the past week were;
High Low
Wed. Nov. 4 72 47
Thurs.Nov.s 78 38
Fri. Nov. 6 78 42
Sat. Nov. 7 78 45
Sun. Nov. 8 69 50
Mon. Nov. 9 73 43
Tues. Nov. 10 77 39
Southern Bell was a pioneer
in Georgia in the “In-plant”
cancer education pro grams,
starting the Society program in
the 1950’5. Last year firms in
67 counties conducted programs.
“Our volunteers will be asking
heads of firms and industry to
‘think of cancer in terms '7 their
employees’ and arrange o show
one of the ACS films on the major
cancer targets for Earlier Treat
ment Education”, Gilmer ex
plained.
The “How You Can Help Save
Lives” special records are go
ing to local ACS units to be used
in training “person-to-person”
life-saving teams of Employee
Education volunteers.
“Cancer costs our economy
millions each year”, the Southern
Bell official stated, "and much
of this loss can be eliminated by
effectively informing people what
they personally can do to pro
tect themselves from needless
cancer deaths. The real satis-,
faction is not in the money saved,
but in seeing men and women who
act in time on what they learn,
are treated successfully, and
come back to their jobs and re
main on in their Important roles
as mothers and fathers—as exe
cutives and workmen.”
Information about in-plant pro
grams can be obtained from local
American Cancer Society offices
or unit volunteer leaders.
Parent-Youth
Council Panel
Tonight, 7:30
Much Interest has been mani
fested in the Parent-Youth Coun
cil Panel, slated for tonight
(Thursday), at 7:30 p.m., at New
ton County High Auditorium, ac
cording to Council President Sut
ton Hardy.
Council members who will
serve on the Panel are: the Rev.
Irving Rudolph, Chaplain, Miss
Mae Hardman, Mrs. R.H. Pat
terson, Miss Judy Laseter, Youth
Committee chairman; and Billy
Nalls, treasurer.
Some of the subjects which
those attending would like to hear
discussed by the panel, were
listed for checking on the coupon
printed in last week’s issue of
the News, with space left for
other subjects, to be named. Mr.
Hardy urges full participation of
those present, in presenting
questions and problems for dis
cussion; and stated that the old
fashion "Town-Hall Meeting”
method of finding solutions to
problems was hard to beat.
The Panel meeting holds ad
ditional interest in that it will
also launch a Council Member
ship Drive, under the direction of
Mrs. Sam Gainer and members
of the Membership Committee,
of which she has been named
chairman. The Parent-Youth
Guides, compiled by Youth and
Adult Groups of the Council, will
also be distributed at the meet
ing, Mr. Hardy stated, in urging
a full attendance of all members
and prospective members of the
Parent-Youth Council.
Sally Hardman
Named ‘School
Citizen’ of Month
Sally Hardman was chosen as
School Citizen of the Month from
those students who were each
recognized as Citizen of the Week
during October. They were as
follows: Andre Bruyere, Diane
Klrkus, Bill Wood, and Sally
Hardman. Sally was selected be
cause she has shown such out
standing leadership in the Fine
Arts Club, Beta Club, Senior
Trl-Hi-Y, and Student Council
throughout her high school days.
Barbara Morgan, a quiet but
most outstanding member of the
Junior Class, was chosen as
School Citizen of the Week on
November 1. She finds her time
fully occupied while serving as
junior Editor of the Ram, Sec
retary of the Junior Class, Sec
retary of Student Council, and
Treasurer of the Beta Club, and
while being a member of the
Gamma Trl-Hi-Y and of the Quill
and Scroll Honor Society.
On November 8, the Student
Council honored a Senior boy
who has truly contributed to the
success of Newton’s varsity foot
ball team. Steve Norman, re
cently voted Most Attractive by
the Senior Class, also serves as
Vice-President of the newly or
ganized Future Business Lead
ers of America.
Congratulations to these stu
dents for their accomplishments
at Newton County High School.
Senator Russell Honored Guest Os The Walker Harris’
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U S SENATOR RICHARD RUSSELL (right) was guest of honor at a coffee at the Covington City Hall
Tuesday afternoon given by the Major and Mrs. Walker Harris. The event was a stag affair and many
of the Senator’s long-time friends were on hand to greet the veteran Member of Congress from Geor
gia. County and city officials were invited to meet the Senator before he spoke to the Golden Fleece
Masonic Roll Call meeting.
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Aged Woman Found
After 1-Day Search
A German Shepherd dog was
given credit Tuesday afternoon
for the finding of a 72-year-old
Negro woman at Starrsville after
being apparently lost in a ditch
overnight Monday.
The dog belonged to Kathy Am
and Andy Burel of the Starrs
ville Community and is named
"Rip”. The canine was used by
the Burel you igsters father Lloyd
Burel in checking his cattle on the
backside of his farm when the
discovery happened.
Dora Bailey, the aged Negro
woman was lying In a ditch just
off a side road, when the dog’s
bark brought Mr. Burel to the
scene. She was suffering from
cold exposure and scratches ap
parently suffered when she lost
her way in the dark. She had
been missing from her home
since Monday morning about 9
o’clock.
Taken to her home, where she
lived alone, Mrs. Bailey was ex
amined by Dr. J.R. Sams and
permitted to remain at home.
The Covington-Newton County
Civil Defense Rescue Unit had
been called out Tuesday morning
early and was combing the area
when the woman was found.
Rodney Floyd, CD Chief, said
Newton Industry Authority
Received Big Majority Vote
The Constitutional Amendment
creating the Newton County In
dustrial Development Authority
was okayed by the voters of the
county by a 2,494 to 300 major
ity. This was the 84th Amend
ment on the ballot Nov. 3rd.
Due to the long ballot and the
14 proposed Constitutional A
mendments voted on in the Nov.
3rd election, the final tabula
tion was not completed until
Thursday in the office of Or
dinary Donald Stephenson.
The Democratic nominees
for the county, state and na
tional offices were also on the
ballot and the top vote-getter
was Tax Commissioner Bonham
Johnson. He polled 3,476 votes,
one more than Ordinary Donald
Stephenson and Sheriff Henry O
dum, Jr.
Other vote tabulation in New
ton County follows:
Robert G. Stephens, Jr., 10th
District Congressman, 3389.
Brooks Pennington, Jr., Sta
te Senator 45 District, 3426.
W. D. (Donald) Ballard, Rep.
Post 1, 3450.
A. O. Spillers, Rep. Post 2,
3454
S.M. Hay, Clerk Superior Co
urt, 3473.
Sam Cowan, Coroner, 3469.
J. M. (Whit) Richardson, Supt.
of Schools, 3469.
T. M. Bates, County Commis
sioner, 3467.
H. Frank Guess, Judge Sup
erio r Court, Stone Mtn. Cir
cuit, 3149.
H. O. Hubert, Jr., Judge
Superior Court, Stone Mtn.Cir
cuit, 3144.
Alpha A. Fowler, Jrs. Pub
lic Service Commission,3lß6.
Walter McDonald, Public Ser
vice Commission, 3160.
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that the woman was incoherrent
In her talk soon after rescued.
Floyd said that the weather Mon
day night was cold in the Starrs
ville area and that the woman
apparently got lost and couldn’t
make It back home. WGFS Radio
reported that the temperature
Tuesday morning was 36 degrees.
Newton Ministers
Elect Officers
For Coming Year
The Newton County Ministerial
Association in their monthly
meeting on Monday, November 9,
at the Allen Memorial Methodist
Church in Oxford, elected five
new leaders for the coming year.
They are: President—Rev. Tho
mas J. White; Vice-President-
Rev. A. J. Bruyere; Secretary-
Treasurer —Rev. James Thur
man’ Hospital Chairman —Rev.
Ned Worstall; Radio Chairman-
Rev. E. O. Kellum.
mendments:
FOR AGAINST
No. 1 1700 *BO
No. 2 1643 sl6
N 0.3 1436
N 0.4 1717 466
N 0.5 1575 830
No. 6 1829 851
N 0.7 1458
No.B 1512 °B4
No. 9 1947 1
No. 10 1579
No. 11 1306 °59
No. 12 1800 883
N 0.13 748 1102
No. 14 823 1100
Men’s Brotherhood
Breakfast At
Porterdale Sun.
Porterdale —The Men’s Bro
therhood of the Julia A. Porter
Memorial Methodist Church will
have a breakfast at the church on
Sunday morning, November 15th,
at eight-thirty o’clock.
All who attend are urged to re
main for the Sunday School and
Worship services at ten and ele
ven o’clock, respectively.
Fritz Rosebrook
Has Kiwanis
Club Program
Fritz Rosebrook of the Uni
versity of Georgia Office of Pub
lic Relations, presented the pro
gram at the Covington Kiwanis
Club weekly luncheon meeting
Thursday at Legion Home. Kl
wanlan Ray Reece introduced Mr.
Rosebrook.
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