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1964 has become history! We
can hardly believe it has gone
forever, and we are now in the
year 1965, The year is new.
What will it bring? Sorrows,
heartaches, joys, happiness,
success and failures? This new
year is going to be just ex
actly what you and 1 make it,
so far as our lives go.
Wwe are especially thinking of
our young people. Those who
are in the first grade; those in
grammar school; those in high
school, and those away from home
in college. Down at the First
Baptist Church here, last Sunday
night the college group staged the
sunday night service. What an
inspiration it was to see that
they were putting Christ first
within their lives. . .that they
had learned to lean on Him.
Remember the world wants
just one thing, Success! Every
young person who enters life’s
pathway wants to be a success.
Yet some brag about how they
“get by” in school, athletics
and every walk of life. The)
are going to be failures. You
read books on how to succeed.
You hear lectures on the same
subject. Do you know what suc=-
cess really is? Can you define
it? Someone has said it is a
miracle wrought only in a few
individual instances. . .or is it?
We feel success is simple. If
we put God first in our lives,
let Him have HIS way--doing,
all that we do, to His Glory,
then success is ours! The more
time we put to our studies, our
life, our Church and God’s work,
the greater our success.
In striving for success, do not
just “get-by’”’ and look at the
other fellow who burns the mid
night oil, and say ‘‘Aw, he’s
just lucky,”” or “she’s the teach
ers pet.”” Nothing to that, weare
failures when we do not give of
our best to attain the best.
Yes, young people, and older
people, it is never too late to
start giving of our best to what
ever we undertake to attain re
cognition and success. We cannot
become a hero, or success by
failing to meet our obilgations
NOW,
Millions of college students,
their teachers, business men,
ministers and their congrega=-
tions, high school students and
their teachers. . .many people
in every walk of life are rob
bing themselves of the f ull
measure of the joy andhappiness
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Traffic Fatality
Mars New Year
In Newton County
The New Year of 1965 was
only about 7 hours old in New=
ton County when the first high
way death fatality took place
near the Newton-Rockdale county
line west of Covington.
Newton County Sheriff Henry
Odum, Jr., who took office on
New Year’s Day, reported that
Johnie B. Smith, aged 60, was
accidently killed when he walked
across an unopened portion of
Interstate 20 near his home. No
charges were placed against the
driver of the pickup truck, Sheriff
Odum said, as the accident was
apparently unavoidable.
Mr. Smith, an elderly Negro,
was on his way to wish his
neighbors a Happy New Year,
a custom he had been keeping
for several years. A son was
waiting for him in his car to
take the man to his work at
Bibb Manufacturing Company in
Porterdale.
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LITTLE TERRI LYNN MOBLEY was the first New Year’s baby
born at Newton County Hospital Friday. Terri Lynn is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymon Mobley of 13 Spruce Street, Porterdale.
The little girl and her mother are shown at their home Tuesday.
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The Geore 42 ~ Established 1865—The Covington Star, Estoblished 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
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MRS. ALLENE C, BURTON was recently named City Clerk of Covington. Pictured at City Hall with
Mrs. Burton are Mayor Walker Harris (left) and City Manager George Jolle right), Mrs. Burton
has been an employee of the city since 1948 and has been assistant city clerk for many years.
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: Mrs. Burton Is City Clerk
Mrs. Allene C, Burtonhas been
named City Clerk of Covington,
She had held the position of acting
city clerk since October when
Harry Cowan resignedtoaccepta
position with The Covington
News.
Mrs. Burton has been an em=
ployee of the city since 1948,
She has served under some four
mayors—Godfrey Trammell, the
late Jack Elliott, Nat S, Turner
and the present mayor, Walker
Harris.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
%xhn Zack Capes of Covington,
rs. Burton is married to John
C. Burton, Jr. They have one
son, John Mark, nine years of
age.
She recalls the days of office
work when the city hall was on
Clark Street across from the
Bank of Covington, At that time
the billing was done by hand and
some 1,900 accounts were listed
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Newton-Rockdale
Scouts Had A
Banner Year
' The Newton-Rockdale District
of the Atlanta Area Council, Boy
~ Scouts of America, had a great
year in 1964, according to Dis
trict Executive Dick Walters.
~ Both the quality and quantity
of Scouting improved agreat deal
' in the past twelve months.
| The number of Scout Units went
. from 39 to 45, or a 15 percent
" increase. The number of boys
in those units went from 685
to 767, or a 12 percent increase.
There are very few Scout Dis
tricts in Georgia that had a
bpetter growth this past year.
- walters said that because of the
. hard work on the part of all
of the leaders, and the coopera
tion of many other people, the
. N-R District was able to make
this outstanding progress.
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The Cuuinnton News
in the city, Clyde Castleberry
was the City Clerk in 1948, To
day the billing is done by two
National Cash Register machines
and an office force of eight people,
Mrs. Burton stated, More than
4,100 accounts are processed in
the office today.
Mrs. Burton is a graduate of
Covington High School. She is
a member of the First Presby=
terian Church of Covington.
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Blood Donors Urgently
Needed In Covington
Newton Countians are asked to
help get the local Blood Program
back on coverage when the Red
Cross Bloodmobile unit visits
Covington, Thursday, January 14
~ at the First Baptist Church from
12 noon until 6 p. m.
) The Bloodmobile’s last visit
to Covington was on Spet. 24,
1964 and at that time about half
of the quota number of 150 re=-
ported to aid the program.
Those who gave blood furing the
September visit of the Blood=-
mobile are as follows:
Herman A, Gibbs, Dr. E, Jor=
dan Callaway, Edgar A, Callaway,
Lynn Reynolds, Leo S. Mallard,
Mrs. E. (Ruth) Pratt, Everett
H, Pratt, Jr., John Z, Capes,
Agness M. Randall, Charles B.
Savage,
Mrs. Arthur Jones, Arthur M.
Jones, D. M. Johnson, Illa Hor
ton, Allen J, Gilbert, Mrs. Lloyd
Lyda, A. W, Harvey, Louisg Mc-
Giboney, Billy A. Smith, Clint
Patrick,
Chester H, Jones, Jameg W.
Jones, John Tuck, D. K. Hieks,
Jr., Rodney T. Floyd, Donald
S. Edwards, B. B, Lewis; Jr.,
Don Wood, Hulon Adams, Mrs.
Leo (Mary S.) Mallard, Christine
Ellis,
Kenneth K, Davis, Anne (Mrs.
* p, J.) Beyer, Sara Hancock,
James W, Day, Raymond W.Kent,
Mrs. W, H, (Jane)Milligan, Geor=-
ge H, Bailey, Lamar B, Hays,
Miss Inez Rowe,
Mrs. James (Betty) Purcell,
Bill Scoggins, Rembert Kitchens,
Clint (Mrs. Helen) Patrick,
Louise Mills, N. E, Free, Julian
Stubbs, Wayne Scarborough, Mrs.
John (Marjory) Fuller, Julian J.
Thomas, Joseph H, Jefferson,
Richard Hightower, Rucker
Ginn, Sammy Moss, Elmer
Blankenship, Sutton L. Hardy,
Chas. E. Robertson, B, V. Mor
ris, Mrs. Cleon Turner, Vir-
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Newton Library
Makes Plea For
Return of Books
The Newton County Library
will be closed January 11 through
16, for the purpose of taking an
inventory. A great many books
are missing from the library so
please check your bookshelves
and closets and if you have a
library book please return it.
Anyone having books past due
will subsequently be billed for
them at the current cost of re
placing that book, or anyone hav
ing a book overdue or owing
fines will not be allowed to check
out books until either books are
returned and fines paid.
««The price of books has ad
| vanced and too many people have
. become careless about handling
them. Your library is anxious
to serve you but your cooperat
fon is asked in returning books
that belong to the Newton County
Library,” stated Mrs. Harry
Dietz, Newton County Librarian.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,-THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1965
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Oxford Lions
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Meet Tonight
The Oxford Lions Club will
meet Thursday evening, January
7, at 7:30 at the Community
Center.
The guest speaker willbe Ron
ald W. Abney, public relations
officer for the State Game and
Fish Commission. The clubplans
to initiate a program in line with
the conservation request stated
in President Johnson’s State of
the Union Address.
ginia Smith, E. L. Hays, Lanier
Cowan, Betty C. Polk, Marshall
Elizer, John Lamar Callaway,
Mrs. Jack Spears, Irby Edwards,
Louella Stinchcomb, James Mon
roe Aiken.
Rejections: Mrs. M, H, Irwin,
Lillie Mae Strong, Tom Rowland,
Leo Mallard, Mrs. Nellie Per
sall, Joseph Croom.
Care For Dogwoods
To Be Demonstrated
On WGTV Program
It is anticipated that some 300,
000 dogwood trees will be set
out in Georgia during the week
of January 24-30, a period de
signated as ‘‘Make Georgia Beau
tiful Week.”” ,
How these young trees are 1
planted will have a lot to do °
with their survival and how well
they grow and flower in the
future. '
Two Cooperative Extension
Service specialists atthe Univer=-
sity of Georgia will be guests
on WGTV’s Growing South pro
gram next week to discuss plant
ing and caring for dogwood trees.
T, G. Williams, Extension
landscape specialist, and Gerald
E. Smith, Extension horticul
turist, will be guests for the
program, which is scheduled for
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The regular meeting of Cov=
ington Rotary Club at the Teen-
Can building on Tuesday, evolved
into a banner day for the local
organization, when six new mem
bers were inducted into the club
by the Membership Chairman
E. G. Lassiter, a former Rotary
president,
Dr. James Purcell, president,
during whose regime nine civic
figures have joined the ranks of
Rotary, presided over the meet=
ing.
New members and the cata
gories under which their mem=
bership falls are: Ronald Cook,
Farm Loan; Julian Ellis, Con
tractor Building Supplies; Rev.
Owen Kellum, Protestant Re=-
ligion; E, M, McCart, Dairy Pro
duction; John Thompson, Manu=-
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Member Record
Shot In Figh
Mansfield’s Police Chief Charlie Henderson, Sr. was shot through
he hand Monday night when he attempted to jail James Crenshaw,
uso of Mansfield, on a disturbing the peace charge, according to
Newton County Sheriff Henry Odum, Jr.
Crenshaw, about 35, is being
held in the Newton County Jail
on a charge of assaultand attempt
to murder.
Sheriff Odum said Chief Hen
derson was placing Crenshaw in
the Mansfield Jail when a scuf=
fle ensued and three shots were
fired from Henderson’s pistol.
One bullet hit the door, another
hit the floor and the third lodged
in the pocketbook of Crenshaw.
Three other bullets in the gun
were not fired.
Crenshaw took the pistol and
went to the home of Jessie
Weathers, located nearby. Geor
gla State Patrolmen apprehended
the two men some mile and a
half from Mansfield. Weathers
is being charged with aiding a
criminal, Sheriff Odum reported.
He also is being held in custody
in the Newton County Jail.
Chief Henderson was taken to
the Newton County Hospital and
was expected to be dismissed
Wednesday (yesterday),
Officers said that Crenshaw,
a 6'-3” 200-pounder, took the
chief’s pistol and left the jail
‘‘because I knew that he was so
mad that he would kill me with
those other three bullets.”
Aiding in the investigation at
Mansfield were Sheriff Odum,
Porterdale Police, Covington
Police, Jasper County law en
forcement officers, and the State
Highway Patrol.
Cemetery Lots
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Sale Price
Announced
The City of Covington has an
nounced the scale for prices of
lots in Southview Cemetery inthe
city. The sale of all lots include
the charge for perpetual care.
Scale for the sale of cemetery
lots in ‘“Southview Cemetery”,
city of Covington, Georgia, ap
proved by the Mayor and Council
as of December 21, 1964:
4 Grave Lots, SIOO.OO Plus
$200.00 Perpetual Care, $300.00.
8 Grave Lots, $200.00 Plus
$300.00 Perpetual Care, $500.00.
10 Grave Lots, $250.00 Plus
$300.00 Perpetual Care, $550.00.
12 Grave Lots, $300.00 Plus
$300.00 Perpetual Care, $600.00.
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Jimmy Patrick
Makes Dean’s
At Ga. Tech
Jimmy Patrick, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E, L, Patrick of Ox
ford, was named to the Dean’s
List for the Fall Quarter at
Georgia Tech, Paul Weber, Dean
of Faculties, made the announce=
ment.
The Dean’s List at Georgia
Tech is the means of giving
tribute to those students who
have made an outstanding re=-
cord in their studies, To be
included on the list, a student
must achieve an overall scho
lastic average of 3.0 or better
out of a possible 4.0.
Jimmy is a freshman at Tech
in the school of chemistry.
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facturing; and W, Morton Winn,
Accounting, Under Rotary’s
membership policy, each class=
ification is allowed only one
member; and invitations to mem=
bership are issued on this basis,
The new members, warmly wel=
comed into the club by President
Purcell and other Rotarians,
composed the largest group of
new members ever inducted at
one time,
The brief session, which was
a business meeting, included re=
ports of various committees, in=
cluding the Empty Stocking Fund,
for which Otis Spillers, Chairman
reported 120 families, with some
600 members received food,
clothing and toys for Christmas
from the Club’s annually spon=
sored Fund.
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1964 Revenue
Collections Up
15.3% in Ga.
Deputy Commissioner Martin
B. Roberts of the State Revenue
Department reported today that
revenue collections for the month
of December were $35,539,459.
00, an increase of $4,039,490.00,
or 12.8% over the same period
last year. This increase marks
the forty-sixth continuous month
of growth in state revenue cé\-
lections.
Total revenue collections for
the first six months of the fis=-
cal year beginning July 1, 1964,
are $234,091,701.00. This is an
increase of $32,174,796.00, or
16%, over the first half of fis
cal 1964,
When revenues are compared
on a calendar year basis, Geor=
gia’s economy during 1964 show
ed a rate of gain that more than
doubled that recorded during
calendar year 1963, the Deputy
Commissioner reported further.
During calendar year 1964, a
total of $494,289,457.00 was re
ceived, an increase of $65,659,
617.00, or 15.3% more than that
collected during calendar year
1963.
During calendar year 1963, the
increase in revenue over the
previous year was only 7%
The largest gain was shown in
Sales and Use Tax in the Decem=-
ber report by the Department
with $16,819,831.00 collected, an
increase of $1,329,882.00 over
the same period last year.
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Named to Dean’s
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List at Ga. Tech
James P. Benton Jr., of Mans=
field attained the Dean’s List at
Georgia Tech, Atlanta for the
fall quarter, according to an
announcement from Paul Weber,
Dean of Faculties at the college,
To attain this honor a student
must have an average of 3 or
better out of a possible 4.
James is the son of Mr, and
Mrs. J, P, Benton Sr., and is
a freshman at the school, hav
ing graduated from Newton
County High last June.
Mansfield Masons
Officers To Be
Installed Tonight
The regular communication of
Mansfield Lodge No. 489 will be
held on Thursday, January 7 at
7:30 p. m. Installation of the new
officers will be held. Refresh
ments will be served.
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Kiwanis Chairmen
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To Give Reports
Chairmen of the various com
mittees of the Covington Kiwanis
Club will give reports today on
their goals for the year 1965,
according to President Greeley
Ellis.
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FIRST DAY of the 1965 vehicle tag sale at the office of Newton County Tax Commissioner Bonham L,
Johnson brought a line of customers to the Tax Office, Grady Berry of Covington is shown purchasing
his tag, which incident .Ilv was the number ¢6s'’, Johnson holds the tag as Berry made the purchase
Monday.
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HENRY ODUM, JR. (right) is shown at the Newton County Ordinary
office taking the oath of office as Sheriff of the county. Administer
ing the oath is Judge Donald Stephenson, Ordinary, Odum was the
only new county official elected in the November general election,
He succeeds John L. Berry.,
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Chamber 0f Commerce Now
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Has Membership 0f 110
Two new members were wel
comed into the Covington-Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
Monday at the organization’s Jan
uary meeting at the Teen Can
building. Oxford Flower Shop
and John T. Lovern of Oxford
are the new members.
This brings the total member
ship of the C. of C. to 110 as
the new year of 1965 gets under
way. Mrs. Reba Lancaster and
Mr. lovern were introduced
Monday by Grady Coleman of the
C. of C., Presiding at the meet
ing was President Lanier Hard
man.
Several committee chairmen
gave reports and some of the
members present offered sug
gestions on future programs the
C. of C. should undertake in
1965.
Marion Piper and Mayor Walk
er Harris gave a report of the
proposed new road that extend
Pace Street straight through to
U. S. 278 just to the west of
Covington Auto Service. Mayor
Harris said that Councilman
Larry Greer is presently work
ing with Colonial Stores for filler
dirt for the road.
It was announced that the
Chamber office is now located in
the Fowler Building at the corner
of Floyd and Elm streets.
Grady Coleman gave a short
report on the progress of the
United Fund drive in the county.
He stated that just prior to
Christmas the fund had reached
the $16,000 total. However, he
added that many communities
and firms are expected to re
port their progress in the next
few days. The drive will continue
on through the month of January,
he added.
Bill Nunnally was recognized
for the fine job he did on or
ganizing the Downtown Christ
mas Parade. He was given a
standing vote of thanks for his
efforts.
Charles Strickland and Ed Hunt
told the members about their
attending the State C, of C, Ban
quet in Atlanta in December.
Strickland said that the top
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awards in Newton County for
community development went to
Flint Hill and Brick Store. The
local C. of C. gives cash awards
for these honors each year.
Otis Spillers of the Industrial
Development Committee report
ed that an anonymous industry
had made inquiries about Cov
ington through the C & S Bank
in Atlanta. He said that the
industry is comparable to the
Brunswick plant we now have
on Industrial Boulevard.
Bill Hoffman announced that
the February C. of C. meeting
program would be furnished by
the State Chamber of Commerce
on the ‘Stay and See Georgia”
promotion now encouraged over
the state.
Others who made short talks
on various subjects before the
meeting adjourned Monday were
Dr. W, S. Cook, Jr. pertaining
to the Chamber’s signs at the
edge of the city limits, B. B.
Snow on the inception and pro
gress of the United Fund drive
in the county, and Ed Hunt on
the recent misfortune of J. T.
Polk, Jr. in the loss of most
of his dairy herd of cows. Mr.
Hunt said that 24 cows had been
given Mr. Polk by state dairymen
and that some $1,500 had been
donated thus far.
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Luke Lassiter
Rotary Speaker
Howard Brooks, Rotary pro
gram chairman for January, has
announced that Luke R, Lassiter,
Executive Vice-President of
Cotton States Insurance Group,
Atlanta, will be the guest speak
er at the Covington Rotary Club
luncheon meeting, Tuesday, Jan,
12 at the Teen Can building.
His topic will be: ¢‘lnsur
ance -- Our Most Misunderstood
Industry,”’
Mr. Lassiter is a native of
Newton County and now resides
at 1211 Indie Circle in Covington,
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