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Hi! Ho! Everybody, this Is
International Printing Week!
Your local paper urges you to
celebrate this week by checking
all your needs, in the way of
really fine printing, this and
next week. Your stationery,
tickets, placards and all your
needs. Our offset presses are
waiting to give you the best
in printing and color that you
need, and the best you can get
anywhere, at the best price, too.
We have urged our people to
trade at home, in your stores,
and now we are urging you, in
the same manner to do the same.
Why? Because you cannot get
better quality printing anywhere
at our price, and too, because
every dollar spent with The Cov
ington News goes right back into
your hands sooner or later. We
want to keep Newton County
money in Newton County. By
spending our money at home,
we keep it at home and we will
all benefit by It. We know you
appreciate your newspaper and
it’s service to this community
as much as we appreciate the
fine quality of merchandise your
business displays. . .so all
aboard for a fine New Year
with a spirit of fine team work
for a better Newton County.
Well, I am sure most of you
read about the “Bunny Hunter”,
now a “Bunny” in a New York
“Playboy Club” coming to At
lanta. You saw her picture in
the Green TV Program section
of the Journal of Saturday, Jan.
16th. Atlanta’s new Playboy
club will occupy two floors of
one of Atlanta’s Hotels and oc
cupy 12,000 square feet of floor
space. Cost? $500,000.00. The
young lady in question is a former
U. of Ga. student who won many
beauty contests. Her picture
showed a pretty face but with
almost a topless something
around her midriff and she must
have stepped into it, but it’s
so short it looks like just a
band around the middle,. . .
well too very low. Hunting beau
tiful young women to serve in
the Playboy Club. What are
Mother’s thinking of? Is there
not a more dignified place in this
world of today for our youth?
Mr. Churchill grows weaker,
after a stroke suffered recently.
The world is thankful for such
a man. Prayers are being said
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Johnny Prescott
Patient At The
Newton Hospital
Johnny Prescott, now associ
ated with Cotton states Insurance
firm in this area of Georgia,
was taken to the Newton County
Hospital Friday evening, suffer
ing from an apparent heart at
tack.
Mr. Prescott was having dinner
with his family when he sudden
ly became ill. Hospital atten
dants said yesterday (Wednes
day) that his condition is fair
at this time.
He formerly managed White’s
Firestone Store in Covington.
Kiwanis Observes
50th Anniversary
Thursday, January 21, 1965,
Kiwanis clubs in hundreds of
cities and towns including Cov
ington will present “blank checks
of community service” to their
mayors or other community lead
ers. Each will pledge the
achievement of special projects
during 1965, as the club’s Golden
Anniversary gift to its home
town. Each presentation will
come as a highlight of the Golden
Anniversary meeting of the club.
The Golden Anniversary of
Kiwanis will see some 265,000
members in fifteen nations of the
free world joining together to
thank their host communities for
the opportunity of serving in the
past, and to pledge continued
service in the future. Kiwanis,
which was founded in Detroit,
Michigan in 1915, now numbers
more than 5,300 clubs in North
America, the Far East, the
Caribbean, and Western Europe.
It is a service organization for
men, which has become one of
the world’s largest.
Details of Golden Anniversary
plans were revealed here by
Greeley Ellis, President of the
Kiwanis Club of Covington.
Highlight, internationally, of
the January 21 birth date will be
a giant “anniversary celebrat
ion’’ in Detroit’s Cobo Hall ex
position center. More than 3,500
people, Kiwanians and their
wives, from every area served
by Kiwanis, will be on hand.
Kiwanis International President
Edward B. Moylan, Jr. of Miami,
Florida, will give the principal
address. Last living founder of
Kiwanis, Harry A. Young pf De
troit, will be specially honored.
“Observances of this kind will
be but a fraction of the activity,
though,” Club President Ellis
said. “The really significant
part of the year’s program will
be the pledging of specific goals
by each club, in each of Kiwanis’
major youth and community ser
vice fields of endeavor, and the
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COVINGTON PILOT CLUB and Strand Theater have jointly staged a benefit movie for canned goods for
the pantry shelf of the local office of the Department of Family and Children Services for seven straight
years. Shown in the photo Saturday at the theater are, from left to right: Mrs. M. M. Osman, chairman
of the club’s community services committee and owner of the theater; Mrs. Jack Allen, president; Brad
Johnson and Carole Tribble with their canned goods for admission; and Mrs. Lou F. Daws, member of
the Pilot community service committee.
Georgia Jamboree For Square
Dancers At FFA Camp, Sat.
Saturday, January 23rd, the
Newton Squares will be the host
club to some 300 square dance
club members from this area
and over the state, at the Geor
gia Jamboree to be held at the
State F. F. A. Camp.
A full schedule has been plan
ned beginning at 2 p.m. with a
workshop teaching new calls and
round dances, until 5 p.m. After
supper the evening of dancing
beginning at 8 p.m. with some
40 to 50 clubs represented. Call
ers for the workshop and dance
will be: Bill McVey, Col. Jamie
Newton and Bill Quay.
A vote of thanks is due to these
fine callers and to Ira Dickerson,
Superintendent of the camp, for
plans and their effort toward the
Georgia Jamboree. This is the
first of a planned semi-annual
event, the next being scheduled
Oxford Lions To
Hear Spillers
Representative Otis Spillers
will be the speaker at the Ox
ford Lions Club Thursday even
ing, January 21, at 7;30 at the
Community Center in Oxford.
Final plans will be made for
the Pancake Supper to be held
Friday, January 22, at Palmer
Stone School, from 5 to 8 p.m.,
admission sl. for adults and
$.50 for children. All you can
eat.
Observe Golden Anniversary
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KIWANIS CLUB of Covington will observe the 50th Anniversary
of Kiwanis International the week of January 21-28. Covington
Mayor Walker Harris (seated) is shown signing a proclamation
citing the local observance of the week. Looking on are Leo S.
Mallard (left), chairman of the Kiwanis Public Relations Committee,
and Greeley Ellis (right), Club President. The local Golden Anni
versary Banquet willl be held next Thursday.
accomplishment of these goals
as Golden Anniversary gifts to
host communities. The ‘blank
check of service,’ properly fill
ed in, is but the first of such
pledges,” he added.
Good wishes on Kiwanis’ Gold
en Anniversary have been re
ceived from leaders in many
walks of life. Among them,
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
said:
“Your decision three years
ago to extend the Kiwanis ser
vice program to countries in
tip (tamgtim
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1965
for July.
If you are interested in square
dancing but did not get your re
servations in time for dancing,
come on down, as the public is
invited as spectators.
Tom Bowden
Is Winner In
TIME Test
Mrs. D. C. Moore, teacher at
N. C. H. S., has notified TIME
Magazine that Tommy Bowden
has been named the local winner
in TIME’S 29th annual Current
Affairs Contest with a score of
94 out of a possible 100. Other
high-scoring local students in
clude: Michael Beyer, Carol
Calloway, Mike Dennis, and Paul
Jones.
TIME’S Current Affairs Test,
given this year to more than 750,
000 college and high school stu
dents in the U.S. and Canada,
consists of 100 questions on na
tional and foreign affairs. Also
included are such categories as
business, sports, entertainment,
science, religion, literature,
journalism, education and the
arts.
Top scorers in each of the more
than 5,000 classes enrolled in the
TIME Education Program re
ceive a certificate from Bern
hard M. Auer, Publisher of TIME,
The Weekly Newsmagazine.
The test, created for the TIME
Education Program by TIME’S
Education Department, has been
taken by nearly 6,000,000 stu
dents since Its inception 29 years
ago.
Asia, Western Europe, the Carib
bean, and your loiTg-standing and
widely diversified efforts to make
people-to-people programs work
have materially aided the poli
cies of your government to make
world understanding a reality.”
Canadian Prime Minister Les
ter B. Pearson said:
“As Kiwanis International con
cludes its 50th year of inter
national service to people and
their communities, to citizenship
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Barnett Rejoins
Local Soil Work
Unit Office
A. D. BARNETT
A. D. Barnett rejoins the New
ton County Soli Conservation
Work Unit after 5 1/2 years
with the Gwinnett County Unit at
Lawrenceville.
Mr. Barnett, Soil Conservation
Technician, was in Newton Coun
ty and Covington for 11 years
prior to his taking a position at
Lawrenceville in 1959. He came
to Covington in 1948.
The Barnetts have one daugh
ter, Susan, who is presently em
ployed in Atlanta. They are now
residing on Elizabeth street in
Covington.
Jim Knight is the other soil
conservationist at the Newton
Office.
"Y” Clubs To
Present Program
At First Baptist
As a part of their observance
of National Y. M. C. A. week,
January 24-31, the “Y” Clubs
of Newton County High School
will present a special program
at the First Baptist church in
Covington on Sunday evening,
January 24, at 7:30 o’clock.
Everyone is cordially invited to
come.
Golden Fleece
Masons To Meet
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6
will meet Tuesday night, Jan
uary 26, at 7;30 p.m. at the
Masonic Hall. The Entered Ap
prentlc degree will be exempli
fied. All members are urged to
attend.
MeGahee Family Presents
Cardioverter To Hospital
The purchase of a new Cardio
verter at Newton County Hospital
was made possible by memorial
gifts from Mrs. Walter MeGahee
and friends of the late Mr.
Walter MeGahee.
Mrs. Helen Dickinson, admin
istrator of Newton County Hospi
tal, gave the following facts about
the new machine;
The cost of the new piece of
equipment with the table was
$2,918.00. The cardioverter is
actually four devices in one and
is the last word in electronic
treatment of serious cardiac dis
orders.
The functions of the machine
include:
(1) Monitoring capability
whereby a patient’s heartbeat is
constantly shown on a screen and
the heart rate is shown auto
matically at all times. Alarm
City Council Committee
Appoi ntm ents Announced
Committee appointments for
the year 1965 have been announc
ed by Covington Mayor Walker
Harris.
Chairman of the various com
mittees are as follows:
Administrative Dept., Lands
and Buildings: E. E. Callaway,
chairman; Gas Department, W.
L. Dobbs, chairman; Electric
Department, Larry Greer, chair
man; Fire, Cemetery, Parks and
Recreation Depts., J. E. Loyd,
chairman; Streets and Sanitary,
Buddy Baker, chairman; Water
and Sewer Depts., Fred Kitchens,
0. T. Lott And Robert L. Cook
Are Newton County Deputies
Revised Hospital
Chaplaincy Plan
Conies Into Effect
The Newton County Ministerial
Association in cooperation with
the Newton County Hospital Ad
ministration has worked out a
revision in its chaplaincy pro
gram which is to provide for a
more adequate and effective min
istry to patients in the hospital.
In Uils connection the following
arrangements have been made:
The admitting desk at the hos
pital will fill out Information
cards for each entering patient.
The information on these cards
will include the patient’s name,
address, church affiliation, and
pastor. The completed cards are
placed in a file box marked
“Chaplain’s File.” Each day the
Chaplain on duty will refer to
this file as the primary source
of carrying out his functions at
the hospital.
It is then the Chaplain’s as
signment to contact the patient’s
pastor (or church representative
if pastor cannot be reached) in
forming him of the patient’s pre
sence in the hospital. An up
to-date listing of all the churches
and their pastors in Newton
County is provided the Chaplain
for this purpose.
In addition to these duties it
is the Chaplain’s responsibility
to visit those patients who live
outside of Newton County plus
those who have indicated that
they have no church affiliation,
and consequently, no pastor.
Also, the Chaplain is on call at
any time during the week when
he is asked to minister to a
special need.
“This revised plan has already
been put into effect as of the
first of the year, and it is great
ly hoped that its ministry will
be both helpful and far-reach
ing,” a member of the Minis
terial Association stated.
New Traffic Sign
Is Many Things
(ANF) —Although this sign
is one of the newest on Amer
ica’s highways, it’s a shape
that’s well
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Yy yield the
q right-of-way.
There are
• some drivers,
however, who aren’t sure just
what “yield” means.
Actually, it can mean any
one of several things. It can
mean to come to a dead stop.
It may indicate you can pro
ceed without stonnine. Some-
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systems go off automatically if
the heartbeat goes above or be
low predetermined levels.
(2) A pacemaking capability
whereby a patient’s heart may
be stimulated automatically to
beat at a certain predetermined
rate.
(3) A capability for convert
ing irregular and erratic heart
rates to a normal regular rhythm.
(4) A capability for stopping a
very serious and often fatal ar
rhythmia known as vertricular
fibrillation. The cardioverter
will be useful in all its capa
bilities and will often mean the
difference between life and death.
The hospital authority, the
medical staff of the hospital and
Mrs. Dickinson wish to publicly
thank Mrs. MeGahee and Mr.
MeGahee’s friends for making
the cardioverter available to the
citizens of Newton County.
chairman; Police Dept., Walker
Harris, chairman.
At the City Council meeting
Monday night, Vera Hooten was
appointed as a City Policeman.
Mr. Hooten had formerly served
as a policeman for the city and
more recently had been a de
puty sheriff in Newton County.
Two-grave lots were also au
thorized to be sold in the City
Cemetery for S2OO. This price
includes perpetual care. The
sale price of other lots in the
cemetery are: 4 graves S3OO,
8 graves SSOO, 10 graves SSOO,
and 12 graves S6OO.
Newton County Sheriff Henry
Odum, Jr. has announced that
his two deputies will be O. T.
Lott and Robert L. Cook.
Deputy Lott has been with the
sheriff’s department for the past
two weeks and Mr. Cook will
join the county force in the next
few days. Lott is a former
Covington City Policeman.
Mr. Cook lives on the Rocky
Plains road but will reside at
the Newton County Jail, Sheriff
Odum stated.
The Sheriff’s Dept, now has
a telephone number that may be
used 24-hours a day as someone
will be on duty at all times.
The number is 786-2156.
Hopewell Church
Cemetery To Get
Perpetual Care
Hopewell Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church has voted
unanimously for “Perpetual
Care” of the church cemetery
at its annual business meeting
on January 5.
The recommendations adopted
include: deacons be responsible
for employing a care-taker and
the general care of the ceme
tery; there will be a special
treasurer, either an elder or a
deacon to be elected and itemized
semi-annual reports be made to
the church and names and ad
dresses of all contributors with
dates and amounts be kept.
Notice of this action will be
published in the Covington News
as well as non-resident people
be notified of the action by let
ter. Contributions for the up
keep of the cemetery are to be
sent to James Byce, Route 1,
Covington, Treasurer of the
Hopewell Church Cemetery Per
petual Care.
Anyone desiring further infor
mation concerning this action are
to contact Mr. Byce or a member
of the church will gladly give
any necessary information to
those requesting it.
Guy Schell Is
Hospitalized
Guy Schell, City Carrier of the
Covington Post Office, was hospi
talized Tuesday and will undergo
a series of X-ray tests.
He is expected to be dismissed
from the hospital sometime to
morrow.
MeGahee Family Presents Cardioverter to Newton Hospital
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MRS. WALTER MEGAHEE (left) and Mrs. Peggy Moss (right) are shown inspecting the new Cardioverter
machine which the MeGahee family and friends presented to the Newton County Hospital last week.
The Cardioverter is actually four devices in one machine and is used in the electronic treatment of
serious cardiac disorders. The cost of the machine and table is $2,918.00. It was given as a memorial
to the late Walter MeGahee.
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5 Obituary 8
S Society 9
S Sports 13
S Legal 18
a Classified 18 & 19
Pres. Johnson
Inaugurated
LYNDON JOHNSON
President Lyndon B. Johnson
started on his first full four
year term as President of the
United States yesterday (Wed
nesday) with the inauguration
ceremonies held at the Nation’s
Capitol, Washington.
Chief Justice Earl Warren of
the Supreme Court administered
the oath of office to Mr. Johnson
at noon on the Capitol steps.
Vice-President Hubert Humph
ries took his office only a few
minutes before.
Bright, sunny skies greeted the
hundreds of thousands of visitors
and onlookers at the ceremony.
Immediately following a lunch
eon the parade formed on Penn
sylvania Avenue with the presi
dent riding in the bullet proof
Lincoln limousine used by Pre
sident Elsenhower. It became
very famous during his adminis
tration in as much as it was
shipped to Europe and all foreign
countries on his tours.
Family Farms Get
Assistance From
FHA Program
State Director S. L. VanLand
ingham today credited the Farm
ers Home Administration farm
ownership loan program as play
ing a part during 1964 in stren
ghtening more than 650 family
farms, along with the hundreds
of rural communities where they
are located.
“Almost $6,750,000 was loan
ed the 650 family farmers to
develop and buy farms or to re
finance debts,” Mr. VanLanding
ham said. He also reported that
an additional 2900 farm families
continue to use Farmers Home
Administration farm ownership
loan assistance previously ob
tained.
These loans - all tailored to
the individual borrower’s needs -
were made only to family farm
operators determined eligible by
local farmer committees as
capable farmers unable to obtain
reasonable credit from other
sources. Some of the farm
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General Meeting
Hospital Auxiliary
Set January 25th
The Newton County Hospital
Auxiliary Board met at the hospi
tal January sth to set the date and
time for a general meeting of all
auxiliary members.
The general meeting will be
held on Monday, January 25th at
7:30 P. M. at the Ficquett School.
A film “The Gift of Time’’ will
be shown.
Every member Is urged to
attend and asked to bring at
least one guest who is interested
in the hospital auxiliary and its
work. Mrs. Helen Dickinson,
Hospital Administrator, stated
that the meeting would not last
over one hour.
Please remember the time and
date of this important meeting.
Monday, January 25th at 7:30
P. M. at the Ficquett School.
Atlanta Times
Sports Editor
To Speak Here
George Short, Sports Editor
of The Atlanta Times, will be
the guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club today (Thurs
day) at legion Home at 1 o’clock.
Program chairman for the day
is Edgar Wood.
Committee chairmen for Ki
wanis in 1965 gave their reports
Thursday at the club’s regular
luncheon meeting. This was a
continuation of reports on aims
and goals of the various com
mittees for the new year under
President Greeley Ellis.
Leading off the program Thrus
day was Rucker Ginn, Program
and Music chairman. He announ
ced that six Klwanlans would
be responsible for programs dur
ing a two-month period this year.
Relations and Fellowship; Edgar
Wood, Education and Attendance;
Leo S. Mallard, Public Relations;
and Donald Stephenson, Special
Projects.
Marion Piper gave his resume
of the swimming Pool committee
work and then asked Donald Step
henson to give the financial re
port of the club’s swimming pool
operation during p 964. This was
a very good report and showed
that the swimming pool just about
broke even for the year. How
ever, the snadblastlng of the pool
last spring cost the club some
$1,500 extra.
Other reports were given by
chairmen James Hutchins, Re
ception; and Dean Getz, Inter
national Affairs. The Vocational
Guidance and Public and Business
Affairs chairmen will give their
reports today.
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed Rev. Thomas White, Bobby
Shepherd and Paul Newey, the
latter of Emory College of Ox
ford.
“KIWANIS KETTLE” :::
A former member of the Cov
inton Kiwanis club was welcom
ed back last week as J. E. Rainey
was present.
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Another member welcome d
back to the Kiwanis Club was
Walker Coampbell, who recently
completed an advanced college
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