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Ah! We welcome the Autumn
Season, with It’s warning that it
is near, with the beautiful yellow
and red leaves. Summer is won
derful, in fact we love every sea
son of the year. . .but we like our
Winters at the proper time. . .
Air Conditioned Summers are so
hard on Arthritis, Sinus, some
people’s ears and throats, to say
nothing of Bursitus and plain
“alk’in jints.” So many of us
have to stay out of air condition
ed places that I just wonder
where we will go soon. . .with
even the hospitals Air Con
ditioned. We sorter agree that
the Lord fixed the weather as it
should be. . .and man made win
ters, in the summer time, are
just not healthy.
Enough of that before we lose
all our good friends!
We had a busy week! Attended
the State Cancer Society meeting
in Atlanta, which we will write
about next week. We have covered
the local Board Meeting this week
. . .so. . .the State will come next
week. Be sure and find it in your
Covington News.
Grass really grows in your
flower beds when you can’t get
it out. . .and want to plant fall
pansy seed.
The many friends of Mr. Hor
ace Lunsford, 515 Church Street,
will be sorry to learn that he
has been quite ill for the past
week. He is sitting up now, and
around the house, and all his
friends are truly wishing him a
rapid and complete recovery. We
just believe hehas about as many,
if not more friends than any one
person in town, who are pulling
for him to get well soon.
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Scout Training
Course Set For
October Sessions
Homer Sharp, chairman of the
Leadership Training Committee
of the Newton-Rockdale District
Boy Scouts of America, an
nounces training courses will be
held for Cub Scout Leaders and
Boy Scout Leaders at Ficquett
School in Covington.
Three different sessions will
be held on consecutive Monday
nights, with Basic Training Cer
tificates to be presented to all
who attend all three. The train
ing will be from 7:30 until 9:30
on October 4, 11 and 18.
Mr. Sharp requests that all
Den Mothers, Cub Masters, Scout
Masters and their assistants at
tend.
A & P To Open New
Super Market Here
A pace-setter in the grocery-retailing business of America
today announced a new Super Market for Newton County.
The store, a modern, self
service Super Market, will be
opened by the Great Atlantic
& Pacific Tea Company on 241
Washington Street in Covington.
“The model store will offer
the most modern Super Market
innovations in the area,’’ said
J. H. Cornelius, Vice President
in charge of the Company’s op
eration in this part of the South
east.
Mr. Cornelius announced that
the building will cover an area
of more than 8,000 square feet
with parking for more than 100
cars in the vicinity.
“The store will be one of the
most modern in the county,”
said Cornelius, “And will in
corporate many of the latest
merchandising methods.”
“Opening of this new store
A & P Officials Sign Lease For Covington Building
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A & P SUPER MARKET OFFICIALS of Atlanta sign the lease for their building at 241 Washington
Street, Covington, in the office of Mayor Walker Harris at City Hall Tuesday as this picture was taken.
Harold F. Jackson (right), Sales Manager of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., is signing
the document while Victor D. Young (left), Operating Superintendent of A & P, Atlanta, and Mayor
Harris (center), look on. The store is expected to open around October 31st.
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VOLUME 10
DEAN GETZ ELECTED PRESIDENT C. OF C.
Oxford College Plans $1.5 Million Dormitory
Food Service Center, Infirmary
Included In Modern Expansion
Oxford College of Emory University will soon start a gigantic ex
pansion program that entails the spending of some $1,500,000 on a
residence hall for women, infirmary and a food service area
(cafeteria). Formal announcement of the complex plans were made
at the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce meeting
Monday at the Teen Can building.
Dr. Dallas M. Tarkenton, Ox
ford College Registrar and Di
rector of Admissions, showed a
colored architect’s drawing of the
complex to the C. of C. members
and gave many facts and figures
concerning the expansion pro
gram. He said that bids would
be let in the near future and
that the buildings would be com
pleted by September, 1966.
Haygood Hall, now used as a
cafeteria and women’s dormi
tory, will be used as a men’s
dormitory, Dr. Tarkenton stated.
He cited the expected record
enrollment of Oxford College for
this fall as 476, which is 50 more
than last year. Tarkenton added
that the college hoped to enroll
some 600 students in 1966. About
200 of those will be women, it
was announced.
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Oxford College Opens
With Record Enrollment
One of the oldest college cam
puses in Georgia, Oxford College
of Emory University at Oxford,
Georgia is a beehive of activity
this week. The thirty-one facul
ty members arebusy from morn
ing until evening preparing for the
opening of college next week.
One of the highlights of the
week was Dean Eady’s annual
address. He pointed to the im
portance of the Church owned
and operated College in higher
education and placed emphasis
on teaching as a primary func
tion of Oxford College.
Prior to the week of faculty
conferences, the campus has been
the scene of busy activity as the
campus has undergone a face
lifting operation of physical im-
will give our many friends what
we believe is a fine and comp
lete food store,” he pointed out,
“and bears out our determination
to grow with Covington and New
ton County.”
“Outstanding features of the
model store will include a new
self-service meat department,
refrigerated produce cases, and
A & P coffee-dairy department,
bakery department, complete air
conditioning, and brand new sp
ecialty departments.”
“There will be more than 4,500
different items available in the
store,” Mr. Cornelius continued.
The new meat market will
feature A & P’s famous “Super-
Right” meats. Modern and ef
ficient equipment will be installed
throughout.
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Dr. Tarkenton cited many
ultra-modern features that will
be in the complex. A spacious
reception area or entrance will
greet the visitor on the street
level. On top of one of the
residence halls will be a sun
deck. The food service center
will have a large banquet hall
in which large groups may be
served, and also a snack bar
will be included in the building
plan.
Oxford College was founded
in 1836 and is supported by the
Methodist Church. The record
enrollment this year will bring
students from 19 states and two
foreign countries. Another arti
cle on the start of the 1965-66
year at Oxford is carried else
where in The News today.
provements. The quadrangle is
being landscaped to produce a
year-round carpet of green. The
new lawn will have an under
ground sprinkling system. Six
inches of dirt has been hauled in
to enrich the soil.
All the residence halls for
men, Few, History Hall, Langu
age Hall, the library, Seney Hall,
and the Gym have had extensive
repairs, refurnishing, and rede
corating.
To accommodate the 476 stu
dents, fifty more than in 1964,
and the largest student body ever
on this campus, the Allgood home,
just east of the campus has been
purchased. This building is now
being remodeled and refurnished.
Opening of the new A & P
is set for late October, and marks
the return of the Super Market
here after an absence of more
than 10 years.
Harold F. Jackson, Sales Man
ager of A & P in Atlanta, and
Victor D. Young, operating Sup
erintendent of the Atlanta region
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company,
were visitors in Covington Tues
day and stated that they were
pleased that “A & P is returning
to Covington.” We have been
looking at locations here for
the past three years and this
one suits us fine,” Mr. Jackson
added.
They stated that some 20 or
more employees will be hired
in the new store.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 16, 1965
Drawing Shows Oxford College’s $1,500,000 Expansion Project
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OXFORD COLLEGE’S $1,500,000 Expansion complex is shown in this architect’s color picture which
Dr. Dallas M. Tarkenton (second from left with pointer) used in his address at the Covington-Newton
County Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday. The building complex will consist of a residence
hall for women, college infirmary, and college food service building (cafeteria). Chamber of Commerce
officials looking on with Dr. Tarkenton are from left to right: Dean Getz, president; Lanier Hardman,
immediate past president; and Dr. V. Y. C. Eady, Dean of the college.
Man Jailed Here Confesses
Murders In Tennessee, Georgia
The solution and subsequent
confession to two bizarre murder
mysteries in two states unfolded
in Newton County Jail late Thurs
day night when Sheriff Henry
Odum, Jr., and Deputy Robert
Cook, along with two DeKalb
County law enforcement officers
heard a 21-year-old South Caro
linian tell them that he had killed
two men—one in Tennessee and
the other in Georgia;
David Clinton Crumley of Pel
zer, S. C., whom Cook had gone
to Rockdale County and picked up
earlier in the day on a charge of
burning an automobile in the
Livingston community of the
county, had been questioned on
charges of armed robbery here
in Georgia.
Crumley told Newton officers
that he believed he killed a man
at Sevierville, Tenn., and he also
murdered his buddy, Harold Hen
derson, 29, near Bremen, Ga.
Sheriff Odum, Deputy Cook,
Rockdale County Sheriff J. T.
Wallace and the two DeKalb De
tectives B. S. Ivey and Gilbert
Radovlch took Crumley to the
spot where he said he hid Hen
derson’s body and the fugitive
used a flashlight to show the of
ficers the exact spot where the
body was covered with pine straw.
The young man’s story of crime
covered South Carolina, Tenn
essee and Georgia. Sheriff Odum
News Centennial
Deadline Near
October 28, 1965 is the date
set for the publication of the
Centennial Edition of The Cov
ington News. By strange coin
cidence, October 28, the founding
date of The Georgia Enterprise
(forerunner of the News), in 1865,
falls on Thursday, the current
publication day of The News.
We are fast approaching the
deadline!
Scores of requests have been
made to service and civic clubs
and organizations, churches,
municipalities, individuals, and
in columns of the News, for
charter pictures, early pictures
of towns, business firms, etc.
Has your material, or that of
your organization been sent in?
We are anxious to secure as
much data, and cover as many
phases of Newton County’s
history and development during
the past century, as possible.
Much valuable data is often found
in old copies of your local paper,
in the attic, or old packing trunks.
Much valuable material was lost
in a fire at the News, some years
ago; and early copies of The
Georgia Enterprise, The Cov
ington Star, and The Enterprise,
are sought. A cash prize has
been offered for the oldest copy
of these forerunners of The Cov
ington News.
Your cooperation In helping us
make the Centennial Edition of
your hometown paper, one of
which you can be proud, will
be greatly appreciated. Please
direct any historical material to:
Mrs. Leo Mallard, The Covington
News, 122 Pace St., Covington,
Ga. 30209.
said it was near Knoxville that
Crumley said he and Henderson
abducted John A. Nelson, 50, of
Knoxville, at pistol point in a
motel parking lot. Crumley said
they drove around for a while
and when the man attempted to
run he (Crumley) opened fire at
the man as he fled across a corn
field.
Mr. Nelson was found dead
Wednesday in the cornfield near
Sevierville, Tennessee officers
reported. Nelson was a repre
sentative of the Tennessee Auto
mobile Association. He had been
shot in the back and chest, Sevier
County Sheriff Ray C. Noland told
Sheriff Odum. Sheriff Noland also
said that a car burned in Newton
County Wednesday afternoon be
longed to Mr. Nelson. It was a
late model Buick.
The case began Wednesday
when Newton Deputy Sheriff Ro
bert Cook was notified by an ex
cited caller that an automobile
was on fire eight miles from
Covington. En route to the
scene, Cook noted a wrecked
car beside the road.
Later, Cook said, he appre
hended a local resident who said
he had been approached to help
Newton County Educators Continue
In-Service Study In Mathematics
Beginning September 20, with a
demonstration lesson In Living
ston Elementary School, Newton
County Educators will be Invol
ved in an intensive week of study
in Mathematics. Over 200 ele
mentary students will participate
In demonstrations during the
week and all elementary teachers
will participate In observations
and conferences.
Parents will be given an op
portunity to participate, also.
This In-Service Study Is under
the general direction of Mrs.
Edward A. Manley, Director of
Curriculum. Miss Nancy Moore,
Educational Consultant with Holt,
Rinehart, Winston Textbook Pub
lishers, has been secured to con
duct the demonstration classes
and serve as consultant in confer
ences with teachers. Miss
Moore, a native of South Carolina,
who now lives in Columbia, is a
graudate of Winthrope College.
She received her Master’s De
gree In Mathematics from the
University of South Carolina. She
has taught in the public schools of
South Carolina and Europe and
has attended many National Sci
ence Foundation Summer Insti
tutes. Her most recent teaching
experience was in Second Grade
in Columbia, South Carolina.
Miss Moore has helped to write
two textbooks in Mathematics.
She Is no stranger to Newton
County, as she was a popular
consultant here on Saturday, Feb
ruary 28.
Demonstration classes will be
taught in Mr. Cecil Moody’s Fifth
Grade at Livingston School on
Monday, September 20; Mrs. J. C.
Robertson’s Second Grade at
Heard-Mixon School on Tuesday;
Miss Martha Ramsey’s Sixth
Grade at Porterdale School and
Mrs. T. C. Berry’s Fourth Grade
burn the car. He said the local
man Identified the other only as
“David.”
Cook contacted Rockdale
Sheriff Wallace who already had
picked up Crumley on a robbery
lookout from Anderson, S. C.
Crumley was transferred from
the Rockdale County jail to New
ton County later Wednesday.
Thursday afternoon both New
ton and DeKalb County officers
questioned Crumley on several
armed robbery incidents in the
area in the past week prior to
Wednesday. At times, during
the questioning, he was sullen
and hardbolled, the officers
stated. He was taken back to his
upstairs cell in the jail.
The DeKalb detectives came
back Thursday night to ask Crum
ley some more questions. He did
not admit anything at that time,
Sheriff Odum said. He was re
turned to his cell again by Deputy
Cook. In a few minutes he began
to shout for Sheriff Odum.
They said Crumley told them;
“I keep seeing those two men I
killed. They’re coming through
the bars after me. I want to talk
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at Palmer-Stone School on Wed
nesday. On Thursday, Mr. Tom
Rowland’s Seventh Grade and
Mrs. Charles Thomas’ Third
Grade at Ficquett School will
participate.
The final session will be held
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Covington-Newton County Chamber Os Commerce Officers
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NEW OFFICERS OF Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce are shown in the picture above
taken at the September meeting Monday at the Teen Can. Seated, left to right: Charles Strickland,
secretary; Lanier Hardman, immediate past president; Dean Getz, president; Grady Coleman, vice
president, Standing (L to R): E. E. (Buck) Callaway, Bill Hoffman, Sam Ramsey and John Morford,
all new members of the board of directors. Phillip Cohen another new member of the board, was
not present for the picture.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society
Sports 17
Legal *22
Classified 23
NUMBER 37
Grady Coleman Is Vice-President;
Dr. Tarkenton Was Speaker Monday
Dean Getz, plant manager of the Brunswick Sports affiliate in Cov
ington, Monday was elected president of the Covington-Newton
County Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds Lanier Hardman and
will serve for the fiscal year 1965-66.
Mr. Getz has taken a promi
nent part in activities of the
Chamber of Commerce for the
past three years and was in
strumental in forming the United
Fund drive in the county last year.
He is also an active and enthusi
astic member of the Covington
Kiwanis Club.
Others elected to serve with
Mr. Getz are Grady Coleman,
vice-president; Phillip Cohen,
John Morford, Bill Hoffman, E.
E. Callaway and Sam Ramsey,
new members of the board of
directors. Other directors re
maining on the board are R. O.
Arnold, Carl Smith, Moody Sum
mers and Lanier Hardman. Don
Wood, chairman of the nominat
ing committee, read the list of
officers at the meeting Monday.
They were unanimously elected.
Presiding at the meeting Mon
day, which was postponed one
week due to Labor Day, was
Lanier Hardman. Mr. Hardman
called upon the new president
for a short acceptance speech.
Mr. Getz spoke briefly and
stated that his program would
be outlined to the members at
a future C. of C. meeting.
The main speaker at the meet
ing Monday was Dr. Dallas Tar
kenton, Registrar and Director
of Admissions at Oxford College.
He told the members of the
value of Oxford College and gave
many facts and figures about the
near-future expansion of the Col
lege which is carried in another
*Cancer’ To Get
Airing At Kiwanis
Meeting Today
Several direct causes of can
cer are expected to be discus
sed today (Thursday) at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club meeting at
Legion Home at 1 o’clock. A
panel of local doctors will form
the discussion group for the pro
gram after a film is shown to
the members of the civic organi
zation.
Ray Reece, President of New
ton County Unit of the American
Cancer Society, is in charge of
the program today and he will
show the film titled “Who!
Me?’’ This is a cancer educa
tional film and will be infor
mative and interesting, Mr.
Reece stated.
Dr. Thomas Crews will be the
moderator of the panel which
will include Dr. E. J. Callaway,
Dr. J. R. Sams and Dr. Goodwin
Tuck. They will answer ques
tions from the Kiwanis Club
members during their panel dis
cussion period.
During last week’s Kiwanis
program the Newton County High
School coaches made speeches
and told the club members about
the NCHS varsity and “B” team.
Varsity coaches Milton McLaney
and Wilbur Fisher, and “B”
team mentor Tom Wortman gave
a rundown on their team person
nel. Bob Greer, News and Sports
Editor of the Covington News, in
troduced the program.
story in The NEWS today.
Before the introduction of the
guests at the meeting, one new
member was welcomed into the
Chamber. He is Rev. George
Home, Rector of the Church of
The Good Shepherd (Episcopal).
Guests Included Mrs. Nemrod
Preston of Monroe, Bruce Lov
ern of Oxford, Ross H. Pittman,
Jr., of Macon, Tom Jordan of
Atlanta, Takusi Okasl of Japan,
the Foreign Exchange student
of Japan, sponsored by the Cov
ington Rotary Club.
President Hardman called at
tention of the members to the
fact that Donald Ballard of Ox
ford had been named chairman
of the Ocmulgee Economic Op
portunity Commission, which
comprises four area counties.
During the period of announce
ments and reports Everett Pratt,
chairman of the newly-organized
Newton County Planning Com
mission, said that his committee
would hold their first official
meeting September 14. Other
members of the commission are;
Alvin Rape, R. Pat Campbell,
Jessie Ellington, E. M. McCart,
Leonard Standard, Marshall Eli
zer, Robert S. Peck, R. D. Mur
relle, Grady Bowden.
Marion Piper gave a report of
recent progress on signs for the
Interstate 20 route through Cov
ington and Oxford. He said that
signs would be placed on In
dustrial Boulevard and on U. S.
278 in the city. He showed a
sketch of the sign and it gave
many facts about Covington and
Newton County.
Dr. Goodwin Tuck made a re
port on the Lakeside Gun Club’s
recent Dog Days shoot held at
the City Pond range. He stated
that his club hoped to make this
an annual affair and that some
24 shooters from all sections
of Georgia took part in the shoot
last month.
Grady Coleman gave the report
of the Industrial Development
Committee in the absence of Otis
Spillers, chairman, who was out
of town. Mr. Coleman cited two
industries who have recently
notified the C. of C. that they
were moving elsewhere instead
of coming to Newton County.
How ever, Covington Mayor
Walker Harris announced that a
lucrative Industry would initially
employ some 200-250 people is
vitally interested in coming to
Covington. He stated that only
one hitch seems to hold up the
move at the present time; and
that is the grading of the pro
perty in question. The C. of C.
passed a resolution asking that
the property be graded for the
industry. The cost of the grad
ing was not immediately known,
Mayor Harris added.
Hardman Introduced Dr. Tar
kenton and in his remarks said
that he is “a Methodist preacher
but is, prehaps best known, as
the father of Francis Tarkenton,
Quarterback of the Minnesota
Vikings.” Dr. Tarkenton is also
the father of two other boys,
Dallas and Wendell.