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By The Office Boy
We appreciate very much a
letter from Miss Ellen Cran
ford, West Georgia College,
Carrollton, Georgia, in which
she states her next quarter, in
political science entails the prep
aration of a thorough analysis
of the American political pro
cess today as it relates to pol
itics in the State of Georgia.
She wants the Covington News
for three months, as she will
make reports on Newton County.
The analysis will be made using
the County, and it’s districts,
as a political laboratory during
the entire quarter. Her analysis
will be two-fold; (1) A study
in Campaign personalities, tech
niques, issues, voting patterns,
statistics etc, asthey affect New=
ton County and/or it’s districts.
Two: A study of the political
behavior of the people and their
political relationship to the
county in which they are located.
This is the first time Ellen
has had any kind of political
assignment, so, we would like
to ask our political leaders, law
yers, legislators, senators and
all leaders, who would like to
help Ellen’s Analysis of our Cou=
nty, be the best one at this fine
College. . .because it is of NEW
TON COUNTY. . .to send her as
much information as you have
on our County, and the above
phases of its techniques.
All of us love young people
and wish to help them on to
success. You can have a part
in helping make Ellen’s report
on OUR County the best! Other
students are doing an analysison
other Counties, in fact every
county in Georgia. So All Aboard!
Let’s go all out in helping Miss
Ellen Cranford, Box 471, West
Georgia College, Carrollton, Ga.
30117,
A deep shadow was cast upon
our hearts when ‘‘Helen Ivy”’
lost her companion this week. . .
and another member of the Bap
tist Church lost his beloved sis
ter. . .Our heartfelt sympathy
goes to both Helen and Mr. A. J.
Walls, of the First Baptist
Church. “Passing from the
shadow (we say again) into day,
WHY should we call it DEATH
this beautiful going away. . .
(or HOME !) Now news has come
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Wwith the close of September, we enter the final weeks of copy
preparation for the edition of The Covington News Centennial,
Many former residents are cooperating by forwarding us
pictures from their scrapbooks, of early scenes of buildings
and towns of Newton County, for use in the Centennial Edition,
Do you have such a picture, which would help preserve Newton
County’s history? Most clubs and organizations have in their
files a charter night picture, or picture of their firs: officer
slate, The Centennial Edition will be of much historical sign
ificance, and will be preserved in many schools, libraries, and
even in the Georgila Archives.
We are most grateful to those who have already sent in their
yesteryear club or organization’s history and pictures. To
club officials who have not already done so, we urge your
cooperation in helping us include your organization in Newton
County’s first Centennial Edition, We earnestly hope you will
not miss this opportunity of preserving your organization’s record,
in this historical Edition,
: Bloodmobile Visits
: Covington Today
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the First Baptist
Church today (Thursday, Sept. 30th) from 2:00 P, M., until 7:00
P. M,
““Today, a jaundiced newborn
baby can get a complete new
blood supply and a new blood
supply to fight Rh antibodies in
his veins, and give him life.
Today, injections of human al
bumin can save the life a per
son dying of shock or injuries
after a highway accident.
“Today, an elderly woman can
get as many units of blood asare
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comed to the Home Demonstration Club Council meeting Friday at the Snapping Shoals EMC building,
Shown with Miss Joyner, who assumes her duties here tomorrow, are from left to right: Mrs, Ginny
Jones, present home economist; Mrs, C, A, Jolley, president of the HD Council; and Mrs, Hazel
Malone, District Agent -- Home Economics.,
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VOLUME 100
LO' “'ENT HOUSING PROJECT SET HERE
Rape . Postponed
Two Covington Negroes held
in Newton County Jail on charges
of raping a 15-year=-old white
girl on September 5, 1965, had
their trial postponed until a fut
ure term of the Newton Super
ior Court Wednesday morning,
Judge Frank Guess denied a
motion by court-appointed def
ense attorneys to change the
site for the trial, However,
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Scout Leaders
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Training Session
Scheduled Here
The Cub Scout Leaders and
Boy Scout Leaders training ser
ies will start this coming Mon=
day, October 4 at 7:30 p.m, at
the Ficquett School in Covington,
according to Homer Sharp, Dis=-
trict Training Chairman,
Mr, Sharp said that the best
Scouting units in the District
are the ones with the trained
leaders and he hopes that all
leaders, especially the new ones,
will take advantage of this train=-
ing opportunity. The second and
third sessions will be on October
11th and 18th, There will be a
one dollar fee for all participants,
Carlos B, Meyer, Director of
the Newton-Rockdale Boy Scout
Camporee said today that plans
are complete for an ¢¢Adventure
Trail’’ for the scouts on Saturday
morning from 9:00 to 11:30 a,m,
At this time the boys will re
ceive special training in: Axem=-
anship, Ropes, Knots, Pioneer=
ing, First Aid, Fire building,
Second Class Cooking, Signaling,
Tracking, and Nature,
The Camporee is scheduled
for the Bert Adams Scout Re
servation on Friday and Satur
day, October 8 and 9., Parents
are invited to the Campfire at
8:00 p.m. on Saturday,
needed to build her up for a
delicate operation, when 20 years
ago she might have died from
lack of blood, Today, you might
save a life by spending just a
few minutes at the Bloodmobile
and donating just one pint of
blood. Everyone can benefit,
everyone can help,”” Mrs, John
Porter, Covington Blood Chair
man, stated.
Che Couington News
Attorneys were given six days
to file a motion for continuance,
Eddie Ray McKibbenand James
English, both about 20 years of
age, are charged with rape, and
B, L, Hardwicke, another 20-
year-old Negro is under bond
as a material witness inthe case,
Doctors Agree On
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lis 0f Smoking
Definition of self-confidence?
Well, there’s the chef who dines
on his own cooking. But there’s
a more impressive example: the
doctor who follows his own ad
vice. And it’s pleasant to re
port that a good many of the
latter are practicing what they
preach, notably in one important
area affecting health: cigarette
smoking.
This information comes via a
questionnaire launched by a med
ical journal and answered by
more than 60,000 doctors. It
turned up some remarkable facts.
For example, only 22 per cent
of the reporting physicians were
cigarette smokers, a drop of
nearly 60 per cent compared to
a similar survey made 10 years
earlier.
Os course a lot has happened
in those ten years. A lot of
facts about cigarette smoking
have been thoroughly confirmed.
The U, S, Public Health Service,
for instance, has announced its
conviction that the cigarette habit
is the leading cause of lung can=-
cer; that is also causes chronic
bronchitis; that most poeple who
have emphysema have beenlong
term cigarette smokers. Only
2.8 per cent of the 60,000 doc~
tors now profess any doubts as to
whether cigarette smoking is a
health hazard.
All of which helps to explain
why tens of thousands of doctors
have cut out cigarette smoking
in recent years. So, of course,
have a certain number of other
people~~though at far from the
same spectacular rate.
Will a method be foundto make
quitting easy for most habitual
cigarette smokers? It hasn’t
happened so far; but one can
continue to hope. Meanwhile,
especially if you’re young, there
is one sure-fire method to es
cape all those worries about
stopping. Don’t start!
The National Tuberculosis As
sociation is offering a helpful
leaflet, *Cigarette Smoking, The
Facts.” Ask your local Christ
mas Seal organization for a free
copy. :
Will you give a little of your
time and a unit of blood to pro
vide a life-time for someone
else? Your help is wanted; your
blood is needed.
Everyone is urged to be at the
First Baptist Church between the
hours of 2:00 P, M, and 7:00
P, M, Help Covington meet the
quota of 150 pints of blood during
this visit of the Red Cross Blood=
mobile,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 30, 1965
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COVINGTON’S LOW RENT public housing units will look similar to these architect sketches as shown
by Tomberlin and Associates, Tuesday at the Covington Rotary Club meeting. Wilber Tomberlin,
is shown second from left pointing to a color map of a housing project, while Mack Johnson, Rotary
President; Godfrey Trammell, Executive Director; and Marion Piper, Covington Housing Authority
Chairman (left to right), look on. Some 180 units will be built in Covington in the near future,
Newton County Grand Jury Asks For More Deputies
On Weekends; Capital Punishment Be Continued
The September Term of the Newton County Superior Court
Grand Jury, in a busy four-day session, issued some strong re
commendations last week. Most noteworthy were the appoint
ment by the Newton County Sheriffs Office of Colored deputies
to aid in his work in the county area during the weekends, and
the continuance of Capital Punishment in the State of Georgia.
In their wording that Capital
Punishment be kept on the law
books of the state the Grand
Jurors stated that ‘“We parti
cularly feel that inthese troubled
times and with tremendous in
crease in crime in our country
that the laws should iiot be weak~
ened any further,”
It was brought to the attention
of the jurors that the present
staff of deputies in the county
(two regular and two parttime)
had been overworked on the week
ends and that the regular Deputies
of Tommy Lott and Robert Cook
had not been given a day off
from their work in some time,
The recommendation intimated
that a closer watch should be
kept on ‘‘dives’’ in the county
and city and that extra help is
needed to accomplish this, How
ever, the jury did praise the
law enforcement officers of the
city and county for the work
they are presently doing here,
The complete Grand Jury Pre=
sentments follow:
GRAND JURY PRESENT=-
MENTS NEWTON SUPERIOR
COURT SEPTEMBER TERM
1965;
We, the Grand Jurors drawn
for September Term 1965 New
ton County Superior Court wish
to thank Judge Clarence Peeler
for his able charge to the Jury
and Solicitor Richard Bell and
his aide for their invaluable as
sistance,
We have discussed the subject
of Capital Punishment at length
and it is the unanimous opinion
of the members of this Grand
Jury that Capital Punishment
should not be abolished in this
State, and we would like to go
on record as opposing the
“Motor Scooter” Riders Asked
To Use Caution In Covington
A two-wheel motor driven ve
hicle, commonly referred to as
a ‘“motor-scootor’”” or a ‘“mo
ped”, represents endless hours
of joy and amusement to a child,
But to the thoughtful adult wit
nessing a near accident and vis
ualizing those accidents that
could happen, a two-wheel motor
driven vehicle becomes a thing
of danger and possible cause of
death,
Numerous requests have been
made of individuals by the police
department, upon witnessing near
accidents or ‘‘double-riding”,
that the same incidents not be
repeated, Still, many times over
these same things occur; the
youth on the ‘‘motor-scootor’’
darts into the path of an un
suspecting motorist; he fails to
give an important hand signal;
he invites his friend to ride
double; he fails to heed the stop
sign or the traffic signal; he
miscalulates his speed or the
distance of another vehicle; and
then suddenly, before his mind
can react to the situation, danger
overtakes him and he is cast
into a chain of circumstances
that he cannot control; thus an
accident occurs, and for those
people involved the two-wheel
motor driven vehicle becomesan
object of remorse and regret,
It is with a deep sense of
responsibility that the city off
abolition of Capital Punishment,
and have our recommendation
sent to the Georgia Senate Com=
mittee which is at present
studying Capital Punishment, We
particularly feel that in these
troubled times and with the tre
mendous increase in crime inour
country that the laws should not
be weakened any further,
We also feel that respect for
the law has declined to the point
that it is a national disgrace and
we would like to urge all citizens
to do all within their power to
encourage respect for all of our
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16 Cited For
Speeding in
Past 2 Weeks
Sixteen motorists have been
given tickets for speeding in the
City of Covington during the past
two weeks, according to Police
Records at City Hall. Nine
others were apprehended during
that period for wreckless driving
also.
A summary of the past two
week’s of Judge E, W, Strozier’s
City Court, shows that there is a
slight decrease in traffic viola
tions since the local law enforce=-
ment officials cracked down on
these violators over a month ago.
Others who drew fines or for
feited their bonds in the court
during the two week period num=
bered five for driving without a
license, four for driving under
the influence of intoxicants, three
for running stop signs, eight
drunks and five for disorderly
conduct.
icials are requesting the atten
tion of every thoughtful citizen
to the ever-increasing problem
of “motor-scootors’ on the city
streets, It is not their desire
to enforce strict rules and reg
ulations that will curtail the en
joyment of this type vehicle by
the youth of our city, but it is
of the utmost concern to them
that these children be protected
from possible danger and that
their parents never find them=-
selves in a situation of regret
because of an accident that, with
some degree of forethought,
might possibly be prevented, It
is also of extreme importance
that every parent realize his or
her legal obligation, from a fin
ancial standpoint, for any and
all damages resulting from an
accident which occurs as the
responsibility of the child on a
‘‘motor-scootor?’’,
The cooperation of each and
every adult or youth reading this
article is needed, Consider the
facts; recall the near accidents
you may have witnessed; remem=-
ber the stark realities of the
moment if you have ever been,
or even came near to being, in
volved in an accident of this type,
Accept your responsibilities as
you see them, and in so doing
you will possibly help to con
trol a situation of grave con
cern to the city officials,
laws and we further urge that
all citizens, and particularly par
ents, urge respect for those per=
sons in authority, in the Courts,
in the schools, and in law en
forcement agencies,
We feel that the rights of the
individuals have beenso stressed
in recent years that the rights
and freedom of society have been
greatly endangered,
We recommend: that the
Sheriff’s department appoint
colored deputies, particularly
during the weekends, to assis
in various county areas,
We recommend that a subpoena
be issued to all officers in
volved in any particular case,
and when they are subpoenaed
they appear before the Grand
Jury with all the information
available concerning this parti
cular case,
We recommend that coat racks
be installed in Traverse Jury
room,
We recommend that Bailiff’s
salaries be increased to $15.00
per day, Grand Jurors SIO,OO
per day, and Traverse Jurors
SIO.OO per day.
We recommend the enforcing of
the compulsory school attendance
law, and ask that alllaw enforce
ment officers aid in keeping
sixteen-year old boys and girls
and under in school,
We wish to recognize the good
work being done by our law en
forcement officers, but wish to
urge their continued investigation
of the various ‘‘dives’’ that con=
tinue to operate throughout the
county,
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in the
Covington News and the usual
fee by paid.
Otis Spillers, Foreman
Robert C, Greer, Clerk
Moody Summers Jr.,
Assistant Clerk
ORDER
Read, received and approved
in open court, Let the same
be published as recommended,
This 23rd day of September, 1965,
Clarence Peeler, Jr.,
Judge Newton Superior Court
Stone Mountain Circuit
APPROVED:
Richard Bell,
Solicitor General
Gum Creek And
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Starrsville Win
&
Top Booth Prizes
The decisions were evenhard
er to make than ever before in the
booth exhibits at the Newton
County Fair this year. The panel
of judges selected the winners as
follows:
Home Demonstration Clubs:
Ist, Gum Creek; 2nd, West
Newton; 3rd, Salem.
Community Clubs:
Ist, Starrsville; 2nd, Flint Hill;
3rd, Heard Mixon.
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Night School To
Start On Oct. 4
The Newton County Night
School will start classes October
4, at 7 o’clock at the Newton
County High School. Anyone in
terested in this class please at
tend.
The fee is SI.OO per night.
This class is under the super
vision of Homer F, Sharp.
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Covington Housing Authority Hires
Godfrey Trammell As Exec. Director
Announcement has been made of the proposed construction of
180 units of Low Rent Public Housing in Covington, The mayor
and City Council working with the Covington Housing Authority
have been informed by the Federal Housing and Home Finance
Agency that the program has been approved,
Members of the Covington
Housing Authority are: Marion
Piper, chairman; Grady Cole
man, vice-chairman; Robert T,
Fowler, Robert L, Stewart and
Charles D, Strickland, This
authority has hired Godfrey
Trammell as Executive Director
for the project.
The Housing and Home Fin=
ance Agency has approved 140
regular units, and 40 other units
for elderly persons. The units
range in size from one-bedroom
to five-bedrooms in size. They
will be one-story and duplex con=
struction, The cost of the pro=
ject will be approximately
$2,500,000,
It was pointed out that the 40
units for the elderly persons
would be on the motel arrange
ment so that these senior citizens
would not be entirely by them
selves,
The authority said that several
sites for the construction of the
project are under consideration,
The architect firm of Wilber
Tomberlin Associates, Atlanta,
has been engaged as the archi
tectural planner for the program,
City officials said that the units
will all be under the city’s zoning
and subdivision regulations. The
only cost to the city will be the
Surprise Week Could
Bring Contest Upset
BY 808 BULLARD
Contest Manager
This week is known as ‘Sur
prise” Week — one of the most
important of the entire campaign,
For the next several days eon=-
testants have the opportunity to
swell votes by leaps and bounds
by securing second payments to
advance subscriptions to the full
four year limit for only SIO.OO,
Many people who have sub
seribed for one year will be in
terested to know how they can
further help their favorite con
testants, This can be done very
easily by giving your favorite
contestant the balance toward a
four year subscription., The votes
turned in this way are known as
““extension” votes, and an ex
tended subscription will count
for the same number of votes
as if it was taken at one time,
Now that the first period of
this exciting race has passed into
history, friends of contestantsare
watching results of the ‘‘second
heat’’ with bated breath, The
elimination process - shifting the
ambitious ones from among those
who apparently lack this element
so necessary for success in any
endeavor — has all but taken
place and now the real ¢Go
Getters’’ will fight it out for the
truly magnificent prizes soon to
be awarded.
Tension is mounting as every
hour that passes brings hard
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IN THE
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Contest Ends Two Weeks From Friday
An extension subscription — just one — could
make a tremendous difference to a contestant. Get
in touch with your favorite contestant NOW and
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NUMBER 39
extension of the utilities to the
site,
Wilber Tomberlin of the
architect firm was the guest
speaker at the Covington Rotary
Club Tuesday at noon., He was
introduced by Dr. W, S, Cook,
Jr,, program chairman for the
week,
Mr. Tomberlin explained the
functions of the Public Housing
Authority and gave many of his
personal experiences with low
rent housing units in several
southern states which his firm
has been engaged in building,
He showed slides of many of
the projects, mahy of which are
-in Georgia,
He stated that thelocal low rent
housing project should be ready
for contract within three weeks,
Mr. Tomberlin emphasized that
the Covington Housing Authority
is considering several sites for
the 180 units.
Several questions were asked
at the end of his speech and the
showing of the slides. Mr, Tom=
berlin said that the rent will be
set by the authority about the time
the project is completed.
“Covington is the last town
of its size in Georgia to get a
low rent housing project,”” he
added,
working contestants in the sub
scription contest closer to
prizes, headed by the beautiful
new 1966 Ford Fairlane 500
Grand Prize worth $2829,25 and
the $750.00 Second Prize,
A queen once offered all her
worldy posseéssions for some
thing owned by the poorest sub
jects in all her kingdom. Every=-
one has this valuable substance,
It cannot be bought, sold or ex
changed, yet it is the most pre
cious commodity in the world
and may decide who wins the
first prize in the new famous
“Everybody Wins’ Contest,
It is a little thing, but it has
changed the tide of battles, top=
ped kingdoms, altered history,
Queen Elizabeth didn’t real
ize the value of it either, until
she was about to be deprived of
it, forever, Then her last words
were ‘“All my possessions for a
moment of time,”
Two weeks from Friday, many
contestants, like Queen Eliza
beth, will beg for another moment
of time., They will have torealize
that it is over and every moment
of time in the final two weeks
of the contest could have been
utilized to increase their standing
in the contest, The winner will be
the person who used these few
remaining days to the greatest
advantage.
WORK AND WIN