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That day will soon be nere!
You know what; Halloween! In
days past it has been a "rough
and wild” occasion. That is
many young people, not properly
trained at home and past the age
of "trick & treaters” "uster”
make Halloween night so rough
and destructive that we dreaded
that day of the year. They threw
chairs off porches and broke
them; cut up the water hose
left on the yard or lawn; and
even threw concrete bench tops
off on the ground and broke
them. . .that we know for it
happened to us. . .now that day
is set aside for something very
special with all “the rough stuff”
. . .(let’s hope) “gone with the
wind.”
Some of the above mentioned
"HOPE” is due in significant
part to two benevolent programs
of United Nations; UNICEF and
WHO, World Health Organi
zation.
These funds go to children
all over the nation, in countries
needing “HOPE” for under
developed, hungry and ill child
ren. We hear about UNICEF
mostly at Halloween, when young
people in our American neighbor
hoods substitute door- to - door
collections for UNICEF. This
does away with the “Trick-or-
Treat” affair where children
knocked on doors and asked for
“goodies” for themselves.
Even after we retired, very
late, and that was after 12 o’clock
. . .our door bell would ring. ..
we had to get up. . .and before
we could get there they were
bamming on the door with fists
and anything they could find in
the halls. We did not know
whether to open or not. . .but
we knew it was older children
for their voices screaming
“OPEN UP IN THERE!” depicted
the age of the intruders at that
time of night. When we opened
the door they all stood with huge
paper bags wide open saying
"What-cher got for me. . .Put
in this bag and hurry up. . .we
are in a hurry.” There was no
collection for UNICEF. . . not
one called our way on last Hallo
ween asking for UNICEF funds.
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Red Cross Board
To Meet Monday
J. T. McKay, Newton County
Chairman of the American Red
Cross, was deeply gratified by
the recent response of Newton
County citizens to the Blood
mobile visit to the county, at
which time Newton County’s
quota, in pints of blood con
tributed was met for the first
time, in several visits.
Mr. McKay also announced
a meeting of the Executive Board
of the Newton County Red Cross,
to be held next Monday night,
October 25, at 7:30 p. m., in
the court room of Covington City
Hall.
The full membership of the
Board is urged to attend this
meeting, which will highlight the
group’s objectives and plans for
future operations.
Rotary Program
To Honor The
Covington News
In keeping with the forthcom
ing Centennial Issue of The Cov
ington News, the Rotary Club
program on Tuesday, Oct. 26,
at the Teen-Can Building, will
keynote the role of a Hometown
Newspaper in the community,
according to Howard Brooks,
program chairman.
Rotarian Leo Mallard, Coving
ton News official, will present
the program and show a film
entitled, "Everyone’s Neigh
bor”, filmed by the Georgia
Pr,ss Association.
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Rotary President Mack Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; the Rev. Mr. Renard Langley, guest speaker, whose
humorous skits thoroughly entertained the group; Mrs. E. Owen Kellum, Jr. the Rev. Mr. Kellum,
who presented the speaker; Mrs. Howard Brooks, and Mr. Brooks, Program chairman.
A Priie-Winning
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1965
‘ Better Newspaper
Contests
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MRS. MARGARET COLLINS (second from left) receives the keys
to her new 1966 Ford Fairland 500 as top prize winner in The
Covington NEWS Subscription Campaign. Presenting the keys
is Mrs. Belmont Dennis, Editor and Publisher of The NEWS.
Others in the photo (from left to right): Cornelius Collins, hus
band of Mrs. Collins; Wendell W. Crowe of Covington Auto Ser
vice; Mrs. Leo Mallard, Associate Editor of The NEWS; Leo
Mallard, Advertising Manager; and Leo S. Mallard, Assistant
To The Publisher of The NEWS.
Sportsmens Club Supper Meeting
Set; Officers Elected For Year
The Newton County Sports
mens’ Club will meet at the
Mansfield Community House on
Thursday night, October 28th at
7:00 o’clock for a free supper.
Members and prospective mem
bers are invited to attend this
meeting. If you desire mem
bership in this organization this
is a good opportunity to get ac
quainted with many of the mem
bers and to learn about the pur
poses of the Sportsmens’ Club.
A membership drive is cur
rently underway for this organi
zation and they extend an in
vitation to you to become a mem
ber.
On Wednesday night, October
13th, a meeting was held at the
Snapping Shoals EMC Building
Mrs. Boswell Is
Oldest Paper
Prize Winner
Mrs. M. G. Boswell, 1892 Edin
burg Terrace, N. E., Atlanta
forwarded the oldest copy re
ceived of The Georgia Enter
prise, dated Feb. 2, 1866; and
is winner of the SIO.OO cash
prize offered by the Covington
News for the oldest copy of its
forerunner, sent in.
It was through the courtesy of
Mrs. W. R. Porter of Newborn,
that the copy was secured. Mrs.
Boswell is a former Newborn
resident, and was before her
marriage, Miss Mary Epps.
The front page of The Georgia
Enterprise secured by Mrs. Por
ter, is reprinted in the
Centennial Edition; and we are
grateful to both Mrs. Porter and
Mrs. Boswell for the privilege
of its use.
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. OVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
for the purpose of discussing
the business of this organization
and the election of new officers.
The newly elected officers were
named as follows:
President, Alan Johnson; Sec
retary-Treasurer, Claude Jor
dan; Directors, E. S. Bowen, Sr.,
Chester Jones, John Fuller.
If you are interested in at -
tending the supper meeting you
are requested to contact one of
the three men listed: John Fuller,
786-5737, Claude Jordan, 786-
2553 or Alan Johnson, 786-7737.
Please do this by October 27th
so that adequate meal pre
parations may be made.
Rev. Claiborne To
Visit Local Church
Sunday 11 AM
The Church of the Good Shep
herd (Episcopal) will be visited
on Sunday, October 24, at the
11:00 A.M. service by the Bishop
of Atlanta, The Rt. Rev. Ran
dolph R. Claiborne, Jr. The
purpose of his visitation is to
administer the Holy Rite of Con
firmation.
The word confirmation, de
rived from the word confirm,
means making strong. Confirm
ation is known as the Laying on
of Hands. It is administered
by a bishop who lays his hands
upon the head of the person to
be confirmed and prays that such
person may receive the strength
ening gifts of God’s Holy Spirit.
(Acts 8:12-18). In order that the
one thus strengthened will be able
to fulfill his active role as a
minister of salvation to others.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1965
Mrs. Collins Wins New Ford
In Covington NEWS Campaign
The 7 1/2 week Covington News “Everybody Wins” contest ended
Friday with the winner of the new Ford Fairlane 500 being Mrs.
Margaret A. Collins of 207 Carroll Street and Mrs. Luke Hill of
410 Gordy Street, winner of the $750 second prize.
Third prize winner was Mrs.
Janet Y. Wheeler, Route 1, Cov
ington; fourth place, Tommy
Johnson, Porterdale; fifth place,
Mrs. Henry Berry, also of Por
terdale and sixth place, Mrs.
Ernest N, Jones, 707 Thompson
Ave., Covington.
Those who did not finish in
the prize money received 20
percent commission checks each
week throughout the contest.
Advertisers in the Covington
News also won. They now have
a vastly increased readership
for their weekly offerings of
dependable merchandise and ser
vices in each issue.
To the new readers, and the
old ones as well, whose interest
and patronage made this sub
scription drive the success it
proved to be, The Covington News
is indeed grateful.
Judges who canvassed the ret
urns and certified the winners
Covington Pilot Club To
Observe Founders Day
The Pilot Club of Covington
will observe Founders Day at
their regular monthly Dinner
Meeting at 7:30 P. M. Thurs
day, October 21, at the Welaunee
Hotel in Porterdale.
Each year in commemoration
of Founders Day, Pilots and Co-
Pilots attend the church of their
Club President on the Sunday
nearest October 18. This past
Sunday members and their hus
bands accompanied Mrs. J. B.
Dial, President of the local club,
to the First Baptist Church.
Pilot International was founded
in Macon, Georgia, October 18,
1921. From a very small beginn
ing with a charter membership
of forty, Pilot has now grown
to over 400 clubs. It is one
of five international classified
civic and service organizations
for executive and business women
similar to Rotary and Kiwanis.
UNICEF Drive In
County Planned
For Halloween
Plans are underway for a Unit
ed Nations Children Fund
(UNICEF) collection in Newton
County cities and towns on Hallo
ween, according to an announce
ment by Mrs. S. M. Hay, State
Representative of UNICEF, and
Mrs. Victor Johnson, local chair
man.
Locally, the Trick or Treat for
UNICEF program is sponsored by
several churches throughout the
county. Under their auspices, the
young participants will be pro
perly identified by their collec
tion cartoons: half-pint milk
containers bearing an orange and
black label with the UNICEF
symbol of a mother and child.
They will do their rounds In or
derly fashion, in small groups
escorted by a responsible adult
or teenager. Following the col
lection, scheduled for Thursday
night October 28, 6-8 P.M., the
children will be given a party at
designated locations. There the
coins will be counted.
Every stack of 50 pennies will
mean that our fellow citizens have
contributed the DDT to protect
seven children from malaria for
a whole year. Every dime will
mean the penicillin to cure four
children of yaws, a crippling tro
pical disease. Three nickels will
represent a month’s supply of
vitamin capsules for anew moth
er or a child. A quarter will
mean the antibiotics to save two
children from the blindness of
trachoma.
“Our own children will be
proud of their accomplishment.
After all the excitement, when
they go to bed, and before falling
asleep, they will think of the
many boys and girls who will
have a better chance in life be
cause other children, here in
Newton County cared,” stated
Mrs. Johnson.
Health Director
Is Kiwanis Club
Speaker Today
Guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club today (Thursday)
at 1 o’clock at Legion Home
will be Dr. C. B. Teale, Jr.,
Health Director of District 29
which includes the counties of
Newton, Walton, Bar row and
Gwinnett.
Dr. Goodwin Tuck is in charge
of the program today and he will
present the speaker.
were: Rev. Edgar Callaway,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Covington; Rev. Owen E. Kell
um, pastor of the First Methodist
Church of Covington; Mr. Walker
Harris, Mayor of Covington and
Mr. Dean Getz, President of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Contestants and their votes
were: Mrs. Margaret Collins,
22,141,500; Mrs. Luke Hill,
10,419,130; Mrs. Janet Y. Wheel
er, 6,917,600; Tommy Johnson,
6,413,040; Mrs. Henry Berry,
3,348,500; Mrs. Ernest N. Jones,
1,608,000; Kenneth Seabolt,
704,300; Miss Vance Morris,
610,000; Mrs. Dianne Herring,
470,000; Mrs. Jo Ann Preston,
390,500; Gary Satterfield,
293,050; Mrs. Sarah Tounley,
244,000; Mrs. Carol Virginia Kit
chens, 237,000; Mrs. Peggy
Thomas, 121,000; Mrs. Geneva
Hayes, 121,000 and Larry Hod
ges, 121,000.
Zero Hour Near
For Uninspected
Cars In Georgia
ATLANTA(GPS)—The zero
hour Is almost at hand for Geo
rgians to comply with the state’s
new motor vehicle inspection law.
The deadline Is midnight Oct. 31.
One minute after that, if their
vehicle is being driven, they
are in violation of the law. And
the minion of the law will be after
them if an official safety sticker
*.B not displayed on the windshield.
‘ ‘That In a nutshell is the situ
ation,” declared Col. H. Lowell
Conner, director of the Georgia
Department of Public Safety. “As
of Nov. 1, automobile and truck
owners whose vehicles appear
on the roads without a safety
sticker are subject to prosecution
under the law. In other words,
those violating this law will be
arrested and a case made against
them.”
Os Georgia’s 1.8-million-plus
registered vehicles, as of mid-
October approximately 1.1-mil
lion vehicles had been inspected
and approved with a safety wind
shield sticker, according to Capt.
E. D. Mink, supervisor of the
Motor Vehicle Inspection Div
ision. That left some 700,000
uninspected.
“While time is fast running
out, we urge those who haven’t
had their vehicles Inspected to do
so at once,” Col. Conner said.
“There are 2,073 approved in
spection stations conveniently
located throughout the state and
those who act now probably can
get under the wire and avoid legal
trouble.”
The safety director reiterated
that the deadline will not be
extended.
PTA Symposium
On The Subject
"Know School”
PORTERDALE—“Know Your
School” will be the subject of a
symposium at the Parent Teacher
Association of the Porterdale
School at their meeting on Thurs
day evening, October 21, at seven
o’clock in the school auditorium.
Douglas Robertson, President of
the PTA will moderate the pro
gram with panelists being Henry
Anderson, B. C. Crowell, L. C.
Gordon, Cranston Gray, and
Whitlow Richardson.
The Rev. Mr. IrvingG. Rudolph
will present the devotional. Mrs.
Melvin Ogletree and Mrs. Polly
Lunsford are program chairmen
for the meetings this year.
This will be a wonderful op
portunity for parents to join the
worthwhile organization as plans
are now underway to increase
the membership higher than ever.
Commissioner Bates
Has Surgery At
Emory Hospital
Newton County Commissioner
Tom Bates underwent major sur
gery at Emory University Hos
pital, Wednesday morning.
Mr. Bates’ condition following
the operation, which was suc
cessful, is reported as satis
factory, according to Mrs. Bates,
who is with her husband at Emory.
The News joins other friends
throughout this section in wishing
Mr. Bates a rapid and pleasant
convalescence.
Emphysema - Anatomy Os A New Disease
Emphysema is a word that
has literally leaped into health
talk in recent years.
It is the name of a lung di
sease that today is a major
cause of disability and death
among men in the middle and
older age groups. Women some
times have it, too, but less fre
quently than men.
No one knows just how many
people have it, but certainlyhun
dreds of thousands and possibly
millions.
It was given as the primary
cause of death on 12,350 death
certificates in 1962.
In contrast to--1,914 in 1952—
better than a six-fold increase in
one decade.
It outstripped all other re
spiratory (RD) in claims for
permanent and total disability
allowed by the Social Security
Administration in 1962. It was
exceeded only by heart disease
and schizophrenia as the most
frequently reported single diag
nosis in disability benefits
granted.
No wonder emphysema is a
word to conjure with.
What Is Emphysema?
In medical writing, emphysema
(em-she-see-ma) is usually re
ferred to as a chronic obstructive
lung disease. The term emphy
sema comes from a Greek word
meaning inflation. The name is
descriptive of one of the
characteristics of the disorder.
The small air sacs (alveoli) be
come distended with "trapped”
air that the patient is unable
to expel from his lung. Event
ually, the strained walls of the
alveoli break down, the small
blood vessels collapse, and the
flow of air into and out of the
lungs is obstructed. Breathing
becomes more and more diffi-
Centennial Edition Os
The NEWS Next Week
The Centennial Edition of the
Covington News will be published
next week, October 28, 1965.
This edition of the NEWS will
not be sold in the news stands
as ordinarily, but may be pur
chased at the office.
Advanced orders for this edi
tion may be given by phoning
786-3401 or 786-3402 before
Wednesday, October 27, at noon.
All papers going to subscrib
ers will have the special section
inserted. All editions liought
Dr. Shearhouse
Speaker Monday
At Service Guild
Dr. H. S. Shearouse, Executive
Secretary of Georgia Accrediting
Commission will speak to Cov
ington Service Guild Monday,
October 25. His topic will be
"Accreditation of Elementary
and High Schools in Georgia.”
The meeting will be held at
the Covington Woman’s Club on
Monday, October 25, at 3:30 p.m.
Hostesses for the afternoon will
be Mrs. James Purcell, Mrs.
Walter Partee and Mrs. Louis
Courchaine.
Judges Checked Votes Carefully In Newspaper Contest
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JUDGES IN THE NEWS’ Subscription Campaign canvass the votes in the contest as this picture was
taken Friday. From left to right: Rev. Owen Kellum, Pastor of The First Methodist Church in Cov
ington; Dean Getz, Plant Manager of Brunswick Sports in Covington; Chuck Redding, Campaign Manager;
Rev. Edgar Callaway, Pastor First Baptist Church in Covington; and Covington Mayor Walker Harris.
Mrs. Margaret Collins was the winner of the 1966 Ford.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 1 3
Legal 18
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cult as waste carbon dioxide
clogs the lung and makes ex
traction of oxygen from freshly
inhaled air difficult.
The early symptoms of emphy
sema are coughing and shortness
of breath. In the beginning, these
may not be sufficiently severe to
cause concern. However, is the
warning signs are not recognized
and palliative measures taken,
the condition grows steadily
worse until death occurs from
heart or lung failure.
The Georgia TB Association
and its 60 local associationshave
joined with the National TB As
sociation and other state and local
associations across the country
in an educational campaign to
call attention to the early sym
ptoms of emphysema so that med
ical advice will be sought before
the condition progresses.
What Causes Emphysema?
This is the big question. No
one really knows the answer.
No one has as yet discovered
what monkey wrench throws the
functioning of the lung out of
order.
Present - day knowledge in
dicates that there is no single
cause of emphysema, no one
agent that is responsible for
the disease as the smallpox virus
may be said to cause smallpox.
There appear to be many fac
tors that combine to produce
the condition known as emphy
sema.
Many patients with emphysema
have had chronic bronchitis for
years. Chronic bronchitis is
caused by infection or bronchial
Irritation, or both. Thus, bron
chial Infection and bronchial ir
ritation could be considered in
direct causes of emphysema in
some patients.
But It is generally recognized
over the counter will be SI.OO
each. Those desiring extra cop
ies are asked to please place
their orders ahead of time.
Lions Club Enjoyed Ladies
Night At Welaunee Hotel
It was Ladles Night at the
Lions Club Thursday evening at
the Welaunee Hotel. Guests gath
ered in the Lobby prior to having
a delicious meal served by Mrs.
Effie Boyd and her staff.
The Invocation was given by
Rev. Bruce Rodrlck, guest speak
er. Upon conclusion of the meal,
he was Introduced by Lion James
Lord.
Rev. Rodrlck, who is minister
of Corinth Christian Church in
Youth community, delivered a
most inspiring message encour
aging parents to set a good ex
ample for their children and chal
lenging young people to live a
Christian life.
Rev. Rodrlck has served
churches in Minnesota and lowa.
He has traveled throughout the
United States among Christian
churches as an Evangelist con
ducting revival services and
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today that emphysema Is a di
sease entity in itself and that
chronic bronchitis may be a pre
disposing factor, but is not a
necessary one.
Cigarette smoking is impli
cated in emphysema, but has
not been proved to be a direct
cause of the condition.
According to the report,
Smoking and Health, of the Ad
visory Committee to the Sur
geon General of the Public Health
Service, "A relationship exists
between pulmonary emphysema
and cigarette smoking but it has
not been established that the re
lationship Is causal. The smoking
of cigarettes is associated with
an increased risk of dying from
pulmonary emphysema.”
Although cigarette smoking is
not Identified as a cause of em
physema, anoverwhelmlngly high
percentage of men who develop
emphysema smoke cigarettes.
Doctors consider cigarette
smoking hazardous for patients
with emphysema and urge that
such patients stop smoking.
Giving up smoking is usually
the first "prescription” for the
emphysema patient.
Treatment
Just as there is no one known
cause of emphysema, there is no
simple cure for emphysema. In
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Annual Barbecue
Friday Night At
NCHS Cafeteria
The D. C. T. club wiU have
its Annual Barbecue Friday night
from 5:30 to p. m. The
barbecue will be held in the
Newton High school cafeteria.
Tickets may be purchased from
D. C. T. students. Tickets may
also be purchased in the line
that night. Ticket prices are
$1.50 for adults and $.75 for
children.
The club hopes that everyone
will be making plans to attend
the Annual Barbecue and support
the Newton County Rams Football
team, October 22,1965, on Home
coming night.
working with youth in Christian
service camps.
For three and one-half years
he lived In Tampa, Florida, where
he had his own television shows
seven days a week. His Sunday
morning show entitled "The Kids
Bible Club” received wide ac
claim through the west coast of
Florida. In addition to his min
isterial duties this past summer,
Rev. Rodrlck appeared each Sat
urday on a summer show "Fun
town” over WSB Television.
In addition, he Is an accomp
lished puppeteer, magician, ca
meraman, ventriloquist and skir
diver and has used all these tal
ents extensively in his work. With
all this experience and back
ground, he has an especial ap
peal for young people. His great
Interest is In setting a challenge
for these citizens of tomorrow
to live the Christian life.