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AMERICUS HIGH SCHOOL. . .
Sure we spent some of the happ
iest days of our life there! We
did not have any High School
Band then. . .and we note where
they are raising $6,000.00 for
Uniforms for Band Members.
WHEW! We just thought that
much money for BAND UNI
FORMS was too much. . .but did
you know my old home town has,
so James Price, President of the
Boosters’ said: “For the first
time in history the school sys
tem has three bands instead of
two. They include beginning,
intermediate and varsity bands.
We tip our hat to Americus
High School. . .and how we do
wish we had a 1914 High School
Annual! That is the year we
graduated from high school, (if
you want to count up on me.)
In working with the Cancer
Unit, and attending State Meet
ings, we found one of our old
Class Mates on that list. . .
he is Dr. Thomas Harrold, of
Macon. Just think how many
times we were entertained in
Macon as State Officer of U.D.C.,
by Mrs. Walter D. Lamar and
various groups, and of course
did not know who I was by my
changed name, nor did we know
he was there. Ever so often
we run into that same situation...
there were 76 in our Class. ..
and it’s hard to keep up with
them. Some of the Americus
girls and boys are still there. ..
and we have seen them on trips
there. . .There is Maude Sher
lock Moseley; Catherine Daven
port Rylander; and we do not
know who else, .but they were
among my dearest friends. There
were ten of us forming a little
group. . .and we were never sep
arated many times when there
was anything doing, or anywhere
to go. Happy Memories. . .
and now Jim and Flo Blair, whom
we met at Kiwanis Conventions,
state and International and Press
Conventions. . .who send me the
good old Americus Times Re
corder. Oh and there was another
classmate. .James Lott. . .and
Elizabeth Allen, .now Mrs. Wor
thy. We will never forget runn-
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Oak Hill Road To Be Paved
The contract for paving the
Oak Hill road from State Route
81 to State Route 212 has been
awarded the county, according to
an announcement by Newton Cou
nty Representative Otis Spillers.
Mr. Spillers stated that he had
been advised by Jim L. Gillis,
Sr. of the State Highway Depart
ment that orders would be issued
to grade and soil 2 miles of
Cook Road which is just off Old
Atlanta Highway in Gum Creek
district.
Also, it was stated that after
completion of this 2 miles, the
State would authorize additional
construction and after preparat
ions are made he (Mr. Gillis)
will discuss possibility of a pav
ing contract.
The State has authorized the
survey and preparation of deeds
Motor Scooter Drivers Must
Obey All Traffic Regulations
The Georgia State Highway
Patrol and the Covington City
Police Department have ann
ounced that they will enforce the
state law requiring operators of
all motor-driven vehicles on the
streets and highways to have
drivers’ licenses, license plates
and inspection stickers.
State Patrol Sergeant J. B.
Henderson was in Covington
Tuesday and he said that all pat
rolmen are now making cases
against operators who are in
violations of any of these three
stipulations. He stated that al
ready five have been given court
citations in the City of Covington
"J. 0. Lovern Day*’ At Oxford Sunday
J. O. LOVERN of Oxford, 93, will have a special service in his
honor Sunday, November 14 at Allen Memorial Methodist Church
at 11 a.m. Judge Lovern is the father of nine children, all of whom
will be present for the service and an annual family reunion Sunday
at Oxford.
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VOLUME 100
COVF HON-NEWTON UF APPEAL OPENS
Blood ie To Visit
Porter^ , Monday
PORTERDAL E—Have you
ever experienced an amputation
in your family and known that the
necessary blood in case of hem
orrhaging was "standing ’’ by?
Have you seen accident victims
saved by a transfusion at the
right moment?
Have you ever stopped to think
that you could be an amputee or
an accident victim?
This business of giving blood
gets pretty personal, doesn’t it?
And it is just as personal as
breathing or eating or sleeping.
Furthermore, it is just as im
portant as any one of these nat
ural processes for you and your
neighbor.
When the Bloodmobile visits
the Anderson Building in Porter
dale on Monday, November 15,
from 11:00 to 5:00, you can have
the privilege of giving one pint
of blood to save a life or to
aid in research. It will not cost
you a cent and very little of
your time as well.
If you would like to be a
volunteer working at the can
teen, please get in touch with
Oxford Election
Set December 13
An election will be held in
Oxford Monday, December 13,
from 12 o’clock noon until 7
o’clock to elect a Mayor and 3
Councilmen.
Those whose terms expire are
Mayor A. W. Jackson and Coun
cilmen Thomas Dial, Charles
Burnett and Herbert Katz.
Those wishing to qualify, must
do so no later than 12 o’clock
noon Friday December 3, 1965.
on Lover’s Lane Road, Rose
berry Road, Carson Cowan Road,
Marks Road, Cornish Mountain
Road, and a continuation of SR 212
to join in near Potts’ Store on
the Jackson Highway.
Mr. Spillers said that “other
work is now in process on road
between Porterdale and Brown
Bridge Road — and request is to
be made for paving.”
Also listed is the Airport Road
above Oxford. This road extends
from SR 81 to the Covington
Municipal Airport. Plans are
underway to pave Industrial
Boulevard over to the Interstate
20 route in Covington.
“We are making requests for
work to be done on additional
roads in the county as soon as
practicable, and we feel they
over the past weekend.
Sgt. Henderson explained that
anyone under 16 years of age
would not be permitted to oper
ate a motor-driven scooter on the
highways in the city or county.
“If we catch an offender more
than once we will take approp
riate action and make a case
against their parents,” Sgt. Hen
derson added.
It was understood that the prob
lem of traffic hazard created by
those riding motor-scooters,
motor-bikes and all other motor
driven vehicles is in violation
of a State law and that it will be
enforced in all parts of Georgia.
(Unimuitnn Nnns
Miss Mae Hardman at 786-5980
or 786-2826.
If there are other questions,
contact James E. Hardman, Por
terdale Blood Chairman, 786-
3641 or 786-2937.
Robert Yancey
Dies Suddenly
Robert Yancey, 63, of Coving
ton died suddenly around 1 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon, November
10. At the time of going to press
no funeral arrangements had been
made, according to J. C. Harwell
Funeral Home, where the body
was taken.
Mr. Yancey was a lifelong res
ident of Newton County and had
been owner and manager of Al
cova Nurseries for many years.
He was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney J. Yancey of
Covington. He has one brother,
Sidney Yancey of Macon and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Covington
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, were:
High Low
Wed. Nov. 3 71 33
Thurs. Nov. 4 74 46
Fri. Nov. 5 74 53
Sat. Nov. 6 66 52
Sun. Nov. 7 73 46
Mon. Nov. 8 75 42
Tues. Nov. 9 76 48
will be approved by the State
Highway Department,” Mr. Spill
ers added.
Ballard Heads 3-County
Economic Opportunity Comm.
The organization of a three
county non - profit corporation
was officially completed at a
meeting in Jackson, Friday
morning, and an application was
filed for a federal grant for
the administration of a broad
program under the Economic Op
portunity Act in the multi-county
area.
Butts, Monroe and Newton
counties joined to form the Up
per Ocmulgee Economic Opp
ortunity Commission, Inc., a
non-profit corporation that will
develop the program of an at
tack on poverty and its related
causes. Named as president of
the corporation was W. D. Bal
lard of Newton County and Lee
Roy O’Neal, county school super
intendent of Butts County, was
named secretary. The Charter
and By-Laws committee which
filed the formal report Friday
was composed of Ballard, Samuel
Hubbard of Monroe County and
Henry Asbury of Butts County.
An application for a grant
totaling $48,000.00 was approved
and will be formally filed early
next week. This grant will pro
vide and procure funds to set up
a development program for the
three county area, funds for the
individual programs to be set
up under this group will be fin
anced by additional approp
riations under the Economic Op
portunity Act.
Mr. Ballard states that a pro
gram developer and an assistant
developer will be employed to
prepare applications for grants
which will include a Neighbor-
“J. O. Lovern Day” Set
Sunday At Oxford Church
Oxford neighbors, friends and
members of the Allen Memorial
Methodist Church will observe
“J. O. Lovern Day” Sunday as
the 93-year-old senior citizen
will be guest of honor at a
special service and family re
union.
Judge Lovern, who is the fat
her of nine children, all of whom
are living and will be at Oxford
for the occasion Sunday, will hear
one of his sons preach the morn
ing sermon at Allen Memorial
Church. Dr. J. Chess Lovern,
pastor of the St. Luke Methodist
Church, Oklahoma City, Okla.,
will deliver the message. Dr.
Lovern’s church in Oklahoma
City has some 7,000 members.
Other children of the Loverns
are as follows: Mrs. Wright
Gibbs of Warner Robins, Mrs.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1965
COVINGTON-NEWTON COUNTY United Fund presented a check to the Plantation Manor home for child
ren at Conyers. Shown in the UF office when the check was presented Monday are (from left to right):
E. G. Lassiter, United Fund Co-Chairman; Mrs. Marion Britt, Secretary; Ed Robinson, President;
Lee Staples of Conyers, Treasurer of Plantation Manor; and Rev. Marion Sherrill of Conyers, board
member of Plantation Manor.
Legion Auxiliary Dinner Tonight
Marks Birthday Anniversary
Members of the American Leg
ion Auxiliary Unit 32 and Newton
County Post 32 will stage a Vet
erans Day dinner tonight at Leg
ion Home in Covington. The oc
casion marks the anniversary of
the birth of the local Auxiliary
Unit.
The dinner will be served at
7:30 to Legionnaires and their
guests and Auxiliary members
and their guests. Main speaker
for the program aft er the dinner
will be M. C. Wiley of Carroll
ton. Mr. Wiley is well-known
W. D. BALLARD
hood Youth Corps, A Head Start
program, Day Care Centers,
Home Management Training Pro
gram, on the jobprograms, Adult
Education, public works program
and other activltes designed to
teach skills and improve the em
ployability of individuals of the
poverty group.
It is planned by the committee
to set up training programs for
training unskilled workers in the
work of pipe fitting and utilities
work by the installation under
this program of a sewerage sys
tem for Newborn, along with
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Roger Stone of Hapeville, Gleen
A. Lovern, Commissioner of
Public Safety of the State of
Kentucky; John T. Lovern of
Oxford, retired from the US Army
after 22 years of servic°; Mrs.
W. H. Gunter of Decatur, Sibley
S. Lovern of Clarkston, Mrs.
George McMullen of Oxford, and
Bill Lovern of Atlanta.
Judge Lovern was born near
Athens in 1872. He and the
first Mrs. Lovern moved to Ox
ford on November 14, 1936.
Having served as the Judge
of the Town of Oxford for 24
years he retired in 1962. Judge
Lovern took an active part in
community and church lifeandhe
held several offices in Allen
Memorial Church. He has been
a steward, superintendent of adult
department and teacher of his
UF Presents Check To Plantation Manor
in Covington and Oxford and is
a former member and officer of
Newton County Post 32 American
Legion. Charles C. King will
introduce the speaker tonight.
Mr. Wiley is a native of Chero
kee County. He attended schools
in Cherokee County and later
attended North Georgia College,
Peabody College and Ohio State
University. Mr. Wiley served
in the U. S. Army from 1917-
1919 and in the Army Reserve
from 1921-1939. He retired
from the army as a Major.
Mr. Wiley taught at the Ninth
District A & M from 1914 to
to 1917 and at North Georgia
College from 1921 to 1933. During
the years 1933-1944 he was sup
erintendent of Carrollton Public
Schools and from 1944-1949 of
Covington Public Schools. He
served as teacher and registrar
at Emory-at-Oxford from 1949
to 1960 at which time he retired.
Upon his retirement Mr. Wiley
moved back to Carrollton and in
1961 assumed the duties of Exe
cutive Director of the Carroll
ton Chamber of Commerce, a
position he still holds.
Mr. Wiley is a Mason, an active
member of the Methodist Church
and the American Legion. In 1962
he was chosen “Man of the Year”,
and in 1964 served as President
of the Carrollton Chamber of
Commerce.
Mrs. Wiley is the former Mary
Carter Beall and his three child-
Oil Paintings
On Display Sun.
At Oxford College
Interested persons are invited
to attend an open house in honor
of an exhibition of original oil
paintings and graphics to be held
Sunday afternoon, November
14th, from 3 to 5 o’clock in the
library of Oxford College.
The exhibition includes the
work of fourteen artists from
New York. It was on exhibit at
the New York World’s Fair and
is now touring the country. Rang
ing in style from realism to
abstract expressionism, the ex
hibit manifests the vitality of
American artists today.
The exhibition will remain on
view through the month of Nov
ember.
Sunday School Class.
Judge Lovern enjoys the unique
distinction of holding two
Colonelships, one from Kentucky
and the other from Georgia.
These honors were conferred
upon him by Governor Clement of
Kentucky and Governor Vandiver
of Georgia.
The' 11 a. m. service Sunday
at Allen Memorial Church has
been planned for sometime th
rough the efforts of several ch
urch leaders among whom are
Dean V. Y. C. Eady and Rev.
Robert Gary, pastor of Allen
Memorial church.
Mr. Lovern will be presen
ted a plaque suitably inscribed
during the service Sunday. After
the service the family will have
their annual reunion in the Ch
urch Annex Building.
ren are Frank Temple, Mrs.
Edward K. George, and Lt. Col.
(soon to be promoted) Miles
Wiley.
Coach Bradley
Kiwanis Speaker
Today At 1 P.M.
Newton County’s boys basket
ball coach Ronald Bradley, one of
the most successful mentors in
the State of Georgia, will be the
main speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at
1 o’clock. Kiwanian Homer Sharp
is in charge of the program today
and he will introduce the speaker.
The NCHS girls coach Tom
Wortman will also attend the
meeting and appear on the pro
gram. He has been helping with
the Ram football program but will
assume his cage duties Saturday.
Bradley has st ited that he will
have a somewhat different kind
of program for the civic organi
zation today as he will also show
color slides of the Newton teams
back through the 1958-59 season.
His Rams won the State AA title
in 1964.
Supt. Richardson
Entered Emory
Hospital Friday
Newton County School Super
intendent J. W. Richardson was
transferred Friday from Newton
County Hospital, where he was
admitted on Thursday as a pat
ient, to Emory University Hos
pital, in Atlanta.
Mr. Richardson is undergoing
clinical tests at Emory, where
it will be determined whether
or not surgery is indicated in the
current attack which he suffered
on Thursday evening.
Mayor Proclaims American Education Week Here
COVINGTON MAYOR WALKER HARRIS signs a proclamation designating November 7-13 as American
Education Week in Covington. Miss Clara Mae Hays, President of the Newton County Education Assoc
iation, watches as the mayor affixes his signature.
N GEORGIA
Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
Volunteers To Gather For Kickoff
Breakfast Tuesday At 7:00 A. M.
Some 100 volunteers are waiting for the whistle which will blow
Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 7 a. tn. at the Teen Can Building to start the
2nd Annual Campaign for the United Fund.
They want to hit the goal of
$54,800 at or before the dead
line of noon Nov. 29. The vol
unteer workers want to make this
the second successful campaign
in a row in the county.
Ed Robinson, president of the
Covington-Newton County United
Fund will provide the needle to
start the workers gathering
money and pledges for the 14
agencies served by the United
Fund.
Helping to plan this year’s
campaign has been E. G. Las
siter, Jr., Co-Chairman, and the
Board of Trustees: Cranston
Gray, Rex Rhodes, Dean Getz,
W. B. Thompson, W. J. Dickey,
Greelev Ellis, R. R. Fowler,
Donald Stephenson , Miss Mae
Hardman, Dr. J. W. Purcell, Art
hur Hays, Jr., R. O. Arnold and
Mrs. Helen Dickinson.
The list of volunteers who will
contact business and individuals
for their gifts and pledges are:
Cloud Abernathy, Rex Rhodes,
Olin Allen, Mrs. Agnes Rand
all, Terry Avery,. Grady Cole
man, Ben Banks, S. J. Morcock,
Marion Britt, Frank Malcolm.
James P. Benton, J. H. “Bo”
Dennis, Cranston Gray, C. T.
Bohanan, John Riley Thompson,
Ted Stroud, A. G. Grove, Dean
Getz, John Morford, Paul Beyer.
Sam Cowan, E. J. Callaway,
Dr. James Purcell, Charlie Rob
ertson, W. A. “Dud” Childers,
Russell Dollar, Julian Ellis, Rev.
Tom White, Rev. Owen Kellum,
E. M. McCart and Guy Jones.
J. Hamby Barton, Harold
Dobbs, Bert Adams, Lamar Call
away, Starr Corley, Billy Smith,
Bob Greer, Charles Ewing, W. C.
Savage, Bill Hoffman, James Hut
chins, Mrs. Helen Dickinson.
Neal Banks, Charles King,
Harry Cowan, Mrs. Edna Weigel,
Johnny Maloney, Jimmy Ed
wards, Hugh Steele, Greeley
Ellis, Charles Strickland, George
Jolley.
Mrs. Allene Burton, Hugh Kes
ler, Werner Gruenhut, Jack Mor
gan, Miss Annie C. Hays, George
Hutchinson, Jerry Aldridge, Gene
Whatley, M. D. Mcßae, L. C.
Gordon.
Jack Meadors, E. E. Callaway,
Spence Ramsey, Billy Snipes,
Mrs. Claudine Everitt, Miss Re
becca Pennington, Donald Step
henson, Homer Sharp, Herbert
Vining, Dallas Tarkenton.
Bud Dennison, Ray Reece, Ed
Robinson, Fred Harwell, Howard
Brooks, Sam Ramsey, Don Wood,
Bill McDowell, Edgar Wood,
Everett Pratt, Moncey Pratt,
Jack McGiboney.
Blake Armstrong, Spence
Ramsey, Bill McDowell, Grady
Teachers, Parents Invited To
Join International Reading Assn.
Teachers and parents in
terested in the teaching of Read
ing are invited to attend a meet
ing of the Metropolitan Atlanta
Council of the International Read
ing Association. This meeting
will be held in Annex A., Clif
ton Road, Emory University, at
4:30 P. M. on Thursday, Novem
ber 18, 1965.
An organizational meeting was
held October 28, with represen
tatives from schools and colleges
in the Metropolitan Atlanta Area
attending. Newton County was
represented by Mrs. Edward
Manley, Director of Curriculum,
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 13
Sports 17
Legal . 14 &22
Classified 22 & 23
Coleman, Jack Meadors, E. E.
Callaway, E. W. Exley, Walker
Harris, E. H. Pratt, J. Hamby
Barton and James Hardman.
Here is how United Fund mon
ey raised in this campaign will
be used in 1966:
For Youth Guidance:
Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts of America
State YMCA of Georgia
United Service Organization
(USO)
For Helping Troubled People:
Empty Stocking Fund
Newton County Cancer,
Heart and Emergency Relief
Fund
Salvation Army
For Homes For Children:
Georgia Sheriffs’ Boy’s
Ranch
Plantation Manor
Georgia Industrial Home
For Health Services:
Arthritis Foundation
Newton County Mental Health
For Red Cross Service:
Blood Program
Home Services
Disaster Services
Answers To Questions Freq
vently Asked:
1. What Is The Covington-New
ton County United Fund? The
United Fund is the best way yet
devised to provide a well balan
ced program of health and wel
fare services at the lowest pos
sible cost through ONE big cam
paign for MANY organizations.
2. Why Are There So Many
Campaigns? The Covington-
Newton County United Fund has
no authority to prohibit other
drives. However, we have in
vited all agencies to join in with
the United Fund concentrated
drive and therefore eliminate as
many campaigns as possible.
In our first year we had ele
ven participating agencies. The
Board of Trustees has added
three more agencies thereby cut-
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Palmer-Stone Fall
Festival Nov. 12
The Palmer-Stone Fall Fes
tival, sponsored by the P.T.A.,
has been set for Friday, Nov
ember 12th from 7:00 to 10:00
P. M.
Plans have been made for a
Cake - Walk, Concession Stand,
Fish Pond, Wheel -of - Fortune,
Cartoons, White Elephant Sale,
Bingo, etc.
There will be “Fun for Every
one”. Admission is 10? and a
door prize is to be given.
who is also serving on the Nom
inating Committee for officers
who will be elected at the meet
ing on November 18th.
Plans call for four meetings
to be held during each school
year, with the featured speaker
being an internationally known
person in the teaching of Read
ing. Those interested in be
coming members of IRA will
have an opportunity to join on
November 18th.
For additional information
contact Mrs. Manley at 786-
2685.
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