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Elks Continue Cash Gifts
To Newton County Hospital
Robert Hodges, Exalted Ruler
B. P. O. Elks Lodge No. 1806,
accompanied by Jack McGiboney,
Aidmore Hospital Trustee of the
Lodge, recently presented New
ton County Hospital with a check
for $505.00. This contribution
is one half of the proceeds from
the annual summer barbecue.
The other half goes to Aidmore
Hospital for Crippled Children
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Since 1959 The Elks Lodge
contributions to the Newton Cou
nty Hospital have been used to
purchase a portable x-ray mach
ine, cost $2,175.00, a movie pro
jector, cost $595.00. A special
E-R Superette Opens
On Atlanta Highway
The brand new E-R Superette
Grocery at 605 Atlanta Highway,
across from Pratt-Dudley Build
ing Supply Co., opened yesterday.
The owners and managers of this
new business are Ruth Campbell
and Evelyn McCord.
E-R Superette is a self-service
grocery and specializes in frozen
foods, meats, and a complete
line of groceries, and dairy prod
ucts. It will be open each day
from 7 a.m, until 11 p.m.
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contribution of $1,000.00 was
used to furnish a private room
when an addition was built in
1961. The project currently
receiving the attention of the
Elks is a paging system which
has recently been installed in the
hospital.
The Newton County Hospital
Authority joins the administrator
in thanking the Elks for their
interest and support of the local
hospital.
Colonial Stores
Declares Dividend
NEW YORK—Directors of Col
onial Stores Incorporated, 435-
store Southeastern and Mid
western supermarket chain, to
day declared a regular quarterly
dividend of 30 cents a share
on common stock.
The regular quarterly cash
dividend of 50 cents per share
was declared on outstanding 4
percent preferred stock.
Both dividends are payable
December 1, 1965 to stock
holders of record on November
16, 1965.
Cotton was grown in the
U. S. as early as 1607.
Chamber-Commerce
Held November
Meeting Monday
Members of the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of Co
mmerce Monday heard Architect
Tommy Tomberlin, whose firm
has been engaged to draw the
plans for the Covington Low Rent
Housing Units to be built here.
The meeting Monday was the
regular November session of the
C. of C. group. President Dean
Getz was the presiding officer.
City Manager George Jolley in
troduced Mr. Tomberlin.
Mr. Tomberlin told of the pre
liminary plans of the Covington
Housing Authority which has ann
ounced that 180 units will be built
in the city. He said that a
"dozen sites are under consid
eration for the project and a
selection will be made in the near
future." He said that bids would
be let for the contractors on the
units and that the actual con
struction "should get underway
within a year or 18 months.”
One new member was wel
comed into the Chamber Monday.
He was David Morrison, manager
of the Southern Manor Furniture
Company in the Covington Mead
ows Shopping Center.
Guests at the meeting included
Mrs. Sam Gainer of Gainer Lum
ber Company, Mrs. Patsy Britt,
secretary of the C. of C., Miss
Carolyn Joiner, Newton Home
Economist, and Reverends Edgar
Callaway and Owen Kellum of
Covington.
President Getz called on
committee chairmen to make re
ports. Sam Ramsey of the Down
town Covington Merchants
Committee, said that a Christmas
Party is planned for downtown
Covington on Friday, November
19, at 4 p.m. He also stated
that the merchants had requested
the City to pave Clark Street
westward through the spur to the
Interstate 20 interchange. Mr.
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Ramsey stated that City officials
said that this would be Included
in the 1966 budget.
Grady Coleman, of the Indus
trial Development Committee,
announced that vacant lots and
small buildings are needed by
Industries who have made inquir
ies at the C. of C. He suggested
that any persons who have lots
or buildings suitable for small
industries, please call the C. of C.
Cadet James Capps
Receives Student
Military Bar
Cadet James Henry Capps of
Covington received the Disting
uished Military Student Bar from
Lt. General Lewis W. Truman,
3rd United States Army, at the
North Georgia College Cadet
Corps Review on Sunday, Nov
ember 7, 1965. Cadet Capps
was presented the D.M.S. Award
for his outstanding academic and
military record established dur
ing the first three years at North
Georgia College and at the sum
mer encampment at Fort Bragg
last summer. Cadets graduating
with the D.M.S. rating are elig
ible to receive a commission as
a Second Lieutenant In the Reg
ular Army upon graduation.
Cadet Capps is a senior and
is majoring in Physics at North
Georgia College. He is the
son of Mr. 11. C. Capps, Route
2, Woodhaven Drive, Covington.
Ga. Textile Assn.
Receives Safety
Council Award
ATLANTA —The Georgia Tex
tile Manufactures Association,
Inc. today received a National
Safety Council Award for its out
standing safety program, con
ducted among the Georgia textile
plants during the year 1964.
The award, a handsome plaque,
was presented at a meeting of the
Association's Personnel Mana
gers Division, held in Atlanta, by
James E. Clvils, Regional Di
rector of the National Safety
Council. Frank L. Carter, Sec
retary of the GTMA, accepted
the award in behalf of the or
ganization's safety committee
and membership, which includes
Georgia’s approximately 175 tex
tile manufacturing plants.
The National Safety Council a
ward Is presented to associations
which demonstrate their interest
in the prevention of employee
injuries through an association
accident prevention program.
The Georgia Textile Manufac
turers Association is one of only
twenty-one local, state and na
tional associations which were
selected to receive the 1964 a
ward. These twenty-one asso
ciations represent more than
17,000 members ana more than
1,500,000 employees.
The GTMA sponsors and co
ordinates a comprehensive safety
program for the Georgia textile
industry, including a safety con
test, annual safety conference,
preparation and distribution of
safety bulletins, and other infor
mation concerning safety tech
niques. In 1963, the Association
produced its own safety film,
“Where’s The Safety Catch?”,
designed specifically to teach
good safety practices to textile
employees.
In 1964 the textile plants in
Georgia set a new low accident
frequency rate, and today the in
dustry’s safety record is among
the lowest of all industrial en
terprises.
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Bethlehem Baptist To Feature
Morehouse College Choir Nov. 21
In connection with the 116th
Anniversary of the Bethlehem
Baptist Church and in an effort
to bring one big cultural event
to the community each year,
the church is again presenting
the Morehouse College Choir in
concert.
The Choir is directed by Dr.
Wendell P. Whalum, director of
music, Morehouse College and
is made up of nearly one hun-
One-Slot Coin Telephone At Columbus
CRAWFORD L. PILCHER, Chairman, Georgia Public Service Comm
ission, tries out the new one-slot coin telephone, which Southern
Bell i’as Installed in Columbus. The 50 one-slot phones operating
in the Georgia city are among the first in the nation, and coin
slot ac epts nickels, dimes, and quarters.
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dred male voices. Friends of
the church and the general pub
lic are invited to "pack the
house” for this great musical
event at 7 p.m. on the third
Sunday in November (the 21st).
R. L. Clements is in charge
of arrangements. Everyone is
cordially invited to share in this
evening of music with the Beth
lehem family. E. L. Mitchell
is the minister.
Lt. Robertson
Applies For
Active Duty
Lt. William Issac (Ike) Rob
ertson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Pitts Robertson of Covington,
applied for active duty in the
United States Army. He and
his wife, the former Miss Bettye
Jean Johnson, are now stationed
at Fort Bliss, Texas, where Lt.
Robertson is a Branch Chief
in the Missile Electronics De
partment of the Air Defense
School there.
Lt. and Mrs. Douglas Keach
of Bowling Green, Kentucky, are
also stationed at Fort Bliss,
Texas. Mrs. Keach is the for
mer Miss Marjorie Robertson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pitts
Robertson.
The Myrtle Combs Circle of
the First Baptist Church will
meet at the church at 3 p.m.
Monday afternoon, November 15.
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Covington Chapter 337 Order
of the Eastern Star will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m. at
the Masonic Hall.
Sales of U. S. Savings Stamps,
principally through the Treas
ury’s School Savings Program,
average more than $lB million
annually. More than 100 million
separate stamps are sold each
year.
For TV and Stereo repair
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Thursday, November 11, 1965
Humanitarian
HONORED—Senator Richard B.
Russell displays the Georgia
Chiropractic Association plaque,
designating him “Humanitarian
of the Year.” He received the
honor for "service to humanity
through outstanding statesman
ship.” The senator made his
acceptance speech electronically
to the chiropractic convention in
Atlanta last week.
Poor physical condition of
trees may cause dropping. This
condition may be caused by in
adequate fertilization for several
years, several years of drought,
or insect or disease.
When you give
the United Way
you give to
The Salvation Army