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"WHEW!” You say! It’s all
over, you say! A rush here,
a rush there, parties, going, gift
giving. . .just a grand rush and
you are glad it’s all over. . .
Christmas and New Year’s Days
. . .Are you whipped from the or
deal? And happy that it does not
come but once each year? Well,
we did not think YOU were, but
many are you know, for that’s
the time of seeing who can have
the most fun with many. How
ever:
The Churches are open. There
are special Services. To whom
do we pay tribute, on Christmas
Holidays. . . THE CHRISTCHILD
. . .sent by the HEAVENLY FAT
HER. . .or to the Devil, who en
tices people who are weak. . .
to just see how much fun they
can have, and be remembered as
the one that had the most fun
"off uv” as you have heard said.
This is a Holy Season, and we
should put Christ in Christ-mas
. . .The New Year’s Day .. .is
one in which we should be with
family and friends and determine
within our hearts to love, not only,
one another more. . .but to love
our neighbor as our self.
We listened to TV Programs...
in between Football came inter
views with people. . .We did not
hear one person say they had
made a New Year’s Resolution
. . .they took it to lightly. ..“Why
make one. . . just to break it?”
That came from most people who
were approached. Did you ever
try. . .Walking with Christ. . .
talking with him, and feeling that
you were His won. NO I’m
not crazy? In times of stress
all you have to do is fall upon
your knees and ASK his help in
prayer. . .He WILL walk with
you and talk with you and tell
you, you are his own ... IF
WE BUT PRAY BELIEVING. . .
One of the greatest words in
all the world is spelled wihh five
letters.. ."FAITH.” Read about
that Centurian, who prayed to
Jesus; “Lord, my servant Heth
at home sick of the palsy, grie
vously tormented.” Jesus said he
would come and heal him. The
Centurion plead with him saying,
“Lord I am not worthy that thou
shouldst come under my roof;
but speak the word only, and my
servant shall be healed.” Have
you that kind of faith? Have I?
Well, Jesus marvelled too and
said: "Verily I say unto you, I
have not found so great faith, no,
not in Israel.” So, In our prayers
and resolutions. . .let’s pray that
we might have this kind of faith
. . .that He might guide us in
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Bloodmobile Plans
Visit In Covington
On January 13th
Covington residents are re
minded that the American Red
Cross Bloodmobile unit will be
at the First Baptist Church Edu
cational Annex building on Thurs
day, January 13, from 2 until 7
p. m., according to an announce
ment by officials of the local
blood procurement program.
Blood donors are requested to
keep this date in mind and re
port to the Bloodmobile again
in order that the County may
remain in good coverage with
the Atlanta blood center.
Our Boys
In Viet Nam
The following Newton Count
ians should be added to the list
of servicemen now in Viet Nam
fighting for the defense of Amer
ica. Their names should be added
to the list carried in The Cov
ington NEWS during the month
'of December:
S. Sgt. Douglas M. Wheeler
AF 24768641
Box 7383
20 Air Div. (MMS)
APO San Francisco, Calif. 96307
Oxford’s Town Officials At First 1966 Meeting
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OXFORD’S TOWN government officials are shown in the picture above at the first council meeting of
1966. Seated, left to right: James N. Dobbs, Thomas Dial, councilmen; Mayor A. W. Jackson; John
T. Lovern, councilmen, all of whom began new terms Monday. Standing: W. J. Dingus, Jr., City
Recorder; Garland Williams, Fred Taylor, J. L. Higgins, all councilmen; W. D. Ballard, Town Attorney.
Mrs. Violet Bankston was also re-elected town clerk.
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The Ge> £> ise, Established 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer. Established 1953
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Jaj. n Distinguished
Service /ards Banquet Jan. 18
A banquet will be held on
Tuesday night, January 18, spon
sored by the Newton County Jay
cees to honor the Outstanding
Young Man of Newton County
with the Distinguished Service
Award. At this time the Out
standing Young Farmer and the
Outstanding Young Farmer and
the Outstanding Young Educator
will be honored.
The main speaker of the even
ing will be Malone Sharp of
Lyons, Ga., past State Jaycee
president. Mr. Sharp is now a
Flu And Pneumonia
Still Danger Threat
Despite the fact that the so
called “wonder drugs” give one a
sense of security about influenza
and pneumonia, don’t sell these
two health threats short.
In Georgia, last year (1964),
influenza and pneumonia rated
fourth in the 10 leading causes
of death in the state, claiming
1,570 victims.
Now is the time for your flu
shots. The Public Health Ser
vice Advisory Committee on Im
munization Practices for in
fluenza immunization and control
in the 1965-66 season says, in
part:
"Therefore, in view of the 2-
to 3-year periodicity of the di
sease, the Committee anticipates
that somewhat increased amounts
of influenza may be expected in
the coming season.”
Persons who experience the
highest mortality from epidemic
influenza and who should be most
careful to get their immunization
shots are:
1. Persons who suffer from
chronic debilitating di -
seases, including diseases
of the heart and circulatory
systems, the lungs, and the
metabolic system;
2. Persons in older age groups
—a recommendation based
on three successive recent
epidemics in which there
has been a moderate in
crease in mortality among
persons over 45 years and
a marked Increase in those
over 65;
3. Pregnant women-for whom
increased mortality was
demonstrated during the
1957-58 epidemic, although
similar increases have not
been noted in epidemics
since that time;
4. Patients residing in nursing
homes, chronic diseas
hospitals, and other en
vironments in which crowd
ed living arrangements may
lead to more rapid spread of
the disease.
See your physician about flu
shots, especially if you are in
any of these four categories.
“There are no diseases caused
Vehicle Tags
On Sale Here
The 1966 vehicle license plates
are now on sale at the Newton
County Tax Office in the Court
house and will continue to be
sold through the deadline date of
April 1, according to Tax Com
missioner Bonham L. Johnson.
The plates this year have a red
background with white numbers.
Newton County again carries the
county prefix number of 38.
Mr. Johnson suggests that per
sons who visit his office to buy
tags also make their 1966 tax
returns at the same time.
Some 750 automobile and truck
owners purchased 750 license
plates Monday and Tuesday and
a half-day Wednesday, Mr. John
son stated.
candidate for attorney-general of
the State of Georgia in the up
coming election.
The banquet will be held at
the Porterdale Hotel at 7:30 p.m.
The public is cordially invited.
Tickets for the banquet will be
available from the following Jay
cees: Frank Malcolm at Belk-
Gallant Co., Bill Snipes at Evans
Drug Store, Dave Morrison at
Southern Manor Furniture Co.,
Paul Ketchem at Firestone Store,
Phillip Cohen at Cohen’s Depart
ment Store, and Jack Harwell
at Harwell Funeral Home.
by the mere passage of time,”
declares Dr. Frederick C. Swartz
of Lansing, Michigan, as quoted
in Today’s Health, the magazine
of the American Medical Assoc
iation.
“The shaky hand and tottering
gait are the results of lack of
condition and exercise, not the
passage of time. The forgetful
mind results from lazy habits
of study and lack of motivation.
The cure for these so-called
stigmata of aging is obvious—
exercise and study,” he told the
American Academy of General
Practice. People today are
“brain-washed to believe that
debilities come with age, and at 65
one is over the hill.” But time,
he adds, Is a measure, not a
force.
Varied Cases
Heard In City
Police Court
A diversified docket of cases
came up before Judge E. W.
Strozler in Covington City Pol
ice Court Monday, following the
New Year’s holidays.
Five persons drew fines for
reckless driving during the week,
and three persons each were
charged and paid fines for dis
orderly conduct, driving without
licenses, driving under the in
fluence, and drunkenness.
Two persons were fined for
speeding, and two persons were
convicted of hit and run driving.
One case involved possession of
liquor and another with running
a red light.
Covington
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, were:
High Low
Wed. Dec. 29 59 35
Thurs. Dec. 30 69 33
Fri. Dec. 31 70 45
Sat. Jan. 1 71 49
Sun. Jan. 2 69 56
Mon. Jan. 3 63 53
Tues. Jan. 4 53 41
Rainfall during the week totaled
.44 inches.
Red Cross Chapter
Board To Meet
Monday At 8 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the
American Red Cross Newton
County Chapter will meet Mon
day night, January 10, at 8 p. m.
at the City Hall. All members
are urged to attend.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, JANUARY 6, 1966
3-CountyEconomic Opportunity
Committees To Meet At Jackson
Community Action Committees from the three counties of the Upper
Chattahoochee Economic Opportunity Area will assemble in Jackson
at the Butts County Court House Thursday evening January 13 at
seven-thirty for the first assembly of this group since it was in
stituted last month. The three counties are Butts, Newton and Monroe.
Col. Joe Thornton, supervisor
of the Georgia Office of Economic
Opportunity, and John Elliott, re
presenting the Regional Office in
Atlanta, will attend the meeting
and discuss all phases of the
programs under the supervision
of the community action com
mittees. Jere N. Moore, Frary
Elrod, and Walter Hewett, Con
sultants in the Georgia office will
also attend the meeting and as-
New Year’s Baby Born At Newton Hospital
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FIRST NEW YEAR’S baby born at Newton County Hospital was little Bonnie Sue Yarbrough, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Yarbrough, Jr., Route 3, Covington. Bonnie Sue is shown above as She pre
pared to go home with her parents as nurse Mrs. Joseph Repetske (left) and Mrs. Hattie Cody (right)
aided Mrs. Yarbrough with last minute details Tuesday. The little girl was born at 8:40 a.m. Saturday.
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Rotarians Report Successful i
I Empty Stocking Drive Here
Highlight of Covington Rotary
Club’s regular luncheon meet
ing, Tuesday at their Teen Build
ing, was the splendid report from
the Empty Stocking Fund Drive,
of which Otis Spillers was the
overall chairman.
It was revealed that 130 needy
families, some with as many
as 11 children, received boxes
to fill hearts and stockings on
Christmas morning, from the
annual Empty Stocking Fund.
President Mack Johnson, in
behalf of the entire Club, ex
pressed deep appreciation to con
tributors to the United Fund, in
which this project Is included;
to those individuals and mer
chants who made additional con
tributions of toys, clothing, etc.;
and to school patrons, whose con
tributions of canned goods made
Christmas much merrier than
it otherwise might have been for
those in need. These contrib
utions, plus the United Fund’s
cash allotment, aggregated ap
proximately $4,000, which the
Club was able to use in the Drive
this year; and the Club was most
grateful for the generous res
ponse of all those making con
tributions.
During the holidays, Rotarians
60 Newton Countians Received
Handicapped Service in Year
The Georgia Division of Vo
cational Rehabilitation reported
that a total of 60 handicapped
citizens from Newton County
were successfully rehabilitated
and placed in income-producing
jobs during the 1964-65 fiscal
year.
Dr. A. P. Jarrell, Assistant
State Superintendent of Schools
in Charge of Vocational Rehabili
tation Services, stated that during
the past year, more disabled
Georgians had received vo
cational rehabilitation services
than in any previous year. The
Agency rehabilitated 7,221 handi
capped persons ranking Georgia
fourth in the nation in total num
ber of rehabilitants. Vocational
rehabilitation services were
being furnished to 48 Newton
Countians at the end of the fiscal
year who had not completed train
ing.
Vocational Rehabilitation ser
vices are available to Individuals
16 years of age or older who
have a physical or mental dis
ability which constitutes a sub
stantial handicap to employment
and which is of such a nature
that vocational rehabilitation
services may reasonably be ex
pected to render him fit to en-
slst the groups in writing com
munity action programs.
Donald Ballard is president
of the multi-county group and Le-
Roy O’Neal of Jackson is the
secretary of the group. Mayor
C, B. Brown, of Jackson, is
chairman of the Butts County
Community Action Committee,
who will be hosts to the gather
ing. It is expected that more
highlighted another of their major
projects, the Foreign Students’
Exchange Program, In enter
taining in their homes one of
the participants, Katsuji! Ohachl,
of Japan, who is a student at the
University of Georgia; and was
guest speaker at a club meeting.
These are but two of the local
Rotary Club’s projects, which
reflect International Rotary’s
motto of "Service Above Self”;
Cotton Commission Supports
Research For Strong Fiber
The Agricultural Commodity
Commission for Cotton has en
tered into a contract with the
University of Georgia’s College
of Agriculture Experiment Stat
ions for research leading to the
production of a stronger fibered
cotton for Georgia.
Announcement of this support
of the cotton breeding work in the
experiment stations was made
this week by Commission Chair
man P. R. Smith of Winder. Other
members of the Commission are
Carson Bass, Warwick; Dolan E.
Brown, Twin City; Dr. T. W. Gil
more, Sandersville; J. M. Max-
gage in a remunerative oc
cupation.
An eligible applicant is entitled
to receive diagnostic services
(medical and/or physical), coun
seling, guidance, tuition, place
ment and follow-up without re
gard to his financial condition.
The average cost of rehabili
tating a vocational rehabilitation
client for fiscal year 1964-65 was
$468.43 making approximately
$28,105.80 the amount spent to
wards the rehabilitation of the
handicapped citizens of Newton
County.
The Georgia Division of Vo
cational Rehabilitation operates
19 district and local offices ser
ving the sighted and blind disabled
of our state, 6 rehabilitation cen
ters, 5 rehabilitation offices in
hospitals, 2 offices for indus
trial placement specialists, 2
offices for Aid to Dependent
Children, the Social Security Dis
ability Determination Unit, the
Georgia School for the Deaf and
the Georgia Academy for the
Blind. These offices are located
in strategic areas of Georgia
for the purpose of best serving
the population and its needs.
than a hundred citizens from the
neighboring counties will join
the Butts county group for the
meeting.
All public officials of the three
counties have also been invited.
The meeting is an open meeting
and any interested citizen is
welcomed to attend.
“The Community Action Com
mittees organized under the pro
gram of Economic Opportunity
have the responsibility of spon
soring programs that will assist
the lower income groups in im
proving their lot,” stated Doyle
Jones, Jr. of Jackson.
and make this community a bet
ter place In which to live.
Among guests welcomed at
Tuesday’s meeting were: Grady
Coleman, president, First Nat
ional Bank of Newton County;
Pierce Cline; Billy Sumner, new
manager of Southern Discount
Company; and Dean Getz, Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
president.
well, Rydal; Farm Bureau Pre
sident W. L. Lanier, and Com
missioner of Agriculture Phil
Campbell.
George H. King, retiring di
rector of the University’s Ag
ricultural Experiment Stations
and Executive Secretary Elect
of the Commission, said:
“The experiment stationshave
for a number of years been con
ducting research leading to a
higher quality of cotton adapted
to Georgia. Recent Indications
are that this goal is near. The
Commission is pleased to be able
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Ga. Labor Commissioner Huiet Speaks At C. of C.
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GEORGIA COMMISSIONER of Labor Ben T. Huiet (center) was the guest speaker at the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of Commerce January meeting Monday at the Teen Can building. Shown with
Mr. Huiet at the conclusion of the program are Dean Getz (left), president of the C. of C. and Otis
Spillers (right), Newton County Representative, who introduced the speaker.
Editorial 2
Obituary 4-6
Society 9
Sports 14
Legal 18
Classified 19
Vehicle Inspection Sticker
Now Needed For Second Year
Georgia’s Motor Vehicle In
spection program begins its se
cond year of operation on Janu
ary 1, 1966, and all automobile
and truck owners are warned to
check the expiration date on their
current safety stickers.
The 1965 safety inspection is
good for one year from the month
listed on the back — not the front
-of the safety sticker now on
the vehicle.
For example, if a vehicle was
Kiwonis Committee
Chairmen To Make
Reports Today
Committee chairmen of the
Kiwanis Club for 1966 will make
reports on plans for the coming
year of club activities at the
meeting today (Thursday) at the
American Legion Home at
1 o’clock, according to an an
nouncement by James Hutchins,
president.
Officers of the civic organi
zation were inducted at last
week’s meeting. President Hut
chins succeeds Greeley Ellis as
head of the organization for the
year 1966.
Interagency Meeting
Postponed To Jan. 14
The Interagency Committee of
the Newton County Mental Health
Association will not meet on
Friday, January 7, as scheduled
but will meet on Friday, January
14, at twelve noon at the Parish
House of the Church of the Good
Shepherd in Covington.
Mrs. Helen Dickinson will pre
sent the program relative to the
facilities and services of the
Newton County Hospital.
Mrs. Curry Haynes will be in
charge of the luncheon meal for
which each participant pays fifty
cents. Should you not plan to
come, contact Mrs. Haynes by
Thursday morning, January 13,
at 786-2563 or 786-3914.
Labor Commissioner Praises
Unemployment Situation Today
Ben T. Hulet, Commissioner
of Labor of the State of Georgia,
was the guest speaker at the Cov
ington-Newton County Chamber
of Commerce meeting at the Teen
Can building. Introducing the
speaker was Newton County’s
Representative in the Georgia
General Assembly Otis Spillers.
Dean Getz, president of the C.
of C. opened the meeting after
the members assembled and en
joyed the delicious meal. He
called for committee reports and
Mr. Spillers reported on the pro
gress in getting signs for the
various roads of the county. Spil
lers said he believed that the
state would aid the local chamber
in the project.
President Getz announced that
the Chamber’s Board of Direc
tors had approved the formation
of a Long Range Study Com
mittee for the civic organization.
Getz announced that Greeley Ellis
is the chairman of the committee
and other members are: Walker
Harris, E. G. Lassiter, Jr., John
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inspected in January, 1965, it
must be re-inspected and re
approved before midnight on Jan
uary 31, 1966.
The new safety Inspection
stickers for 1966 are red and
white with black letters. The 12
months of the year are listed on
the front and the proper month
will be punched to indicate when
the 1967 inspection is due.
The Department of Public Safe
ty has been working rapidly to
approve the inspection stations
for 1966. Automobile and truck
owners are cautioned to look for
an Inspection station which has
been approved for 1966.
During 1965, the first year of
the auto Inspection law, approxi
mately 1,750,000 vehicles were
Inspected and approved.
Col. Lowell Conner, director
of Public Safety, said he was
pleased with the acceptance of
the program and added that he
expects an additional 100,000 ve
hicles to be inspected in 1966.
Civic Chorus
Plans Easter
Choral Program
The Covington Civic Chorus,
which presented its first con
cert on December fifth, will be
gin rehearsals for the Spring
Concert on Tuesday, January ele
venth. As was the practice last
fall, the rehearsals will again
be held in the Fellowship Hall
of the Covington Methodist
Church at 8:00 p. m. each Tues
day night.
The Chorus will begin work on
the “Requiem” of Gabriel Faure,
which will be presented during
the Easter season.
All those who sang in the
Christmas Concert are strongly
urged to continue their partici
pation in the Chorus. A sin
cere invitation is also ex
tended to other interested singers
in Covington and Newton County.
The Chorus is by no means a
professional organization - the
only requirement for member
ship is the enjoyment of choral
singing.
Morford and Charles Strickland.
Commissioner Huiet quoted
figures on how the Department
of Labor serves the State of
Georgia. He also gave facts and
figures on employment in Newton
County. He said that unem
ployment in the state is now at
the lowest figure it has been in
years.
In ending his speech Com
missioner Huiet said that “We
are living in the garden spot of
the world” as he referred to
Georgians of today.
One new member, Bill Thomp
son, was welcomed back into the
C. of C. Mr. Thompson is a
former president of the Coving
ton-Newton County Chamber of
Commerce and was an owner
and manager of Dodge Wire here
for many years before moving to
California.
A visitor at the meeting Monday
was the new manager of the
Southern Discount Company
Billy Sumner. He accompanied
Robert Hodges to the meeting.