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By The Oftfice Boy
“AFTER you” is a long
thought, It is a long look ahead,
Things have away of perpetuating
themselves by forever going on,
while changing their faces or
forms, Dr., Frank Crane says
that the most important person
in the world is the boy back of
the man he is going to be, The
test of every man or woman
is the character of the boy or
girl who made them, No one
knows this better than the per
son who fights losing battles
against wrong thinking and bad
habits, inflicted upon him or
her by the boy or girl who did
his early thinking and acting
for him. As in the relay race
there stands out before each boy
or man one who waits his turn
to carry on, When the man’s
time comes to ‘“go’” he must
carry what is handed him by the
boy who ran before him,
The privilege of being a boy,
or girl, is a responsibility to
the man or woman of tomorrow
who anxiously waits for the
chance to be a man or woman
among men and women of power,
The person waiting across the
years-of-tomorrow may be
cheated out of his birth
right by the boy or girl they are
today, He stands helpless, eager
ly awaiting a good inheritance,
The boy or girl they are will
hand the man or woman they
will be his or her body, mind
and will. The man or woman
may hope for the body of an
athlete, for healthy nerves, for
a mind trained to think, and for
a trained will and a conscience
possessing the power to do right
when doing wrong might be
easier, The boy or girl, can, if
they choose, pass on to the man
or woman, a shattered equipment
—a diseased body, a confused
brain, a dissolute will, ruined
by lust and dissipation,
It is a great thrill to be a boy
or girl, and to face the rising
sun of manhood or womanhood!
They are monarchs supreme;
they alone can read the sign of
the day and tell with precision
what the future holds for the
man or woman-to-be, Inthedis
tant future there awaits for each
boy, HIS MAN, . .for each girl
HER WOMAN, In middlelife they
should be honest, fearless and
master of their own powers;
they should be respected, and
their voices should be welcomed
in the council of the wise. In
the late afternoon of life they
should look upon the setting of
the sun with a clear conscience,
and the satisfaction of a life
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New GI Bill
Starts June 1
Veterans planning to go to
school under the new GI Bill
do not have to rush to meet a
deadline, the VA pointed out to
day following President John
son’s signing of the Veterans
Readjustment Benefits Act of
1966.
Although most benefits under
the new Bill are effective im
mediately, the education assist
ance benefits will not begin
until June 1, 1966, local VA of
ficials said.
Late in April, the VA expects
to have application blanks and
full information available at all
VA offices and at the admission
offices in most approved schools.
Veterans will have ample time
to select courses and make ap
plication without losing either
class time or payments from VA,
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GARY (YOGI) WILKERSON (No, 44) tries for afield goal after getting
. rebound in the Ram-Crisp County game on Thursday night of the
State AA Tournament at Alexander Memorial Coliseum, Wilkerson
is cuarded here by two tall Crisp County players Fred Williams
(No. 53) and Danny Lamb (No, 21), Gary had 23 rebounds in this
game and a four-game tourney total of 72, (Other Tournament
pictures on Sports Page today).
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Ru...s’ Spring Football Game Tonight
Tony Moon and Jud Callaway Are
Quarterbacks In Blues-Whites Tilt
The Annual Spring Football game between two picked squads of
Newton County Rams will be played tonight (Thursday) at Sharp
Field in Covington. Kickoff is set for 7:30 o’clock,
NCHS Coaches Milton Mc-
Laney, Wilbur Fisher and Tom
Wortman divide the ¢“Blues’’ and
¢«“Whites’ as nearly as possible
as to overall strength for the
game, which marks the end of
the spring practice at the school.
Foremost in the minds of the
coaches is the developing of a
varsity quarterback to take the
place of the departed Terry Hyatt
of the 1965 team which wound
up the year with a good 6-3-1
slate, Jud Callaway will be at
the T helm for the Whites to
night while Tony Moon will han=-
dle the signal duties for the
Blues.
However, the only experienced
back around for the team this
fall is George Baily and he was
used at two spots last fall, He
is listed as a halfback on the
Blues tonight,
Cattle Producers Meet
Tonight At Mansfield
Several hundred cattle pro
ducers from a seven county area
have been invited to a special
meeting of the Georgia Cattle
men’s Association at 7:30 p.m.
on Thursday, March 17th at the
Community House, highway 11
in Mansfield.
Julius Lazenby of Mansfield,
chairman of the meeting, an
nounced that the Big six for 66
will be presented to the 233
cattlemen at this meeting.
‘““We sincerely hope,” he de
clared, ‘that every cattle pro
ducer in this area will be on
hand for this meeting to learn
more of a dynamic program of
work for the Georgia Cattlemen’s
Association during the coming
year,”’
The Mansfield meeting is one
of 14 being held throughout the
state on ‘one great day for the
Georgia Cattlemen’s Assoc
iation,”’
At this meeting the six points
of a beef cattle industry improve=-
ment program will be outlined
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Walnut Grove
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Revival Set
For March 20-26
Revival services will be held
at the Walnut Grove Baptist
Church March 20-26, with ser
vices beginning at 7:30 each even
ing.
Rev, R, Hudson Moody, Pastor
of Baptist Tabernacle, Covington,
will be bringing the messages
each evening,
There will be special music
each evening, The Pastor, Rev,
James West, Jr,, would like to
extend a warm welcome to every
one.
Che Covington News
COVINGTON. GEORGIA THURSDAY, MARCH I/, 1760
Personnel for the team at the
line positions-=--center, guards,
tackles and ends---shows pro=-
mise of another fine forward
wall, The NCHS defense last
year was one of the best in the
school’s history.
The lineups for tonight’s game
follows:
BLUES: WHITES:
QB—T, Moon J. Callaway
FB—B, Marks L, Sullivan
HB—J, Allen J. L, Call
away
G, Bailey S. Cour=-
chaine
GC— T. Bowen J, Cowan
G— A, Bruyere R, Spears
A, Howell L, Cour
chaine
T— S, Piper S, Lott
F. Alexander D, Parker
E— L, Durden M, Crowell
A, Whisnante W, Hunt
to the cattlemen present,
These meetings throughout
Georgia, according to Dr, Jack
Tuttle of Barnesville, Georgia
Cattlemen’s president, are de
signed to lay the groundwork
for getting something done about
the six major problems of the
industry during 1966,
The Mansfield meeting will
feature a slide presentation of
the Big Six for 66, along with a
narration and brief explanation
of the program for the year.
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Film On Corning
Glass On Program
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At Kiwanis Today
A film in color and sound from
the Corning Glass Company will
be on the program of the Cov=
ington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock at Leg
ion Home, Mrs, Godfrey Tram=
mell, chairman of the Newton
County Library Board, will be in
charge of the program today and
she will be introduced by Dean
Virgil Y, C, Eady.
Mrs. Trammell states that the
film is in great demand in the
Atlanta area and other parts
of the South, It traces the
making of Corning glass from
the commercial part of the New
York firm to the Steuber (made
by hand) skilled craftsmen,
The film has been so popular
that Georgia Tech has used it
in the classroom for the past
two years., Not only does it show
the glass making in the United
States but in manyforeign coun
tries as well.
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Dr. Robert Faulkner was the
guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday,
He was introduced by the pro
gram chairman of the month,
Dean V, Y, C, Eady,.
Dr, Faulkner, now apracticing
physician in Covington, was a
medical missionary in Africa
for more than six months prior
to his returning to the States
some two years ago, He spoke
on ‘The Changing Face of
Africa.”
Guests at the meeting included
an inter-club meeting from Mc-
Donough: Jessie Gasses, Bill
Terry, Aiken Chafin and B, P,
Reeves, Other visitors were:
Rev., Owen Kellum of Covington;
Walt Costley of Atlanta; Murray
Florence of Atlanta; and NCHS
Key Club members, Pat Yancey
and Parks Pratt,
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16 Motorists
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Given Tickets
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For Speeding
Sixteen motorists in the City
of Covington were given tickets
for speeding during the past two
weeks, according to the Police
records at City Hall,
Judge E, W, Strozier was on
the bench for the City Court
session on March 7, and City
Councilman Fred Kitchens and
Mayor Walker Harris acted as
judge on March 14, Mayor Har
ris, however, heard only one
case on the latter date,
Other cases called for trial
included convictions or forfeit
of bonds for 11 persons charged
with being disorderly, 11 for
drunkenness, six for driving
under the influence of intox
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Newton County Post 32 American Legion Has Birthday
NEWTON COUNTY POST 32 American Legion and Auxiliary Unit 32 observed the 47th Anniversary of
the founding of the American Legion at a banquet dinner here Tuesday night, Shown in this photo at
the conclusion of the program are, from left to right: Senator Brooks Pennington of Madiscn; Mrs,
Hugh Sams, President of Auxiliary Unit 32; Phil Campbell, Commissioner of Agriculture of the State
of Georgia, main speaker for the occasion; Richard Lord, Commander Post 32; and Otis Spillers,
Newton County Representative, who introduced Commissioner Campbell,
Lt.-Col. Epps Selected To
Attend Army War College
FORT MONROE, VA—Lieu
tenant Colonel Jones N, Epps,
U. S. Army Representative, Mar
ine Corps Schools, Quantico, Vir
ginia, is one of three officers
from the U, S, Continental Army
Command selected to attend the
Army War College, Carlisle Bar
racks, Pa., beginning August 8,
The class will include 280
officers,
Son of Mr, and Mrs, J, Newton
Epps of 801 Metcalf St., Augusta,
Georgia, Colonel Epps was grad
uated from the Academy of Rich
mond County, Augusta, in 193¢
and was attending Georgia School
of Technology when called to
active duty in 1943, He was
graduated from George Wash
ington University in 1965 with the
bachelor of arts degree in social
studies.
In December 1943, Colonel
Epps was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant at the Infantry
Officer Candidate School, Fort
Benning, Georgia, and completed
jump training at the Parachute
School, Fort Benning, in May
1944,
In World War II he served
with the 508th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Divi
sion, in two campaigns in Europe,
He jumped into combat at Ni
jmegen, Holland, during Oper
ation Market-Garden and fought
in the Ardennes Campaign inßel
gium, For his action in World
War II he was awarded the Bronze
Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and
V-device, Purple Heart, Combat
Infantryman Badge, Netherlands
Orange Lanyard and Belgium
Fourragere,
Between World War II and the
Korean War, he commanded an
airborne training company of the
Airborne Battalion, Infantry
School, Fort Benning, and com-=
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Master Masons
Meet March 22
A regular communication of
Golden Fleece Lodge No, 6 will
be held on Tuesday, March 22nd,
1965 at 7:30 P,M, Work in the
Entered Apprentice degree onone
candidate,
W, L. Dawkins, WM,
Newton Retail Sales Up
$3-Million In Past Year
Retail sales in Georgia during
1965 totaled $7,440,882,110 as
compared to $6,807,215,187 dur
ing 1964, a Georgia State Cham=
ber of Commerce survey showed
today,
Chamber Research Director
James R, Blankenship noted that
all but nine of the State’s 159
counties recorded increasesover
1964,
The business volume in Newton
County totaled $31,691,388 during
1965 as compared to $28,552,921
in 1964,
The retail sales figures are
based on the actual bank deposits
of the Georgia State Sales and
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manded a rifle company and held
battalion staff positions in the
82nd Airborne Division
In Korea, Colonel Epps com=
manded Company G, 187th Air
borne Regimental Combat Team
and participated in five cam
paigns including the jump at
Munsan’ni, He was awarded the
Silver Star Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters, Oak Leaf
Cluster to the Purple Heart and
the second award of the Combat
Infantryman Badge, He also
served as a member of the Bth
Infantry Staff in Germany from
1956=59 and in 1962-63 as ad
visor to the Second Imperial
Iranian Army.
He attended the Advanced In
fantry Course in 1952-53, the
Command and General Staff Col
lege in 1955-56 and the Armed
Forces Staff College in 1962,
He was the winner of the
Sheridan Memorial Saber at the
Academy of Richmond County,
Augusta, in 1939, and was a
cadet colonel in the Reserve
Officers Training Corps, Junior
College of Augusta and the
Academy of Richmond County,
Colonel Epps is married tothe
former Miss Charlotte Rogue
more, daughter of Mr, and Mrs,
C. E. Roguemore of Mansfield,
Georgia, They have five child
ren, Second Lieutenant Jones N,
Epps, Jr., Fort Benning; Joseph
E. Epps, a student at Georgia
State College, Atlanta; Mrs, Juli
anne Watson of Milledgeville,
Georgia; Susan Epps and Joshua
Edwin Epps of Quantico, Virginia,
Use Tax collection and are fur
nished through the cooperation
of the Georgia Department of
Revenue, Sales and Use Tax
Unit, the Georgia Department of
Labor and the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce, Insome
cases, the figures may not re
flect an entirely accurate eco
nomic picture of a particular
county because of collections of
delinquent taxes, lump sum tax
payments on large purchases of
building material, industrial
machinery, equipment, etc, The
figures represent only the tax
able sales within any given
county,
Elder Clayton Hays
Critically 111 At
Mansfield Home
Elder H. Clayton Hays, former
postmaster and city clerk of
Mansfield, remains in critical
condition at his home in
Mansfield, where he has been
confined, for some two weeks,
following two successive strokes.
Mr. Hays, a Primitive Baptist
minister, has filled pulpits of
churches, at Thomaston, Mit
chell; and Concord Church in
Jasper County, from which he
retired only recently, because
of declining health.
Numerous friends are extend
ing good wishes for Elder Hays
3-Day Assembly Os Jehovah Witnesses
Scheduled For Covington April 1-3
Jehovah’s witnesses will hold
a three-day assembly in Cov=-
ingont, April 1 through 3, it
was officially announced by their
governing body, the Watchtower
Bible and Tract Society of New
York.
R. L. Cousins School on Geiger
Street, is to be used for the oc
cassion and upwards of 700 dele
gates from South Carolina and
Georgia are expected to attend,
Host minister will be Mr, Har
old Meely, presiding minister of
the Covington East Congregation
of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The as~
sembly is being held primarily
to advance Christian Bible edu
cation, Meely said,
According to Mr, Meely, an
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the Community House and Oxford College. This will be one of the largest and most beautiful markers
in the State of Georgia when completed, The dedication date is April 24, Those working when this
photo was taken are: Garland Williams and Charles Ellis on top of the wall, ana Dud Childers, Graham
Davis, James N, Dobbs and Jim Baker (left to right) on the ground,
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3-Million Packs Cigarettes In '65
(Special to the News)
Residents of Newton County have returned to smoking in a big
way,
Despite the steady barrage of
medical reports in recent years
linking cigarettes with cancer,
heart disease and other ailments,
they are puffing away at a record
rate,
For a time, following the Sur=
geon General’s 1964 report on
the hazards of smoking, there
was a marked drop in cigarette
consumption, locally and else
where,
Some people swore off com=-
pletely, some cut down on the
number they smoked and some
turned to cigars or pipes as a
substitute, '
As a result, cigarette sales
in the United States, which were
at an all-time high of 524 billion
packs in 1963, dropped to 511
billion in 1964, |
During the past year, however, *
most of the converts weakened
in their resolve and took up where
they had left off, They helped
boost cigarette output to a new
record-- 532 billion,
In Newton County, anestimated
2,298,000 packs of cigarettes
were smoked in 1965, on the
basis of regional statistics com=-
piled by the tobacco industry and
national data from the De
partment of Agriculture,
This was at the rate of 166
packs a year for every person
in the local population over the
age of 18,
As a comparison, the average
in the United States as a whole
was 216 packs, In the South
Atlantic States, it was 214 packs.
Government health officials
hope that the new law that re
quires a label on each pack of
cigarettes warning that smoking
may be hazardous will be effect-
ive,
However, they don’t expect any
sudden tapering off, It will take
at least ten years to bring about
a real change in consumption,
they feel, - - o
This immediate objective is
to influence the youngsters bet
ween ages 13 and 18,
Each day, it is noted, some
4,000 boys and girls in that age
bracket try smoking for the first
time.
How much do residents of New~-
ton County spend annually for
whatever satisfactionor pleasure
it is that cigarette smoking brings
organizational meeting was held
at Kingdom Hall on Washington
Street, March 2 to map plans
for the more than 15 organiz
ational departments needed for
the smooth operation of the as
sembly, Meely, who is over=
seeing the local rooming work,
said that local ministers arenow
making brief house-to-house
visitation seeking suitable room=-
ing accommodation for visiting
delegates who will attend the
three-day meeting, Meely re
marked that Covington house
holders have responded well to
the request for rooms thus far
but many more are needed, Any
one having accommodations are
requested to call Conyers 483-
7455,
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them?
No less than $703,000 a year
at the current rate, For the in
dividual smoker, the average is
ssl a year locally,
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Dermatone To
Be Purchased
B . .
y Auxiliary
The Newton County Hospital
Auxiliary Board voted to pur=-
chase a Dermatome for use at
the Newton County Hospital. The
Dermatome is used to prepare
skin to be grafted to other areas
of the body. It will enable the
local physicians to treat the burn
patients and others needing skin
grafts with greater safety and
comfort to the patient.
When the Board met of March
Ist, the needs of the hospital
and the methods of satisfying
these needs were discussed. It
was decided to appeal to the
community for help in satisfying
the need for reading material for
the patients. The Reader’s Dig
est is easily held while in bed
and is fairly dateless. Paper
book novels are also very pop
ular. Small childre’s books are
received with delight by both the
ill children and their parents.
If anyone has any suitable
books or small magazines that
they would like to donate, please
leave them with Mrs. N. S, Tur
ner, President of the Newton
County Hospital Auxiliary; or
Projects Chairmen, Mrs. Rob
ert Fowler, and Mrs. Jack Jen
nings.
W
Mell Prather
Returns Home
Mansfield City Clerk Mell Pra
ther, who has been hospitalized
for some four weeks, was per
mitted to return to his home in
Mansfield, Wednesday.
Mr. Prather is continuing to
make satisfactory progress, ac
cording to a member of the fam
ily; and his many friends are
wishing him a rapid convale
scence,
The three-day assembly pro=
gram will consist of a variety
of talks on Bible subjects,
Groups of ministers will discuss
ministerial problems and dem
onstrations will teach how to
conduct Bible studies, Sessions
will be conducted morning, after
noon and evening with a baptism
of newly dedicated ministers Sat
urday afternoon,
The main public discourse will
be Sunday, April 3, when J, A,
Thompson of New York speaks
on “Does God Have Influence
in This Twentieth Century?”
All sessions are free and open
to the public,