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My! Oh Me! We do not
have the time. . .we are sorry
to state we do not have time
to attend all the Clubs and Pat
riotic Organizations I once took
such an active part in. I only
pay my dues and hope someday
when I start getting older, (or
shall I say old?) that I will be
able to retire, and then enjoy
some of these meetings.
I was so busy when someone
asked me if I could attend the
State D.A.R. Meeting that I said,
"OH NO! I just wish I could.”
I did not even realize that it
was in Atlanta. . .and surely I
would have gone had I known
my dear little friend, Mrs. Her
man M, Richardson was to be
elected State D.A.R. Regent. . .
and I would loved to have seen
my friend who worked side by
side with me in U.D.C. for many
years, Mrs. Ben I. Thornton,
preside over her last meeting
as State Regent. I do not think
I have ever known of two of my
close friends, and co-workers,
serving in succession as State
Regent. The D.A.R. is still in
wonderful hands when Anice
Richardson takes over, and I
know Mrs. Thornton was happy
as we are to see her take over
the work she loved. Mrs. Rich
ardson and I have something
in common.. .Sessions Family...
we have, for years, at Con
ventions, and when we’d meet
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Grady Campbell
Os Oxford College
Kiwanis Speaker
GRADY CAMPBELL
Guest speaker at the regular
weekly luncheon meeting of the
Covington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at
1 o’clock will be Grady Camp
bell, president of the Student
Body at Oxford College. Camp
bell is a native of Covington and
is the first local boy to ever
be elected president of the stu
dent organization at Emory-At-
Oxford. He is a sophomore.
Dean V.Y.C. Eady, Kiwanis
program chairman for the month,
will introduce the speaker.
Campbell was an honor grad
uate at Newton County High School
before entering Oxford College.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. R. Campbell, Jr. of Covington.
He is expected to speak to the
Kiwanians today about the cam
pus life at Oxford, giving the
student’s version of the various
college programs and organiz
ations at Oxford.
** * *
Mrs. Godfrey Trammell,
chairman of the Newton County
Library Board, was in charge of
the program at the Kiwanis Club
Thursday. She presented a film,
in color, produced at the Corn
ing Glass Company in Corning,
Pa. The film depicted the art
of glass blowing and showed how
the famous Steuben glass is made.
Visitors at the meeting Thurs
day included Dr. Robert Allen of
Oxford, Rev. A. J. Bruyere of
Porterdale, J. K. Luck of Ameri
cus, and an Inter-club delegation
from the Griffin Kiwanis Club:
P. Y. Luther, Parks Henderson,
Marcus Booker and Roy Hill.
*♦ * ♦
KIWANIS “KETTLE”:
Immediate Past President
Greeley Ellis of the Covington
Kiwanis Club announced that he
had received notification that the
local club had won the Orange
Section award as the Outstand
ing Club of that division in Geor
gia Kiwanis for 1965. The pre
sentation of the certificate will
be made at the State Convention,
Mr. Ellis stated.
Rotary Club To Honor Top NCHS
Seniors A t Ladies Night, Tuesday
Scholastic achievement will be
spotlighted at Covington Rotary
Club’s Ladies Night program,
Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m.,
at Ficquett Cafetorium, when the
top ten per cent of Newton County
High School’s senior class will
be honor guests.
Other special guests will in
clude parents of the honorees,
NCHS senior class instructors,
and Oxford College Faculty mem
bers and their wives.
This is an occasion for which
Dr. . im Purcell and his com
mittee have been planning for
many months. It will be held
in the dining room of the Fic
quett School. The social hour
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TF .HERS TO GET 10% SALARY INCREASE
Newton Tax Equalization Contract Awarded
Firm To Start County Appraisal
On April 15; Complete In 14 Mo.
A contract has been awarded to the Lowe-Jacobs Associates
of Atlanta, a firm of engineers and tax appraisers, for the purpose
of setting into motion tax equalization in Newton County. The an
nouncement was made Wednesday by Commissioner Tom Bates
that the Lowe-Jacobs firm had been given the contract for the low
bid of $85,350.
The appraising study by the
firm will be started on April
15, 1966 and will be completed
not later than June 30, 1967.
This will be in time for the
1967 Newton County tax digest.
The program will be under the
State Department of Revenue who
will pay 10% of the cost of the
$85,350, Mr. Bates stated.
The Lowe-Jacobs Associates
bid was considerably lower than
other bids received on the New
ton program. This firm has com
pleted tax programs in 10 Georgia
counties and at present are con
ducting the equalization in five
other counties. Among those
which the firm has completed
work are Richmond, Liberty,
Muscogee and Murray counties.
It was understood that a re-
State Youth Assembly
Starts In Atlanta Today
Weeks of preparation and anti
cipation culminate in Atlanta to
day thru Saturday. The young
adults of Georgia will hope to
claim the limelight as they take
over the capital.
The Twenty First Annual Youth
Assembly offers to its eager
members a chance, an opportun
ity, to reach the news media in a
desirous fashion.
“In times like these we are
prone to read only the exciting,
the rebelious, the exploiting arti
cles concerning youth. But let us
take note, especially today as
Youth Assembly convenes, that
youthful minds turned from
thoughts of Beatles and soc hops
and tackled the adult world of
politics,” an official of the New
ton County YMCA stated.
Those scheduled to attend the
Youth Assembly in Atlanta from
the NCHS clubs are: Marcia
Elizer, Mary Lewis, Brenda Bon
ner, Susan Elliott, Sheila Smith,
Ken Johnson, Doug Jolley, Phil
Jones, Billy Everitt, Charles
Lassiter and Mrs. L. M. Burke,
Mrs. Edgar A. Callaway and L.
M. Burke, faculty advisors.
Howard Callaway For Governor
Petitions Being Circulated Here
Jim Morgan, Attorney at Law, State of Georgia.
Chairman, Newton County Re
publican Party, advised he has
received petitions to be signed
by registered qualified voters
in Newton County who would like
to see the name of Congressman
Howard (Bo) Callaway, a
businessman residing at Pine
Mountain, placed on the ballots
to be used in the November 8,
1966, General Election, as the
nominee of the Republican Party
for the office of Governor of the
Newton Co. ’Mother, Father And Youths
Os Year’ To Be Project Os P-Y Council
Plans were launched this week
for the annual selection of the
Newton County Mother, Father,
Teen-Age Boy and Girl of the
Year, according to Acting Pres
ident Sutton Hardy, of the New
ton County Parent Youth Coun
cil, which initiated the project
last year.
Nominations for the respective
honors will be made by civic
and service clubs, churches, and
PTA’s of Newton County; and
will begin at 7 o’clock. Dinner
will be served at 7:30 P.M.
Dr. Charles Lester, a native
of Covington, Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences of Emory
University, will be the guest
speaker. Dr. Lester received
his A.B, degree from Emory
University and also his M.A.
degree from Emory. He was
awarded his Ph.D from Pennsy
lvania State University in 1941.
Dr. Lester has been connected
with Emory University in various
capacities since 1942, In 1957
he was made dean of the Grad
uate School of Arts and Sciences.
More recently, among honors
bestowed on Dr. Lester, was the
Herty Medal (1965) Georgia Sec-
(Cnningtnn Nrw
presentative of the tax firm will
live in Covington and he will
train a competent person who
will remain in the Tax Apprais
ers office after the program goes
into effect in 1967.
In another announcement this
week the “Save Our Schools”
Action Committee met with the
County Board of Education and
Commissioner Tom Bates and
his appraisers and okayed the
10% raise for the teachers of
the county. Os much concern
was the source of revenue for
the raise, but the situation was
dissolved at a meeting Monday.
These two developments now
place the school problem on a
more equitable basis for all New
ton Countians, it was pointed
out.
Seed Program
Kickoff Meeting
Set For Tuesday
Kickoff meeting for Newton
County’s Bonus Seed Program
will be Tuesday, March 29th,
7:30 p. m., at the Snapping Shoals
EMC Building.
This will be the official open
ing of a program that can in
crease net income from agri
cultural production in the county
by several thousand dollars, ac
cording to County Agent Ed Hunt.
The four steps of variety, qua
lity, treatment and planting and
the importance of each to ef
ficient crops production will be
fully explained at the meeting by
Harvey Lowery, Extension Ag
ronomist, Seed Improvement,
Athens.
Mr. Rex Chastain, Sales Man
ager, Pennington Grain & Seed,
and President of Georgia Seed
smen’s Association will discuss
industry’s participation in the
Bonus Seed Program that is being
conducted throughout the state of
Georgia.
These petitions which are being
circulated over the entire state
will be presented to Honorable
Ben W. Fortson, Jr., Secretary
of State of Georgia. In order
to place the name of a Republican
Candidate for Governor of Geor
gia on the ballot in the Novem
ber, 1966 General Election, 80,
000 signatures must be obtained.
A person signing the petition
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will be based upon the following
qualifications for both adults and
teen-agers:
1. Adult nominees must be
parents of teen-age students of
Newton County.
2. Mutual understanding and
respect must exist between par
ents and children.
3. Family unity must prevail
in the home of nominees.
4. Sound religious training
must be a part of the nominee’s
tion of American Chemical Soc
iety award for outstanding con
tributions to Chemistry in the
Southeast. He has recently been
named to the Executive Commit
tee of The Council of Graduate
Schools in the United States
(1966-68).
At the Rotary Club program
Tuesday at the Teen Can, Nat
S, Turner told of his trip to
Japan, China, The Philippines,
Australia and New Zealand.
Guests at the meeting in
cluded Darvin White, new owner
of Sherwood’s Flowers; and
Harry C. Cannon, manager of
Georgia Power Company at Por
terdale.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966
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NEWTON HIGH Delegation to the Y Youth Assembly in Atlanta are shown in the photo above before their
departure for the State Capitol. Seated, left to right: Marcia Elizer, Mary Lewis, Alpha Tri-Hl-Y;
Brenda Bonner, Senior Tri-Hi-Y; Susan Elliott, Press Representative (Senior Tri-Hi-Y); Sheila Smith,
Assistant Doorkeeper (Gamma Tri-Hi-Y). Standing, left to right: Ken Johnson, special committee;
Phil Jones, delegate; Mrs. L. M. Burke, Faculty Advisor; Charles Lassiter, President of the NCHS Y
Council and President of the Hi-Y Club, delegate; Doug Jolley, Speaker Os The House; L. M. Burke,
Faculty Advisor. Not present for the picture: Mrs. Edgar A. Callaway, Faculty Advisor and Bill
Everitt, assistant to Don Goldthwaite, General Secretary State YMCA.
Coach Garland Pinholster Is
Newton Cage Banquet Speaker
The annual Newton County
Fans Appreciation Basketball
Banquet, sponsored by the Ram
Booster Club, will be held at
the NCHS cafeteria Friday even
ing, March 25 at 7 o’clock. Main
speaker for the occasion will be
Oglethorpe University Coach
Garland Pinholster.
Coach Pinholster will head an
attractive program that has been
designed to salute both Newton
County high school teams (girls
and boys). Awards and trophies
will be made during the evening
to outstanding players from both
aggregations.
As in the past large trophies
will be presented by the NCHS
Key Club, Covington Elks Lodge
No. 1806 and the Ram Booster
Club.
Coach Pinholster, a native of
South Georgia, has been cage
mentor and athletic director at
Oglethorpe since 1956. Since
that time the Petrels have ac
hieved National prominence and
only this past year was ranked
in the NCAA’s small college
Top 10. In past years Coach Pin
holster has taken his O. U. teams
to NAIA tournaments and to NCAA
playoffs.
Coach Pinholster received his
B. S. degree at North Georgia
College and his M. A. at Peabody
in Nashville, Tenn. His first
coaching job was at Summerville
home life.
5. Nominees must actively
participate in church, school,
youth and community projects.
Nominees do not have to come
from the same family. A father
of one family, a mother of
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Newton High Youth Assembly Delegation
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Coach Pinholster
High School, where at the age
of 21, he directed his team to
the State Class A championship
wihh a 26-2 record. In 1950,
his second year, he coached at
Rockmart and was 16-4. From
1953 to 1956 he coaced at South
west DeKalb High in Atlanta
where his record was 53-16.
He has written numerous books
on the game of basketball, and the
honors piled on him as coach
at Oglethorpe since 1956 are
many.
Presiding at the program Fri
day evening will Ram Booster
Club President W. A. (Dud)Child
ers. After the invocation by
Homer F. Sharp, Supervising
Principal of Newton High, Mr.
Childers will give the address
of welcome.
Following the dinner B. C.
Crowell, Athletic Director at
Porterdale and an alumnus of Og
lethorpe University, will intro
duce Coach Pinholster.
Speical recognition will be
given the Ram basketball team
via a Georgia Assembly Resolut
ion and will be read by Newton
County Representatve Otis Sp
illers.
Team awards will be handled
by Coach Ronald Bradley of the
Newton Rams and Coach Tom
Wortman of the NCHS girls team.
Trophy presentations will be
made by Billy Shepherd, Key
Club President; Olin Allen, Ram
Booster Vice-President (Basket
ball); and Robert Hodges, im
mediate Past Exalted Ruler of
the Covington Elks. Cheer
leaders recognition will be made
by Mrs. Jerry Aldridge of the
NCHS Faculty.
Newton County Salary Schedule For 1966-1967
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Type of ^ rß,
Certificate College Begin Begin Begin Begin Begin Begin Begin Begin Begin Begin
Train. Ist Yr. 2nd Yr. 3rd Yr. 4rh Yr. sth Yr. 7th Yr. 9th Yr. 11th Yr. 13th Yr. 15th Yr.
Professional 6 $6776 $7060 $7260 $7436 $7524 $7612 $7700
Professional 5 $4703 $5104 $5412 $5676 $5940 $6160 $'336 $6424 §6512 SG6OO
Professional 4 $4400 $4752 $5016 $5236 $5456 $5632 $5764 $5832 $5940 $5940
Professional 3 $6004 $4136 $4235 $4323 $4323 $4323 $4323
Professional 2 $3740 $3762 $3306 $3905 $3905 $3905 $3905
Film (hi Glass
Making To Be
Shown At Library
A film in color and sound
from the Corning Glass Co. will
be shown at the Newton County
Library Thursday (tonight) at
eight o’clock. It traces the
making of Corning Glass from
the commercial part of the New
York firm to the Steuben skilled
craftsman. This film has been
much in demand and is being
shown at the Library by popular
request. Mrs. E. G. Trammell,
Chairman of the Newton County
Library Board, will be in charge.
The Library invites all inter
ested persons to attend.
The Library also has on ex
hibit a collection of pressed
glass.
This past month, Miss Virginia
Thomas has had a series of
bulletin boards on Health and
Nutrition. This F.H.A. Project
has created much interest.
Art Festival
Set For May
Plans are underway for the
Covington Service Guild’s annual
Art Festival to be held early
in May.
The public is urged to par
ticipate by submitting art work
and ceramics for display. Local
merchants are cooperating with
Guild members in this endeavor.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 14
Legal 18
Classified 19
Slight Tax Increase Seen For
School Budget For 1966-67
The salary increases requested by the Newton County school
teachers will be granted. These increases will amount to ten (10%)
per cent of the State Teachers Salary Schedule for 1966-1967.
The Newton County Teachers Salary Schedule for the year 1966-1967,
including the ten (10%) per cent increases, is given in the schedule
accompanying this article.
These raises were formally
granted by the Newton County
Board of Education at a spe
cial meeting held on March 21,
1966, after receiving assurance
from the County Commissioner
Tom Bates and the Newton Coun
ty Board of Tax Assessors that
the additional funds needed by the
Board of Education would be
forthcoming.
These salary increases, in
cluding the additional costs of
social security and teacher re
tirement contributions, will
amount to a budget increase es
timated at $124,000.00. The
Board of Education informed the
County Commissioner and the
Board of Tax Assessors that
they would need approximately
$65,000.00 from the County and
from an increased tax digest
(over and above the normal in
crease due to growth of the
county) to enable them to grant
these salary raises. The Board
of Education expects to get the
balance of the $124,000.00 need
ed by making other adjustments in
its budget for the coming year.
Os the funds needed for these
raises, it is anticipated that ap
proximately $35,000.00 will come
from adjustments and increases
in the tax digest for the current
calendar year.
The planning by the Board of
Education is necessarily based
on their anticipation of a com
plete revaluation of all property
in the county for purposes of
taxation within the next twelve
(12) months.
“This satisfactory solution to
a difficult problem has been met
through the close cooperation of
the Board of Education, the
County Commissioner and the
Board of Tax Assessors. These
men have met in joint session
on several occasions and have
worked together in complete ac
cord and harmony in arriving at
this solution. The decisions made
by these officials have been un
animous.”
“This has been a critical sit-
New State Highway Signs On Square
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STATE HIGHWAY 81 (Loop) signs have recently been placed in down
town Covington. This one is in front of Peoples Drug Store and shows
that traffic has been routed from Georgetown, north of Oxford, via
Floyd Street on through Covington to Porterdale and McDonough.
NUMBER 12
Medicare
Applications
Available P.O.
Postmaster Lamar Callaway
of Covington Post Office an
nounced today that application
blanks for supplemental Medi
care benefits are available at
the Parcel window of the Coving
ton Post Office.
The application blanks are
being made available as the Social
Security Administration seeks to
contact 3.1 million senior
citizens before a March3l dead
line imposed by the Msdicare law.
President Johnson has pro
claimed March as “National
Medicare Enrollment Month.” He
urges all federal agencies and
all citizens to cooperate in en
rolling senior citizens in the pro
gram.
Initally, some two and one
half million application blanks
were distributed to nearly 34,000
main post offices throughout the
50 states. Additional forms are
available as needed.
Through direct mailing and
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uation which has been success
fully met by the officials of our
county. But in order to meet the
demands of the coming year, the
patience and understanding of all
our citizens will be necessary.
Many taxpayers must expect
minor increases in their taxes
for the current year,”
“The community has been act
ively supporting the teachers in
their demands for raises. The
“Save Our Schools” Committee
had an Action Committee work
ing closely with the county of
ficials in an effort to raise the
necessary funds,” stated Greeley
Ellis, chairman of the “Save
Our Schools” Action Committee
to work with Newton County of
ficials.