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HELLO DERE! Listenin’?
Well did you get that letter about
the Easter Seals for crippled
children and adults? Mr. C. G.
Henderson, at the Bank of Coving
ton is the Treasurer, and he’s
just er watchin’ every mall. . .
checks not cornin’ in fast now,
and we’ve just inched over half
of the quota for Newton County.
HELLO DERE? Is you listenin’?
Well get out that check book right
this minute and write a good check
for times er flyin’ and Newton
County cannot fail the little crip
pled children and wheel chair
patients of the elderly. . .No
siree! Git up and git goln’ and
fast, for time’s er flyin’ and the
gates will soon be shut and you
can’t be caught on the outside
failin’ to care for ‘‘the least of
these.”
Brother are we proud of our
boys and girls at High School. . •
all of um. • .but we had reference
to Sports in particular. . .Foot
ball, basketball, etc! Newton
County has really made the State
sit up and take notice. . .we are
Yellin’ our heads off for you young
people. . .and we want you to know
it!
Your Office Boy had the privi
lege of being a Judge of Sports
for the Louisiana Press Associa
tion. They had wonderful pictures
. . .basketball, baseball and foot
ball but. . .where they excelled in
sports (over us) was only in the
fishing line. . .You should have
seen the papers they sent to be
judged. . .we really wanted to wind
up our reel and make for that
country! Surely made a pretty
sports page. By the way, in thank
ing us for being one of their judges
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Womanless Wedding
At Newton High
Friday Evening
There will be a “Womanless
Wedding” at the Newton High
School Auditorium on Friday
night, April Ist at 8:00 o’clock.
Local musical talent will be in
cluded in the program. A cake
sale is also planned. Admission
will be sl. for adults and 50?
for students.
This program is being spon
sored by the Palmer Stone P.T. A.
and school. There is lots of fun
in store for everyone.
Newton And Georgia’s Bid
For Atoni Plant Is By-Passed
Newton County’s and eight
other proposed locations in the
State of Georgia were eliminated
Tuesday for a $375-million pro
ton accelerator plant. The lo
cation was in the Eastern section
of Newton County, and was visited
on a whirlwind tour last fall
by the site selection committee
of the National Academy of
Sciences.
Six sites recommended by an
academy selection team were
released Tuesday by the Atom
ic Energy Commission (AEC).
The AEC is to make the final
site selection for the world’s
largest atom smasher.
Recommended sites were Ann
Arbor, Mich.; Brookhaven Na
tional Laboratory at Upton,
Newton Launches FHA Week
March 28-Aprll 2 is National
Future Homemakers of America
week. The Newton Chapter is
undertaking some big plans for
this week. Here are the planned
activities:
Sunday - Attend Presbyterian
Church as a group. Red roses,
the club flower, will be placed in
the sanctuary.
Monday - is publicity day.
National FHA Week Is Underway In Newton County
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NATIONAL FUTURE Homemakers of America (FHA) Week, March 27-April 2 was decreed In Covington
by Mayor Walker Harris last week as these Newton FHA students and faculty advisors were present
at City Hall. From left to right: Mrs. Walter Pope, Newton FHA advisor; Judy Moseley, Newton FHA
president; Mayor Harris; Sheila Smith, Covington FHA president; and Miss Ellen Daniel, Covington
FHA president.
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VOLUME 101
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NEW STAMP Dispensing machine has been installed in the lobby of
the Covington Post Office. Shown using the machine Monday is
Mrs. Ty Cason of Covington, while Herbert Lott, Money Order
Clerk looks on. We might add that the 5? stamp sells for 5 cents
in the machine.
Auto Tags, Tax Return
Deadline Is Friday
The Newton County Tax Com
missioner’s Office in the rear of
the Courthouse is a beehive of
activity this week as the vehicle
license plate and tax return dead
line comes tomorrow, Friday,
April 1, according to an annouce
ment yesterday by Bonham John
son, Tax Commissioner.
Early Wednesday morning the
Tax Office had already sold some
8,400 tags for various vehicles.
This was comparable to the same
amount sold last year on April
Ist, the deadline date. Mr. John
son said the number of tags now
sold through Friday (all-day at
Long Island; Denver, Colo.;
Madison, Wis.; Sierra Foothills
near Sacramento, Calif., and
South Barrington near Chicago,
Illinois.
The AEC said the site selec
tion committee recommended
five of the locations because
they either have the “nucleus of
a strong accelerator design
group or one of the nation’s out
standing universities nearby.’’
Denver has neither of these,
said the AEC, but the area of
fers “ excellent geology, accessi
bility, good climate and an area
already available. ...”
The nine proposed Georgia
sites included those in Newton
County, Fulton County, Forsyth
County, Bainbridge, Savannah
and Meriwether County.
Posters and displays appear in
the halls and in downtown store
windows. We will have a spot
radio announcement. We will
present the morning devotion
over the PA system and also re
turn thanks at lunch each day.
The club colors red and white
will be worn by all members.
Tuesday- Magazines will be
brought to be donated to hospital
(taingtim
his office) will be above the figure
of last year at this time.
After Friday the penalty is 20%,
plus sl.
The date for making state and
county tax returns on all real
estate and personal property,
including all motor vehicles own
ed by you as of January Ist, Is
through April Ist at the Tax
Commissioner’s Office. Taxes
are to be paid from October Ist
to December 20th.
32 Persons Drew
Fines In City
Court On Monday
The Monday Court session of
Judge E. W. Strozier at Cov
ington City Hall Court Room
saw 32 persons draw fines or
forfeited their bonds on 10 dif
ferent counts.
Topping the list for fines as
sessed or bond forfeiture, were
seven persons charged with
speeding during the past week.
Five cases were called for reck
less driving and four for driving
under the influence. Three driv
ers were ticketed and tried for
driving without a license Mon
day.
Judge Strozier heard the usual
number of cases involving per
sons charged with drunkenness.
Five were fined on this charge.
In single cases heard or called
for trial were one motorist oper
ating a car without proper reg
istration, one with failing to yield
right-of-way, and another with
having a wreck.
patients. A trip to the nursing
home is also planned.
Wednesday - This is school
day, and a surprise teacher ap
preciation day is planned. We
plan to decorate the lunchroom.
Members will wear a garment
they have made. Teen times and
Georgia News, the FHA publica
tions, will be displayed in the
library.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1966
Newton’s New $30,000 Welfare
Building Under Construction
The new Newton County Department of Family And Children Ser
vices Building is presently being constructed at the corner of Highway
US 278 and Adams Street in Covington. The F&CS organization was
formerly designated as the Welfare Dept, of the county.
Commissioner Tom Bates said
that the approximate cost of the
building will be $30,000 and will
be paid from the county’s general
fund. He said pari of this money
had been accuminulated by his
office for the past two years since
the need of the building was
stressed by the overcrowded of
fice space adjacent and including
the Grand Jury room at the Court
house.
Miss Rebecca Pennington is the
director of the Department of
Family And Children Services In
Newton County. There are five
social workers In the local office
as follows: Mrs. Gene Dukes,
Mrs. Jeannette Porterfield, Mrs.
Carol McGlboney, Mrs. Martha
Wheeler. Also, a Child Welfare
Aide, Miss Elizabeth Nichol, has
her office with the local F&CS or
ganization.
There are also two steno
graphers employed by the Newton
County F&CS office, Miss Ruth
Parker and Mrs. Gayle M. Hayes.
Contractor of the building Is
Frank Christian of Covington. In
cluded in the air-conditioning
building will be the director’s
office, nine other offices, board
room office, filing room, furnace
room, two rest rooms and a wait
ing room. The entire set of of
fices will be on the ground floor
and will be most welcomed by
older people who have had to walk
up the courthouse steps to the
present Welfare offices.
Miss Pennington said that the
Welfare office here had been
‘‘kicked around since 1936” when
one employee was in the office
Heart Drive
Gets $2,808
Dr. T. L. Crews, chairman
of the Newton County Heart Fund,
and Rev. Wallace Roberts, co
chairman, have announced that
Newton County citizens gene
rously contributed $2,808.43 to
the Heart Fund Campaign during
its February drive.
Due to the efforts of Heart
Sunday canvassers, the teachers,
nurses and doctors who put on
such a great basketball game,
the civic leaders who entered
the “Miss Heart Fun” contest,
and numerous other loyal
helpers, we have exceeded our
1966 goal by nearly SIOO.OO.
“The publicity given by The
Covington News and Radio Station
WGFS has been invaluable. Truly
the success of this drive is in
dicative of the fine spirit that
abounds in Newton Countians.
These contributions will substan
tially help in the Heart Associa
tion’ s fight against diseases of the
heart and blood vessels. To one
and all, we are deeply grateful,”
the co-chairmen stated.
Thursday - Each member will
assume the duties of her mother
as we celebrate Family day.
Friday - is fun day and each
member is urged to plan some
special activity for her own
family group Friday or during the
weekend.
Saturday - Is “fund” day and we
encourage each member to be
very careful about her personal
budget.
FHA is the national organiza
tion of high school home econo
mics students. There are 600,000
members in 11,000 chapters in
the United States, Puerto Rico,
and Virgin Islands.
The club motto is Toward New
Horizons. The overall goal Is
Improving personal, family, and
community relations.
Judy Moseley Is the Newton
president. The advisor Is Mrs.
Walter Pope.
Holy Week Services At
Porterdale Presby. Church
The Presbyterian Church In
Porterdale will observe Holy
Week this year with a series of
special services on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, April 6,
7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. each even
ing.
The Rev. Samuel H. Chris
topher, Minister of the Rehoboth
Presbyterian Church in Decatur,
Georgia will be the guest
preacher for the services on
Wednesday and Friday evenings.
On Thursday evening of Holy-
Week the Sacrament of Holy Com-
upstairs in the Courthouse. The
office then was moved downstairs
to the back of the courthouse
where the present Tax Office Is
located. In 1955 It was moved
back upstairs and has been there
ever since.
Miss Pennington said that the
Newton County office of the Dept,
of Family and Children ser
vices supervises the disburse
ment of about a half-million dol
lars per year in the county to
recipients on the public assis
tance payrolls here.
For the past two years the of
fice space has been partitioned
off and Miss Pennington has been
using the Grand Jury room for
her office. When the Grand Jury
is in session she is forced to
move out.
Sam Ramsey To
Speak At Kiwanis
Club Today 1 PM
Sam Ramsey, a young busi
nessman of Covington, will be the
guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at Legion Home at 1
p.m.
Dean V. Y. C. Eady, the pro
gram chairman for the month of
March, said that this is the cap
stone for the series of local
talent featured on Kiwanis pro
grams. Young Ramsey has been
asked to take a look at the future
of Covington and Newton County
through the eyes of a young
businessman who was born and
reared here.
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Grady Campbell, president of
the Oxford College Student Body,
was the guest speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis Club meeting
Thursday at Legion Home.
Campbell’s speech gave some
interesting facts about the his
tory of Emory-At-Oxford, and
he also told of the present-day
campus life and activities at the
college.
Visitors at the meeting In
cluded Lindy Davis, a guest of
Ray Reece; S. R. Campbell, fat
her of the speaker, guest of
Fred Harwell; Marshall Ellzer,
guest of J. Hamby Barton; J. F.
Bickmore, guest of Wendell W.
Crowe; B. C. Calhoun, guest of
Virgil Eady, Jr.; and Key Club
members Stanley Argo and Rich
ard Allen of NCHS.
Downtown Merchants Are
Staging Pre-Easter Sale
Covington’s Downtown Mer
chants are jointly staging a “Pre
view Os Spring” sale in stores
around and near the City Square.
The sales event is set for 10
days preceding Easter, March
31st through April 9th.
A 20-page supplement (in
color) in The Covington NEWS
today gives particulars of the
Pre-Easter sale in the various
stores participating in this gi
gantic event.
Not only are the Downtown
Covington stores welcoming
spring to Newton County, but
the merchants are offering new
spring and summer merchandise
at special savings during these
10 days.
Every store listed in the NEWS
Supplement this week invite fri
ends and customers from near
and far to visit them, especially
at this time of year and take
advantage of this great sale.
Downtown Merchants whose
advertisements appear in the
Supplement this week are as fol
lows:
munion will be observed during
the service with the pastor, Mr.
Rudolph, conducting this ser
vice.
This will mark the fifth con
secutive year that the Presby
terian Congregation in Porter
dale has observed Holy Week
with these special services.
These services, which recall the
Passion of Jesus Christ and an
ticipate the celebration of His
Resurrection on Easter Sunday,
have proved a blessing to all
who have participated in them.
The public Is cordially invited
to participate in these services.
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NCHS STUDENTS above at Flcquett Cafetorium, where they were honored at the Rotary Club’s Top Ten
Banquet, are Seniors in the top ten percent, scholastic bracket of the Class of 1966. Left to right, they
are, seated: Virginia Thomas, Donna Moody, Lou Anne Tuck, Dale Jones, Gwen Stubbs, Sandra Allen,
Betty Benton, Sandra Ozburn, Babs Stubbs, Barbara Morgan and Marilyn Lord; Standing: Billy Shepherd,
Edgar Callaway, Charles Lassiter, John Dickinson, Dolores Davis, Susan Elliott, Pricilla Prosser,
Bob Richardson, Ken Johnson, Bill Wood, Phil Jones and Jimmy Blankenship.
Rotarians Pay Tribute To Scholastic
Achievement Os NCHS’ Top 10% Seniors
Intellectual achievement was Oxford College Faculty members
payed tribute, Tuesday evening and their wives; and Rotariannes
at Flcquett Cafetorium, where were recognized among the 190
Covington Rotary Club signally guests for the occasion.
honored twenty-three Newton Rotary President D.M. John-
County High School Seniors, who son cordially welcomed guests,
comprised the scholastic Top Ten and presented the Rev. Mr. Owen
percent of the Class of 1966. Kellum, Jr., who offered the in-
The Top Ten honor guests vocation. Guests were intro
were: Virginia Thomas, Donna duced by Jack Christian, Sgt.-
Moody, Lou Anne Tuck, Dale at-arms; and Newton County Sc-
Jones, Gwen Stubbs, Sandra hool Superintendent J. W, Rich-
Allen, Betty Benton, Sandra ardson congratulated the honor
Ozburn, Babs Stubbs, Barbara students; and' recognized their
Morgan, Marilyn Lord, Billy NCHS instructors. TopTenCer-
Shepherd, Edgar Callaway, Jr., tiflcates were awarded the honor
Charles Lassiter, John Dicker- guests, at which time their par
son, Dolores Davis, Suzan Elliott, ents were recognized, by im-
Pricllla Prosser, Bob Richard- mediate Past Rotary President
son, Kenneth Johnson, Bill Wood, Jim Purcell.
Phil Jones and Jimmy Blanken- Dr. Charles T. Lester, of
ship. Parents of the Top Tens, Emory University, the evening’s
their NCHS instructors and Prin- speaker, was introduced by one
cipal and Mrs. Homer Sharp; of his former students, Carlos
Key Speakers To Address The 3-Day
: Meeting Os Jehovah's Witnesses Here
Final plans and assignment of
speakers for the three day semi
annual Circuit Assembly of Je
hovah’s Witnesses in Covington
White’s in Covington and Por
terdale, Cohen’s, J. C. Pool Com
pany, Hutchins Dept. Store, The
Oxford Shop, Allen’s 5 & 10?
Store, Economy Auto Stores,
Wood Dickinson Furniture Co.,
White’s Tire & Auto Supply,
King-Hicks Hardware Co., Hen
son Furniture Co., Harper’s
5 & 10? Store, Covington Fur
niture Co., Covington Furniture
Exchange, Ramsey Furniture
Company.
John Anderson,
WSB Weatherman,
CofC Speaker Mon.
John Anderson, WSB-TV weat
herman, and State Volunteer
Training Chairman 1966 Edu
cation-Funds Crusade of the Can
cer Society, will be the guest
speaker at the Covington-Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
meeting Monday, April 4, at the
Teen Can building at 12:30 p.m.
Ray Reece, president of the
Newton County Chapter of the
American Cancer Society, will
introduce the speaker.
Following the 12:30 luncheon
meal President Dean Getz of the
Chamber of Commerce will con
duct a short business meeting
at which chairmen of the various
committees will give reports for
the month.
Mr. Anderson is senior staff
announcer for WSB-TV, having
been with that station for the past
five years. He is a native of
New England and attended the
University of North Carolina and
Boston University.
A victim of cancer himself,
he is now cured and devotes
much of his time to his present
appointment as State Volunteer
Training Chairman of the Can
cer Society. Mr. Anderson Is
the father of,three girls, ages
2, 4 and 6 years.
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Obituary 6
Society ... 9
Sports 13
Legal 10-18
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Oxford College Faculty members
and their wives; and Rotariannes
were recognized among the 190
guests for the occasion.
Rotary President D. M. John
son cordially welcomed guests,
and presented the Rev. Mr. Owen
Kellum, Jr., who offered the in
vocation. Guests were intro
duced by Jack Christian, Sgt.-
at-arms; and Newton County Sc
hool Superintendent J. W. Rich
ardson congratulated the honor
students; and ' recognized their
NCHS instructors. Top Ten Cer
tificates were awarded the honor
guests, at which time their par
ents were recognized, by im
mediate Past Rotary President
Jim Purcell.
Dr. Charles T. Lester, of
Emory University, the evening’s
speaker, was introduced by one
of his former students, Carlos
this Friday, Saturday and Sunday
were announced by convention
official, Alferd W. Washington.
The program will consist of
morning, afternoon and evening
sessions of Bible talks, discus
sions and demonstrations design
ed to train the delegates to obey
the command of Jesus to “make
disciples of people of all the na
tions.” -Matt. 28: 19,20.
Key speakers will be James A.
Thompson Jr., and Mr. Washing-
Holy Week Services Scheduled
At Church Os The Good Shepherd
During Holy Week, the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal
will offer beginning with Palm
Sunday the following services in
preparation for Easter: On Mon
day and Tuesday evening Holy
Communion will be celebrated at
7:30 P.M. On Wednesday, Holy
Communion will be celebrated at
the regular time of 10 A.M. On
Maunday Thursday there will be
a service of Holy Communion
at 7:30 P.M. On Good Friday,
there will be a three hour ser
vice, of meditation and prayer.
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Covington Chamber of Commerce Speaker
Monday At Noon
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Meyer. Dr. Lester expressed
pleasure at having the privilege
of returning to participate in a
program connected with Newton
High, which is his own Alma
Mater; and extended con
gratulations to the Top Ten upon
their splendid achievements.
He reminded them that the high
level of learning which they had
attained, brought them even
greater obligation; and that this
manifestation of their high cap
abilities made their contem
poraries expect more of them,
than of the average student. “As
leaders of tomorrow”. Dr. Les
ter said, “I would exhort you to
be moral, infleuntial,
courageous, and dedicate men
and women.” Citing their in
tellectual endowment and respon-
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ton, Watchtower Society repre
sentatives, sent out from New
York. Mr. Thompson will open
the three day program Friday at
7 p.m., with the discourse on the
convention theme, “Make Dis
ciples of People of All the Na
tions.” He will also be chair
man for the Ministry School,
held weekly in all congregations
of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Enroll-
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This year the Reverend John
Crow, Presbyterian Minister of
the Cherokee District, and pre
sently Chaplain of the Georgian
Clinic, will be the guest preach
er.
Anyone so desiring to partake
of the Good Friday service is
invited to attend at any time
between the hours of 12 o’clock
and 3 o’clock Friday. Easter
services will be 8 o’clock, Holy
Communion; 9:45 Family Ser
vice, and 11 A.M. a Choral Euc
harist.