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The death of our dear friend,
Mrs. W. K. Swann (Stella), who
was a near neighbor, did not
come as a shock to the com
munity, for she had been ill
for some time. Mrs. Swann
was a teacher for 33 years here.
She reared a beautiful family and
was loved by all who knew her.
She will be greatly missed here,
and the hearts of all her friends,
and the many young people she
taught will mourn her passing.
She was just as beautiful in per
son as in character. She had not
been well for a long time, but
only recently was she confined to
the hospital in Atlanta. She has
left a beautiful heritage in her
fine children.
Another dainty little friend, 88
years old, to whom we were
devoted, was the mother of one
of our Sunday school girls of
many years ago. She passed
away on the 30th of May. It
was Mrs. Mary Austin. We had
become so devoted to her as her
Sunday School Teacher, from the
Extension Department of the
First Baptist Church Sunday Sc
hool. She had been abed patient,
in her home, with her devoted
children Margaret Austin Collins
and her husband, Cornelius, tak
ing care of her for several years.
In her younger days she had been
Grand ... and Mother to her
grandchildren, while her child
ren were at work. Our visits
there were a great inspiration
to us. She was sweet and gentle
and gracious no matter how she
felt. She looked forward to our
visits as much as we did. The
memory of our time together
will ever be a sacred memory,
and our heart goes out to these
children and grands and the child
ren of Stella Swann, in a very
special way.. .which you cannot
explain except with that little four
lettered word.. .L-O-V-E.
The Extenson Department met
on Tuesday evening, and the
members mourned the loss of
this member, Mrs. Austin. She
was such an inspiration at 88,
sweet and gentle, and reading
literature left for her, especially
the magazine “Home Life’’, with
the Dally Bible Readings. One
special visit will ever live within
our heart. We had a nice visit,
reviews of the lesson for the
week, then we talked. She re
membered way back when 1 was
Margaret’s Sunday School Teach
er. . .we started to leave, took
her tiny hand in ours and said we
must go now.. .and she primped
her little mouth to cry and said:
“Aren’t you going to have a
little prayer with me before you
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Piano Pupils Os
Mrs. Caldwell’s In
Recital Thursday
Mrs. Lewis Caldwell presents
a group of her pupils In a piano
recital Thursday evening, June
2 at 7:30 o’clock in the Flcquett
Auditorium.
Those appearing on the pro
gram are: Ray Lingold, Monty
Carglle, Susan Ridling, Cindy
Daws, Anita Bailey, Molly Man
ley, Claudia Webb, Moody Sum
mers, Tommie Crews, Sharon
Tuggle, Carol Edwards, Rhonda
Mobley, Debbie Prescott, Lisa
Johnson, Ivy Carglle, Brenda
Pullin, Amanda Ginn, Donna Cas
on, Susan Whatley, Andrea Pin
son, Patti Robinson, Bobble
Churchill, Nancy Lott, Biff Hut
chinson, Bill Callaway, Wayne
Shadix, Libby Callaway, Gall
Costley, Bbb Mobley, Bob Burn
ett, Deborah Morford, Belva
Booker, Carol Crawford, Kay
Adams, Susan Lott, Denise Ed
wards, Karen Meadors, and Wan
da Shadix.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Newton Mental Health Officers Met Thursday
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NEWTON MENTAL Health Board of Directors met Thursday at Legion Home where the guest official
was Dr. Ilhan Ermutlu (left). Director of The Community Services Branch, State Div. of Mental Health.
Shown with Dr. Ermutlu, after the meeting are, from left to right: Mrs. R. M. Paty, chairman of the
local Mental Health Clinic project; Mrs. Mort Ewing, president of the Newton MH Association; and
Dr. C. B. Teal, Jr., District 29 Medical Director.
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Young , Hod Harrowing Escape From This Car
THIS AUTOMOBILE plunged down this ravine on State Route 142 late Sunday night and its driver,
WiHie Clarence Ponder 19, of Mansfield was trapped in the car, and area for more than a day with
a broken leg. He was found Tuesday morning after he was able to crawl to the edge of the highway and
signal for help. Viewing the wreckage early Tuesday morning are, from left to right: State Trooper
Larry Miller, Deputy Sheriff Robert Cook, Sheriff Henry Odum, Jr. and Horace Jones, of a wrecker
service. The immediate embankment near the car was a 5-foot precipice, and another 60 ft. to the
paved highway.
Cousins Senior Spends 2 Nights
At Wreckage Os Car Seeking Help
Willie Clarence Ponder is a
19-year-old member of the R. L.
Cousins senior class and was to
have received his diploma along
with other members of the class
at graduation exercises Tuesday
night at the Cousins Auditorium.
The two nights previous to Tues
day are the ones that Willie
will never forget.
He was on his way home in
Mansfield about 9:30 Sunday night
when his car went out of con
trol on State Highway 142 just
North of the Pony Express Junc
tion. It plunged down a 60-foot
ravine and Into a culvert and
swamp. Young Ponder suffered
a broken leg and somehow man
aged to crawl out of the car,
which was partially submerged
in the water.
This was only the start of his
harrowing experiences which
covered two nights and finally
came to an end on Tuesday morn
ing about 7:30 when a pulpwood
truck driver saw the Injured man
crawling up the bank and waving
his coat. The wreckage of the
car was so far hidden from the
road that Ponder could not be
seen and his yells for help went
unheeded for two nights and one
day.
Tuesday morning Junior Dale,
driving a pulpwood truck for
Hoyt Rutherford of Covington,
saw the boy on the side of the
road and stopped to help him.
Ponder was rushed to Newton
County Hospital where attendants
said late Tuesday that he was
suffering from cold and wet ex
posure, but he was OK otherwise
VBS At Baptist
Church Set For
June 5 Thru 10
Vacation Bible School at The
First Baptist Church of Covington
will begin on June 5 through
June 10. The time each morning
will be 8:30 until 11:30. Every
one from 3 to 12 years old is
invited to attend.
Preparation Day will begin with
a parade starting at the church
on June 3 at 4 P.M.
Cnuuujtnn
with the exception of his crushed
leg.
Newton Sheriffs Dept, and
State Highway Patrolman Larry
Miller investigated the accident.
Sheriff Henry Odum said that the
boy must have been In good
physical condition because he had
to climb a five-foot bank near
the wrecked car and then crawl
all the way up to the paved high
way. Odum also said that he
would guess that at least 500
cars had passed the scene of the
accident on Monday and Monday
night. The car had apparently
hit a cement culvert and plunged
into the swamp. The motor was
thrown clear of the auto.
Mrs. Harwell’s
Piano Pupils In
Recital June 3
Mrs. Tom Harwell will pre
sent her piano pupils in a re
cital at Flcquett Elementary
School, on Friday evening, June
3, at 8 o’clock.
The program will consist of
solos and ensemble numbers for
one and two pianos.
Appearing on the program will
be: Dacus Aaron, Chris Adams,
Bobbie Wrenn Banks, Marlgene
Banks, Jerry Davenport, Terry
Davenport, Gil Gainer, SheHah
Head, Jamie Henderson, Leila
Hudson, Sally Irwin, Paul Jer
nigan, Bonnie Johnson, Holly
Johnson, Becky Kirkland, June
Kirkland, Leslie Mclntosh,
Huanne Moore, Vickie Shepherd,
and Phyllis Ward.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
PILOT CLUB MEETS
TONIGHT AT 7:15
The Pilot Club Executive Board
will meet Thursday night at 7:15
p.m. The business meeting will
begin at 8 p.m. Both meetings
will be held in the Newton Coun
ty Board of Education Building.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 2, 1966
David Morrison
Presents Program
At Rotary Club
Mack Johnson, president of
the Covington Rotary Club, pre
sided at their regular meeting
Tuesday at the Teen Can. He
gave a special welcome to Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Alluell, Rotarian
of Newark, New Jersey, who
were guests at the meeting.
David Morrison, Rotarian and
manager of Southern Manor Fur
niture Company, presented a
most interesting program on a
Hammond organ he had brought
to the meeting for the program.
Among the selections played by
the musician for the enjoyment
of the group were: "Whisper
ing”, "Autumn Leaves”, "Once
in Love With Amy”, "Danny
Boy”, "Got a Date With an
Angel”, "Yesterday”, and
“Swinging on a Star”.
Mental Health
Clinic Discussed
At Board Meeting
The Newton County Mental
Health Association Directorshad
an opportunity last Thursday in
a question and answer meeting
with Dr. Ilhan M. Ermutlu, Dir
ector, Community Services Bra
nch, Division of Mental Health,
Georgia Department of Public
Health, to learn something of
his ideas of what the projected
Mental Health Clinic can do for
Newton County.
Dr. Ermutlu made it plain
that his concept of a Mental
Health team’s work was both
direct service to referred pat
ients and Indirect service as
consultant to groups whose work
brings them into contact with
emotional problems of children
and adults. He stressed the point
that by working through others a
team could increase its services
manyfold.
The actual development of a
specific program, Dr. Ermutlu
said, would be the responsibility
of the psychiatric team and Dr.
C. B. Teal, Jr., Medical Dlr
। ector of Public Health District
No. 29.
Dr. Teal, who also attended
the meeting, and Dr. Ermutlu
are now investigating personnel
and believe that Newton County’s
nearness to Atlanta will be a
decided asset in their search.
Both doctors seem to believe
that of the three specialists to
make up the team, a psychiat
rist, a psychologist, and a social
worker , the social worker will
be most difficult to find because
they are usually employed full
time. However, Dr. Ermutlu
added that he could see no reason
why work could not begin as soon
as even one of the team Is
secured. It Is hoped that work
can begin sometime between July
Ist and September.
The Mental Health clinic is
sponsored by the Newton County
Mental Health Association with
the co-operation of the Newton
County Board of Health and Com
missioner T. M. Bates. It will
be under the direction of Dr.
Teal. The Association is con
tributing $4,000.00 on a matching
basis with the State, and with
some help from the County, to
ward the cost of the first year.
The Mental Health Association
is one of a number of agencies
supported by the Covington-New
ton County United Fund.
Phil Jones Is Top Honor
Graduate At Newton High
FOURTH ANNUAL COOK BOOK
OF BEST RECIPES UNDERWAY
Miss Judy Barker
Receives Award Os
Merit At W.C.
Miss Judy Barker of Porter
dale, a senior at the Woman’s
College of Georgia, Milledge
ville, has been awarded the NBE A
Award of Merit for outstanding
achievement in Business Educat
ion at the coHege, according to
an announcement by Dr. Joseph
F. Specht, Professor of the De
partment of Business Adminis
tration, at the college.
The award consists of an at
tractive certificate, ayear’spro
fessional membership in the Nat
ional Business Education Assoc
iation, a special simulated
leather binder for current issues
of Business Education Forum
(a national professional maga
zine for business teachers), and
the National Business Education
Yearbook. This award is spon
sored by the National Business
Education Association and Its
Teacher Education Division, and
National Association for Bus
iness Teacher Education.
The award was presented to
Miss Barker at a Departmental
’’Balance Your Summer With Books”
Is Theme Os Reading Program
This is a regular feature of the
summer program of the Newton
County Library and will begin
Thursday June 2nd.
The subject this year is
“BALANCE YOUR SUMMER
WITH BOOKS’’. Note the new
library hours. Open every day
except Wednesday from 9:30-
12 and 3-6.
Please come only during lib
rary hours. The deposit Is for
use only when the library is not
( open so please bring your books
in when library is open. Fines
Homecoming Sun.
At No. Covington
Homecoming will be observed
at North Covington Methodist
Church Sunday, June 5. Rev.
Sidney Whiteman, pastor of the
church, announces that Rev. Jack
Nichols, Assistant Superinten
dent Methodist Children’s Home
in Decatur and former pastor of
North Covington Church, wUI de
liver the Homecoming sermon
at 11 a.m.
Following the morning ser
vice a basket lunch will be held
on the church grounds.
Mrs. Swann, Retired Teacher,
Dies In An Atlanta Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. W.
K. (Stella) Swann were held Mon
day afternoon, May 30, at the
First Methodist Church with Rev.
Grady Lively, pastor of Sylvan
Hills Methodist Church in At
lanta, formerly of Covington, and
Rev. Claud Broach of Char
lotte, North Carolina officiating
at the last rites.
Mrs. Swann was a retired first
grade teacher of Covington and
Ficquett Schools, having taught
for over 30 years prior to her
retirement. During this time
she endeared herself to hund
reds of children as well as their
parents by her gracious manner
and altruism. She was a faith
ful member of the Covington Book
Club, Covington Music Club and
the Covington Woman’s Club, as
well as taking an active part in
church work.
Prior to her marriage to the
late Dr. W. K. Swann, she was
Stella Upshaw of Monroe. She
was 72 years old at the time of
her death In an Atlanta hospital,
on Sunday, May 29, where she
was taken two months ago when
she became 111.
Surviving are two sons, Dr.
W. K. Swann Jr., Knoxville, Ten
nessee; Paul Swann, Dalton; three
daughters, Mrs. Robert Wharton,
Atlanta; Mrs. Reid Childers,
Griffin; Mrs. W. T. Rainey, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee; three sisters,
Mrs. E. S. Herndon, Social Cir
cle; Mrs. H. F. Bonner, Atlanta;
Mrs. W. E. Broach, Charlotte,
North Carolina and 16 grand
children.
Interment was in Covington
City Cemetery with J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Ser
ving as pallbearers were Moody
Summers, Jr., Dr. G. G. Tuck,
The Covington NEWS Fourth
Annual Cook Book, featuring local
recipes by home folks, is starting
this week and will run through
July 16. The Cook Book Itself
will be published in The NEWS
on July 23.
Again this year prize winning
recipes in three categories will
be printed in the Cook Book. The
categories are: (1) Meats and
Fish, (2) Vegetables and Salads,
(3) Baking and Desserts. Val
uable prizes will be given in all
categories.
Last year’s grand prize win
ning recipe was submitted by
Mrs. Marlon A. Mobley, Jack
son Road, Covington. Her recipe
was “Chicken and Walnuts —
Chinese.’
Don’t delay, mall In your fav
orite recipe today. It may be a
winner!
Tea at the college on May 31.
Miss Barker is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Pate Bar
ker of Porterdale. She is a
graduate of Newton County High
School. During her college car
eer she has served as president
of Pi Omega Pi, National Honor
ary Undergraduate Business
Education Fraternlte, was a
member of Phi Beta Lambda
and FTA.
are 5 cents a day per book so
watch the date due and get your
books back on time.
When you enroll you wiU re
ceive a folder to list the books
read. This folder must be re
turned to Mrs. Dietz at the lib
rary when you finish reading.
The certificates wHI be given
out at school in the early fall.
If you read as many as 10 books
you win receive a certificate
and If you read 25 or more your
certificate wIH have a gold star.
So let’s all read this summer.
Mamas and papas are welcome
also as we have lots of books
for their reading pleasure.
Mansfield Masons
Meet Tonight At 8
The regular Communication of
Mansfield Lodge #489 will be
held on June 2 at 8 P.M. The
master Mason Degree will be
conferred.
All members are urged to at
tend. All qualified masons are
invited. Refreshments will be
served. (James D. Hays, W.M.)
Dr. E. J. Callaway, Charles King,
George Hutchinson and A. H.
David.
The NEWS joins the large cir
cle of friends and former stu
dents of the beloved teacher in
extending deepest sympathy to
her family In their bereavement.
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NEWTON COUNTY HIGH School Senior Class of 1966, which numbered 174 members for the largest
group in the history of the school, is shown seated on the North side of the NCHS gymnasium. The
Baccalaureate Sermon was delivered Sunday evening and the Graduation Program was held on Monday
evening.
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Top Honor Graduate of the 1966 Newton County High School
graduating class is Phil Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Jones,
He was the recipient of the Billie Porter Memorial Scholarship
which was in the amount of SI,OOO this year. This scholarship
is set up in the will of the late James H. Porter and the income
annually goes to the NCHS top graduate.
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Kiwanis To Award
Scholarships
Today At I PM
The Kiwanis Club Scholarship
Committee, Rucker Ginn, Chair
man, will have charge of the pro
gram today at Legion Home at
1 o’clock.
Some 10 scholarships will be
awarded and the recipients will
make short talks as to their
plans for entering college and
their chosen field of academic
work.
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At the Kiwanis meeting last
Thursday two new members were
Inducted into the local club. They
were Walton Strozler and Johnny
Prescott. Klwanlan Edgar Wood
handled the Induction ceremony.
Guest speaker at the meeting
was Dr. Hhan Ermutlu of At
lanta. He spoke on the subject
of Mental Illness. Dr. Ermutlu
was Introduced by program
chairman of the day, W. J. Dic
key.
Those of the Newton Mental
Health Association visiting at
the meeting were Mrs» Mort
Ewing, president; Mrs. R. M.
Paty and Dr. R. M. Paty. Other
visitors Included: Ed Wheeler,
retiring president of the Circle
K at Oxford College; Fred Shelf
er, incoming president of the
Circle K; Jim Cole, Vice-Pres
ident of the Club; Chester Par
ker, Incoming president of the
Newton County Key Club.
A group of Eighth Grade stu
dents who comprised the upper
10% of their class were guests
of the club and were Introduced
by Principal George Hutchinson.
They are: Karen Meadors, Jim
Peay, Phyllis Ward, Lynn Rainey,
Linda Evans, Robbie Rape, BUI
Brooks, Phil Johnson and Pam
Bohannon.
‘Youth For Christ’
Scheduled At
Baptist Church
Beginning with the closing of
the morning service on June
5, the Young People of the First
Baptist Church will begin a week
of activities claiming “Our Youth
For Christ’’.
Services wUI begin with supper
each evening at 6:30 p.m. follow
ed by a period of Bible study and
Christian application led by out
standing Christians from various
sections of the state.
Culminating the week wUI be
a lakeside service on Saturday
night, foHowed by the youth of
the church assuming the places
of leadership In the church on
Sunday.
Rev. E. A. Callaway, pastor
of the church said, “As God
lays claim to these young lives
we are attempting great things
for God and expecting great things
from God.’’
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All scholarships, awards and
honors were announced at the
Newton High graduation program
Monday evening at the NCHS
gymnasium. Sunday evening the
Baccalaureate Sermon was de
livered at the same gymnasium
by the Reverend Frank Prince,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church in Athens. Rev. Prince
was formerly pastor of the First
Methodist Church in Covington.
The NCHS Class of 1966 saw
174 seniors receive diplomas
from Homer F. Sharp, Super
vising Principal. Top students
of the class were on the program
Monday evening and the theme
was “Reflections.’’
The Swann Scholarship was
awarded to Dana Hayes, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Emery O. Hayes.
This scholarship is valued at
$759. and is a trust fund set up
by Mrs. Frank Miller In memory
of her son Thomas Chalmers
Swann HI. It is for an NCHS
senior entering nearby Oxford
College.
Other awards announced Mon
day included:
Star Student, Jimmy Blanken
ship; DAR Good Citizenship Pil
grimage, Sandra Allen; School
Citizen of Year, Bill Wood; Elks
Club Awards (Leadership):
Brenda Bonner and MarUyn Lord,
Bill Everitt and Bill Wood; DCT
Award, Ruth Roberts, $l5O from
Covington Lions Club.
Basketball, Truett-McConnell
College, J. W. Rutledge; Bob
Richardson, Young Harris Col
lege; baseball Grant -In - Aid,
Tony White, Tennessee Tech;
Music, Middle Tenn. State Uni
versity, Phil Waters; Davidson
College, Edgar Callaway.
Georgia Teachers Scholar
ships, Lou Anne Tuck and Sandra
Allen; National Merit Finalist,
Dale Jones (Ga. Institute of Tech
nology, Lowry Memorial Sc
holarship and Federal Opport
unity grant/, Georgia Power
Company Scholarship SSOO, Vir
ginia Thomas.
Ram Booster Scholastic, Ath
letic Awards, Priscilla Prosser,
BIHy Shepherd and Bob Richard
son (all plaques); Christian Cit
izenship Award, Porterdale
Men’s Club, Priscilla Prosser;
Rotary Achievement, Lou Anne
Tuck and Charles Lassiter;
Sears, Roebuck Foundation S3OO
to Univ, of Ga., Arthur Hargrove.
DAR Good Citizenship, Bar
bara Morgan and Bill Everitt;
American Legion and Auxiliary,
$200., Marilyn Lord; Pilot Club
of Covington SIOO., Gwen Stubbs;
Covington Service Guild $200.,
Don Ervin; Lithonia Lighting Co.
$200., Lou Anne Tuck.
Kiwanis Club of Covington
(amounts to be announced today):
Bill Everitt, Larry McMichael,
Donna Moody, Virginia Thomas,
Gwen Stubbs, Marilyn Lord,
Linda McMichael, Brenda Bon
ner, Lou Anne Tuck and Sandra
AHen.
In recognitions there was one
with perfect attendance, not only
through the 12 years of elemen
tary and high school, but also
one year in kindergarten. She
was Judy Moseley. Toni BeHew
had 10 years of perfect at
tendance.
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