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VOLUME 101
Funny how, when the going is
hard, some of us just “give
up.” Do you know we all have
dark hours, trials, tribulations
• . .hard knocks come to us. . ,
but the most amazing thing, that
fills ones soul with “bubbling
over” joy. . .is the wonderful
manner in which FAITH. . .(just
five little letters) in that five
letter word, so marvelous. . .
“J-E-S-U-S”, helps. It helps
each one of us to rise above
all the bickering, the hardships,
unjust acts, sorrows and hard
knocks of this life. . .He, and He
alone, can do just that for us!
IF WE KEEP THE FAITH!. . .
Who was it that said: “All the
water in the ocean cannot sink
our little boat, if the water does
not get inside it.” Well let’s
call our lives, hearts and soul
the SHIP. . .and know that noth
ing can injure or sink that ship
. . .unless it gets into it. Our
sails are always set for that
goal the Master promised us
. . .and nothing, remember, can
sink the boat unless the water
gets into it. . .or we let bitt
erness, greed, cheating, lies,
slander and the ugly things of
life come into our lives to wreck
them.
High school girls and boys will
not all go to College. . .but we’d
like to say to those who do or
do not go. . . you are setting
your sails now to pattern your
life. There is a goal you can
reach, the very highest ambition
may be realized. . .by keeping
Christ within your boat. . .that
is, your heart. . .and letting Him
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Porterdale Makes
Plans For A
Kindergarten
PORTERDALE — Plans are
underway at the Porterdale Bap
tist Church for their first week
day kindergarten to begin early
in September 1966. Mrs. Claud
Jordan, an experienced teacher
from Covington, has been secured
as the director of this wonderful
venture which will be held from
nine to twelve each weekday
morning. The ages of children
who will be accepted are four
and five year old children.
For any further information
about this project, please contact
the church office, telephone #
786-2650.
Job Interviews Underway
For Plastics Plant Here
Mobil Chemical Company’s
Plastics Division began inter
viewing applicants in Covington
June 6 for employment at Mo
bil’s new plastic products plant
being constructed at Covington.
Mobil released an architect’s
rendering of the first building
in the new facility which is sc
heduled to be completed in the
fall of 1966. The plant, which
will be situated on an 84-acre
site, was designed by Mobil’s
architectural staff and will be
constructed by Timothy Mc-
Carthy Construction Company,
Architect’s Drawing Os Covington’s New Kordite Packaging Plant
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ARCHITECT’S RENDERING shows new plastics plant to be constructed at Covington
by plastics division of Mobil Chemical Company. To be operated by the Division’s
Kordite Packaging Department, the factory will manufacture bags and other
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COUNTY SCHOOL BOND VOTE WEDNESDAY
Oxford College Graduates Largest Class
Grady Campbell, David Rainey
In Last Class Under Dean lady
Covington’s Grady Campbell and David Rainey were among the
125 graduates of Oxford College of Emory University’s largest
graduating class, which held its commencement exercises in Allen
Memorial auditorium June 12. Grady Campbell was president of the
student body and an honor student. David Rainey was a student
leader and assistant to Rev. G. Robert Gary, Pastor and Director
of Religious Activities.
Dr. R. Carl Chandler, Chair
man of Standard Packaging Cor
poration of New York City told
the graduates, “We are living in
a period of great changes. There
are changes in business, educat
ion, management, and every other
aspect of life.” Citing vital
statistics the New York business
executive said, “In order to face
these changes courageously and
effectively, you must be ready
Negro Man Held In Strangle
Death Os 35-Year-Old Woman
Covington and Newton County
Police officers are holding a 34-
year-old Negro man who they say
has confessed to the strangu
lation death of a Negro woman
in Covington sometime during
the night of June 4 on the banks
of Dried Indian Creek north of
the Slaughter Pen.
Arrested at the scene of the
crime Sunday morning, June 5,
soon after the woman’s body
was discovered was Luther Glen
Lundy, 352 Irvin Street, Atlanta.
The murdered victim’s name is
Mrs. Mammie Holland of Hen
dricks Circle, Covington, ac
cording to Covington City Po
lice.
Coroner Sam Cowan’s report
showed that the woman “had
been strangled with her • slip,
which was tightly knotted around
and imbedded in throat.” Police
said that her body was also muti
lated in some parts.
Atlanta.
"We are now hiring main
tenance and secretarial per
sonnel and are taking applications
for operator openings which we
will start filling at the end of
June,” said Gerald Wendel, plant
manager. He added, "We will
provide job opportunities right
here in Covington for people
who are now commuting long dis
tances to their jobs.” Mr. Wendel
may be reached at the oIdR.E.A.
building on Pace Street in Cov
ington, where Mobil has tem
porarily taken offices.
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to face these challenges.”
Dr. Virgil Y. C. Eady, who
retires August 31st, said, “This
is my class. lam graduating
with them.” Continuing in this
vein but with a touch of humor
the venerable dean remarked,
“The only difference is that it
has taken me 37 years to reach
this point, while it has taken
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A teen-age boy Luther Brown
found the victim’s body about 8:30
a. m. Sunday morning as he walk
ed along a path on the creek.
It was reported that Lundy had
made his temporary home near
by. When arrested he had a tom
place on his pants and some
blood spots, according to in
vestigating officers. Articles
of clothing were sent to the
State Crime Lab for examinat
ion.
After questioning Sunday and
Monday morning by Covington
Police, Newton County Sheriffs
Dept., City Detective W. W. Kit
chens and GBI Agent D. C. Ghor
mley, Lunday signed a full con
fession to the crime. He, at first,
accused another Negro, but then
after the confession he absolved
the other man.
It is expected that Lundy’s
trial will be held at the next
term of Newton Superior Court.
The new plant will manufacture
a variety of plastic film pro
ducts including plastic bags for
produce and baked goods, gar
ment bags for laundry and dry
cleaning, and receptacle liners
for waste baskets, hospital con
tainers and garbage cans. The
facility will serve Alabama, Flo
rida, Georgia, Mississippi, North
and South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia and parts of Louisiana
according to William Dodenhoff,
general manager of the Kordite
Packaging Department.
plastic film items for markets in nine southern states. It is expected to be in
operation in the fall and will ultimately employ some 800 workers. Gerry Wendel
is the plant manager.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1^66
Dean Eady Receives An Award At Commencement Program
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DE AN V. Y. C. EADY of Oxford College is being presented an award as Honor Alumnus of Emory'
University by Dr. R. Carl Chandler, president of Emory University Alumni Association. The pre
sentation was made during the commencement exercises at Allen Memorial Auditorium Sunday after
noon. Dean Eady is retiring in September after 37 years with Oxford College as professor and dean.
Simkins Announces For 10th
District Congressman Seat
Leroy Hampton Simkins, Jr.,
Republican Representative from
Richmond County, has announced
his candidacy for the 10th Con
gressional District seat now held
by Robert G. Stephens of Athens.
Simkins, a business man from
Augusta, expressed his deep con
cern over the ever increasing
size of government and the ever
tightening controls of the indivi
dual citizen by the Great Society.
Singling out the Viet Nam war,
inflation and lack of leadership
in Congress, Simkins charged
that the Administration through
"devious means was striking at
the very basis of our free so
ciety”.
"My opponent has failed to
express the true feelings of the
people of the 10th District of
Georgia and his voting record will
bear this fact out” In critici
zing the Great Society the young
Republican stated that “if our
people are to make the sacri
fices, if they are to be taxed
from the fruits of their pro
duction and savings, if they are
to give their sons to battle in
Viet Nam and elsewhere, then
they rightfully insist that gov
ernment function efficiently and
within the framework of the Con-
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Now's The Time To Send In That Recipe
Do you have a favorite recipe
that you think might be a win
ner in The Covington NEWS Best
Recipe Contest for 196 C? If
so, scribble it down or type it
out and mail it now to The
NEWS and you may win one of
the four valuable prizes given in
our contest this year.
In past contests many recipes
with a zingy taste or unusual
ingredients have won prizes.
Dairy Day Proclaimed In County And Covington
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DAIR\ DAI in Covington and Newton County got its official proclamation recently as County Com
missioner Tom Bates and Covington Mayor Walker Harris (seated, left to right), added their sign
atures to a document designating June 15 as Dairy Day here. Looking on are Jack Chandler (left),
chairman of the Dairy Day in the county, and Ed Hunt (right), Newton County Agent. The Newton County
Dairy Assn, was host yesterday (Wednesday) to members of the Covington-Newton County Chamber of
Commerce and others at a luncheon at the REA Pavilion of the Snapping Shoals EMC.
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$360,000 Issue Is At Stake;
Vocational High School Listed
Citizens of Newton County will be asked to vote for or against a
school bond issue for $360,000 Wednesday, June 22. Polling
precincts in 16 districts of the county will be open from 7 a.m. until
7 p.m. for the balloting.
Much of the money will go
toward constructing a Vocational
High School in Covington and
adding expansion facilities where
crowded conditions exist in other
schools of the county.
The Newton County Board of
Education called for the bond
election to supplement the $352,
620 allocated from the state for
new school rooms. An additional
$99,000 will be available from
state funds at the end of this
year, according to Newton Supt.
of Schools J. W. (Whit) Richard
son.
Newton County was selected
as one of seven high schools in
Georgia to set up a comprehen
sive high school program for next
year. A grant of SIIB,OOO will
be given Newton County for the
purpose of buying equipment for
this program. Newton will have
to furnish the building, however,
Mr. Richardson pointed out. This
will be the first priority if the
bond issue passes, it was stated.
Other additions will be built ac
cording to the demands of the
enrollment at the various
schools.
The Board of Education em
phasized that they would be able
to construct buildings in the
county which would total SBII,OOO
if the bond issue passes. This
would be at a cost of $360,000
to the taxpayers, they stated.
Downtown
Merchants
Tabloid In
News Today
A Father’s Day tabloid adver
tising section, sponsored by the
Downtown Covington Merchants,
is in The Covington NEWS today.
This 16-page special section
not only lists bargains for Dad
but many of the merchants have
store-wide clearance and sum
mer values in all departments for
every member of the family.
Participating merchants of the
Downtown section include:
White’s Department Stores, The
Oxford Shop, Adams Shoe Store,
J. C. Pool Company, Cohen’s,
Covington Furniture Co. and Cov
ington Furniture Exchange, Hut
chins Department Store, Wood-
Dickinson Furniture Company,
White’s Tire & Auto Supply, Har
per’s 5 & 10? Store, Economy
Store, and Henson Furniture
Company.
However, the old standbys that
have been in the family for years
have won prizes too! So, why
not get out your favorite and
send it in today.
Here are the categories for this
year’s contest:
(1) Meats and Fish
(2) Vegetables and Salads
(3) Baking and Desserts
Then, there is the grand prize
and the award this year is a
Girl Scout
Day Camp Set
For June 20-24
Day Camp will be held at the
Girl Scout Hut from June 20
through 24, from 9:30 a.m. until
3;30 p.m. each day. Fee for the
camp is $5. and each girl is to
bring her lunch. A drink will
be provided. You do not have
to lie a member of the Girl
Scouts to attend the camp at the
hut on Newton Drive.
If you have not already reg
istered for the camp, please
call Mrs. Donald L. Bohannon,
Camp Director, at 786-8204 after
1 p.m. All girls from 7-17
are welcome to enjoy the week
of arts, crafts, music, nature,
workshop, swimming, hiking and
camping. A well trained staff
will be at the camp at all times.
Roy L. Head Is
Graduated From
Baptist Seminary
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Roy L.
Head, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cha
rlie M. Head of Route 3, Covington,
Georgia, is among the 182 June
graduates of the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary here.
The school is the oldest of six
seminaries operated by the na
tion’s largest Protestant deno
mination.
Head received the bachelor
of divinity degree. He is an
alumnus of Mercer University.
Dr. Harold W. Seever, alum
nus and former trusteee of the
school, delivered the commence
ment address at graduation exer
cises in the Alumni Memorial
Chapel on the seminary campus
June 3. He has recently resigned
a 16-year pastorate in Alabama
due to blindness.
Skeet Shoot Sun.
At Lakeside Club
Skeet shooters v. HI compete
Sunday June 19 al Lakeside Gun
Club at the City P< nd in 12 and
20 Gauge in an open club shoot.
Local sportsmen and novice
shooters are extended a special
invitation to this shoot. Spec
tators are welcome.
Shooting will begin at 2 p.m.
and continue until completed.
Sunbeam Electric Mixer. Other
prizes to be awarded include:
a Mirro 6-Qt. Pressure Cook
er, 6 piece Young Modern Set
Corning Ware, and Mirro Elec
tric Fry Pan.
Be sure and list your name
and address with each recipe
you send in. Mail all entries
to: The Covington News, Box
431, Covington, Georgia 30209.
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