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The month of September, in
Baptist Churches throughout the
Nation, the Unit Problem is:
Why is Gambling wrong? What
can Christians do to combat the
menace of gambling?. . .We have
to face it! We have gamblers
everywhere. Do you take a
chance on this or that. . .to win
or lose? Then that’s gambling!
There are so many innocent ways
(seemingly) to gamble.
There are those who bet on
races. . .bet on playing card
games. . .or play for prizes we
say?. . .not gambling? Well
“the book says”.. .you are play
ing to WIN? Yes, so many ways
we are innocently drawn into
gambling. Some say “Life is a
gamble.” There are slot mac
hines; there are baseball games;
there are dog races; there are
chances on this and that; there
are many innocent looking forms
. . .what about baseball. . .bets
there too! Gambling on Stocks
and bonds. . .just “playing the
stockmarket?” Licensed Gamb
ling? That has never eliminated
the problemsof racketeer control
and political corruption. We are
told that any tax revenue we may
collect from legalized gambling
would never offset the increase
in costs of police, welfare cases
and cultural demoralization. The
“do-gooders” are often accused
of trying to “legislate morality”.
Well, Jesus was condemned for
His good works. . .not only con
demned but crucified on the cross.
Let’s not, with our Atlanta Sta
dium, with our wonderful clubs,
our God-given beauty spots, the
golf courses etc., drive our souls
to utter destruction. . .with the
temptations of all kinds that they
bring, and most especially gamb
ling. There is no “better-than
thou’ ’ attitude in this. . .it is the
teaching of our Church. . .four
weeks of it! Why? Well, God
warns you and He warns me. . .
In mysterious ways. . .when we
are on the wrong track. . .and
maybe the Christian Writers who
make these lessons possible for
our churches know better than
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Lassiter Gets Top
Job In UF Drive
The officers of the Covington-
Newton County United Fund, Inc.,
met August 30, 1966, at the
United Fund Office. Present
were: Ed Robinson, President;
E. G. Lassiter, First Vice-Pres
ident; Mrs. Helen Dickinson, Sec
ond Vice - President; Dennis
Kane, Third Vice-President; W.
J. Dickey, Fourth Vice-Presi
dent; Robert O. Arnold, Treas
urer, and Patsy Britt, Secretary.
E. G. Lassiter was named Gen
eral Chairman of the 1967 cam
paign. Mr. Lassiter Is General
Manager of White’s Enterprises
with stores in Covington, Con
yers and Porterdale.
Ed Robinson, President of the
Board of Trustees, said, “Mr.
Lassiter’s outstanding perfor
mance in previous finance drives
reveals dynamic leadership. The
County Is Indeed fortunate In hav
ing such an experienced and
knowledgeable citizen to head the
areas biggest and most import
ant annual fund-raising effort.”
The Covington-Newton County
United Fund, Inc. is administered
and managed by a Board of Trus
tees consisting of fifteen mem
bers, five of whom are elected
annually for a three-year term.
Those elected this year for a
three-year term are Cranston
Gray (to succeed B. B. Snow,
resigned), Dr. Sam B. Hay, Gree
ley Ellis, Dr. Dallas Tarkenton,
S. J. Morcock and J. Hugh Steele.
The other members are Ed Rob
inson, Dennis Kane, J. H. Dennis,
E. G. Lassiter, Robert Fowler,
Donald Stephenson, Dr. J. W.
Purcell, Mrs. Helen Dickinson
and Miss Mae Hardman.
The United Fund single cam
paign replaces fourteen separate
drives formerly made in our
Car-Train Wreck Claims Life
Newton Man At Almon, Friday
An automobile-train wreck at
Almon Friday night claimed the
life of a Covington man, Arthur
(Bud) Ficquett, 48 years of age.
The wreck happened at 9:55 p.m.
and was Newton County’s only
fatality during the Labor Day
weekend that claimed a national
record number of motorists and
accident victims.
The Newton County Sheriffs
department said that Mr. Fic
quett had apparently lost his
sense of direction and was tra
veling North on the Georgia Rail
road when the train came along.
The area was near the Hawkins’
Crossing in Almon.
The victim was killed instantly
and his car was pushed some 472
feet from the point of impact,
according to reports.
Mr. Ficquett was a native of
Newton County and made his
home on Route 2, He was em-
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COVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Ger se, Established 1865 —The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 1
DEMOCRATIC ELECTION
Educational
Courses For
Vets Planned
Veterans separated or dis
charged from active military
service after January 31, 1955,
serving 181 days or more, who
are interested in a high school
course, business or vocational
course, are requested to attend
a meeting to be held in the New
ton County High School Au
ditorium, Tuesday, September
13, 1966, 7 o’clock PM.
J. W. Richardson, Superinten
dent of Newton County Schools
and Homer F. Sharp, Principal,
Newton County High School, will
discuss the educational pro
grams for the veterans.
This is an important meeting
and veterans are urged to attend.
Services At
Carmel Baptist
Sept. 11-16
Rev. Tucker Singleton of Madi
son will conduct a series of wor
ship services at Carmel Baptist
Church beginning Sunday night,
September 11, and continuing th
rough Friday night, September
16.
Services each night will begin
at 7:30 P. M. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Lodge Changes
Meeting Time
Golden Fleece Lodge will meet
on the 2nd Tuesday Night, at
7:30 O’clock instead of 8:00
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E, G. Lassiter
county. Ti e United Way now
raises money for the following
health, counseling and youth guid
ance participating agencies;
For Youth Guidance, Boy
Scouts of America, Girl Scouts
of America, State Y.M.C.A. of
Georgia, United Service Organ
ization (USO); For helping troub
led people, The Empty Stocking
Fund, Salvation Army, Newton
County Heart, Cancer and Emer
gency Relief Fund, Inc.; Homes
for Children, Georgia Sheriffs
Boys’ Ranch, Plantation Manor,
Georgia Industrial Home; For
health services, Newton County
Mental Health, Diabetes, Arth
ritic Foundation; For Red Cross
Services, Blood Program, Home
Services and Disaster Services.
ployed as a mechanic at Con
yers Motor Company in Con
yers.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon, September 4,
at the Chapel of Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home with Rev.
Charles R. Thomas officiating at
the last rites. Interment was in
Salem Churchyard Cemetery with
Caldwell and Cowan in charge of
arrangements. Serving as pall
bearers were Snooks Sockwell,
Billy Womac, George E. Bruce,
Willie Womac, James Bruce
and Brice Barnes.
Serviving are his father, W, B.
Ficquett of Almon, one brother,
Virgil L. Ficquett, Atlanta and
a sister, Mrs. James R. (Sara)
Booth, College Park.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending deep
sst sympathy to them in their
sorrow.
CCnuin^toti New
11,100 Admitted To
Hospitals Under
Medicare in 60 Days
Medicare’s first 60 days of
operation have shown that the
program is off to a smooth start
in Georgia according to a state
ment made today by key admin
istrators. In Georgia, medicare
is paying about $952,000 for hos
pital services provided during the
first 2 months of operation.
This estimate is based on
the 11,100 people in Georgia who
have already been admitted to
hospitals under medicare, Dan
Barker, President-Elect of the
Georgia Hospital Association,
reported. Medicare beneficiaries
have received 48,400 days of ser
vice since July 1 when the med
icare program began. Nation
wide, more than 97 percent of the
general hospital beds are in hos
pitals participating in the med
icare program.
Only a few rough spots have
developed since the program
began, and these have generally
been minor, the spokesmen in
dicated. The administrative pro
blems that have developed have
received concentrated attention
promptly. The representatives
agreed that on the whole, med
icare is operating very well, and
all looked forward with the ex
pectation this will continue.
The key administrators re
porting medicare’s first 60 days
were Floyd M. Pruitt, Acting So
cial Security District Manager in
Atlanta, Dan Barker, President-
Elect of the Georgia Hospital As
sociation, and Maurice Steven
son, Administrator, Medicare
Division, John Hancock Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
The spokesmen stated that at
this time only partial information
is available on medicare’s
medical insurance benefits,
which covers doctor bills, be
cause many of these claims
may not be filed for several
months after services are pro
vided. However, Maurice F. Ste
venson, representing John Han
cock, which handles medical in
surance claims in the Georiga
area, said that 4500 claims
have already been received and
are being processed.
Higher Pensions
For Ga. Sheriffs
Are Foreseen
Frank Twitty, general coun
sel for the Georgia Sheriffs As
sociation and Sheriff Tom C.
Greer, immediate past president
of the organization, predict that
sheriffs’ pensions will be raised
within a few years.
They made this observation
after studying the report of Bill
Ramsey, secretary-treasurer of
the Sheriffs Retirement Fund of
Georgia, made at the recent Clay
ton convention.
The fund showed a sharp in
crease during the past year, in
receipts and in market value.
Presently a sheriff may receive
a pension of SIO.OO per month
for each year of service, start
ing at age 60, up to a maximum
of 20 years in office.
This ceiling of $200.00 per
month might be raised to $300.00
and perhaps even to $400.00 in
the not-too-distant future, it was
forecast by Greer and Twitty.
Snow Presents Trophy To Chomp Lynn McWilliams
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B. B. SNOW (left) and Lynn McWilliams (right) are shown at the Porterdale Golf Course after Mc-
Williams was presented the Championship Trophy for his victory in the tourney. The event is named
for Mr. Snow, a vice-president of Bibb Mfg. Company. He annually presents the trophies at the tourna
ment.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966
W. D. Ballard
Covington MacGregor/Brunswick
Plant Continues Rapid Growth ** Rotary club
In meetings held with employ
ees of the Covington Plant, Den
nis Kane, Plant Manager, stated
that the future for the Covington
operation looks very bright. He
stated that customer acceptance
of the MacGregor products has
brought in orders for 1967 far
in excess of any previous year.
New products such as the Plus
25 golf ball, Jack Nlcklaus cen
ters, and the F-7 football have
created new jobs and will continue
to create more in the coming
year.
Mr. Kane commented that 25
Communications
Film On Kiwanis
Program Today
“Beyond All Barriers”, a film
in color which stresses the ad
vances made in communication
throughout the _world, will be
shown at the Covington Kiwanis
Club meeting today (Thursday)
at Legion Home at 1 p.m.
Ray Reece, Covington manager
of Southern Bell and Kiwanis
program chairman for Septem
ber and October, will be in charge
of program today.
“This film has been acclaimed
as a vital force in stressing
communications among the
world’s peoples,” Mr. Reece
stated. Several countries are
features in the color sequences
in the program planned today,
according to Mr. Reece.
$400,000 Nursing Home
Proposed For Covington
Georgia Health Care, Inc. has
announced plans for a 62-bed
nursing Home in Covington, ac
cording to Roy E. Neely, chair
man, of Manchester, Ga.
Site for the facility will be a
4.1 acre tract on Industrial
Boulevard and Wheat Street. The
cost of the home will be about
$400,000, Mr. Neely stated.
City Councilman Larry Greer,
a member of the Board of Dir
ectors of Georgia Health Care,
Inc. and a member of that or
ganization’s finance committee,
helped secure the home for Cov
ington.
Otis Spillers
Covington employees will com
plete five years of service with
the Company this year and stated
that the loyalty and efforts of
these people have helped the
plant reach its present high lev
els of production.
John Morford, Personnel Man
ager, In reviewing the history of
the Covington operation pointed
out that from a small beginning
of 19 employees the plant now
Is a full three-shift operation
employing 410 people. He stated
that these employees would take
home pay checks totaling over
$1 1/2 million to be spent in
Newton, Rockdale, Walton and
other surrounding counties in
1967. In reviewing wages over
the five-year period he said that
the average earnings of the Cov
ington Plant employees have in
creased 65%.
Mr. Kane also announced that
a wage increase of 5% had gone
into effect for all employees as
of Sunday, September 4.
Pitts Chapel
Homecoming Sun.
Homecoming at Pitts Chapel
Methodist Church will be Septem
ber 11. The guest speaker will
be Rev. Sidney Whiteman from the
North Covington Methodist
Church. The guest pianist will
be Mrs. Melinda Jowers.
Services will begin at 11:30
A. M. There will be a basket
lunch, followed by singing in the
afternoon.
Mr. Neely said that the bid for
the home will be let in the near
future. He stated that a few tech
nicalities remain as to zoning
in this particular area of the
city.
“Covington alone will need
nursing facilities for 350 more
beds than are available at the
present time,” Mr. Neely stated
in looking to the future in the
city.
Further particulars will be
carried in next week’s Covington
News as to this nursing home for
our city and county.
ON WEDNESDAY
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Jack H. Morgan
James H. Nutter, Jr., Direct
or of the State Department of
Industry and Trade, will be the
guest speaker at the Covington
Rotary Club, Tuesday, Sept. 13
at the Teen Can building at 12:30
p. m.
Rotary program chairman Otis
Spillers is in charge of the pro
gram and will introduce the
speaker.
Mr. Nutter is a native of Louis
ville, Ky. and has been Director
of the Georgia Industry and Trade
department for the past two
years.
A graduate of Male High School
in Louisville, Mr. Nutter attended
the University of Louisville and
Centre College. He served four
years in the U. S. Navy.
Clifford Campbell
To Take Course
At Harvard Univ.
Boston—To keep pace with the
knowledge explosion changing the
face and requirements of bus
iness, Clifford S. Campbell, Jr.,
Vice President, Albany Office,
Citizens & Southern Bank of Al
bany, is going back to school
for intensive training in the mid
dle management development
course at the Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Ad
ministration. Mr. Campbell is a
native of Covington, Ga.
- He is one of approximately
70 young executives from this
country and several foreign nat
ions accepted for the 12th sess
ion of the Program for Manage
ment Development (PM D) at Har
vard Business School starting
August 29. The 16-week course,
one of two executive develop
ment programs offered twice
each academic year by the Har
vard Business School to meet the
needs of modern business leader
ship, will end with graduation
ceremonies on December 16,
1966.
PMD Is designed to enlarge the
horizons and capacities of young
business managers who currently
fill responsible positions at the
operating level, who have dem
onstrated outstanding ability in a
functional field or specialty and
who give evidence of high leader
ship potential.
The Program for Management
Development was Initiated in 1960
to supplement in the middle man
agement area the School’s Older
Advanced Management Program
to help business achieve contin
uity in management development
in the face of the mounting chal
lenge of change and competition.
PMD participants, who average
34 years of age and 10 years of
business or administrative ex
perience, all are sponsored by
their companies or agencies as
individuals of demonstrated pro
mise. Approximately 65 per cent
of the class are from a variety
of United States firms from vir
tually every business function
and industry. About 20 per cent
are enrolled from foreign coun
tries, while about 15 per cent
represent the federal govern
ment, both military and civilian.
Trucks Help Send
$107,607 To Newton
For Streets, Roads
Newton County and its muni
cipalities will receive a com
bined total of approximately
$107,607 in state grants for use
on streets and roads during fis
cal 1966-67, State Treasury Dept,
records show.
State highway use taxes on
trucks will supply approximately
$26,794 of the total, according
to the Georgia Motor Trucking
Association.
Each year, from its motor
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Editorial 2
Obituary .' 6
Society 13
Sports 17 &18
Legal 22
Classified 22-23
Spillers, Ballard, Morgan In
Newton Co. Representative Race
Newton County voters will trek to the polls Wednesday, Sept.
14 and help elect a governor, lieutenant-governor and locally
a Newton Representative in the lower house of the Georgia General
Assembly. All 16 voting precincts in the county will be open from
7 a. m. until 7 p. m.
For the 37th District seat in
the Georgia House, Incumbent
Otis Spillers is opposed by two
former representatives, W. D.
Ballard and Jack H. Morgan. In
a recent election in Newton
County for the one seat in the
house, Spillers turned back Bal
lard by a margin of 211 votes.
Statewide there are many races
contested but none with more an
nual interest than that of gover
nor. There are six candidates
for the Democratic nomination
with the winner facing U. S. Re
presentative Howard (Bo) Calla
way (Republican) in the November
General Election.
Governor candidates (as they
appear on the ballot) are as fol
lows: Ellis A mail, Garland T.
Byrd, Jimmy Carter, James H.
Gray, Lester G, Maddox and Hoke
O’Kelley.
Three candidates for Lt. -
Governor are on the ballot with
incumbent Peter Zack Geer op
posed by House Speaker George
T. Smith and W. Randall Bedgood,
Jr.
Two other contested races are
interesting and pits James L.
Bentley and Zack D. Cravey for
the office of Comptroller General
(Bentley is the incumbent), and
Sam Caldwell and Ben T. Huiet
for the office of Commissioner
of Labor. Huiet is the incum
bent.
The candidates under the head
ing “For Representative In The
General Assembly From 37th
Troopers Catch
More Violators
Os Traffic Laws
ATLANTA (GPS) — State
troopers are on the prowl and
they are catching more traffic
lawbreakers throughout Georgia.
Evidence of this is seen in a
seven-month State Patrol report
released by Col. Lowell Con
ner, director of the Georgia De
partment of Public Safety.
For example, during the period
patrolmen arrested 58,707 dri
vers for traffic law violations, an
increase of 3,169 or six per cent
over a year ago. They Issued
108,674 warning tickets, an in
crease of 9,696 or 10 per cent,
over last year.
During the first seven months
of this year a total of 36,404
patrols (up 2,382) spent 286,940
hours (up 36,718) patrolling
6,294,065 miles (up 814,775).
Total hours of duty for the patrol
personnel was 514,616, an
increase of 49,023 hours.
“The statistics in this latest
report,” Col. Conner declared,
“should serve as a warning to
all drivers in Georgia, and es
pecially to reckless, foolhardy
drivers, that their chances of
violating our traffic laws, and
getting by with it, are rapidly
going down. We hope all dri
vers will make up their minds
to respect the law and thereby
stay out of trouble.
Norbert Thompson To Spook.
At Chamber-Commerce Meeting
The Covington-Newton County
Chamber of Commerce will hold
its regular monthly luncheon
meeting Monday, September 12,
1966, at 12:30 P. M., at the Teen
Can on Newton Drive, according
to an announcement by J. Grady
Coleman, acting president.
The guest speaker will be Nor
bert D, Thompson, plant manager
of C. R. Bard, Inc., a surgical
and hospital specialties company.
Mr. Thompson is a graduate
of the University of Akron, Ohio,
where he received a BS in Bio
logical Chemistry. He became
associated with Bard in Novem
ber of 1965 as a consultant. His
assignment was to initiate plans
for the development of a manu
facturing division for Bard. In
May, 1966, he was appointed
manager of Georgia operations
for implementation of a manu
facturing facility in Covington.
Mr. Thompson was previously
a consultant to and a member of
the Board of Dire .tors of Dalton
Latex and Chemical Company
and Polymed, In:., Dalton, Geor
gia. Other associations included:
Elao^.ners, Inc., Fort Myers,
Fla., manufacturers of anaesthe
sia devices; Polymeries, Inc., Ft.
Myers, manufacturers of plastic
oxygen administrative devices;
Caribe China, Inc., San Juan,
NUMBER 36
District” will appear on the ballot
in this order:
W. D. Ballard
Jack H. Morgan
Otis Spillers
Other contested races on the
ballot next Wednesday will be as
follows:
For United States Senate:
Harry L. Hyde • •
Richard B. Russell
For Governor:
Ellis Arnall
Garland T. Byrd
Jimmy Carter
James H. Gray
Lester G. Maddox
Hoke O’Kelley . . '
For Lt. Governor:
W. Randall Bedgood, Jr.
Peter Zack Geer
George T. Smith
For Associate Justice, Sup
reme Court of Georgia:
Eugene Cook
G. Hughel Harrison
For Comptroller General;
James L. Bentley
Zack D. Cravey
For Commissioner of Labor:
Sam Caldwell
Ben T. Huiet
For Members Os The County
Democratic Executive Com
mittee And Or Superintendents:
(For The County At Large):
Harold A. Brown
James D. Hays
Glenn s. Conner
G. H. Dobbs
J. T. Owens, Jr.
Dan W. Young
Charles C. King, Jr.
Mrs. R. M. Paty
Claude R. Clarke
James W. King
Robert W. Alien
Robert Stanton, Jr.
Sam B. Hay, Jr.
Volley Parr
H. H. Nolan
Evelyn Hill
V. Y. C. Eady, Jr.
Nurse’s Aide
Class To Be
Taught Here
The Newton County Hospital
will teach a Nurse’s Aide Class
to begin October 3 at 2 P. M.
Mrs. Jack Moss, Director of
Nurses, will teach the classes.
Any one interested in taking the
course must have an application
filed with Mrs. Moss by Septem
ber 23.
The course will consist of 60
hours of classroom instruction
plus 20 hours of supervised work
on the floor. The course will be
hospital oriented and sponsored
by the Newton County Hospital,
It will not be a Red Cross Home
Nursing Course.
Applicants must have a high
school diploma or the equivalent,
and be between the ages of 17 and
45 years. Applicants must fur
nish character and work refer
ences.
Applicants must be willing to
work as a Nurse’s Aide at the
Newton County Hospital after the
completion of the course either as
a paid worker or a volunteer.
Norbert Thompson
Puerto, Rico, a manufacturer of
china hospital devices, and Perry
Rubber Company, Massillon,
Ohio, manufacturer of surgeons
gloves.
Mr. Thompson holds U. S. Pa
tents for the production of various
medical devices made from
rubber and plastics. He belongs
to the American Chemical So
ciety, Southern Rubber Group,
and Society of Plastic Engineers.
Mr. Thompson, with his wife
and family, live at 1001 Asbury
Street, Oxford.