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"Hi-Ho”, Let’s Go to the
Fair!” Again the local Ameri
can Legion Post 32 goes all out
to stage a Newton County Fair,
at Legion Field. The week of
Sept. 26 - October 1 has been
set for the annual event, which
perhaps, surpasses all other pro
jects in enlisting mutual efforts
of the entire county’s citizenry.
For, into each exhibit and booth
have gone the pooled efforts and
initiative of the school, the or
ganization, the industry, club or
district, representing members
from all sections of the county,
we have chosen as our own. The
pride we share in the achieve
ments of our neighbors, has a
way of changing the pronouns,
"me and mine” into “your and
ours”; and your prize is an
achievement for “our” county!
Let’s hope we never grow old
enough to “Go to the fair, just
to take the children”, for it
represents a vast amount of leg
and brain work of our civic
minded neighbors; and besides,
some of us still like the Merry-
Go-Round, hot-dogs and cotton
candy!
Fair Time and 4-H Club Week
are appropriately scheduled si
multaneously. No other Georgia
county, and only one other in the
nation, can take as much just
pride in the development of the
4-H Program, as can Newton
County. For it was a Newton
son, G. Claude Adams, who es
tablished Georgia’s original Corn
Club, here, in 1905. Only three
years before, a Boys Corn Club
had been established in Macou
pin County, 111. Georgia’s Corn
Club rapidly expanded into other
agricultural pursuits, such as
gardening, canning, livestock, fo
restry, arts and crafts; and were
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Barbecue At
NCHS Cafeteria
On October 7
The Newton County Hospital
Auxiliary is sponsoring a beef
and pork barbecue to be held
at the Newton High Cafetorium
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Fri
day, October 7, which is the
night of the Newton County High
School Homecoming Game.
Tickets may be purchased from
any member of the Hospital Aux
iliary. Take-out plates are also
available.
3 Runoff Races On Ballot
For September 28 Election
Newton Countians will have a
second chance to vote for their
favorite candidate on Wednesday,
Sept. 28, as three races are on
the ballot to be decided on the
runoff Democratic primary.
Other than the Newton County re
presentative in the General As
sembly, the standard-bearer for
governor and lieutenant-gover
nor will be decided.
Incumbent Otis Spillers and
former representative W. D.
(Donald) Ballard were high can
didates in the primary on Sept.
14. Spillers polled a total of
2,338 and Ballard had 2,126.
The third candidate in the New
ton rep. race was Jack H. Mor
gan with a total vote of 1,015.
In the state-wide Governor
race Ellis Arnall, the top vote
getter on Sept. 14, will be op
posed by Lester Maddox, the
second man in the six-man race.
Maddox edged out State Sen.
Jimmy Carter to get the other
spot in the runoff.
Two candidates aspire for the
Lieutenant - Governor nominat
ion. They are incumbent Peter
Zack Geer and George T. Smith.
The third candidate in the Sept.
14 primary race was W. Randall
Bedgood.
The polls in the 16 voting
militia districts (precincts) of
the county will be open from 7
P. G. Neely Is Accidently
Killed At Almon Farm
P. G. (Plennie) Neely of Al
mon, age 72, was accidently kill
ed Wednesday when a truck body
fell on him as he apparently
was attempting to get the live
stock body on his truck.
A daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jack
Neely, found the body after she
returned home from a trip to
Covington. He apparently was
unable to free himself and died
instantly.
A livestock dealer in Newton
County for many years, Mr. Neely
was a member of the Shiloh Met
hodist Church, Golden Fleece
Lodge, American Legion Post
32 and the Covington Elks. He
was a former member of the
Newton County Selective Service
Board, having served during
World War 11.
Funeral services were held at
A Prize-Winning
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VER AG E OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Geor established 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 101
NEWTON COUNTY FAIR OPENS MONDAY
Highway Week Spotlights Interstate Progress
4 Segments Os Atlanta-Augusta
Interstate Cost At $24,678,000
The opening of Highway Week, 1966, throughout Georgia and the
nation finds a total of $27,045,125.00 in road construction and im
provement projects now under contract in the Tennille highway
field division, according to Field Division Engineer Marion Pat
rick. Four projects on Interstate 20 (Atlanta to Augusta) will
aggregate a total of $24,678,000.
Mr. Patrick said that the pur
pose of National Highway Week
is to give emphasis to the im
portance of highways and high
way construction to the state
and nation, and to spotlight the
road builders’ efforts to provide
increased savings in lives, time
and money for the motoring pub
lic through highway construction,
improvements, and maintenance.
“Perhaps no one is more aware
than the highway builder of the
continuing and growing need for
such improvements. We also
realize how much we need public
understanding and support in or
der to continue a road building
effort that has cut driving time
and costs and made each mile
driven three times as safe, sta
tistically, in less than 30 years,”
Mr. Patrick said.
He summarized some of the
road projects now underway in
the Tennille Division, including:
1. 12.626 miles of Interstate
Highway 20 between Atlanta
and Augusta has recently
been opened to traffic from
a point near tne DeKalb-
Rockdale County line east
to the interchange with US
Route 278 between Coving
ton and Madison. This con
struction was accomplished
at a cost slightly in excess
of $3,828,000.00.
2. The next 12.626 miles of
Interstate Highway 20 be
ginning at this Interchange
with US Highway 278 and ex
tending to an interchange
with State Route 83 south
of Madison is currently
under construction. The
a.m. until 7 p.m.
A tabulation poll of the Sept.
14 primary is in The News today.
** * *
Like they say in sports, former
Gov. Ellis Arnall and segrega
tionist Lester Maddox are
gripped in a “sudden death' ’ play
off.
But unlike a sports event, the
winner won’t pick up all the mar
bles. He’ll then have to go thr
ough the same thing in the Nov.
8 general election before he can
claim the grand prize -- the
governorship of Georgia. He
will be pitted against 3rd Dis
trict Republican Congressman
Howard (Bo) Callaway.
In the just-held Democratic
primary Arnall was top man
among the six candidates, lead
ing his nearest opponent by some
45,000-50,000 votes. Maddox
nosed out State Sen. Jimmy Car
ter for second spot in what was
a real cliff-hanger, defeating him
by some 12,000-13,000 votes.
James H. Gray came in fourth,
former Lt. Gov. Garland T. Byrd
fifth, and Hoke O’Kelley last.
But regardless of how the so
called experts view it at pre
sent, both Ellis Arnall and Les
ter Maddox are confident of vic
tory on Sept. 28. One of them
will be right; the other will be
wrong. The voters will deter
mine which is which.
the Shiloh Methodist Church, Al
mon, Friday afternoon. The Rev.
Clay Kelley, pastor of Shiloh
Church, and the Rev. Marvin
Young, pastor of the Almon Bap
tist Church, were the officiating
ministers.
Mr. Neely was interred in the
Almon Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Lamar Holmes, Ed Holmes, John
T. Wallace, Robert Christian,
Pitts Robertson, Zack Johnson,
James Gardner and Fred Kit
chens.
Survivors include his wife, and
a son, Jack Neely of Almon; a
sister, Mrs. D. M. Bentley of
Social Circle. Also two grand
children survive.
The News extends deepest
sympathy to members of the be
reaved family.
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estimated cost of this pro
ject is $6,100,000.00
3. 8.559 miles of Interstate
Highway 20 is practically
ready to be opened to traffic
beginning at the Savannah
River Bridge northwest of
Augusta and extending west
Into Columbia County. This
section of Interstate 20 was
constructed at a cost of ap
proximately 5 1/2 million
dollars.
4. The next 21.1 miles of In
terstate Highway 20, which
extends west towards At
lanta, to Its interchange
with US Route 78 north of
Thomson, is under con
struction at an estimated
cost of approximately 91/4
million dollars.
Several other important pro
jects currently under con
struction in the Tennille Division
are the Athens North By-Pass
involving 8.171 miles at an es
timated cost of$3,800,000.00;the
Monroe By-Pass, which is 4.017
miles at an estimated cost of 2 1/4
million dollars; the initial 2.662
miles of the Augusta Perimeter
Route from Washington Road to
Wrightsboro Road at an estimated
cost of $940,000.00; the Louis
ville and Wadley By- Passes,
which involves a total of 5.923
miles at an estimated cost of
$926,000.00; and 16 other smaller
Federal Aid Projects totaling
64.141 miles at an estimated cost
of $3,025,000.00, in the various
counties supervised by the Ten
nille Division.
In addition to work under com
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RA RALLY SUN.
The R. A. Rally of the Stone
Mountain Association will be held
at the Porterdale Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon, September 25,
at 2:30 P.M. Mr. Charles Jen
kins, R. A. Leader of the Stone
Mountain Association, will be in
charge of the Rally.
Governor Candidates Sept. 28
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Ellis Arnall
Lieutenant-Governor Candidates
Peter Zack Geer
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1966
College Women’s Residence Holl Welcomes Female Students
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OXFORD COLLEGE’S new dormitory complex is shown in this photo taken Tuesday, the day before
freshmen reported to the college for the 1966-67 school year. The East and West Wings of the women’s
residence hall is shown and will be occupied by female students. Some 500 students are expected at the
college by Friday, when the sophomores will report for classes.
$900,000 Rise In Living
Costs In Newton County
To what extent has the rising cost of living affected residents of
Newton County? How much does a local family have to spend now
for the standard market basket of goods and services as compared
with a year ago?
According to the latest govern
ment reports, prices in the re
gional area, as in most other
parts of the country, have re
cently been moving upward at
an uncomfortable rate.
A calculation based on the
overall figures shows that an ad
ditional $900,000 a year must
be spent by Newton County re
sidents to purchase the same
amount of goods and services
that they bought in 1965.
A little inflation each year,
the creeping kind, has come to
be accepted by the public as nor
mal. It has been taking place
regularly, for many years. It
has been looked upon, in fact,
as beneficial by many econo
mists. They contend that it
makes for busier factories, more
employment and larger profits.
The 1965-66 rise in the con
sumer price index, which has
averaged more than 2.8 percent
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Lester Maddox
George T. Smith
nationally, is causing concern,
however. The pace is faster
than in any year in the last ten.
Because of it, basic living
costs in the local area are ap
proximately $147 higher per
family than they were in 1965
at this time.
That is the extent to which
it has affected families in New
ton County that have an after-
Nursing Home
Officials Spent
Week In N.Y.
Three officials of Georgia
Health Care, Inc., the nursing
home organization that announced
plans for a $400,000 nursing home
in Covington, spent the past week
in New York City on business
pertaining to the construction of
the facility here.
Roy Neely, president of the
group, Larry Greer of Covington,
board member, and Howard
Herndon, NIA official, repre
sented their organization on the
trip.
Mr. Neely stated that plans
have been finalized for the con
tract letting and an announcement
of the giant nursing home com
plex will be made soon.
Newton County Vote In Democratic Primary
Co». Gsim Rocky Mans- New- Brick
U. S, Senate: MiU ° l,ord Creek Almon Salem Downs Plains P’dale Leculn Brewers Gaithers Haye field horn Stars Total
Hyde 164 13 20 4 23 16 7 24 38 8 3 6 9 5 9 4 353
Russell 2055 138 304 98 192 245 123 115 635 122 154 25 110 160 76 101 4653
Governor:
Arnall 517 29 85 7 16 23 26 37 112 26 19 5 20 13 12 14 961
Byrd 101 2 10 3 11 12 1 6 23 14 10 0 6 6 3 3 211
Carter 1065 69 119 39 87 88 64 40 226 59 48 13 46 70 43 31 2107
Gray 181 10 40 10 16 19 10 11 84 9 10 8 12 17 2 10 449
Maddox 490 41 80 41 74 124 30 56 242 47 79 7 41 60 29 36 1477
O’Kelley 49 5 10 9 5 2 11 18 1 10 8 4 3 0 14 140
Lt.-Governor:
Bedgood 190 10 27 5 18 16 21 16 57 3 5 0 3 2 6 7 386
Geer 1173 80 142 64 119 156 68 93 3477 92 101 20 63 91 52 52 2713
Smith 858 62 145 31 60 83 38 32 250 38 53 13 47 69 23 46 1848
Representaiive:
Ballard 915 68 176 47 123 91 50 56 186 82 77 13 79 67 55 41 2126
Morgan 410 27 55 24 31 68 32 36 102 30 33 2 31 68 25 41 1015
Spillers 1141 61 121 40 57 122 51 60 434 50 71 21 38 33 10. 28 2338
Asso. Justice:
Cook 1635 108 222 71 148 195 99 106 497 98 117 16 98 130 52 65 3657
Harrison 531 45 91 21 47 51 22 37 165 24 37 17 22 33 29 43 1215
Comp. - General:
Bentley 1446 76 216 49 116 146 70 75 372 69 75 16 72 110 53 55 3016
Cravey 739 72 106 57 84 107 52 63 309 63 92 13 52 57 31 52 1949
Comm, of Labor:
Caldwell 1066 69 125 43 90 144 69 77 268 57 61 17 55 55 43 57 2296
Huiet 1055 85 184 52 104 107 49 58 382 71 97 12 67 102 35 51 2511
Brooks Pennington, Jr., William T. Dean, Clarence Lee Peeler, Jr., Robert G. Stephens, Jr., Ben T. Wiggins, Crawford L. Pilcher, Jack
P. Nix, Jack B. Ray, Phil Campbell, John E. Frankum, Jule W. Felton, Braswell D. Deen, Jr., Carlton Mobley,Benning M. Grice, Arthur
K. Bolton and Ben W. Fortson Jr. were unopposed in their respective races.
tax Income of $5,672 the local
average.
For families at the $15,000
level, the loss in buying power
amounts to $420 a year. Those
with net Incomes of $5,000, on
the other hand, have a drop of
only $l4O, but the squeeze on
them is greater.
Can local families spend that
much more and will they do so?
The indications, on the strength
of past performance, are yes.
Most of them are able to take
the price increases in stride
because their incomes have been
rising at a much greater rate.
People on pensions or on other
fixed Income, however, are being
hurt as inflation eats into their
purchasing power.
Hebert Is Newton Mental
Health Meeting Speaker
Mental Health Association
members in Newton County are
anticipating their annual meeting
at the Snapping Shoals EMC
Building on Thursday evening,
September 22, at seven-thirty
o’clock when Paul B. Hebert
will be the featured speaker.
The Director of Social Work
Service at the Georgia Mental
Health Institute in Atlanta, Mr.
Hebert has had Interesting ex
periences which have prepared
Editorial
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Classified 26-27
American Legion Sponsored
Event Set Sept. 26-oct. 1
The 1966 Newton County Fair, scheduled for the week of September
26 through October 1, is making plans for the annual event at Legion
Field. Newton County Post 32 Amercan Legion is sponsor of the
local fair.
Commander Luke Hill an
nounced that the fair chairman
this year is Ed Hunt, and the
co-chairman is Lewis White.
On the midway will be the
James H. Drew Shows. The
shows and rides and entertaining
features of this midway attrac
tion cater to adults and young
sters of all ages.
Mr. Hill stated that two days,
Wednesday and Thursday, will
be observed as special school
Newton-Rockdale
District BSA
Meeting, Monday
The Newton-Rockdale District
Committee will hold their first
meeting on Monday night, Sept.
26, at 7:30 in the R.E.A. Build
ing. Howard Brooks, District
Chairman, states that this is a
very Important meeting and ur
ges all members to be present.
Plans for all scouting activities
and events for the fall and win
ter season will be formalized
at this meeting.
Members of the committee are
as follows:
Howard Brooks, District
Chairman; Hugh Settle, Vice-
Chairman; W. A. Childers, Jr.,
Vice-Chairman.
Organization and Extension:
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TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week have been:
HIGH LOW
Wed., Sept. 14 80 62
Thurs., Sept. 15 75 59
Fri., Sept. 16 72 57
Sat., Sept. 17 69 59
Sun., Sept. 18 68 58
Mon., Sept. 19 75 62
Tues., Sept. 20 80 64
Total inches of rain was 1.28
him to render a trememdous con
tribution in mental health for
Georgians.
This is an opportunity for which
all Newton Countlans who par
ticipate in the United Fund of
which the Newton County MHA is
a participating agency can be
grateful. It will be a privilege
to have Mr. Hebert visit Coving
ton to discuss a subject close to
the hearts of all.
NUMBER 35
days again this year. Wednesday
afternoon will be set aside for
white students and Thursday the
colored students will be given
special reduced prices on rides
and shows.
The livestock exhibit is being
coordinated by Newton County
Agent Ed Hunt. Prizes for top
animals will be awarded during
the week.
Exhibits and booths will be
ready for fair-goers on Monday
afternoon. The displays of home
and farm products are expected
to be numerous and of high quality
again this year. Prize money
for first, second and third places
will be awarded during the week,
Commander Hill stated.
Journal's Hemphill
Is Rotary Speaker
Tuesday At 12:30
Paul Hemphill
Paul Hemphill, a “people’s
column” editor of the Atlanta
Journal, will be the guest speaker
at the Covington Rotary Club,
Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 12:30 at the
Teen Can building.
Aubra Sherwood is in charge
of the program and he will in
troduce the speaker.
Mr. Hemphill has varied news
paper experience over the South
land. Before coming to The
Journal in April 1965, he had
been employed on newspapers in
Birmingham, Ala., Augusta, Ga.,
and Tampa, Fla. He wrote a re
gular column for the Atlanta
Times before accepting his pre
sent assignment with The
Journal.
Recently he was sent on a
trip to Viet Nam by his news
paper. Many of his columns in
recent weeks told of his trip and
the war progress.
Mr. Hemphill is a graduate of
Auburn University. He is 30
years of age and is married and
the father of two small children.