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126 Join Porterdale PT A
At First Meeting Night
PORTERDALE—One hundred
and twenty-six parents, teachers
and friends joined the Porterdale
Parent Teacher Association at
their initial meeting on Thursday
evening, September 15. Open
House was observed from six
o’clock to seven o’clock with
teachers in their respective
classrooms to greet and meet
parents of their students.
John Blankenship, president,
called the formal meeting to or
der and introduced W. D. Robert
son, retiring president, as the de
votional speaker. Mr. Robertson
read appropriate scripture,
urged parents to be concerned
about their children’s welfare as
well as that of others, and closed
with prayer.
Officers were introduced as
follows: Vice-President, Mrs.
Melvin Ogletree; Secretary, Mrs.
Lamar Lunsford; Treasurer,
Mrs. Thomas A. Gunn.
Committee chairmen who will
serve this year are: Program,
Mrs. Wilton Cheek; Member
ship, Milton Polk; Budget and
Finance, Mrs. Reuben O’Kelley,
Mrs. John Clegg; Bylaws, D. O.
Shirah; Publications, Mrs. James
A3C Barnes In
390th Squadron
A3C Terry Barnes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Aubrey Barnes of Por
terdale, has joined the 390th
Missile Maintenance Squadron at
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
in Arizona as a missile main
tenanceman. Missile mainten
ancemen are kept busy assuring
that the missiles are always
ready for their deadly mission.
A3C Barnes graduated from
Newton County High School.
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Cross; Health, Mrs. Bill Mooney;
Publicity’, Miss Mae Hardman.
L. C. Gordon, principal, was
invited to introduce new teachers
and have the grade count. Miss
Lucy Robinson’s third grade in the
John Porter Building and Julius
Johnson’s eighth grade in the
Pearl Taylor Building were re
cipients of the awards for most
votes.
Mr. Gordon introduced Miss
Emily Killen, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Morris, and Mrs. Exie Perkins
as new additions to the faculty.
He expressed delight over the
status of the Porterdale School
in the early days of this sem
ester. He also announced that
Mrs. Carter Robertson was ser
ving as a wonderful substitute un
til a Social Studies teacher for
seventh and eighth grades ar
rives. Mr. Gordon announced
that children in the first through
third grades will have the op
portunities for public school mu
sic under the direction of Mrs.
Bell. Fourth and fifth graders
will study flutes. Other stud
ents have the opportunities of
participating this year in the
band program directed by Basil
Rigney. Theimportanceof Aver
age Daily Attendance was cited
as a factor in the number of
teachers which a school has.
Parents were reminded of pri
vate piano lessons available from
Mrs. Lewis Caldwell who visits
the school periodically.
Mrs. Gunn reported the ba
lance in the treasury.
Minutes of the Executive Com
mittee meeting were read by
Mrs. Lunsford.
The following recommendat
ions were presented and
accepted:
(1) that the PTA continue to
give the $2.00 award to the room
Politics Is Boiling In Newton County
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POLITICS BEGAN in earnest in Porterdale Tuesday afternoon as Roy Simkins, Republican candidate
for 10th District Congressman, engaged in a hand-shaking tour with Porterdale citizens. The General
Election in Georgia is set for Tuesday, Nov. 8.
in each building with the highest
attendace.
(2) that the PTA continue to
give the $5.00 award to the room
in each building with the highest
percentage of paid members.
(3) that the PTA give a $5.00
donation to the Alice McClellan
Birney Fund and a $5.00 do
nation to the PTA Scholarship
Fund.
(4) that the PTA have a
Halloween Carnival as a fund
raising project.
The following projects were
chosen for the coming year:
(1) 10 filing cabinets for teac
hers
(2) additional playground
equipment
(3) 2 rooms to be fixed up as
sick rooms for students
During a perimd of fellow
ship at the conclusion of the
formal meeting, punch and cook
ies were served by the Exe
cutive officers assisted by Mrs.
John Clegg, Mrs. Alton Dyer,
Mrs. Reuben O’Kelley.
j News Notes From y
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$ By Mrs. A A.Guritz I
A large crowd attended Home
coming at Shiloh Methodist Sun
day. Dinner was served at the
Community House after church.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Wisner
spent Sunday afternoon at Stone
Mountain with Mr. and Mrs. B.
W. Suddeth.
** * *
Sunday visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Berry,
Sr. were Mr. and Mrs. Luke
Darnell, Mrs. Henry Berry, Mrs.
Mayme Taylor, all from Atlanta,
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Clower,
Jr. and Miss Linda Pate from
Snellville, Mrs. Katie Blackman
and Miss Elizabeth Lloyd from
Bolton.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Visitors in the home of Mrs.
C. H. Neely recently were Mrs.
H. E. Garrette from Atlanta, Mrs.
Jessie Treadwell and daughter
from Porterdale, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Neely from California, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Neely, Mrs. Ad
nah Hammond, Mrs. Troy Fill
ingim from Madison, and Mrs.
Guy Mitchell. Mrs. Neely at
tended the Friendship Associa
tion in Snellville last Sunday.
♦♦ * *
The friends of Mr. P. G. Neely
extend their sincere sympathy to
his family in their sorrow.
** * *
Mrs. Vida Pruett is visiting
Mrs. Adnah Hammond this week.
♦* * ♦
Mrs. Katie Blackman and Miss
Elizabeth Lloyd from Bolton
visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Chapman Sunday afternoon.
** * *
Rev. Mack Driver, a former
pastor, is guest minister at the
revival which will continue all
week at Shiloh Methodist Church.
** * *
Mrs. Anne Nelson and children
of Chamblee, Mrs. Joyce Harris
and children of Jenkinsburg and
Mrs. Lee Nunnery of Locust
Grove visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Lee Sun. afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
Tommie White and Cathy of Con
yers visited them in the evening.
♦* * *
Denny Dobbs has returned to
the University of Georgia. Char
les Berry left for Middle Georgia
College at Cochran and Mike Kit
chens left for Berry College.
Trail Riders
Horse Show
Set Sunday
The Newton County Trail Rid
ers Activity Committee has plan
ned a Horse Show for Sunday,
September 25, at the club arena.
There will be 12 events with rib
bons awarded to winners in each
event. The entry fee is 50? for
each class.
A Trail Ride will take place
the following Saturday and Sun
day, October 1 and October 2.
The riders will leave from Dewey
Biggers’ home at 12:00 P. M.
Saturday, ride approximately 10
miles to Starrsville, camp over
night, and leave there about 9:00
A. M. Sunday for the return
trip home.
This will give ample time for
the members to get home and be
at the October club meeting which
will be held at the club show
grounds at 2:00 P. M. Sunday,
October 2. Each person is re
sponsible for bringing his own
food and horse feed on this trip.
Douglas A. Garner
At Ft. Leonard
Wood In Missouri
FT. LEONARD WOOD, MO.
—Army Private Douglas A. Gar
ner, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Garner, Route 2, Covington, Ga.,
completed a field communication
crewman course at Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo., Sept. 8.
During the eight-week course,
he was trained to string wire
from the field to the communi
cation center. Instruction was
also given in basic electricity,
switchboard installation and op
eration, and pole climbing.
TH E C OVIN GTON N E WS
Rev. Home Takes
Part In Meeting
On Alcoholism
•The Rev. George Home, Rector
of The Church of the Good Shep
herd, was one of seven persons
from the state of Georgia parti
cipating in a southeastern re
gional conference on “Com
munity Planning for Alcoholism”
in Biloxi, Mississippi from Sep
tember 14th through September
16th.
Through a Technical Assis
tance Project Grant by the Nat
ional Institute of Mental Health,
approximately forty-eight key
clergymen and church related
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ference to consider the rehabil
itation of alcoholics and how the
church can work with other con
cerned persons in this field in
the communities where they live.
“Community Planning for Al
coholism” is trying to reach
clergymen and church related
leaders who can improve and con
tinue to influence the programs
of churches and denominations in
the care and treatment of the
alcoholic and the family.
Dr. Johnny Capes
Received Captain’s
Commission Sept. 4
Dr. Johnny L. Capes, a June
1966 graduate of the Emory
School of Denistry, has just com
pleted five weeks of orientation
at the Medical Field Service
School at San Antonio, Texas.
The purpose of the course is to
train Medical Service personnel
to perform effectively their dut
ies as part of the medical team.
This course is geared, not only
for the present, but to future
needs.
Dr. Capes received his Cap
tain’s Commission on September
4, 1966, and will be stationed
at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
While awaiting his commiss
ion, Dr. Capes was employed
by the Public Health in Fulton
County, as part of the Head
Start Project.
Mrs. Capes, the former Miss
Peggy Pannell, and children,
Sheri, and Gigi, will leave in
the near future to join Dr. Capes
at Fort Polk.
Dr. Capes, a graduate of New
ton County High School, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J.
Capes of Covington.
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Bobby L. Ward
Stationed At
Washington Base
Pfc. Bobby L. Ward has just
completed training on heavy
equipment vehicles and is now
stationed in Fort Lewis. Wash
ington.
Bobby attended Newton County
High School and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Ward of Route 2,
Covington.
Leon R. Henry
Aboard USS Guam
USS GUAM (LPH-9)—Airman
Apprentice Leon R. Henry, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Henry
of 25 Pine St., Porterdale, Ga.,
is on station aboard the USS
Guam (LPH-9) prime recovery
ship of Task Force 140 for the
Project Gemini GTA-11 flight
of Navy astronauts Pete Conrad
and Richard Gordon.
Special equipment has been
taken aboard the amphibious
assault ship to facilitate handling
of the spacecraft during recovery
operations. The spacecraft will
be retrieved by the ship’s air
craft handling crane. The crew
of the Guam has undergone ex
tensive training in spacecraft
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selection for the mission.
Normally operating as a unit
of the Atlantic Fleet’s Am
phibious Force, Guam will re
turn to this duty following the
completion of the Gemini mis
sion.
Vince Dooley
Easter Seal
State Chairman
Georgia’s head football coach,
Vince Dooley, will carry the ball
again for the Easter Seal cam
paign as 1967 State Chairman,
it was announced here today by
Easter Seal Society president,
C. M. Wallace, Jr., sales vice
president of the Georgia Power
Company.
Tagged with the title, “Easter
Seal’s Head Coach,” Dooley ral
lied thousands of volunteers over
the state to help crippled child
ren and adults. Their efforts
inspired Georgians to contribute
$276,765.10 to the 1966 Easter
Seal Appeal. This was an in
crease of almost $19,000 over
the 1965 campaign total.
In taking the state chairman
ship again, Coach Dooley stated,
“I found working with the Easter
Seal Society most gratifying, and
hope to do an even better job
in 1967.’’