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Homecoming Memorable Day For
Prospect Membership And Guests
The 136th milestone in Pros
pect Methodist Church’s history
was passed, Sunday, when some
100 members and guests attended
the annual Homecoming. The
Rev. James Olivent, pastor, was
speaker for the memorable oc
casion.
An Impressive Memorial ser
vice was held for those members
having gone to the Eternal Home
coming, during the past year.
Participants were Miss Elaine
Allen, who read the commemor
ative tribute; and Mrs. Robert
Houseworth, who sang, “Safe In
the Arms of Jesus’’. White can
dles which flanked an all white
altar arrangement of chrysan
themums and gladiolus, were
lighted In memory of those honor
ed.
“Upon This Rock” was the text
chosen by Rev. Olivent, for which
he used Matthew 16:13-19 as
scriptural basis. In revealing
the nature and function of the
church, Rev. Olivent reminded
his hearers that the church, cre
ated by an act of God, belongs to
Christ; and is a supernatural
reality. “It takes more than
people and doctrine to build a
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despair. Hear God’s wonderful promises proclaimed from the pulpit in the
church of your choice this Sunday. These promises so heard will accomplish
wonderful things in your soul and heart, for God says of His Word, “It shall
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church”, he continued, “It takes
changing building materials into
Living Stones of which a true
church is constructed upon the
only foundation - ‘which is Jesus
Christ’ ”. The church, he said,
may be persecuted until the end;
but, God is not dead, nor has he
abdicated His Throne; and the
gates of Hell shall not prevail
against the Church. “Hie
Church, with Christ as Its found
ation, knows no distinction or
denomination, and any man may
kneel at its altar, for the Church
is where God and Man meet,
through Jesus Christ, who is its
Head”, he concluded.
A delightful social hour was
enjoyed during the noon hour,
when a bountiful dinner was ser
ved on the grounds, from picnic
tables. Among visitors from a
distance was O. W. Loyd, of
Leslie, Ga.; and the church’s
eldest members, Mrs. Wood
Piper, who has been a member
for 78 years, was present for the
day.
Prespect’s history intrigues
the imagination. Its altar fires
were kindled In a brush harbor,
following a Methodist crusadf
throughout Georgia in 1818. Its
first building site was at the
forks of Highway 20 and the
county road to the Wood Piper
homestead, and was purchased
(or granted) to the trustees, by
Edward C. Wade, for the sum
of sf, on October 17,1830. James
Bellah was the first pastor of the
one room log cabin church, with
its split log, backless benches,
which assured the congregation’s
full attention to the sermons.
A hand-dressed lumber build
ing was erected, a half-mile
north of the original site, on land
donated by Thomas and Betty
Hicks, in 1856. C. W. and Jennie
Turner were donars of the third
and present site, on Highway 212,
off McDonough Highway 20, in
1882.
Among families in early rec
ords of Prospect Church, some
of whom have sixth and seventh
generation, present-day mem
bers, are Downs, Mann, Thrash
er, Flowers, Vandergrift, Zach
ery, Blanton, Glenn, Longshore,
Ogletree, Hicks, Smith, (Johnny
Farmer, a great-great grandson
of Benj. F. and Cecelia Smith,
has served as organist for many
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786-8175
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Covington Meadows Shopping Center
786-8151 David Morrison, Manager
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Specializing in King Size Tastee Burgers-
Thick Shakes & All Kinds of Dinners
For Quick Take-Out Orders-Call 786-7900
Phelps Dodge
Aluminum Products Corporation
Dodge National Screening Division
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CHURCH OFFICIALS attending Prospect’s Annual Homecoming, shown above, are left to right, front
row: Mesdames J. B. Loyd, Winfred Stubbs, stewardesses; Charles Moss, WSCS president; Wood Piper,
eldest member; Miss Mary Sue Smith, pianist; Mrs. Reuben Hull, and Miss Elaine Allen, stewardesses;
2nd row, Alton Jolley, Lay Leader; Wade Willingham, Charles Moss, stewards; Idus Piper, treasurer;
Winfred Stubbs, trustee; Beau Willingham, MYF president; background, Horace Underwood, Official
Board chairman; Rev. James Olivent, pastor; Thomas Moss, S, S. superintendent; C. A. Sims, secretary;
and Vaughn Taylor, steward.
years); Turner, Hull, (Dr. Eugene
C. Hull, eminent San Bernandlno,
Cal. surgeon, who began his prac
tice here, is the son of Eugene
BAPTIST
COVINGTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
201 Floyd st.
Rev. EDGAR A. CALLAWAY
ALMON BAPTIST CHURCH
Almon
REV. MARVIN YOUNG
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Mill St.
REV. CARL E. CASSIDY
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH
Rt. 2, Salem Rd.
REV. BARNEY WILLIAMS
COUNTY LINE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rocky Plains Rd.
REV. CHARLES L. MOODY
HIGH POINT BAPTIST CHURCH
Jackson Highway, Covington
REV. MARION A. MOBLEY
MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH
Walnut Grove Road
REV. W. C. BRUMBELOE
MANSFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH
Mansfield
REV. CHARLES BENNETT
PORTERDALE BAPTIST CHURCH
Porterdale
REV. H. N. EARNEST
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Highway 20
REV. EDGAR WILLIAMS
SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH
Salem Road
REV. CALVIN D. WATSON
MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
RFD Oxford
REV. HAROLD McANALLY
STEWART BAPTIST CHURCH
Jackson Hwy., Covington
REV. CLIFFORD BROWN
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
Piper Hgts., Jackson R<k, Porterdale
REV. BILL CAGLE
SHOAL CREEK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
Rt. 1, Mansfield
CORNISH MT. BAPTIST CHURCH
Rt. 1, Oxford
OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
Oxford
REV. O. L. MCCULLOUGH
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH
Flat Shoals Rd,
REV. JAMES M. BOHANNAN
THE COVINGTON NEWS
and Susan Hicks Hull).
Among other outstanding des
cendants are Dr. G. T. Hicks,
doctor of philosophy, and his
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Covington North Unit
107 1/2 Clark Street
J. BAUGHER, Minister
CONGREGATIONAL
SARDIS CONGREGATIONAL r HUR CH
Walnut Grove Rd. Rt. 1, Oxiord
CHURCH OF CHRIST
COVINGTON CHURCH OF CHRIST
Old Atlanta Highway
CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Porterdale
J. T. PAYNE, Pastor
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Porterdale
EPISCOPAL
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Monticello St.
REV. GEORGE E. HOME, JR. Rector
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD
Newton Drive
REV. E. W. ASHMORE
PRESBYTERIAN
COVINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Clark St.
REV. THOMAS J. WHITE
GUM CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Gum Creek Community
REV. B. DAVID GULLETT
HOPEWELL A. R. PRESBYTERIAN
Rocky Plains, Rt. 1,
REV. WAYNE DICKSON
PORTERDALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Porterdale
REV. IRVING G. RUDOLPH
BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rt. 2, Covington
REV. B. DAVID GULLETT
LUTHER HAYS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Hayston
REV. THOMAS J. WHITE
PINE GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rt. 1, Mansfield
REV. IRVING G. RUDOLPH
METHODIST
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
204 E. Conyers St.
REV. E. OWEN KELLUM, JR.
GAITHERS METHODIST CHURCH
Rt. 3, Covington
REV. JIM LUKE
Gene Cannon’s Service Station
114 Floyd St. Covington, Ga.
Ph. 786-2802
Farmers Mutual Exchange
feed SEED FERTILIZER
Covington, Ga.
Ph. 786-3403
Campbell Lumber Company
“Everything to Build Anything’’
Emory St. & Ga. Depot-PH. 786-3412
Gober’s Concrete Company
Ready Mix-Concrete-Pipe
Hiway 278 - Ph. 786-2613
Patrick Feed Company
786/3220
“We Mix AND Grand Feeds’’
Bledsoe Hardware
MANSFIELD, GA.
Woco Pep Oil Company
“Pure Oil Products’’
786-2375
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wife, Dr. Frances Hicks, Dean
of Women, GWC; Miss Layona
Glenn, Methodist Missionary
Emeritus, and Covington News
ALCOVY METHODIST CHURCH
Rt. 1, Oxford
REV. TERRY PHILLIPS
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
Covington Mills
REV. GEORGE W. BRETHERICK
MOUNT PLEASANT METHODIST
Rt. 4, Covington
REV. TERRY PHILLIPS
MANSFIELD METHODIST CHURCH
Mansfield
REV. D. A. REILY
NEWBORN METHODIST CHURCH
Newborn
REV. J. HAROLD LEE
NORTH COVINGTON METHODIST
Emory St.
REV. SIDNEY WHITEMAN
STARRS VILLE METHODIST CHURCH
Starrsville
REV. J. HAROLD LEE
SHILOH METHODIST CHURCH
Almon
REV. A. CLAY KELLY
JULIA A. PORTER METHODIST CHURCH
Porterdale
RFV. A. J. BRUYERE
SALEM METHODIST CHURCH
Salem Rt. 2, Covington
REV. CHARLES THOMAS
ALLEN MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH
Oxford
DR. JOHN TATE
RED OAK METHODIST CHURCH
Jackson Hwy., Covington
REV. JIM LUKE
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH
Hwy. 278, Covington
REV. A. C. CLEMENS
PROSPECT METHODIST CHURCH
&
SNAPPING SHOALS METHODIST
Snapping Shoals
REV. JAMES OLIVENT
SEWELLS METHODIST CHURCH
R.F.D. Rutledge
REV. W. H. LUNSFORD
OAK HILL METHODIST CHURCH
Oak Hill, Rt. 2. Covington
REV. JAMES OLIVENT
LOVEJOY METHODIST CHURCH
Jackson Hwy., Covington
REV. JIM LUKE
MOUNT TABOR METHODIST CHURCH
Oxford, RFD
REV. CARLTON KNIGHT
CATHOLIC
ST. AUGUSTINE'S CATHOLIC MISSION
1117 Floyd St.
RBV. EDWARD O’CONNOR
Columnist, who has passed her
100th birthday; and the Rev. La
mar Hicks, of Houston, Tex.,
great-grandson of Harmon and
Hester Hicks.
Among recent renovations,
■which have kept Prospect in the
catagory of leading rural chur
ches, has been the installation
of a complete new lighting sys
tem; and a bulling program is
under way for the erection of a
steeple, and renovation of the
church’s entrance. A new Sun-
Mrs. Victor Williams Was Hostess
To Oxford Woman’s Club Meeting
The September meeting of the
Oxford Woman’s Club was held
at the home of Mrs. Victor Will
iams, with Mrs. Carl Allgood
as co-hostess.
Mrs. Laura Dodson, President,
opened the meeting with a sin
cere tribute to the hospitality of
Mr. and Mrs. Williams and ex
pressed appreciation of having
the first meeting each year with
them. Appreciation was also ex
pressed to Mrs. Frank McCoy
who has worked so tirelessly to
Salem Wesleyan Service Guild
Hears Mrs. Yohan Speak On India
The Salem Wesleyan Service
Guild met Sept. 19 at the Par
sonage.
President Mrs. Helen Moore
called the meeting to order, and
Rev. Charles Thomas led in the
opening prayer. Mrs. Jackie
Smith brought the devotional.
Minutes of the last meeting
were read and a treasury report
was given.
Mrs. Moore urged us to at-
“Palletized” Food Units
Shipped To Southeast Asia
By Dale C. Dunham
Men—weapons—food. All
are crucial in the fighting in
Southeast Asia.
The method of handling food
is also crucial—to Insure de
livery in proper condition and to
conserve money and manpower
enroute.
Most non-perishable food sup
plies procured for military sub
sistence are now being shipped
as “palletized units” inaspecial
type of encasement—one of the
latest innovations in food trans
portation.
A typical unit, weighing around
2,300 pounds, might consist of 54
cases of canned food—all glued
together, bonded to a 48 by 40-
inch wooden pallet base, and
covered by waterproof poly
ethelene shroud, fiberboard
sheathing, and steel straps. The
entire unit can be assembled at
a U. S. packing plant, shipped
to Viet Nam, then air-lifted by
helicopter to a jungle supply
station--completely intact.
If it isn’t intact--due to broken
pallet boards or other defects—
corrective measures are needed.
This can be an expensive, time
consuming process, with a risk
of a food supply shortage occur
ring in the interim.
Because the Department of De
fense simply can’t afford to
handle unprotected food supplies,
it has set construction and as
sembly requirements for pal
letized unit loads—and for the
pallets themselves--that packer
suppliers have to meet.
Food inspectors of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture’s Con
sumer ana MarketingServiceare
now conducting the inspections
in food packing plants and in pal
let manufacturing plants. Pack
ers with military contracts pay a
nominal fee to C&Ms for the in-
CONGRATULATIONS
NEWTON COUNTY 4-H CLUB
MEMBERS AND LEADERS
Mk
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TO OBSERVE A \
NATIONAL 4-H V
CLUB WEEK
SEPT. 24-OCT. 1
Covington Furniture Co.
19 E. Square
Phone 786-7077 Covington, Ga.
and
Covington Furniture Exc.
308 Washington St.
Phone 786-2476 Covington, Ga.
Thursday, September eu, ismu
day School Class, the Young
Adult, has been organized dur
ing the past year, with Mesdames
Winfred Stubbs and Jesse Taylor
as teachers.
The robed, trained choir,
splendid music with both organ
and piano; and beautiful sanct
uary; the nearby, modern par
sonage; and the loyalty and pro
gressiveness of its members,
reflect the faith Prospect is keep
ing with the Master Builder, and
the founding fathers.
beautify Oxford Cemetery, and to
those who have helped in any
capacity.
Mrs. Virgil Eady, Jr. was in
troduced as our speaker, and she
told in a most interesting way of
their recent trip to Europe. They
visited six countries: Belgium,
Germany, Italy, France, Switzer
land, and England, and were im
pressed with their cleanliness
and their architectures.
Delicious ice cream and cake
were served during the social
hour.
tend the Guild Retreat which will
be held Oct. 8 at the Salem
Campground.
Mrs. Shantilata Yohan from
India was guest speaker. Mrs.
Yohan spoke on “Why I Am A
Christian”, after whicl we en
joyed asking her questions about
India.
Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Jackie
Smith served sherbet pinch and
cookies.
spection service.
It’s a big, new imporant job
for C&MS inspectors--lone in
conjunction with the inspections
they have regularly made of non
perishable processed fold ship
ments procured by the Jefense
Department for subsistence, to
see that the foods meaiure up
to contract requiremens for
quality, packaging, and narking.
Two new types of impection
are involved: one of :he in
dividual pallets, to male sure
they’re acceptable befoe using
them in “unitized” loa>s, and
another of the “unitized’ loads
themselves to ensure priper as
sembly.
Inspectors select a repre
sentative sample, whlct gener
ally includes five palletsand five
unit loads from each portion
of a contract offered for in
spection. They check the de
sign of the pallets, the ype and
quality of wood used, iind the
nails and method of nailig.
They’re on the lookoutor such
defects as excessive bar), splits
in wood, knotholes, itproper
spacing of boards, missug nails,
exposed nails, decay in tie wood,
and boards that are toe short.
When inspecting “uiitized”
loads, inspectors check fir such
defects as improper appication
of the adhesive used for bonding
the cases to each other and to
the pallets, use of wrongloading
patterns or techniques, lads that
lean to one side, and cajes that
aren’t properly positiored ad
jacent cases.
Before arriving at an over
seas destination, apallettedunit
load is normally handled 10 to 30
times. Once the load arrbes and
is disassembled, the pallets often
are stored outdoors for later
use. Thus, they must be ible to
withstand plenty of rough treat
ment and adverse weather,