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WOW! Just like that it was!
We are talking about Sharp Field,
and the HOMECOMING GAME
. . .Covington and Winder! They
were “Wound Up” alright! After
all with that Homecoming Court
sponsored by the Jaycees. . .
what could beat that? Nothing
we say. Aw Fellows! Be quiet
over there, we can’t win every
thing! They were our guests too,
as you well know. . .and you
must entertain guests occasion
ally. The NEWTON COUNTY
BAND! Never saw a more beaut
iful sight or heard more beautiful
music! Twan’t just because you
were our very own boys n’ girls,
that we know. . .for we have to
tip our hats to that fine Winder-
Barrow High School Band too,
they were excellent. Together
the two Bands, Homecoming
Court, Cheer Leaders, .and let’s
just say the whole program, and
everybody taking part in it made
a beautiful picture. We are good
sports and hope you will come
back again Winder. . .perhaps
we will not have our minds on
all that Court of beautiful young
ladies next time, and we can do a
better business.
Heard somebody call somebody
a “worry-wart” not long ago.
Are you one of those things?
Please don’t be, for you will
grow old without worry. With
worry you will make yourself
and everybody around you miser
able. Anybody can complain!
So why should we? Worry makes
you sick, and what about your
loved ones, we worry them sick
listening to us. . .(that goes for
you young folks too) because we
should be surrounding our fri
ends and loved ones with joy and
with Faith in the Future.
We go all out to protect those
we love with Insurance, Educat
ion, Christian Education, ready
them for the business world and
a good standing in the community.
It has been said that we should
pray morning noon and night. . .
BUT practice what we pray! That
is when life becomes a joyous
thing! That is when friends seek
our love and influence, that they
might come in contact with Pray-
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PY Council Steering Committee Meeting
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SHOWN AT A PLANNING session of Newton County Parent-Youth Council, at NCHS Library, Tuesday
night, are left to right, seated: E. G. Lassiter, treasurer; Major Venon Ison, president; Mrs. Jerry
Aldridge, secretary; and Jerry Bray, Vice-president; Standing, NCHS Principal Homer F. Sharp,
advisor; Julie Thomas, Livingston School, Mark Hitchcock, Mansfield; Neal Dickerson, Heard Mixon;
and Ficquett Principal George Hutchinson, advisor.
HOMECOMING QUEEN Miss Shelia Bates and her court are shown
in the photo above. From left to right: Chester Parker and Lillian
Benton, Artie Hays and Rissa Spears, Randy Satterfield and Shelia
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Stanton brothers Are Eagle Scouts
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ANDY AND BOBBY Stanton (left to right), sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Stanton, received their Eagle Boy Scout Awards October
2 at ceremonies at the First Baptist Church in Social Circle.
The recipients Cubmaster was Vernon Club, Scoutmaster was
John Hogan and Explorer Advisor Calvin Hart, Jr. (See other
picture inside The News today).
PYC Meeting October 19 Will
Launch Youth Gov’t. Week
Final plans for the Youth In
Government Week, to be spon
sored by the Newton County Pa
rent Youth Council, will be made
at a call meeting of the PYC
Steering Committee, to be held
at 7:00 p. m., Wednesday night,
October 19, at NCHS Library,
according to an announcement by
PYC President Venon Ison. NCHS
Student Body President Doug Jol
ley has been named director, and
Mrs. Jerry Aldridge, co-ordina
tor of the project.
In a meeting of the Steering
group, on Tuesday night, Pre
sident Ison pointed up mounting
interest in the forthcoming Gen
eral Election, and the timeliness
of the Youth In Government Week,
in giving young people actual ex
perience in the many faceted
1966 Newton High Homecoming Queen And Court
Stye (Cnmngtnn Nrma
roles they will be called upon
to assume as leaders, in the
future.
In order to balance represen
tation from elementary and high
school grades, the Committee
named vice-presidents of NCHS
grades as members of the Steer
ing group. They are: Sr. Class-
Chester Parker; Jr. - Jud Call
away; Sophomore - Sammy Oz
burn; Freshman - Sylvia Harde
gree; and Student Body - Dotty
McKay.
The new committee members,
as well as all elected PYC of
ficers, chairmen of committees,
presidents of elementary and high
school classes from the sth th
rough 12th grades, are urged to
be present, and help launch the
Youth in Government project.
Bates, Jimmy Neely and Kay McAllister, Mickey Head and Diane
Dooley. Miss Bates was crowned at pre-game ceremonies by Doug
Jolley. President of the NCHS Student Body.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY,OCTOBER 13, 1966
United Fund Drive Kickoff
Breakfast Monday Morning
E. G. Lassiter Is Chairman
Os Drive; Committeemen Named
More than 100 volunteers are ready to start work Monday in the
third annual Covington-Newton County United Fund campaign. The
appeal will officially get underwmy at a breakfast meeting at 7 A.M.,
Monday, October 17th at the Teen Can.
Helping to organize this year’s
campaign has been E. G.
Lassiter, Chairman of the drive
and the Board of Trustees: Ed
Robinson, President, Dennis
Kane, Mrs. Helen Dickinson,
W. J. Dickey, R. O. Arnold, Mrs.
Patsy Britt, Dr. J. W. Purcell,
Miss Mae Hardman, Donald Step
henson, Dallas Tarkenton, Dr.
Sam B. Hay, Robert Fowler,
Hugh Steele, J. H. Dennis and
S. J. Morcock.
Heading the Industrial Divi
sion will be Cranston Gray, with
Dennis Kane, Ted Stroud, John
R. Thompson, James Hardman,
John Morford, Paul Beyer, C. T.
Bohanan, W. A. Childers, Olin
Allen, A. W. Crawford,
Norbert Thompson and Gerry
Wendel.
Commercial Chairmen will be
Herbert Vining, Terry Avery and
Grady Coleman with Melvin Al
len, Cloud Abernathy, David Mor
rison, Bert Adams, Ben Banks,
Mariot Britt, Neal Banks, How
ard Brooks, E. E. Callaway,
Jack Christian, Philip Cohen,
Frank Christian, Fred Harwell,
Bill Hoffman, Jack Harwell, Doug
Jones, Leo S. Mallard, Jack
Meadors, Jack McGiboney, Frank
Malcolm, Ronnie Patterson,
Moncey Pratt, Marion Piper,
Johnny Prescott, Sam Ramsey,
Ray Reece, Charles Robertson,
Otis Spillers, Bill Vaughn, Jack
Morgan, w. T. Greer, Jr., Don
Wood, Wendell B. Crowe, James
Hutchins, Walker Harris, Bill
McDowell, D. L. Maddox, Everett
Traffic Cases
Numerous In
City Court
Thirty-eight of 55 cases call
ed for trial by Covington City
Judge E. W. Strozier Monday at
City Hall court room involved
traffic violations in the city dur
ing the past week.
Two cases of drag racing were
called with one of the offenders
forfeiting his S3OO bond on char
ges of drag racing, running a
red light and leaving the scene
of an accident.
Most numerous traffic char
ge Monday was driving under the
influence of intoxicants as 10
were booked on this count. Eight
were cited for driving without a
license, seven for reckless dri
ving, six for speeding and two
for running red lights. Two
others were ticketed for running
stop signs, with one of those
facing the charge of running two
stop signs.
Other cases heard in a trial
session or forfeiting their cash
bonds saw 13 charged with drunk
enness, and four for disorderly
conduct.
Pratt and Jerry Bray.
The Community Chairmen will
be W. J. Dickey, E. M. McCart,
Miss Annie C. Hays, Dean Bond
Fleming, James Lord, J. H. Den
nis, W. C. Savage, V. Y.C. Eady,
Sr., Harold Dobbs, Dewey Cason,
Grady Jones, Clarence Hender
son, J. T. Jaynes and W. N.
Zeigler.
The Professional Group will
be headed by R. o. Arnold, J. W.
Purcell, Johnny Maloney, Gree
ley Ellis, Moe Winn, Mrs. Helen
Dickinson, Bill Dobbs, E. W. Ex
ley, Tom White, E. J. Callaway,
S. L. Hardman, Sam Cowan and
Don Ballard.
Assisting with the Government
Group will be Mrs. Lois Hay,
Lamar Callaway, Donald Step
henson, George Jolley, Billy Cro
well, Sam M. Hay, Herman Adams
and Ed Hunt.
The Educational Division will
be headed by Homer Sharp, Geo
rge Hutchinson, Eugene What
ley, Dallas Tarkenton, Jerry Al
dridge, L. C. Gordon, B. M.
Paden and Mrs. Claudine Ever
itt.
The workers hope to raise,
and are confident they will,
$57,025. This goal is about
4 percent more than was raised
last year.
The funds are shared by four
teen different health, child care
and youth guidance agencies that
serve more than 3,000 people
during the year.
Knowing your one gift can help
so many people makes you “Feel
Great” and Campaign Chairman
E. G. Lassiter, General Manager
of White’s Enterprises, says the
volunteer workers who donate
their time and money actually
do “Feel Great.”
Alpha A. Fowler
To Speak At
Rotary Club
Guest speaker for the Coving
ton Rotary Club meeting Tuesday,
October 18 at the Teen Can,
will be Alpha A. Fowler, Jr.,
Georgia Public Service Com
mission member.
Mr. Fowler, a native of Doug
lasville, has served seven terms
as a member of the Georgia
House of Representatives and
was chairman of the House Agri
culture Committee.
Otis Spillers is in charge of
the program Tuesday, and he
will introduce the speaker.
Pro Football
Film To Be
Shown Today
Professional football will be
spotlighted at the Covington Ki
wanis Club meeting today at Le
gion Home at 1 o’clock.
Ray Reece, program chair
man, has secured a film en
titled “Key Plays of Pro Foot
ball” from the Citizens and
Southern National Banks of Geor
gia, and he will show the film
today.
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Tom Boyd in, assistant cash
ier of the Georgia Railroad Bank
ing Company of Augusta, was the
guest speaker at the Kiwanis
Club meeting Thursday. His
subject was “Private Enterprise
and the Danger of Government
Controls.”
Visitors at the meeting Thurs
day included former Covington
Kiwanian John Alford who now
resides in Marietta. Two mem
bers of the Newton High Key
Club, Eddie Hinton and Pat Yan
cey, were prsent Thursday.
Palmer Stone PTA
Meets On Monday
The Palmer Stone P.T.A. will
meet Monday night, October 17th
at 7;30 P.M. in the school cafe
torium. Mr. M. D. Mcßae will
present a very interesting pro
gram, and all parents and teach
ers are urged to attend this meet
ing.
Plans are well underway for
the annual “Fall Festival” and
the date has been set for Friday,
October 28th.
Ivey Honored For Perfect Attendance At Sunday School
DURING HOMECOMING exercises at the Porterdale Methodist Church, Sunday, October 9, W. C. Ivey
(center) was presented a plaque by the pastor, Rev. A. J. Bruyere (right), from the church, for his 42
years of perfect attendance at Sunday School. Rev. Dallas Tarkenton of Oxford (left) was presented
a plate with the picture of the Porterdale Church, for being the guest speaker for the Homecoming
service.
Newton Teachers Sanction GEA
Proposed Legislature Program
The business session of the
Newton County Teachers Assoc
iation included the discussion
of the proposed legislative pro
gram of the Georgia Education
Association. This proposed pro
gram already has the approval
of the State Board of Education.
The local teachers announced
that letters will be sent to legis
lators urging their support of the
proposed program which is as
follows:
1. Salary schedule - The Sal
ary Schedule was approved by the
State Board of Education, after
being developed by a committee
from the profession that worked
several months. This Salary
Schedule is an Index Schedule,
in conformity with Senate Bill
180, the new Foundation Pro
gram. The 100 index is $5,200
for a beginning teacher, with a
bachelor’s degree and a pro
fessional certificate, going to
$10,140 for the seven-year cer
tificate.
This schedule will provide;
(a) an attractive beginning sal
ary, (b) sufficient increases to
hold teachers in the profession,
(c) incentive for teachers to im
prove their competencies, (d)
recognition of successful exper
ience by the graduated index
through the years of teaching,
and (e) encouragement to con
tinue as career teachers.
2. Reduce pupil-teacher ratio
in elementary school to one to
twenty-five in average daily at
tendance. This will; (a) give
fewer pupils per teacher and thus
more time to teach, (b) give an
opportunity for more individual
attention, (c) improve the quality
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LANDSCAPING was serious business, Friday morning on the city square, when Covington Garden Club
bers worked with city officials and Nurseryman E. D. Cook, on the first project of the Club’s Beaut
ification of City Parks program. Left to right are City Manager George Jolley; Mrs. C. G. Henderson,
Mrs. Perino Dearing, Projects chairman; Mr. Cook, Charles Geiger, supt. Public Works, Mrs. Hugh
Harris; Mrs. Spence Ramsey, club president; and Mrs. Leo Mallard.
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of education, and (d) require ad
ditional teachers and class
rooms.
3. Professional Practices
Act with a continuing contract
clause - This will: (a) insure
bilateral contract, (b) protect
the teacher, and (c) protect the
board of education.
4. Reduce age for retirement
to age 62, without penalty, to
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The Covington Garden Club
Begins Parks Beautification
Covington City Square was the
scene on Friday morning, of the
launching of the major project
for the year, of Covington Gar
den Club, which is, “Beautifi
cation of City Parks”. Present
for the initiation of the project
were Mrs. Spence Ramsey, Club
President; Mrs. Perino Dearing,
Projects Chairman, and the fol
lowing members of her com
mittee; Mesdames C. G. Hender
son, Leo Mallard and Hugh Har
ris; City Manager George Jolley;
Public Works Superintendent
Charles Geiger; and E. D. Cook,
of Covington Nursery.
The Beautification project is
being promoted by the Club, thr
ough the cooperation of Covington
Nursery’s owners, Ralph Penn
ington and E. D. Cook, who as a
civic contribution, have donated
the number of azalea plants nec
essary to landscape the four
corners of the city square. They
have further offered to plant
NUMBER 38
Masons Set
'Family Night’
A Call Communication will be
held Friday night, October 14,
designated as “Family Night.”
Refreshments will be served at
7 o’clock P. M.
The purpose of this communi
cation is to honor two of our
Master Masons, Brothers, Tho
mas Henry McCrary and Henry
Otto Whelchel, who at that time
will be presented 50-year pins
for their long continuous service.
Grand Chaplain, Brother C. H.
Langley, will make the presen
tation.
the azaleas, and insure main
tenance over a two year period,
with the exception of watering,
at a nominal cost. Maintenance
includes planting, with cooper
ation of the city, spraying and
fertilization.
Varieties best suited to local
climate, according to Mr. Penn
ington, are Glendale and Gable,
which have been chosen in shades
of pink, for the square.
Other parks and triangles of
the city will be landscaped, in
sequence under the Beautification
program; but, in a recent meet
ing, the Covington Club voted to
complete one park, or spot cho
sen, before undertaking actual
planting on another.
City officials and many citi
zens have expressed appreciat
ion of the Club’s project, which
will add beauty and charm to
Covington’s city square and
parks.