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My! Oh Me! What a sacred
Holiday Season we have had!
Naturally we know all the joys
of this season, from a tiny tot
to a “doting” Grandmother. . .
and we do believe. . .well YOU
tell us which is the greatest
time.
You youngsters will say: “OH,
when we woke up on Christmas
morning and found that Automo
bile we could peddle and ride in;
or the Kodak days. . .the bicycle
days. . .Oh no! sez big Sis.. .the
day I found a brand new car at
the door, and the key to it in
my name on the tree!
Well. . .we have graduated!
We saw, just about the cutest
tting we ever saw when we went
down to the sister’s and what do
you think was under that tree. . .
Scampering all over the carpet
from one end of that long living
room to the other. . .Well, you
can guess. . .Lisa is only 8
months old.. .and her Dad looked
at me and said: “Now that looks
foolish, but Sis I just could not
help it when I saw that suit in
the Store.” Sure Lisa was Santa
Claus! Her cap was like Santas
with the red band around head,
white cap and red pompon. She
laughed the entire evening, was a
perfect little “Show Off.”,. .and
this is one Christmas none of us
will ever forget. . .Little Bubba
really took the cake tho’.. .His
dad had seen a Cornet (toy of
course) which looked so real. . .
you could blow a tune on it. . .
right number of stops (or what
ever you call them.) When that
was handed to Bubba first. . .
nothing else mattered.. .We could
have stopped for him. He blew
that horn like an old pro, the
entire evening. . .only the food
stopped him! But not for long.
There was another little fel
low, belonging to the Phil
Pruitt’s, out on Walnut Grove
Road, where they have an apart
ment with Miss Christine George
. . .He rushed up to Eggleston
Hospital and had his surgery and
came home in time to WELCOME
Santa at his house! He is doing
fine now, thanks to the Father
in Heaven for hearing and an
swering all our prayers for that
little one at this sacred season.
We are thinking of all the
“Mammas” who have (what they
still think of as their “little
Boys” over in Vietnam.. light
ing for their country. Some of
them from here get the Covington
News. . .and HOW they love it
over there! We hear from Ale
William T. Rowe, Jr., sth TAC
CMR Box 635; APO San Franci
sco 96274, thru his wonderful
mother who is serving her Coun
ty, in the Newton County Hospital
where she is helping people get
well. We have lunch with her
once in a while, at the hospital
. . .that is when we work so
long, overtime, on account of the
Christmas Mail not getting to the
hospital until 11:30 or 12 o’clock
. . . HEAVY MAILS. . .think we
should vote a holiday SPECIAL
for all postmen! Sure “Bill”
your mother is fine, and just as
sweet as ever, giving of her
time and energies over here to
help people regain their nor
mal health.
Let us hear from you some
time please, and any of the other
boys from Newton County you
know for it would be wonderful
to hear from all of you. We all
love you and appreciate the ser
vices you are rendering your
country.. .God alone, knows why
we have to have wars! We are
praying that it will end soon, and
all of you may come home again.
We are really having cold weat
her here now! I did not see any
of the Service men at home for
Christmas! Will you spread the
word, that we are praying daily
that this war may end! Know
you are keeping up with our High
School Band! Don’t think we
ever had such a wonderful one
. . .Century made a recording for
them and it is wonderful. . .when
you get home please come down
here and let me play it for you.
Our teams are just “mopping
up” wherever they go.. .We hate
like all forty to lose some of
them next year. . .but you know
College is next for them. . .and
we know the college they enter
will be proud of them.
Covington Square is beautiful.
Have never seen the town de
corated so beautifully. Os Course
you can just see the Empty Stock
ing Fund house on the corner of
the Square. We have a United
Fund now, which we have needed
all these years! They raised
something like $60,000 to take
care of the needs of the County
this year. So, you see we are
making progress. You just won’t
believe this is Covington and Ox-
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VOLUME 101
Advisory Staff Reviews County Issues
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PEOPLE’S ADVISORY STAFF meeting was held Tuesday evening at Covington City Hall. Organized and
appointed by Newton County Representative-Elect W. D. Ballard the members repr agent all areas of the
county. Shown above are members at the meeting Tuesday. The staff will advise on issues and help
make plans for legislation in the best interests of Newton County and Georgia.
Georgia Textile
Industry Outlook
Bright In Future
Georgia’s textile industry will caU 1966 one of its best years, and
industry leaders predict continued expansion and good business
during 1967 with some easing of profits.
A survey by the Georgia Tex
tile Manufacturers Association,
Inc. shows that 47 percent of the
Association members reported
gross sales of over a billion
dollars for the year.
Forty-four textile companies
which operate 92 individual plants
participated in the survey. They
indicated that they had spent
$65,077,764 for new plants and
equipment during the year. They
anticipated spending $55,720,764
for new plants and equipment
during 1967.
Despite extreme moderni
zation in plants and equipment,
the reporting companies said that
1,565 new jobs were added to the
industry because of new expan
sion alone. The Georgia Depart
ment of Labor indicated that em
ployment reports through Nov
ember showed an increase of
3,200 textile employees over
1965, with a total of 108,300
employees in that category--
slightly over 25 percent of the
state’s total manufacturing em
ployment.
Increased employment and a
five percent wage increase dur
ing the year swelled the annual
textile payroll from $450 mil
lion to $475 million.
Some of the state’s textile
leaders predicted a decrease in
profits during 1967, however,
citing rising costs and an in
creasing flood of imported tex
tiles as factors.
Willie H. Newton President of
the Trio Manufacturing Com
pany, of Forsyth, and President
dautnntnn
of the Georgia Textile Manufac
turers Association, said that 1966
“set many records of moderni
zation, production and sales,” but
he warned that record increases
in imports may overshadow all
of the industry’s gain. “The
only hope for the textile future
is that our government officials
will be able to extend and en
force long term arrangements
or some satisfactory method of
import control before it is too
late, and time is almost running
out for this.”
Mr. Newton spoke of the vol
untary arrangements among
some 30 foreign countries to
restrict the export of cotton goods
to the United States. Cotton is
the only fiber covered by the
agreement, which expires Sept
ember 30, 1967. Mr. Newton said
that a record 3 billion equiva
lent square yards of foreign tex
tiles (includes fabircs, apparel
and yarn) have been imported
this year.
Robert Train, President of
Bibb Manufacturing Company,
said that despite some soft spots
now appearing in the economy, his
company will spend SSO million
for new plants and equipment dur
ing the next five years.
Mr. Train said that population
increase, higher living stan
dards, large family formations,
continued military demands,
more leisure time, more hos
pitals, more medicare, more
automobiles and more styling
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1966
“will demand increased textile
production.”
Joseph L. Lanier, chairman
and chief executive officer of
West Point-Pepperell, Inc., pre
dicted that the industry gene
rally, and his company “will
remain quite busy with full op
erations” over the nextfew mon
ths. He said the industry should
continue to grow and prosper.
“Profits”, he said, “will be
under greater pressure with
costs tending to rise.”
Mr. Lanier said the industry
should be able to meet Increased
military needs “without serious
disruptions to our civilian cus
tomers”.
J. M. Cheatham, President of
Dundee Mills, Inc., predicted
“price easing in some lines”.
Many companies are feeling the
impact of imports from low-wage
countries, he said, among them,
his own.
Mr. Cheatham, who has been a
member of the Department of
Commerce Management and
Labor Advisory Committee since
it was formed in 1961, said that,
in produced garments, importers
are sometimes able to sell at half
the price of the domestic market.
Meanwhile, he said, textile im
ports are coming in at a rate
“exceeding the growth of our own
consumer market.” The people
exporting to the United States
“have been sharpshooters”, Mr.
Cheatham said, “not sending a
wide range of materials, but aim
ing at specific markets until in
some cases they capture 65 per
cent of that market or more, vir
tually putting domestic producers
out of business for specific lines.
Issues And Legislation Tops
Discussion At Meeting Tuesday
Better government in the future for Newton County received a
boost Tuesday night as members of the People’s Advisory staff
formed by Representative-elect W. D. Ballard met for the first
time to discuss issues and needed legislation that the people want
introduced when the legislature convenes in January.
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were recommended by the Grand
Jury at their last meeting and
were brought up before the Ad
visory Staff so that they could
consult the organizations they re
present and let Mr. Ballard know
the feelings of the people so that
he will be able to draft bills be
fore he goes to the legislature.
Another meeting of the
Advisory Staff will be held before
January 9th, according to Mr.
Ballard. Notice will be given of
the time and place and interested
citizens will be invited to attend.
School Board
Topping the list of items dis
cussed was the election of school
board members. How many
members should be on the school
board? The group was in general
agreement that the number should
not exceed seven. The reason
given is that if the board is too
large it would not be able to
function properly and efficiently.
Should school board members
run for election from districts
and be elected at large or should
they be 'elected so many from
each district based on population?
The former proposal seemed to
be most acceptable to the group.
Board members would be elect
ed for staggered terms.
Multi-Commission
All members of the group that
voiced an opinion favored a multi
county commission. A three and
five man commission was dis
cussed. Most favored a five
man commission with a full time
county commissioner elected at
large as an administrator and the
other four commissioners elect
ed county wide to make the decis
ions as to what would be done
by the full time commissioner.
The four part-time commis
sioners would be paid for their
time at a rate of S2O per day
which is the same pay presently
being paid to advisors appointed
by our present commissioner.
Mr. Ballard pointed out that
this type of multi-commission
is being used in other counties
throughout the state successfully
and that it is very similar to
the Mayor-Council form of gov
ernment used by many cities.
The commissioners would be
elected for staggered terms, pos
sibly two, four, and six years,
in order to always have some
experienced members serving on
the board.
Officials On salary
The group also favored placing
county officials on a set salary
Nation's Capitol Flag Given Troop 222 Boy Scouts
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AMERICAN FLAG that topped the Nation’s Capitol in Washington, D. C. on December 15, 1965 was pre
sented Covington Boy Scout Troop 222 at a meeting here recently. Holding the flag is Congressman Ro
bert Stephens, Jr. and John Lamar Callaway of Troop 222. Looking on are James Pinson (left), Scout
master, and Newton Ordinary Donald Stephenson (right).
instead of the present system
of having their salaries based
on fees collected or percentage
of revenue taken in through their
office.
The officials would be elected
to office with the county Grand
Jury as advisor as to county
needs and watchdog for the peo
ple’s interest.
Each official would submit a
yearly budget to the board of
commissioners for approval of
funds to operate their office and
an emergency fund would be set
up to meet unforseen situations.
Sheriff’s Department
The Newton county Sheriff pre
sently has two deputies and two
part time deputies. It was brought
out that the Sheriff has requested
another full time deputy and also a
new automobile to replace one
now in service which Is consid
ered by the Sheriff to be unsafe
for use.
Next Meeting
Decisions by the Advisory Staff
to guide Mr. Ballard in drafting
legislation will be made on these
and other important issues at the
next meeting of the group. People
throughout the county are urged
to contact the members of this
staff and discuss the issues with
them.
Members of the people’s Ad
visory Staff are;
J. Henry Anderson, Mrs. A. J.
Aylor, James Benton, E.E.Call
away, jack Chandler, R. L. Cle
ments, Joseph Croom, Billy Cro
well, G. H. Dobbs, Paul Fedder,
Mrs. John Fuller, T. Rucker
Ginn, Fred Greer, S. M. Hay,
A. E. Hays, Sr., Arthur Hender
son, sr., Alton Jolley.
Frank Malcolm, E. M. Mc-
Cart, John Morford, Jack Mor
gan, Eddie Murphy, J. T. Owens,
Jr., Archie Patterson, Mrs. r.
M. Paty, Robert Peay, Charles
Strickland, Dallas Tarkenton,
Gerald Wendel, E. D. Whatley,
Reverend T. J. White, Volley
Parr, Ralph Adams, Charles
Morris, Walker Harris, and Sam
Capes.
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, have been:
High Low
Wed. Dec. 21 66 31
Thurs. Dec. 22 66 39
Fri. Dec. 23 55 43
Sat. Dec. 24 43 26
Sun. Dec. 25 43 18
Mon. Dec. 26 51 25
Tues. Dec. 27 58 26
I Editor ial , 2
I Obituary 6
Society 9
I | Sports 12
Legal 18
Classified 19
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W, D. BALLARD
Kiwanis Officers To
Be Installed Today
Officers of the Covington Ki
wanis Club for 1967 will be in
stalled at today’s meeting of the
civic club at Legion Home at
Winder Man Dies
At Trailer Home
In Oxford
Robert E. Maynard, 18, a native
of Winder who was livingwithhis
father in a trailer home at Oxford,
was found dead early Christmas
morning, according to an inquest
report by the Newton County Cor
oner’s office.
Mr. Maynard’s father, George
Maynard, was working at Bibb
Manufacturing Company, Porter
dale, at the time young Maynard
apparently succumbed. Sam Co
wan, Newton County Coroner,
said that Maynard recently had
undergone surgery at an Atlanta
hospital. A brother, John May
nard, found the body about 12:45
a. m. Christmas day.
The coroner, Newton County
Sheriffs office and Oxford Mar
shal Hulon Peters, investigated
the death and they stated that no
foul play was involved.
1 P. M. Ben Banks Is the new
president, succeeding James Hu
tchins.
The installation of the slate of
officers will be conducted by Ro
gers F. Starr of Jackson, 12th
Division Lieutenant-Governor.
Other officers elected to serve
with Mr. Banks are Moody Sum
mers and Rucker Ginn, vice
presidents; Terry Avery, secre
tary; and E. E. (Buck) Callaway,
treasurer. Members of the Board
of Directors for 1967 are: Homer
Sharp, Don Stephenson, Fred
Harwell, Greeley Ellis, Phillip
Cohen, Dr. E. J. Callaway, and
Guy Evans.
Counterfeit S2O
Bills Appear Here
Three counterfeit S2O bills
were discovered in Covington
prior to the Christmas holidays.
City Detective Wendell Kitchens
said that the bogus bills were
cashed at Peoples Drug Store
in downtown Covington, and at
Grant’s and Davis Pharmacy in
the Covington Meadows Shop
ping Center.
The bill at Peoples was taken
on Thursday, and the other two
on Friday. The discovery of
the counterfeit bill at Grant’s
was made by examination of an
employees weekly cash pay. De
tective Kitchens made inquiries
at Grant’s pertaining to suspic
ious looking bills andone cashier
remembered taking a twenty as
described by Kitchens. The bill
had been put into the employees
envelope.
Mr. Kitchens said that no other
denominations had been discov
ered here. He also stated that
this was the first time that count
erfeit bills had been passed East
of Atlanta. Many bills in rec
ent months have been found West
of Atlanta, however.
“It seems that the bogus bills
here were passed by someone
going through Covington,” Mr.
Kitchens stated.
SCHOOL DROPOUTS
Four-fifths of the young peo
ple who drop out of school do
so between the ages of 15 and
18, R. E. Smith, Appalachia area
resource development specialist
with the Cooperative Extension
Service, points out. This early
age, usually before basic skills
are learned, compounds the
problem of receiving additional
training later.
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