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We, of the Covington News
Family, had such a nice little
party, it was not like the parties
of old, but a simple affair, with
tables arranged up stairs In the
plant. Sure there was a table
cloth bordered with green holly
and the red berries, cakes of all
kinds, goodies and hot coffee,
along with ice cold bottled drinks.
Gifts were exchanged and
checks given out to each one
present. Just a little bonus.
When speaking to the group we
stressed the fact that this was
one big family, we loved and
appreciated each person there.
After it was over, there were
a few speeches by the newer
members of the force.. .at least
some who were not real “Old
Timers.” They spoke In no un
certain terms of the "Family
spirit of love, team-work and
complete cooperation” at the
plant, and that this was one of
the first things they felt when
they came here. Oh! But we
are thankful for this, for this is
exactly as it should be. . “One
for all and all for one.”
No person has a problem that
they can’t bring to the President
of this firm or any of their co
workers that will not be solved
in some way . . . that is from
buying their own home to illness
in the home, or hospital. Many
are living in homes sorter Of
fice planned, .we Work together
and we plan together. We have
one of the most wonderful News
paper Families in all the land
. .and we take this opportunity
to tell them so again. "Love
us-or-leave-us. .” well, that
is not an adopted motto, .but
your happiness means our hap
piness.
It takes years (and we’ve had
35 years in this plant) to grow
into what most newspapers grow
into, .the characteristics of a
family. There Is a center of
allegiance around which the dif
ferent personalities find their
places, each with his or her own
traits and talents. As it is in a
family united by flesh and blood,
and by the transcendent, mystical
bonds of affection, so there is in
the newspaper circle afraternity,
there are ties not to be more
than faintly symbolized by words.
Whatever the newspaper day
brings forth each person Is al
ways ready, not only for versat
ile newspaper work but with hu
mor and lively wit. Each per
son takes each problem in the
stride. . .you do not hear any of
this kind of conversation:
"That’s not my job. .do it your
self!” Or, “I*m not paid to
do that”. . .“sure”, they say!
And sometimes It’s to run after
Office hours. . .get a truck and
help a new employe get his fur
niture into a new home. Some
times the OX gets in the ditch
. . .and the entire force will go
with a smile and really enjoy
helping their co-workers out.
And many’s the time they get
muddy all over, or did, out at
the farm, catching fish, .wading
in. .up to their necks, .and then
making a party of it. . .for we
had enough fish for all to take
home.
Sure we are one big family
. . .and if there is a happier
organization in town we would like
to compare notes with you. . .
we can’t believe it! You just
let one of us get sick! Brother
we CARE! This caring and shar
ing in life is the way Christ would
have it! We hope it will always
be that way.
Our good friend Mrs. J. w.
Wiley is at Newton County Hos
pital with about 75 or 80 others
. . .that’s another thing about
Covington. . .IT IS ONE BIG
FAMILY TOO! All of Newton
County is. . .We feel just like
a little nephew, when he was
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(Takes 37 Years Locally To Save $50,000
(Speical to the News)
How long would it take for the average Newton County family,
earning what it does at the present time, to build up a $50,000 re
tirement fund if it puts aside 7 percent of its income each month?
The question is an impor
tant one because of the con
stantly rising cost of living. What
was a sufficient amount of money
to retire on 20 years ago is quite
inadequate now, even with social
security. It will be more inad
equate 20 years hence.
Economists are advising
people to look ahead and raise
their sights as to how much mo
ney they will need for retirement.
At one time the advertisements
read: “How I retired on $l5O
a month”. Now the amounts
mentioned are at least twice
that much.
At the 7 percent rate, the
average Newton County family
would be saving approximately
$33 a month, based on its current
income.
If it banked or otherwise in
vested this money and received
interest at 5 percent, compound
ed quarterly, it would achieve the
VOLUM’
Porteru.
Election
Set Today
A hot Porterdale Town election
is scheduled for today (Thursday)
as three candidates aspire for the
office of mayor and nine are
listed in the race for the five
council seats.
Mayor Billy Crowell, who has
served as mayor for the past five
years and prior to that, nine
years as a councilman, is re
tiring from that position. Those
who are in the mayorallty race
are: Leroy Bailey, Jimmy Ca
son and Tommy Johnson.
In the council race are: Mag
nus Beam, Grady Bowden, Clau
de Cason, J. T. Elkins, Homer
Hill, H. V. Johnson, Jack Rawls,
Herman Kerbow and Raymond
White.
All town officials are elected
for a one-year term at Porter
dale.
Polls will be open at City Hall
during the hours of 7 a. m. and
5 p. m.
Gilmer Elected
AT&T President
Ben S. Gilmer, a former Geor
gia resident and a prominent
business and civic leader of At
lanta and Georgia, will become
President of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company on
February 1, 1967.
Now Executive Vice President
of A. T. & T., Mr. Gilmer was
for eight and one-half years
President of Southern Bell Tele
phone Company with head
quarters in Atlanta.
Mr. Gilmer will succeed Mr.
H. I. Romnes, A. T. & T. Pres
ident, who will become chairman
of the Company, Board of Direc
tors. Frederick R. Kappel, now
Board Chairman, will retire on
February 1, 1967.
Elected at the same time to the
A. T. & T. board, Mr. Gilmer
will become the first southerner
ever to be President of the parent
company of the nationalwide Bell
System.
Born in Savannah and reared
in Montgomery, Alabama, Mr.
Gilmer began his telephone car
eer with Southern Bell !n 1926
after graduation from suburn
University.
He became the company’s Gen
eral Commercial Manager in
1950, was elected vice President
of Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company in 1952, vice President
of the Pacific Telephone Com
pany In 1953, and Vice President
of Southern Bell in 1956.
Mr. Gilmer was named Pres
ident of Southern Bell in 1957,
the position he held upon assum
ing his current assignment last
year. In addition to service in
the telephone industry, he has
been active in business, civic
and community activities. He
took prominent roles In many
Georgia organizations.
Mrs. Gilmer Is the former
Dorothy Cunningham of Decatur.
The Gilmer’s daughter Is Mrs.
Penn W. Rooker of Atlanta.
First Kidney
Transplant In Ga.
The first kidney transplant in
Georgia took place recently at
Emory University Hospital with
an Emory medical team in char
ge. Patient Johnny Jackson, 17-
year-old Macon youth who re
ceived a kidney from his mother,
is doing well.
$50,000 objective in 37 years,
except for the taxes payable on
the interest received.
In many other areas of the
country, where Incomes are be
low the local level and the amount
that can be saved is smaller, a
greater length of time would be
needed to accumulate $50,000.
For those local families that
find it possible to put SSO a month
into such savings, the $50,000
fund would be created in 32 years.
Their actual cash savings in that
period would total $19,200. The
remaining $30,800 would come
from dividends.
The $75-a-month saver would
reach the $50,000 point in 25
years. He will have put $22,500
away in that time and received
$27,500 in interest.
Just how much a family can
save depends upon its parti
cular circumstances and upon
how much it has left after taking
care of its basic necessities.
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xise, established 1865—The Covington Star, established 1874— The enterprise, established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, established 1953
Newton County Revaluation Program
Enters Personal Property Phase
Preliminary Hospital Expansion Plan
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Herbert Vining, secretary-treasurer of the Newton County Hospital Authority, and Mrs. Helen Dickin
son, Newton County Hospital Administrator, look over the preliminary drawing of the expansion plan
for the Newton County Hospital. Voters will go to the polls on Wednesday, January 18, to vote on a
$475,000 bond issue which if passed will make this plan a reality. Mr. Vining and Mrs. Dickinson met
with the Newton County Jaycees at their regular meeting Tuesday night to explain the expansion plan to
their membership.
Committee Reports
To Be Given At
Kiwanis Meeting
The Covington Kiwanis Club
will launch its 1967 program to
day with committee chairmen
giving reports of their alms and
aspirations for the coming year.
Newly-installed President Ben
Banks will be in charge of the
meeting today at 1 p.m. at the
Davis House Restaurant on US
278 across from the Crest Motel.
President Banks succeeds Ja
mes Hutchins as the head of the
local Kiwanis Club. Mr. Banks
has emphasized that all Kiwan
ians should make plans to attend
the Mid-Winter Conference at
Rock Eagle on January 14-15.
Reservations for overnight stay
at The Rock Eagle center should
be made by tomorrow (January
6).
One new member was Inducted
into the Covington Club Thurs
day, Tom Freeman. The in
duction ceremony was hand
led by Edgar Wood.
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, were:
High Low
Wed. Dec. 28 49 40
Thurs. Dec. 29 46 29
Frl. Dec. 30 44 25
Sat. Dec. 31 41 35
Sun. Jan. 1 46 39
Mon. Jan. 2 48 41
Tues. Jan. 3 53 44
Rainfall for the week totaled
3.20 inches.
Those at the bottom of the income
scale are unable to put aside
anything.
The Covington News Subscription Rates
Prices in effect Jan. 1
IN STATE
3 Months — 2.50 plus .08 —52.58
6 Months — 3.25 plus .10 $3.35
9 Months —- 4.00 plus .12 ---- $4.12
One Year-- 5.00 plus .15 —— $5.15
OUT OF STATE
3 Months — 4.50 plus .14 $4.64
6 Months —— 5.25 plus .16 —— $5.41
9 Months —— 6.00 plus .18 —— $6.18
One Year —7.00 plus .21 $7.21
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, January 5, 1967
Mrs. Herring Injured In
Car Wreck Saturday Night
Mrs. Sam Herring was cri
tically Injured in an automobile
wreck on US Highway 278 in
Covington Saturday evening and
remains in a serious condition
at Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta.
Mrs. Herring, the former Di
anne George of Covington, was a
passenger in a car driven by Mrs.
Larry Darby when It collided
with another automobile driven
by Robert Stanley Cook, 48, of
Covington, according to Coving
ton City Police records. Mr.
Cook is charged with failing to
yield right of way.
City Police said that the Darby
car was traveling west on US
Highway 278 and that the Cook
car was traveling north on West
Street.
Mrs. Herring was taken to
Newton County Hospital and was
transferred to Emory Hospital
Monday. She suffered an ankle
injury, multiple lacerations of
the face, neck and ear. Also
abrasions of the knee, accord
ing to the Police report. Dr.
F. C. Nesbit, the attending phy
sician at the hospital said that
her condition Monday was
"guarded and that she had not
regained consciousness” late
Monday.
Officer Johnny Bennett of the
Covington City Police and mem
bers of the State Patrol investi
gated the wreck.
Newton County Sheriffs’ office
According to the latest figures,
total savings by individuals in the
United States this year will
stated Tuesday th.* several
wrecks occured during the week
end due mainly to the fog in the
city and county for several days.
At the time of the Darby-Cook
wreck there were two other mi
nor mishaps at the same time,
the Sheriffs Office reported.
City Court Docket
Is Light Monday
The usual run -of - the - mill
cases were heard in Covington
City Police Court Monday when
Judge E. W, Strozler banged his
gavel. The docket Involved cases
cited during the period of Christ
mas through New Years holiday.
Partakers of alcoholic spirits
were tried or fines forfeited In
seven cases and that was the
leading case called by Judge
Strozler. The next largest num
ber of violators were persons
charged with driving under the
influence. Four were called on
this charge.
Various other offenders called
for trial were: two for driving
without licenses, two for running
red lights, one for speeding, one
for possessing non-tax paid whis
key, one for reckless driving, one
for having an expired car sticker,
and three for disorderly conduct.
amount to $25 billion. This is
about $3 billion below the amount
they put aside last year.
Chamber-Commerce
To Hear Plans Os
Newton Hospital
Die January meeting of the
Covington-Newton County Cham
ber of Commerce will be held
Monday, January 9, 1967 at the
Teen Can Building on Newton
Drive.
Mrs. Helen Dickinson, Admin
istrator of Newton County Hos
pital, will have charge of the
program which will be on the new
addition to the hospital and the
bond Issue to be voted on. The,
Board Members of the Newton
County Hospital Authority will be
guests of the Chamber of Com
merce.
All Chamber members are ur
ged to be present at this meeting,
according to J. Grady Coleman,
President.
230 Businesses
In Newton County
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., inter
national business information ag
ency which has been celebrating
its 125th Anniversary, has re
leased latest statistics on the
business population of Newton
County.
Mr. George Hurayt, district
manager of the Atlanta office of
D & B, reports that figures ob
tained by a physical count of the
Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book
for January, 1967, show that there
are 230 retailers, wholesalers,
and manufacturers In the county.
Founded in 1841 in New York
City, the Dun & Bradstreet or
ganization now includes nearly
240 offices in the United States
and abroad. The company was
originally established to collect
and report data on merchants on
the Western frontier In order to
promote trade, and has been gat
hering financial and credit data
on firms of all types ever since.
Today, D & B lists nearly three
million businesses and their cur
rent credit ratings in its Re
ference Book, which is con
tinually being revised and is
published six times a year. Each
year, all businesses, regardless
of size, are asked to send copies
of their financial statements to
Dun & Bradstreet, whose report
ers collect supplementary facts
and profile each business in com
prehensive credit reports widely
used by suppliers, insurance
companies, bankers, and service
concerns.
Advisory Staff
Meeting Tonight
The second meeting of the Peo
ple’s Advisory staff will meet to
night, Thursday, January 5, at
7:30 at the Covington City Hall.
Representative - elect w. D.
“Donald” Ballard has urged that
all members of the staff be pre
sent to help make decisions that
will guide him in drawing bills
to present in the Georgia Legis
lature. Interested citizens are
invited to attend.
Covington Kiwanis Club Officers Installed
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COVINGTON KIWANIS Club officers for 1967 are pictured at Legion Home after the induction ceremony
Thursday during the regular weekly meeting of the organization. Left to right: Terry Avery, secretary;
Moody Summers, vice-president; Ben Banks, president; Rogers F. Starr, 12th Division Lt.-Governor,
who handled the installation ceremony; and E. E. (Buck) Callaway, treasurer. Rucker Ginn, the other
vice-president, was not present for the photo.
Charles E. Harrison of the Appraisal Firm of Lowe-Jacobs As
sociates has been employed by the Newton County Commissioners
to conduct revaluation appraisals of the personal properties and
inventories of all of the commercial and industrial establishments
that are located within the County, as of January 1, 1967.
The business personal proper
ties tobe appraised include: Fur
niture, fixtures and equipment;
Office machines and equipment;
Manufacturing and processing
machinery, tools and equipment;
Vending machines and amuse
ment devices; Gasoline station
tools and equipment; Heavy con
struction equipment and unlicen
sed vehicles used in the business;
other types of furniture, fixtures,
and equipment located in various
types of businesses; and also the
inventory at cost of each of the
commercial and industrial es
tablishments as of January 1,
1967.
Included in this program is
also the revaluation of all farm
machinery, cools, equipment and
livestock which will be listed by
an authorized member of the
firm, but will be appraised by Mr.
Harrison through the use of basic
standards established for Newton
County.
The appraisal of the commer
cial and industrial personal pro
perties and inventories and also
NGC Gets Grant To Enable
Research By Dr. T.C. Davis
DAHLONEGA — A grant of
$1,980 has been made by Re
search Corporation to North
Georgia College.
This grant will enable Dr.
Thomas C. Davis to undertake
a research program in the area
of photochemistry of small ring
compounds or the conforma
tional analysis of cyclic ketones,
an official said.
Research Corporation is a
foundation for the advancement
of science. It was created In
1912 by Frederick Gardner Cot
trell, scientist, educator and
philanthropist.
The foundation supports basic
research In the natural sciences
through grants -In - aid to col
leges, universities, and scien
tific Institutions. Its grants pro
grams currently total over a
million dollars annually.
Project grants under the Fred
erick Gardner Cottrell program
are made to academic and sci
entific Institutions to help young
er staff members initiate “imag
inative fundamental work early
In their careers, and to encour
age highly speculative research
that they may contribute signifi
cantly to scientific knowledge,”
officials said.
Dr. Davis, a native of Coving
ton, Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Davis of Mansfield. He
graduated magna cum laude from
North Georgia College with a
B.S. Degree In chemistry. He
did graduate work at the Univer
sity of North Carolina and rec
eived a Ph.D. Degree from Flor
ida State University. While at
Florida State he was awarded
the Ethyl Corporation Research
chemist for two years. There
he was engaged In the synthesis
of organic compounds present in
tobacco.
In 1964 Davis joined the sac-
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the appraisals of the farm per
sonal property and livestock is
only one phase of the County Re
valuation Program that is being
conducted by said firm.
It would be appreciated if ap
propriate records, such as the
current depreciation schedule in
dicating the original cost, years
acquired and the present book
value, were made available for
the purpose of verification of the
appraised values that will be de
termined by the use of basic
standards developed by Lowe-
Jacobs Associates.
Mr. Harrison would like to
express his thanks for the co
operation given to him while
conducting the personal property
appraisals thus far. He would
also like to emphasize that the
purpose of these revaluation ap
praisals is to establish a uniform
guide that will assist the County
Assessing Officials in the equal
ization of the 1967 Newton County
Assessment Roll.
ulty of North Georgia College
as associate professor of chem
istry. since coming to NGC
Dr. Davis has attended National
Science Foundation summer in
stitutes at Georgia Institute of
Technology and Emory Univer
sity. He also attended a course
in the spectrometric identificat
ion of organic compounds spon
sored by the American Chemical
Society at Memphis state Univer
sity.
Dr. Davis Is a member of the
American Chemical Society and
the Chemical Society of London
and has had papers published in
the area of asymmetric synthe
sis.
Dr. Davis, and his wife, Karen,
have three children; Bob, 4;
Suzanne, 2; and David, 1.
Mail Boxes
Destroyed
By Fireworks
Fireworks In Newton County
did considerable damage, at least
to 13 residents of Route 1, Ox
ford, whose mail boxes were
blown to bits during the Christ
mas holidays.
Cary Allgood, mall-carrier for
the Oxford route, reported that
the mail boxes were apparently
destroyed by large firecrackers
purchased in Newton County. The
sale and shooting of fireworks in
Georgia is illegal.
During the holidays a 17-year
old Newton County boy suffered
five broken bones in his right
hand when a firecracker explod
ed.
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