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By the Office Boy
. Many times you say, “Well,
i § my one vote won’t count much,
- they won’t miss me and Pm ex
. pecting Company anyway,”
b{i Don’t you let your Office Boy
~ hear you say that! Don’t you
. realize that next week, , .(the
~ Day is Wednesday). . .Jan, 18th!
~ That is the time to vote foraddi
- tion to our Hospital, Unless you
worked out there, or had loved
‘ones there at deaths door, and
- could not get them in a private
_room, . ~you can’t understand.
Alas! The room you did get
:gthem in had a person under
oxygen, who was expected to
breathe her last any minute!
"That's hard on an ill person
to just see or know this goes
on near her, , ,but that patient
‘has to see loved ones gathered
- around, crying over the Mother
who is sure to go at any minute,
Depressing? The worst thing
that can happen to a patient!
Too many patients are turned
- away when they are overcrowd
- ed, ‘“No room!”’
As an Auxiliary Worker, we
see, we know the crowded con
dition, Why just recently one
of our darling young people, . .
(she wasn’t more than 12 years
old). . .was rushed out there, . .
she had to go to surgery, serious
- surgery at once, . ,Where do you
. think they were forced to place
her, as there was no room?
Why, it was one of the prettiest
places in the hospital, . .the
glassed in solarium, , ,without
one facility she needed out there!
But Mrs, Dickinson, Administra
tor, and those fine nurses equip
ped that room,
We have some of the finest
Doctors in the State, as well as
Nurses and Administrator, The
most dedicated in the land, . .
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Maddox Elected Governor
By Assembly Vote, 182-66
Lester G, Maddox, Atlanta bu
sinessman, climaxed an uphill
battle Tuesday when he was na=-
med Governor of Georgia by the
Georgia General Assembly. The
vote was 182 to 66. with 10 leg~
islators ‘abstaining’ in the voting.
Governor Maddox had con
ducted three election campaigns
in the state during the past year.
He was second to Ellis Arnall
in the Democratic primary in
September and two weeks later
defeated Mre. Arnall in the run=-
off election. Maddox was second
in the voting to Republican Ho=-
ward (Bo) Callaway in the Nov=
ember General Elections A
write-in vote of some 60,000 for
Arnall threw the governorship
election into the Georgia Assem=-
bly. The U, S. Supreme Court
ruled recently that the Georgia
Legislature should name the go
vernor.
In a joint session of the Geor=
gia Senate and House on Tuesday
the votes in the general election
were canvassed. Callaway had a
total of 453,655 and Maddox polled
450,626, Arnall had a write-in
total of 52,831 which prevented
either candidate fromreceiving a
majority of the votes cast in the
state,
Newton County voted heavily in
favor of Maddox in the general
election as he carried all 16
precincts of the county. Newton
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of Mr, and Mrs., Dan Whitlow, of Covington, They are inflammable when subjected to heat or fire,
Desk Sergeant Grady Costley (right) points to spots on the doll’s forehead which was ignited by a
lighted match, Chief Hinton Bailey holds two other dolls belonging to Miss Whitlow, Two of the three
dolls were purchased at a discount center in Atlanta,
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The Georgia Ent: = ihed 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 102
NEWTOw HOSPITAL BOND VOTE WEDNESDAY
Mobil Plant Dedication On Friday
Officials, Covington Mayor To
Take Part In Ceremonies 11 AM
A new industry in town is like a new family in a neighborhood.
A “let’s get acquainted’’ feeling arises. People are curious about
the newcomers. What are they like? Where do they come from?
What is their background?
Covington’s newest industrial
citizen, Mobil Chemical’s plas
tics division, is part of Mobil
Oil Corporation—an enterprise
known all over the world.
Mobil Chemical is planning a
plant dedication Friday, January
13, when its chief executives from
New York will be here to meet
the people of Covington. Mayor
Walker Harris will speak at cere=-
monies beginning at 11 a.m. at
the plant. The following day,
Saturday, Jan. 14,employees will
show the new plant to their fam
ilies and friends.
Mobil Chemical is one of three
operating divisions of Mobil Oil
Corporation. Its plastics divi
sion was founded in 1945 as the
Kordite Corporation in an aban
doned upstate New York school
house by two brothers, Richard
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Gov. Maddox
County’s 1967 representative in
the house, Donald Ballard, voted
for Maddox in Tuesday’s session
in Atlanta. Also, Senator Brooks
Pennington of the 45th Senatorial
District, cast his vote for Mr.
Maddoxe.
Governor Maddox was sworne
in some few minutes after he was
elected by the General Assembly.
The ceremony took place in the
Governor’s Office in the State
Capitole He then came to the
house chamber and made a short
speech.
and Howard J, Samuels. Th.
firm’s main assets: energy and
faith in an idea.
The idea was a new plastic
clothesline that Howard Samuels
conceived and developed while a
student at Massachusetts Instit
ute of Technology. The brothers
pooled their resources and went
into production. The new clothes
line, caught on quickly and the
Samuels brothers soon expanded
into other plastics products. The
company grew, and later became
a part of Mobil Chemical.
Richard and Howard Samuels
are still with the operation --
Howard as a vice-president of
Mobil Chemical and general man
ager of the plastics division,
and Richard as a division vice
presidents Many of the others
who worked together to start the
company are still with the plas
tics division. But in the mean
time, the ranks have grown.
Today the men and women
engaged in the division’s oper
ation number over 2,500 =--
roughly a fourth of Covington’s
total populations More than 1,100
work in the main plant in Mace=
don, New York, and a foam plas
tic products plant in nearby Can
andaigua. Hundreds of others
are employed in facilities in 111~
inois, California and, of course,
Georgia.
Look around your kitchen and
you’ll probably discover you own
a number of plastic products
manufactured by Covington’s
newest industrial citizen.
Mobil Chemical is the nation’s
largest manufacturer of trans
parent plastic bags which protect
clothing when it comes from the
dry cleaner. It is one of the
country’s largest producers of
rigid plastic food containers for
the refrigerator and freezer.
Last year, Mobil Chemical in
troduced the ‘Hefty’” Bag -a
heavy-duty, quilted plastic bag
for freezer and refrigerator
storage. Backed by a nationwide
advertising program, the new
bags are appearing in kitchens
all over the country. Home
makers report they have at least
three times the strength and
durability of ordinary see
through plastic bags.
The transparent plastic bags
in which you carry sandwiches
to work or to a picnic may be
among the many millions of
‘‘Baggies” produced by Mobil
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1967
Covington Mobil Officials To Welcome Guests
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From left to right: William F, Briggs, plant engineer; Lynn Maxwell, personnel manager; Louis F,
Courchaine, financial and distribution manager; and Gerald Wendel, plant manager, Dedication and open
house will be held Friday and Saturday with the ribbon cutting ceremony Friday at 11 a, m,
American Legion National Commander
To Visit Covington Post, Wednesday
John E, Davis, National Com=
mander of the American ILegion,
will visit Newton County Post 32
American Legion on Wednesday
(Jan. 18) for a breakfast meeting
at Legion Home at 8 a.m.
Post 32 Commander Luke Hill
stated that Commander Davis will
be in Georgia next week and
that his visit to Covington af
fords an opportunity for Legion
naires to meet the head of the
organization. Accompanying
Commander Davis will be Geor
gia Department Commander Geo=
rge Tribble and State Adjutant
George Osborne. From Coving=-
ton, the group will proceed to
Dublin for another meeting.
Legionnaires who attend the
breakfast session Wednesday
will be treated to country ham
N A T A B RPN - s T P A
Cason Elected
Porterdale Mayor
Jimmy Cason was -elected
mayor of Porterdale Thursday in
the annual Town Election which
also named five councilmen fora
one-year term, Mr, Cason suc
ceeds Billy Crowell as mayor,
Mr, Crowell did not seek re
election after five terms,
Elected to the town council
were: Grady Bowden, Claud
Cason, J, T, Elkins, H, V, John
son and Jack Rawls,
The voting in the mayor’s race
saw Cason poll 187 votes, Leroy
Bailey 149 and Tommy Johnson 8,
In the council race the voting was
as follows: Grady Bowden 232,
Claud Cason 215, J, T, Elkins
194, H, V, Johnson 186, Jack
Rawis 184, Herman Kerbow 156,
Homer Hill 139, M, G, Beam 129,
Raymond White 124,
New Country Club
Now Organizing
Organization of a country club
next to the present Highland Golf
Course near Salem is underway
in Conyers, Covington and Lit
honia, The initial meeting of
the club, at which preliminary
plans were announced, was held
Monday evening at Highland with
some 150 persons in attendance,
From Covington were Grady
Coleman, Walker Harris, Dennis
Kane, Gerry Wendel and John
Morford,
Mr, Coleman said that shares
of stock will be sold in the club
at S3OO per person, The mem
bership has many advantages for
the member and his family, The
dues will be $25 per month for
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and eggs, grits, orange juicec and
coffee.
Mr. Davis of Bismarck, North
Dakota, 53 years old, was un=
animously elected National Com~
mander of The American Legion
during the 48th Annual National
Convention held in Washington,
D, C, August 26th to September
Ist, 1966.
A Word War II veteran with
nearly five years in the infantry,
Davis rose from First Lieutenant
to Lieutenant Colonel and Battal=
ion Commander, with the 134th
Infantry, 35th Division. During
his lengthy service in the Europ=-
ean Theatre he received four
battle stars, the Combat Infantry
man’s Badge, Silver Star, Bronze
Star, The Purple Heart and The
Presidential Unit Citation.
Immediately upon his return
from active service, Commander
Davis joined the James Roberts
Post No. 124, at McClusky, North
Dakota. He was elected Post
Commander 1946-1947, and has
been a continuous member of the
Post and holds a life member
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a full membership and $lO per
month for a social membership,
The name of the club will be
Fieldstone Country Club and the
organization will lease the new
golf course and operate it, Fea
tures will include a club house,
swimming pool, men’s grill,
lighted tennis courts, and there
will be golf clinics for the child
ren of members, Mr, Coleman
added,
Coleman stated that the mem
bership goal has been set at
450 charter members, Anyone
desiring further information on
the new country club should con
tact either Grady Coleman or
Walker Harris in Covington,
Advisory Staff Favors Seven Man
School Board, Six Commissioners
In their search for plans to
bring better government to New
ton County, members of the
‘“People’s Advisory Staff’’ voted
Thursday night in favor of a seven
man school board, a six man
county commission, and the plac=
ing of five Newton County offic
ials on a salary of $12,000 a
year.
SCHOOL BOARD
School board members would
be elected from four districts
and the county=-at-large as fol=
lows: (1) one member from
each of three districts out in
the county; (2) two members
from the Covington district; and
(3) two members from the county=
at-large.
Three board members would
be elected for two-year terms.
Two board members would be
elected for four year terms.
Two board members would be
elected for six year terms. Dif=-
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MRS, HELEN DICKINSON, Newton County Hospital Administrator, is shown at a chart giving statis
tics on Federal Aid as she spoke to the members of the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Com
merce Monday at the Davis House Restaurant, She cited reasons for the passage of the Hospital Bond
Issue next Wednesday., Seated at the head table are Hospital Auxiliary members Robert Fowler, S, A,
Ginn (chairman) and Mrs, Aubra Sherwood (left to right),
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New Wing And Expanded
Facilities Are Planned
Newton County voters will have the opportunity to vote for or
against a $475,000 bond issue next Wednesday to expand the facilities
and build a new wlr_\g a@ Newton County Hospital, Covington.
Included in the bond proposal
will be plans for the addition of
27 private room beds, 10 semi~
private room beds and an alter
nate of four additional rooms.
This would make a total of 41
beds to the present facilities at
the hospital.
If the bond money is okayed
by the county voters, it will
mean that some $1,070,000 will be
available for the expansion pro=-
gram here through Hill-Burton
funds.
Many of the civic clubsandor
ganizations in Covington and the
county have heard speakers ex
plain the merits and needs of
the bond passage. Many have
issued resolutions favoring pass=
age of the bonds. The Covington
Kiwanis Club and the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of Com
merce were recent organizations
voting overwhelmingly for the
bond okay.
Mrs. Helen Dickinson, Hospital
Administrator, stated that plans
call for expansion in various de
partments of the hospitale She
stated that the laboratory will
be re-located and enlarged, and
the dietary department will be
enlarged, and an X-ray mach
ine will be added in the room
where the present laboratory is
now.,
Also additions will include a
ferent terms of office would in
sure the people of having ex
perienced members on the sch=
00l board at all times. Board
members would elect their own
chairman for a two year term.
MULTI=-COMMISSION
In order to have a multi
county commission which would
represent the people from all
parts of the county, the Staff
voted on a plan calling for elect=
ion from districts of five mem
bers and the election from the
county~-at-large of the full-time
administrative commissioner.
Commissioners from the dis
tricts would be elected along the
same district boundaries as sch
ool board members with one
member from each of three dis=-
tricts out in the county and two
members elected from the Cov=-
ington district. Board members
would be elected for two, four,
and six year terms.
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meeting-teaching room, Phar=-
macy room, morgue, new med
ical records room and additional
storage space. Also, expansion
of the administrative quarters
of the hospital will be in the plans.
It was pointed out that the
expansion will be at the rear of
the present building and will be
a T-shape structure with one
wing being built between the two
patient wings. This will make
an excellent base for future ex
pansion of the hospital, Mrs.
Dickinson pointed out, \
The plan calls for the letting
of the contract sometime in April
if the proposal is approved by
the voters on January 18. The
addition should be completed
within 14 to 18 months.
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Temperatures
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Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, were:
High Low
Wed. Jan. 4 48 38
Thurs. Jan. 5 49 26
Fri. Jan, 6 53 23
Sat. Jan. 7 61 38
Sun. Jan. 8 56 45
Mon. Jan. 9 48 35
Tues. Jan. 10 48 34
OFFICIAL’S SALARIES
After much discussion the Staff
voted to place the five full-time
county officials on a salary of
$12,000 per year. Officials af
fected by this would be the Clerk
of the court, Ordinary, Tax Coll~
ector, Sheriff and County Ad
ministrative Commissioner.
HOSPITAL BONDS
The People’s Advisory Staff
voted unanimously to endorse the
passage of the $475,000 bond
issue for the expansion of the
Newton County Hospitale The
bonds will be voted on Wednesday,
January 18, 1967.
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Palmer Stone PTA
The Palmer Stone P, T, A, will
meet on Monday, January 16, at
7:30 P, M, at the school. Mr,
J. W, Richardson, Newton County
Schocl Superintendent, will be the
guest speaker for the evening,
All teachers and parents are
urged to attend this meeting,