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Mr. M. B. Shaw and Mr. Bill Hoffman
Shaw, Hoffman Named To
Hospital Authority Posts
The Newton County Hospital
Authority elected M. B. Shaw
and Bill Hoffman as new mem
bers of the Authority at a recent
meeting. Leon Cohen was re
elected to serve another term.
Mr. Cohen is presently ser
ving as Vice-Chairman of the
Authority.
Shaw has recently returned to
Porterdale as General Superin
tendent, Porterdale Division of
the Bibb Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Shaw was born in Valdosta,
Georgia. He was graduated from
high school there, third honor
graduate in a class of ninety stu
dents. He extended his education
with courses In Textile engineer
ing from time to time. Mr. Shaw
is married to the former Lu
cille Ivey of Porterdale. Mr.
and Mrs. Shaw have five child
ren. The Shaws are members
Medical Insurance Is
Part Os The Medicare
If you are receiving social se
curity benefits and are not yet
65, you will receive a notice about
signing up for medical insurance
under medicare In the three mon
ths before your 65th birthday, ac
cording to John H. Ingle, district
manager for the Social Security
Administration in Atlanta.
Medical Insurance is the part
of medicare that covers doctor
bills and other out-of-hospital
medical expenses.
The notice will be in the form
of a postcard on which you will
simply check “Yes” or “No”
as to your decision. Sign the
card and return It In the envelope
provided. This card should be
returned no later than the month
before you reach 65 for your pro
tection to begin with the month
you become 65, Ingle added.
After you have signed the card
electing the medical insurance,
the $3.00 monthly premium will
be deducted from your social
security checks.
Persons reaching age 65 have
a seven-month period to sign up
for medical insurance, Ingle said.
This seven-month period begins
with the third month before you
reach 65 and ends 3 months after
you reach 65.
If you wait until the month
you reach 65 or later to sign up,
your coverage will be delayed.
STRAND
THEATRE
COVINGTON, GIORGIA
Tharsdoy-Friday-Saturday
Jawary 26-27*21
Jack Lemmon Natalie Wood
In
"THI GRIAT RACE*'
Monday-Tuesday Jan. 30*31
CLOSED
Wednesday Thru Saturday
February 1 -4
Dick Van Dyke-Nancy Kwan
In
"LT. ROBIN CRUSOE U.S.N."
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MOONLIT
DRIVE-IN
CONYERS, GEORGIA
Thursday-Friday. Jan. 26-27
James Garner-Dick Van Dyke
Elke Sommer-Angie Dickinson
"THE ART OF LOVE"
Technicolor
Saturday, January 28
Rod Taylor-Trevor Howard
Jill St. John
"THE LIQUIDATOR"
In Color
Also
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"THE GORGON"
Technicolor
Sunday, January 29
Sophia Loren-Paul Newman
David Niven
"LADY L"
In Color
Menday-Tuesday-Wedneudoy
CLOSED
Thursday-Friday. Feb. 2-3
Rock Hudson-Leslie Caron
Charles Boyer
"A VERY SPECIAL FAVOR"
Technicolor
(Best Coverage: News, Pictures, and Features)
of the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church.
Mr. Hoffman is a native of
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
He was graduated from high sc
hool there and attended Drexel
Institute of Technology in Phi
ladelphia, Pennsylvania. From
Drexel Mr. Hoffman transferred
to Snead Junior College In Boaz,
Alabama. Mr. Hoffman came to
Newton County In 1957 as man
ager of the Radio Station WGFS,
His wife is the former Betty
Jean Vaughn of Albertville, Ala
bama. The Hoffman’s have two
children. The family are mem
bers of the Baptist Church.
It is felt by the other mem
bers of the Authority that these
two new members, Mr. Shaw and
Mr. Hoffman, can make a real
contribution to the operation of
the hospital.
If you do not sign up within the
seven-month period, you will not
have another chance to be pro
tected by medical Insurance until
the next general enrollment per
iod which is October, November,
and December of 1967. Then your
premium payment would be
higher and your protection would
not start until July 1, 1968.
Ingle encouraged all persons
nearing age 65, whether social
security beneficiaries or not,
to get in touch with their social
security office 2 or 3 months
before they reach 65 to avoid
losing any protection under the
medicare program.
7 News Notes From 7
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7 By Mrs. Roy Kimble
Mrs. Albert Davis visited Mrs.
Edwin Moss Friday afternoon.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Farmer,
Warren and Connie were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Kimble and Douglas.
♦* ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. George Ballard
and Margie of Porterdale were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Kimble.
*♦ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Moss,
Frankie and Diane were Sunday
night supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Moss and Jimmy.
*♦ ♦ *
Mrs. Felton Ellington, James
Garner, and Paul Garner visit
ed Mrs. Reba Garner over the
weekend.
** * *
Donald Kimble and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Kimble visited Mrs.
Etta Kimble and family Sunday
night.
*♦ ♦ *
Franklin Moss spent Thurs
day night with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Moss and jimmy.
Scout Leader
Needed For
Philmont Trip
The Newton-Rockdale District
Boy scouts of America is in
need of an adult leader to make
the trip to the Philmont Boy
Scout Reservation In New Mexico
this summer. Dick Walters,
N-R District Executive, and John
Burson, Philmont Chairman, an
nounced Monday that several sco
uts from Covington and Conyers
will make the trip this summer.
The trips to the large scout
reservation start in June and
are held throughout a three-mon
th period. The leader and scouts
have a wide choice of dates to
attend.
Any adult leader who is inter
ested in making the trip should
contact either Mr. Burson or
Mr. Walters.
Ted R. Cleary
Assigned To Ist
Cavalry In Vietnam
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM
(AHTNC)—Army Private First
Class Ted R. Cleary, 19, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ted M. Cleary,
21 Denmark St., Statesboro, Ga.
was assigned to the Ist Air Cav
alry Division In Vietnam, Dec
ember 24.
A recoilless rifleman in Com
pany D, 2nd Battalion of the divi
sion’s 12th Cavalry, pvt. Cleary
entered on active duty last July
and completed basic training at
Ft. Polk, La.
Cleary, whose wife, Gloria,
lives at 208 Pinecrest Drive
Covington, Is a 1965 graduate of
Statesboro High school.
Newton County Spent
$504,000 For Medicine
(Special to the News)
It’s not only for the good things in life that Newton County residents
are spending more money at the present time. They are also speS
more for medicines—a total of $504,000 a year. spending
And the reason is not only
that drugs cost more nowadays.
Much of the increase, believe it
or not, is attributed to the fact
that local people have more to
spend on average, than they did
a few years ago.
It is all quite understandable,
according to a new government
study. It shows that people with
more money at their command
spend more for ointments, laxa-
Two Delegates
Named To Girl
Scout Meeting
Mrs. Estelle Hopkins and Mrs.
Elizabeth Taylor are the dele
gates who will represent Newton
County at the annual meeting of
the Northwest Georgia Girl Scout
Council to be held on Tuesday,
January 31, from 10:30 A. M. to
2:00 P. M. at the Peachtree
Christian Church.
On Thursday, February 2, the
Covington Girl Scouts will pre
sent a program to the Pilot
Club at the Porterdale Hotel.
The representative from each
troop will meet at the Scout Hut
at 7:15 P. M., and transporta
tion will be provided to Porter
dale and back. Parents will pick
their children up at the Scout
Hut at 9:00 P. M. The repre
sentative from each troop will
tell the Pilot Club of their act
ivities in scouting.
The registrar from Atlanta
will be at the Scout Hut on Mon
day, February 6, for one hour
only 1:30 P. M. to 2:30 P. M.
The next neighborhood meet
ing will be Tuesday, March 14.
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tlves and other non-prescrlption
drugs than do those with less
money.
The report, just released by
the National Center for Health
Statistics, a division of the Pub
lic Health Service, is based on
Interviews with 134,000 persons
throughout the country.
Among those in Newton Coun
ty’s geographic region, the
amount spent for medicinesaver
ages $22.80 per person annually.
Os this sum, an estaimated
$17.50 per year is for medi
cines obtained on written pre
scriptions from physicians.
The rest of it-goes for drugs
and medications that are avail
able without prescriptions, such
as nose drops, liniments, pain
relievers, vitamins and tonics.
On the basis of the govern
ment’s sampling survey, the to
tal expenditure for medicines by
Newton County residents is es
timated at $504,000 a year.
The American people as a
whole are spending more than
$4 billion a year in that direct
ion, or about s2l per person,
the report states. Not included
are drugs dispensed to hospital
patients.
Age, sex, education and in
come are some of the factors
that affect the amount that an
individual spends for medicines.
Younger people spend less than
older ones, women more than
men and people In the South
and West more than those else
where.
In Newton County, according to
the latest figures released by
Sales Management on retail drug
store sales, their volume for
the year came to SBBB,OOO, com
pared with the total three years
before of $455,000.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
This takes into account all
drug store sales, including sales
of non-medical products.
Newton Countions
Contributed $1,210
To TB Campaign
ATLANTA—Citizens of New
ton County have contributed sl,-
210.70 to help In the fight against
tuberculosis, emphysema, chr
onic bronchitis, and other crip
pling and killing lung diseases,
according to figures released
in Atlanta today by Dr. William
A. Hopkins, President of the
Georgia Tuberculosis Assoc
iation.
“We deeply appreciate each
and every contribution, large or
small, that allows us to continue
our work,” Dr. Hopkins said,
“and we strive to use each dollar
as carefully as we can to reduce
suffering and death from lung
crippling diseases.”
The services of the TB assoc
iations are available to every
citizen, according to Dr. Hopkins.
The county health department
calls upon the Georgia TB Assoc
iation throughout the year for
assistance in providing clothing
and transportation to persons
going to Battey state Hospital
to begin treatment. School child
ren and teachers are given health
materials at no cost, and educat
ional films are provided for com
munity use. TB skin testing for
school children, under the TB
Association’s “Child-Centered”
program, Is another important
aspect of the work carried on
during each year.
Unhappily, these services may
face cut-back in 1967 if the
Georgia TB Association fund
drive falls short of its goal.
"We hope and pray that all those
who have not yet answered their
Christmas Seal appeal will do so
(Our Advertisers Are Assured of Best Results)
promptly,” Dr. Hopkins said,
“because Christmas Seals work
for you all year ‘round.”
Dr. Hopkins pointed out that
ninety-three cents of each dol
lar collected stays in Georgia,
^“to help our own people,” while
,the additional seven cents goes
for national research and edu
cation programs. All gifts are
tax deductible.
Episcopal Church
Offers 9-Weeks
Lenton Study
Quite a bit or Interest has been
shown In the Church of the Good
Shepherd’s Lenten Study course
entitled “Journey in Faith”. The
last date on which to sign up
for this course, which begins
Wednesday, February Ist at 8
o’clock, is Monday, January 30th.
The cost will be $2.50 for each
person or family unit.
The course will continue for
nine weeks, and will last one
hour and a half each week. Per
sons desiring to engage in this
course are asked to agree to
commit themselves to the discip
line of attending each week and
reading the pamphlets which will
be distributed each week.
The Rev. George Home wishes
to have it understood that this is
open without obligation to all
denominations and is being of
fered in the hope that it will
broaden and deepend the par
ticipants understanding of the
scope of Christianity.
Temperatures
Temperatures In Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, were:
High Low
Wed. Jan. 18 56 29
Thurs. Jan. 19 50 39
Fri. Jan. 20 44 30
Sat. Jan. 21 64 27
Sun. Jan. 22 69 36
Mon. Jan. 23 72 44
Tues. Jan. 24 72 39
Caldwell & Cowan Erects High Tower
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THIS 150-FT. RADIO Tower was recently installed at Caldwell &
Cowan Funeral Home in Covington. It will give the firm a range
radius of some 75 miles. A workman, Robert Smith of Atlanta
Communications System, is shown near the top of the tower as he
made last minute adjustments. A 20-ft. antenna goes up above Mr.
Smith. .. . „
* ■ ■ .. . them a range of 75 miles radius,
Caldwell-Cowan an ^ add mu, ; h t 0 ? e h r lp
which this new piece of equip-
Installs 150 Ft. ment will add to the business
* and will enable the firm to en-
RnfllA TOWAF hance the service which they
* 1 V ww * 1 give the com munlty.
. . s“^° 1135 been “™ s is an indication of the
Installed by Caldwell & Cowan attitude of our firm that is will
for the purpose of increasing the j n g s o grow with a growing com
range of the radios which they munlty, and the willingness to
us ® ln J heir serve in the most trying cir-
tower is to be one hundred cumstances,” Lewis Caldwell
and fifty feet high, this will give Q Cn m