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Thursday, January 26, 1967
Country Club Meeting Set For
Covington City Hall Sunday
Covington Mayor Walker Har
ris has announced that a public
meeting will be held at City Hall
Courtroom Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock at which time partic
ulars will be given about the new
Fieldstone Country Club, now
organizing near Highland Golf
Course on Salem Road. Charter
members of the new club are
being solicited, Mayor Harris
stated, and all persons interest
ed in the club are invited to the
meeting Sunday.
The new country club for the
Newton-Rockdale-Lithonia area
Dudley Was
Kiwanis Speaker
Charles S. Dudley, former
managing director of the Assoc
iated Industries ofGeorgia(AlG)
was the guest speaker at the reg
ular weekly luncheon meeting of
the Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Dudley’s subject was" K
iwanis ’67.” A Kiwanian with
more than 30 years in the organ
ization, Mr. Dudley chaUenged
the local club members to en
gage in the work of Kiwanis,
which has the motto "We Build.”
Visitors at the meeting Thurs
day included a former Covington
Kiwanian, Robert Campbell of
Newnan. Other guests were David
Parker and Wesley Hunt, Key
Club members; and an Inter-Club
of Downtown Atlanta Kiwanians;
Al Fuller, Tom Watson and Elliott
Jackson.
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The Covington News Call 786-3401
(Best Coverage: News, Pictures, and Features)
neared reality this week as Bob
Hutson temporary chairman, an
nounced that a full membership
goal from the Rockdale area
will be reached by Sunday, Jan
uary 22. More than $30,000 has
already been raised from the
Rockdale area alone since the
first meeting last week.
Reports from Newton County
indicate that they are progress
ing rapidly with their member
ship and should be ready before
the month is out.
The Lithonia group Is in pro
gress of a membership program
and leaders report that the drive
is gaining momentum.
The name of the new club,
Fieldstone Country club, will be
ready to go around July Ist. A
new 18 hole golf course is al
most completed and will have
fairways green the year round,
a new (already Installed) water
system, bent grass on the gre
ens, and full club facilities. The
club will also have an Olym
pic size swimming pool, tennis
courts, several dining rooms
and facilities for dancing. Spe
cial planned entertainment for
young people is included.
Bob Hutson stated Tuesday
that plans were being formulat
ed to have the “Sorta Forty”
band with Joe Towns at the open
ing of the Country Club. Mr.
Towns stated that the band will
play at no cost to the club.
Individuals are donating money
for expenses. The Fieldstone
Club is fortunate in securing
this outstanding group.
II Drunk Cases
Heard By Judge
In City Court
Eleven persons charged with
drunkenness in the city during
the past week had their cases
called for trial Monday in Judge
E. W. Strozier’s City Court ses
sion. This was almost half of
the number of cases called by
The Judge.
Those charged with reckless
driving numbered three, and
another three persons were char
ged with disorderly conduct. Al
so, three forfeited their bonds
on the charge of driving under
the Influence of Intoxicants. Two
speeders were fined, and two
persons drew fines for driving
a vehicle without a license.
One subject was found guilty
for shoplifting in a downtown
store. Two persons had their
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MAYORS OF THREE cities who are interested in founding the Fieldstone Country Club near the Highland
Golf Course on Salem Road are pictured above at a meeting Sunday at Conyers. Looking over the
registration of members are, from left to right: Mayor Bill Kelly of Lithonia; Mayor Walker Harris
of Covington; and Mayor J. T. Hicks of Conyers. A drive for charter members is now underway in
the three-city area.
cases transferred to the Newton
County Superior Court. They
were charged with DUI.
Sam Caldwell
Takes Oath As
Labor Comm.
The swearing -in ceremonies
for Georgia’s new Commissioner
of Labor had a youthful ring when
Sam Caldwell took the oath of
office Tuesday, January 10, at
the State Capitol.
The youthful Commissioner
was sworn in at the old Supreme
Court Chamber by the youngest
judge of the Georgia Court of
Appeals, the Honorable Kelly
Quillian, a long-term personal
friend of Commissioner Cald
well.
Nearly 100 of Commissioner
Caldwell’s friends and sup
porters gathered In the court
chambers for the ceremonies.
Following the ceremony the Com
missioner walked to the Labor
Building and in a very cordial
exchange the office was turned
over to him by the former Com
missioner Ben T. Huiet.
Commissioner Caldwell is a
native Georgian, having resided
in Turner and DeKalb Counties.
He attended North Georgia Col
lege in Dahlonega and graduated
from the University of Georgia
with a degree in Journalism in
1952 , he served in the United
States Marines and, after grad
uating from the University, ser
ved in the United States Army.
Commissioner Caldwell,
comes to his new post well pre
pared after serving in admini
strative positions in several de
partments of state government,
and was Personnel Director for
the State Highway Department
from 1962 until he resigned to
run for Commissioner of Labor.
He is a member of the Board
of Directors of People to People,
which is a national organization
to promote goodwill among the
different countries of the world.
3 Mayors Spearheading County Club Drive
Captain Aiken
Company Comm.
At Ft. Dix, NJ
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Captain Aiken
Captain William R. Aiken, Jr.
of Route 1, Covington has as
sumed his duties as Company
Commander of Company D, sth
Battalion, CST Brigade, Fort Dix,
New Jersey. Capt. Aiken will
be training new recruits for com
bat duty.
Before entering the Army,
Capt. Aiken was ASCS Office
Manager of Baldwin County. His
wife and children live at Rt. 1,
Covington.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Account Numbers
, Are Important
ATLANTA — Taxpayer^ who
receive dividend or interest in
come are required by law to give
their tax account number to the
organizations that pay the in
come, according to Mr. A. C.
Ross, District Director of In
ternal Revenue for Georgia. For
individual taxpayers, the tax ac
count number is the Social Se
curity number.
Business firms are required
to report to IRS dividends or in
terest of $lO or more paid to
anyone during a calendar year.
The information returns, Forms
1099, are compared with individ
ual income tax returns to see if
income is reported in the full
amount.
Firms must also furnish a
statement of total payments for
the year to persons receiving di
vidends and interest amounting
to $lO nr more.
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Southern RR
Buys Land For
Industrial Park
The Central of Georgia Railway
Company has purchased 325
acres of land for industrial park
development at Morrow, in Clay
ton County. Announcement of
the transaction was made today
by D. W. Brosnan, chairman of
the board, of central.
Clearing and grading of the
site, which is near Atlanta, will
get under way shortly, the an
nouncement said. Located on
Central’s main line and also near
the junction of Interstate Highway
No. 75 and Georgia Highway No.
54, the new park will be deve
loped for light industry and ware
houses.
Among other advantages of the
new park will be convenient elec
tric power, gas and water lines.
‘ ‘We have purchased this prop
erty,” Mr. Brosnan said, “to
make available to industry sites
which might otherwise be lost
to other uses, and this is another
evidence of our continuing
concern for the industrial and
economic welfare of the people
of Georgia.”
Seven million Americans were
covered by insured pension plans
at the end of 1965.
; THE FOURTH NECESSITY? I
After the three basic neces
sities — food, clothing and
shelter — comes the Fourth
Necessity — enough life in
surance.
It guarantees the other three
for your family. And the one
sure way to make certain
they are adequately pro
tected is through Metropoli
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Room 201, Turner Building
Tel. 786-2606
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It is not every day that five generations of a family have the privilege
of getting together for a group picture. Such an experience occurred
at the lakeside home of Dr. J. B. Mitchell, Jr. in November, just one
day before his mother, Mrs. J. B. Mitchell, Sr., suffered a second
broken hip. The members In this family picture are: (left to right)
Mrs. J. L. Hicks; her son, Bobby Hicks with his son, Robbie in his
lap; Mrs. Mary F. Mitchell, grandmother of Mrs. Hicks, and Dr. J. B.
Mitchell, Jr., father of Mrs. Hicks.
NOTICE
PLEASE MAKE YOUR
CITY TAX RETURN
PROMPTLY
TAX BOOKS OPEN AT THE
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE
CITY HALL
January 3, 1967 - March 31, 1967
8:30 A. M. - 4:00 P. M. Monday-Friday
8:30 A. M. - 12:00 Noon Saturday.
THANK YOU
Allene C. Burton
City Clerk
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