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EASY ROAD TO A HAPPY LIFE?
An easy road to a happy life?
Well, who said there was. . .
but no matter how hard that road
may be, with God first in your
life and mine, we can find for
ourselves a happy life, just by
making it so! God takes over,
where we leave off, when He
sees us battling along, and striv
ing to do all things to His Glory!
God expects us to share the
beauty within our lives with all
the people, with whom we come
in contact. The love within our
hearts must so radiate our very
beings that it will touch the lives
of all with whom we come in
contact. Every person must
FEEL the love of Christ which
glows within our hearts. . .so
that we will rebuild our life,
with Christ reigning supreme.
When Christ is the pathway of
our every dream, guiding us down
hill, up hill, over the perilous
oceans of darkness, into the pits
of despair. . .and our faith never
waivers. . .He, and He alone can
bring us to the mountain top of
happiness. Yes, that kind of
happiness we radiate Into the
lives of others. . .that they too,
may join in living for the Christ
our God sent to earth to die on
the cross, with thieves that we
might be saved.
Oh, there will always be stum
bling blocks! The Devil sees to
that! He tempts us all along
lifes pathway. He turns husband
and wife against each other; bro
ther and sister, and even mother
against child and visa versa.
However, to know the joy of real
living down life’s pathway. . .
you and I must hold tight, never
letting go. . .of that faith instilled
within our hearts by saintly par
ents. .who feared the wrath of
the Lord. . .who loved and served
Him, and so lived that their lives
were an example to lead others
down the Christian pathway.
Which way are you, and am I
going today? Which way are the
Churches of the world going?
Are we giving of our best to the
Master, or are we “just getting
by with a beautiful front? ’’
God knows the heart of each
individual. He sees thru every
false move made by man. God
cannot be deceived! Yes, each
of us will be unhappy too, so
long as we do not put Christ
first within our daily living, and
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Sports Today
The Covington NEWS is carry
ing three pages of sports today,
which is somewhat of a record
for a weekly newspaper.
Other than our regular Sports
Page there is a second sports
page and also a page of pictures
on the Newton-Griffin games here
Saturday night. The full-page of
photos depict the unfolding of the
double victory over the strong
AAA Griffin teams.
Two Mayors Proclaim February
Heart Month In Newton County
February is designated as
Heart Month, and residents of
the cities of Porterdale and Cov
ington were encouraged to “sup
port the 1967 Heart Fund with
the full measure of their gene
rosity,” in proclamations signed
by Mayor James Cason, of Por
terdale, and Mayor Walker Har
ris, of Covington.
Noting that the heart and blood
vessels diseases take more lives
each year than all other causes
combined, the Mayors called upon
local citizens to help speed their
Heart Association’s research,
education and community heart
programs through Heart Fund
contributions and volunteer ser
vices.
The Heart Fund campaign will
be held in two steps. Monday
night, February 20, will be the
big Annual Heart Fund Basket
ball Game at the Newton County
High School gym. February 26
has been designated as Heart
Sunday, with volunteers calling
upon their neighbors to distri
bute heart-saving literature and
to receive Heart Fund contri
butions.
Text of the proclamation is as
follows:
“WHEREAS the heart and blood
vessel diseases take more lives
each year than all other causes
of death combined;
“WHEREAS these diseases are
responsible for widespread suf
fering and disability, causing se
rious economic hardship in
homes and businesses In our
community;
“WHEREAS leading autho
rities agree that medical science
is on the verge of Important
breakthroughs to further control
heart and blood vessel diseases;
“AND WHEREAS the Number
One defense against these
diseases is your Heart Fund;
“THEREFORE, I, Mayor Wal-
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VOLUME 10
MERCHANTS PROPOSE 2 PARKING AREAS
NCHS Wins First Place
In State One-Act Play
“The Apollo of Bellac”, New
ton County High School’s One-
Act Play, won the State Contest
in Athens on Friday, January 27.
The play, which had won the Re
gion BAA competition earlier in
the month, is a comedy which
was translated from the French
of Jean Giraudoux. The cast was
composed of Bonnie Knight,
Jimmy Neely, Pat Yancey, W, C.
Moore, Maridel Meyer, Dottie
McKay, Steve Piper, and Jody
Webb. Off-stage music added
much to the magic of the play.
This was composed by Basil
Hunt To Show
Trip Slides
At Kiwanis
Newton County Agent Ed Hunt,
who recently took a trip to Hawaii
to attend a County Agents’ Con
ference, will have charge of the
Kiwanis Club program today and
he will show color slides of his
trip. Mr. Hunt was one of the
extension workers receiving ho
nors at the meeting last year.
The Rev. Tom White, Pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
in Covington, and head of the
United Fund’s Heart and Cancer
Emergency Relief Committee,
was the guest apeaker at the
Covington Kiwanis Club Thurs
day at the Davis House Restau
rant. Donald Stephenson was in
charge of the program and he in
troduced the speaker.
Rev. White chose as his
subject, “Face of The Person Be
hind The Picture.” He told of the
work and need of the Heart and
Cancer Emergency Fund in New
ton County. He gave many speci
fic cases in which the committee
had given emergency relief to
persons and families.
Among the visitors at the meet
ing Thursday were Robert Burns
of Atlanta, Rev. Ow%n Kellum and
Arthur Henderson of Covington,
and Newton High Key Clubbers
David Henderson, Danny Harwell
and Slade Exley.
Prior to the program a new
member was Inducted into the
Covington Club. He is M.B.
Shaw, Supt. of the Porterdale
Mills of Bibb Manufacturing
Company. The induction of Mr.
Shaw was handled by Past Pre
sident Don Wood.
An announcement was made
concerning the Covington Kiwanis
40th Anniversary Ladles Night
program on Feb. 16 at the Fic
quett School Cafetorium.
ker Harris, of Covington, and Ma
yor James Cason, or Porterdale,
do proclaim that the month of
February be observed as Heart
month in our cities, and we urge
all citizens to help speed their
Heart Association’s research,
education and community heart
programs through Heart Fund
contributions and volunteer ser
vices, supporting the 1967 Heart
Fund with the full measure of
their generosity.”
Porterdale Officials Take Oath Os Office
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PORTERDALE OFFICIALS for 1967 take their oath of office as outgoing Mayor Billy Crowell (left)
handles the swearing-In ceremony Tuesday evening. With their right hand raised upward are, left to
right: H. V. Johnson, Jack Rawls, Claud Cason, all councilmen; Jimmy Cason, mayor; Grady Bowden
and J. T. Elkins, councilmen.
dnmngton
Rigney, NCHS Band Director, and
was played by Tony Cordell,
Kathy Klim, Kathy Pratt and
Cheryl McKown. The production
was directed by Eddie Najjar.
Competition was particularly
keen in the State Contest this
year because of the recent re
apportionment of the regions by
the Georgia High School Associa
tion. This meant that eight plays
were Involved at the state level.
Second place was won by Calhoun
with “Ondine”; third, by Cairo
with Tchekov’s “Marriage Pro
posal” and fourth place was won
by St. Pius X with the British
comedy “Wurzel-Flummery.”
Individual students received
gold medals for first place and
the school received the State Tro
phy.
County’s Only
Covered Bridge
Burned Monday
Newton County’s last covered
bridge burned Monday night about
11:30. The old structure, which
was called “Covered Road Bri
dge”, was located in the South
west part of the county about 4
miles from Livingston School.
Covington Fire Chief R. T.
Floyd said his department re
ceived the call about ll;30 from
the Newton County Sheriff’s de
partment. Floyd said that the
bridge burned all the way down
to the river. He stated that he
couldn’t conceive of the bridge
burning any way except that
someone set it afire.
Irving Dietz
'Much Better’
The condition of Irving Dietz,
Covington businessman, has been
described as ‘much better’ this
week. Mr. Dietz suffered a
series of heart attacks some two
weeks ago. He remains a patient
at Newton County Hospital.
His host of friends, especially
those around the Covington City
Square, wish for Mr. Dietz a
speedy recovery.
Jackie Gibbs
In Auto Wreck
Jackie Gibbs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Gibbs, Jr. of Coving
ton, was injured in an automobile
wreck Friday night in Memphis,
Tennessee. Gibbs is stationed
at the Memphis Naval Air Stat
ion.
Gibbs and three other Naval
buddies were on their way from
the station to the airport to come
home when the wreck happened.
Jackie was a passenger in the
back seat. He suffered some
injuries to his vertebra. He was
to have been discharged from the
hospital on Tuesday.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1967
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LOOKING OVER an architect’s plan of a long-range parking plan for Covington, are members of the
Downtown Merchants Committee. Left to right: Moody Summers, vice-chairman of parking com
mittee; Grady Coleman, ex-officio member of the committee and president of the Covington-Newton
County Chamber of Commerce; and Sam Ramsey, chairman of the parking committee.
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SAM RAMSEY (left) talks to members of the Downtown Parking Committee at a meeting at City Hall
Tuesday morning. Shown in the picture are, from left to right: Robert Fowler, Marion Britt, Moody
Summers, Ed King, Mrs. Marlon Britt (C. of C. secretary), and Grady Coleman, C. of C. President.
Newton County High School
Host District Band Clinic
Newton County Highschool will
host the 10th District High School
Band Clinic this Friday and Sat
urday, February 3rd and 4th.
Some 120 High School and Jr.
High School students will par
ticipate, according to Basil Rig
ney, director of the local New
ton High Blue Ramber Band.
The Clinic Band is composed
of select students from through
out the 10th Congressional Dis
trict. The schools represented
are: Athens High School, Clarke
County Jr. High School, Butler
High School of Augusta, Evans
High School of Augusta, Richmond
Academy of Augusta, Sego Jr.
High of Augusta, Langford Jr.
High of Augusta, Greene County
High School, Morgan County High
School, and of course students
from the Newton County Cadet
Band the Blue Rambler Band.
The activities run from Fri-
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Joe Smith
day afternoon auditions through
Friday evening and Saturday re
hearsals and a short concert
Saturday evening. The students
will be housed in the homes of our
band students.
Joseph T. Smith will serve as
guest Clinician of the Clinic Band.
Newton Countlans will remember
Mr. Smith as the director of the
Newton County High School Band
from 1955 to 1957. Mr. Smith
is presently Marching Director
of the well-known Band of Blue
of Middle Tennessee State Uni
versity, Murfreesboro, Tennes
see. He has served as guest
director, clinician, and adjudi
cator of high school bands th
roughout Illinois, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Georgia, Alabama and
South Carolina. He has had
several marching arrangements
published and is known as an
authority on precision drill. In
1965 his band appeared on Na
tional TV at the half-time of the
Washington-Dallas football game
in Washington, At present he Is
also supervisor of instruction at
the band training center In Louis
ville, Kentucky, where approxi
mately 50 bands train each sum
mer.
The Public Is cordially Invited
to attend the Saturday evening
Concert at 7:00 at the NCHS
Auditorium. The concert should
be over at 7:30 giving time to at
tend the NCHS basketball game
afterward. There Is no admis
sion charge for this Concert.
C. Os C. Meets
Monday At 12:30
The regular monthly meeting
of the Covington-Newton County
Chamber of Commerce will be
held Monday, February 6, 1967
at the Teen Can Building on
Newton Drive at 12:30.
No program has been planned
in order that the Covington Bus
inessmen’s Association may con
duct their annual meeting. All
Chamber members are invited to
attend this meeting even though
they are not meml>ers of the
Businessmen’s Association.
Grady Coleman Is president
of the local Chamber of Com
merce and Robert Fowler Is
president of the Businessmen’s
Assn.
Mayor Cason Carries On Family
Tradition In Porterdale Life i
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PORTERDALE—When James
E. Cason took the oath of office
on Tuesday, January 31, 1967,
Porterdale had a new mayor,
but his family had been a tangible
part of Porterdale for a long
time.
In fact, it was in 1901 that
his grandfather, the late Andrew
J. Cason, moved with his family
to Porterdale from Henry County
and began work in the old Lind
Walk, located on the present
site of the John Porter Building.
He worked for 45 consecutive
years until 111 health forced his
retirement as carpenter fore
man.
Mr. Cason’s sons and daugh
ters, his grandsons and grand
daughters, have continued to con
tribute to the growth and deve
lopment of Porterdale, chalking
up an aggregate of 274 years
and one month of service.
When his friends persuaded
Mr. Cason, affectionately called
“Uncle Jack”, to run for mayor,
he was elected for the year of
1935. People still talk about his
diligence and unswerving justice.
A son, the late R. J. Cason,
who w s father, served
on the uncil in 1934-
1935.
Older records tell the inter
esting story of the petition to
the Superior Court of Newton
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Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 17,18&19
Legal 15&26
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Members of the Downtown Merchants Committee of the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously Tuesday
morning to proceed with plans for building two parking lots adjacent
to the downtown square shopping area.
The two parking areas will
provide 128 parking spaces
and will be located within walk
ing distance of the square. The
first parking lot will be located
on the same block as The Bank
of Covington and would occupy the
place where the old Covington
Auto Service building now stands.
The second parking lot would
be located on the southeast cor
ner of the square next to Wilson
Furniture Company.
Parking meters will be In
stalled In both lots and they will
provide for four hour parking
for 25 cents. If present plans
materialize, it Is proposed that
the lots be sub-leased to the
City of Covington in order for
the city to patrol the lots. The
city would receive the money
from parking violations and the
Downtown Merchants Committee
would receive the money from
the meters to defray the cost of
building and operating the lots.
PROJECT COST
The cost of the parking lot
project Is estimated to be $lB,-
400. The total was arrived at
as follows: cost of lease for
both lots (S6OO monthly) $7200;
cost of black topping (S2OOO mat
erials, SISOO labor) $3500; and
parking meters installed, $7700.
Lease on the two parking areas
would be for ten years and the
merchants figure that If occup
ancy Is over 50 per cent the lots
would be operating In the black
enough to start paying the mer
chants back on their original in
vestment.
George Patton To Speak
At Weenie Beanie Banquet
George Patton, All-American
tackle at the University of Geor
gia for the past two football
seasons, will be the guest speaker
at the Newton-Rockdale District
Boy Scout Weenie Beanie Ban
quet at Camp Bert Adams, Sat
urday evening, Feb. 4. The fes
tivities will start at 6:30 and
It is a family affair for scouts
and guests.
Howard Brooks, District Ch
airman, and James Hutchins, ch
airman for the banquet, which
marks the 57th birthday of the
founding of the Boy Scouts of
America, will be In charge of
the program Saturday.
Patton recently signed a pro
contract with the Atlanta Fal
cons. He Is a native of Tus
cumbia, Alabama. He came to
Georgia as a promising quarter
back and Coach Vince Dooley
converted him into a tackle. The
past season Patton and Bill Stan
fill formed one of the greatest
tackle duos in the South.
Other entertainment features:
Billy Wilson and his Country
Boys String Band on the pro
gram Saturday night at the an
nual Weenie Beanie Party.
Billy was reared In Tennes
see and moved to Newton Coun
ty some 12 years ago. He has
appeared over many radio and
television stations in several sta
tes. He has been on the Earnest
County for the incorporation of
the Town of Porterdale where
M. J. Cason, the eldest son,
was a petitioner in March 1917.
There has always been a spirit
of Improvement and challenge,
for Ty Cobb Cason, Jimmy’s
brother, was the first winner in
a suggestion contest sponsored
by the Bibb around 1939. The
Bibb Recorder announced his
suggestion for an Improvement
in handling cams on Universal
winders.
R. J. Cason was the first pres
ident of the Golf Club organized
In 1938. All male members of
the family have participated in
the Men’s Club since its organ
ization as the Four Square Club
with both Claud Cason, an uncle,
who will complete 47 years of
service with Bibb this year, and
the new mayor as active mem
bers today.
From Claud Cason’s being 1
of the first 2 boys In Porter
dale to oecome First Class
Scouts, through Jimmy's role
as the Scoutmaster of Troop
226, all the way down to his
younger son, Bud, a dedicated
Cub Scout, there have been in
tangible threads weaving good
citizenship.
Claud Cason has served on
the City Council for more than
20 years and Jimmy was elected
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Os the $18,400 needed for the
project, plans call for the mer
chants and property owners in
the downtown area to put up
$13,750, and the Covington-New
ton County Chamber of Comm
erce to supply $4650.
After the first year, each mem
ber of the Covington Parking Cor
poration would sign a lease in the
amount of one-half of his initial
investment. This would be for
security only and it would be
anticipated that this money would
not be needed since the corpor
ation expects the lots to pay for
themselves.
As soon as possible the initial
investment of the merchants and
landowners would be paid back
and future earnings would be used
for additional facilities.
Any profit or deficit from the
parking lots would be assumed
by the parking corporation.
Sam Ramsey, president of the
Downtown Merchants Committee
and instigator of the plans for
the parking area, stated that these
plans would be the first step in
providing adequate parking for
the downtown area for the future.
Mr. Ramsey appointed a com
mittee to work out the final de
tails of the project. Members
of the committee are; Sam
Ramsey, chairman, Moody Sum
mers, vice-chairman, Grady
Coleman, ex-officio member as
Chamber of Commerce presi
dent, Robert Fowler, Philip Co
hen, Paul Fedder, Marlon Britt,
Ed King, S. A. Ginn, and Mayor
Walker Harris and County Com
missioner Tom Bates, ex-officio
members.
George Patton
Tubb Midnight Jamboree in Nash
ville with Porter Wagner anc
The Wagonettes. The band has
appeared on the Carl Tipton ra
dio and television show in Nash
ville with the Tennessee Mountain
Boys and Sam and Kirk McGee.
Billy is under a two year con
tract with Master Records. Some
of his recordings are “I’m a
Country Boy’* and “Heart Break
Train’’. His new record will be
released soon.
5 years ago. They were in
volved actively in the recent
improvements instigated by Ma
yor B. C. Crowell: relighting
of the streets; purchase of a
packer for garbage disposal; ac
qulstlon of a second police car
and an additional policeman, with
lx>th cars radio-equipped; resur
facing the streets and alleys up
to $20,000; purchase of a $14,000
fire truck.
Os the late A. J. Cason, it
was said, “He was in the Julia
A. Porter Memorial Methodist
Church for every service, and
he gave his money, too, for any
cause he believed was ’good’.”
He was a faithful steward who
served on the original building
committee in 1922.
His influence continues In Por
terdale where Claud Cason and
Jimmy are elder and deacon,
respectively, in the Porterdale
Presbyterian Church. Ty Cason
is an active memlter; Mrs. Jimmy
Cason and their daughter, Jan,
are both pianists; Mrs. Wayne
Bailey, the former Miss Ann
Cason is organist and choir dir
ector. Mrs. Lucille Ray and
Miss Mary Cason, daughters of
A. J. Cason, and M. J. Cason
carry on his work In the Julia
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