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Porterdale Troop 226 Is
Oldest In Newton County
Dick Walters, Newton-Rock
dale District Boy Scout Execut
ive, recently compiled a list of
the Boy Scout troops of the dis
trict and the age of each troop.
One troop, Troop 226 of Bibb
Manufacturing Company at Por
terdale, is 30 years old and holds
the honor of being the oldest in
the N-R District.
The Newton-Rockdale troops
and the consecutive years in
which each has been registered
are;
TSB, Covington Rotary Club,
9 years.
Tl4l, Mansfield Lions Club,
19 years.
Tl7B, Almon Men’s Club, 12
years.
TlB9, Rockdale jaycees,
3 years.
T 197, J. P. Carr school, 13
years.
T 207, Porterdale Men’s Club,
20 years.
T 209, Conyers Methodist
Church, 16 years.
T2ll, Oxford Lions Club, 15
years.
T 222, Covington Kiwanls Club,
29 years.
T 223, Covington lions Club,
28 years.
T 226, Bibb Manufacturing Co.,
30 years.
T 276, Union Methodist Church,
9 years.
T 320, East Newton Elem. Sch
ool, 7 years.
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T 321, Mt. Calvary Baptist Chu
rch, Porterdale, 17 years.
T 339, Pleasant View Baptist
Church, 3 years.
T 402, Bethel Christian Chu
rch, 2 years.
T 532, Heard-Mixon Commun
ity Club, 3 years.
T 556, American Legion Post
#556 In Covington, 6 years.
T 230, Conyers Jr. Service
League, 2 years.
TBOI, Lake view Estates, 1 yr.
TBO2, Milstead Methodist and
Baptist Churches, 3 months.
These are the current spon
sors and not necessarily the
same sponsor over the years.
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Mr. and Mrs. James H. Adams
of Acworth announce the birth
of a baby girl, Kathryn Michelle,
born on December 13, 1966 at
the Kennestone Hospital in Mari
etta. Mrs. J. E. Johnson and
the late Mr. Johnson of Cov
ington are the maternal grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Adams of Kennesaw are the pat
ernal grandparents.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. M. Michael Wit
herspoon of Covington announce
the birth of a baby girl, Miriam,
born on Friday, February 3, at
Porterdale Mayor Takes Oath Os Office
PORTERDALE MAYOR James Cason (center) takes his oath of office as Town Recorder Ellis Adams
(right) holds the Bible during ceremony on January 31. Administering the ritual is outgoing Mayor B. C.
Crowell, who served for five terms. Porterdale has had only three mayors in the past 35 years: W. C,
Ivey, Crowell and Cason.
Newton County Hospital. Mrs.
Witherspoon Is the former Miss
Miriam Gardner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James S. Gardner, Jr.
of Covington. Little Miriam’s
paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. James E. Witherspoon
of Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
** * *
Captain and Mrs. Larry R.
Capps announce the birth of a
son, Barry Scott, born on Jan
uary 24, 1967 at the U. S. Army
Hospital, Muenchweller, Ger
many. Barry’s maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Bailey. The paternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Capps. Great-grandparents are
Mrs. Judson Bailey and Mr. G. O.
Capps, all of Covington.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Hay
111 of Bainbridge announce the
birth of a daughter, Gina Eliza
beth, on January 31, 1967 at
Newton County Hospital. The
maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Hill of Por
terdale. The paternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Sam M.
Hay of Covington.
** * »
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Costley
announce the birth of a son,
Michael Chadwick, born on Feb
ruary 3 at Newton County Hos
pital. Mr. and Mrs. William
Womack of Atlanta are the mat
ernal grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. Olin Costley of Covington
are the paternal grandparents.
March Os Dimes Hopes To
Correct Mistakes Os Nature
Scientists working to prevent
birth defects and their damaging
consequences are “further ad
vanced than anyone would have
dared hope only a few years ago,”
according to the annual report of
The National Foundation-March
of Dimes organization, issued re
cently.
The review of the fiscal year
states that while the March of
Dimes “has only just begun to
break through the ignorance
misconceptions and public reluc
tance to face up to the problem”
of birth defects, “leading scien
tists are staking their entire ca
reers on the belief that they can
erase many of these mistakes
of nature which cast their blight
on one child in every 16.”
Especially noted in the report
is recent progress in early dia
gnosis of inborn deficiencies of
metabolism and in preventing
mental retardation caused by
some of these diseases. Much
new knowledge is expected from
studies now being made by scien
tists receiving financial support
from the March of Dimes.
At the same time, better care
of children with birth defects was
the immediate alm of the March
of Dimes organization, “diligent-
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ly pursued in the 69 March of Di
mes - supported Birth Defects
Centers in operation at the end
of the fiscal year, May 31, 1966.
The number compares with 51
a year before.
“All of these hospital-con
nected centers are operating at
capacity,” the report continues,
“most of them with long waiting
lists.”
Expressing confidence in the
“deeply dedicated geneticists,
biochemists, molecular bio
logists and clinicians” who are
engaging together in the fle-ht
against birth defects, Basil O’-
Connor, president of The National
Foundation March of Dimes,
comments in the report that “As
a compassionate society we must
do all we can for the lives, hap
piness and usefulness of children
we bring into the world, healthy
or sick. Yet to repair the damage
by birth defects is not enough.
Only when, in addition, science
advances in exploring and com
bating the causes can we say we
are doing or beginning to do,
enough.”
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Friends of Grady Reynolds
will be happy to know that he
is at home for the next month.
Grady has been undergoing treat
ment at the Veterans Hospital
in Atlanta.
*» * *
The Rev. Mr. E. Owen Kel
lum, Jr. is spending this week
in Macon, where he is conduct
ing a revival at Cherokee Heights
Methodist Church. Their mot
her, Mrs. E. Owen Kellum, of
Atlanta, is enjoying a visit with
Mrs. Kellum and the children,
during Rev. Kellum’s absence.
♦* » »
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wendell
and children returned Monday
evening, by plane, from St. Louis,
Mo., where they attended the
wedding of their sister, Miss Lin
da Finney and Terry Anderson.
** * ♦
Clyde Castleberry attended his
Aunt Fannie McWhorter’s funeral
In Douglasville on Wednesday,
February 1, and brought his mot
her, Mrs. Ozella Castleberry,
home after she had spent several
days with her sister in Smyrna
so that she could be near her
sister who is in the hospital in
Atlanta.
♦♦ * »
Mr. and Mrs. Loyce Harris
and daughters, Joy, of Roanoke,
Alabama and Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ker Harris and family were the
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Harris.
♦♦ ♦ »
Mrs. Jim Knight has returned
from a brief visit to Baton Rouge,
Louisiana where she attended two
performances of the Baton Rouge
Little Theatre production “Any
Wednesday” which starred her
daughter, Nancy Anne.
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Forfeit Bonds
Only two cases involving per
sons driving automobiles while
under the influence of intox
icants marred an otherwise quiet
week in the City of Covington
as Judge E. W. Strozier held his
weekly City Court Session Mon
day morning.
One of the men, charged with
DUI and driving without a lic
ense, forfeited his $175.00 cash
bond. The other, charged with
reckless driving and DUI, also
forfeited his $175.00 bond.
Only 12 other persons either
were fined or forfeited their
bonds at the Court session Mon
day. Loud mufflers, speeding
and drunk charges, saw a total
of eight persons draw fines from
the Judge.
852,000 Jobs Under The
New Wage Regulation
As of today, 852,000 jobs come
under new wage regulations. At
this particular point it is dif
ficult to determine what jobs will
or will not be covered.
On February 1, the minimum
wage increases from $1.25 to
$1.40 an hour for workers co
vered by the original law and
for many others who were not
previously covered, the mini
mum wage becomes SI.OO per
hour.
Some of the groups that are
covered for the first time will
be:
(A) Construction enterprises
with annual business of
less than $350,000, unless
they are ruled otherwise
under the Interstate Com
merce provisions of the
Federal Law.
(B) Hotels, motels and res
taurants with annual bu
siness for the total enter
prise at least $500,000,
exception being that any
one unit of a chain in such
enterprise with annual bu
siness under $250,000
would be exempt.
(C) Laundries and dry clean
ing enterprises, except
ion being that unless they
are ruled otherwise under
the Interstate Commerce
provision of the Federal
Law.
(D) Hospitals except Federal
hospitals and nursing
homes, exception: Certain
skilled professional oc
cupations which means
that the general coverage
will be primarily in ser
vice jobs.
(E) Schools whether public,
private or nonprofit, ex
ception: Certain skilled
professional occupations
which means that the ge
neral coverage will be pri
marily in service jobs.
(F) Farm labor when a far
mer uses over 500 man
days in one quarter of the
preceding year. Except
ion: members of employ
ers immediate family;
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hand harvest laborers
customarily paid piece ra
tes; employers principally
engaged in the production
of livestock.
This is not a state law but
comes under the responsibility of
the Wage and Hour Division of the
U. S. Department of Labor which
has field offices in Atlanta, Co
lumbus, Hapeville and Savannah.
Through these Federal offices
of the Federal Wage and Hour
Division, all materials relative
to this law will be made avail
able and also their field repre
sentatives can discuss individual
problems with employers.
The immediate effect on Feb
ruary 1, 1967 of changes in the
wage rate provisions are not ex
pected to be dramatic. Most
employers who will be affected
have apparently adjusted upward
certain wage rates over the past
six months. Another important
factor is that wage rates have
experienced a slow but steady
increase In recent years due to
the increasing shortage of labor
in many occupations.
It appears that the most sign
ificant effect on wages by the
new FLSA provisions will re
sult not from the change in mi
nimum wage rates but the grad
ual Increase throughout all le
vels of wage rates that will be
necessary to maintain a proper
spread between the various oc
cupations.
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