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As we plan all week for that
outing, on Sunday with our dear
children, friends and all the fam
ily, do we see the sad face of
Christ, as we pass God’s House
on our way for recreation and
fun? Let’s party on week days
and hear God’s word on Sun
day!
Our Sunday School Lesson im
pressed us very much Sunday.
The subject of this lesson was:
"Jesus Offers Us a Cross.’*
There was a story about the
bleak depression of the “30’s’’
which many of you remember, as
I do. That’s when we bought
this paper. . .Hard Times? Just
ask if you want to know what
I mean! But with God first with
in our hearts, we had the faith
which carried us through. . .not
the easy way. But the story in
our lesson Sunday brought back
our beginning in Covington.
There was this depression, and a
warehouse foreman was instruc
ted to put beet sugar and cane
sugar in the same freight car
letting the Bill of Lading read
"Beet Sugar.’’ Why? Because
Beet sugar could be shipped for
less money. That foreman squ
ared his shoulders, looked str
aight into the eyes of his fore
man and said: "Before God, I
cannot do this dishonest thing.”
Os course he went straight to
the cloakroom and picked up his
hat and coat. . .thus walking
out into one year and three mon
ths of no work. What a burden
His standard of honesty placed
upon every member of his fam
ily! Honor, for Christ’s sake,
was more important to this fine
man, loading the car, than se
curity. How much does "Honor
for Christ’s Sake” mean to we
people of this day? Do we take
many little short cuts, thinking
this will not be noticed? Do we
feel Cod will forgive us for this
because we have given so much
in cash to all charities and His
church? He will not! We might
get by with our fellow man. . .
but we have to go all the way
with God, our Father! We cheat
in many ways. .He said: “Judge
not, lest ye be judged!” Are
we guilty of judging others. . .
or are we glad for others to
judge us as we really are? We
do have to deny ourselves and
take up the cross and follow the
Father! We know that self
denial is one of the basic Christ
ian virtues which Is iften mls-
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Paul Fedder
Hospitalized
Paul Fedder, owner and mana
ger of Economy Auto Store in
Covington, underwent surgery at
Newton County Hospital Monday.
His condition yesterday (Wed
nesday) was reported as “fine”
by hospital attendants.
Porterdale Resident Killed
On Interstate - 20 Friday
William C. Skelton of Porter
dale, was killed instantly on Feb
ruary 10, when his car was hit
by another vehicle on interstate
Highway 1-20 near Lithonia. Mr.
Skelton and his mother were re
turning home from Atlanta when
the accident occurred. Mrs.
Skelton was carried to DeKalb
General Hospital, where she is
a patient.
Police said that William C.
McElreath, 42, has been charged
with murder, operating under the
Influence and hit and run, and
leaving the scene of an accident
In connection with the death of
Skelton. police listed McEl
reath’s home address as p. O.
Box 588, Wadley.
Mr. Skelton, 36, was a native
of DeKalb County and a mem
ber of Sewells Methodist Chu
rch. He was an employee of
Geneseo Shoe, Inc., of Atlanta.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon, February 12,
at the Chapel of Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home with Rev.
Hollis Lunsford and Rev. W. N.
Tolleson officiating. Interment
was in West View cemetery in
Atlanta with Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home in charge of ar-
Bibb Acquires
Dalton Scatter
Rug Company
MACON —A Dalton scatter rug
firm has been acquired by Bibb
Manufacturing Company, Bibb
president Robert Train announc
ed Monday.
Mr. Train said that Bibb has
completed negotiations for ac
quisition of K and W Manufac
turing Company, Inc. manufac
turers of scatter rugs and bath
mats. It will be operated as a
wholly-owned subsidiary, he
said.
Bibb, with headquarters In Ma
con, Georgia, operates nineteen
textile plants In eight Georgia
towns. The company maintains
sales offices In Dalton and 10
other American cities.
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VOLUME 10.
unksals Sign Mah^ower Contract With Labor Department
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DON BALLARD, chairman of the Upper Ocmulgee Economic Opportunity Commission, Inc., completes
a contract with U. S. Department of Labor officials to train 186 workers in several occupations under
the provisions of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA); $170,762 in Federal funds have
been allocated to the project. The commission encompasses Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Newton and
Putnam counties. On-the-job phases of the training will be subcontracted to employers throughout the
area. Institutional training will be conducted at Jackson under the supervision of the Butts County
Superintendent of Schools, Lee Roy Oneal, who Is also secretary of the commission. Shown In the pic
ture are left to right: Ballard, William I. Elrod, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT), U. S.
Department of Labor, area representative; Charles N. Conner, regional director, BAT; James O. Long,
state supervisor, BAT; Dan M. Clower, coordinator of the commission’s MDTA project; James A. Bow
man, assistant coordinator.
Newton Included In $170,762
Local Manpower Training Project
W. D. Ballard, chairman of the Upper Ocmulgee Economic Op
portunity commission, Inc. reports that the commission has been
allocated $170,762 in Federal funds by the U. S. Department of
Labor for a multi-occupation training project under the Manpower
Development and Training Act (MDTA).
Ballard says that 186 train
ees will be given on-the-job tr
aining; 60 of these will receive
special training at Jackson in
clerical and sales occupations.
This latter training will take
place in Butts County under the
supervision of the County Board
of Education. Lee Roy Oneal,
the County Superintendent of Sc
hools, Is secretary of the com
mission.
“We have been allocated
$96,842 for on-the-job training
and $23,040 for institutional tr
aining. An additional $50,880
has been appropriated by the
U. S. Department of Labor for
trainee allowances.
"Trainees who win receive
both on-the-job training and
classroom training totaled 60:
20 general office clerks and 20
shipping clerks for 20 weeks
each, and 20 cashiers for 36
rangements. Serving as pall
bearers were Eugene Hinds,
Charles Hinds, Johnny Johnson,
Randolph Wilkerson, Homer Wil-
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NEWTON TAX Commissioner Bonham Johnson points to a couple of
dollar bills left by robbers Friday night at the Tax Office in the
Newton County Courthouse. Contents of the safe were thrown over
the floor of the office as the photo shows.
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weeks,” Ballard said.
He further reported that train
ing in textile occupations will in
clude those for weaver, doffer,
card grinder, card tender, pic
ker tender, knitting machine op
erator and fixer, loom fixer,
and slubber tender. Other oc
cupations include draftsman,
rodman, extruder operator, elec
trical and household appliance
serviceman and repairman, po
wer shovel operator, egg candler,
egg packer, and poultryman.
Other industrial occupations
for which training win be done
are woodworking machine opera
tor, welder, machine tool opera
tor, automobile service station
mechanic, body repairman and
mechanic.
“We are pleased that we are
setting up training for building
and grounds maintenance men,
building custodian, cooks, food
service workers, household as
sistants, geriatric nursing as
sistant, nurse aide, institutional
aide, and child day care center
worker,” Ballard stated. He
said employers may train in other
occupations on approval.
Dan M. Clower Is coordinator
of this MDTA project and James
A. Bowman, assistant co
ordinator.
"Although the project central
office is located in Covington,
there will be a contact point in
Newton County Tax Commissioner’s Office Was Ripped And Looted In Friday Night Robbery
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1967
each county of the commission;
Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe,
Newton, and Putnam,” Clower
said. He reported that the on
the-job training will be conducted
by the employers concerned and
the trainees will be paid wages
by their employers.
"In this manner local employ
ers are afforded an opportunity
to specifically train for those
skills which they need and at
the same time upgrade the skills
and capacities of local workers.
We are sure this is an excellent
opportunity and we urge interest
ed employers to contact us at
the commission's office, 1121
Floyd Street, Covington.
Kiwanis Club Will Observe 40th
Anniversary At Program Tonight
Kiwanis Club of Covington will
observe the 40th Anniversary
of the founding of the local ser
vice organization at a Special
Ladies Night program tonight
(Thursday) at the E. L. Flcquett
School cafeteria at 7 o’clock.
Ben Banks is president of the
Covington Club and he will be
master of ceremonies for the
program. Among the honored
guests will be S. Charles Cand
ler of Madison, the first pre
sident of the Covington Club in
1927. The club was chartered
February 15, 1927. Other guests
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SHERIFF HENRY ODUM, Jr. stands amid the mess In the Newton Tax
Office Saturday morning after robbers ripped open the safe shown in
the picture. The fire-proof door on the safe shows the signs of tool
work by the thieves.
Burglars Hit Newton Tax
Office In Friday Robbery
Rev. Kent Anglin New Pastor
At Oxford Baptist Church
Rev. Kent Anglin has accepted
the pastorate of the Oxford Bap
tist Church, according to an an
nouncement this week from ox
ford Baptist officials. In ad
dition to his duties as pastor of
United Fund
Officers Met
Tuesday At REA
The Board of Directors of the
Covington-Newton County United
Fund met Tuesday, February 14,
1967 at the Snapping Shoals EMC
meeting room.
E. G. Lassiter, President, wel
comed the fourteen officers and
trustees.
M. B. Shaw of Bibb Manufac
turing Company was unanimously
elected to fill the vacancy created
by the resignation of Cranston
Gray, who moved to Canton. Mr.
Shaw will serve as first vice
president for 1967.
Dr. J. W. Purcell reported on
the Arthritic Clinic which is held
each Thursday night from 7 to 9
P.M., at the Newton County Hea
lth Center. The Arthritis Found
ation, Georgia Chapter, is a par
ticipating agency of the United
Fund.
Board members present In
cluded: Miss Mae Hardman,
Greeley Ellis, Dr. J. W. Pur
cell, S. B. Hay Sr., Ed Robinson,
Dr. Dallas Tarkenton, S. J. Mor
cock, Gerald Wendel, Dennis
Kane, Hugh Steele, Donald Step
henson, W. J. Dickey, patsy Britt
and E. G. Lassiter.
will Include District Governor
Henry T. Malone who will pre
sent greetings to the club, and
Lt. - Gov. Rogers F. Starr of
Jackson, who heads up the 12th
Division of which the local club
is a part.
One of the highlights of the
meeting will be the presentation
of the Legion of Honor Awards
to the following members In re
cognition of their years as a Ki
wanlan:
Leon Cohen and Dr. J. R.
Sams, 40 years (also charter
members of the Covington Club);
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Rev. Anglin
the church In Oxford he Is also
serving as Chaplain Intern at the
Mental Health Institute in Atlanta.
Rev. Anglin is a native of New
ton county and a 1957 graduate
of Newton County High School.
He is a 1963 graduate of Mercer
University in Macon and a grad
uate of Southern Baptist Seminary
in Louisville, Kentucky.
He has served as pastor of
Godfrey Baptist Church in God
frey, Shadydale Baptist Church,
Shadydale, Georgia and Jeffer
son Street Baptist Church in
Louisville. Kentucky.
Rev. Anglin is married to the
former Deanna Dudley of Ring
gold, who is teaching at Newton
County High School. They are
the parents of one son, Anthony
Scott.
S. A. Ginn 35 years; S. J. Mor
cock and A. H. David, 30 years;
C. D. Ramsey, Jr. and W. J.
Dickey, 25 years.
Special music will be fur
nished by Mrs. E, Owen Kel
lum, Jr. along with her daughter
and son, Vera Lynn and Glenn.
They will be accompanied at the
piano by Klwanianne Josie Goode.
Also having a part on the an
niversary program will be the
Rev. John B. Tate, who will
direct the opening song “Ameri-
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LOCK ON THE Tax Office door is pointed out by Newton Deputy Sher
iff Robert Cook (above). Entrance to the building was gained through
the men’s rest room and via a stairway to the scene of the robbery.
About $750.00 was reported missing.
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Obituary 6
Society 13
Sports 'l6
Legal 20
Classified 22-23
The Newton County Tax Office was the scene of a robbery sometime
Friday night as thieves made away with between SSOO and SBOO.
Three doors leading to the second-floor office were forced open by
the robbers in order to reach the safe in the office.
Discovery of the breakin was
made by Dewey Womack, Court
house custodian, when he re
ported for work early Saturday
morning. He found silver coins
in the hallway of the building
and down the steps to the men’s
room which the culprits used as
their entrance way to the rob
bery scene.
Bonham Johnson, Tax Com
missioner, said that he made
deposits at the bank each day
of the week prior to the rob
bery. Some cash and checks
were missed by the robbers as
a bank book with five and 10-
dollar bills and a few checks
were still in the safe Saturday
morning.
Mrs. E. L. Smith, clerk in
the office, said that a plastic
tray of money (small change
and some bills) was looted but
the tray was apparently not em
ptied at once as most profes
sionals would do. She said that
a telephone number she had in
the tray was also taken by the
robbers.
Officials said that apparently
two persons were involved as
footprints pointed to a woman’s
heel or man’s sharp heel of a
cowboy boot. They apparently
left by the same route they en
tered the building—via the men’s
rest room and the stairway to the
Tax Office door. Automobile
tracks in the early morning dew
led to the theory that the yeggs
left by the rear parking lot and
came by the City Square. The
track was lost at that point.
Locks on the two doors of rest
room and the Tax Office itself
were forced by some sort of tools.
The door at the top of the stair
way was forced open in order
for the robbers to crawl through.
All main doors to the courthouse
are locked from the outside and
the inside by keys, Mr. Womack
stated.
The safe in the office was
ripped open and asbestos lit
tered the floor. This made a
track mark from the office back
down the stairs to the dressing
room. Sheriff Odum said that
professional robbers used an al
most noiseless rig to open a safe
such as the local job indicated.
Law officials said yesterday
(Wednesday) that no definite leads
have been uncovered on sus
pects.
The Georgia Bureau of Inves
tigation was called into the case
Saturday morning. The Newton
County Sheriffs office and Cov
ington Police are also aiding the
investigation.
NUMBER 7
Heart Fund
Cage Game
Monday 7:30
Doctors and Nurses Vs Teach
ers. Heart Fund Benefit Game
on Monday, February 20. Yes,
it’s that time again. The fam
ous annual Heart Fund Benefit
Basketball game will be Monday,
February 20, and admission for
all will be a 50$ donation. The
festivities begin at 7:30 P.M.,
but you will need to come early
for best seats.
Court skills and new techniq
ues of refined basketball will be
featured on all four great teams.
Some outstanding stars on the
lady teachers team will be Mrs.
Polly Richardson, Mrs. James
Gardner, Mrs. Bill McDowell
and Mrs. Blm Meyer. All of
these ladies have starred in prev
ious games. Forwards for the
nurses will be Peggy Moss and
Betty Higgins and are expected
high scorers. Louise McGlb
oney and Susan Kelly are great
in the latest cage action. This
will be a great game.
In the men’s action, Coach
Bradley for the teachers will ex
periment on new plays, later to
be used by the high school var
sity team. Milton McLaney,
Homer Sharp and Tom Wortman
will not show their age one bit
as they speedily cover the court
from one end to the other.
For the doctors and pharmac
ists, Dr. Sams will be joint coach
and waterboy. Admittedly, Dr.
Purcell is the greatest player,
with Bob Faulkner, Dr. Tuck,
Doug Jones and Jerry Bray as
runner-up. Harry Faulkner will
also coach some. Jordan Call
away is expected to star as al
ways with a flashy style. Other
players not mentioned in this
article are planning to be there
and promise many surprises.
For an evening of fun and un
usual basketball, come out to
these games. Proceeds will go to
Heart Fund.
Johnson And
Richardson To
Speak At Rotary
The Covington Rotary Club will
hear two Newton County officials
speak at the club’s regular weekly
luncheon meeting Tuesday, Feb.
21 at 12:30 at the Teen Can
building. Tax Commissioner
Bonham Johnson and Newton
School Supt. J. W. (Whit) Richard
son will be the guest speaker.
Rotarian Otis Spillers is in
charge of the program and he
will Introduce the speakers.
Detailed Cancer
Report On TV
An investigation into cancer
control will be telecast in a
six part series starting Tues
day (February 21) at 3:30 p.m.
over Channel 8. “About Can
cer” was developed due to the
relative lack of public infor
mation on the subject, and in
consideration of the high inci
dence of cancer in the United
States.
“Due to the growing evi
dence of cancer, its social and
economic Impact on our com
munities, we requested time to
air this detailed series over the
Georgia State Department of Ed
ucation Television Network”, re
ports Dr. A. H. Letton, a Geor
gia Division chairman of the
American Cancer Society. The
Society worked with the Georgia
State Department of Education
to create the programs.
Topics during the series will
include the nature, signs, symp
toms, methods of growth and
spread; current research devel
opments; present treatment pro
cedures; and practical suggest
ions in community control to
wards preventing deaths due to
cancer.
"Cancer causes over 5,000
deaths in Georgia each year/’
Dr. Letton said.