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ursday, February 16, 1967
Woman Charged Manslaughter
In Stab Death Os Her Husband
A charge of manslaughter has
been placed against Mrs. Emma
Liza Summers in the death of
her husband A. C. Summers, a
Negro resident of Covington, at
the Summers home Saturday
night.
Covington Police reported that
Summers was stabbed with a
knife after an argument over wa
tching a Television program. He
died soon after being admitted
to Newton County Hospital, Po
lice stated. Summers was 44
years of age.
The local Police also reported
that Mrs. Annie Grace Cox, 52
year-old Negro ofa Corley Street
address was found dead Sunday
morning at the Old Corley House
on the same street. Sam Cowan,
Newton County Coroner, and the
City Police, investigated the
case. A heart attack was given
as the cause of death.
Meanwhile, several cases were
heard at the regular Monday
morning session of City Court
Judge E. W. Strozier. One man
faced two charges of disorderly
conduct and he drew two fines
that amounted to $150.00.
Reckless driving, driving
under the influence, speeding and
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driving without a license had a
total of 13 cases called by the
Judge. All persons charged with
these crimes either forfeited
their cash bonds or paid fines
Monday.
Five were charged with dis
orderly conduct and four persons
drew fines for public drunken
ness.
Colonial Stores
Declares Dividend
ATLANTA—-Directors of Co
lonial Stores Incorporated, 423-
store Southeastern and Midwest
ern supermarket chain, recently
declared a quarterly dividend
of 35 cents a share on common
stock—the same as last quarter.
The regular quarterly cash di
vidend of 50 cents per share was
declared on outstanding 4 percent
preferred stock.
Both dividends are payable
March 1, 1967 to stockholders of
record on February 16, 1967.
Colonial Stores, with head
quarters in Atlanta, has operat
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COUSINS SCHOOL BAND members Betty Mapp and Brenda Stewart (front left to right) have been selected
to play in the Mid-East All-Star Band at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Alternates from the
Cousins Band are shown, back row left to right: Alvin Perry, Delores Stewart, Almond Turner, Janice
Jones, Herman Key.
2 Cousins Students Named
For Mid-East All-Star Band
In December 1966 seven R. L.
Cousins Band members sent
tapes of their musical abilities
to James C. Guerrlero In West
Virginia, for evaluation. The
results of the evaluation were
commendable. Two seniors,
Brenda Stewart and Betty Mapp,
were selected by Mr. Guerriero
to play at Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, dur
ing the Eighth Annual Duquesne
University School of Music Mid-
East Conference which meets
March 18-21. Brenda and Betty
will be accompanied by R. L.
Stewart, principal of R. L. Cous
ins. They have been trained by
T. K. Adams, band director.
The other five students were
selected as alternates. The al
ternates hope to replace those
who may be unable to attend the
Music Conference. Three fresh
men are Alvin Perry, Janice
Jones, and Herman Key whose
instruments are alto saxophone,
B flat clarinet, and cornet res-
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doctor bills covered by medicare
don’t realize they can get assis
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if you lose the original, furnish
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in completing your claims for
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need help.
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Remember, your local social
security office is located at 275
Peachtree street, N.E., Atlanta,
telephone number 526-6461.
pectlvely. Two are juniors, Al
mond Turner who plays trumphet
and Delores Stewart who plays
alto saxophone.
The Mid-East All Star con
ference offers serious high sch
ool musicians educational exper
iences gained through special
clinics and concerts.
Ralph Hodges
Promoted To
Airman First
WICHITA FALLS, Tex.—Ralph
Hodges, son of Mrs. Robert Hod
ges of Rt. 1, Covington, has been
promoted to airman first class
in the U. S. Air Force.
Airman Hodges is a material
specialist at Sheppard AFB,Tex.
He is a member of the Air Train
ing Command which operates the
world’s largest technical school
system to train personnel for
Air Force duty.
The airman attended Newton
County High School.
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By Mrs. W. T. Thompson &
Visitors of Mrs. Franklin Par
ker and children the past week
were: Mrs. E. B. Ellington,
Mrs. Wallace Jones and Kay,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Parker and
Annette of Covington, and Pete
Parker of Atlanta. Mrs. Clar
ence Parker of Covington is
spending this week with them.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aiken visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aiken
Monday night.
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| Mrs. E. C. Evans |
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Douglas
and children were visitors ofher
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Loyd.
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Mrs. Ewell Lunsford, Mrs.
T. G. Turner and Mr. and Mrs.
Nat Morgan were recent visitors
of Mrs. Guy Morgan at Emory
Hospital.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Brooks
of Cameron, South Carolina re
cently visited their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Evans.
They and Mrs. Christine Betsill
visited their father, Barney Bro
oks, In Milstead.
** * *
We are sorry that Mrs. Guy
Morgan remains in the hospital.
We hope she will soon be well
and home again.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Earnest Smith of Memphis,
Tennessee is visiting in Mans
field.
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Charlie Lewis has gone to the
nursing home at Jenkinsburg.
He has lived in Mrs. Evans’
home for a little over a year.
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Mrs. Gwendolyn Peters visit
ed her aunt, Mrs. Mary Hays,
Monday.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Thompson the past week were;
R. L. Kirkpatrick and Troy Stu
bbs.
** * *
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Kirkpatrick the past week were:
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roberts, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Harper of Por
terdale, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Wilson of Covington and Mrs.
Lamar Loyd of Oxford.
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African Student To Speak
Here Sunday At 3 P.M.
Mark Richards, a student from
Monrovia Liberia, Africa, and
Mrs. Mary Sims, a high school
teacher in Winder, will be the
featured speakers at a program
Sunday here in Covington at New
Hope Baptist Church.
The program is being spon
sored by Mrs. Cleo Mullins, Mrs.
Drucilla Sims, Mrs. Edna Davis,
and Mrs. Edith Camp of Grace
Methodist Church. These ladles
are presenting this program in
behalf of Grace Church.
Mr. Richards, a native Liber
ian in West Africa, is a student
at Gammon Theological Seminary
in Atlanta. He and his wife
have only been in America one
month. He is a member of the
Methodist Church in Africa and
is a candidate for the Methodist
Ministry. He will talk about his
country and the Methodist Church
in Africa.
Mrs. Sims, a native of Ander
sonville, Georgia, is a noted
speaker and lecturer. She is a
member of the faculty of
Glenwood High School in Winder,
of which her husband is Prin
cipal. She is the daughter-in
law of Mrs. Drucilla Sims of
Covington.
Sunday’s program at New Hope
Baptist Church, on Hendricks
Street here, wUI feature a choir
composed of representatives
from several area churches. The
program begins at 3 P.M.
Richard Williams
Selected For AF
Technical Training
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.—Airman
Richard L. Williams Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Wil
liams of Rt. 1, Newborn, has been
selected for technical training at
Lowry AFB, Colo., as a U.S. Air
Force munitions specialist.
The airman recently completed
basic training at Lackland AFB,
Tex. His new school is part of
the Air Training Command which
conducts hundreds of specialized
courses to provide technically
trained personnel for the nat
ion’s aerospace force.
Airman Williams is a 1966
graduate of R. L. Cousins High
School, Covington.
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Larry E. Fox
Takes Part In
'Frontier Assault’
U. S. ARMY, ALASKA—Army
Specialist Fourth Class Larry E.
Fox, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert M. Fox, Route 1, Coving
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