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NEWTON COUNTY RAMS. . .
our wonderful boys AND girls
we want you to know we are so
proud of you that we are strutt
ing around town like a peacock!
And let’s not leave the Band out
. . .If we could just hold a State
Wide Contest as to the Winners
in every category, this year of
1966-67 ... WE KNOW WHO
WOULD WIN! We’ve been rootin’
for Newton County boys and girls
for about 35 years now (sure
I’m 35 years YOUNG) and every
year we are PROUD. . .however
we do believe this is the best
year we have ever had. Now
THREE BIG CHEERS for your
Coaches and Leaders! They are
at the top of the list or you
would not be winning every game,
and getting recognized by Century
who recorded the music of both
elementary and regular band. ..
B-R-O-T-H-E-R! WE ARE
JUSTLY Proud. . .Come help
me down to earth once more!
You know somebody else we
are proud of? It’s that Newton
County Hospital Auxiliary.. .they
Invited us to their Annual
Luncheon last week.. .and I just
wish I could tell you how many
thousands of hours those ladies
have worked at the hospital since
they organized! NO, they are not
paid. . .they give their time.
Now that is Christian Love. . .
they give of themselves, their
time and talents. . .But I’ll tell
you a little secret about that. ..
In giving of themselves to help
out overworked nurses, in keep
ing records; sewing; taking all the
flowers to rooms, messages, an
swering ‘phones, going and
getting people to the ‘phone, de
livering tons of mail. . .we want
you to know they feel so thankful
and rewarded that they are given
this joy of giving of themselves
to their fellow man in Christian
Service. There is nothing more
rewarding. We are all a little
cheated when they wait too long
to need us on duty! They have
great plans for the immediate fu
ture. . .just read about it else
where in the paper!
We can’t go to but one Church
at the time at the same hour. ..
it was First Baptist Sunday Night
as usual. . .and we want to know
where all of you Baptist Train
ing members of the Adult De
partment were? WE MISSED
YOU! Don’t let this happen
again. We did have two darling
visitors. . .the grandbabies of
Mr. and Mrs. Chambers. They
were dolls!
Just want to tell you. . .things
will be humming around here
soon. . .Restaurants. . .Drug
Stores. . .All eating places and
Coffee Shops will be serving
FREE COFFEE!
When? Well you just watch
the signs? We do not want a
single Coffee Shop or place ser
ving coffee to miss out on this.
BECAUSE the Easter Seal So
ciety will send you a poster of
Vince Dooley and the Poster
child for 1967 for your window
and heaps ‘o BAC Buttons to
present the Coffee Drinkers. ..
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Homer Sharp, Jr.
Layman’s Day
Speaker Sunaay
Layman’s Day will be observed
on Sunday, February 26, at the
11:00 A.M. worship hour at New
born Methodist Church. The
guest speaker will be Homer
Sharp, Jr. of Athens. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend this
service.
Parker, Croom STAR Honorees
David Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Parker of Covington, has
been named STAR Student of Newton County High School. David
selected Joseph Croom as his STAR Teacher of the year. The pro
gram, sponsored locally by the Covington Kiwanis Club, recognizes
and honors a student and teacher in the Student Teacher Achievement
Recognition (STAR) program over the State of Georgia.
This marks the third time
that Mr. Croom has been so
honored at Newton High. He is
a teacher of physics and chem
istry. He was named STAR
Teacher in 1962 by Bob Budd,
and in 1965 by Miss Donna Kay
Repetske.
Parker is a member of the Red
Oak Methodist Church, and atten
ded the Governor’s Honors
program In 1966 in the field of
mathematics. He was also a
National Merit Scholarship semi
finalist. David is also a member
of the Newton High Key Club and
the Beta Club.
They will now enter the 10th
District program, from which
the winner will make the state
finals.
STAR recognizes and promotes
academic achievement, honors
the teaching profession and ex
plains the merits of the free
enterprise system. The program
was originated by the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce,
and It has won the attention
of a number of other states acr
oss the country. It Is the re
cipient of three awards from
the Freedom Foundation at Val-
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VOLUME 102
Joint Newton Band
Concerts Tonight 8 PM
A joint concert will be pre
sented tonight (Thursday), Feb
ruary 23, at 8 p.m. at the New
ton County High Auditorium with
pre-concert numbers being play
ed by both the Cadet Band and
the Blue Rambler Band, accord
ing to an announcement by Basil
Rigney, band director of the sch
ools.
Guest director for the Cadet
Band will be Dr. Olin Parker of
the music faculty at the Univer-
Mrs. Luke Hill
Is Member Os
NEWS Staff
Mrs. Luke Hill
Mrs. Luke Hill of 410 Gordy
Street, Covington, has joined the
staff of The Covington News in
the circulation department as
subscription saleswoman.
Mrs. Hill will be the only au
thorized NEWS representative
calling on people in Newton Coun
ty for new subscriptions and re
newal of subscriptions that have
expired with the exception of the
ladies in the front office at the
NEWS.
She is well known throughout
the county and has been active In
civic and business organizations
in Covington. She has been a
contestant during both of the sub
scription campaigns sponsored
by the NEWS and was the grand
prize winner in the 1963 cam
paign. In the 1965 contest she
was the second prize winner.
Mrs. Hill and her husband
are members of the First Met
hodist Church in Covington. She
is a member of the American Le
gion Auxiliary and the Covington
Elkadettes where she has taken
an active part and held various
offices in both organizations.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill have three
children. Their youngest son,
Luke, Jr., is the only one still
living at home with his parents.
An older son and daughter are
married and live in Decatur and
Greenville, South Carolina. Mr.
Hill Is an employee of Covington
Furniture Company.
Anyone wishing to subscribe
to the NEWS may call her at
786-2969, and she will be glad
to contact you at your home or
office and pick up your subscrip
tion.
ley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Don C. Grefe, Chairman of the
State Chamber’s Education De
partment, disclosed the honors
and awards In store for 1967
STAR Students and STAR Teach
ers;
Georgia’s top STAR Student
will be named on April 21, 1967,
at the annual State Chamber’s
STAR Banquet, Marriott Hotel,
Atlanta. The winner will re
ceive the Georgia State Cham
ber of Commerce STAR plaque,
the Atlanta Gas Light Company
SSOO check, and the Pan American
Air Lines trip to Europe.
The State STAR Teacher will
receive the State Chamber’s
"ALF” statuette and the Sears
Roebuck Foundation SSOO sch
olarship for graduate study.
The Kiwanis Club of Covington
as the local STAR Sponsor will
administer the program in the
community, arrange a STAR Sys
tem Recognition Meeting, spon
sor the System winners trip to
the District STAR Meetings, and
provide expenses and escort for
the System STARS to attend the
State STAR festivities.
New
sity of Georgia, Athens. This
will be Dr. Parker’s second ap
pearance here as guest director.
In 1965 he was guest director
for the Blue Rambler Band and
in addition he has conducted try
outs and clinic for the students
In the high school band.
Guest director for the Blue
Rambler Band as they present
their festival numbers will be
Joseph Kirschner, supervisor of
music for the Fulton County sch
ools. Mr. Kirschner Is also the
conductor of the Atlanta Civic
Symphony Orchestra and serves
extensively as an adjudicator and
clinician throughout the state.
He was the guest director for
the pre-game ceremonies at the
Atlanta Stadium on December
18, when the local bandperform
ed.
Prior to and following the con
cert you may also purchase the
record made last year by the
local bands. These albums will
be reduced to $3.00 each at this
time, and is a big saving for
these 12 inch, long playing al
bums.
Everyone is cordially Invited
to come out and enjoy the even
ing of fine music, presented by
these hard working students, who
each year give Newton one of the
finest bands in the country. Sup
port your home bands and at
tend the concert tonight.
Carmel Cemetery
Perpetual Care
Meeting Sat.
A meeting of all members and
Interested friends of the Carmel
Cemetery Perpetual Care Found
ation will be held Sunday after
noon, 3;00 p.m., at the Carmel
Baptist Church in Mansfield,
February 26.
Contributions toward the $lO,-
000 goal set by the group, as
a foundation fund for the ceme
tery’s perpetual care, have
reached the 35% mark, according
to the chairmen, E. Lee Hays of
Mansfield. Mr. Hays expressed
appreciation of the response of
civic minded residents of New
ton County, as well as from local
and distant relatives of those
for whom Carmel Cemetery Is
their last, earthly resting place.
An overall resume will be
given at the Sunday meeting, of
the progress and projects of the
campaign, according to the pres
ident.
Serving with Mr. Hays on the
fund drive are Miss Annie C.
Hays, Louis Jackson, Julius Laz
enby, E. W. Starr and Mrs. F. D.
Alexander.
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week as reported
by Weatherman Jack Chapman
are as follows:
High Low
Wed. Feb. 15th 68 35
Thurs. Feb. 16th 64 55
Frl. Feb. 17th 69 51
Sat. Feb. 18th 62 42
Sun. Feb. 19th 54 34
Mon. Feb. 20th 48 40
Tues. Feb. 21st 48 30
STAR Student And Teacher Named At NCHS
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STAR Student and Teacher for 1967 are shown In the photo above in the science lab of Newton County
High School. David Parker, NCHS senior, Is flanked by STAR Teacher Joseph Croom (left) and Newton
High Supervising Principal Homer Sharp (right). The student selects the Student Teacher Achievement
Recognition (STAR) faculty member who did most for him (or her) during their high school career.
The local STAR program Is sponsored by the Covington Kiwanis Club.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1967
City Council Approves Parking
Plan, Drive Launched For Funds
Legion Os Honor Recipients At Kiwanis Program
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KTWANTS T FGION OF HONOR awards were made to members (pictured above) at the 40th Anniversary
Banquet Thursday evening at Ficquett Cafetorium. Left to right: Dr. J. R. Sams, 40 years; S. A. Ginn,
35 years; S. J. Morcock, 30 years; A. H. David, 30 years; C. D. Ramsey, 25 years; and W. J. Dickey,
25 years. Terry Avery, Club secretary, made the presentations. Leon Cohen, a 40-year member,
was not present for the occasion.
Dr. Sams, Leon Cohen Are Top
Honorees At Kiwanis Anniversary
The 40th Anniversary Cele
bration Ladies Night Banquet of
the Kiwanis Club of Covington was
a gala occasion Thursday evening
at the Ficquett School cafetorium.
Highlight of the evening was the
awarding of Legion of Honor cit
ations to members whohaveover
25 years of Kiwanis membership.
Tops In years of service among
the recipients were Dr. J. R.
Sams and Leon Cohen (In
absentia) 40 years; S. A. Ginn
35 years; S. J. Morcock and
A. H. David 30 years; W. J.
Dickey and C. D. Ramsey 25
years. Kiwanis Secretary Terry
Avery made the presentation of
pins and certificates.
Presiding officer during the
program was President Ben
Banks. After the singing of
America and the pledge of alle
giance the Invocation was given
by Dean V. Y. C. Eady, a past
Georgia District Governor of
Kiwanis.
Speakers heard during the pro
gram Included the first president
of the Covington Club, S. Charles
Candler who now lives in Madi
son. He was introduced by presi
dent Banks. Mr. Candler tola
of the early days of the club and
said that P. W. Godfrey and S. H.
Adams conceived the idea of a
club in 1927.
Vice-President Rucker Ginn
Introduced the special guests
present for the memorable oc-
casion. They included; Mrs.
C. C. King and Mrs. Belmont
Dennis, widows of former presi
dents of the local club; Mrs.
S. M. Hay, president of the Cov
ington Pilot Club; Jaycee Pres
ident Frank Malcolm and Mrs.
Malcolm; Covington Lions Pres
ident and Mrs. Melvin Allen;
Covington Rotary President and
Mrs. Dallas Tarkenton; Miss
Mary Margaret Allgooa and
Chester Parker, NCHS Key Club;
Miss Susan Williams and Fred
Shelfer, Oxford College Circle
K; Dr. and Mrs. Jim Mitchell.
Also, sons of charter mem
bers were presented; E. E.
(Buck) Callaway and Dr. E. J.
Callaway, Phillip Cohen, Ruc
ker Ginn, Spence and C. D. Ram
sey, and Moody Summers. One
member of the club, Sam Ramsey,
is a third generation member of
the Covington Club.
Greetings were extended the
local club from Kiwanis officials
and two were present to make
short speeches. Dr. Henry T.
Malone, Georgia District Gov
ernor; and Rogers F. Starr of
Jackson, 12th Division Lt.-Gov
ernor, congratulated the Coving
ton Club for 40 years of service
organizational achievements.
President Banks read two letters
from International officers,
President R. Glenn Reed of Mari
etta, and the International Sec
retary R. P. Merrldew, congrat-
ulating the club on the anniver
sary occasion.
All the members receiving the
Legion of Honor citation were
present except Leon Cohen who
was In Florida on vacation. A
long distance telephone call to
Mr. Cohen was heard over an
amplifier Installed by Ray Reece,
manager of the Covington Office
of southern Bell. In the absence
of Mr. Cohen his award was re
ceived by his son, Phillip.
Special music for the evening
was furnished by Mrs. Owen Kel
lum, Jr. and her daughter and
son, Vera Lynn and Glenn. They
rendered three musical numbers,
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Martin Goode. Vice President
Moody Summers presented gifts
to the four persons on the mus
ical program as a love token of
the Covington Kiwanis Club.
Mrs. Skinner Is
Hospital Patient
Mrs. Tom Skinner, Assistant
Society Editor and proofreader
of The Covington NEWS, is a pat
ient at Newton County Hospital.
The many friends of Mrs. Skin
ner wish for her a speedy and
complete recovery.
Heart Sunday Drive In County
Residential Areas Sunday 2 PM
The Heart Sunday Volunteer
Corps will be on the march be
ginning at 2;00 o’clock Sunday
afternoon to give every resident
Newton Community Action
Committee Voting Today
The Newton County Community
Action Committee is in the pro
cess of revising the membership
of the Newton County Community
Action Committee. They are
holding an election for the pur
pose of electing ten members to
represent the low-income group
on the County Committee. Newton
County has been divided into four
voting precincts as follows:
Section I - All of Newton County
north of Georgia Rail
road. This section
will elect two mem
bers. Election will be
held at Oxford City
Hall on Thursday,
February 23, from
5:00 P.M. to7:00 P.M.
Section n- All of City of Coving
ton (except area north
of Georgia Railroad).
This section will elect
three members. Ele
ction will be held at
Covington City Hall on
Thursday, February
23, from 5:00 P.M. to
7:00 P. M.
Section 111-Area south of Geor-
Editorial 2
Obituary ,6
Society 13
Sports 16
Legal 20
Classified 22-23
The Mayor and City Council of Covington, in a called meeting on
Thursday, Feb. 16, approved the parking plan presented by the
Parking Committee of the Downtown Merchants Association. The
Parking Committee met in a special session Friday morning at the
Bank of Covington and made plans for an immediate campaign to
raise the necessary funds for the project by March 1.
The letter stated:
PROPOSAL
Construct 64-car parking lot on
90 x 200 ft. lot at corner of
Clark, Hendricks and Usher St
reets, on the site where vacant
building is now located. This was
formerly the building used by the
Covington Auto Service. The
second parking lot to be leased
would be an existing parking lot
on the block bounded by Church,
Reynolds and Elm Streets. This
lot was formerly leased to Big
Apple and Kroger Food Stores,
but since the relocation of these
stores, their lease has expired.
To insure that this lot remains
available for parking, it is ne
cessary a lease be secured.
TERMS OF LEASE
Lease both lots for 10 years.
The combined rent for both lots
would be S6OO. per month. Mr.
Campbell has agreed to assume
the cost of tearing down the
building on his property.
WHO WOULD LEASE
THE PROPERTY?
The City of Covington has ag
reed to underwrite the project
for the funds received from the
parking meters to be installed on
the lots and the other parking
meters in town. The City has ag
reed to put all parking meter re
venue in a special fund to be
used for this project and other
parking projects that may be
proposed in the future.
COST OF PROJECT TO
MERCHANTS AND/OR
PROPERTY OWNERS
The Parking Committee of the
Downtown Merchant’s Associat
ion must raise a total of $18,400.
Porterdale Scouts
Collecting Soap
For Viet Nam
Porterdale Cub Scouts of Pack
60 are undertaking a project to
collect soap for the people in Viet
Nam. Cubmaster of the pack is
Julius Johnson and the den mot
her is Mrs. Louise Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson will take care
of the soap collected and see that
it gets to Viet Nam, where it will
be used by civilian and military
personnel and in hospitals as
well.
Anyone wishing to donate bars
or cakes of soap should contact
either of the Johnsons or Tommy
Johnson in Porterdale.
of Newton County a personal op
portunity to fight the Nation’s
Number One health enemy — the
heart and blood vessel diseases.
gia Railroad and west
of Alcovy River not
In city limits of Cov
ington. This area will
elect three members.
Election will be held
at Porterdale City
Hall on Thursday,
February 23, from
5:00 P.M. to7:00 P.M.
Section IV-South of Georgia Rail
road and east of Al
covy River. This area
will elect two mem
bers. Election will be
held at Mansfield City
Hall on Thursday,
February 23, from
5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Since these representatives
must be elected by the low-
Income group, only those whose
family Income Is less than $3,000.
per year are eligible to vote.
"The Committee would ap
preciate it if you, the eligible
voters, would help elect some
good representatives from this
low-Income group,’’ stated J.W.
(Whit) Richardson, chairman.
NUMBER 8
in cash to be turned over to the
City of Covington for the
following: One year’s lease in
advance $7200, cost of grading
and black-topping one lot $3500,
and installation of 128 parking
meters $7700. The Covington-
Newton County Chamber of Com
merce will be asked to contri
bute $4650. which leaves a total
for the merchants and/or pro
perty owners to raise of $13,750.
A formula has been carefully
drawn up by the Parking Com
mittee which graduates the cost
per square foot of store space
according to the proximity to the
lot. There are five different
rates which vary from as high
as 24? per square foot down to
as low as If per square foot.
Square footage of each store
has been determined In advance
from official tax records at City
Hall. It should be noted that
this first cost will be your one
and only cost and no future fin
ancial commitment will be re
quired.
WHAT WILL BE CITY’S
OBLIGATION?
The City of Covington, by lea
sing the property, will assume
full responsibility for patrolling
and operating the lots. They will
assume any deficits or receive
any profits from the operation of
the lots for the ten-year period.
COST OF PARKING
The meters would be set on a
five-hour basis with a charge of
5 f per hour. It should be pointed
out that the only condition the
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Panio Pupils Os
Mrs. Teal In
Program Sunday
The students of Mrs. Frank
Teal, who were prepared to play
at the recent Tenth District Piano
Clinic, will be presented in a
musical program Sunday at 3:30
P. M. at Ficquett Elementary Sc
hool.
Those appearing on the pro
gram will be:
Anne Anderson, Jim Anderson,
Kathy Coody, Teresa Courchai
ne, Brenda Croom, Beverly
Davis, Cathy Dobbs, Alicia
Grove, Susan Hunt, Becky Hutch
ins, Scott Jay, Kim Jones, Har
riet Jordan, Natalie Lunsford,
Kitty McMichael, Faith Moody,
Vickie Moody, Terry Mote, Amy
Shields, Pat Shields, Lisa Smith,
Dianne Walton.
The public is cordially invited.
The residential canvass will con
tinue until 4;00 p.m. and it is an
ticipated that all kits will be
turned in on February 28th.
Approximately 40 local resi
dents will visit homes in every
section of Newton County to ac
cept contributions to the 1967
Heart Fund campaign, and, as
educational ambassadors, to dis
tribute literature telling how to
reduce the risk of heart attack
and what to do In case of a heart
attack.
"In addition to distributing this
heart-saving information/’ Rev.
A. J. Bruyere, Heart Sunday
Chairman said, "the Heart Fund
volunteer will preseat a Heart
Sunday envelope which the resi
dent can use to strike a blow at
the disease which took more than
900,000 American Ilves last year
— 54 per cent of the total number
of deaths In this country.”
Where the volunteer finds no
one at home, he or she will
leave a preaddressed t'all-In
envelope In which a contribution
may be sent conveniently to Heart
Fund headquarters during the
next few days. Heart Sunday
marks the high point in the New
ton County Heart Association’s
annual Heart Fund drive which
makes possible the crusade
against the heart and blood ves
sel diseases.