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Monday, Eugene Patterson,
Editor of the Atlanta Constitut
ion, was named winner of the
1967 Pulitzer Prize for editorial
writing. Covington friends are
delighted to know Mr. Patterson
has been given this outstanding
recognition. We, of the Fourth
Estate, are especially proud! Eu
gene Patterson comes from South
Georgia, Adel, Ga. We visited
relatives there as a child; spent
summer vacations at our Grand
fathers home near there, at Ce
cil, Ga. He was Judge David
Perry Luke. Our loved ones,
Including our Mother, Father and
all the family are buried at the
Adel Cemetery. It seems more
like home than almost any place
of our childhood, even tho’ it
was not home.
Mr. Patterson has visited Co
vington many times. He has spo
ken to our Civic Clubs and at
Emory College, at Oxford, many
times. All of Georgia rejoices
in this well deserved honor which
has come to him. There are
three columns in the Constitution
which make my breakfast hour a
very pleasant one: that of Eu
gene Patterson, Ralph McGill
and Harrold Martin. Mr. McGill
used to come to our home, un
expectedly, with our dear little
friend (also from South Georgia)
Carolyn McKenzie. . .now Mrs.
Carolyn Carter, wife of Don Car
ter. That’s the best kind of
company. We had a garden and
fresh BEANS, nearly every time
they “happened” in. . .and can’t
forget how they enjoyed them.
Carolyn and Don used to come
over from the University of Geor
gia for Sundays with us, and how
we enjoyed them. We had known
their parents in South Georgia
long ago. And. . .one night we
met the two of them in a Drug
Store in Atlanta.. .neither knew
the other was there. . .but Carol
yn finally looked into Don’s eyes
and said, “Can I,” “Oh, by all
means,” he said. You guessed
it! They were up there and he
bought her engagement ring. ..
she showed It to us, the first
ones! We were so happy. Don,
like Gene Patterson, has gone to
the very top.. .and so did Carol
yn who was with Coca-Cola Com
pany for many years. She is one
of the finest photographers. But
above all else they (all three of
them) are people you have to,
not only admire, but love.
Why I’m so deep in South Geor
gia this morning that I’m afraid
I took you away from Covington
to back-track some “old home”
days too. After 35 years, we
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Mrs. Harris
Standard Oil
Agent Here
Mrs. Cleo H. Harris has been
appointed Standard Oil Agent for
the Covington territory, suc
ceeding her late husband, Hugh
M. Harris, by officials of the
Standard Oil Company of Ken
tucky.
Mrs. Harris now takes the pos
ition of the first woman agent
appointed by the Atlanta Division
of the Standard Oil Company.
The Standard Oil Agency has
been maintained in the Covington
Area through the Harris’s for
more than 25 years. Mrs. Har
ris announced that the same ef
forts to promote efficiency and
service that have been upper
most in the operation of the com
pany for the past years will
continue as the objective for
the future.
Mrs. Harris wishes to express
her sincere appreciation to all
customers, dealers and friends
for their loyal support in the
past and during the illness of
her husband and solicits your
continued patronage in the future.
Better Living Locally
Despite Inflation
(Special to the News)
Is the average Newton County family better off today than It was
ten years ago, before taxes and the cost of living started zooming
skyward? Have family incomes increased sufficiently to enable
local residents to live better than they did a decade ago?
A study completed by the Tax
Foundation shows just how much
more income a family must have
these days to stay even with
where it was in 1956.
If its earning capacity was
$3,000 at that time, it needs
$3,655 now— 21.8 percent more
— to maintain its way of life.
The $5,000-a-year family of
other days must receive $5,894,
or 17.9 percent more, to equal
ize.
The SIO,OOO family must have
$11,764, an increase of 17.6 per
cent, to be as well off as before.
In Newton County, according
to data compiled by the Standard
Rate and Data Service, most fam
ilies have more than made up for
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VOLUME 102
Elected Board, Multi—Commission Passes
Judge Hubert Morgan Speaks
At Kiwanis Meeting Today
Guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at the Davis House
Restaurant will be Judge Hu
bert C. Morgan, who was re
cently appointed to the Judge
ship of the Stone Mountain Cir
cuit of which Newton County is a
part. Attorney Charles Strick
land has charge of the program
today and he will introduce Judge
Morgan.
The program will center
around the theme of Law Day,
which comes near the first day
of May each year.
Judge Morgan is a former
judge of the DeKalb Civil and
Criminal Court, and his home
is in Decatur. He is now the
fifth judge of the Stone Mountain
Circuit and joins Judges William
Dean, D. O. Hubert, Frank Guess,
and Clarence Peeler as judges of
the three-county circuit of De-
Kalb, Newton and Rockdale.
** * *
Covington Kiwanians heard a
program devoted to Newton Cou
nty High School students who
excell in foreign languages. In
charge of the program was
V. Y. C. Eady, chairman of the
Kiwanis Club International Relat
ions Committee.
The six students of NCHS who
received “Certificates of Merit”
were: Linda Evans and Glenda
Repetske, Latin; Jim Peay and
David Brown, Spanish; and Phy
llis Ward and Wayne Rooks,
French. Dean Eady and Homer
Sharp, NCHS Supervising Prin-
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week according
to Jack Chapman have been:
High Low
Wed., April 26th 64 48
Thurs., April 27th 64 52
Fri., April 28th 65 37
Sat., April 29th 73 38
Sun., April 30th 78 51
Mon., May Ist 77 56
Tues., May 2nd 76 60
Total rainfall for the week
was 1.29 inch.
Total rainfall for the month
was 2.08 inches.
Soil Stewardship Week
Is Underway Here
Soil Stewardship Week will be
observed April 30 - May 7, ac
cording to R. M. Greer, chair
man of the Upper Ocmulgee River
Soil Conservation District.
“This makes 13 years that
Soil Conservation Districts have
called upon the public to con
sider the moral responsibility
of caring for our natural re-
RUMMAGE SALE SAT.
The Covington Service Guild
will have a Rummage Sale on the
lawn in front of the A & P Store
on Saturday, May 6, from 8 a. m.
until 4 p. m. Come out and get
some nice articles cheap, and
help the Service Guild.
the inroads caused by higher pri
ces and bigger taxes and are liv
ing in better style than they did
previously.
The average net income loc
ally rose from $3,774 per fam
ily ten years ago to $5,831 in
the past year.
It amounted to an increase of
54.5 percent, which is consider
ably more than the loss suffered
through inflation.
Elsewhere in the United States
there was a 40.1 percent gain
in the period. In the State of
Georgia the rise was 49.9 per
cent.
As for the current year, fur-
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cipal, made the presentation of
the certificates.
Visitors at the meeting Thurs
day at the Davis House Rest
aurant included Art Henderson
of Covington; and Danny Harwell
and David Henderson, members
of the NCHS Key Club. Hender
son and Harwell are the presi
dent and vice-president of the
NCHS Student Council for the
school year 1967-68.
More Visitors
At Roosevelts
Georgia Home
WARM SPRINGS, Ga.—Just as
a busload of tourists from Lodi,
Calif., was arriving at Roose
velt’s Little White House here
recently to see for themselves
where the late President lived
part time so simply and happily
for many years, and where he died
22 years ago, Frank W. Allcorn,
Jr., Director of the shrine was
totalling up current attendance
figures. He announced that 4,066
visitors passed through the turn
stile in February, an increase of
49.3 per cent over the same
month in 1966, reflecting in
creased winter travel from col
der climate states.
The California visitors were
members of the Lodi Travel Club.
They toured the grounds and the
beautiful Roosevelt museum
where thousands of priceless
items and exhibits, all connected
with the President’s life or car
eer, especially as related to his
residence in Georgia, are to be
seen.
They also admired the Calif
ornia state stone, which was
presented by the late Charles
P. Skouras, Hollywood movie
executive. The stone, mounted
polished black marble, with the
California bear flag fluttering
above it, stands in its alpha
betical order in the double row
of native stones and flags of all
the states. The stones and flags
line the ornamental walk leading
from the central memorial fount
ain to the museum.
sources,” Mr. Greer said.
"The emphasis for our ob
servance this year Is upon the
private landowner’s respon
sibility,” Greer said.
"The stewardship of a piece
of God’s earth calls for a spec
ial sense of service,” Greer
said. "The landowner knows
that the responsibility entrusted
to him is unique. How each bit
of land is tended affects neigh
bors near and far. That is one
reason why millions of land
owners join together and partic
ipate in soil conservation district
programs.”
Ministers and laymen who de
sire assistance in preparing for
a soil stewardship observance
should contact District Chaplain
Jimmy Thurmond, Social Circle.
ther gains in income will be need
ed, both for the working man and
for his employer, if their pur
chasing power is to be main
tained at its present level.
As 1967 got under way, they
were faced with bigger social
security taxes, further inflation
and a possible Increase in Fed
eral Income taxes.
Also under Tax Foundation sc
rutiny in the study were state and
local taxes and the extent to
which they have grown in recent
years.
In the State of Georgia, these
taxes have climbed from $125
per capita to sl9l per capita in
a period of eight years, it finds.
The rise was 53 percent.
In other states, the increases
ranged from a low of 37 percent,
in Oregon, to a high of 119 per
cent, in Delaware.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1967
Miss Meyer Is Crowned "Miss Ram”
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MISS MARIDEL MEYER was crowned “Miss Ram” at the NCHS auditorium Friday evening. Runners
up in the contest are shown with Miss Meyer, (left to right): Carol McKenzie, Sheila Bates, Cathy Ed
wards and Betsie Garrett.
Dr. Robert McDonald Is
New Newton Psychiatrist
The Newton County Mental
Health Association is happy to
Introduce to the public their new
psychiatrist, Dr. Robert McDo
nald, at their meeting on Friday
evening, May 5, in the REA
Building auditorium at seven
thirty o’clock. As a feature of
Mental Health Week and to em
phasize Mental Health Sunday,
which is May 7, the association
will present the film "Plan A
head for Mental Health” with
Dr. McDonald as the guest sp
eaker.
Dr. McDonald received his
M. D. degree from the Medical
College of South Carolina, Char
leston, South Carolina and is cur
rently finishing his psychiatric
residency In the Department of
Psychiatry at Emory University
Medical School. Dr. McDonald
plans to enter private practice
in psychiatry in Atlanta in June.
Having Dr. McDonald work in a
Newton County Mental Health Cl
inic is the culmination of a dream
Southern Bell
To Expand
Service In Ga.
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany will spend almost S9O mil
lion—the largest amount of any
single year in the Company’s
.history—to expand and Improve
telephone service In Georgia in
1967.
The estimated total of $89.6
million will be Invested "to keep
abreast of this dynamic state’s
constantly Increasing demand for
more and better telephone ser
vice,” according to Frank T.
Smith, Southern Bell’s vice pres
ident and general manager for
Georgia.
A highlight of the Company’s
operations In the state this year
will be completion of the conver
sion of its facilities to dial ser
vice. Madison, which will be
converted to dial on July 16,
is Southern Bell’s last manual
office In the state.
A building has been completed
in Atlanta to house the first
Electronic Switching System of
fice in the nine-state Southern
Bell area and one of the few
in the nation. The office will go
Into service late in the year and
will bring some telephone cus
tomers in the Tenth Street area
of Atlanta several new services.
Among major new buildings
scheduled to go Into service this
year are those at Rutledge, Con
yers, Lake Park, Marietta and
Rockmart.
Equipment and building addit- ।
ions to present facilities are sch
eduled for several locations, In
cluding Rome, Augusta and Way- '
cross. I
The proposed expenditures for
Improved and expanded service <
this year top last year’s total I
Investment by approximately $2.5
million, Mr. Smith said. i
This year’s spending will bring
Southern Bell’s outlays in Geor
gia to approximately $564 mill
ion since the beginning of this 1
decade.
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Dr. McDonald
of the Newton County Mental
Health Association. Through the
cooperation of Dr. C. B. Teal,
Medical Director of District #29,
the Newton County Board of Hea
lth, and state officials in the
Department of Public Health, the
association is offering tangible
means of preventing mental Ill
ness. The present program an
ticipates Dr. McDonald’s seeing
a restricted number of returned
patients from Milledgeville State
Hospital plus working with groups
in the county who work with
children. Present plans provide
that he will be in Newton County
twice each month, and all con
tacts must be made through the
65-Year-Old Vets
May Receive
Pension Check
ATLANTA — The Georgia De
partment of Veterans Service
will assist veterans in planning
for retirement, Pete Wheeler,
department director, said today.
Practically all 65-year old ve
terans meet the disability stan
dard of eligibility for monthly
VA pension payments. In addi
tion to being disabled, the ve
teran must meet income limita
tions and have some wartime
service to receive VA payments,
Mr. Wheeler said.
Expert assistance is required
In determining the disabled vet
eran’s income because of the
varied Interpretations applied by
the Veterans Administration to
sources of money and assistance.
Veterans under age 65 who
meet the disability requirement
established by the VA may qua
lify for pension. Income also
determines eligibility and the
amount of monthly payment.
A disabled veteran, with no
dependents, may be eligible for
pension if his Income is not
more than SIBOO annually. With
dependents, the income limita
tion is $3,000,
Field managers of the Geor
gia Department of Veterans Ser
vice will assist veterans in fil
ing for disability pensions, Mr.
Wheeler said. Nearest field of
fice is located at the Courthouse.
Its manager Is Mrs. Ty Cason.
local Department of Public Hea
lth.
Mrs. Robert L. Faulkner and
Rev. Kent Anglin are coordina
ting plans for the meeting and
otiier activities with Mrs. Mort
Ewing, President of the Newton
County MHA, advising them.
Mrs. Faulkner, when inter
viewed, stated, “Mental Health
is one of Newton County’s grea
test needs and should be classed
as one of the desperate needs,
as we lead the state of Georgia
with admissions to Milledgeville
and suicide attempts, in ratio to
the population. At present, we
have 600 children needing help of
some kind.”
Mrs. Faulkner stated further,
“A mind can break under strain,
just as any part of the body, but
it can be mended, sometimes
to leave the person even strong-
Wade Mitchell Is Boy Scout
Banquet Speaker Here Tuesday
The Newton-Rockdale District
Boy Scouts of America Annual
Banquet wiH be held at the Flc
quett School Cafetorlum Tuesday
evening May 9th at 7:30 o’clock
according to Howard Brooks,
District Chairman.
The featured speaker for the
occasion will be Mr. Wade Mit
chell, Vice-President of Trust
Company of Georgia, and
manager of the Buckhead Branch.
He is a former Georgia Tech
football star, and played in three
major bowls. He will be intro-
Newton Little League Field Named "Baker Field”
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NEWTON LITTLE LEAGUE ceremony naming the local facility Baker Field saw this scene unfold
Monday as the flag was raised and then lowered to half-mast in tribute to the late Buddy Baker for whom
the field is named. Players of the 10 teams in the local LL were present in uniform for the program
as the 1967 season got underway. More pictures are on THE NEWS Sports Pages today.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society
s P ort s 17-18
Legal 20]
Classified 22-23
Newton County citizens overwhelmingly voted for the election
of school board members and election of a board of county com
missioners In a special referendum Wednesday (yesterday) In bal
loting in the county. Although the vote was light, more than a two-to
one majority cast their votes for the changes.
In unofficial returns in 10 of
the county’s 16 voting precincts
the school board change was
okayed by a vote of 1,070 to 487.
The board of county commis
sioners vote was 1,110 for and
432 against.
The bulk of the vote came
in the city of Covington box at
the courthouse where the tally
was 529 for the board of ed
ucation being elected, and 240
against. In the city voting for
the multi-county commission the
tally was 541 to 223.
Newton County Supt. of Schools
J. W. (Whit) Richardson issued
the following statement yester
day:
“Entirely too much emphasis
has been placed on the system
used to govern our schools. Many
Board Os Education
Newton County will be divided up into seven (7) districts
as follows;
(a) District 1 will be composed of the following Militia
Districts:
(1) Brick Store (420); (2)Brewers (464); (3) Hays (477);
(4) Gaithers (546); (5) Leguinn (1513); (6) Newborn
(1522) and (7) Mansfield (1618).
(b) District 2 will be composed of the following Militia
Districts;
(1) Stansells (461); (2) Downs (547); (3) Rocky Plains
(567); (4) Cedar Shoals (1216).
(c) District 3 shall be composed of the following Militia
Districts;
(1) Wyatts (463); (2) Gum Creek (1249); (3) Oxford
(1525); (4) Almon (1717).
(d) District 4 shall be composed of all Town District (462).
(e) District 5 shall be composed of all Town District (462).
(f) District 6 shall be composed of the entire territory
of Newton County.
(g) District 7 shall be composed of the entire territory
of Newton County.
Board Os Commissioners
Five (5) Commission Members shall be elected for Districts
as set forth:
(a) District 1 to be composed of the following Militia
Districts: (1) Brick Store (420); (2) Brewers (464);
(3) Hays (477); (4) Gaithers (546); (5) Leguinn (1513^
(6) Newborn (1522 X (7) Mansfield (1618).
(b) District 2 to be composed of the following Militia
Districts: (1) Stansells (461); (2) Downs (546);
(3) Rocky Plains (567^ (4) Cedar Shoals (1216).
(c) District 3 to be composed of the following Militia
Districts: (1) Wyatts (463^ (2) Gum Creek (1249);
(3) Oxford (1525^ (4) Almon (1717).
(d) District 4 to be composed of all Town District (462).
(e) District 5 to be composed of all Town District (462).
er after the illness.”
Most of our communities now
have hospitals to care for men
tally ill. The American Medi
cal Association classes mental
illness as America’s most press
ing and complex health program
with approximately 10 per cent of
school age children having emot
ional problems serious enough to
duced by Mr. S. J. Morcock pro
gram chairman. Mrs. M. B.
Shaw is chairman of table ar
rangements and decorations. Du
ring the program the new slate of
officers will be installed. These
Include Sam Ramsey, District
Chairman, Bill Insor, Vice chair
man; W. A. Childers, Jr., vice
chairman; and John Burson, in
coming commissioner.
E. G. Lassiter, ticket chair
man for the occasion, states that
tickets for the banquet can be
purchased from any of the fol-
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people have been led to believe
that if the system is changed this
will solve all of our school pro
blems. This is not true. What
ever system we use needs the
backing of the clear-thinking peo
ple of Newton County. The Board
of Education and the Superinten
dent will be confronted with many
real problems in the near future,
such as the desegregation of our
schools, increase in the disre
gard for law and order among
our students, moral decline, van
dalism, etc. Neither system will
be able to solve these problems
without the cooperation of the
parents and citizens of Newton
County. We ask for your con
tinued support in helping us meet
the problems that arise.”
need psychiatric treatment.
The Health Department and the
Mental Health Association need
the help and cooperation of every
citizen In the county and urgen
tly request your attendance at the
meeting on Friday, May 5. When
you come, bring at least one per
son with you.
lowing scouters: W. A. Child
ers, Homer Sharp, James Hutch
ins, Jack Meadors, N. H. Mit
chell, Jack Christian, Herbert
Vining, Ted Stroud, Walter Pope,
Jack McGlboney, Melvin Conrad,
Arthur Hays, Charles Robertson
and Johnny Prescott. In Conyers,
Hugh Settle and Bill Ensor.
This annual meeting is for vo
lunteer leaders, den mothers,
and parents of cubs, scouts and
explorers. Recognition of lea
ders and annual awards will be
made.