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MRS. JACK CHRISTIAN, Den Mother of Pack 58 Covington, received
the Newton-Rockdale District “Training Award” at the Scout Banquet
Tuesday evening. Shown making the presentation Is Homer F. Sharp.
Mitchell Challenges Scouters Help
Preserve Free Enterprise System
“Federal Intervention In our
everyday life Is a threat to the
American way of life,” stated
Wade Mitchell, Vice-President
of the Trust Company of Geor
gia in Buckhead, as he spoke
to the Newton-Rockdale District
Annual Boy Scout banquet Tues
day evening at the Flcquett Sc
hool Cafeteria.
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Scenes At Newton-Rockdale District Boy Scout Banquet Tuesday Evening At The Ficquett School Cafetorium In Covington
Annually the occasion for re
cognitions of both Scout and adult
leaders, the dinner and program
Tuesday drew BSA workers from
both Newton and Rockdale Coun
ties. New officers of the district
were installed as Sam Ramsey
took over the chairman reins
from Howard Brooks.
Also, citations and honors du-
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FATHER AND SON both have the distinction of serving as chairman
of the Newton-Rockdale District Boy Scouts. Sam Ramsey (right)
Is the new chairman, and Is shown with his father C. D. Ramsey.
ring the program went to Mrs.
Jack Christian, Den Mother of
Cub Pack 58, who received the
Training Award; David Burson of
Oxford and John Whaley of Con
yers received their formal re
cognition of Eagle Scout Rank;
and outgoing Chairman Howard
Brooks received a statuette from
the district for his work during
the past year.
Mr. Brooks acted as Master of
Ceremonies and the Invocation
was given by Rev. Charles Tho
mas of the Salem Methodist Ch
urch. The opening flag ceremony
was ably handled by Porterdale
Troop 226, and the two new units
organized recently were recog
nized. They are Milstead Troop
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HOWARD BROOKS (left), the outgoing chairman of the Newton-
Rockdale District Boy Scouts, received a BSA Statuette from Dlci
Walters (right), N-R District Executive. The award was for the
outstanding work by Mr. Brooks.
802 and Salem Pack 804. Both
Bill Ensor of Conyers and W. A.
Childers, Jr. of Oxford aided the
formation of these two units.
S. J. Morcock, program ch
airman, Introduced the various
visitors at the meeting, and Mr.
Morcock also Introduced the
guest speaker, Wade Mitchell.
Mr. Mitchell is well-known for
his football ability at Georgia
Tech In 1953-56. He played in
four bowl games during his ca
reer, which included his fresh
man year as SEC players were
eligible for the team at that time
(1953). The bowls were: Sugar,
Cotton, Sugar and Gator.
The installation of the new
slate of officers of the N-R
District was handled by Les
ter Dollar, a former Newton-
Rockdale District Executive. Ot
her than Mr. Ramsey the offi
cers for 1967-68 are: W. A.
Childers, Jr. and Bill Ensor,
vice-chairman; and John Burson,
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Others who had a part on the
program Tuesday included: Ji
mmy Cason of Porterdale, Jordan
Maynard of the Atlanta Area
Council, Ted Stroud of Porter
dale, Homer Sharp of Covington,
Dick Walters of N-R District,
and John Burson of Oxford (clo
sing ceremony).
It was fitting and proper that
Mr. Morcock reminded all the
adult scouters present that small
cards were placed at each plate
with the following printed on
them:
A HUNDRED YEARS from now
it will not matter what my bank
account was, the sort of house
I lived in, or the kind of car I
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TWO EAGLE SCOUTS were presented awards at the Newton-
Rockdale District banquet Tuesday. David Burson of Oxford,
and John Whaley of Conyers (L to R), are shown with Ted Stroud,
who made the presentations.
18 Traffic
Cases Heard
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The Covington City Court ses
sion Monday saw Judge E. W. St
rozler call a total of 18 cases
involving violations of traffic
laws. This number was includ
ed in the overall total of 26
cases heard Monday by the Ju
dge.
Six persons were charged with
driving under the Influence of in
toxicants and all either forfeited
their bonds or were assessed a
fine as guilty. Four cases were
, called for subjects charged with
reckless driving, and three were
cited for speeding. Two were
charged with driving without a
, license and another two people
had Improper inspection tags on
1 their cars. One man drew a fine
' for running a stop sign.
In other cases heard Monday
by Judge Strozler, five were on
a charge of public drunkenness,
one with carrying firearms, one
for shop lifting and one for dis
orderly conduct.
Thursday, May 11, 1967
Cake Sale Sat.
The Newton County Jaycettes
will hold a cake sale Saturday,
May 13, at ten o’clock in front of
the court house. Anyone wishing
to order a cake ahead of time,
please contact Mrs. Frank Mal
colm by calling 786-7979.
Proceeds will go to the State
Hospital at Milledgeville.
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