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This Is the season for Dally
Vacation Bible School at all Bap
tist Churches and First Baptist
Church Is having a very reward
ing one, and it Is something no
child should miss. Their young
lives are being molded for the
future now. Look around you and
see If there are other child
ren, not in Bible School that you
could arrange to take with yours!
You have heard about Home Mis
sions. . .well, you will be work
ing In that field if you gather
in the children who have not
heard of the school now under
way.
Just watch the Baptist Church
grow in every phase of the work
now that we have the Mitchells
with us. He and his young wife
have moved to Covington and he
has already begun his work as
Director of Education-Music.
You just come over to First
Baptist some evening, after you
have attended your church in the
morning. . .just for a visit and
SING ALONG WITH MITCH. .
ELL! Our crowd is not as lar
ge at night as in the day.. .but
we think that, even the angels
must have heard the glorious
songs ringing out Sunday even
ing. . .Don’t tell anybody but he
even had your “Office Boy” sin
ging at the top of his voice.
You know he can’t sing a tune
. . .but he was so inspired by
the response to Mr. Mitchells
leadership that he knew nobody
would hear the funny noise that
comes out when he tries to sing.
He felt better for having sung
these Gospel Songs too. Yes,
the entire congregation welco
mes the Mitchells to Covington
and our Church.
Flag Week, folks! Don’t for
get your patriotism! Put a flag
out at your place of business and
one at home (if you have one).
We have not found ours since the
move! Our hearts go out to war
torn countlres! We pray that Am
erican Boys will soon be called
home. Far too many have been
killed on foreign soil. How many
lives do we have to lose, in the
prime of their youth, to settle
the troubles of other nations?
We are not being less patriotic
. . .we Just love our youth.
We think some plan should be
worked out whereby MEN could
settle their differences without
War.
Hi! My sweet friends out at
Newton County Hospital! Sure,
that means you, and you, and
you, and you! We tape each of
you are feeling better this mor
ning! Our hearts are grieved for
our Leonora Belcher Allen, and
all the family, in the loss of
their sister (written up elsewhere
in this paper). She was one we
did not have the pleasure of know
ing, except through others In the
field of education. She gave her
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Newton County Ordinary Donald Stephenson is shown swearing in
Greeley EUis as a member of the Newton County Board of Education.
Mr. Ellis was appointed to this post by the Grand Jury in March and
was commissioned by Governor Lester Maddox for a four year term
beginning June 9, 1967.
Saturday Proclaimed VFW "Poppy Day By Mayor
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Mayor Walker Harris of Covington gets a “Poppy” pinned on his lapel after proclaiming Saturday,
June 17, as VFW “Poppy Day”. Left to right are: Olin McMichael, Bob Hunter, manager of the
“Rebels” Little League team, Mayor Harris, Billy Entreken, Art Booth, Commander of VFW Post
9146 of Covington, and Ricky Schell. Members of the “Rebels” will assist the VFW with their Poppy
Sale on Saturday.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
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The George .üblished 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOMUNE 102
DEPUTIES, STATE AGENTS RAID TWO STILLS
Reg Robinson
Enters Hospital
Reginald (Reg) Robinson is a
patient at Newton County Hos
pital, where he was admitted with
a respiratory condition. An em
ployee at White’s Department St
ore, he is one of the former own
ers of the City Pharmacy here.
Reg, as he is known by a host
of friends, is being extended best
wishes for a speedy recovery.
No Tuition Charge
For Driver Training
An article which appeared in
last week’s paper concerning the
Driver Education Course which
has been planned for this summer
at Newton County High School
stated that there would be a sls.
charge for those who enrolled
in the course.
Mr. H. F. Sharp has since
found out that there will not be
a tuition charge. The Newton
County Board of Education will
finance the salary of the Instruc
tor.
The course is open to persons
15 years of age or older who have
their learner’s permit. It will
consist of 30 hours of lecture
and six hours of practical dri
ving.
Persons interested In taking
this course, which will begin on
Monday, June 19, at 11 a.m.,
should contact Mr. Sharp or Mr.
Wilbur Fisher at the Newton
High School office.
Boy Scouts To
Visit Elgin AFB
The Newton-Rockdale activi
ties committee, Boy Scouts of
America, announced this week
that a district scout trip to Eglin
Air Force Base is being planned
for July 23-26.
Eglin is one of the largest
bases maintained by the Air
Force and is located on the Gulf
Coast between Pensacola and
Panama City, Florida.
The base features a climatic
hanger that can duplicate any
temperature on earth. It is the
test base for most new Air Force
equipment, and also serves as a
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Local and state officers look over stills that they raided Sunday night.
Left to right are: Curtis Spence (state), Luke Odum, deputies Robert
Cook, Gerald Malcom, and 0. T. Lott, and James Roberts (state).
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A pile of sugar sacks that were used in the operation of the still was
found behind the vats. Deputy O. T. Lott Is shown looking inside at
the filth accumulated in the liquor making operation.
County Taxes Assessed At 22.78%;
Revenue Department Requires 40%
Newton County Tax Commis
sioner B. L. Johnson has re
ceived a copy of the Davis Re
port, a report of property val
uations compiled each year by
the State Auditor, for Newton
County.
The report, based on last
year’s digest shows that property
is presently being assessed at
22.78 per cent of its total sale
and/or appraised value.
This report was made after a
study was made of 232 properties
in Newton County which have a
sale and/or appriased value of
Judge Hears 32
Cases In Court
City Court Judge E. Walton
Strozier continued to crack down
or speeders and drunk drivers
at Monday’s session of court.
Three persons were fined $l5O
for driving under the influence
of alcohol and one man had his
drivers license suspended for
one yea r«
Six persons were fined up to
S2O each for speeding and five
others were fined up to SSO each
for reckless driving.
Judge Strozier heard 32 cases
during the court session. Os this
number there were six speeding
cases, five reckless driving ca
ses, eight drunk cases, three dri
ving without license cases, three
disorderly cases, four driving
under the influence cases, two
speeding and driving without li
cense cases, and one reckless
driving and disorderly case.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1967
$2,650,930. The study showed
that the assessed value of these
properties is $603,920.
A letter which came with the
Davis Report from State Revenue
Commissioner Peyton S. Hawes
stated: “On March 1, 1967, I
advised you that all 1967 digests
must be equalized at 40 per cent
of fair market value before they
could be approved by the Rev
enue Department.’’
“In determining whether or not
your digest will be approved, I
will consider all available in
formation pertinent to your ration
of assessment. In this respect,
recent court decisions have in
dicated that one source of Infor
mation which should be consider
ed is the Davis Report, a report of
property valuations compiled
each year by the State Auditor.
It should be emphasized, how
ever, that this is only one source
to be used in determining fair
market value.”
The 1966 figures show that
the total adjusted 100 per cent
digest for Newton County was
$83,068,000. The Gross digest
was locally assessed at $lB,-
Kiwanis Program
The Covington Kiwanis Club,
in keeping with this months ce
lebration of the 100th anniver
sary of the founding of Canada
as a nation as its international
relations project, will have as
its guest speaker Ren Thorn,
president of Georgia Military
College in Milledgeville, at the
club meeting Thursday.
Mr. Thorn was born in Can
ada but has lived in Oxford,
served as registrar of old
Emory-at-Oxford College, and
has been a member of the Cov
ington Club.
Georgia Press Association
Convention Set July s*B
The 81st annual convention of
the Georgia Prese Association,
July 5-8, at Jekyll Island will
feature a number of outstanding
speakers from the fields of news
paper journalism and Georgia
politics.
Governor Lester Maddox will
appear on a panel with Lt. Gover
nor George T. Smith and Rep.
George Busbee, majority leader,
to answer questions from the
floor about the 1968 General
Assembly.
Theodore A. Serrill, executive
vice president, National News
paper Association, Washington,
will address the convention on a
wide range of subjects from ad
vertising legislation to zip code,
and David Gillespie, editor, The
Charlotte (N. C.) Observer, will
discuss Georgia newspaper en
tries in the Better Newspaper
Contest.
GPA President Robert D. Fow
ler, publisher, Gwinnett Daily
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State Agent Curtis Spence removes the radiator from one of the stills
as deputy Robert Cook pulls out the filter as the mash flows freely.
State Agent James Roberts watches the operation.
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The bursting-up operation began Monday morning. Agent Curtis
Spence, and deputies Gerald Malcom and Robert Cook begin the job
of destruction. Dynamite was used to destroy the foundations of the
stills.
871,220 or 22.78 per cent of the
total digest.
“I think that we will come
up with more than the $83,068,-
000 figure this year,” Johnson
said, “due to the fact that three
new industries and many new
homes have been built in this
county since this study was
made.”
June 30 is the contract dead
line for the tax revaluation firm
working here in the county to
complete its study and make kn
own its figures to the Board of
Tax Assessors.
Also to be considered is the
increase in revenue that has
come from the payment of taxes
at the time of purchasing auto
mobile tags.
Johnson pointed out that the
total tax on vehicles in 1966
amounted to $149,393.25. So far
this year this figure has reached
$195,043.92, which is an Increase
of $45,650.67. To date there have
been 10,632 vehicle tags sold in
Newton County.
Four Newton Men
Get Tech Degrees
Four men from Newton County
were among 1,450 graduates who
received degrees from Georgia
Institute of Technology on Sat
urday, June 10, at exercises
held at the Fox Theatre in At
lanta.
Graduating were: Donald Lee
House, 320 Elm Street, with a
M. S. in Textiles; Fred J. Kit
chens, Jr., 1327 Floyd Street,
with a M.S. in Civil Engineer
ing; and Francis David Shiver,
Rt. 2, with a M.S. in Civil En
gineering. All three of these
men were from Covington.
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News, Lawrenceville, will make
his annual report at a luncheon
meeting and Past President Kirk
Sutlive will be master of cere
monies at the Awards Dinner,
honoring winners in the news
paper contest.
The Atlanta Singers will pro
vide entertainment, along with
the Bill Kent Band of Jackson
ville.
Less serious events scheduled
for the convention include an
alligator race, believed to be
the world’s first, a watermelon
eating contest, a sort of prelude
to the Big Watermelon Day at the
Atlanta Farmer’s Market, July
9, and a comic strip character
costume ball. A group of enter
tainers from Six Flags over Geo
rgia also will be featured.
Some 600 newspaper publish
ers, editors and writers will
attend the event, to be head
quartered at the Carriage Inn
Motel.
Newton Graduates Receive $6,300
From Kiwanis Scholarship Fund
Fifteen deserving seniors who
recently graduated from Newton
County High School were award
ed a total of $6,300 in scholar
ships at Thursday’s meeting of
the Covington Kiwanis Club.
Dean Bond Fleming of Oxford
College, Emory University, was
presented a check for SSOO to
be used to aid a deserving stu
dent from Newton County who
may be attending or planning to
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, weatherman
of Covington were:
High Low
Wed. June 7 80 60
Thurs. June 8 81 57
Fri. June 9 82 56
Sat. June 10 82 61
Sun. June 11 82 62
Mon. June 12 83 65
Tues. June 13 85 64
"notice
Residents of Newton County are
requested to send in their re
cipes for the contest and the News
Annual Cookbook, which will be
published in the July 20th edition
of the paper. Recipes should be
in this office before July 14, to
be judged on Saturday, July 15.
Hurry, and turn in your entry,
you could be a winner of a grand
prize.
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Graduating seniors of Newton County High School who received scholarships at the Klwanls Club meeting
Thursday are: (left to right) Cathy Edwards, Tamie Burts, Dottie McKay, Bonnie Knight, Billie Jean
Kesler, Faye Carter, Pat Pickett, Brenda Armstrong, Stella Hinton; (second row) Chester Parker, Lanier
Adams, Jim Alexander and Benson Dial. Shown with them are Edgar Wood, co-chairman of the scholar
ship committee and Klwanls President Ben Banks.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society .9
Sports 17-18
Legal 22
Classified 22-23
Officers Destroy 3000 Gallons
Os Mash; Two Men Arrested
The Newton County Sheriff’s
Department and State Revenue
Agents combined forces to raid
two 1500 gallon liquor stills on a
farm off the County Line Church
Road Sunday night.
Arrested at the still was Zeb
Wesley Grigg, 55, of a Rt. 2, Cov
ington address; and R. C. Guiney
who according to the Sheriff’s
Department, owned the property
where the still was located.
At the still site officers found
3000 gallons of mash and 250 gal
lons of liquor in one-half gallon
glass jars ready for shipment.
The officers pointed out that it
was unusual these days to find
liquor being shipped in glass
Rotary White Elephant Sale
In Progress Now At Teen-Can
Newton County’s first “White
Elephant Sale”, sponsored by the
local Rotary Club, got under way
Wednesday afternoon, amid an
atmosphere of excitement and ad
venture corresponding to a "tr
easure hunt”, at the Teen-Can.
The Sale will continue this af
ternoon, Friday and Saturday af
ternoons, from 6:00 to 10:00p.m.
Proceeds from the sale will
defray costs of remodeling the
Teen-Can, which has been an in
valuable asset to the community
for youth and various other ac
tivities. Items on sale are far
from “junk” - they have been
donated by civic minded citizens
for especial appeal to decorators,
collectors, or just people, who
are Interested In out-of-the-us
ual, attractive items often found
at such sales.
enter Oxford College.
The Kiwanis Club has always
been interested in the youth of
this community and their desire
to continue their education after
high school.
Because of this Interest the
Kiwanis Club makes these awa
rds from a fund established by
contributions from club members
and supplemented by a grant from
a benefactor who prefers to re
main anonymous.
Students who received the sch
olarships, the amount of the
grant, and the college the student
plans to attend are as follows:
Lanier Herman Adams, S3OO,
West Georgia College; James
Bryant Alexander, SSOO, Georgia
Tech; Brenda Sue Armstrong,
S3OO, Georgia College at Mill
edgeville; Tamerlane Georgia
Burts, SSOO, Georgia Southern.
Janet Faye Carter, SSOO, Young
Harris; Robert Benson Dial,
S3OO, Middle Georgia; Cathy Lynn
Edwards, S3OO, Middle Georgia;
Stella Flo Hinton, S4OO, DeKalb
Area Technical School; Billie
Jean Kesler, SSOO, Middle Geo
rgia.
Bonnie Elisabeth Knight, S3OO.
Valdosta State College; Dorothy
Elaine McKay, S3OO, Young Har
ris; Chester Lanier Parker, Jr.,
S9OO, Georgia Tech; Judith Pet
erson, S4OO, Middle Georgia;
Patricia Ann Pickett, S4OO, De-
Kalb Area Technical School; and
Martha Joyce White, S4OO, Young
Harris.
Kiwanian Edgar Wood made the
scholarship presentations to the
students and also presented the
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jars since plastic jars have be
come so common and less likely
to crack.
On Monday morning the stills
were destroyed with dynamite.
Both men have posted bond and
their cases will come up in the
September term of court. Guiney
has denied a knowledge of the
stills being present on his
property although the en
trance road to the stills ran
through his front yard.
Local deputies who participa
ted in the destruction of the stills
are: Robert Cook, O. T. Lott,
and Gerald Malcom. State agents
on the scene were Curtis Spence
and James Roberts.
Co-chairman Paul Beyer and
Ted Stroud of the Sale reported
at Tuesday’s Rotary meeting, that
they were well pleased with the
progress in donations. However,
all Interested donors are urged
to contact them, Alvin Rape, E.G.
Lassiter, Collection Chairman,
Billy Smith, David Morrison,
Committeemen; or any member
of the Rotary Club, if you have
items which you have no room
for, but someone else would ch
erish. They wiH gladly pick
them up and exhibit them In the
Sale.
Snacks and refreshments will
be available each evening during
the sale; and “treasure hunters”
are cordially invited to join in
the evenings of festivity and fel
lowship, through Saturday.
check that was made available
to Dean Fleming for a Newton
County student attending Oxford
College.
Singley Receives
Commendation
Medal Os Army
Specialist Four E4 James Ste
phen Singley, husband of Mrs.
Myron Huckaby Singley, of Por
terdale, has been awarded the
Army Commendation Medal by
the Secretary of the Army for
meritorious achievement in the
Republic of Viet Nam during the
period February 17, 1967 to Ma
rch 5, 1967.
The award dated May 5, 1967
read as follows: “For the per
formance of exceptionally meri
torious service in support of the
United States objectives in the
counterinsurgency effort in the
Republic of Viet Nam during the
period 17 February 1967 to .5
March 1967.
“Through his outstanding pro
fessional competence and devot
ion to duty he consistently ob
tained superior results. Working
long and arduous hours, he set
an example that inspired his as
sociates to strive for maximum
achievement.
The loyalty, initiative and will
to succeed that he demonstrated
at all times materially contribu
ted to the successful accomplish
ment of the mission of this com-
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