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You know what? I like that
good old Joshua-Chapter 1, in
my Bible and yours. You know
why? It has the most bléssed
assurance that God will be with
you and with me, always at our
side to help. . .if we but reach
out and hold His hand. You know
Moses died. . .Whew! Think of
what Joshua had to undergo in
taking over leadership! Youknow
how you feel when you are elect
ed to some post you have never
held. .we question our own abil=-
ity. . .We have learned that we
can live far above all our doubts,
IF we lean on the Father in
Heaven, and let Him guide us
along life’s pathway. . .Nobody
could oppose Joshua with God
directing him. .and God said:
1 will not fail thee!’”’ That
goes for you, and for me, in our
times of heartaches and stress of
life. . .we can face any hurt,
injury or act of malace, even
death. .with God on our side!
So, it behooves us to ¢ Take it to
the Lord in Prayer’’. .when we
have need of help of any kind. . .
we all do, you know. .but some=-
times I think God (much as He
Loves His children) tests our
faith to the very limit! Let’s not
come up short! He will go with
us through thick and thin. .but
that’s only half of it. He expects
the same of us. ..in walking by
His side, and holding fast to
the truth, to our ambitions; never
hurting another; being kind and
gentle to those who are old. ..
for kindness is dearer and bet
ter than gold; lend a helping hand
to the widow, the orphan, and all
in need of material help, friend
ly advice, our letting them feel
secure in our friendship. . .if
and when they need us.
Yes, ‘““The Lord thy God is
with thee whithersoever thou go
est!” Remember that when you
are blue; when all goes wrong;
when you are ill; when youtackle
a new job; when youfeel the trials
of this earth are too muchfor you
.« « you are not equal to it’s
rebuffs. .remember how He hath
said: ‘““The Lord thy God is with
thee whithersoever thou goest”
and, ‘‘Let not your heartbetrou
bled, ye believe in God, believe
also in me.” Yes, when you get
to that cross roads not know
ing which one to take, nor where
it leads. . .then open your Bible
to Chapter 1 of Joshua! Memor=-
ize many parts of it. .that’s the
best tonic you could buy, .and
it’s yours for the opening of your
Bible!
Well, we, each year know we
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Occupational
Skill Survey
In Morgan
An occupational skill survey
was conducted in Morgan County
on June 16-17, 1967, according
to an announcement made today
by Commissioner of Labor Sam
Caldwell. This is a pilot project
being carried out in cooperation
with the people of the city of
Madison and Morgan County and
Dr. Phillip Weltner of the Emily
and Ernest Woodruff Foundation.
““We are delighted to provide
technical assistance to the local
people who furnished the man
power for this survey and to be
associated with Dr. Weltner is
such an undertaking,”” Commis
sioner Caldwell stated.
This is one phase of a long
range program for the economic
upgrading of that county and the
immediate goal is to identify
the skills available for the deve=-
lopment of new industry. This
approach is unique in that the
citizens of the area actually con
ducted the survey after training
by Georgia Department of Labor
personnel.
Caldwell said that he is hope=-
ful that this new technique will
prove accurate and comprehen
sive data as to available man
power in skills needed in Morgan
County. If so, this technique will
be used in other counties of
Georgia.
Carltons’ Grandson Is Injured
In Diving Accident In Fla.
Richard Blanchard Jr,, of Ta=
mpa, Florida, the eldest grand
son of Mr, and Mrs, W, A, Carl
ton of Oxford, was seriously in
jured on Thursday evening, June
8, at Indian Rock, near Clear
water, Florida, His mother is
the former Ann Carlton,
A group of young people from
the Palma Ceia Methodist Church
at Tampa, where his father is
pastor of the church, were on an
outing at the beach when he dived
off a pier and broke his neck, Two
young girls were with him at the
time and one of them, a 14 year
old who had taken a life saving
course, realized something was
wrong and dived into the water
and pulled him to safety, giving
him mouth to mouth resuscitat
ion until an ambulance and doctor
could be summoned,
Ricky, who is 17, will be a se
nior in high school next year,
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: 1966
Better Newspaper
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BEST COV"’ .g\‘*?\:‘&\:‘:\g' NEWS, PICTURES AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia Enterprise = ‘6?\ 3 @*2‘s » Covington Star, Estabiished 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 102
YOUN 80Y KILLED BY ‘EMPTY’ GUN
Newion Wreck Claims 3 Lives
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Car Hit Embankment On State
Route 212 South Os Porterdale
The worst traffic accident in Newton County in the past 20 years
claimed the lives of three members ofafamily Wednesday nighton
State Route 212, about seven miles south of Porterdale,
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Fast Thieves
Fleece Car At
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Post Office
A lightning-like robbery of an
automobile at the Covington Post
Office Friday morning netted cle=
ver thieves some $125,00 in sil=
ver, Covington City Police said
that Roy Barnett of the W, T,
Grant Store in Covington ' had
locked the money in the boot of
his car and had been in the Post
Office only a matter of minutes,
When Mr, Barnett returned to
the car he missed the money,
It was theorized that the burglar
or burglars had entered the car
and through the back seathad un=
locked the trunk door of the ves
hicle,
Similar burglaries have been
reported in this area of Georgia
in recent weeks, Police said that
quickie thieves are on the prowl
locally and that auto drivers
should exercise extreme caution
when parking their cars,
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Brunson Named
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Georgia Power
Manager Here
L. A, Brunson, Georgia Power
Company serviceman in the ute
ility’s Dahlonega office, hasbeen
named Porterdale local manager,
Nash Williams, Madison district
manager, announced this week,
He succeeds Harry Cannen,
Mr, Brunson joined the power
company in 1949 after service
with the U, S, Merchant Marine
and the U, S, Army, He worked
as a truck driver and apprentice
lineman before being promoted to
serviceman,
The newly promoted employee
is a member of the Dahlonega Me=-
thodist Church, the Dahlonega
Chamber of Commerce, Ameri=-
can Légion and Woodmen of the
World, He has served as a
Scoutmaster and as president,
vice president, secretary and a
director of the Dahlonega Jay=-
cees,
Mr, Brunson is married to the
former Elizabeth O’Neal, They
have two children,
Shelly Harlin
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Hospitalized At
Crawford Long
Shelly J, Harlin, prominent
retired merchant, who before his
retirement operated Harlin Gro=-
cery and Garden Center, is a
patient at Crawford W, Long Hos=
pital, in Atlanta,
A family spokesman stated that
Mr, Harlin is progressing satis=-
factorily, following major sur
gery, which he underwent, on
Friday,
Mr, Harlin is being extended
good wishes for his early re=
covery by a wide circle of fre
iends, throughout the county,
He is an intensive care patient
at Room 308 Morton F, Plant
Hospital, Clearwater, where he
had a trochzotomy operation and
is in a resuscitator, According
to his grandfather he is still
paralized from his neck down,
but they hope he will be fully
recovered in time, as his mind
is good and he is fully cons=-
cious and able to talk and joke
with his family,
Mr, Carlton returned to his
home here for a few days bee
fore going back to Clearwater,
where Mrs, Carlton remained
to be with her grandson and
family, Young Blanchard has
two younger sisters,
Many friends here of the fa=
mily are extending them wishes
for his continued improvement
and complete recovery of their
son and grandson,
Che Covington News
The dead were identified as
L. L, Hammonds, 26, of Con
yers; his wife, Mrs, Sheila Ham~
monds, 21, also of Conyers, and
Jackie Williams, 25, of Lithonia,
Mr, Wwilllams was Mrs, Ham=-
monds’ brother,
All three were passengers in
a car driven by Mrs, Mary S,
Minchew, 31, of 1659 Briarcliff
Road NE, Atlanta, Mrs, Minchew
was reported in serious condit
ion Monday at DeKalb General
Hospital,
Zack Hammonds, 6, son of the
Hammonds couple, suffered mi
nor injuries in the wreck and was
in good condition Friday at Rock=-
dale County Hospital,
The State Patrol and the New=
ton County Sheriffs Office said
the car spun out of control as it
rounded a curve and hit an em
bankment,
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home of Covington answered the
call and took the victims to the
hospital,
Both Coroner Sam Cowan and
Newton County Sheriff Henry Od
um, Jr, said that they could not
remember a wreck in the county
in: the past decade in which three
fatalities were recorded,
Funeral services for all three
victims were held Friday after
noon at the Zion Baptist Church
near Conyers, The Rev. Edgar
Williams and the Rev, L. R, John=-
son were the officiating min
isters, Burial was in the Zion
Baptist Cemetery,
The News joins friends of the
family in extending deepest sym
pathy to them in their bereave
ment,
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Hercules Mgr.
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Kiwanis Club
Speaker Today
Lou Karman, Manager of the
Covington Hercules Plant, will
be the guest speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at the Davis House
Restaurant at 1 p.m. In charge
of the program is Phillip Cohen
and he will introduce the speak
er.
Mr. Karman came to Covington
from the Hercules Plant in Cov
ington, Virginia. In his speech
today he will tell the Kiwanians
about the many products to be
manufactured at the local plant.
Hercules, in the next few years,
may be the second largest
employer in Newton County.
Some 1,600 workers are expect=
ed to be employed by the giant
firm here when the plant gets in
full operation. Bibb Manufactur
ing Company at Porterdale, with
some 2,300 employees, is the
largest employer in the county.
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INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS of the Oxford Lions Club are shown above at the ceremony on June 15,
Left to right, front row: Charles Ellis, secretary-treasurer; Graham Davis, past president; Weldon
Carson, president; Phil Milligan, director; Tony wilkie, director, Back row: Jim Baker, director;
Virgil Eady, Jr,, second vice-president; John Lovern, director; James Byrd, Lion Tamer; Charlie
Burnett, outgoing district governor, Tail Twister (not pictured) will be W, J, Dickey, and First Vice-
President Fred Taylor.
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PICTURED ABOVE is the car in which three persons were killed Wednesday on State Route 212 about
seven miles South of Porterdale. This is the most persons killed in a single wreck in the county in
more than a decade, The victims were L, L, Hammonds, 26, and his wife, Mrs, Sheila Hammonds, 21,
of Conyers; and Jackie Williams, 25, of Lithonia, a brother of Mrs, Hammonds, The State Patrol
reported that the car ran off the road and hit an embankment,
$11,945,000 For Car Upkeep In
Newton County During 1967
Vacation costs, for Newton County residents who will be taking
automobile trips this summer, will be higher thanbefore. According
to the American Automobile Association, which has just completed
a survey of such costs, they will have to pay more for food, lodging,
gas and most other items than they did in other years.
All in all, its figures show,
a Newton County couple will need
$36 a day to travel comfortably,
or about $5 more than was requ=-
ired two years ago, whenthe AAA
made a similar survey. This
amount will take care of the nec
essities but not the frills.
Thus, a two-week trip will cost
a minimum of $504 for two peo~
ple. It is exclusive of any
outlays they may want to make
for amusements, souvenirs and
admission to places of interest.
The cost is figured on the ba
sis of their traveling 300 miles
a day and getting 15 miles to the
gallon of gas.
Provided for, under the $36-
a-day budget, is sl3 for food,
as compared with $10.50 two
years ago, sl2 for sleeping ac
comodations, $1 more than be
fore, $8 for gas and oil per 300
miles, also $1 higher, and tips
and incidentals, $3., up 50 cents.
The AAA also provides an an
swer for the Newton County car
owner to the all-important ques=-
tion of how much it costs him to
own and operate his car.
Next to feeding, housing and
clothing his family, it states, the
car is probably the most expen
sive item in his annual budget.
The study shows that it comes
to $1,362 a year, or 13.6 cents
a mile on average, for the owner
of a car in the moderate-price
range, driven 10,000 miles a
year.
This takes into account his
Rev. Wood To Be Consecrated June 29
The largest and most elaborate
ceremony of its kind ever held
in the Episcopal Diocess of At
lanta will take place June 29
when the Rev. Milton LeGrand
Wood is consecrated as Suffragan
Bishop of the Diocese.
The service will be held at
fixed costs, for depreciation, in
surance and the like, which
amount to $982, and his variable
costs, which include gas, oil and
repairs, S3BO.
In Newton County, under these
average conditions and on the
basis of the 8,770 passenger cars
now in use, local residents are
spending an estimated $11,945,-
000 a year in this direction.
The growing number of cars
has been a boom to local gas
stations. Their receipts in 1966
reached $3,230,000, a gain over
the previous year’s $3,102,000.
10 a.m. at the Cathedral of St.
Philip in Atlanta, It will be the
first time a bishop has been
consecrated here in the last 15
years and the fourth in the his
tory of the Diocese, which dates
back to 1907. The last consec~
ration of a bishop was that of the
late Rt. Rev. John B. Walthour
in 1952.
This will be the first consec
ration of a bishop in the perman
ent Cathedral building, completed
four years ago. Bishop Walt
hour’s consecration was neces
sarily smaller in scale because
the temporary Cathedral then in
use was much smaller.
The occasion also marks the
first visit to Atlanta of the Rt.
Rev. John E, Hines since his
election as Presiding Bishop of
the Episcopal Church in the Uni
ted States. Bishop Hines will
be one of the three consecrating
bishops, together with the Rt.
Rev. Randolph R, Claiborne, Bis~
hop of the Diocese of Atlanta,
and the Rt. Rev. Charles C, J.
Carpenter, Bishop of Alabama,
who ordained Bishop-elect Wood
to the priesthood and officiated
at his marriage to the former
Ann Scott of Montgomery, Ala=-
bama in 1949,
A processional of some 200
clerical and lay dignitaries and
choirs will be one of the most
colorful and all-inclusive ever
held in the area. In keeping
with the current ecumenical spi=
rit, representatives of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Atlanta will
be included in the processional.
This is the first time Roman
Catholic clergy have participated
in the consecration of an Episco=
pal bishop in this Diocese,
In addition to high=ranking ch=
urchmen of other faiths, the pro
cessional is to include repres=
entatives of government and edu~
cational institutions in the area,
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Michael Hall Os Porterdale
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Is Victim Os Accident Monday
Michael Hall, ten year old son of Mr, and Mrs, Carlton Hall, of 4
Walnut St,, Porterdale, died instantlyat the home of his grandparents,
Mr, and Mrs, Willie H, Horton, Monday morning about 11:30, when
struck by a bullet from a .45 Colt, with which he and his 11 year old
cousin, Steve Horton, were playing,
A family spokesman slatedrthgt e
the cousins were visiting their
grandparents at the time of the
accident, They had found the pis=~
tol in the bedroom, and thought it
was unloaded, since the clip had
been taken out; but, there were
bullets in the chamber of the
weapon,
Harry Moore, who was return=
ing a neighbor’s car serviced at
his brother’s filling station,
heard the shot, and Steve scream=
ing, ‘‘Get a doctor, I didn’t know
it was loaded”, He called toa
neighbor to summona doctor;and
rushing into the room where the
boys and the grandfather were,
found Michael slumped on the
floor, The bullet had penetrated
the victim’s chin, and passed
through his neck, He was pro
nounced dead by the nearby phy~
sician, who arrived only minutes
later, according to Mr, Moore,
Following the accident, young
Steve was hospitalized at Newton
Co. Hospital suffering from
shock,
Michael had completed the
fourth grade at Porterdale Ele
mentary School; and was a pit
cher on the Yankee Team of the
local Little League,
Funeral services for the youn=-
gster were held at County Line
Baptist Church, Wednesday af
ternoon, at 4:00 p,m,, with the
Rev, Charles Moody officiating.
Michael’s Little League team
mates serving as pallbearers
were: Dwight Digby, Terry Few,
Don Cason, Dennis Savage, Mike
Hodge and Jeffrey Fisher, Inter
ment was in Liberty Cemetery,
Porterdale, with Caldwell and
Cowati Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements,
Survivors include the victim’s
parents; grandparents, Mr, and
Mrs, Willie H, Horton, and Lil»
burn Hall of Rome; and four br
others, Carlton D,, Randy, Tim=
othy, and Todd,
The NEWS joins hosts of other
friends in extending deepest sym=-
pathy to the Hall and Horton fa=-
milies in their bereavement,
4-H Camp Dublin
Applications Due
There are still spaces avail
able for 4-H Camp Dublin July
10-14. Interested 4-H’ers sho
uld contact the Newton County
Extension Office, 786-2574, as
soon as possible if interested in
obtaining a camp application. Fi
nal camp enrollment will be June
30th.
Rev., Wood
plus other Episcopal bishops and
clergy from over the nation.
A congregation of more than
1,000 from throughout the Dio
cese and the nation is expected
to attend.
. The Rev. Mr. Wood, 44, will
be the first Suffragan (assistant)
Bishop in this Diocese. His fun
ction will be to assist the Dio
cesan Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ran=
dolph R. Claiborne, in the work
of the Diocese, particularly con
firmation of new members. He
has served as Canon to the Or
dinary for the past four years.
In this post he assisted Bishop
Claiborne but did not perform:
those offices reserved for bis
hops.
The Rev. Mr. Wood was born
in Selma, Alabama, and reared
in Montgomery. He was rector
of St. Paul’s Church in Mobile,
Alabama, before coming to At
lanta in 1952 as rector of All
Saints’ Church. In 1960 he went
NUMBER 25
Grady Costley
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Retires As City
Desk Sergeant
Grady Costley, a Covington
City Police radio operator and
Desk Sergeant, retired from th
ose duties on June 16.
Mr. Costleyhad beena member
of the Covington Police force for
the past seven years and seven
months. He was born in Rock
dale County, but has lived most
of his life in Newton County in
the Gum Creek community.
Mr. Costley says he remem=
bers well the day he came to
work on the desk at the local pol
ice station. ‘‘lt was Thanksgiv
ing Day, 1959,” he stated.
A young man of 65, Mr, Cost
ley plans to continue his farming
operations at Gum Creek.
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Langs’ Home
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Destroyed By Fire
The Jackson Lake country
home of Mr, and Mrs, Louis
Lang was completely destroyed
by fire Saturday night about 7:30
o’clock, The Langs wereat their
Restaurant at the time the fire
broke out,
Mr, Lang said that nothing was
recovered from the house and
that it is a complete loss, Cau=
se of the fire was not immedi
ately determined, Mr, Lang sta=
ted,
Temperatures
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Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, weatherman,
were:
High Low
Wed. June 14 85 65
Thur. June 15 83 64
Fri, June 16 85 63
Sat. June 17 88 61
Sun. June 18 90 65
Mon. June 19 92 65
Tues. June 20 87 66
to Macon is director of Appleton
Church Home and Archdeacon
for the Macon area, returning to
Atlanta as Canon to the Ordinary
in 1963. He and Mrs. Wood and
their four children, Leigh, Ann,
Milton, Jr, and Roberta, live at
2880 Castlewood Drive, N, W,
in Atlanta,
As Suffragan Bishop, he will
hold full rank in the highest
order of Episcopal clergy. He
will be a member in the House
of Bishops of the Episcopal Chu
rch and in the Lambeth Confer
ence of all Anglican Bishops
throughout the world.
Others who will participate in
the rite include the following:
the Rt. Rev. James L. Duncan,
Suffragan Bishop of South Flo
rida; the Rt. Rev. Albert R, Stu
art, Bishop of the Diocese of
Georgia; the Rt. Rev. John M.
Allin, Bishop of Mississippi and
a Seminary classmate of Bishop=
elect Wood; the Rev. W, Douglas
Winn, Rector of St. George’s
Church, Griffin; the Rev. L. P.
Arsnault, Rector of Christ Chu=
rch, Mobile, Alabama; the Rt.
Rev. George Murray, Bishop Co
adjutor of Alabama and the Rt.
Rev. William E, Sanders, Bishop
Co~adjutor of Tennessee, another
Seminary classmate of the
Bishop-elect.
Also taking part will be the
Rev. W, Russell Daniel, Secret
ary of the Diocese; Mr. Edwin L.
Sterne, Diocesan Chancellor; the
Rev. Frank M. Ross, Rector of
All Saints’ Church, Atlanta; the
Rev. T, Stewart Matthews, Rec=
tor of St. Paul’s Church, Macon;
the Rt. Rev. Robert E. Gribbin,
retired Bishop of North Carolina
and the Very Rev. David B, Col
lins, Dean of the Cathedral of
St. Philip.