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Opps! My Dears! Your Office
Boy Is as excited as you will be
when we tell you of something
GREAT! Ambitions of the Jay
cees! And you know when that
wide awake Organization, with
those lovely wives encouraging
them, helping them, and spurring
them on to greater things. . .
they never fall!
Get ready for something, you
will be as excited about as we are
. . .a Jaycee Home! Now you
will find an architects drawing,
which looks so small when we
had to "shrink” It to fit the
News, In this issue of the News.
You will find the entire story,
about the building they have plan
ned.
The wonderful part Is that the
complex will not only fit the
needs of this fine organization,
but the other Civic Clubs of the
City will be welcomed Into this
building when they need it.
One of the finest things a
community can do for it’s young
men, like the Jaycees; (our sons,
or our daughters’ husbands) with
their families Involved. . .is to
"PITCH IN, FELLOWS” and help
them see their ambitions mater
ialize at the earliest possible
moment. It does not need to
drag, even tho it cannot be done
overnight. . .But, a check as fat
as your purse and bank account
will allow (which is deductible
you know) mailed to the Trea
surer, Mr. Wayne Hunt, P. O.
Box 131, Covington, will do the
trick!
So help me Hannah! Newton
County friends could raise the
money for this beautiful and use
ful Jaycee Home before Satur
day night’s sun sets If we all
did our part! The trouble with
older people, we do not stop to
realize that they ARE our today
and tomorrow! They are the ones
who will take over where we
left off. While we are yet with
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Our New
Subscribers
Here is a list of the new sub
scribers to The Covington NEWS
during the past week:
Mrs. F. H. Moore, Box 14,
Mansfield, Ga.
Ida Brown, 955 Green St., Con
yers, Ga.
A2C Donald L. Lundy, Box
2903, CMR, Beale AFB, Calif.
95903
Steve Day, 117 N. W. 9th. St
reet, Apt. 200, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma 73102.
Pfc. John W. Hunt, U 553435049,
Co. B. 2/51st. Cav. Airmobile,
APO San Francisco, Calif. 96490.
NEWS Receives NNA
Sports Story Citation
The Covington NEWS has won another national honor in the Nat
ional Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest, this time in
the Best Sports Story category. For a feature in words and pictures
of “Louise Fowler Day" in November of 1966, The NEWS received
an Honorable Mention, comparable to fourth place because it was the
only newspaper cited as an Honorable Mention.
First place winner In the con
test was the East Lansing (Mic
higan) Towne Courier, second
was the Nashville (N. C.) Grap
hic, and third place went to the
Sun Prairie (Wis.) Star Country
man.
The NEWS’ award this year
marks the seventh time since
1960 that the local newspaper
has been so honored by the Na
tional Newspaper Association.
NEWS Wins National Press Honorable Mention
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COVINGTON NEWS received an Honorable Mention citation for a "Best Sports Story en ^ e ^A n ?^
1967 National Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest. Pictured receiving the awar
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mond, Va., is NNA President Walter B. Potter, of Culpepper, Va. The awaxd won by TJe N^^^
for the coverage in words and pictures of the Louise Fowler Day in Covington held las .
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
i 1966
Better Newspaper
Contests
The Georgi' * uo s— The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 10.
Fib .ft To Newton County Hospital
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C R BARD Inc one of Covington’s newest Industries, has made a donation of $10,000.00 to the
Newton County Hospital. Presenting the first check of $3,333.67 Is Norbert Thompson (left), Covington
Plant Manager. Receiving the check is Hospital Authority Chairman S. A. Ginn, w Wle Dan Kelly (right),
Bard Marketing Coordinator, looks on. Back row are members of the Hospital Authority (left to right):
Leon Cohen, Mrs. Aubra Sherwood, M. B. Shaw, Bill Hoffman and Herbert Vining. Robert Fowler and
Mrs. Helen Dickinson were cut out of the photo due to faulty film.
5 New Methodist Pastorial
Assignments in Newton Co.
The North Georgia Methodist Church Conference, held in Atlanta
during the past full week, saw five major changes in Methodist
Churches in Newton County when the list of assignments were rea
by Bishop John O. Smith on Friday, porterdale from Ellenwood.
Dr. Nat Long, the District
Superintendent of the Atlanta-
Decatur-Oxford district, Is back
for another conference year. Also
back for another year are Rev. E.
Owen Kellum, Jr. at the Coving
ton First Methodist Church, and
Dr. John Taie at Allen Memorial
In Oxford.
The other large church In the
county, Porterdale’s Julia A.
Porter Memorial, is getting a
new pastor, the Rev. Harold W.
Lyda. He succeeds Rev. A. J.
Bruyere who was transferred to
the South Georgia Conference and
will be the pastor of a church
at Wilmington Island, near Sa
vannah. Mr. Lyda comes to
The other awards have Included
General Excellence (one second
and two honorable mentions), and
Service to Agriculture (one first
and two honorable mentions).
Receiving the citation at the
1967 NNA Banquet Friday night
at the John Marshall Hotel In
Richmond, Virginia, was Leo
Mallard, Advertising Manager
and Treasurer of The Covington
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BF- OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
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Other changes in the county
Include: Covington Trinity Ch
urch where Rev. Bobby L. Bo
wen will succeed Rev. George
Bretherlck; Mansfield’s new pre
acher will be the Rev. T. E.
Butts, Jr.; Almon, Rev. Felton
Harden; Newborn - Starrsvllle,
Rev. E. W. Walton; and at North
Covington, the associate will be
John Henry Giles, Jr., and the
assistants will be Carlton Knight
and W. H. Lunsford. Rev. Sid
ney Whiteman was returned to
North Covington church.
All other preachers in New
ton County were returned to their
charges tor the next conference
year.
NEWS. The winner and honorable
mention awards were made at
the banquet meeting by Walter B.
potter of Culpepper, Va., presi
dent of the NNA In 1966-67.
In the NNA contest this year
there were no first place win
ners from Georgia. However,
there was one second place win
ner and one third place winner.
The Newnan Times-Herald took
second place in Excellence in Ty
pography, and the Douglas En
terprise was a third-place winner
In Community Service. Other
than The NEWS fourth-place aw
ard, there were seven other ho
norable mentions to Georgia
newspapers.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1967
Architect’s Sketch Os Jaycees’ Proposed Recreation Building
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AN ARCHITECT’S Rendering of the front view of a Sportsmen’s Recreation Center building for Cov
ington is shown above. The Newton County Jaycees are heading the campaign to build the structure
which will have about 4,800 square feet of floor space. The Jaycees state that they have an option
on land in the city and hope to get started on the project in the near future.
Jaycees Spearheading Plan
For Recreation Center Here
Announcement of plans for a Sportsmen’s Recreation Center
building in Covington has been made by the Newton County Jay
cees, according to Wayne Hunt, local Jaycee who is a member of
the committee to secure the building.
Plans made thus far include
an option on a tract of land in
the city and the procuring of
architect’s sketches of the build
ing and patio. The size of the
structure will be about 4,800
square feet.
Amos Miller New
President Lions Club
Amos Miller, an employee of the American Telephone & Tele
graph Company (AT&T) Is the new president of the Covington Lions
Club for the ensuing club year. Mr. Miller suceeds Melvin Allen.
The Installation of the new slate of officers took place at the Salem
Hotel Thursday evening amid the glamour of a Ladies Night occasion.
Other officers who will serve
with Mr. Miller In 1967-68 are
as follows: Bill Wheeler, first
vice-president; David Dodd, sec
ond vice-president; Neal Banks,
third vice-president; James E.
Phillips, secretary-treasurer;
Bob Todd, Lion Tamer and Tail
Twister; Melvin Allen, immed
iate past president; Bill Vaughn
and Walter Lay, one-year direc
tors; and Ed Clark and James
Nolan, two-year directors.
The well-planned program had
two distinguished speakers, both
residents of Newton County—Dr.
Dallas M. Tarkenton, Dean of
Admissions and Registrar at Ox
ford College of Emory Univer
sity; and the Hon. Robert Stanton,
International Counselor for Lions
International, and a former Geor
gia House of Representatives
member from Newton County.
Handling the Introduction of the
two guest speakers were Lion
Neal Banks, the first president
of the Covington Club; and pres
ent club President Melvin Allen.
Mr. Banks presented Dr. Tar
kenton and Mr. Allen introduced
Counselor Stanton.
Choosing as his subject "Civic
Bard Makes $10,000.00
Gift To Newton Hospital
New Covington Firm Presents
Check To Hospital Authority
The C. R. Bard Company of
Murray Hill, New Jersey and
Covington, presented a check for
$3,333.34 to the Newton County
Hospital Authority. The check
was the first contribution toward
a pledge of SIO,OOO to be given
by the Bard Company to the hos
pital. The balance of the pledge
will be spread over a two year
period.
The Bard Company Is a manu
facturing and distributing com
pany of surgical and hospital
specialties. TTiey are in the pro
cess of building a plant in Cov
ington.
In presenting the check Norbert
D. Thompson, General Manager
of the Covington Plant, made the
The building’s main part will
include a large auditorium, rec
eptionist’s room, a private of
fice, two storage rooms, rest
room facilities, large kitchen
and snack bar combination. Th
ere will be about 3,000 square
Concern", Dr. Tarkenton char
ged the Lions and Lionesses
and guests present to assume
"concern" for everything around
us that will make for a better
place to work and live. He il
lustrated many of his points with
current events *
Mr. Stanton, always in demand
for the Installation of officers
throughout this area of Georgia
in Llonlsm, ably and forcefully
enumerated the duties and res
ponsibilities of each new officer
taking up his chores for the next
year. Stanton also Inducted six
new members in the local club.
They are: Richard Marsh, Cleon
Dian, Terrell Lindsey, Jack Hod
ges, John Satterfield and Roy
White.
James Lord, a past president
of the club and a Lion who has
held many offices in the local
civic organization, made presen
tations of Special Citations to
Robert Stanton, Rev. Tarkenton,
Bob Greer, Bill Hoffman, Neal
Banks and Melvin Allen.
After the new officers were
inducted into their various cap
acities. newly-installed Pres
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following statement.
"On behalf of C. R. Bard it
gives me great pleasure to pre
sent this check as the first of
a continuing contribution toward
the expansion project of Newton
County Hospital.
"We feel that it is a privilege
to be able to contribute to the
excellent work that Mrs. Dickin
son, the Hospital Board and the
medical staff is undertaking.
"We would like to express our
gratitude as one of the citizens
of Newton County to the hospital
for providing the best in ser
vices toward the continuing health
and well being of Its citizenry.”
S. A. Ginn, Chairman of the
Hospital Authority, thanked Mr.
Thompson for the generous con
tribution. Mr. Ginn com
plimented Mr. Thompson and Mr.
Kelly on the Bard Company’s
early identification with civic
projects in Covington. He
assured Mr. Thompson the New
ton County Hospital Is dedicated
to meeting the health needs of
the entire community by pro-
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feet In this part of the structure,
and on the patio there will be
about 1,800 square feet.
Also, the building will have an
ultra-modern lighting system and
air conditioning. Mr. Hunt said
the Initial building will be so
constructed that if and when an
expansion Is needed this may be
accomplished over the patio area.
It was emphasized that other
organizations or clubs could use
the conference room and banquet
facilities. Plenty of parking
facilities are planned in a two
acre parking lot.
Mr. Hunt stated that long
range plans include the construc
tion of a swimming pool, picnic
grounds and play grounds.
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TWO YOUNG DECATUR men escaped death in this wrecked car Friday night at the corner of Petty Street
and Jackson Highway. Earl Young (the driver) was thrown from the car and Gerald Logan, a passenger
us’ng a seatbelt, remained In the wreckage as It overturned and hit a utility pole. Newton County Sheriffs
deputies said that the car was "traveling at a high rate of speed."
Editorial 2 I
Obituary 6 1
Society 9 ]
Sports 171
Legal 26]
Classified 26-27 |
Covington To Get
Two New Rural
Postal Routes July 1
Seeing the growth In the area
and the Increase In the number of
patrons on the rural routes of
Covington, the Post Office De
partment has divided the present
four rural routes Into six rural
routes. The change will become
effective on July 1, 1967. Pat
rons who have been affected by
this change have been notified
of their new route number.
Covington Postmaster Lamar
Callaway said that Route 5 will
Include parts of routes one and
two and will take In Salem Road,
McDonough Highway, Snapping
Shoals and Magnet Communities.
Route 6 will Include parts of
routes 1-3-4. It will Include
parts of Jackson Highway, area
Mrs. Lou Whitley
Has 101 Birthday
Mrs. G. W. (Lou) Myers Whit
ley observed her 101st birthday
on June 12 at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Maudle Sorrells,
In Lawrenceville.
Mrs. Whitley was born in Gwin
nett County but moved to Rock
dale County when she was 12
years old. After her marriage
she moved to Newton County in
the Gum Creek community where
she lived until the death of her
husband.
All of Mrs. Whitley’s children
were with her on this special day.
They are Mrs. Delia Polson,
Oxford; Mrs. T. J. Hamby, At
lanta; Tom Whitley, Covington;
and Mrs. Sorrells.
High-Speed Chase Friday
Night Hospitalizes 2 Men
Two Decatur men are still
hospitalized in Atlanta after a
chase here Friday night re
sulted In the men wrecking their
car in the city limits of Cov
ington. Earl D. Young of 1288
Peachtree Road, Decatur, and
Gerald U. Young of 1490 West
Austin Drive, Decatur, have mul
tiple injuries after the chase by
Newton County Sheriffs deputies
Robert Cook and Tommy Lott.
Sheriff Henry Odum, Jr. also
joined In the attempt to stop the
speeders.
Deputy Cook attempted to stop
the car, which was bearing a
Texas license, In the High Point
community about 10:30 p.m. He
radioed Deputy Lott, and Sheriff
Odum and Lott proceeded out the
Jackson Highway and joined the
chase at high speed. Lott said
he was going so fast he didn’t
have time to look at the speed
ometer. Sheriff Odum was at the
Intersection of Petty Street and
the Jackson Highway when the
wreck occurred.
NUMBER 26
near Henderson’s Restaurant,
Pickett’s Bridge Road, Hender
son Mill Road, Lackey Road,
Cope Road and Steele Road. Also
this route will Include areas In the
City of Covington: Piper Road,
Dearing Street and Flat Rock
Valley.
Mr. Callaway said that the
carriers of these two routes will
be temporary until Congressman
Robert G. Stephens makes the
appointments.
Postmaster Callaway stated
that the change will bring about
many problems In sorting of mail,
training of new employees and the
compiling a patron directory. We
are asking all patrons to help us
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Special Notice
To Advertisers,
Correspondents
The Covington NEWS will ob
serve the Fourth of July holiday,
Tuesday, and therefore the co
operation of our advertisers and
community correspondents Is re
quested in regards to next week’s
paper.
Advertisers are requested to
turn in theur copy by 2 P. M.
Monday, July 3. Correspondents
should see to it that their news
reaches the NEWS Office on that
day.
Young was driving the car and
he was thrown from the vehicle.
Logar, was wearing a seat belt
and he was lodged in the car
due to his foot being caught in
the dash board. The wrecked
vehicle landed in Neal Sammons’
driveway and then hit a utility
pole as It overturned, the Sher
iffs’ department stated.
Sheriffs deputies said that Lo
gan had several broken bones,
head lacerations and wrist in
juries. Young suffered a broken
back. Both men were taken to
Newton County Hospital and then
rushed to Emory Hospital and
Georgia Baptist, accompanied by
Deputy Cook and State Patrol
man Hawk.
Deputy Lott said that this Is
the first time he remembers
three County Sheriff’s cars en
gaged In such a chase. Young,
the driver of the car, faces sev
eral charges including speeding
and failure to stop for an officer
of the law.