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Opps! My dears! Our State
and fine local Civil Defense Ch
airmen are right on the job!
We are not expecting any troub
le, but "a stitch in time. .
you know what! Rodney Floyd,
our capable Fire Chief. . .ser
ving as our local CD Chmn., is
really “on the ball’’. He cal
led a meeting of City and Coun
ty Officials. . .had the State Di
rector down. . .and organized a
body to start working on plans
for “fall-out’’ centers. . .just
in case “the thief” (within the
next few years) should sneak in
at the midnight hour when we
least expected him.
Know what? The State Di
rector with co-workers had map
ped out plans for all of Newton
County.. .at least made maps...
showing points where shelters
needed. . .thought of congestion
of cars and pedestrians getting
to these shelters. . .made plans
for this (all tentative under
stand). We hope to have a pic
ture of these plans in todays pa
per. . .if not. . .next week. He
is going to send one smaller than
the side of the wall.. .so we can
get it in THE NEWS. . .
We’ve been worried about “lo
cking the gate”. . .sometimes
It’s too late and we sit com
placently by. Just as we were
about to come out with asking
why we were not getting ready
for that “rainy day”.. .we found
we were way behind the times...
We, you and I, LOVE our City
and County. We love it’s people
and especially the YOUNG PEO
PLE. . .God gave us such lovely
ones! Then the news came that
we had plans in the making. ..
even those maps made of our
County and City. Our State
cares too. For (don’t quote us)
but we think the State will pay
for the public shelters. . .and
we pay for one if we have it in
our home for protection. We
know a few people who have them
in their homes, and have had for
a year or so. . .just in case...
It must be a wonderful feeling
. . .Storms! Thunder, etc. . .
that’s what makes us feel pretty
alone. . .1 believe if we had one
Fd be right in it during a storm.
Now this is just for you to know
that our Leaders are planning!
No use to get “SCARED” now
. . .we have to lock the door, you
know, every night lest the mule
get out of the barn! You lock
your doors by day and night. ..
just in case. . .so why not be
ready for something that could
come next year or 50 years from
now! Wanter know more about
this plan? Call Civil Defense
Director R. T. Floyd at 786-
7575.
My goodness! Mrs. Edna Mil
ler’s garden is always beautiful.
Iris is my specialty. . .but her
Gloriosa Daisies make her gar
den another show place right now.
There is never a lull season in
this garden. Sometimes we won
der how some people just grow
such lovely flowers. . .but you
know the beauty found in homes,
in gardens, in organizations and
in churches radiates through the
God who guides the lives of those
people.. .He shines through them
to make each project one of suc
cess and beauty. . .and surely
there has never been a lovelier
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Banks Have Two
Drive-In-Windows
Both major banks in Covington
now have two drive-in windows
at each establishment. The Bank
of Covington recently Installed a
temporary window in the parking
lot at the rear of the bank. The
First National Bank of Newton
County has had twin drive-in
windows for the past several
weeks.
Customer service from auto
mobiles and other vehicles has
become an Important part of the
state and county’s role today and
both local financial institutions
are keeping abreast of the mo
dem trend.
J. Grady Coleman is president
of The First National Bank of
Newton County and Robert Fow
ler is president of The Bank of
Covington.
Street Extension
Approved By Town
Council Os Oxford
The Oxford Town Council In a
meeting June 28 at City Hall ap
proved a request for the extension
of Stone Street to the limits of a
new sub-division just west of
Emory Estates.
Developers of the new sub-dl
vlslon is the Newton Nlneth, Inc.
Approximately 200 feet of street
extension was Involved in the pe
tition for the City of Oxford to
grant the petitioners.
A public hearing was held on
June 23 at City Hall and there
were no objections to the street
extension. The request was made
by Newton Nlneth in order to com
ply with the Oxford Compre
hensive Zoning Ordinances.
A Prize-Winning
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I 1966
F Better Newspaper
Contests
oE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Geon, wished 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 102
MAN DIES FROM EXPLOSION WOUNDS
INVESTIGATING THE explosion scene on the bank of the Yellow
River are Sheriff Henry Odum, Deputy Robert Cook, and new
Deputy Willard Askew. The spot on the left, in front of Deputy
Cook (center) is where the charge exploded. Sheriff Odum stands
12 feet back where one man landed and Deputy Askew stands 14
feet back where the other man was found in the bushes.
Cost Os Rearing A Child In Newton
(Special to the News)
How much of an investment does the average 18-year-old young
ster in Newton County represent? What has it cost his parents to
rear him from Infancy to age 18?
Most parents haven’t' the sli
ghtest idea. They don’t think of
children in terms of dollars and
cents. Beyond knowing that the
outlay at certain periods has been
large, sometimes staggering,
they have never thought about
the total cost.
According to studies along this
Masons Meet
Tuesday 8 P.M.
A Regular Communication of
Golden Fleece Lodge No 6 will
be held at the Lodge Hall Tues
day, July 11 at 8:00 o’clock P.M.
at which time the Declaration
of Independence will be read.
All masons are cordially invi
ted and urged to be present.
Bibb Employees On Vacation,
MacGregor Takes Next 2 Weeks
Employees of the Bibb Manu
facturing Company’s three mills
at Porterdale are enjoying a
week’s vacation this week as the
plants are closed. Some 2,300
employees work at the three
plants In Porterdale.
M. B. Shaw, Bibb Agent at
Porterdale, said that operations
of the Porterdale facilities will be
resumed on Monday, July 10.
Meanwhile, employees of the
MacGregor Employees Win Awards
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Shown above Is Dennis Kane, Plant Manager of Brunswick’s MacGregor Plant presenting Operation
Control awards to the six employees making the most valuable cost savings suggestions during the
three-month contest. Left to right are: Gene Rowe, Claude Morgan, Mr. Kane, Mildred Hicks, Sar
ah Townley, and Lorene Scarbrough. Not present when the picture was taken was Phillip Freeman.
domngtntt News
line, made by the Institute of
Life Insurance, the Agriculture
Department and others, the cost
varies greatly from family to
family but is closely related to
Income.
On the average, about four
years of family earnings are
spent in raising a child to age
18.
The studies show that where
net Income Is in the $5,000 to
$7,000 range, as it is with the
average Newton County family,
the outlay per child is approxi
mately $22,000.
Among families in the $12,000
to $14,000 category, the expen
ditures are in the neighborhood
of $51,000 per child, It Is found.
On the other hand, those with
low Incomes, $3,000 to $5,000,
operating on a much tighter bud
get, spend $15,000 on average.
In most families the largest
Covington plant of MacGregor-
Brunswick will be off for a two
weeks vacation starting after the
plant closes on Friday, July 7.
The Bibb firm employs some
8,000 people throughout Georgia
and all the plants are taking this
week as a vacation. Vacation pay
checks were delivered to
employees on Monday, July 3.
Also, here in Newton County
many smaller firms are taking
this week as a vacation period.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1967
IT IS HARD for the average person to conceive of the power
of an explosion from seven sticks of dynamite. Deputy Robert
Cook holds up the shredded shirt that was blown off one of the
men who was setting the timer, an alarm clock, on the dynamite
when it exploded. Bit? and pieces of clothing were found over a
40 foot radius of the explosion.
single item of expense is food.
The figures show that a girl con
sumes about $7,600 worth in the
18 years, based on the present
price levels, but that a boy out
does her in that department by
at least SSOO.
For the average-income fam
ily, other major items of cost
are listed, based on the national
studies. They Include clothing,
$2,850, transportation, $3,700,
and medical care, close to
$2,000.
Added to this are recreation,
education, housing and personal
care.
Fortunately, these costs are
distributed over the 18 years.
Not so are the medical fees,
hospital bills and other expen-
Negro Faces
Murder Charge
A Negro man is being held in
Newton County jail on a murder
charge after having shot a Negro
woman in the back with a twelve
gauge shotgun at point-blank
range Tuesday night after an
argument.
Dead is Nellie May Holland,
34, of a Whelchel Street address
in Frog Town. Charged with
murder at a Wednesday morning
hearing was Edward “Snap” HllL
Sheriff Henry Odum said that
the shooting occurred about 11:30
p.m. Tuesday night. The per
sons involved had been arguing
and fighting. The woman walked
out the back door of the house and
was followed by Hill who shot her
between the shoulders. She was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Newton County Hospital.
ses In connection with the child’s
birth.
How much does it all add up
for the 440 boys and girls in
Newton County who are becom
ing 18 this year?
On the basis of average cost
per child locally, it comes to a
grand total of $9,680,000. And
that is only up to the point at
which they are ready to enter
college.
Auto Driver
Forfeits S3OO
On 4 Charges
An automobile driver forfeited
a S3OO. bond Monday In Judge
E. W. Strozler’s City Police
Court on four charges placed ag
ainst him after a high-speed
chase In the city early Sunday
morning.
Larry Mann, who gave an Us
her Street, Covington address,
was caught on the Old Atlanta
Highway about 1:24 a.m. Sunday.
The charges against the man
were driving under the influence,
speeding, reckless driving and
trying to out run a police officer,
according to records at the Cov
ington Police station.
Other cases heard by Judge St
rozier Monday included seven ot
her persons charged with speed
ing, three with reckless driving,
three for driving without a li
cense, three for driving under
the influence, four for disor
derly conduct and four for being
drunk.
Single cases were made again
st two other persons and their
cases called for trial Monday.
One subject was arrested for
shoplifting and another for ca
rrying a gun without a license.
11. Pratt’s Jet
Unit Hits North
Viet Storages
DA NANG (7AF)—First Lieu
tenant Everett H. Pratt, 23 of
Covington, was a member of a
flight of F-4C Phantom jets that
struck POL storage areas and
trucks in North Vietnam recently.
The flight from the 366th Tac
tical Fighter Wing was on an ar
med reconaissance patrol, they
hit an area with moving lights
first which resulted In four se
condary explosions and numerous
sustained fires.
They were credited with de
stroying three POL storage units.
Nearby, the flight located and
destroyed two trucks in a three
truck convoy.
Pulling off the target, the fl
ames and smoke was rising as
times to a height of 500 feet
and was clearly visible to the
flight when they were 40 miles
away from the strike area.
SHERIFF HENRY ODUM holds seven sticks of dynamite, the amount
used on the inner tube charge that was to be a practical joke to
“wake up the Porterdale police.” The dynamite, 20 powered sticks,
was manufactured by Hercules and was believed to be stolen.*
It was in no way connected with the local Hercules plant here in Cov
ington.
Augusta Bank
Executive Is
C Os C Speaker
Charles Presley
The Covington-Newton County
Chaml>er of Commerce meeting
will be held Monday, July 10,
at the Teen Can Building at
12:30 P.M.
The guest speaker will be
Charles B. Presley, Executive
Vice-President of the Georgia
Railroad Bank and Trust Com
pany of Augusta. Mr. Presley,
a native of Chatsworth, gradu
ated Magna Cum Laude from the
University of Georgia. He is
also a graduate of the Graduate
School of Banking, Rutgers Un
iversity where his graduate th
esis was selected for placement
In college and university libr
aries throughout the country.
Mr. Presley has been with the
Georgia Railroad Bank and. Tr
ust Company since July 1953.
During the summer of 1959, he
completed a government assign
ment to Iran as a consultant to
banks in that country. Mr. Pre
sley is active In business, reli
gious and civic organizations In
Augusta and Richmond County.
He and his wife, the former Jane
Hinton, together with their two
daughters, reside at 763 Lan
caster Road, Augusta.
Mr. Presley will be introduced
by Robert O. Arnold.
Grady Coleman, C of C Pres
ident, urges all members to at
tend and bring any prospective
member as guest.
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Newton County’s Representa
tive in the Georgia House, Don
ald Ballard, was the guest spea
ker at the Covington Klwanis
Club meeting Thursday. Rep.
Ballard discussed the transition
in the type personnel now in
the Georgia Assembly as com
pared to membership of those
two bodies eight or ten years
ago.
One visitor was present for
the meeting. He was Grier
Stephenson and was the guest
of his father, Donald Stephenson.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 14
Legal 18
Classified 18-19
Arts Display At
Oxford College
July 13 And 14
London Grafica Arts will pre
sent an exhibition and sale of its
original lithographs, etchings,
woodcuts, lino-cuts and silk-sc
reens at the Library, Oxford Col
lege of Emory University on
Thursday and Friday, July 13
and 14, 1967, from 10 a. m. to 9
p. m.
The Collection consists of
graphic arts ranging from 15th
century woodcuts to contem
porary British and French print
makers. The price range of the
prints Is from SB.OO up to
$3,000.00. The prints are ex
hibited at various universities
through the country.
The entire collection has been
purchased by Mr. Eugene Schus
ter. Mr. Schuster has recently
returned from three and a half
years of study under Dr. E. Gom
brlch, at the Warburg Institute at
London University, England.
Each exhibition at a university
has approximately 400 works of
art and thereby gives to the In
dividual student, as well as the
specialized collector, a very di
versified collection.
Top Democrats To Be Honored
At Central Georgia Dinner
Milledgeville —Democrats
from 64 Georgia counties will
gather in Milledgeville on July
10 for the first annual Central
Georgia Democratic Rally and
Dinner. The event is sponsored
jointly by the Democratic Party
of Georgia and the various County
Executive Committees.
Featured speakers for the din
ner will be Governor Lester Mad
dox, U. S. Senator Herman Tal
madge and State Party Chairman
James H. Gray. The program will
also honor Georgia Democratic
Country Club
Now Assured
The Fieldstone Golf and Coun
try Club near Conyers has mailed
Invitations and applications for
membership to each person who
expressed a desire to participate
in a Country Club for this com
munity. According to the letter of
intention, issued by the board of
directors, charter memberships
are expected to be filled soon.
Construction of the swimming
pool and tennis courts Is exnected
to begin within the next 10 days
and It is anticipated that the 18-
hole golf course will be ready
for play around Aug. 15.
Interested persons who have
not already been contacted may
obtain an application at the club
house of the Highland Golf Club.
There have been 140 member
ship applications mailed to Cov
ington people.
NUMBER 27
A Porterdale man died at Grady
Memorial Hospital in Atlanta late
Wednesday afternoon from injur
ies sustained in an explosion
of seven sticks of dynamite which
turned a practical joke into a
disaster. Another man is listed
in serious condition.
Dead Is Kirby Florence, 28.
Still in serious condition is Ma
rion Burch, 25, also of Porter
dale.
The explosion occurred about
9:25 p.m. Tuesday night on the
west bank of the Yellow River,
one mile north of Porterdale.
The dynamite charge blew up
prematurely as the two men fast
ened it on an inner tube and
set the alarm clock delayed tim
ing device in preparation to float
the charge down the river to
ward Porterdale.
Also involved with the prank
was Ben Jump, 26, of Porter
dale, who sat on the road bank
about 40 yards away because
he was “scared to fool with the
stuff.” Jump was uninjured.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Cook and
Policeman Garland Curtis of
Porterdale investigated the ex
plosion. The injured men were
sent to Newton County Hospital
for treatment. They were trans
ferred to Atlanta for treatment
by eye, ear, nose, and throat
specialists, and then entered into
Grady Hospital.
According to Sheriff Henry
Odum, Ben Jump explained that
the men wanted to “wake-up”
the Porterdale police because
they thought the police “slept
a lot.” To do this they took
seven sticks of dynamite from
a full case that they had in the
back of a car and tied it on an
inner tube. The plan was to
float the charge down the river
for the mile distance and have
it explode near the bridge.
In some way the wires got
crossed and the charge exploded
before it was ever set afloat.
Both men were blown about 12
to 14 feet from the rig by the
explosion. Most of their clothing
was literally blown off. Ben Jump
drove to Porterdale to get help
as soon as the charge exploded.
The explosion rocked homes all
the way to Porterdale and the
noise carried over much of
Newton county. The emergency
call was answered by Newton
County Coroner Sam Cowan of
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral
Home. The two men were taken
to the hospital in a semi
conscious state.
Coroner Cowan carried the
men on to Atlanta for special
treatment from Newton County
Hospital. One of the Atlanta
doctors said that he had not seen
men in such a bloody mess since
World War H.
In Georgia a person must liave
a permit to buy and shoot dyna
mite.
Sheriff Odum said that his of
fice is continuing the investiga
tion of the incident in order to
find out where the dynamite came
from. It is believed to be stolen.
No arrests have been made in
connection with the explosion
pending furthur Investigation.
congressmen, Lt. Governor Geo
rge T. Smith and other statewide
elected officials, State Senators
and State Representatives.
Special guest of honor will be
retired Rep. Carl Vinson of Mil
ledgeville who served his dis
trict, State and Nation for over
fifty years in the United States
Congress.
Dr. James Baugh, of Milledge
ville, chairman of the Baldwin
County Democratic Executive
Committee, serves as host for the
dinner and will participate in the
program. State Democratic
Party Executive Director Joe Sp
orts will serve as master of ce
remonies.
Governor Lester Maddox says
the Central Georgia Dinner is
being arrangedby the Democratic
Party of Georgia “as a contin
uation of our vigorous efforts to
establish a debt-free organizat
ion and to boost the Party’s im
pact on the political scene, giv
ing Democrats an opportunity to
visit each other and to share id
eas about the future of dur State
and Nation.”
Tickets to the dinner are av
ailable for each $25 donation to
the Democratic Party and may be
obtained from the Party Headqua
rters, 2504 Bank of Georgia
Building In Atlanta or from Coun
ty Executive Committee chair
men and members. The dinner is
scheduled for 7 p. m. in the Carl
Vinson Armory at Milledgeville.
Delegations from each county will
be recognized during the rally.