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Where has the Office Boy’s
heart been all these years? Aw,
Shux! You know without asking
that silly question? It has been
with the YOUNG PEOPLE of this
and all communities. They are
our pride and joy! They are the
TOMORROW of our community!
Well, on this bright morning
Billy Graham brought us a chal
lenging message! It is about
and FOR you young people of
this community and the whole
world. YOU can make OUR tom
orrow a real Heaven on Earth!
And how you say. . .WELL. .
He told me of a young man who
asked him HOW he could be a
Spiritual Bomb, on the campus
of his school? Graham said:
Thank God for young people like
YOU who SEE the NEED and
possibility of being a spiritual
bomb (as the young man put it)
and, you see the possibility of a
spiritual revolution in your sch
ool.
Which one of you in that New
ton County High School Band,
in any group out there, would like
to start a'‘Revolution for Christ”
within your school? Which one
of you would like to bring about a
more spiritual atmosphere in all
the schools of this County? Think
this over during the summer
months and start the organization
NOW!
How many of you will strive
to block out some of the un
healthy atmosphere in our sch
ools, which has brought nothing
but sorrow, pain and heartache?
YOU could be the leader of a
dynamic crusade for Christ! Will
it be YOU? Your BAND? Or
just one boy or girl starting this?
We want a “Spiritual Bomb”.
Who will be first to volunteer?
It just can’t be passed up by all
of you. . .It is something Christ
Himself will see prosper IF YOU
put your hearts into this, and
your prayers. .It could never
fail! All Newton County will
help.
Billy Graham gave some sug
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Nonfarming Workers On
Pensions Contributing To
Newton County’s Economy
About 4,366 workers In Newton
County’s nonfarming businesses
earned taxable wages under the
old-age, survivors, and disability
insurance program, according to
the latest edition of County Bus
iness Patterns, John H. Ingle, So
cial Security District Manager in
Atlanta said today.
Two Hundred and Eighty Six
reporting units of employers of
nonfarm employees covered un
der the program paid out some
$3,706,000 in taxable wages in
the county during the first quar
ter of 1965. The report shows
four of the employing units re
ported 100 or more workers
each at that time. The largest
proportion of employment, 2,912
workers, was in manufacturing.
The current edition of County
Business Patterns is the 12th in a
series showing county and in
dustry statistics based on wage
reports filed under the Federal
social security program. This
edition is divided into 53 parts
contained in 53 separate books,
one for the United States as a
whole and one for each of the 50
States, Washington, D. C., and
Puerto Rico (which includes st
atistics for the Virgin Islands,
American Samoa and Guam).
The data are uniform and com
parable from State to State and
county and county and are shown
for many kinds of businesses
under the following broad indus
try groups: agricultural ser
vices, forestry and fisheries;
mining; contract construction;
manufacturing; transportation
and other public utilities; whole
sale trade; retail trade; finance,
Insurance and real estate; and
services. The publication shows
the number and location of wor
kers, the industries in which
they are employed, and how much
they are paid in taxable earn
ings. In addition to its use in
administering the social security
program, the publication furnish
es businessmen with data to ev
aluate private demand for both
Industrial and consumer pro
ducts is valuable in analyzing ma
rket potentials and establishing
advertising and sales programs,
In analyzing the industrial st
ructure of regional areas, and in
making base economic studies of
small areas.
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to Jack Chapman, were:
High Low
Sun. July 9 83 66
Mon. July 10 79
Tues. July 11 85 69
Wed. July 12 87 71
Thur. July 13 82 69
Fri. July 14 76 66
Sat. July 15 77 52
Sun. July 16 80 54
Mon. July 17 81
Tues. July 18 82 61
Rainfall totaled 2.54 inches.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1967
Better Newspaper
Contests
BES T ,o ' F NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia F —The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 102
LOW RENT HOUSING PLANS SEEK APPROVAL
Covington's National Guard Unit
Attending Ft. Stewart Maneuvers
FORT STEWART, Ga. — For
the 12th consecutive summer,
tanks of the 48th Armored Divi
sion, Georgia Army National Gu
ard, thundered over the Fort Ste
wart military reservation in an
nual training maneuvers.
The Guardsmen attending sum
mer field training 16 through 30
July 1967 Include the 90 officers
and men of the Company A. 284th
Signal Battalion Covington, which
is commanded by Lt. Herbert R.
Gresham.
Approximately 8,000 citizen
soldiers of the all-Georgia “Hur
ricane” Division have put aside
the comforts of alr-conditloned
homes and offices to pursue a
rugged military schedule.
The 48th Armored Division is
composed of units from 65 wide
ly scattered communities in Ge
orgia. Its com manding general is
Major General Benjamin F. Mer
ritt, who in civilian life is the
mayor of Macon. Assistant di
vision commanders are Brigad
ier General Charles L. Davis,
Savannah, and Brig. Gen. Roy
W. Hogan, Macon.
Guardsmen are developing sk
ills foreign to their back-home
activities, Including tank-driv
ing, infantry squad-and-platoon
tactics, patrolling, reconnai
sance, and repair and mainten
ance of vehicles.
All units will spend a minimum
of four days and nights in field
bivouac during the two week’s
training. One 24-hour period
Judges And Prizes In NEWS Recipe Contest
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Mrs. Loyd Alexander, Mrs. R. H. Stanton and Mrs. Fred Allgood (L to R) are shown with the prizes to be
given to winners in the NEWS Annual Cookbook recipe contest. Recipes were judged last week and final
selections were made Saturday morning. A special thanks should go to these judges this year, for not only
did they make excellent selections, but Saturday, after each had made their selections, samples of
several of the recipes were brought for testing by the NEWS office personnel, having been made by the
judges to test their choices. Winners of the various categories are announced in The News today.
Mrs. Jordan Recipe
Grand Prize Winner
Mrs. Shannon, Mrs. Wilkerson,
Mrs. Harwell Category Winners
Mrs. Alton Jordan of Oxford is the Grand Prize Winner in the 1967
Covington NEWS Cook Book contest. Her recipe for "Quick Beef
Stroganoff’ was judged tops in the contest this year. All the re
cipes submitted in the 1967 contest are Included in the Cook Book
In The NEWS today.
Winners in the three main ca
tegories of the contest In 1967
are as follows:
Mrs. Theron Shannon, 13 Lau
rel Street, Porterdale, Baking
and Desserts.
Mrs. Fred Harwell, 4118 Mid
dlebrooks Street, Covington, Ve
getables and Salads.
Mrs. Kathryn Wilkerson, P. O.
Box 126, Porterdale. Meats and
Fish.
The winners in the contest this
year will receive their awards
in the near future. Mrs. Shannon
doutngtnn Nema
will be completely tactical to
Include dispersion, camouflage,
tactical feeding, field sanitation,
personal hygiene, light and noise
discipline and warning measures
applicable to nuclear and che
mical - biological - radiological
warfare.
Each Guardsman will devote at
least 88 hours to training in his
military specialty. At the close
of the encampment more than
$1.2 million pay and allowances
will be distributed to members
of the division.
In a highlight of the summer
maneuvers, the massed brigades,
battalions and separate units of
the 48th Armored Division will
pass in review on Saturday, 22
July, before the state’s National
Guard Commander - in - Chief,
Gov. Lester G. Maddox.
Lt. Pratt Comes
Home For Visit
From Vietnam
Ist Lieutenant E. H. “Bubba”
Pratt, Jr. of Covington arrived
home Tuesday night after an
eight and one-half month tour of
duty in Vietnam with the United
States Air Force.
He will spend several weeks
at home with his parents before
reporting for duty at Homestead
Air Force Base in Florida.
“It’s great to be back,” Lt.
Pratt said on the phone Wednes
day afternoon. He asked that no
other details of his tour of duty
in Vietnam be printed. Welcome
home “Bubba!”
will get a Hoover (4-Sllce) Toas
ter, Mrs. Harwell will receive a
Hoover Electric Can Opener, and
Mrs. Wilkerson will get the New
England Kitchen Clock. Mrs.
Jordan will receive a Hoover 7-
Speed Electric Blender.
The 1967 Cook Book was a
tremendous success through the
joint efforts of local merchants,
and the many housewives who
submitted their favorite recipes.
The Cook Book this year contains
24 pages and has many house-
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, July 20, 1967
Mayor Harris Meets With Governor Maddox
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MAYOR WALKER HARRIS of Covington is shown at a meeting earlier this week with Governor Lester
Maddox at the Governor’s office In Atlanta. Topics discussed related to industrial development in Cov
ington, the low rent housing project plans, and other matters concerning the state and local governments
working together to meet the needs of Covington during this period of rapid growth.
Turner To Talk On Polar Trip At Kiwanis Club
Lt. Frank Turner, son of for
mer Mayor and Mrs. Nat Turner
of Covington, will be the guest
speaker at the Covington Kiwanis
Club meeting today (Thursday)
at the Davis House Restaurant
at 1 p.m.
Mr. Turner will tell of his
Polar expedition recently to the
hold hints and buying guide tips.
Other than the winning recipes
In the contest, there are Honor
able Mentions in each category.
ALL NEW 1967 COOK BOOK
IN TODAYS ISSUE.
Leo Mallard
Hospitalized
In Atlanta
Leo Mallard, Advertising Man
ager and Treasurer of The Cov
ington News, underwent surgery
Wednesday at Georgia Baptist
Hospital, Atlanta.
He is recuperating satisfactor
ily as The News went to press
Wednesday afternoon. His many
friends wish for him a speedy
recovery.
South pole. He also spent some
time in Australia.
Turner was the Flag Lieutenant
in charge of operations of the
"Deep Freeze” operation at the
South Pole.
Edgar Wood is in charge of the
program today and he will intro
duce Mr. Turner.
Short speeches and a slide pre
sentation of the Klwanls Inter-
Covingtonian Gives Spot Views On City Os Berlin
Mason W. Stephenson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stephenson
of Covington, has been a student
at Phillips University in Mar
burg, West Germany, for the
past year on Davidson College’s
"third year abroad program”.
He recently made a trip to Ber
lin and the following is a let
ter written by him after his vi
sit to that divided city. Mason
will return home to Covington on
July 28 and will resume his stu
dies at Davidson College, David
son, North Carolina for his se
nior year in September.
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Ein Brief aus Berlin
(A Letter from Berlin)
One stands on a small obser
vation tower located on the Wes
tern side of the Brandenburger
Tor (The Brandenburg Gate) in
Berlin, Germany and looks ac
ross the Wall into the Eastern
half of this city, which in itself
symbolizes the problems of a di
vided Germany.
One observes the two Vopos
('Volkspollzei or Peoples’ Po-
New Boy Scout
Troop Organized
At Zion Church
Howard Brooks, chairman of
the Organization and Extension
committee of the Newton-Rock
dale District Boy Scouts of Am
erica, announced this week that
a new Boy Scout troop has been
organized in the Magnet Com
munity. Troop 805 is being spon
sored by the Zion Baptist Church.
The Rev. Edgar F. Williams,
Jr., pastor of the church, is ser
ving as Institutional Representat
ive and Willie Hamlin is chair
man of the troop committee. Ot
her committee members are
Cecil Mote, Phil Franks, Gene
Childs and Thomas Hodges.
Leon W. Childs will be the
Scoutmaster and Henry Kelley
is Assistant Scoutmaster.
Boy Scouts who are charter
members of the troop are: Bar
ry Hamlin, Keith Franks, Ned
Jones, Jr., Richard A. Jolley,
Joe Hodges, Lanier Mote, Rod
ney Childs, Richard Lewis, Eric
K. Childs, Dean Lewis and Phil
Capes.
The troop will meet at the
church every Thursday at 7:30
p.m. Mr. Brooks said that Dis
trict Chairman Sam Ramsey or
ganized the new troop.
Troop
national Convention, held last
month at Houston, Texas, was
the subject for the local Klwanis
program Thursday at the Davis
House Restaurant. Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Banks, W. J. Dickey and
Homer Sharp attended the con
vention and gave reports of the
activities.
One visitor was present for the
meeting Thursday. He was Dr.
Bill Dickey of Houston, Texas,
son of Kiwanian W. J. Dickey.
lice) who are sitting casually just
beyond the Wall in the Russian
sector and who occasionally use
their binoculars to watch girls
on the western side.
The situation seems peaceful
enough, but the Wall stands to
refute this fact. One knows that
the Schussbefehl (The order to
shoot fellow Germans who at
tempt to escape from the Rus
sian sector) exists.. .one reali
zes this by the wreaths placed
along the western side of the
Wall marking the spots where
persons were not successful.
At the Brandenburg Gate the
Wall stands but there it does not
exist in its grim brutality. One
follows the Wall toward the north
until he arrives at Bernauer St
rasse. Here the wreaths hanging
on the western side are more
numerous; here the street and
sidewalk are in the west and
one can walk directly by the Wall
and then climb up the small ob
servation stands and look over.
The top of the Wall itself is
covered with broken glass and
stands probably 8-10 feet above
the ground; a bare plowed area
of 10 yards stretches from this
outside wall, an area which is
$40,000 Gift For Chapel Restoration At Oxford
A MERIT Program gift of $40,000 has been made by R. Carl Chandler of Short Hills, New Jersey and has
been designated for the restoration of the 83-year-old chapel (shown above) at Oxford College. When
restored the historical chapel will provide a place for students at Oxford to hold voluntary chapel and
other programs. Dr. Bond Flemlng.dean of the college, said the planned renovation of the old chapel
“will be one of the finest things that could happen on the Oxford campus.”
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 17-18
Legal 22
Classified ......... 22-23
Land Purchased In Northeast
Section Os City For Project
Design development plans for Covington’s low rent housing
project were approved Monday afternoon by the Housing Authority
and will now go to the City Planning Commission and the City
Council for final approval before blds are let.
This move completed the Hou
sing Authority’s part of the de
sign development stage leaving
only the letting of bids and be
ginning of construction after the
Planning Commission and City
Council complete their work. It
is hoped that construction can
begin on the project by the first
of the year.
Approximately 3 million dol
lars has been allotted to build
the 180 unit development. In
addition to the housing the de
velopment will contain a com
munity administration and main
tenance building with a recrea
tion and assembly area, ample
space for several playgrounds,
and it will be serviced with city
gas, water, and sewerage.
Land for the project, 27 1/2
acres, has been purchased from
the Covington Businessmens As
sociation at a cost of $32,528,
The property forms a triangle
and is bordered by New Alcovy
Road on the east, the Georgia
Railroad spur track leading to
Hercules on the north and Tur
ner Street on the south.
The units in the development
will be of different designs and
will contain from one to four
bedrooms. The smallest units
will be duplex apartments, some
will be two story structures with
several apartments, and other
apartment buildings will have
town house design.
Upon completion of construc
tion the entire project will have
to be Inspected and approved
by the Public Housing Authority
In Atlanta before occupancy can
begin.
Members of the Housing Au
thority of the City of Covington
who have been working on the
plans are: Charles Strickland,
executive director; Grady Cole
man, chairman; Ray Reece, Ro-
mined; and then comes next a wire
fence (of the cyclone type) about
10 feet high, at the base of which
are rows of spikes which would
prevent someone from springing
It; then drop back perhaps 20
more yards of bare flat ground
and Imbedded in concrete are 3
rows of tank barrlcades-also ex
cellent for prohibiting people in
cars or other vehicles from cr
ashing through the wall; and fi
nally after another 30 yards of
nothing comes a wooded area.
This entire border area is ligh
ted at night and one can see the
Vopos with their dogs on leash
walking the woodline.
A little father along Bernauer
Strasse one sees a church lying
just behind the Wall In the eas
tern side. In fact the brick bul
letin boards of the church were
on the border and were built into
the Wall-on the bulletin board
reads the following announce
ment: "Due to the erection of
the Wall, church services are
now being held at. ..”
At the site of the old Reich
Chancellery in the Russian sec
tor of the city, one can look
over the small hill under which
the remains of Hitler’s wartime
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bert Fowler, Robert Stewart, and
James Hutchins.
Mr. Strickland said that ex
cellent cooperation with the Hou
sing Authority had been given
by the City Planning Commis
sion and the Mayor and City
Council of Covington. Architects
for the project are Tomberlln
and Associates of Atlanta.
Carol Hood Is
Appointed To
Youth Council
Miss Carol Hood of 5217 Odum
Street, Covington, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Hood, has
been appointed to the Georgia
Youth Council at Rock Eagle Park
on August 5-6.
Miss Hood is a new appointee
to the Council this year. During
the Youth Council meeting she
and many of the other incoming
presidents of state youth organ
izations will be spotlighted.
Barry Collier is State Chair
man of the Council. Mrs. Peggy
G. Sammons is advisor to the
Youth Group.
Free Horse Show
Sunday 2 P.M.
The Newton County Trail Rid
ers will have a Horse Show on
July 23 at 2:00 P.M. There will
be an entry fee of SI.OO.
There will be 21 classes, and
trophies and three place ribbons
will be awarded. Admission is
free, and everyone is welcome.
bunker Iles, and see the wall
from the Inside and the soldiers
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19 Traffic Cases
Heard In Court
Nineteen traffic violation ca
ses were heard in the regular
Monday morning session of the
Covington City Court. Council
man Fred Kitchens was on the
bench Monday in the absence
of Judge E. W. Strozier, who is
visiting out of state.
In cases called for trial there
were six charged with speeding,
four with driving without a li
cense, four for running stop si
gns, three for reckless driving,
one for driving under the in
fluence of Intoxicants, and one
for using an Improper tag.
In other cases called for trial
Monday, there were eight cases
of disorderly conduct, six for
drunkenness, one for resisting
arrest and one for discharging
firearms in the city limits.