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The world seems to be In a
great turmoil! When we were
children we were taught to love
our neighbor as our self. Today,
yes today, nobody seems to be
satisfied with their neighbor,
with their town, with the schools,
and above all with their Church.
Something is wrong with us as a
people. This fellow does not run
his business right, and I’m with
UM when they say they don’t like
the color of Women’s hair to
day. . .mini skirts. . .birdnest
hairdo’s and wigs. . .and above
all they don’t like their church!
Did you know your church is
going to be what you make it!
Your family is going to be what
YOU make it? Your friends are
going to reflect the same love
you show them? Your church
Is going to be just what you
make it for it Is YOUR Church!
Yes, in YOUR CHURCH THIS
IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND
IT IS MINE! God shows us the
way if we seek that way, Instead
of complaining that “we don’t
like our program” “we don’t
like our class” "we don’t like
some people there”; we don’t
like the way things are done?
We don’t like anything about it?
Well, It is our church and it
will be what we make it. Our
responsibility is to offer thanks
giving that we have a church; we
have a God to worship; we have
friends. . .but we have to be a
friend to have a friend.
One of our greatest fallings
is of not being friends with the
people who do not come. We sit
complacently by on Sunday and
listen to wonderful song services,
sermons,etc.. .and we dash madly
out of the church to get to lunch.
The stranger within our gates
does not come back. He was not
welcomed. A cold Church Is a
Dead Church. . .Christ should be
so embedded within our hearts
that we not only cherish that
stranger within our midst.. .but
that we go out into the highways
and byways and bring into the
house of the Lord the newcomers,
and those who perhaps have not
found the way to the path that
leads home.
God can renew each of us to
the extent that we will make our
places of worship joyous meeting
places, where light and radiance
and joyfulness and thanksgivi
ng have their place.
We should see to it that the
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Final Plans Made For
Salem’s 139th Meeting
The Salem Campground Board
of Trustees met Sunday, July 23,
at the Salem Campground Hotel
to make final plans for Salem
Camp Meeting which begins on
Friday, August 11.
Sixteen members of the Board
were present and with their fam
ilies enjoyed a delicious meal
together before the Board meet
ing. Some 60 people bowed their
heads in thanks for this
privilege.
C. D. Ramsey, Jr., Chairman
of Trustees, called the business
meeting to order. Charles Can
dler of Madison led the opening
prayer. Resolutions on the death
of V. C. Ellington, Sr. were ap
proved and the group stood for
a minute of silence in memory
of this departed member of the
Board.
Cecil Myers of Grace Meth
odist Church will preach during
the camp meeting as will Arnold
Albert Markley, 111 of Gaines
ville First Presbyterian Church.
On Friday night, August 11, the
ministers of the Atlanta-De
catur-Oxford District will at-
Board Members At Salem Trustee Meeting Sunday
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SIX MEMBERS of the Salem Camp Ground Board of Trustees are pictured in front of the Druid Hills
Cottage on the camp ground Sunday as the final plans for the 1967 meeting were completed. B. B. Snow,
J. T. Hicks, Clarence Vaughn, Ed King, M. B. Shaw and C. D. Ramsey (president) are shown left to
right. The meeting is scheduled for August 11 through August 18.
A Prize-Winning
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M&W 1967
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VOLUi
SNAPPING SHOALS EMC MEETING FRIDAY
Coy Johnson, Porterdale Native,
Named Deputy Comptroller General
ATLANTA — Coy R. Johnson
will become the number two man
in the Georgia Comptroller Ge
neral’s Office effective August
1, Comptroller General James
L. Bentley announced.
Johnson will become Deputy
Comptroller General, Bentley
said, succeeding M. Hardeman
Blackshear.
Blackshear resigned effective
Coy Johnson
July 1 to open a private law of
fice In Decatur.
Johnson Is currently the As
sistant Attorney General assig
ned to the Comptroller General’s
Office.
“I am delighted to be able
to appoint an able young law
yer to this post, one who al
ready has extensive experience
with the Comptroller General’s
Office,” Bentley said.
Bentley noted that Johnson has
worked closely with the Depart
ment and with the former Deputy
Comptroller General for over
three years.
“This experience will be in-
tend this service. The Chapel
and Carol Choirs of the Coving
ton First Methodist Church, un
der the direction of Mrs. Owen
Kellum Jr., will sing.
Saturday night, August 12, the
choirs of the Collins Memorial
Methodist Church will sing. On
Sunday, Bishop John Owen Smith
will preach at the morning ser
vice. Special choirs at this ser
vice will be Allen Memorial Chu
rch, Oxford, and Salem Method
ist. At the three o’clock Sunday
afternoon service there will be an
outstanding musical program by
the Glenhaven Baptist Church of
Decatur and Sunday night special
music will be brought by the
Conyers Methodist Church.
Monday night the Shrine Chan
ters of Atlanta will furnish the
special music. Tuesday night
the Choir of Covington First Bap
tist Church will sing, on Wed
nesday the Young Harris Choir
of Athens will give a musical
program. Specials each night
and morning throughout the week
by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gary
will be enjoyed. Mrs. Nat G.
Coutngtnn New
\G E OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
.cd 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
valuable. Coy Johnson helped
draw the regulations covering all
areas of this department and also
helped draw legislation affecting
these regulatory areas. He will
be a great asset,” Bentley said.
A native of Porterdale, Johnson
is a graduate of the University
of Georgia Law School. He was
appointed an assistant attorney
general of Georgia In Decem
ber of 1963.
Johnson is a past president
of the DeKalb County Jaycees
and was named outstanding local
Jaycee president in Georgia for
1962-63. He has also served
as state treasurer of the Geor
gia Jaycees and as an ex-officio
member of the board of direc
tors of DeKalb County Cham
ber of Commerce.
Johnson and his wife, the for
mer Jimmie Mayo, reside with
their two children at 1976 Sil—
vastone Drive, NE, in Atlanta.
OEO 3-County
Program Gets
More Funds
Congressman Robert G. Step
hens, Jr. of the 10th Congress
ional District of Georgia, has
notified The Covington NEWS that
the office of Economic Opport
unity has approved new funds in
the amount of $118,175 to the Up
per Ocmulgee Economic Opport
unity Commission. The com
mission serves the counties of
Newton, Butts and Monroe.
Stephens stated that approx
imately 35,000 families In the
three counties would benefit from
food distribution, home manage
ment and family planning through
the local OEO Offices. The New
ton office Is located In the Geor
gia RR Depot on North Emory
Long of Avondale Estates will
be pianist.
Rev. Charles Thomas will
bring the devotional each morn
ing at 7:30. Classes will be held
each day at 9:30 a.m. for Bible
study. These will be of interest
to all ages and will be taught
this year by Mrs. C. D. Ramsey,
Mrs. Bob Elliott, Mrs. Chester
Robinson, Mrs. Jerry Aldridge,
Rev. Charles Thomas and Rev.
W. W. Byington.
Mr. Ramsey urged that every
trustee be present at a very
important meeting to be held on
Wednesday, August 16, at the
camp ground. He welcomed the
two new members of the Board,
Sam Hicks and M. B. Shaw.
The Salem Hotel will serve
delicious meals during the week.
For reservations for rooms or
meals, contact Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Jaynes, caretakers at Salem.
You are cordially invited to
attend the services August 11,
through August 18, at this shrine,
which has been a blessing to
Newton County and surrounding
area for 139 years.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, July 27, 1967
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ROTARY DISTRICT Governor John W. Langdale of Valdosta, visited the Covington Rotary Club Monday
and Tuesday. Pictured above at the Tuesday noon meeting at the Teen Can building are (from left):
Covington President Hugh Steele, Gov. Langdale, and the two new members he inducted, Bill Barnett
and Lee Brunson.
Tragic Home Fire Claims The
Life Os Little Tracy Presley
A tragic home fire accident
claimed the life Wednesday even
ing of Little Tracy Presley,
2 1/2-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Presley of 805
Monticello Street, Covington.
The little girl’s father said
she apparently opened the storage
room door as the fire broke out
and soon engulfed the entire stor
age room and spread to other
parts of the house. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Presley said they heard an
explosion in the storage room.
Mr. Presley rescued the girl
from the burning inferno and
rushed her to Newton County
Hospital, and then on to Egleston
Hospital in Atlanta. She died
at 4 a.m. the next morning.
The fire broke out about 6
p.m. after the Presley family
had prepared supper on the grill
on the carport. The storage
room is adjacent to the carport
A. E. Hays To Appear In
’Outstanding Personalities’
Arthur E. Hays, former Mans
field Mayor, has been selected to
appear in the 1967 edition of Out
standing Personalities of the So
uth. Other recipients of this
honor include Governors, U. S.
Senators, and Congressmen of
the various southern states.
The publication, Outstanding
Personalities of the South, in
cludes many citizens such as edu
cators, leading businessmen,
members of state legislative bod
ies, civic and political leaders,
elected leaders of various
political subdivisions, farmers,
ministers, officers and officials
of various trade organizations,
leading sports figures, and many
other individuals who, because
of past achievements and service
to their community, state and/or
nation, are recognized as out
standing personalities of the
south.
Mr. Hays has been anoutstand-
Corson, Austin
Are Substitute
Route Carriers
Herbert Carson and Bill Austu.
are the substitute carriers on
Routes 5 and 6 from the Covington
Post Office, filling In these posi
tions until permanent appointees
are made through legal channels,
Lamar Callaway, Covington
Postmaster stated this week that
the two permanent rural route
carriers will be made in the near
future either by examination or
congressional appointment. Ten
th District Congressman Robert
G. Stephens lias not named his
appointments for these positions
as yet.
The two new routes went Into
operation on July 1. Heretofore
four routes operated out of the
Covington Post Office.
at the brick veneer home of the
Presleys. Mr. Presley suffered
second degree burns about his
arms and face. He refused to
remain at Newton Hospital and
went on, to Atlanta to accom
pany his daughter soon after 6
c'tfiock. • Mrs. Presley’s turns
were less serious.
The Presleys’ car, a 1965
Chevrolet Impala was on a port
ion of the carport and the fire
did extensive damage to the
automobile. The attic part of
the house burned quickly and the
smoke and water damage extend
ed throughout the home. The
kitchen area, nearest the car
port, was completely gutted by
the fire.
Funeral services for little
Tracy were held on Friday after
noon, July 21, at Mt. Zion Bap-
Heavy Rains
Makes Hazardous
Auto Driving
Recently very heavy rains have
hit various parts of Georgia caus
ing minor flooding and some
property damage. Summer mon
ths often bring these heavy rains
which cause flash flooding and
puddles of water in the streets
and highways.
The Georgia Safety Council
issues this reminder to all mot
orists: Be on the lookout for
possible flooding of streets and
highways.
Bad accidents have resulted
by cars hitting a pool of water
unexpectedly and going out of
control. The Council warns mo
torists to be alert to this type
of situation, and to slow down
to avoid losing control of the
vehicle.
tist Church, near Oxford, with
Rev. Kent Anglin, Rev. Carlton
Knight and Rev. J. H. McNally
officiating at the services.
Interment was in Lawnwood
Cemetery, Covington, with J. C.
Harwell and Son Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Her
uncles served as pallbearers.
Surviving besides her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Presley
are her grandparents, Rev. and
Mrs. Charles Cowan, Oxford;
Mrs. L. M. Presley, Forest Park;
and two great-grandmothers,
Mrs. C. C. Cowan and Mrs. S. W.
Dial, both of Oxford.
Ministers Urge Employment Os
Juvenile Referee, Probation Officer
The Covington-Newton County
Ministerial Association has ap
proved a resolution calling for the
employment of a juvenile referee
and a juvenile probation officer
for Newton County.
The resolution states that the
association “believes the public
welfare demands and due pro
cess of law can best be afforded
In juvenile delinquency proceed
ings and in the handling of ju
veniles by local, state, and coun
ty law enforcement officers with
in Newton County.”
The proposed juvenile refer
ee would be appointed by the
Judges of the Stone Mountain Su
perior Court Circuit In accor
dance with Section 24-2404, Code
of Georgia Annotated, which st
ates that “a Judge may appoint
a suitable person or persons to
act as a referee or referees to
hold office during the pleasure of
School Officials Look Over Progress At New Voc. School
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NEWTON COUNTY High School officials look over the progress of the new vocational high school ad
jacent to NCHS on Newton Drive. Homer Sharp, Supervising Principal; Albert Long, newly-appointed
Diversified Cooperative Training (DCT) coordinator; and Bob Arrington, who will be In charge of the
new facility, are shown left to right. At least half of the building Is expected to be ready for occupancy
by September 1, Mr. Sharp stated.
Editorial 2
Obituary .6
Society 9
Sports 17-18
Legal 20
Classified 22-23
Salem Camp Ground
Os The 30tn Annual
Annual meeting of the Snapping Shoals Electric Membership
Corporation, which serves over 8,500 consumers in a six-county
area in this section of Georgia, will be held Friday, July 28, at the
Salem Camp Ground in Western Newton County.
Salem Methodist Church will
again serve barbecue dinner at
noontime. Registration for the
members begins at 11 A.M. and
the business meeting will be held
at 1:30 P.M. in the main tent on
the grounds.
Everyone planning to attend sh
ould come early and register.
Registration desk will be closed
promptly at 1:30. About 80 free
prizes in the electrical appliance
field will be given away.
The main speaker for the oc
casion will be Walter Harrison,
General Manager of the Georgia
Electric Membership Corpor
ation, who will bring a message
of importance to all Snapping
Shoals Electric Membership
Corporation consumer members.
Mr. Harrison will discuss many
of the problems now facing Rural
Electric Cooperatives including
the pending legislation now be
fore Congress for the establish
ment of a Federal Bank for
Rural Electric Systems.
Estimates are that over the
next 15 years, a total of nearly
10 billion dollars in growth cap
ital will be needed. This is twice
as much money as has been loan
ed during R.E.A.’s 30 years of
existence.
Meeting these growing capital
needs presents great difficulties
for Rural Electrics since it is
doubtful that either future Con
gresses or Administrations wo
uld supply all needed funds.
To meet the shortage of growth
capital, the N.R.E.C. A. member
ship approved a plan for bringing
additional funds into the program
through the establishment of the
Federal Bank for Rural Electric
Systems. The Bank would work
much like the Farm Credit Sys
tem and would attract funds from
the private money market for the
first time.
Systems unable to pay higher
Interest rates would continue to
borrow through the traditional
R.E.A. program. The more mat
ure systems which could afford
the Judge.”
“Such referees shall be qua
lified for their duties by train
ing and experience. The Judge
may direct that any cases or
class of cases shall be heard In
the first Instance by a referee In
the manner provided for the hea
ring of the cases by the Court.”
The juvenile probation officer
would be appointed and employ
ed to supervise juvenile probat
ioners in Covington and Newton
County.
The salaries of the referee
and the probation officer would
be paid jointly by the City of
Covington and the Newton Coun
ty Commissioner.
The resolution urges that ap
propriate action be taken by the
Grand Jury during the September
term of Newton County Superior
Court to Include In Its recom
mendations the appointment of a
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to pay more for this desperately
needed growth capital would use
the Bank.
This is a very important mat
ter concerning all Rural Elect
rics, and Mr. Harrison will go
into further detail about the bene
fits at the meeting.
Snapping Shoals E.M.C. has 39
employees, and serves 8531 con
sumers on 1119 miles of line
with the average KWH per con
sumer at over 590 kilowatt hours.
The Board of Directors of
Snapping Shoals E.M.C. includes
R. O. Robertson, President, De-
Kalb County; F. W. Greer, Vice-
President, Newton County; E.
C. Ray, Secretary, Rockdale; J.
H. Anderson, Treasurer, New
ton County; J. G. Moseley, Hen
ry County; R. M. Potts, Rockdale
County; W. C. Savage, Newton
County; A. O. Sowell, Henry Cou
nty; J. T. Wallace, Newton Cou
nty; and L. J. Washington, Butts
County.
Nominees for directors for the
coming year are: Robert Potts,
Rockdale; Fred W, Greer, New
ton; A. O. Sowell, Henry.
It was announced that the Cov
ington office of Snapping Shoals
will close at 10 A.M., Friday.
However, In the event of emer
gencies, members are asked to
telephone 786-3484.
George Allen
Hospitalized
At Piedmont
George Allen, of George Al
len Cleaners, and former city
councilman, entered Piedmont
Hospital In Atlanta, Thursday,
with a respiratory and circula
tory condition.
Mr. Allen Is being extended
good wishes by a wide circle
of friends for an early recovery,
and return home.
juvenile referee and a juvenile
probation officer.
The last paragraph of the re
solution reads: “The Ministerial
Association strongly believes In
the view of the recent decision
of the Supreme Court of the
United States in which five mem
bers of the Court stated that a
Juvenile cannot be denied due
process of law because of juve
nile delinquency proceedings wh
ich may lead to commitment in
a state Institution which may fall
to measure up to the essentials
of due process and fair treat
ment.”
Juvenile referees and proba
tion officers are presently being
used in Monroe and In Moultrie,
as well as other Georgia towns
with population under 50,000, with
great success.
According to Georgia law, a ju
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