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One more month and school will
start! In fact we all have the
feeling this is the beginning of the
New Year, altho it does not begin
until Jan. Ist! When school starts
. .that is the beginning for our
youth and the homes from which
they come. SO! Let’s make this
a beautiful New Year, Young
People! Not only for our parents
and teachers and friends. . .but
the best year we’ve ever had in
our school life.
We cringe when we read the
papers. . .the Riots in Detroit
and so many places. The com
munistic element is poisoning
the minds of so many that God
Is going to take drastic meas
ures. . .it could be drastic too.
All will have to suffer for what
a few have done, perhaps. We
have never known of such a tragic
era as we are witnessing at this
time. Why? Just because the
ungodly people have poisoned the
minds of so many of the weaker
people, .both white and black. . .
you know those people, it is sad
to say, do not know, and wor
ship, the God we know. There
fore nothing is wrong for them
to do. . .Murder, burn homes,
steal, destroy property. If they
could only know they are making
their communities weaker in Aid
to them by doing this costly thing.
The buildings may be replaced,
but what about the innocent lives
they have taken?
We are thankful for a Godly
Southland! We are thankful for
our Churches and our people,
both black and white, who are
found within God’s House on Sun
day, morning and night. They are
all bringing their children up in
a Godly manner. However, we
have many whites and colored,
who are finding their ways on the
highways, or elsewhere on Sun
day, instead of worshiping the
God who makes everything we
have possible. . .He gives us
light, warmth, homes, schools,
churches to worship in.. He gives
us schools to obtain the best of
education, whereby we can
become leading citizens. It is our
own fault if we do not take ad
vantage of the opportunities of
fered us.
We realize full well that many
of us are handicapped! There are
rfiany reasons why some cannot
go to school, college and various
educational institutions. The one
reason, we personally know, and
have experienced is the fact that
our Father died when one was
five years old and the other a
young teenager. The mother
was practically an invalid with
asthma. We could not leave her
long at the time, .the mother
and little sister, .and were call
ed home from school. . .so many
times, .we sat up most of many
nights with her. .not knowing
which breath would be the last.
Anxiety? We knew what it was!
But God sees us through many
difficulties in this life if we put
Him FIRST, (above all things in
life) and lean on Him only. He
has all the answers to our pro
blems and He will see us through
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Schools Start
On August 30
Newton County schools will
start this year on Wednesday,
August 30, according to an an
nouncement this week from the
County Superintendent’s Office.
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day will be full days in school,
and Monday, September 4 (Labor
Day) will be a holiday. Classes
will resume after the one-day
holiday.
Supt. J. W. Richardson said
that this schedule applies to both
elementary and high schools.
Mobil Plant Officials Speak At Civic Meeting
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MOBIL PLANT managers In Covington spoke to the Covington Klwanis Club Thursday afternoon at the
Davis House Restaurant and brought along some samples of the products made here in the city. Gerald
Wendel (left), manager of the Packaging Division, and Fred Kaempffe, manager of the Foam Products
plant recently opened, exhibit some of the products. Approximately 235 people are employed In the two
plants at the present time.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
I 1967
Better Newspaper
Contests
BEST r r NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
77>e Georgia Ente' ^6s—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 102
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THREE TOP Snapping Shoals EMC officials look over the agenda of the business session held after the
lunch hour. Atty. Clarence Vaughn of Conyers, President R. O. Robertson of DeKalb County, and Man
ager Ed Robinson of Covington (L to R) paused in the lobby of Salem Hotel as this photo was made.
(More pictures inside The NEWS today).
Newborn Gets $60,000 For Water System
A new water system for the
Town of Newborn is not far off,
according to an announcement
this week from Congressman Ro
bert G. Stephens, Jr. and U. S.
Senators Richard B. Russell and
Herman Talmadge.
The Farmers Home Adminis
tration (FHA)has given prelimin-
Atlanta Gemologist To
Address Kiwanis Club
Gilbert W. Withers, gemolo
gist, will be the featured speaker
at the Klwanls Club at 1:00 p.m.
on August 3 at the Teen-Can.
Mr. Withers, a nationally known
authority on precious stones, lec
tures under sponsorship of the
Fulton Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Atlanta.
He is organizer of the “Gems
and Minerals of the World” mu
seum which occupies two floors
of Fulton Federal’s main office
building, Edgewood and Pryor
Streets in downtown Atlanta.
A native Atlantan, Mr. Wit
hers was founder and President
of Pan Electronics Corporation
which manufactured quartz cry
stal oscillators for the armed
forces’ communication equip
ment during World War H and
the Korean conflict. Later he
organized an import-export com
pany in Atlanta dealing in pre
cious and semi-precious gem
materials from 38 countries.
Mr. Withers lecture subjects
include “The Fabulous Story of
Precious Stones”, “Gemstones
Found in Georgia”, and “Gems
of the Bible.” He also offers
lectures on “Brazil, Land of
Precious Stones”,“Emerald, the
World’s Most Expensive Stone”,
and “Hunting Precious Stones
in Central America”. He has
made almost 500 talks since
inaugurating his series under
Fulton Federal’s sponsorship in
March 1965.
The two top officials of the
local Mobil Chemical plants were
speakers at the regular weekly
luncheon meeting of the Coving
ton Klwanls Club Thursday. Ger-
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ary approval to a loan of $52,000
and a grant of SB,OOO for the sys
tem. Mayor Guy Jones said that
some 75 families have already
signed up for the water system.
Mayor Jones stated Wednesday
“We hope it won’t be long before
our town has a modern water
system.”
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Gilber Withers
aid Wendel of the Packaging Di
vision and Fred Kaempffe of the
Foam Products plant, recently
put in production here, were on
the program.
Mr. Wendel described the op
eration of his plant and showed
some of the products made here
in Covington. These included
bags of all kinds, color and sizes.
Also, fertilizer bags, and the fa
mous “Baggies.”
Mr. Kaempffe gave some back
ground information on the foam
product division of Mobil. He
said that Mobil had been in the
foam products field only two
years. Mrs. Kaempffe stated
that his plant would employ some
150 people by the end of Decem
ber. There are some 58 working
at the plant now, which adjoins the
other Mobil Chemical facility.
He also told the Kiwanians
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1967
McKesson Sale
Set August 28
Through error The NEWS ran
an ad in the July 27th issue of
the paper for Davis Pharmacy
on a McKesson sale, which was
- not scheduled for publication un
til the week of August 28.
Prices listed in the 2 for 1
Sale will not be in effect until
August 28, for Davis Pharmacy
in Covington Meadows Shopping
Center. This ad will be rerun
prior to the sale.
that a third plant for Covington
Is now in the Mobil plans. This
building would be near the other
two facilities here, he stated.
In answer to a question as to
how much technical help is br
ought into Covington from other
Mobil installations, Mr. Wendel
said that in his pland there were
10 of the 175 now employed.
Mr. Kaempffe stated that there
are 7 of 58 in the new facility.
Two visitors were present for
the meeting Thursday. They were
Biff Hutchinson and Pierce Cl
ine, both of Covington.
It was also announced that one
of the Kiwanians, Lee Crippen,
was leaving to take a position
with the University of Georgia
in Athens.
Story Hour
At Library
Have you heard who “Isabelle”
is? Or “Where the Wild Things
Are?” These are just two of
the many stories that will be told
to children of kindergarten and
first grade age at the library
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri
days, Aug. 6,8, 10, 11, and
15, 17, 18 from 10:00 to 11:00.
Story Hour will be presented
by Mrs. Greeley Ellis and Pie
rce Cline under the direction of
librarian, Mrs. Harry Dietz. St
ories and filmstrips, both old
favorites and new will be pre
sented and certificates given to
those children who attend all
six sessions.
Safe Bike Riding
Film Now Available
Each time your youngster takes
to the road on his bike this sum
mer he faces a man-sized job.
Like motorists, he must have
the know-how to cope safely with
the ever-increasing amount of
traffic.
The need for a young bicyclist
to practice sound safety prin
ciples grows with each added
car—and bicycle--on the road,
warns Aetna Life & Casualty,
producer of a new public service
movie on bike safety.
Aetna points out that two of
every three bicycle accidents oc
cur because riders fail to fol
low basic bicycle "rules of the
road.’’
In reminding youngsters how
to maintain and ride their bikes
safely, Aetna’s color film, “If
Bicycles Could Talk,” tells the
bicycle safety story from the
viewpoint of the bicycles them
selves. The film may be obtain
ed on a free-loan basis by your
school or community organ
ization through an Aetna re
presentative or from Aetna Life
& Casualty’s public relations and
advertising department, Hart
ford, Conn., 06115.
City’s New House Numbering
System Change-Over Aug. 15
Covington’s new House Numbering System has been completed
and the official change-over date for using new numbers will be
Tuesday, August 15, 1967, according to an announcement from
City Hall.
The announcement stated: “We
would like to remind each and
every citizen of the city that if
the utmost effectiveness is to be
achieved from the new SECTOR
TYPE HOUSE NUMBERINGSYS
TEM, the full address must be us
ed. This information was listed
on an Instruction sheet given to
you by city employees at the time
your new number was assigned.
Please bear in mind that each
house number consists of four
(4) digits. The first digit Indi
cates the SECTOR in which you
live -for example, the number
4102 means that you live in Sec
tor 4. We also ask that you re
member to add to the end of your
street address the SECTION of
the city In which you live Example:
Mr. John Henry Sample
3203 Sweet Root Drive, N. E.
Covington, Georgia 30209
“The overall success of the
house numbering system can and
will benefit you, the Individual
citizen, in that it will provide
for more efficient mall delivery
and greater promptness of po
lice, fire and ambulance services
to your home or business es
tablishment. Your cooperation
is earnestly solicited and will be
Thomas Nipper
Named Roadeo
Rookie Os Year
Thomas C. Nipper, of Route
# 5, Covington, has captured
“Rookie of the Year” honors
in the finals of the fifth annual
Southern Regional Truck Roa
deo (cq).
The award is made by the Co
mmercial Car Journal, a truck
ing industry trade magazine, each
year to a freshman roadeo dri
ver in recognition of his superior
driving performance and general
overall scoring. Mr. Nipper was
one of 16 Georgia truck drivers
who competed in the recent event
in Atlanta.
Employed by Overnite Trans
portation Co., Mr. Nipper has
been a professional truck driver
for 18 years. During this time,
he has driven more than 250,000
miles without an accident.
The roadeo finals climaxed
two days of grueling problems
designed to test the driving abil
ity and general knowledge of the
trucking industry by these out
standing professional truck driv
ers.
Hosted by the Council of Safety
Supervisors of the Georgia Mo
tor Trucking Association, the
regional roadeo was sponsored
by the Georgia safetymen in co
operation with the safety councils
of the Motor Transportation As
sociation of South Carolina and
the Tennessee Motor Transport
Association. The finals attract
ed a record number of 67 driv
ers from the tri-state area.
Mr. Nipper received a hand
some plaque, symbolic of his
award as “Rookie of the Year”.
deeply appreciated by all con
cerned,’’ a spokesman for the
City stated Tuesday.
In the new Sector-Type House
Numbering System the city is
divided into four sections: North-
East, North - West, South- East
and South-West. Floyd Street
and Clark Street being the im
aginary line which separates the
North section from the South sec
tion. Pace Street, Church Street
and the Jackson Highway se
parates the East sectlonfrom the
West section. Each one of these
four sectors is divided into 10
sectors.
The beginning point for each
of the sectors In each section
being intersection of Floyd St
reet, Clark Street, Church St
reet, and Pace Street (Evans
Drug Store and the Firestone
Store). Each sector is 1,000 ft.
in radius and traveling through
each section of the city.
Work on the new numbering
system in Covington was started
In January, 1967.
Pace Street Extension Gets Pavement
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PACE STREET Extension from the Central of Georgia Railroad to Highway 278 is getting the asphalt
treatment this week as the Puckett Paving Company has already curbed the thoroughfare. This base
course was being applied Monday as this photo was made. Ed Woods is the foreman of the job.
Newton Cancer Society Meets
Tuesday At 7'. 30 O’clock
Ben Banks, Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the New
ton County Cancer Society, Geor
gia Division, ACS, has announced
that the Annual Meeting will be
held at the Covington City Hall
on August 8 at seven-thirty o’-
clock.
Nominations will be made and
both officers and board members
will be elected at this time. De-
Editorial
Obituary
Society r
Sports 17
Legal 22
Classified 22-23
Adel Wreck Sunday Claims
Life Os Covington Woman
An automobile wreck early
Sunday evening on Interstate 75
near Adel claimed the lives of two
young women enroute from Cov
ington to Jacksonville, Fla. The
victims were Mrs. Kay Ayers
Smith, 18, a 1967 graduate of
Newton County High School, and
Mrs. Brenda Green, 18, of
Bridgeport, Maine. Both women
were wives of Navy enlisted men
who were at sea at the time from
their Jacksonville base.
Georgia State Patrolmen stated
Monday that the women were
burned to death after their car
went out of control, crossed the
medium and struck an oncoming
vehicle in the northbound lane.
They were headed south, the
Patrol said. The women had
spent the weekend in Covington
and were returning to Jackson
ville.
Mrs. Smith a native of Walton
County, was a member of Canaan
legates will also be named for
the Annual State Convention to
be at the Riviera Motel on Au
gust 23, 1967.
Reports will be presented from
various chairmen.
All board members and offi
cers are particularly urged to
attend this meeting and bring
any friends who are Interested in
this worthwhile endeavor.
NUMBER 31
Baptist Church. Funeral ser
vices will be conducted Thurs
day (today) at 3 p.m. at The Bap
tist Tabernacle with Rev. C. B.
Wells, pastor of Midway Baptist
Church, and Rev. Hudson Moody
officiating. Interment will be in
Lawnwood Cemetery, with J. C.
Harwell & Son in charge of ar
rangements.
Surviving are her husband,
James D. Smith and mother, Mrs.
Murell Ayers, of Covington; bro
thers, L. D. Brock, Covington;
Staff Sgt. William S. Brock, Ft.
Jackson, South Carolina; Tal
madge Ayers, Oxford; S/4 Harold
Ayers, Viet Nam; sisters, Mrs.
Cora Hicks, Gainesville; Mrs.
Jessie Thomas, Mrs. Maedean
Wilson, Covington; grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Segers, Toc
coa and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Drag Racers
Are Fined In
City Court
Two men failed to appear for
trial Monday morning in the reg
ular weekly session of the Cov
ington City Court on charges of
speeding and drag racing. As
a result Judge E. W. Strozier
ordered their cash bond of $50.00
forfeited.
Several routine cases were
heard by The Judge, with many
forfeiting their bonds rather than
appear in court. Hardest hit
by Judge Strozier were two per
sons who faced charges of driving
under the influence of intoxicants.
They paid fines of $150.00 each.
Other cases Monday called for
trial involved eight persons for
being drunk, four for disorderly
conduct, three for driving without
a license, three for speeding, two
for running a red light, two for
reckless driving and one for
being drunk and resisting arrest.
Mrs. Morford
Participates In
Library Institute
Mrs. Joan G. Morford, Lib
rarian at Palmer Stone Elemen
tary School, has recently return
ed from Athens, where she has
been a participant in the NDEA
Institute for School Library Per
sonnel at the University of Geor
gia. The program was one of
eighteen conducted this summer
throughout the United States thr
ough grants from the U. S. Of
fice of Education to improve the
professional qualifications of sc
hool librarians.
The Institute brought together
thirty school librarians from ar
ound the Nation to spend six
weeks in intensive advanced study
of the new leadership role of the
school librarian, new library re-
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