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Hi! There, Mabel Smith. . .
just hiked off to the Hospital
(Emory) and didn’t even say a
word! Somebody told me you
were up there Monday night.. .
so I sat right down like every
body else will do, and wrote
you. We will all be saying a
little prayer that you will find
the trouble (or those fine Doc
tors will) and you will soon be
out and going again. Just can’t
keep up with you, hon! Never
could, so why start trying. Miss
you more when I know you are
not well. Hope your eyes are
not troubling you again.. .what
ever it is. . .just get well soon
. . .and I know one thing. . .
all your friends, including the
NEWS family, will be saying a
prayer that the “bug” that bit
you will soon be hopping along
it’s way, (down one of those
Hospital pits.) Don’t ever get
to see you much, you are spend
ing so much time in my favorite
town of Savannah and in Caro
lina. . .but I can’t blame you
for that . . . with all those
darling grands.
Busy week? WHEW. Labor day
will be over. . .but all the New
Year’s Clubs, Board Meetings,
Regular Meetings, etc., have st
arted with this Fall Month of Sep
tembe'',' We’ve been on this
“Merry-go-round” so long we
just don’t know how, and when,
to hop off. . .and at least get
to see some of our friends be
fore it’s too late to get around to
see them. Course they are all
at the meetings but it’s business
there.
Was sick this week and did not
get to go to the Football game...
Wuz I put out. . .until.. .1 read
the next mornings paper. . .
Congratulations Morgan County
. . .you whipped one of the best
teams in the State! Guess it was
your turn. . .but I did not get to
see it. . .so I slept good that
night, just as if nothing had hap
pened. . .and quit worrying over
not getting to go to that game.
We salute you, even If you did
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G&F Official
To Speak At
Kiwanis Today
Guest speaker at the weekly
luncheon meeting (today) of the
Covington Kiwanis Club will be
Jim Morrison, Editor of the Ge
orgia Game and Fish Magazine,
and Public Relations Director for
the Game and Fish Dept. The
meeting will be held at the Teen
Can building on Newton Drive at
1 p. m.
Charles Elliott, Kiwanlan and
Southern Field Editor of Outdoor
Life Magazine, will be in charge
of the program today and he will
introduce the speaker.
Accompanying Mr. Morrison to
the local meeting today will be
John Hall, a former resident of
Covington, who is a Staff Writer
for the Georgia Game and Fish
Magazine. Mr. Hall was execut
ive director of the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of Com
merce some six years ago.
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“Our Obligation,” a film on
fire safety in the school, was
shown at the Covington Kiwanis
Club’s regular weekly meeting
at the Teen Can Thursday. Den
nis Kane was program chairman
of the week and he was aided by
Ray Reece, who was the project
ionist. i
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed: Myron Floyd, guest of Mar
tin Goode; Rev. Owen Kellum,
Jr. and Charles Held of Atlanta,
guests of Carl Smith; and Art
Henderson, guest of Leo S. Mal
lard.
Covington Girl Injured In Lawn Mower Accident
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BONNIE SUE JOHNSON, age 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bonham Johnson Rebecca Street Covington,
suffered a badly cut foot In a lawn mower accident in a neighbor's yard Thursday. Bonnie is shown ave
with the injured foot and the shoe she was wearing at the time of the accident. Some 2 > s i c e
taken in the foot, but no broken bones were found. She will be confined to a wheel chair or some im
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Bibb , Land To Board Os Education
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8188 MANUFACTURING COMPANY has donated 50 acres of land on Brown Bridge Road to the Newton
County Board of Education for educational purposes. The deed was presented Tuesday morning at.the
board’s regular monthly meeting. Making the presentation on behalf of Bibb, is B. B. Snow (standing
left), vice-president. J. Henry Anderson, chairman of the board of education, received the document.
Others in the photo are (from left): Greeley Ellis, Wiley Allgood, M. B. Shaw (Bibb Supt. at Porterdale),
Supt. of Schools J. W. (Whit) Richardson, Leonard Standard and Ralph Spears (seated).
First Grade Program Discussed By School Officials
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GEORGE HUTCHINSON, principal of E. L. Ficquett Elementary School, with Miss Louise Reeves,
Newton County Curriculum Director and Whitlow Richardson, County School Superintendent discuss an
important feature of the new first grade program with Dr. George Mason (right), Associate Professor
and Research Associate in the College of Education at the University of Georgia, at the program held
at Newton High Auditorium Friday evening.
What Local Residents
Get For Their Taxes
How much did Newton County residents pay, on the average, in
Federal, state and local taxes in the past year? What did they
get back for these payments in the form of roads, schools, protection,
health care and other public works and services?
This relationship, between tax
burden and benefits, is the subject
of a special national study just
completed by the Tax Foundat
ion, a non-profit research or
ganization that serves as a watch
dog on government finances.
Its figures show that the taxes
paid and the benefits received do
not balance each other except
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for families with net incomes of
about $6,000.
Below that level, the benefits
derived are greater than the
costs. Above It, taxes exceed
benefits.
Residents of Newton County,
whose incomes averaged $1,677
per capita in the past year, after
deduction for personal taxes, had
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1967
tax bills of approximately SI,BOO
per family, according to the Tax
Foundation’s figures.
This takes into account all ta
xes, direct ones and hidden ones,
collected by all levels of govern
ment.
In return for this outlay they
received benefits estimated at
$1,789 per family.
For local families with net
incomes of SIO,OOO, taxes amoun
ted to $2,830 in the year and the
benefits received came to $2,190.
Those with incomes of $3,000,
on the other hand, had taxes of
$789 and benefits of approxi
mately $1,560.
In the Tax Foundation study,
the benefits are divided into two
broad groups—specific and ge
neral.
In the specific category are
education, highways, public wel
fare, veteran benefits, labor and
manpower, agriculture and social
insurance.
The general benefits are the
ones that result from government
spending for health and sanitat
ion, national defense, commerce
and finance, civilian safety, in
ternational affairs and general
government administration.
For most people in the United
States, earning the money to pay
their taxes takes the biggest part
of their working day, the Tax
Foundation states. On average,
2 hours and 25 minutes of work
is needed to meet Federal, state
and local taxes.
TEMPERATURES
Covington temperatures dur
ing the past week, according to
Weatherman Jack Chapman, were
as follows:
Wed., Aug. 30th 82 59
Thurs., Aug. 31st 86 61
Frl., Sept. Ist 80 64
Sat., Sept. 2nd 74 56
Sun., Sept. 3rd 70 58
Mon., Sept. 4th
Tues., Sept. sth 77 54
Robinson Gets Top
Job In Fund Drive
The officers of the Covington-Newton County United Fund, Inc.,
met September 6, 1967, at the United Fund office. Present were:
E. G. Lassiter, Jr., President; W. J. Dickey, vice-president; Patsy
Britt, Secretary; Dr. Sam B. Hay, Ed Robinson, S. J. Morcock, Hugh
Steele and Dr. Dallas Tarkenton.
Mr. Lassiter, President, re
ported to the Board that First
Vice - President, Bernys Shaw,
would be unable to head the cam
paign this fall due to an upcoming
business trip to Europe.
Ed Robinson was named Gen
eral Chairman of the 1968 cam
paign. Mr. Robinson Is man
ager of the Snapping Shoals El
ectric Membership Corporation
serving a several county area
with headquarters In Covington.
E. G. Lassiter, President, said
Mr. Robinson’s outstanding per
formance In the organization,
having served as President for
three years, reveals excellent
leadership. The county is indeed
fortunate to have such an exper
ienced man to head the areas
biggest and most Important an
nual fund-raising effort.
The Covington-Newton Coun
ty United Fund, Inc., is admini
stered and managed by a Board
of Trustees consisting of fifteen
members, five of whom are elec
ted annually for a three-year
term. Those elected this year
for a three-year term are Mrs.
Helen Dickinson, Donald Step
henson, Dr. James W. Purcell,
Gerald Wendel and Dr. Dallas
Tarkenton. The other members
are: E. G. Lassiter, Ed Robin
son, Miss Mae Hardman, Robert
Fowler, Dr. Sam B. Hay, Sr.,
Hugh Steele, S. J. Morcock, Gr
eeley Ellis, R. O. Arnold and
M. B. Shaw.
The United Fund single cam
paign replaces fourteen separate
drives formerly made In our
county. The United Way now
raises money far the following,
health counseling and youth gui
dance participating agencies:
For Youth Guidance: Boy
Scouts of America, Girl Scouts
of America, State Y.M.C.A, of
Georgia, United Service Organi
zation (USO); For Helping Trou
bled people: the Rotary Empty
Stocking Fund, Salvation Army,
Newton County Heart, Cancer and
Emergency Relief Fund, Inc. This
agency receives the largest allo
cation In the budget and distri
butes 100 percent of the funds to
assistance In Newton County; Ho-
Mobil Safety
Record Cited
Mobil Chemical Company ce
lebrated this week with free cof
fee and donuts for all employees
in the Packaging Plant. The
Packaging Plant completed one
year on August 21, 1967 without a
disabling or loss of time injury
to any of its employees. Approx
imately 225,000 man hours were
worked during the past 12 months.
Foams Plant also maintains a
perfect record for its three mon
ths of operation.
Mobil’s personnel manager,
Lynn Maxwell, states he Is happy
that this kind of record does
exist at Mobil and pleased that
the Pilot Club of Covington has
designated September as Safety
Month.
Lt. Col. Thornley
Receives Legion
Os Merit Award
SUITLAND, MD. — Lieutenant
Colonel James F. Thornley was
awarded the Legion of Merit on
29 August 1967 for meritorious
conduct In the performance of
outstanding service. The cere
mony was held at the Headquar
ters, United States Army Strat
egic Communications Command
for the Continental United St
ates (USASTRATCOM-CONUS).
Colonel Thornely distinguished
himself as Chief of the Logistics
Division, Deputy Commander and
Commanding Officer of Head
quarters, USASTRATCOM
CONUS, during the period 22 Au
gust 1964 through 1 June 1967.
Lt. Col. Thornley attended sc
hools in Toccoa, Georgia and re
ceived his Bachelor of Science
Degree from the University of
Maryland. He is a graduate of
the Advanced Signal Officers
Course and the Army’s Com
mand and General Staff College.
Lt. Col. Thornley is married
to the former Marie Simpson of
Shelley, Idaho, and has two child
ren, Jeff 12 and Jana 7. He has
two sisters, Mrs. Lois Hay of
1312 Floyd Street, Covington,
and Mrs. Lyn Irvin of 4112 Bruch
Hill Road, Nashville, Tennessee.
mes for children; Georgia
Sheriffs Boys’ Ranch, Plantation
Manor, Georgia Industrial Home;
for health services: Newton
County Mental Health, Diabetes,
Arthritis Foundation, for Red
Cross Blood Program, Home
services and Disaster services.
"Lite-A-Bike”
Program Here
Saturday A.M.
Newton County VFW Post 9146
will sponsor a free “Lite-A-
Blke” program In Covington, Sat
urday, September 9 from 10 a. m.
to 12 noon In front of Baker Field
on Conyers Street.
The reflector safety tape has
been furnished free of charge by
the 3M Company. All Newton
County children are urged to
bring their bicycles to Baker
Field Saturday morning.
Explorer Post 207
Seeks Members
PORTERDALE —On Septem
ber 11, 1967, Explorer Post 207,
Porterdale, will start Its year
ly round-up for new members.
All boys from 14-18 years of
age are eligible to join.
They will be able to learn
camping, first aid, rope work,
swimming, and other interesting
feats.
The Post is sponsored by the
Porterdale Men’s Club and has
Sam Savage as the adviser. He
will be assisted by Tommy
Barnes and Lee Brunson.
Cub Pack 58
Reorganizes
Tonight 7:30
Cub Pack 58 will reorganize
for the year tonight (Thursday)
at 7:30 at the Teen Can build
ing on Newton Drive.
Parents with boys ages 8-11
wishing to participate In Scout
activities are urged to attend
this meeting. It Is not neces
sary for boys to attend the mee
ting tonight unless they want to.
Cub Pack 58 Is sponsored by the
Covington Rotary Club.
Livingston PTA
Meets On Monday
Livingston School P.T.A. will
meet Monday night, September
11, in the school cafeteria at
7:30.
The new officers for this year
are: President - Bob King,
Vice-President - Mrs. Martin
Hollis, Treasurer - Mrs. Judy
Stitcher. All parents and teach
ers are urged to attend.
Pratt Lake Drained As Fishermen Have Holiday
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THESE ANGLERS are fishing as the 10-acre lake of Moncey Pratt on Jersey Road, Covfngton,. was
drained Monday. Many of the fish were caught by hand, gigged and seined, over 400 pounds of catfish,
crappie and bass were caught. (Other photos In The Covington NEWS today).
Editorial 2
Obituary „ &
Society 9
Sports 13
Legal 18
Classified 18 -19
Trucks Help Send Newton County
$115,675 For Streets And Roads
Newton County and Its muni
cipalities will receive a combin
ed total of approximately
$115,675 in state grants for use
on streets and roads during fis
cal 1967-68, State Treasury Dept,
records show.
State highway use taxes on
trucks will supply approximate
ly $31,463 of the total, according
to the Georgia Motor Trucking
Association.
Each year, from Its motor fuel
tax revenues, Georgia apportions
among the 159 counties approxi
mately $9.3 million for their
use In construction and mainten
ance of county roads. An iden
tical amount Is now apportioned
among “eligible and qualified”
municipalities, according to po
pulation, for road use.
The truck portion Is comput
ed by applying the percentage
of total motor fuel taxes paid In
Georgia by trucks against the
total allocations.
As a group, trucks pay more
than $35 million a year In Geor-
Retail Sales
Up 14.4% In
Newton County
Retail sales during the second
quarter of 1967 totaled $1,924,-
860,000 as compared to $1,786,-
975,000 during the same period
last year, an increase of 7.7%
a Georgia State Chamber of Com
merce survey showed Tuesday.
According to the survey, re
tail sales decreased in seven
of the state’s 159 counties. How
ever, in Newton County the retail
sales over a year ago increased
by 14.4%.
Taxable sales in Georgia are
based on Georgia Department
of Revenue data for adjusted
gross sales tax amounts. These
figures exclude out-of-state pur
chases, which relate to use tax
amounts, and they indicate place
of sale rather than consumer
buying power by place of resi
dence.
New Traffic
Pattern For
Covington
A new traffic pattern has been
put Into use around the Coving
ton City Square. Vehicles will
be routed around the square in
a counter-clockwise system.
City workmen were busy yes
terday (Wednesday) painting ar
rows and Installing directional
signs for the new traffic sys
tem.
Mayor Walker Harris said that
the new venture would solve many
of the traffic problems In Down
town Covington. Heretofore, on
Saturdays many bottlenecks had
developed In the Downtown traf
fic.
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gia In highway use taxes—chiefly
license plate fees and fuel taxes.
A license plate for the largest
trucks costs $7lO. The state
trucking association has com
puted that user taxes paid to op
erate a single tractor—trailer
unit In Georgia are equal to the
taxes paid to operate 40 automo
biles.
Newton County will receive
$62,916. “Eligible” municipa
lities in Newton County, and the
amount of each will receive, are:
Covington $34,454
Mansfield 3,670
Oxford 4,658
Porterdale 9,977
22 Traffic
Violators In
City Cited
A total of 22 traffic violat
ors either paid fines or forfei
ted cash bonds In Judge E. W.
Strozler’s Covington City Court
Monday morning. Ten speeders
topped the list of offenders.
Others whose cases were cal
led included four for driving
without a license, three for reck
less driving, three for driving
under the influence of Intoxicants,
and one each for running a red
light and operating a vehicle
with an expired sticker.
Judge Strozler’s morning was
also taken up with a heavy doc
ket of drunk persons whose cas
es were called for trial. Fifteen
persons had their cases called
for trial but most of those for
feited their bonds.
Seven disorderly conduct ca
ses were called and one person
drew a fine for carrying a gun
without a permit.
C. R. Bard Stock
Split Announced
Murray Hill, N. J., August 29,
1967—The board of directors of
C. R. Bard, Inc. today voted a
100% stock distribution to effect
a 2-for-l split of Bard's capital
stock. The share for share dis
tribution is scheduled for approx
imately September 15th to share
holders of record as of August
29, 1967. This action, announced
by President Roland F. Simons,
follows a special meeting of Bard
shareholders this morning at wh
ich it was voted to increase the
authorized capital stock to 4,800-
000 shares from 2,400,000, with
par value to remain at $.25 per
share.
Also approved at the special
meeting of shareholders was the
elimination of preemptive right
and the elimination of cumulative
voting in the election of company
directors.
As of August Bth, the record
date of today’s special meeting
of shareholders, there were
1,630,824 shares of Bard capital
stock outstanding, held by
approximately 2,057 sharehold
ers of record.