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We read a column (the best
the Constitution carries) on Tu
esday morning. It was written
by a member of one of Cov
ington’s most beloved families.
Oh! what a feeling of nostal
gia! We thought of the song we
used to sing as we glided thru
the thick, lazy looking waters
of Dismal Swamps, in Virginia,
enroute to Savannah from New
York, where we had purchased
our first boat. The “Claire
mont” nosed through those wat
ers without a single splash, turn
ing the thick syrup-like still
waters over in silent waves.
They made a slight ripple all the
way to the edge of the very
narrow canal which was flank
ed on either side by moss cov
ered piling, and atop the piling
beautiful pink Cherokee roses
nodded a welcome, honeysuckle
thickened the atmosphere with
it’s frangrance; yellow jasmine
entwined everywhere in all its
beauty.
Leon Flowers was with us on
this trip. . .and we’d sing, “Fl
oating down the river on a Sun
day afternoon”. . .no matter
what the day was. Yes, we were
born to love the beautiful handi
work of God, the Father, in all
its wonderous perfection of the
glory He can bring into our
lives.
Charles Elliott expressed that
special feeling, we cannot ex
press, so beautifully in his col
umn of Tuesday: “We have nev
er considered fishing a compet
itive Sport-a contest to see who
could outdo who. Fishing is re
laxation, association with solit
ude, enjoyment of beauty and mu
sic made by running water, an
escape from the fierce competit
ion by which most of us earn
our daily bread.”
The Inland Waterway all the
way from Daytona to Miami is
beautiful and so relaxing that
we never wanted to come home
. . .except when the companion
would say: (right out of a clear
sky, when we were most relaxed
on the sun deck) “All-aboard,
we are packing right now to go
home, .and make a little more
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John Dickens N
First Notional I
The Board of Directors of the
First National Bank of Newton
County announced this week that
Grady Coleman has submitted
his resignation, to become ef
fective October 15. Mr. Cole
man is resigning to become Pre
sident of a newly chartered bank
In Gwinnett County.
At the same time, the Direc
tors announced that John Dick
ens, who is presently serving
the bank as Cashier, will now
assume the duties of chief exec
utive officer of the bank. Mr.
Dickens has been named Exec
utive Vice President and Cash
ier of the Bank.
Hugh Steele, Chairman of the
Board of Directors, stated, “We
regret very much that Mr. Cole
man is leaving. He has very
capably served our bank from
the time we were issued our
charter a little over four years
ago. We are proud of the grow
th of First National Bank of New
ton County during these four
years and Mr. Coleman’s capable
leadership has meant much to us
in this growth. We wish him
success in his new job.”
Prior to coming to Covington
about two years ago, Mr. Dick
ens was with Citizens and South
ern Bank in Thomaston. He has
sixteen years of banking exper
ience.
In announcing Mr. Dickens'
appointment, Mr. Steele stated,
“We are confident that we can
continue to provide the people
of this area the type of banking
facilities and services to which
Traffic Signs Give New Routing Around City Square
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RAY GEIGER, City Engineer, holds one of the directional traffic signs placed around the Covington
City Square last Thursday. Traffic Is now routed around the square counter-clockwise.
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VOLUME 102
Oxford College Prepares For 1967-68 Opening
Hoffman HeadsChamber-Commerce
Bill Hoffman, owner and man
ager of Radio Station WGFS,
was elected president of the Cov
ington-Newton County Chamber
of Commerce for the coming fis
cal year. He took over the reins
of the civic organization Monday
at the regular monthly meeting
of the group. Hoffman succeeds
Grady Coleman.
Other officers elected to serve
with Mr. Hoffman include: Dr.
Johnny Maloney, vice-president;
Mrs. Marion Britt, secretary;
and board of directors: Hugh
Steele, Dave Morrison, Gerald
Civic Chorus To
Begin Practice
Tuesday 8 PM
Covington Civic Chorus, under
the direction of John Austin, will
begin fall practice Tuesday even
ing, September 19, at 8 p.m. at
the First Methodist Church. All
present members are urged to
be present and any others inter
ested are cordially invited to at
tend.
Director Austin announced the
“Messiah” will be presented
again this year as the Christmas
Concert and will be an annual
presentation by the group at this
time each year. There will also
be two other concerts during the
fall and winter presented by the
Civic Chorus.
lamed Head Os
Bank Here
John Dickens
they have become accustomed.
Mr. Dickens brings to his new
job many years of banking ex
perience and we are very for
tunate in having a person as
capable as Mr. Dickens to ac
cept this responsibility.”
The Board of Directors also
announced that they have elect
ed Bill Hoffman, formerly Vice
President, as President and Ja
mes Hutchins and Guy Evans
have been elected Vice Presi
dents. These three new officers
have been members of the Board
of Directors since the bank was
chartered and will continue to
serve in an advisory capacity
only.
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Wendel, Guy Evans and Greeley
Ellis.
During the meeting Monday
four new members were wel
comed into the C. of C. by Pres
ident Coleman. A. W. Jackson,
business manager of Oxford Col
lege; Roger Mclntosh of Quick
Car Wash; Dave Edwards of the
First Citizens Bank, Covington;
and Lou Karman of Hercules,
are the new members.
No formal speaker appeared
on the program Monday but the
new president of the chamber,
Mr. Hoffman, did make a short
talk after being introduced by
President Coleman.
Prior to making the officer
slate nomination, Vice-Presi
dent Hugh Steele read the min
utes of the August meeting. Ed
Robinson, a past-president of
the C. of C., gave the nominat
ing Committee report. It was
adopted unanimously.
Visitors at the meeting Mon
day included: Donald Kent of
the Belk store chain, Wally Hast
ings of MacGregor-Brunswick,
and Arthur Henderson of The
Covington News.
Band Booster
Club Meeting
Tuesday 8 PM
The Band Booster Club will
have its first meeting of the
1967-1968 season, September 19,
at 8:00 p.m. at the Teen-Can
Building on Newton Drive.
The theme of the program will
be “getting to know you”. All
Land parents, former members
and patrons of the band are urged
to attend this important meeting.
The new officers and the band
directors will be introduced, the
club’s budget and the year’s fund
raising projects will be pre
sented.
A group of Cadet and Blue Ram
bler Band members will present
a short musical program. Re
freshments will be served fol
lowing the meeting.
Wildlife Exhibit
At Newton Fair
A main feature of the 1967
Newton County Fair, October 2-7,
will be the famous Georgia Wild
life Exhibit from the State Game
and Fish Commission.
The local fair, through the
sponsorship of Newton County
Post 32 American Legion, is
making plans for an expanded
fair this year at Legion Field.
The Wildlife Exhibit will come
to Newton County directly from
the Mountain Fair at Hiwassee
and will be under the supervision
of Ranger Chief Cotton of Man
chester. The exhibit features
wildlife of all types that are
native to Georgia. The State
is a mecca for wildlife and the
plans call for the cattle barn at
the Fairgrounds to be filled by
this exhibit.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1967
Chamber Os Commerce Officers For New Year
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COVINGTON-NEWTON County Chamber of Commerce officers for the new year were elected at the
September meeting of the organization Monday at the Teen Can. In the photo are, left to right: Guy
Evans Dave Morrison, Gerald Wendel, board of directors; Bill Hoffman, president, takes the gavel
from ’outgoing president Grady Coleman; Dr. Johnny Maloney and Hugh Steele, board of directors.
Greeley Ellis, another board member, and Mrs. Marion Britt, secretary, were not present for the
picture.
10 Leaders Appointed
In United Fund Drive
Ten business and professional
leaders have been named division
chairmen for the United Fund
drive, according to an announce
ment from Ed Robinson, Chair
man of the 1968 United Appeal.
Gerry Wendel, Manager Pack
aging Plant, Mobil Chemical Co
mpany, will head the Industrial
Section. Gerry is a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Cov
ington - Newton County United
Fund and member of the Kiwanis
Club.
W. C. “Doc” Savage will or
ganize the outlying communities
of the county. Mr. Savage has
served previously on key com-
Albert Berry Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Today At 1 PM
A native Newton Countian who
has had considerable experience
with the Kentucky Board of Edu
cation and the Georgia Depart
ment of Education will be the
guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club meeting today (Th
ursday) at the Teen Can at 1
o’clock.
Albert L. Berry, State Coor
dinator of Curriculum for the
Georgia Dept. Os Education, is
expected to discuss curriculum
projects for the State of Georgia
at the meeting today. Dr. E. L.
Smith is in charge of the program
and he will introduce Mr. Berry.
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Jim Morrison, Public Relat
ions Director for the Georgia
Game and Fish Commission, was
the guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club meeting Thurs
day. Charles Elliott, Covington
Kiwanian and columnist for the
Atlanta Constitution, was in cha
rge of the program.
Mr. Morrison told the Kiwan
ians of the Game and Fish Com
mission work in this area of the
state. He especially cited the
fine hunting and fishing advan
tages offered in Newton and sur
rounding counties.
Dean Wohlgemuth, Assistant
to Mr. Morrison, accompanied
the speaker to Covington.
Other visitors at the meeting
included: Rev. Tom White and
Rev. Owen Kellum, Jr. of Cov
ington; Ronnie Aiken and Stan
Argo, members of the NCHS
Key Club. Also, an inter-club
meeting from the Griffin Club
were present. They were: Mel
vin Brantley, Jim Joiner, Ed
Kelly and Grady Norton.
Prior to the program a new
member was inducted into the
club. He is Wayne Rumble,
General Foreman of the MacGre
gor Golf Ball Department at the
local Brunswick plant.
Homer F. Sharp handled the
induction ceremony.
mittees of the United Fund. He
is a director of Snapping Shoals
Electric Membership Corporat
ion and a retired naval lieuten
ant commander. Mr. Savage
is active in the affairs of his
community of Salem.
Dr. W. S. Cook Jr. will head
the Professional Group Division
of doctors, dentists, lawyers and
engineers. Dr. Cook, long act
ive in community affairs, has
served as chairman previously
of major drives. He is a mem
ber of the Northern District Den
tal Society of Georgia, a past
president of the Covington Rotary
Club where he now serves as
Chairman of Overseas Student
Affairs.
Herbert Vining, Executive
Vice-President of Newton Fed
eral Savings and Loan Associat
ion, will be chairman of the fin
ancial institutions group and in
surance agencies. Active in fund
raising for many years in all
worthwhile community endeav
ors, Mr. Vining has served as
director of the Georgia Savings
and Loan League and an officer
of the Covington Rotary Club
where he is an active member.
Howard Brooks, Merchandise
Manager, White’s Enterprises,
will be in charge of the furnit
ure, hardware and appliance sto
res group. Howard has served
the county in many worthwhile
endeavors including the United
Fund. He is active with the At
lanta Council of Boy Scouts of
America, the Rotary Club of
Covington of which he is past
president and other civic and
worthwhile organizations.
Terry Avery, Assistant Cash-
Almon To Have
Scout Troop
The Almon Boy Scout Troop
#l7B will hold an organizational
meeting next Wednesday night,
September 20, at 7:30 P.M.inthe
Almon Scout Hut according to
Howard Brooks, O and E chair
man of Newton-Rockdale Dis
trict. The Lions Club voted to
sponsor the unit at their reg
ular meeting last Monday night.
The committee was formed
and is composed of the follow
ing men: Jack Clark, president
of the Lions Club; James O.
Neely will serve as institutional
representative; James Henry
Dobbs, committee chairman; G.
H. Dobbs, Arden E. Davis, Ron
ald Helm, C. H. Berry, Jr.,
J. T. Owens, Jr. and W. N.
Hammonds. Leon Hall will serve
as Scout Master and the assis
tant Scout Masters to be named
later.
Mr. Brooks pointed out that
all boys who have attained the
age of 10 1/2 years or more
are urged to be present next
Monday night and be registered
on the charter as a charter
member.
ier of the Bank of Covington,
is division head of the depart
ment, clothing and variety sto
res group. Terry, too, is an
experienced worker in finance
drives having served in all the
major campaigns before the or
ganization of the United Fund.
Terry is a Kiwanian where he
now serves as Secretary.
Ray Reece, Manager of South
ern Bell Telephone Company in
Covington, will be in charge of
drug stores, service stations and
auto supply stores. Ray, too,
has been long identified with
community services, havingbeen
chairman of several major cam
paigns. He is a member of the
Kiwanis Club of Covington and
other civic organizations.
W. J. Dickey, a vice-presi
dent of the United Fund, will
head the beauty shops, barbers,
dry cleaners and other service
industries. Mr. Dickey, a re-
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Brenda Williams
Named To Dean's
List At G.S.C.
Brenda F. Williams of 904
Wesley, Oxford, has been named
to the School of Business Ad
ministration Dean’s list for
summer quarter at Georgia State
College.
The list includes students in
the top 5% scholastically of the
School of Arts and Sciences and
the School of Business Admin
istration at GSC.
Safety Program Given At NCHS Chapel
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"STREET AND HIGHWAY SAFETY” was the subject of the Friday morning chapel program at Newton
County High School. In keeping with September as Safety Month, the Covington Pilot Club sponsored the
program at NCHS. Mrs. S. M. Hay (left), was moderator of the program. Others who served as panelists
are (from left to right): Sgt. Lamar Pope of the Griffin State Highway Patrol office, Covington Chief of
Police Hinton Bailey, NCHS Principal Homer F. Sharp, Newton Ordinary Donald Stephenson, and Cov
ington Mayor Walker Harris.
Editorial
Obituary
Society 9
Sports 17-18
0-22
Classified 20-22-23
Enrollment Expected To Be 500;
8 New Faculty Members Present
Oxford College of Emory University wiU soon be a beehive of
activity as the faculty and students come to the campus for the
1967-68 academic year.
The week of Pre-Registra
tion Faculty Conference began
Tuesday, September 12, with the
orientation session for new
faculty members. The new ad
ditions to the staff are William
G. Adams, Admissions Counsel
or; Miss Jean Mary Blalock, Soc
ial Science Instructor; Miss Jud
ith N. McDonald, Physical Edu
cation Instructor; Dr. Juan Rod
riquez, Spanish Instructor; Wil
liam T. Sells, Physical Educat
ion Instructor; Simon A. Strick
len, Jr., Mathematics Instructor;
and Thomas S. Tredway, Mathe
matics Instructor. Homer F.
Sharp, Jr., Assistant Professor
of Biology, returns to Oxford
College after a years leave of ab
sence to continue work on a doc
toral degree at the University of
Georgia. John T. Lovern who was
2 Arrested In
1 Illegal Sale
Beer In City
Two residents of Covington,
one a housewife, were cited for
trial in the Covington City Court
„ Monday but they failed to appear
and therefore Judge E. W. Stroz
ier ordered their bonds forfeited.
The housewife who faced charges
of selling beer without a license
and selling beer to a minor for
feited a $500.00 bond. The mer
chant’s bond was SIOO.OO.
The two cases may also be
brought before the next session
of the Newton County Superior
Court for prosecution in that
body.
Judge Strozier had a busy ses
sion Monday as the docket conta
ined a variety of offenses. Five
offenders charged with driving
under the influence of intoxic
ants drew heavy fines or forfeit
ed their bonds approximating
$150.00 to $175.00.
Other cases called for trial
Monday included four persons
for reckless driving, six for dis
orderly conduct and six for being
drunk. Four cases were made
for persons having wrecks on the
streets of the city.
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NEWTON SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SHOWS SLIGHT GAIN OVER 1966
The student enrollment in most
Newton County schools showed
an increase over a year ago,
according to the figures releas
ed for the first day of school
each of the past two years. In
total enrollment this year (on
August 30) there were 5,753 stu
dents, and on the first day in
1966 there were 5,668 enrolled.
The largest increase in enroll
ment this year came at the E. L.
Ficquett elementary school in
Covington. There are 152 more
students at Ficquett this year
than a year ago. The number
enrolled at the Covington school
is 1,063. A year ago there were
911 in the eight grades.
Other increases this year are
noted at Livingston school, 379
as compared to 345 in 1966,
Newton County High School 1,000
NUMBER 37
the Security Officer for the past
three years has been appointed
Director of Housing.
The theme of the faculty con
ference is two-fold. “A Study
of Oxford College as a Part of
Emory University” will be the
theme Wednesday. “Oxford Col
lege and Her Students” will serve
as the theme for Thursday and
Friday. “We are concerned to
think about ways of Improving
the service to students at Ox
ford,” stated Dean Bond Flem
ing. A faculty-staff picnic at
the Dean’s house will be in
cluded in this week of confer
ences.
Two faculty members have re
ceived Doctoral Degrees during
the Summer. Dr. Lewis F. Ar
cher, Assistant Professor of Hu
manities, received his Ph. D.
Degree from Drew University.
Dr. Carlos B. Meyer, Associate
Professor of Health & Physical
Education, received his Ed.D.
Degree from George Peabody
College.
Members of the faculty who
are returning are; Neal Bond
Fleming, Dean; Carlton J. Ad
ams, Assistant Professor of Ch
emistry; Robert W. Allen, As
sociate Professor of French and
Spanish; Lewis F. Archer, As
sistant Professor of Humanities;
John A. Austin, Jr., Assistant
Professor of German; Andrew L.
Autry, Associate Professor of
Chemistry; Donald N. Broughton,
Assistant Professor of Social
Science; Charles A. Burnett, As
sistant Professor of Health and
Physical Education; Mary C.
Crudup, Instructor in French;
Theodore E. Davis, Assistant
Professor of History; Marshall
R. Elizer, Associate Professor of
Mathematics, Director of Student
Affairs; Captain Robert O. En
never, Jr., Associate Professor
of Aerospace Studies; Captain
Gerald A. Girard, Assistant Pro
fessor of Aerospace Studies;
Martha Judith Greer, Assistant
Professor of Health and Physical
Education, Women’s Counselor;
John W. Gregory, Associate Pro
fessor of Humanities; Sara Mc-
Dowell Gregory, Librarian; Jos
eph Edwin Guillebeau, Jr.,
Associate Professor of Human-
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as against 955, East Newton el
ementary 385 to 376, and R. L.
Cousins High School 555 as com
pared to 517.
The 11 schools of the county
and their total enrollment the
first day of school for the past
two years are as follows:
School 1967 1966
Heard-Mixon 111 119
Livingston 379 345
Mansfield 105 114
Palmer Stone 522 531
Porterdale 522 524
Ficquett 1,063 911
Newton High 1,000 955
Cousins High 555 517
Cousins Ele. 805 928
East Newton 385 376
Wash. St. 306 348
Total 5,753 5,668