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We shall never forget the day
that we came to Covington to live.
We chose Covington, after travel
ing over seven States for two
years, for we married a “travel
ing newspaper man.” We have
told you how we found Covington
(or I did) in the Publishers Aux
iliary. Here, the Covington News
was advertised for sale. Dr,
Snowden, owner of the paper,
died. We came down to see the
paper. . .1 bought it to get the
man off the road six days per
week, for it was no life for
me. . .even tho’ we had friends
in every town, and a Church in
every town, with friends who gr
eeted us about once every 2 mon
ths.
We thought Covington one of the
prettiest towns we knew. It’s
people welcomed us with open
arms. . .They had not had an ed
itor who had a family, nor one
who really stayed at the plant
and operated the paper. They
were hungry for a good paper.
We were overjoyed to build that
paper from a four page sheet to
one which now covers this sec
tion of the state. It sold the
merchandise for our merchants,
for even tho’ we believe in News,
as our merchants grow, so does
out city grow.
We have watched, for 35 years,
the growth of our town. It is un
believable! It is one of the fin
est cultural centers within the
State. Our civic, patriotic, cul
tural clubs are the finest. The
Industrial world has taken note
of the great potentialities here...
available labor, etc. Churches of
every denomination have come to
our city. Our schools have grown
in leaps and bounds. . .a fine
additional complex to the Newton
County High School is a welcome
sight. . .an accredited hospital
has been bursting at its seams
since it was erected a few years
ago. . .and a huge addition will
be underway in the very near
future.
One of our greatest needs has
been fine restaurants and places
to eat. They are coming to us
now and more planning to come.
We have heard rumors of some
fine Cafeteria coming from a
great chain. The finest highways
bring you here and moves Atlanta
only 30 minutes away (if you drive
carefully) and do not make it in
20 minutes or less.
Macon is near. . .so is the Uni
versity of Georgia at Athens...
The mountains of North Georgia
and North Carolina are near
enough to spend the day there
soon to see the beauty of the
autumn leaves. . .or the Dogwood
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Motorist Forfeits
$300.00 Bond On
Three Charges
At least one Covington auto
mobile driver will be more care
ful in driving in the City limits
of Covington in the future. City
Police booked a man during the
weekend for driving under the
influence of intoxicants (DUI),
reckless driving and speeding. At
Monday’s session of Judge E. W.
Strozier’s court he failed to ap
pear and the Judge ordered his
$300.00 bond forfeited.
Other cases heard by Judge
Strozier in a rather busy day,
included one subject charged with
shoplifting. He was fined $50.00.
Thirteen drunk cases were call
ed for trial and many forfeited
their bonds on this charge.
All in all, it was a bad week
for reckless drivers in the City,
as 10 drivers had cases made
against them on this count. Four
were ticketed for speeding, and
two were fined for drag racing
in the city.
Driving under the influence
also saw six persons fined or
forfeited their bonds. One was
given a ticket for running a red
light and another paid a fine for
using an improper tag.
Bibb’s Vocational Training Program At Porterdale
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BIBB’S 1967-68 Vocational Training Program was launched at Porterdale Friday. Between 90 and 100
of the Bibb employees are taking the course. The initial session of the class is shown in the photo above
at the Woman’s Club room. James Hardman is director of Vocational Training at Porterdale.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1967
Better Newspaper
Contests
The Georgi' <ied ^6s— The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME r
Ag. Comm. ..er Campbell To
Speak At Mansfield Monday
Georgia Commissioner of Ag
riculture Phil Campbell will be
the guest speaker at the Mans
field Lions Club meeting, Monday
evening, Sept. 25 at 8 o’clock.
State Senator Brooks Penning
ton of Madison will introduce the
Commissioner. Sen. Pennington
is chairman of the Senate Agri
culture Committee and is an exe
cutive of the Pennington Grain
and Seed Company with plants in
many of the Southern States and
Mexico.
Program chairman for the
meeting Is Harold Brown, a mem
ber of the Mansfield Lions Club.
Also present for the meeting will
be A. T. Bray of Madison, an
employee of the Department of
Agriculture. Presiding at the
meeting will be Darwin T. Vaug
hn, newly-installed president of
the Mansfield Lions.
Commissioner Campbell has
served as the head of the De
partment of Agriculture since
1954. He is also a former
president of University of Geor
gia Alumni Society and has been
Ga. Assistant Sports Information
Director Speaks At Kiwanis Today
One of two men who is probably
closest to all University of Geo
rgia sports will be the guest
speaker at the Covington Kiwanis
Club meeting today at the Teen
Can at 1 p.m. Heis Loran Smith,
Assistant Sports Information
Director of the Bulldogs.
Mr. Smith, who works with Dan
Magill, head sports publicist at
Athens, is a native of Johnson
County, Ga. and is a graduate of
the University of Georgia. He
was a member of the Bulldog
track team while attending Geor
gia.
Having worked with various da
ily newspapers and the Red And
Black at Athens, Smith joined the
Bulldog sports information staff
in 1964.
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Albert L. Berry, State Coor
dinator of Curriculum for the
Georgia Dept, of Education, was
the speaker at Kiwanis Thursday.
Mr. Berry is a native of Newton
County.
In his speech he explained the
many steps that the schools in
the state go through in getting
and maintaining Federal aid. He
said that some 15 school systems
in Georgia are now cut off from
the Federal aid program. “This
amount involves more than
$2 1/2-million,” he stated.
Visitors at the meeting Thurs
day included Tom Strickland of
Athens, Maynard Kessinger and
Harry Miller of Covington, Jud
Callaway and Slade Exley, Key
Club members; and Jim Allen and
John Lamar Callaway of the NCHS
Ram football team.
During the meeting the 1968
officers for the Kiwanis Club
were elected unanimously. Pre
sident Ben Banks read the list of
nominees:
Phillip Cohen, president; Guy
Benefit Bridge
Party Sept. 28
The Pilot Club of Covington
is sponsoring a Benefit Bridge
Party on September 28, 1967,
8:00 P.M., at the American Leg
ion Hall.
There will be prizes for the
high scores and door prizes will
be given away.
All interested people who would
like to have tickets are reminded
to call 786-3056, 786-2438, after
5;00 p.m. or any member of the
club.
Camngtun Naus
j E OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
W ' -mY
Phil Campbell
active in the development of
Stone Mountain Park.
Mr. Campbell is a native of
Watkinsville and is a graduate
of the University of Georgia.
Evans and Rucker Ginn, vice
presidents; Charles Strickland,
secretary; E. E. Callaway, tr
easurer; Ben Banks, past-presi
dent; board of directors: Terry
Avery, Martin Goode, Donald St
ephenson, Johnny Maloney,
Moody Summers, Gerald Wendel
and Norbert Thompson.
Assets Per Family
$14,500 In Newton
Taking into account all his assets and all his liabilities, how well
off is the average resident of Newton County? How much has he
acquired over the years in the way of worldly goods-- money, cars,
real estate, personal property and other valuables?
According to recent economic
studies, the personal wealth of
the local population has been ris
ing in recent years and is now
close to $91,612,000.
Band Boosters
To Stage Pancake
Supper Sept. 29
The Band Booster Club is spon
soring a Pancake Supper, Friday,
September 29, from 5:30 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. at the Newton County
High School Cafeteria. This is
before the Newton County and
Hart County football games, and
will be Homecoming for Newton
County.
Famous Rotarian pancake chef
T. A. Rape and renowned Oxford
Lion chef Jay Higgins will be
trying to “out-do” each other on
the pancake grills. They are co
chairmen of the event.
The price is SI.OO for adults
and 75? for children. The pro
ceeds will go to new music stands
and five new uniforms for the
bands.
T. Rucker Ginn, Ways and
Means Chairman, has been hard
at work organizing this supper
along with Ticket Chairman Mrs.
Matt Klem, Serving Chairman
Mrs. G. G. Tuck, Publicity Ch
airman Alan Mitchell.
Tickets are available from Ca
det and Blue Rambler Band mem
bers, or Mrs. Matt Klem 786-
8047. Everyone is cordially
invited to attend!
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1967
Hastings Succeeds Kane
As MacGregor Manager
Kane Named Chief Tooling
Engineer Muskegon, Mich.
Dean H. Getz, Manufacturing Manager of Hard Goods of Bruns
wick Corporation’s Consumer Division has announced the appoint
ment of J. E. “Wally” Hastings to the position of Plant Manager of
the Covington facility. At the same time, Mr. Don Gorman of Brun
swick’s Technical Products Division announced the appointment of
Dennis Kane to Chief Tooling Engineer for Technical Products at
Muskegon, Michigan. This new Technical Products Division is re
sponsible for Defense Products such as the Radome for the giant
Lockheed C-5A Aircraft, “Brunsmet,” and other metallic fila-
ments, and Industrial Products.
Mr. Hastings, who has served
as Materials Manager for the
Covington Plant for the past year,
brings many years of manufac
turing management experience to
his new assignment. He is a ve
teran of World War 11, graduate
of the University of Tennessee,
has done graduate study at the
University of Alabama, and has
served successfully as Purchas
ing Agent and Materials Manager
for such Companies as ITT Kel
logg, Thiokol Chemical and Oli
ver Iron and Steel Corporation.
His interest in community affairs
and education dates back to when
he was Principal of the Shelby
ville Tennessee Grammar Sc
hool.
Mr. Hastings lives at Capes
Drive with his wife Marie, son
That sum, it is acknowledged,
is an estimate. It is based upon
national samplings made by the
Federal Reserve Board and upon
surveys by others.
They show that, for most seg
ments of the population, the net
worth of an individual or a family
is directly related to its annual
income. Those who are at the
bottom of the income scale have
been able to accumulate very
little in the way of assets. Those
with big incomes, on the other
hand, have assets equal to many
times their annual earnings.
In Newton County, where in
comes have been on the rise in
recent years, the net worth of
most local families has been
going up proportionately.
The average net worth in the
area is now estimated at $14,500
per family, based on local earn-
Bard Expects To
Start Production
On October 23
C. R. Bard’s plant is expected
to be completed September 27,
1967. The plant is being utilized
presently as a warehouse pending
delivery of a large sterilizer unit.
This unit has been delayed and Is
expected to be delivered approxi
mately November Ist.
“We expect to interview per
sonnel about October 10th or 11th
for production jobs. We expect
to start production about October
23.
“Applications are being accep
ted now but we would appreciate
the applicants applying for posit
ions to come by the office about
October 10th or 11th,” stated
Norbert Thompson, plant man
ager In Covington.
Scout District Committee
To Meet Monday, Sept. 25
Sam Ramsey, Newton-Rock
dale District Chairman of the Boy
Scouts of America, stated this
week that a most important meet
ing of the Newton-Rockdale Dis
trict Committee will be held at
the Oxford Cafeteria on Monday
September 25th, at 6 p. m.
Plans will be made for Re
chartering Day at Salem Camp
Ground on Wednesday, October
4th, when all Cub, Scout, and
Explorer units must renew their
Charters. Mr. Charles Burnett
will discuss the fine plans being
made for the biggest and best
District Camporee ever. The
camp is to be held October 20-21
on a 476 acre tract of Pierce
Cline’s Ranch. It is hoped that
100% of the Scout and Explorer
Larry, and daughter Rita. He
is an active member of the Con
yers Church of Christ and of the
Covington Klwanls Club.
Mr. Kane returns to the Mus
kegon Plant with over 14 years
of Engineering and Plant Man
agement experience. During his
term as Manager, the Covington
Plant saw its greatest growth.
He personally has been respon
sible for many developments and
improvements in golf balls, bow
ling balls, and other sports pro
ducts.
Mr. Kane has been active in the
community serving as a lay lea
der in the St. Augustine Mission;
Newton Covington Chamber of
Commerce; Covington Klwanls;
Little League; and has served on
the Board of Directors for the
Covington Newton County United
Fund.
ing figures and on the overall
findings of the Federal Reserve
Board.
In general, the average assets
of families in the $5,000 to $7,-
500 income bracket is placed at
$13,200, of those in the $7,500
to SIO,OOO category at $19,100
and, of those with earnings of
SIO,OOO to $15,000, at $28,000.
Included in a family’s assets
are such items as cash on hand
and in banks, the market value
of property, such as automob
iles, apparel, furniture and eq-
Highway Safety Legislation
ATLANTA (GPS)—CoI. R. H.
Burson, director of the Georgia
Department of Public Safety, is
deeply concerned about the steady
rising traffic death toll in Geor
gia—and he’s attempting to do
something about it. He is ap
pealing to all Georgians to do
their part in reversing this trend.
A typical example was his re
cent appearance before the La-
Grange Optimist Club. He left
a message he is trying to get
over to all responsible citizens
throughout the state. Here Is what
he told them:
“Many groups and organi
zations throughout the state are
interested in traffic safety, but
this concern seldom finds its way
beyond the confines of their
weekly business meetings. As a
result, very little legislation de-
Newton Jaycettes Present
Chairs State Hospital
The Newton County Jaycettes
went to Milledgeville on Sunday,
September 17, to deliver the ch-
units will enjoy this great Scout
ing event. Dr. Carlos Meyer will
be Camporee Director.
District Scout Officers for
1967-1968 are: Sam Ramsey,
District Chairman; John Burson,
District Commissioner; W. A.
Childers, Jr. Vice Chairman for
Newton County; Bill Ensor, Vice
Chairman for Rockdale County;
Howard Brooks, Organization and
Extension Chairman; Leo S. Mal
lard, Activities Chairman; Bill
Hoffman, Publicity Chairman;
Carlos Meyer, Training Chair
man, O. L. Boozer, Finance Ch
airman, Ted Stroud, Advance
ment Chairman; Dr. James Pur
cell, Health and Safety Chair
man; and Charles Burnett, Camp
ing Chairman.
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Wally Hastings
Dennis Kane
uipment, equity in real estate,
cash value of life insurance,
pension plans and investments.
Deducted from this are mort
gages, loans payable to banks and
others, installment debt and all
other obligations.
In determining the averages,
all economic groups and all age
groups are lumped together.
For a closer look at any partic
ular family, however, age be
comes Important.
Young couples, just starting
out, have little in the form of
assets. It builds up as they grow
older, reaching a peak between
ages 55 and 64.
signed to improve the traffic sa
fety picture has been enacted.
“For the first time that I can
recall, these various civic and
business groups now are com
bining their efforts to reach this
common goal. This year, the
groups are rallying behind the
Georgia Safety Council to press
for adoption of a package of leg
islation. This traffic safety pack
age will Include:
“Making driver education
courses available in every public
high school in the state. . .and
adopting a set of regulations for
the mushrooming number of com
mercial driver training schools.
“Adoption of an ‘implied con
sent law’ to effectively deal with
drunken drivers. . .the use of
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airs which they had purchased
for one of the wards at the Central
State Hospital. These chairs
were purchased with the profit
made from the Hot Dog Sale
which the Jaycettes held on the
square July 15.
The Jaycettes also took a gift
to be given to the “Forgotten
Patient” which they had adopted
there at the hospital.
After the chairs and the gift
had been left with the proper
authorities, Mrs. Wanda Ponsell,
Milledgeville Jaycettes local
President, took the Newton Jay
cettes on a tour of the hospital.
Mrs. Ponsell works at the Cen
tral State Hospital, and was,
therefore, able to give some very
interesting details concerning the
care of the patients, young and
old. Especially interesting was
the schooling that is given to the
children that have progressed
enough to be taught.
The five local Jaycettes who
went on the trip were: Mrs.
Wayne Hunt, Mrs. Jerry Aldri
dge, Mrs. Cliff Rogers, Mrs.
Jerome Jones, and Mrs. Mike
Witherspoon.
Editorial 2 |
Obituary 6 1
Society 13
Sports 15-16
Legal 23
Classified 2 3-24
Dr. Rosenhaupt Is Convocation
Speaker Today Oxford College
Dr. Hans Rosenhaupt will be
the guest speaker for the open
ing convocation of Oxford Col
lege, Thursday, September 21.
Dr. Rosenhaupt directs the
country’s largest private fellow
ship program devoted to recruit
ing and supporting potential col
lege teachers for their first year
of graduate study. He has been
National Director of the Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship Fou
ndation since 1958, when the
program expanded from 200 an
nual awards to its present size
of 1,000 Fellowships. Two grants
from the Ford Foundation, one in
1957 and another in 1962, for a
total of $52 million, made this
expansion possible.
He came to the Fellowship Fo
undation from Columbia Univer
sity where from 1948 to 1958
he was responsible for admis
sions to the Graduate Faculties;
while at Columbia he also ser
ved as research associate to Col
umbia’s Committee on the Future
of the University and directed a
study of the performance of
30,000 graduate students. Dr.
Rosenhaupt also was chairman
of the Foundation’s Regional Sel
ection Committee in that area
before his appointment as Nat
ional Director.
Among recent additional Fo
undation programs are the Wood
row Wilson Dissertation Fellow
ships in the humanities and soc
ial sciences, the Woodrow Wil
son Administrative and Teach
ing Internsb'p programs, and the
Post-Batcataureate Year Pro
gram. Grants of $1,005,000 from
the Rockefeller Foundation and a
$22,000 grant from the Esso
Education Foundation support the
internship programs. The Post-
Baccalaureate Program receives
assistance through a $40,000 gr
ant from the Sloan Foundation.
Other innovations introduced
by Dr. Rosenhaupt are half-time
Fellowships for married women,
and the British Teachers Pro
gram, in conjunction with the
English Sneaking Union, which
Newton Tipoff
Club Meeting
Tonight, 8 PM
There will be a Newton Tipoff
Club meeting tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock at the Covington
City Hall Court Room, according
to an announcement by S. R.
(Shug) Campbell.
Mr. Campbell requests all bas
ketball fans to attend the meeting
tonight.
Bicycle Safety Tape Program Was Success
Bo ® Bl < w sEkK £
PART OF THE more than 100 girls and boys with their bicycles
are shown in the photo above at Baker Field, Saturday morning, as
they got Safety Reflector tape on their bikes. VFW Post 9146 of
ficials shown in the photo are (left to right): Hugh Sams, Post Com
mander, and Olin Fincher, Senior Vice-Commander. Other VFW
officials who helped In the free community service project were Bill
Crawford, Art Booth and Dud Childers.
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Dr. Rosenhaupt
provides for short-term faculty
appointments in the United States
for selected young British men
and women. (Miss Jean Mary
Blaylock, recently appointed to
the Oxford College faculty, was
secured through this arrange
ment.)
Dr. Rosenhaupt, born in Frank
furt-on-Main, Germany', in 1911,
attended the universities of
Frankfurt, Berlin, and Munich.
In 1935 he received the Ph.D.
degree from the University of
Berne. He came to the United
States that same year and in 1940
became a naturalized citizen.
Before the war he taught German
and French at Oak Park Junior
College for two years, German
at Knox College for one semester,
and German and psychology at
Colorado College for six years,
interrupted by war service.
During World War II (1942-
1946), he served the Army in
Military Intelligence, rising in
rank from private to captain.
In 1947-1948 he lectured in the
United States and Canada under
the auspices of Rotary Inter
national on foreign affairs. Th
ese lectures provoked a book,
How to Wage Peace, published
in 1949.
Dr. Rosenhaupt is also author
of Isolation in Modern German
Literature (1939), Graduate Stu
dents: Experience at Columbia
University, 1940-1956 (1958), and
a novel, The True Deceivers
(1954). He has contributed to
Monatshefte fur Deutschen Un
terricht, Simplizissimus, Grad
uate Journal, Journal for Higher
Education, School and Society,
Christian Scholar, Commentary,
Vogue, and Saturday Review.
Dr. and Mrs. Rosenhaupt (the
former Maureen Church of Lon
don, England) are parents of a
Radcliffe College student, Elise,
and live in Princeton, New Jer
sey.