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Ah! This is the season to
bask in the beauty of God’s hand
iwork! We do that all year.. .but
Autumn is our Season to feel
His Presence. He is the Great
Artist who splashes His love and
tenderness on our trees, gras
ses, weeds and all of nature.
Why? Because, all leaves have
to die. . .deteriorate, fall to
earth and become an agent ag
ain. Here they furnish next years
growth with nutriants to make
them grow beautiful, blossom and
make a lovely spring for us to
love all over again.
Our County Agents teach us
how to grow things. . .but God
is the Master Agent who makes
all this possible.
Autumn is beginning to show
the work of the Master Artist. ..
splashes of rose and old gold,
amber and brown, reflect the
beauty of our Heavenly Father.
We can see Him in this beauty
each Fall. . .Let’s strive to
remember, as we drive to the
mountains to see the beauty of
His handiwork, that He brings
this beauty just before the dark
cold hours of Winter. . .with a
reminder that the Flowers and
Trees, like our loved ones, will
blossom forth in the Spring time
of God’s Plan for us.
It seems that God hovers over
the beauty of his Seasons, and we
imagine we feel His very arms
about us, as we are lost in the
splashes of rose and old gold
of the beautiful Autumn He br
ings. Let’s all remember our
Heavenly Father, see Him in
His glorious change of the sea
sons, and determine within our
hearts to be in our places in
the church of our choice, every
time the doors are opened. Many
of you will be chosen, rewarded
with a small or great mission
of service within God’s House.
Here even you or I might reach
a soul, the own family cannot
reach. YOUR lesson taught,
prayer heard, or some other work
radiating God’s love, as you work,
may reach a soul never before
won to Christ.
HE challenges each of us to
keep our lights burning. . .never
let the candle go out.. .and some
time somewhere, even tho’ you
never know you have been instru
mental in saving a sould for HIM
. . .the words you have spoken,
your faith, your smile, a kind
word where it is needed. . .
may be that one thing somebody
is waiting for. . .So let us be in
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Brooks Injured
In Auto Wreck
Howard Brooks, Merchandise
Manager of White’s Enterprises
in Covington, has been confined
to Newton County Hospital this
week due to a freak auto acci
dent in the city on Sunday after
noon.
Mr. Brooks was traveling on
Clark Street near the intersec
tion of Clark and Emory Streets
when a Conyers motorist sudden
ly made a U-turn and the two
vehicles collided. The accident
happened about 2:30.
The victim apparently did not
suffer any broken bones, but sor
eness and pains contribute to his
uneasiness as The News went to
press Wednesday.
Newton County 4-H’ers Have
Been Busy During Past Year
Newton County 4-H’ers join In the observance of National 4-H Week,
September 30-October 7, 1967. Approximately 1600 of our boys and
girls are members of this moving organization. Good citizenship
will be accented again this year as National 4-H Week is observed.
“Join 4-H: A Word of Opportunity," is the theme. In the spotlight
will be about 2 1/4 million 4-H’ers completingtheir year’s work and
starting new work.
Appropriate activities are sc
heduled nationally in each state,
county, and nearly every com
munity. Focus is on up-dated,
expanding 4-H programs inten
ded to reach increasingly more
boys and girls throughout the
country—on farms; also in towns,
cities, and suburbia.
In the new 4-H, “everyday
learning experiences — called
“projects"—now offer members
more “why's" as well as
“how’s" in their science emp
hasis. More career information
helps the young man or woman
explore career possibilities.
Youth going into agriculture do
more specializing. Greater st
ress attaches to youth problems
such as education, jobs, personal
values, and goals. The disadvan
taged are being reached more
than at any time in the past.
Today's 4-Her may raise small
animals if he hasn’t space or mo
ney for larger animals. He may
grow plants in flower pots or
backyard plots if he lacks a
country garden. He may take the
photography project which is new
A Prize-Winning!
, Newspaper
I 1967
Better Newspa’
Contests
P ’ - RAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia ' o < - olished 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 102
Snakebik
Hospitalizes
Newton Man
Donald Kelly of the Mt. Zion
Road section of Newton County
was bitten by a snake in his
yard two weeks ago and as a
result spent several days in New
ton County Hospital.
Mr. Kelly had gone to the back
of his yard shortly after dark
to feed his dog and was return
ing to his house when the copper
head struck him in the foot at
the top of his shoe. He said he
felt the sting of the snake’s fang
as the porch light was on at the
time. The snake was about four
feet long and did not attempt to
escape for sometime.
Mrs. Kelly rushed her husband
to Newton County Hospital where
he remained as a patient for
about a week. Mr. Kelly stated
Tuesday that he still had a lot of
swelling from the injury and that
he had not been able to work
since the incident.
Rev. Healon Is
New Pastor At
Calvary Baptist
Rev. Claud Healan, Jr., and
his family will be moving to
Covington where Rev. Healan will
be the Pastor of the Calvary Bap
tist Church. Rev. Healan is com
ing from Madison, where he was
beginning his fifth year as Pastor
of the Beacon Heights Baptist
Church.
He is a native of Winder and
was educated at the Truett-
Mc Connell College and Georgia
State College. For fifteen years
he has pastored churches in north
and south Georgia. He is the
Moderator of the Morgan County
Baptist Association, past Presi
dent of the Ministerial Associa
tion of Madison, Dean of the Mer
cer Extension Center, and has
served several years on the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Georgia
Baptist Convention. He is also
active on several association
committees.
Mrs. Healan is the former
Elaine Nichols of Duluth and they
have one son, Gregory Lee. Rev.
Healan will begin his ministry at
Calvary Baptist on Sunday Oct
ober 15th.
23 Traffic Cases
In City Court
Judge E. W. Strozier was con
fronted with 23 traffic violations
Monday morning when he banged
his gavel in the regular weekly
court session at City Hall. How
ever, most of the subjects char
ged forfeited their cash bonds
rather than face the Judge and a
trail.
Seven were cited for speeding
during the past week. Five were
booked for reckless driving, five
for driving under the influence,
and three for driving without a
license. Two were given tickets
for leaving the scene of an acci
dent.
In other cases heard Monday,
seven cases were made against
persons being drunk, and four for
disorderly conduct.
for us here in Newton County.
Head-heart-hands-health you
th enjoy their varied and useful
learning projects and activities.
They may choose from up to a
hundred of these 4-H educational
experiences. Selections may be
made, for example, from plant
and animal science, food and nu
trition, clothing, community
beautification, conservation, en
tomology, electric, automotive,
and leadership.
Or 4-H’ers can learn money
management better buymanship,
town and country business, home
improvement, personality de
velopment, horsemanship, health
and safety, emergency prepare
dness, and community service.
1967 Aims of National 4-H
Week are to:
Get more young people, 9 to 19
to join 4-H.
Encourage more men and wo
men to volunteer as 4-Hleaders.
Recognize the important con
tribution of parents to 4-H, and
influence their continued coope
ration.
Acquaint the public with the
Qhwujtmt News
Chester And Hutchinson Are
Newton Spelling Champions
’Shop Lifter’
Grabbed By
Store Clerk
An alert clerk of White’s Tire
& Auto Supply store in Coving
ton was instrumental in appre
hending a “shop lifter’’ Friday
afternoon as the subject had sto
len a radio and was preparing to
make his get-away in the streets
when tackled.
Paul Ketchem of the White’s
Enterprises Store, said he saw
the man, Leon Caldwell, about
40, take a radio from the display
counter and run from the store.
He ran into the streets and grab
bed the man from behind. Ketc
hem and a fellow-employee, Bill
Morris, put the man into the
Men’s room at the store. They
said that Caldwell escaped just
before the Covington City Police
arrived on the scene.
The subject was chased to the
vicinity of the Kroger store and
on to Economy Market area where
he was caught.
Caldwell is now being held in
the Newton County Jail on the
charge of stealing a radio, ac
cording to Mrs. Henry Odum,
Jr., of the Newton County Sh
eriffs Office.
Caldwell gave an address on
South Lee Street as his home.
However, it was reported that
he had several aliases, and had
lived in many nearby towns.
NEWTON 4-H
MEMBERS ON
CLUB PROGRAM
In observance of National 4-H
Club Week, local members of that
organization will appear on the
Kiwanis Club program today at
the Teen Can building at 1 p. m.
County Agent Ed Hunt is in ch
arge of the program today.
Newton 4-H members Sand!
Ison, Jan Hitchcock, Tommy Cur
tis and Leslie Fuller will make
short talks on their club work.
Also appearing on the program
will be Miss Carolyn Joyner,
Home Economist and Mr. Hunt.
♦* * *
Guest speaker at the Kiwanis
Club Thursday was Edgar Forio,
of Atlanta, a retired official of
the Coca-Cola Company. Rucker
Ginn was the program chairman
of the week and he introduced
Mr. Forio.
The theme of Mr. Forio’s
speech was “Advertising.” He
gave some statistics and inter-
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modernized, enlarged 4-H pro
gram which adapts to meet the
needs of today’s youth.
Report the year’s 4-H accom
plishments and make plans to
meet future needs.
4-H is Extension’s youth pro
gram: 4-H Is part of the national
educational system of the Coop
erative Extension Service in wh
ich the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture, State Land-Grant Uni
versities, and counties share.
The Federal Extension Service
gives national leadership, and
the State Extension Services give
State leadership. Professional
Extension agents, aided by local
advisory committees and the edu
cational resources of their State
Land - Grant Universities, con
duct programs based on local
needs. Youth from families of
all economic backgrounds, and
from all races and creeds, are
welcome in 4-H.
About half a million volunteer
leaders serve 4-H Clubs coast
to coast. Os these about two
thirds are youth-minded adult
men and women, and others are
older 4-H’ers called junior lea
ders. Two non-Government or
ganizations work with the Ex
tension Service to coordinate pri
vate support and perform num
erous other important functions.
They are the National 4-H Ser-
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY,OCTOBER 5, 1967
Newton County School Spelling Champs
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NEWTON COUNTY High School spellers are pictured above at the Spelling Bee held at Ficquett Library
Friday. This group includes grades eight through 12. Front row, left to right: Nancy Womack, Faye
Jones, Vicki Shannon, Susan Chester (the champion), Joan Standard (runner-up), Pamela Henderson,
Venda Weaver, and Cynthia Stanford. Back Row: Jim Peay, Hugh Steele, Jr., Martha Rooks, Ann
thonese Bentley, Rachel King, Jean E. Henderson, and Sylvia Hollingsworth.
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NEWTON COUNTY Elementary Schools (grades through seventh) champion spellers are shown in the
photo above at the local Spelling Bee Friday at Ficquett School Library. Seated front left, to right:
Melissa Nipper, Biff Hutchinson (the champ), Willie Rosanna Henderson (second), and Jacquelyn Gaither.
Back Row: Patsy Bailey, Deedy Shaw, Julius Hays, Jr. and Sharon Stanford.
vice Committee, 59 East Van
Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois
60605; and the National 4-H Club
Foundation, 7100 Connecticut Av
enue, Washington, D. C. 20015.
Friends of 4-H are valued:
4-H appreciates its many fr
iends in civic groups, business,
industry, agriculture, education,
foundations, and other fields. Th
eir public - spirited assistance
benefits 4-H in every State and
county here and in other lands.
They generously supplement pub
lic funds for 4-H to finance citi-
In-Service Training Held
For Newton Co. Teachers
Newton County teachers of Gr
ades 1 through 4 met Thursday
afternoon, September 28, at the
Snapping Shoals REA Building
to hear a discussion of types
of behavior problems encoun
tered in the classroom.
Speaker for the afternoon was
Dr. Robert McDonald, Atlanta
psychiatrist employed part-time
by the Newton County Health De
partment. Topics discussed in
cluded mental deficiency, organic
brain damage, schizophrenia, sc-
zenship education, leader train
ing, teaching and technical aids,
youth awards to stimulate inter
est and achievement, public in
formation services, and interna
tional programs.
Local 4-H accomplishments
and achievements during 1967
reached extremely high levels
of success. More than 200
4-H’ers participated In com
munity 4-H contests, striving to
become county winners in their
various 4-H project demonstra
tions. These county winners
hool phobias and regressive be
havior.
Local teachers have long been
aware of such problems and the
services needed to help these
troubled children. But com
munity understanding and sup
port is essential to provide such
services.
United Fund contributions, ch
anneled through the Newton Coun
ty Mental Health Association,
help finance the local Mental
Health Clinic.
went on to the District compet
ition held at Rock Eagle where
they represented Newton County
in excellent fashion. Five 4-H’ers
brought home first place honors,
six won second »place and nine
were third place winners. One
first place winner, being a Sen
ior 4-H*er, represented Newton
County at the State 4-H Club
Congress in Atlanta.
Four Senior 4-H’ers attended
Senior Leadership Camp at Dah
lonega’s Camp Wahsega; Two Se-
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Dr. McDonald Was In-Service Session Speaker
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DR. ROBERT MCDONALD (left) Atlanta psychiatrist, refers to the blackboard in explaining a point to
Mrs. Mort Ewing and James Bohannon during an In-Service discussion with Newton County teachers
of grades one through four at the REA Building Thursday. Mrs. Ewing is president of the Newton
County Mental Health .Association and Mr. Bohannon Is Visiting Teacher for Newton County Schools.
Editorial 2
Obituary . &
Society 13
Sports 16-18
Legal 22
Classified 22-23
In the Newton County Spelling Contests conducted at the E. L.
Ficquett School on Friday, September 29, Susan Chester was na
med champion speller for grades 8-12 and George (Biff) Hutchin
son, Jr. won the elementary bee for grades 1-7.
Susan, the Newton County High i
School tenth grade daughter of ,
Mrs. Virginia V. Chester of Ox- ।
ford, has been winning spelling ।
bees since she was in the fifth
grade at Palmer-Stone School.
As a sixth grader she tied for 1
second place in the state contest
and the following year won second
place in the state spelldown at the
Southeastern Fair. The pretty
young champion reads widely and
attributes her skill in spelling to
an avid interest in words. Her
method consists of studying the
configuration of a new word. Band
is her first interest and the study
of literature plays a close second
in Susan's present high school
program. She is a new member
of Alpha-Trl-Hi-Y and “loves”
football and basketball games.
Biff, the local elementary sc
hool champion speller, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Hu
tchinson of Covington. He is a
seventh grader at the E. L. Fic
quett School where he has been
one of the outstanding spellers.
Last year Biff won second place
in the county bee for the elemen
tary grades. Learning to spell
a new word is achieved by this
champion through concentrating
on the image of the total word.
He does not resort to the met
hod of dividing words into sy
llables.
Science is Biff’s favorite sub
ject, he plays the French Horn
in the Cadet Elementary Band,
and he enjoys visiting places of
historical interest on summer
All-College Convocation
Scheduled Ai Oxford Today
Oxford College will hold an
All - College Convocation today
(Thursday) honoring the Emeriti
Professors. The emeriti guests
include Professors W. A. Carl
ton, William J, Dickey, Virgil
Y. C. Eady, E. Walton Strozier.
Mrs. E. J. Brown and Mrs. C. C.
Jarrell, widows of former pro
fessors at Oxford, are honored
guests also. Professor Carlton
will give the address on the sub
ject “The Glories of Oxford”.
Dr. Eady, who is Dean Emeri
tus, gave the address last year.
The purpose of the Convocat
ion, according to Dean Bond Fle
ming, is both to recognize and
to honor the Emeriti Professors,
and also give the present stu
dent body a better understanding
of the Oxford of days past. “It
is an effort,” Dean Fleming said,
“to bridge the generations. When
the generations have something
in common, or have an appre
ciation for the same things, there
is a better chance for communi
cation.”
Plans are being made to take
the students on a tour of historic
Oxford. The tour will take place
on Saturday, October 7. Faculty
members will walk with students
around the town and point out to
them spots that are sacred in
the history of the community.
Some six hundred freshmen stu
dents from Emory College in
Atlanta came to the campus on
September 15, to take this “tour
of historic Oxford.”
Mr. Marshall Elizer, Direct
or of Student Affairs, and Miss
Judy Greer, Women’s Counselor,
are making plans for the tour.
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trips he makes with his parents.
Collecting coins and camping are
of special interest to him. He
holds the rank of Second Class
Scout.
As winners of the Newton Coun
ty Spelling Contest Susan and Biff
will represent the local schools
in the “Doctor Collins’ Spelling
Bees” for high school and ele
mentary schools respectively
which will be held at the South
eastern Fair tomorrow—Friday,
October 6.
As second place winner of the
local high school spelling match
Joan Standard, a 12th grader at
Newton County High School, will
serve as alternate speller at
the state contest. The alternate
speller from the elementary sc
hools of Newton County will be
Willie Henderson from the se
venth grade at the Washington
Street School.
Other participants in the New
ton County contest for grades 8-
12 were Rachel Elaine King, Ja
mes Porter Peay, Vickie Elaine
Shannon, Nancy Jean Womack,
Hugh Steele, Jr., Wilma Faye Jo
nes, Martha Ann Rooks, Venda
Weaver, Pamela Jo Henderson,
Cynthia Elaine Stanford, Sylvia
Diane Hollingsworth, Annthonese
Bentley, and Jean Elizabeth Hen
derson. The other contestants
from grades 1-7 included Patri
cia Diane Bailey, Carmen Meli
ssa Nipper, Julius Dixon Hays,
Jr., Dora Dianne Shaw, Sharon
Rena Stanford, and Jacquelyn
Gaither.
Mobil’s Samuels
Named Under
Sec. Commerce
Howard Samuels
It was announced late Tuesday
afternoon, October 3, from the
White House that President John
son has nominated Howard Sam
uels, Vice President and General
Manager of the Plastics Division
of Mobil Chemical Company, to
Under Secretary of Commerce.
If this appointment is confirmed
by the Senate, he will serve as
the Chief Deputy to the Secre
tary of Commerce.
Mr. Samuels Is the founder of
the Plastics Division and he was
one of the key speakers at the
open house which was held last
January at Mobil’s new plastics
plant in Covington.