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Claud Cason Retires After 43 Years With Bibb
By Mae Hardman
PORTERDALE — "Time is
what I have plenty of,” joked
Claud Cason on Monday morn
ing, October 2, just two days
after he retired from a long ex
perience of unbroken service with
the Bibb Manufacturing Company
at Porterdale. "Now, I plan to do
some delayed fishing and hunting.
1 really never had time for many
years.”
At a dinner honoring Mr. Ca
son on Thursday evening at the
Porterdale Golf Club, Supervis
ors and friends presented him
with all kinds of fishing equip
ment and a gift certificate.
How have methods and mac
hinery changed? 1 asked him.
"Let’s say they are as dif
ferent as the horse ’n buggy
days compared with the air
plane,” he chuckled.
For the past 43 years, he has
been affiliated with the Mechan
ical Department of Bibb Manu
facturing Company where he ad
vanced to 9iop Foreman and then
in July 1943 became Master Mec-
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hanic. His working relation
ships in the Mechanical Depart
ment, under the supervision of the
late S. J. Yancey, the late Carl
Jordan, the late Sam Jordan,
and Sidney A. Yancey, were pl
easant and educational. It wls
there he was prepared for tie
responsible position from which
he retired.
At age 11, he first worked in
the Porterdale Mill Twine Room
during vacations. He worked ar
ound whirligigs, which are ex
tinct now as far as manufactu
ring in Porterdale Mill is con
cerned.
A civic-minded individual, Mr.
Cason has served continuously
for the past 27 years on the
City Council and in more than
one year was Mayor Pro-tern.
Fellow associates refer to him
as "very faithful.”
An elder in the Porterdale
Presbyterian Church, he is in a
certain place every Sunday, gi
ving his outstanding support, un
less prohibited by work. In
1949-1950, while serving as the
Chairman of the Diaconate. he
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MR. CLAUD RETIRES—CIaud Cason displays the tackle box (fish
ing equipment to his left) and H. D. Stroud, Assistant General Super
intendent of Porterdale Division, Bibb Manufacturing Company,
holds a gift certificate, at the party honoring Mr. Cason upon his
retirement from 47 years of active unbroken service with the
Bibb at Porterdale.
rendered valuable service as a
member of the Building Commit
tee which supervised the resto
ration of a new structure after
FOR SALE
BY OWNER
HARALSON SUPER MARKET
4T52 Washington Street
Covington, Georgia
Same location for 15 years.
Will lease to right party.
Rent building 58’ x 65’
Plenty of free parking space
Books open to qualified buyer
Now being operated as drive in grocery
See W. W. HARALSON
Al The Store
Phone 786-3145
a disastrous fire on Dec metier
11, 1949.
Mr. Cason has witnessed in
teresting growth and changes in
Porterdale as his father, the
late A. J. Cason, moved with his
family to Porterdale in 1901.
"Mr. Claud” was 65 on Septem
ber 27, and he has never lived
anywhere else. When Bibb sold
their houses to employees, he ch
ose to purchase the one in which
he and his family lived.
In recorded histories of Por
terdale, one reads that he was
one of the first two boys to be
come First Class Scouts. When
Wolf Cubs were organized in
Porterdale, he was a Cub leader.
Mr. Cason has been active in
the Four Square Club, later the
Porterdale Men's Club, since
it was first organized.
With leisure time, Mr. Cason
will probably visit his children
frequently. There are Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Cason and children,
Debbie, a freshman at West Geor
gia College, and Phil, 15 and Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Church and Jill,
who is 16.
Mr. Cason’s advice or sug
gestions? "As far as I’m con
cerned, the Bibb is a good place
to work; the officials have always
done what they promised,” he
said.
With a record of 47 years
behind him, he should know what
he is talking about.
Harris Named
Metropolitan
Agency Man.
Jimmie Harris
DECATUR— Jimmie R. Har
ris, of 3139 Canary Ct., Decatur,
has been appointed agency man
ager in Metropolitan Life Insu
rance Company’s DeKalb office
at 3735 Memorial Dr., Decatur,
it has been announced by District
Manager Roger S. Schultz. Heis
manager of the Newton County
area.
Mr. Harris is a native of Old
Fort, N. c., and a graduate of
Old Fort High School. He ser
ved in the U. S. Navy from 1951
to 1952. He joined Metropolitan
as an agent in the Asheville,
N. C., office on August 20, 1962,
is a graduate of the Life Under
writers Training Council course,
and has completed part I and
part II of the Chartered Life
Underwriters course.
Mr. Harris and his wife, the
former Miss Barbara Lewis of
Marion, N, C., are the parents
of three sons, Rickie, 12, Mikie,
11, and Jackie, 5, and a daughter’
Kathy 9,
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CONGRATULATIONS
NEWTON COUNTY 4-H CLUB
MEMBERS AND THEIR LEADERS
DURING NATIONAL 4-H WEEK
SEPT. 30 -OCT 7
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New Bulletin Tells How To Write Your Will
Making a will, like voting,
is a privilege that often goes
by default, according to Miss
Lora Laine, Extension Service
home economist - home man
agement, at the University of
Georgia.
“If you don’t decide who is
to get your property and how,
the courts will make the deci
sion for you on a basis of law,”
Miss Laine said. The right of
every man and woman to control
the disposition of his material
possessions after death is one
that is conferred by the state
and one that should be exer
cised, the Extension home econo
mist pointed out.
In a new publication, "Write
C. of C. Hears
'Oxford Story’
Members of the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of Com
merce got a first-hand report of
the impact of Oxford College on
the cultural and economic life of
Covington, Oxford and Newton
County at the October meeting
of the group. Dean Bond Flem
ing of the college was the main
speaker at the meeting Monday
at the Teen Can.
Dean Fleming said that the en
rollment at Oxford for the cur
rent academic year is 426 with
185 of those being female and
241 male. He said that the pay
roll at Oxford is approximately
$600,000 a year, and that the stu
dents spend about $75,000 an
nually in the community and coun
ty. "Actually, the college at Ox
ford means about a million-dol
lars per year for the county,”
Dean Fleming added.
He told the chamber members
about many of the historical areas
in Oxford and specifically cited
the Old Cemetery. "There are
eight college presidents buried
in the cemetery and five bis
hops,” he stated.
The speaker was introduced
Gresham Joins
' Mobil Chemical
Training Program
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Ray Gresham
Effective October 1, Ray Gres
ham became part of the Manage
ment Training Program in Su
pervision at Mobil Chemical. Mr.
Gresham is a graduate of Georgia
Tech and he comes from Bibb
Manufacturing Company in Macon
where he was a supervisor.
Mr. Gresham is a native of
Rockdale County and is presently
living in Conyers with his wife,
Sara, and his son, Tommy. He j
is the Commanding Officer of
Company A, 248th Signal Bn. I
Georgia Army National Guard,
Covington. j
The State of Georgia has more I
all - electric and electrically
heated commercial buildings than
any other state, and Atlanta has
more than any other city in the
nation.
■ Your Will,” Miss Laine says
’ many people leave their affairs
' in a jumble, not because their
affairs are so complicated but
because they just never get a
round to setting up a program
for their families that would
automatically go into effect when
needed.
Miss Laine’s publication offers
the reader the whys and hows
and other practical advice on
preparing a will. She also
points out what can happen to
your property if you fail to make
a will,
"Perhaps the reason we ne
glect to plan and work for the
transfer of our property is be-
by Robert O. Arnold. W. J.
Dickey introduced the guests:
Fred Pounds of the Century Fur
niture Mart, John Dickens of
First National Bank of Newton
County, and Olin Allen of the
Covington Mfg. Company.
During the program past-pre
sident Grady Coleman gave the
financial report of the C. of C.
He explained the functions of the
organization for the past year.
The members present gave Mr.
Coleman a round of applause
for the splendid record he made
as president duringthepast year.
He is leaving October 15 to
take a position In DeKalb Coun
ty with a new bank.
WE SALUTE OUR
NEWTON COUNTY 4-H CLUB
MEMBERS DURING NATIONAL
4-H WEEK - SEPT. 30 OCT. 7
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Telephone
Talk
By
RAY REECE
Your Telephone Manager
IT’S WORLD SERIES TIME AGAIN ... and it was 44
years ago this month that the World Series games were
first broadcast on radio — from New York’s Yankee Sta
dium and the Polo Grounds.
Then, as now, the broadcasts traveled from the ballpark
to the radio station over telephone lines
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IF YOU'VE EVER EXPERIMENTED WITH “CHIP
MUNK" SONGS, you know that accelerating the speed
of a record produces a high-pitched, unintelligible babble
That’s why blind students have never been able to “speed
hear” records as others “speed read” books.
Not too long ago, though, Bell Laboratories perfected a
device that permits records to play at double-time without
distorting normal voice pitch. The device was presented
to the American Foundation for the Blind.
“It is designed, that the Countrey shall
be furnished once a moneth (or if any
Glut of Occurrences happen, oftener) with
an account of such considerable things as
have arrived unto our Notice.”
Thus began the first and only edition of the
first newspaper published in America.
Publick Occurrences, Both Forreign and
Domestick was printed in Boston on Sep
tember 25, 1 690, and was immediately
suppressed by the British Governor of
Massachusetts. It was not until nearly
fifteen years later, in 1704, that The
Boston News-Letter became the first
continuously published American news
paper.
During this National Newspaper Week
October 8-14, we at Southern Bell salute
the men and women do wn through the years
who have maintained their dedication to a
free press and to the ideals of democracy
Thursday, October 5, 1967
cause we hate to think about
death and because it seems re
mote,’ Miss Laine said. How
ever, a little planning and ef
fort now can make things a great
deal easier on your family when
you are no longer available to
make the decisions, she added.
To make sure your wishes are
carried out properly with no
room for misinterpretation, Miss
Laine suggests that you engage
the services of a lawyer to help
you write your will.
For further information on
writing your will, you may ob
tain copies of Miss Laine’s pub
lication at local county Extension
Service offices.
Brosnan Named
Southern RR
Board Chairman
NEW YORK, N. Y. — D. W.
Brosnan, who has been president
of Southern Railway Company si
nce 1962, was today elected ch
airman of the board and chief
executive officer, effective Octo
ber 1, 1967.
The Board of Directors also
elected W. Graham Claytor, Jr.,
to succeed Brosnan as president.
Claytor has been vice president-
Law and is a member of South
ern’s board.