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We feel a verypersonal column
comin’ on! You listen though, for
we’ve a story to telll We always
planned to be a doctor or anurse,
Why? Well, we came up with two
doctors, . .they both belonged to
me. . .for we were seldom se=-
parated, Dr, Frank Cato and our
Father were in Medical College
together, , ,Father majored in
surgery, My Mother was almost
an invalid with asthma, and at
about three years old I can rem=
ember standing on tip toes, hang=
ing to her bed , . . praying she
would not die! She suffered all
winter long in this way., My heart
was torn, from the time Icanre=
member, always, with sadness
over this dear Mother,
Father lost his father when he
was six months old, He died in
the War Between the States, at
Chancellorsville, Va. He was bu
ried in a shallow grave hurried
ly dug with swords, by his chum
(my grandfather) and other com=
panions, His sword was sentback
to his wife by his chum, , .who
found a cousin returning on fur
lough, We have that sword now
with his initials upon it, . .
“hA.OB"
Captain Sessions had talked
much of the little boy, he had so
longed for, and how he had to
leave him to go into battle when
he was 6 months old, Yes, this
little boy grew to manhood and
went away to Medical College
where he met his chum, Dr, Fr
ank Cato, Father majored in
Surgery . . . Mother’s brother
owned a huge saw mill at DeSoto,
Ga, That was about all there was
there, except about sevenstores,
No doctors, and many times men
were injured at the mill, and fa
milies there needed doctors, So
Dr. Cato and our Father went
there, There being no adequate
hotels etc,, my uncle took them
into his home, (Father had to
come out of Surgery and College
on account of great losses at
home,) He went into business
but always helped Dr, Cato, in
cases of Surgery. . .withnoother
help closer than a day or so
away, No planes, autos, and
just one early morning and one
night train each day,
One weekend Uncle Perry took
the two men to his fathers plan=-
Standard Time
Newton Countians should turn
back their clocks one hour Satur
day night when they go to bed,
Georgia and most of the nation
will go back to standard time
Sunday morning at 2 a, m,
Forty eight of the 50 states
went on daylight savings time on
April 2, and most of those who
lost an hour’s sleep then have
stopped yawning by now, If not,
they can regain the hour Sunday
morning.
Remember move your clocks
BACK one hour Saturday night
before you go to bed,
Robert Arnold Honored For 32 Years Work With Georgia YMCA
Covington’s Robert O, Arnold
had an important part on the
Covington Kiwanis Club program
Thursday, just as he has had
for the past 14 years—presenting
AA Plaques to presidents of the
local Y clubs of Newton County
High School, Little did he sus=-
pect that the program would de
velop into a “Bob Arnold Day”
in honor of his 32 years work
with the 'Y youth of Georgia,
Don Goldthwaite, State Execu=
tive Director of the YMCA, and
pavid Jordan, Jr,, State Program
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STATE YMCA officlals paid tribute to Robert O, Arnold of Covington Thursday as Y clubs of Newton
County High School conducted the program at the Covington Kiwanis Club, Presenting a plaque to Mr,
Arnold is Don Goldthwaite (lt'fi), YMCA State Executive Director, Looking on are Mrs, Arnold and
David C, Jordan, Jr,, YMCA State Program Director, Mr, Arnold has served the State Y program for
32 years,
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HERLJLES WILL START PRODUCTION NOV. 1
PLAY SWAPPED FOR MUSIC BY
COMMUNITY THEATER GROCUP
The Covington News recently
printed an article stating that the
Community Theater would do
“The Night of January 16th’’ with
music, Much has happened since
these plans were announced,
It seems, the author of the
play, Ann Rand, objected vio
lently to the adding of music
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Band Boosters
Meets Tonight
The Band Booster Club will
meet tonight, October 26 at 8:00
p. m, at the Teen-Can Building
on Newton Drive.
Rev. Kent Anglin, Minister of
the Oxford Baptist Church, will
be the moderator for a youth
panel discussion group. Rev,
Anglin is a native Covingtonian,
a graduate of Newton County
High School, Mercer University
and Southern Baptist Seminaryat
Louisville, Kentucky, He has re
cently completed the Chaplaincy
Program sponsored by the Men
tal Health Institute., During his
internship he served at Mill
edgeville State Hospital, He is
the leader of several youth groups
and a panel discussiongroup here
in Covington and Oxford, He has
been doing a fine job with the
young people of our community,
The panel will consist of six
high school students, who will
be discussing the topic: Com=-
munication: ‘“What Modern You
th is Saying to the World,”’ Th
ere will be a question and answ
er period directed to the panel
by the audience,
Also on the program will be
Cadet Band Members who will
give their impression of Band
Day at the University of Geor
gia, October 21,
A business meeting will fol
low with a very encouraging re
port of the months fund raising
projects, A door prize will be
awarded with refreshments ser
ved afterwards,
Bear or Not, It Had Porterdale Buzzing
Some say it was a bear that almost ambled into Porterdale last
week, Then there are others who say it probably wasn't,
E. L. Digby, Porterdale policeman, believes it was a bear seen
Tuesday, Oct., 10, between the Old and New Golf Course Roads,
He was almost in town, according to reports,
But James Hardman said he saw the tracksand ‘‘they could have
been bear tracks, or they could have been made by something
else,’’ James wasn’t telling people it was a bear,
He said a big searchhas been conducted,but so far no sign of
the beast has been seen,
But the prospects of almost having the four legged visitor had
Porterdale buzzing last week,
Director of the Y clubs, presented
a plaque to Mr, Arnold signify
ing his ““long service to YMCA
work in Georgia,”” The Newton
Y clubs also presented an award
to Mr, Arnold, and a corsage to
Mrs, Arnold, The latterpresen=
tations were made by Dorothy
Hardman and Slade Exley,
Homer Sharp, Supervising
Principal of NCHS, had charge
of the program, which consisted
of the four presidents of the local
Y organizations: Linda Evans,
Alpha Tri-Hi-Y; Emily Morgan,
Gamma Tri-Hi-Y;Dorothy Hard=
olhe Qovington News
to her play, and was so upset
that she was about to sue every
one involved, The much discus
sed music for the play was com=
posed by Dr, Joe Guillebeau and
the lyrics were written by Ed
die Najjar,
Well, the theater group had a
decision to make as to whether
to do the play as it was written
or whether to do another play
and keep the music, Since the
members had heard this fabulous
music there was really no choice,
They were unanimously in favor
of the music,
Therefore, the theater mem=
bers still needed a play to go
with the music, and since every=
one has enjoyed the Eddie Naj
jar ‘‘originals’ so much in the
past, the theater members asked
him to write another one. Mr.
Najjar kindly consented to do
this and has entitled his play,
“The World of Fred L.,” The
play will be a joint production
of the civic Booster Club,
So, start making your plans
now to attend ‘“The World of
Fred L,”” to be presented on
November 9 and 10 at the New=-
ton County High School Audito
rium,
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Oxford Students
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To SIII? Today At
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Kiwanis Meeting
Four Oxford College students
will present a vocal program
at the Covington Kiwanis Club
meeting today at 1 p. m, at the
Teen Can building, Prof, John
Austin will be in charge of the
program todayand he will present
the students, two from foreign
countries and two Americans,
Included among the offerings
will be several folk songs from
around the world, The program
is in keeping with United Nations
Week in the United States.
man, Senior Tri-Hi-Y; and Slade
Exley, Hi-Y. Mr, L, M, Burke,
faculty sponsor of the Hi-Y, ac~
companied the group to the mee
ting, * Each of the club presid
ents made speeches during the
program,
The honoring of Mr., Arnold
was a surprise to him, Mr,
Jordan spoke first and told of
his association with the Coving=
tonian in YMCA work., ‘‘He ne
ver once acted indifferent to Y
work when I asked him for help,”’
Mr, Jordan stated,
Mr., Goldthwaite recounted
It Was *Bob Arnold Day” At Covington Kiwanis Meeting Thursday As YMCA Honors Covingtonian
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1967
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8188 MANUFACTURING Company presented a check to the Newton County Mental Health Association to
help defray expenses of a two-day seminar of alcoholism November 16-17, Making the presentation is
M. B. Shaw, (left) Porterdale General Superintendent of Bibb, Jerry Bray (center), treasurer of the
Newton MH Assn,, receives the donation as John Riley Thompson, MH board member and Bibb official,
looks on at right,
_ Art Hargrove Attends
Washington Conference:
Art Hargrove, Newton County
youth leader, currently serving
as State Chairman 4-H Volunteer
Local Leaders was appointed by
Executive Order of the Governor,
to act as Georgia’s Representa
tive to the National Outlook Con
ference on Rural Youth in Was=~
hington, D, C,, October 23-2€,
1967.
This National Outlook Confer
ence on Rural Youth is sponsored
cooperatively by the Departments
of Agriculture, Interior, Labor,
Health, Education, and Welfare,
and the Office of Economic Op
portunity. Its theme: ‘‘New Pro
spects for Rural Youth” and its
purposes: To bring into sharper
focus the economic, social, and
educational conditions affecting
youth in rural America and to
encourage programs to better
meet the needs of rural youth;
To serve as a major stimulus
on a national basis for the co
operative assembly of factual
information on rural youth situa=-
tions, trends, problems, and op=-
portunities; To present current
data and projections related to
much pasthistory in Mr, Arnold’s
work on the board of the State
and District Y, He aided many
financial campaigns in the Y,
and led several drives forassis=
tance to the boys and girls of
the state,
Another memento of the oc=-
casion Thursday was presented
to the Arnolds in the form of
several letters written to the
honorees, Many were from
YMCA board members, and ot
hers were from NCHS Supervi
sing Principal Homer Sharp, Mr,
Goldthwaite and Mr, Jordan, Mr,
Jordan read several excerpts
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SLADE EXLEY (left), president of the Newton High Hi-Y Club,
places a boutonniere in the coat lapel of Robert O, Arnold during the
program Thursday at the Covington Kiwanis Club, This started
a chain of events surprising Mr, Arnold for his many years of ser=
vice to the local and State YMCA program,
rural youth situations based on
research and analyses by govern=
mental and non - grovernmental
agencies, organizations and in
dividuals; To foster widespread
dissemination of this informat
ion, and encourage State and lo
cal groups to conduct outlook
programs focused on rural youth
—both for those who work with
youth and for rural youth them
selves; and To provide a channel
through which both governmental
and non-governmental organizat
ions and agencies cansecuredata
and express needs for data use
ful in planning their programs to
more effectively meet the needs
of rural youth—strongly indicate
the vital importance of this Na=-
tional Conference,
The Conference was held for
750 key adult representatives
and staff members from nearly
100 organizations and agencies
concerned with youth in rural
America, 50 older youth re
presenting national youth-ser
ving agencies were selected to
share in the Conference dis
cussions.
from the letters, and everyone
had high praise for the Arnolds,
After he was presented the
plaque, Mr, Arnold stated: ‘lt
seems like a loss of my friends
time for honoring me for some=
thing that I have enjoyed during,’’
Several visitors were on hand
for the program: Bill Horn
and Wayne Smith of the Oxford
College Circle K; Mork Winn
and Fred Alexander of the NCHS
Key Club; Me! Cagen, Southeast=-
ern Region Manager of Mobil
Chemical Company; Robert Fow=
ler 111 and Bill Hoffman of Cov=
ington,
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Train Mail To
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Be Discontinued
The Post Office Department
has announced that all Railway
Postal Operations on Augusta &
Atlanta Trains will be discontin
ued after October 28, 1967, The
mail service which has been per=
formed by the train will be re
placed by contract truck service,
Patrons who have sometimes pla
ced mail on the train at night
will no longer be able to do
so after Oct, 28,
For Covington, the receipt of
mail from out of town for deli=-
very each day will remain the
same, An early morning dis
patch of all mail to Atlanta has
been added and will be made
daily, except Sunday and Holi
days at 8:40 AM, according to
an announcement by Covington
Postmaster Lamar Callaway,
Exhibition Os Painfings Now
Displayed At Oxford
On display now at Oxford Col=-
lege in Oxford is an exhibition
of paintings, ‘‘Young Artists from
Germany,” The exhibit of ori
ginal paintings was brought to
the United States by the German
Embassy in Washington, and ar=
rangements were made for lo
cal showing through the German
Consulate in Atlanta, Oxford
is the second place of showing
in the United States,
Included in the exhibition are
the works of seven artists now
teaching and painting in the Fe
deral Republic of Germany. Be=-
sides the modern oil paintings
there are works of mixed media
including oil, collage, and bas
relief, Those interested in con=
temporary painting will find th
ese examples of mixed media
very exciting examples of the
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FIVE RECIPIENTS (holding plaques) are pictursd above at the Covington Kiwanis Club meeting Thurs
lay at which time special honor was given Robert O, Arnold (center), From left to right: Don Goldthwaite,
Y State Executive Director; David C, Jordan, Jr,, Y State Program Director; Slade Exley, Hi-Y Club
president; Dorothy Hardman, Senior Tri-Hi-Y president; Mr, Arnold; Linda Evans, Alpha Tri-Hi-Y
president; Emily Morgan, Gamma Tri-Hi-Y president; and L. M., Burke, faculty sponsor. The four
Newton Y clubs again won AA honors signified by the awards.
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Covington Plant Te Employ
130 Initially; More L
nitially; More Later
Hercules Incorporated will begin ¢‘start-up’” production in its
new Herculon fiber plant here November 1. When completed,
the modern new facility will have an annual capacity in excess of 30
million pounds of olefin fiber, The plant is designed for future
expansion,
Start-up production has creat
ed 130 new jobs, As additional
production phases are put into
operation, there will be a need
for the employment of several
hundred additional people ac
cording to-L, A, Karman, plant
manager.,
The Hercules plant is located
on a 120-acre site on Interstate
20 in Covington just north of the
Covington Meadows Shopping
Center, convenient to major high=
ways, The completed plant will
occupy more than 7 acres under
roof,
Although the first production
stage has been completed, const=
ruction activity will continue until
the second and third production
phases are completed about the
middle of 1968, The floors of the
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Hospital Addition
&
Bid Letting Set
For Novomlm 21
Bids are now being received
for the construction of the new
addition at Newton County Hos
pital, according to a legal in
this issue of The Covington
NEWS, Drawings and specifica=
tions are now available from
Abreu & Robeson, Inc,, 135 Wal=
ton Street, NW, Atlanta,
The new addition will include
a new wing consisting of part=-
ial ground floor and first floor
of about 24,000 sq. ft. of floor
area, reinforced concrete con
struction, This will connect
with the existing hospital. Some
alteration work is also required
in the existing hospital.
The bids will be opened on
November 21 at 2 p, m, at the
hospital. The work is expected
to be completed within 14 to 18
months,
S. A, Ginn is chairman of the
hospital authority and Herbert
Vining is secretary-treasurer,
state of contemporary continental
art,
The paintings are displayed in
the Candler Memorial Library
and the new Cafeteria on the Ox=
ford College campus, The public
is cordially invited to view the
exhibit, The exhibit will contin~-
ue through Sunday, November 5,
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Trick Or Treat For UNICEF Tues.
«“Trick or Treat’ for UNICEF
in Covington and the immediate
surrounding area will be con
ducted Tuesday night, October
31, from 6 to 8 p. m,, according
to announcement by chairman
Mrs, Victor Johnson,
UNICEF collection of funds
in the county is sponsored by the
NUMBER 43
offices and the cafeteria are co=
covered with carpet made of
Herculon fiber,
Herculon was the first polypro
pylene multifilament fiber to be
made available commercially in
this country, and today more than
25 of the nation’s leading carpet
mills have contract and residen
tial carpeting of Herculon in their
lines,
Herculon olefin fiber is also
widely used in the popular indoor=
outdoor carpeting,
Lightweight pile linings for wo=
men’s, children’s, and men’s
boots; industrial applications
such as filters and window chan=
nel fabrics; laundry and dye net
bags; women’s and girl’s knee
length socks; and men’s dress
and sport socks are other ap
plications for this versatile fi
ber,
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Cohen’s Grand
Opening Set
Cohen’s Dept, Store has an
nounced that their Grand Opening
will be held beginning at 5 p. m,
until 8 p, m, Wednesday, Novem=~
ber 1, A large sale is planned to
begin on this date and continue
through the weekend, Registrat
fon for free prizes during the
opening on Wednesday evening
and the prizes will be awarded
on Friday night at 8 o'clock,
There has been a complete re
modeling of the store and also
an expansion,
A new men’s shop has been
created in the former location
of Covington Loan Company, The
public is cordially invited to at
tend the opening ceremonies, Re=
freshments will be served, Mayor
Walker Harris will be in charge
of the ribbon-cutting ceremony
being held promptly at 5 o’clock
on Wednesday.
It is noteworthy to call attention
to the fact that this extensive re=-
modeling to the exterior and int
erior of Cohen’s was completed
during their 75th year in Coving
ton on The Square at the same
location on the corner of Mon=-
ticello and Washington Streets,
Dr. Harry Faulkner
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In Emory Hospital
Dr. Harry Faulkner of Cov
ington is a patient at Emory
University Hospital in Atlanta.
His many friends are wishing
him a speedy recovery.
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First Methodist Church of Cov=
ington and the Newton County
Ministerial Association,
Some other churches of the
county will conduct their UNICEF
drive Sunday afternoon and ot
hers on Monday night, Mrs, John=
son stated, Children asking for
collections will be properly iden
tified,