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We have a very special little
prayer for YOU! ¢“May the Hea~
venly Father reign supreme,
within your hearts and your
homes, this Thanksgiving Day!”’
Everything has become so
commercialized in this world of
ours, that there are times, all
along life’s pathway, that youand
I, think only of our heartaches,
sorrows, reverses and whathave
you, . .that we fail toseeinevery
sunset, every beautiful moon,
God’s Autumn leaves, His Spring=
time, or a little childs face, the
beautiful promises of a LIVING
GOD, His tender watchcare, ..
how He shields and protects us
from harm; how H 2 leads us on
to better living, better advanta=-
ges, etc,, when we put our faith
in HIM, and let nothing, or any
close friend, persuade us down
the wrong pathway, So, let’s
this Sacred Thanksgiving Day,
count our many blessings! Look
around us at our Churches bec
koning us there for worship; our
needy praying for a helping hand;
our discouraged looking some=
where for one word of encour=
agement; our lonely thanking God
for the smallest visit or kind=-
ness, coming their way. , .Our
hungry and desperate looking into
our eyes with Thanksgiving,
Yes, there will be Thanksgivi
ng Baskets on this particular day
. « out what about the 364 days
to follow? Surely our prayer
this Thanksgiving day, in app
reciation of His mercies besto
wed on many of us, . ,will find
our way to, not just institutions,
but on the highways and byways,
where they are too crushed, at
circumstances, to ask for help
and may be hungry, cold, des=
perate, . .or just hungry for a
kind word from you, and you be
cause YOU care, A friend in
need is a friend in deed, Let’s
all work at this thing until the
Father might say unto each of
us, . .*‘Well done, thou good and
faithful servant,”
Wow! This great Hercules
Plant settled nearby at Oxford
brings at this Season news of
the Good Samaritan, ~ .Listen
young people! APPLY FOR HE
RUCLES COLLEGE SCHOLAR
SHIPS BEFORE DEC, 15th, Five
$4,000,00 college scholarships,
at U, S, Colleges will be awar
ded to children, and dependents,
of Hercules employees and pen=
sioners, Each $4,000 is payable
at SI,OOO per year for four years.
Hercules has also beenaward
ed a contract by the Federal
Water Pollution Control Admini
stration to apply space-age tech=
nology and material inwater pol=-
lution during storm runoff con
ditions, Filters for the project
will be spirally filament wound,
resin-bonded structures,
We repeat once more, We are
thankful for such wonderful peo=
ple within our midst. We, in
this community are welcoming
newcomers these great Indus
tries are bringing to us, They
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Social Studies Program Up-Dated Here
The Social Studies Program for
Grades 1 =l2 in the Newton Coun=
ty Schools is being studied this
year by a committee of teachers
under the direction of Miss Lou=
ise Reeves and Mrs, Cassie Ro
binson, Curriculum Directors for
the local school system, Stanley
Bergquist, Social Studies Spe=
clalist with the State Department
of Education, is serving as con=-
sultant to the committee,
The purpose of the year’s study
is to develop a system-wide pro
gram ‘hat meets the require=
ments of changes occurring in the
social studies curriculum, to se
lect up=to-date textbooks for use
in grades 1 = 12, to identify teac~
hing aids that will strengthen the
program at each level, and to
initiate a local curriculum guide
for this area of instruction,
At the second meeting of this
committee, held at the Snapping
Shoals E,M,C, Building on Thur=
sday, November 16, 1967, a re=-
port on the ¢New’ Social Stu
dies was given by Robert E, Peay
of the R, L, Cousins High School
Social Studies Department, After
a discussion of the current inno=-
vations in the social studies cu
rriculum, the teachers worked in
three groups—-grades 14, gr=
ades 5-8, and grades 9 = 12—to
compare present offerings in the
schools of Newton County with
the recommendations and re
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VOLUME 102
Christmas Tree Lighting At
Shopping Center Friday 7:30
Merchants of the Covington
Meadows Shopping Center have
scheduled their annual Tree Li=-
ghting Ceremony for Fridayeve=-
ning at 7:30 on The Mall,
Santa Claus will be present
and will post-mark letters to
Santa from young and old, The
letters will be postmarked from
Santa and mailed back to the
Covington Service Guild
To Hear George Beattie
George Beattie, Executive Di~
rector of the Georgia Arts Com~
mission, will speak at a meeting
of the Covington Service Guild
Monday, November 27, at 3:30
P, M, at the home of Mrs, F, C,
Nesbit,
Mr, Beattie, a native of Cl
eveland, Ohio has lived in At
lanta since 1948, where he
paints, teaches, and is active in
community affairs. He is cur
rently on leave from Georgia
Tech’s school of Architecture to
serve as Executive Director of
the Georgia Art Commission,
He is a graduate of Stony
Brook Preparatory School, Long
Island and received his early art
training at the Cleveland Institute
of Art, Past honors and acti=-
Trash-Garbage Disposal Problem
Nears Solution In Covington
A more modern and efficient
system for the collection and
disposal of trash and garbage for
the City of Covington was the main
item of discussion at the City
Council meeting Monday night,
Representatives from McWhi
rter Material Handling Company,
Inc, were present to outline their
company’s proposal for the hand
ling of this problem, At the last
Council meeting representatives
of Dispos-All Services, Inc, dis
cussed this problem with the
Council,
The Council is presently in
the process of drawing two con=
tracts for bid which will be sub
mitted to three or more com=
panies for handling this growing
problem,
One contract will be fora com=
pany to collect Covington’s trash
and garbage and supervise the op=
eration of the landfill at the city
quirements proposed by the
Georgla State Department of Edu
cation, Local offerings will be
revised to meet current recom
mendations for a program that
will keep students in the schools
of Newton County involved in a
profitable and challenging study
of our world today.
The following teachers are
serving on this important com=
mittee:
Mrs, James Anderson, Mrs, J,
W, Richardson, Mrs., W, N, Zelg=-
ler, Mrs, Robuck Burch, Mr,
Melvin D, Criswell, Mr, J, H,
Brewster, Mrs, H, C, Robertson,
Mrs, C, B, Meyer, Mrs, R, H,
Patterson, Mrs, Jerome Jones,
Mrs, J, A, Kemp, Mrs, Bryant
Steele, Mrs, Douglas Robertson,
Miss Sara Stone, Mrs, Louise B,
Adams, Mr, Charles E, Jones,
Mr, Robert E, Peay, Miss Yvon=
ne Outland, Mr, Johnnie B, Black=
shear,
. . .
Kiwanis Meeting
Wed. 12:30
A Roundtable will be held at
the Teen Can today (Wednesday)
as the regular weekly program
of the Covington Kiwanis Club
at 12:30, The meeting this week
is moved up one day due to
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senders in Covington and New=
ton County.
Music and entertainment and
a jolly good time is in store for
children and parents Friday eve
ning.
All stores will remain open for
shoppers who wish to make early
Yuletide purchases,
vities include: Received National
Institute of Arts and Letters Art
Award-1955; Received Fulbright
Grant for a year’s painting in
Italy, 1956-57; Artistic Obser=-
ver with Link Marine Archaeo
logical Expeditions to Israel,
1960 and to Sicily, 1962; cur
rently serving on Advisory Board
of Southeastern Education Lab=-
oratory for Elementary & Se
condary Schools; Numerous one
man exhibitions; his painting in
cluded in several Museum col=
lections and in various private
collections,
Mrs, G, Lanier Morris, Chair=~
man of the Fine Arts Committee
of the Guild, and Mrs, Jerry
Bray will serve with Mrs, Nesbit
as hostesses for the meeting.
dump,
The other contract will be for
the low bidding company to only
collect the trash and garbage and
the city operate the landfill,
In both contracts the city will
furnish the land for the operation
of the landfill,
TAP FEES
A second reading was held on
an ordinance deleting a section
of the City Code dealing withwa=
ter and sewer tap fees in sub
division developments. Presen=
tly, the city furnishes water and
sewer taps at no charge, When
the ordinance is passed these
taps will be charged to the de=-
veloper or home owner,
REPEAL
The Council voted to repeal
Section 9,7 of the City Code en~
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NFWTON COUNTY Social Studies Committee met at the REA building Thursday. Shown at the sessior
are, from left to right (seated): Mrs. Douglas Robertson, Mrs. Jerome Jones, Mrs, Doris Hamm, Mrs
1 W ?‘!'?l.l!".*< n., MrSs. lA'\‘ i“»?l‘l'\'vlw_ Mrs. Robuck | .:,;I Miss Sara Stone - ;'..4 kshear e
Cassie Robinson, Jeanes Curriculum Director, Miss Louise Reeves, Curriculum Director, Mrs ’
Kemp, Mrs. Bill Zeigler. Standing (L to R): Mrs. R, H. Patterson, Mrs. Carlos Meyer, Miss "
Outland, N. H. Mitchell, Melvin Criswell, C, E. Jone bert Peay.
Che Covington News
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1967
Mobil Announces Change;
Wendel Joins Hercules
Rev. Callaway Speaker At
Thanksgiving Service 7:30
titled ¢“Sling Shotting’’ Prohibit=
ed, This section has been in af
fect since 1937,
The section means that in a
city election a voter must vote a
comvlete ticker or have his vote
thrown out, By repealing this
section the voter will be able to
vote for any part of, or all of
the slate in a city election,
REPORT
A report by the City’s elec
trical engineer was passed out
to the Councilmen for study be
fore their next meeting, The
report deals with improvements
to the City’s electrical system
which will be paid for with funds
that will be raised if voters pass
Covington’s $1,000,000 gas and
electric revenue certificate is
sue on Wednesday, December 6,
1967,
The annual Community Thank=-
sgiving service will be held at
the First Methodist Church on
Wednesday evening, November
22, at 7:30 p, m,, according to
an announcement by the pastor of
the church, Rev, E, Owen Kel=-
lum, Jr.
Speaker for the combined ch
urch service will be Rev, Edgar
A, Callaway, pastor of the First
Larry Greer
Seeks City
Council Post
S, Larry Greer has announc
ed his candidacy for Post 3 City
Council position in the Coving=
ton City Election, Wednesday,
December 6, 1967,
Mr. Greer served on the City
Council in 1965 and 1966 when
the city started its industrial
expansion,
He lis a young businessman
and dairy farmer and has taken
an active part in community and
civic affairs for several years,
Baptist Church, Music will be
furnished by the First Mathodist
Church Choir,
All the churches of Covington
participate in this annual service
at the Thanksgiving season and
everyone is cordially invited to
attend to give thanks to God for
the many blessings bestowed upon
us.
Bloodmobile At
Porterdale Mon
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be at the Anderson Building
at Porterdale, Monday, Nov, 27
from 11 a, m, until 5 p, m,,
according to an announcement
by James Hardman, Blood Ch=
airman for Porterdale,
The quota for this visit oj
the Bloodmobile is 100 pints,
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Mobil Chemical Company announces the appointment of Fred
Kaempffe as Operations Manager of the Packaging Plant in Coving~
ton, succeeding Gerry Wendel, effective December 1, 1967. Mr.
Kaempfee has been associated with the Plastics Division for ap
proximately eight years at three locations and, most recently,
Operations Manager of the Covington Foams Plant.
Richard Watson has received
the appointment as Operations
Manager of the Covington Foams
Plant, succeeding Mr. Kaem
pffe, effective December 1,1967.
Mr. Watson has been the Plant
Engineer for the Foams Plant
since its inception eight months
ago.
Mr. Wendel, who has been with
the Mobil Packaging Plant here
since it was opened last year,
will be the personnel director for
Hercules in Covington, according
to an announcement by Lou Kar=-
man, Plant Manager. Mr. Wen
del is filling a vacancy at Her
cules that has existed since the
plant started operations recen
tly.
Meanwhile the Mobil announce~
ment stated that Mel Cagen will
assume full responsibilities as
Southeastern Region General Ma
nager, with ‘Dwight Sorenson as
Marketing Manager, Roger Woo
den as Distribution and Controls
Superintendent, and Lynn Max
well as Personnel Manager.
Mr. Wendel has been associa
ted with Mobil Plastics Division
for the past eight years. He
came to Covington from the Mo
bil Plastics plant in Jacksonville,
Illinois. He is a native of Mi
ssouri.
NUMBER 47
Britt Breaks L
Lake Cabin
Marion Britt, manager of the
local Belk-Gallant Store, had the
misfortune of falling at his cabin
on Jackson Lake Sunday afternoon
and sustaining a broken leg
between his knee and hip, He
was carried to DeKalb General
Hospital at Decatur, where he is
a patient,
His many friends are extending
him best wishes for a rapid and
complete recovery.
Al
Dr. W.L.Dobbs
Candidate For
Council Post 3
pr. W, L, (Bill) Dobbs has
announced his candidacy for the
Post 3 position on the Covington
City Council, election to be held,
December 6, 1967,
Dr., Dobbs has served on the
council for the past three and
one-half years, In a statement
to the NEWS, Dr, Dobbs expres=-
sed his appreciation for the con=-
fidence placed in him by the peo
ple of Covington over these past
three years and stressed his
keen desire to continue in this
capacity of service to the city
and its citizens,
He is a Past Master of Gol=-
‘den Fleece Masonic Lodge and
is Senior Warden of the Episc=
‘opal Church,
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