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Hustle, Bustle! The entire Uni
ted States Rushes! Why? Mer
chants throughout the Nation are
offering bargains for Christmas
Gifts. Covington Merchants offer
to it’s citizens, not the cheap qua
lity sooften offered to empty their
stocks . . . but when in the New
York Markets they scan the Mar
ket, keeping you, your needs, and
quality merchandise in mind to
offer you. . .their people in the
hometown. . .their neighbors!
We believe, with all our heart,
that we have the finest Merchants
in the Nation, in that they have
YOU in mind when they buy mer
chandise or make a sale. They
know you are their “next door”
(so to speak) neighbor. They take
great pride in your showing off
their merchandise because they
give you only quality Merchan
dise. So, we pay tribute to them
as the Holy Season approaches,
and not only wish for each of
them and their families, the most
sacred, and happiest Christmas
ever, but we pay special tribute
to you, for helping make Coving
ton one of the best towns to live
in, in the State.
As the Holy Season approaches,
let us pause, in time, to remem
ber that it is the Anniversary of
the Birth of the Christ child. It
is His coming that we celebrate.
We have feasts of good food, gifts
for loved ones on beautiful trees,
we celebrate with our family if
we have one. Stop! Look! Listen!
in time! Let each of us ask our
selves this question. . .“Is there
a family in need that we can rea
ch with a Christmas basket or
gifts? Is there one person in
need that I’d rather help than
spending so much on family?
Sharing and caring means more
than we can realize when it is
done in Christ’s name. . .on His
Birthday.
You know God expressed His
love for all mankind by creating
Christ in his own image and gi
ving Him to us. . .to guide and
direct us. We too, are made in
His image. . .so let us stop and
wonder if we are serving the one
who made life possible for us,
in HIS image as He would have
us serve Him. Even the person
in deepest sin can, now, any day,
lift His or Her voice in complete
surrender to Him, and he will not
turn us away! We are made in His
image and He expects us to sur-
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Covington Civic Chorus To
Present Handel's 'Messiah'
The Covington Civic Chorus will present their annual pre-Christ
mas concert, Handel's “Messiah,” on Sunday night, December 3, at
8 o’clock at the Covington First Methodist Church. Director of the
48-member group is John Austin with Mrs. Wayne Rumble organist.
Soloists for the presentation
of the “Messiah” for this year
will be Mrs. Olive Kellum, con
tralto; Mrs. Jean Archer, sop
rano; Mrs. Leigh Jay, soprano;
Charles McLendon, tenor and
Alan Mitchell, bass.
Accompanying the group will
also be a string ensemble with
Wayne Rumble, playing violin;
Dr. Robert Allen, cello and se
veral other string players from
Atlanta and the University of Ge
orgia. Playing brass instruments
with the group for the Messiah
Spillers Opposes Harris
In City Mayor's Race
Otis Spillers, former Newton County representative and also a for
mer City Councilman, has announced his candidacy for the office of
Mayor of the City of Covington. He will oppose Mayor Walker Harris
in the annual city election next Wednesday, December 6.
The only other contested race
on the ballot Wednesday will be
for Post 3 on the City Council.
The incumbent is Dr. W. L.
(Bill) Dobbs and his opponent
is S. larry Greer, a former
member of the Covington Coun
cil.
Mayor Harris has served two
terms as the city’s mayor. He
is asking for a third term in the
upcoming balloting.
Both aspirants for the mayo
rality post are prominent bu
sinessmen of the city and each
has aided the industrial and ec
onomic growth of Covington in
the past 10 years.
The other two council men who
are unopposed in the forthcoming
city election are E. E. (Buck)
Callaway, Post 1; and Fred Ki
tchens, Post 2.
Polls at City Hall will be open
for the balloting from 7 a. m.
until 7 p. m.
Vote "FOR” Gas-Electric Revenue Certificate Issue
Vote Wednesday, December 6, 1967 (SEE AD ON PAGE
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Gas-Electric Bond Election Dec. 6
Santa Claus Will Arrive On City Square Friday
The Christmas shopping sea
son will officially open fordown
town Covington merchants with
the arrival of Santa Claus at his
house on the square Friday mor
ning, December Ist, at 10:00 a.m.
Santa will arrive via a 1968
model Chevrolet from Ginn Mo
tor Company and will be escor
ted into town and around the
square by a Covington Police
squad car.
The “Brass Section’’ of the
Newton County High School Blue
Rambler Band will be present
Bond Issue Is
Program Topic
The upcoming gas - electric
bond issue to be voted on by the
citizens of Covington, will be the
topic for discussion at the re
gular monthly meeting of the
Covington-Newton County Cham
ber of Commerce meeting Mon
day, Dec. 4 at the Teen Can buil
ding at 12:30.
Engineers of both the gas and
electric utilities will be present
and an informal question and an
swer period will be conducted
following the buffet luncheon. The
City bond election is scheduled
Wednesday and will involve some
$1,000,000 in revenue certifi
cates.
Ballard And Barber On Program
Newton Education Assn. Tuesday
Newton County Representative
W. D. “Donald” Ballard and the
Honorable Mac Barber, chairman
of the House of Representatives
Education Committee, will pre
sent the program at the meeting
of the Newton County Education
accompanyment as well as for
congregation singing will be a
group of students from Oxford
College and Newton High.
The public is cordially invi
ted to attend this service Sunday
night. No services will be held
at the other churches to enable
everyone to attend this joint pre-
Christmas musical presentation.
Members of the Civic Chorus
are, soprano: Louise Adams,
Jean Archer, Connie Danek, lo
la Dietz, Ila Dollar, Priscilla
UNITED FUND
OVER THE TOP
At the final report meeting of
the United Fund Monday, Chair
man Ed Robinson announced the
campaign had reached its goal.
Gifts and pledges totaled just
under $70,000.00 or 102 per cent
of the sum needed. Chairman
Robinson declared, “The perse
verance and dedication of cam
paign volunteers cannot be pr
aised enough.”
E. G. Lassiter, President of
the Covington Newton County Uni
ted Fund, joined in congratulating
the volunteers and donors in rea
ching this Impressive goal.
“This is one campaign In wh-
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at Santa’s House to welcome him
with selections of Christmas mu
sic.
Santa will have candy for all
the children who come to meet
him and let him know the toys
they want him to bring them
on Christmas Eve night,
Santa Claus will be in his
house on the square and visiting
in the stores around the square
until Christmas. His hours on
the square will be 10:00 a. m.
to 5:00 p. m. Monday through
Thursday and on Saturday. On
Friday Santa may be visited from
10:00 a. m. until 8:00 p. m.
Covington’s retail merchants
are in the midst of their annual
after-Thanksgiving and pre-Ch
ristmas sales with the greatest
variety of merchandise ever of
fered to shoppers in this area
of Georgia.
Sales in most stores are re
ported slightly above the 1966
level and are expected to climb
5 to 8 per cent above last years
figures by the end of the Christ
mas shopping season.
For most retail merchants the
Christmas shopping season is the
largest sales event of the year.
For this reason Covington mer
chants have gone all-out to pro
vide quality and variety in their
merchandise for sale to the Ch
ristmas shopping public.
Association on Tuesday, Decem
ber 5, at 4:00 p. m. at the New
ton County High School Au
ditorium.
Legislative matters dealing
with education on a state-wide
basis will be discussed and an
opportunity to ask questions, cl
arify issues, and discuss prior
ities pertaining to education will
be given during a question and
answer period.
Seven points of proposed leg
islative action that have been
Faulkner, Louly Fowler, Leigh
Jay, Carol McCanless, Kay New
ton, LaTrelle Oliver, Katherine
Stephenson, Theo Wilkie.
Contralto: Corean Askew, Du
ra Austin, Bobbie Banks, Norma
Bell, Maxine Blankenship, Nancy
Briggs, Rachael Chapman, Ch
ristine Ellis, Mary Hart, Louise
Johnson, Olive Kellum, Frances
Murphey, Ruth Pratt, Ila Randle,
Sally Sanders, Gail Todd, Joan
Tuck.
Tenor: George Hutchinson,
Jane Lassiter, Charles McLen
don, Harry Moore, Hoyt Oliver,
Joseph Sears, John Tate. Bass:
Theodore Davis, Fred Landt, Al
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Walker Harris
ich everybody is a winner. This
is the fourth successive cam
paign we’ve met this community
responsibility on time. The Uni
ted Fund saves time and money
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1967
Santa Claus Will Be On City Square Daily
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SANTA CLAUS will have his headquarters on the Covington City Square again this year. He will arrive in
Downtown Covington Friday morning at 10 o’clock. Santa will also be at the Santa Claus house (shown
above) daily from now until Christmas.
drawn up by the Georgia Edu
cation Association will also be
reviewed. These points are as
follows:
(1) A beginning salary of $5,-
200. (a) applied to the Index
Salary Schedule It would re
quire an average of $558 this
year; (b) this schedule will pro
vide an attractive beginning sa
lary, sufficient increases to hold
teachers in the profession, in
centive for teachers to improve
their competencies, recognition
of successful experience by the
graduated index through years of
teaching, and encouragement to
continue as career teachers; and
(c) all research related to ex
cellence of schools have always
boiled down to “how good are
your teachers”; studies made
have shown that this single fac
tor most related to high student
achievement is the beginning sa
lary of teacher.
(2) Reduce pupil ratio. It has
long been known that a reduct
ion of the pupil-teacher ratio in
the elementary schools would
greatly improve the quality of
education in Georgia. This can
be accomplished by a change in
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Otis Spillers
by eliminating so many cam
paigns, and assures givers that
funds are spent where most nee
ded and an accurate accounting
made,” Lassiter stated.
Gun Accident Kills
2 1/2- Year-Old Girl
A 7-year-old boy accidentally
discharged a gun found under a
bed Saturday morning and fatally
shot his half-sister at a Cov
ington residence. The little girl,
two-and-a-half years of age was
visiting in Covington from her
Cincinnati, Ohio home.
Coroner Sam Cowan said that
the little girl apparently died in
stantly, about 10:30 a. m. Satur
day. She was Michelle McDonald.
Jeffrie Sellars was the little boy
“thought the gun was a toy.”
Simons Speaker "Toys For Tots”
At Kiwanis Today Collection On
Henry Simons, Executive Di
rector of the Georgia Agribusin
ess Council, will be the guest
speaker at the regular weekly
luncheon meeting of the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club today at 1 p. m.
The meeting will be held at the
Teen Can building on Newton
Drive.
Newton County Agent Ed Hunt
is in charge of the program to
day and he will introduce the
speaker. The program is in
keeping with Farm-City Week
and is observed annually by the
local Kiwanis Club in November.
Mr. Simons, before coming to
Georgia, was the Vice-President
and Manager of The Agriculture
Department of Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company, with head
quarters in Charlotte, N. C.
City To Purchase
3 Police Cars
City of Covington officials have
announced that sealed bids have
been opened for the purchase of
three 1968 Police Special Auto
mobiles. The bids were opened
on November 6, 1967.
The blds received for the th
ree Special Police cars were
as follows:
Covington Auto Service (total
bid three cars ($6,289.00; Wal
ker Harris Autos, Inc. (total
bld three cars) $5,394.00; and
Ginn Motor Company (total bld
three cars) $5,328.17,
The purchase order was Is
sued to Ginn Motor Company
for the automobiles.
TEMPERATURES:
High Low
Tues., Nov. 21st 52 33
Wed., Nov. 22nd 56 43
Thurs., Nov. 23rd 61 45
Fri., Nov. 24th 71 46
Sat., Nov. 25th 66 40
Sun., Nov. 26th 64 39
Mon., Nov. 27th 60 50
Tues., Nov. 28th 50 28
His home is at 5131 Hill Street,
Covington.
Cowan said that the gun was an
Italian made 6.5 mm rifle. The
bullet went in the girl’s left sh
oulder and came out through her
right shoulder, Mr. Cowan stated.
He ruled that the shooting was
accidental.
Michelle was the daughter of
Mrs. Clara Austin McDonald of
Cincinnati.
Lackey Funeral Home in char
ge of arrangements.
City Square
The Newton County Jaycettes
now have a box on the square
in Covington for the Toys for
Tots. The ages of the child
ren are: two boys age 8, one
boy age 6, one boy age 5, one
boy age 4, one boy age 3, one
boy age 2, one girl age 5 and
one girl age 1.
Please bring all toys that are
good or can be repaired and
place In this box before 8:00
P. M. through the remainder of
this week.
Large Banner Spurs Rams On To Victory 125 At Home
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THAD BLANKENSHIP of NCHS breaks through a large banner displayed at the NCHS gymnasium Tuesday
evening as the Rams met Griffin. The sign stated, “Bury Griffin”. Newton won the game 57-48 and
ran the local home-court winning streak to 125 straight victories. Friday night the Newton teams will
meet Forsyth County in region games here.
Editorial
Obituary • • 6
Society 9
Sports 2 1-22
Legal 24-30
Classified 30-31
Citizens of Covington will be
asked to pass or reject a sl,-
000,000 bond issue to improve
the city’s gas and electric sys
tems in a referendum election
Wednesday, December 6, 1967.
Said election will be held at
City Hall and the polls will be
open from 7 a. m. until 7 p.m.
City officials have stated that
the bond issue, if passed, will
Dr. Griffin
To Speak On
Guidance
Dr. John B. Griffin, Child Ps
ychiatrist, who is serving New
ton County’s children through the
Clara Mae Hays Child Guidance
Clinic, will be officially intro
duced at the Mental Health As
sociation’s public meeting on Th
ursday evening, November 30, at
eight o’clock in the REA Building.
For the past month, he has gi
ven alternate Saturday mornings
to meeting patients and assist
ing with children’s needs through
clinics held in the facilities of the
Church of the Good Shepherd in
the Parish House on Monticello
Street in Covington.
Because the primary purpose
of the Clara Mae Hays Child
Guidance Clinic is to help sc-
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Porterdale Man Killed In
Car Wreck Tuesday Night
Richard Lamar Treadwell, 20,
of Porterdale was killed instantly
early Wednesday morning as the
car In which he was riding left
the road and pinned him under
neath the wreckage. The accident
happened on US 278 between the
Hub Junction and Deerfield Es
tates about 12:30 a. m, according
to local law enforcement offici
als.
Injured in the wreck were Mic
hael Knight of Salem, driver of
the car, and Billy Edge of Por
terdale. They were treated for
Injuries at Newton County Hos
pital.
The trio of young men were
coming toward Covington when
the car apparently went out of
control and left the road. Both
Knight and Edge were thrown
from the vehicle.
ANOTHER NEW INDUSTRY
COMING TO COVINGTON
Covington Mayor Walker Har
ris announced Tuesday that an
other new industry, is coming to
Covington. Harris met with Cov
ington Businessmen’s Associat
ion Monday to acquire an option
on 15 acres for an automotive
parts manufacturer.
The new plant will employ
some 250-300 people and will be
in operation initially in a 20,000
sq. ft. building with expansion
plans calling for a 60,000 sq. ft.
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not raise taxes in the city. The
yearly schedule for retiring the
revenue certificates is given in
a legal notice in The Covington
News today.
It has been emphasized by the
Mayor and City Council that nee
ded extensions and expansions of
the gas and electric systems is
imperative to the future growth
of the city.
Appearing on the ballot will be
the wording:
“For (Or Against) acquiring
additional gas and electric fa
cilities and adding to, extending,
repairing, improving and equip
ping the City’s gas and electric
system and the issuance of sl,-
000,000 revenue certificates for
that purpose.”
The planned gas system im
provements include:
1. The rebuilding of Coving
ton’s natural gas regulator sta
tion near Walnut Grove.
2. A new supply main from a
point near Walnut Grove into the
new industrial area around the
East side of Covington and con
necting to the 4” main on Jack
son Road, South of Covington.
3. A proposed Propane Air
Peak Shaving Plant for the City
of Covington.
Electric system proposals of
extensions and expansions must
be provided in order to meet the
demands of an expected double
in the next six years. The sys
tem Is now operating at its ma
ximum capacity.
Funeral services for Tread
well will be held today (Thurs
day), November 30, at 4 o’clock
at the Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home with Rev. H. N. Earnest,
pastor of the First Baptist Ch
urch of Porterdale, officiating.
A native of Newton County, he
was an employee of Big Apple
Super Market in Covington, and
was 20 years old.
Interment will be in I,awnwood
Cemetery with J. C. Harwell and
Son Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Faye Loyd Treadwell, mot
her, Mrs. Jessie R. Treadwell,
both of Porterdale; brother, Jes
sie Treadwell, Jr., Covington;
and two sisters, Mrs. Jerry Rey
nolds, Covington and Miss Kay
Treadwell, Porterdale.
building In the future.
Mayor Harris said that the
new plant plans to be In opera
tion by June of 1968. The land
option for the building is a part
of the Industrial Boulevard area
in Covington.
This marks the fourth major
industry to locate in Covington
In the past two years. Mobil
Chemical, C. R. Bard and Her
cules are now in operation and
production in Covington.