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THREE DAYS MORE OF 1967!
What kind of a year has it been
for YOU? It is usually the kind
of year we make it, . AUH? Oh,
but it is! We may grumble about
hard times, high prices, etc, etc!
But, after all, when we stop to
think of it, living conditions are
better in every way; schools
are better each year (gosh! what
would you have given to have a
hot lunch served you in a great
dining hall at high school and
grammar school? Instead you
had a school basket with a cold
lunch you took outside and ate
when lunch time came, . Jnever
will forget those good sausage
(country sausage) the boys and
girls from farms would bring,
They would eagerly swap them
with ‘““us town kids’” for plain
old Store Bought fried ham and
biscuits, Ain’t tasted no sau=-
sage nor country ham like we
used to get at school, until we
came here, . ,and you know the
only two people in the county who
can make sausage and cure hams
like that! Boy! that ham simply
melts in your mouth and the sau=
sage!, . ,Jorother there jest ¢ ’aint
nothing in this world’’ as good!
No our children today do not
know about those things. . .but
OH! what nice hot meals they
have in a warm dining room, . .
with plenty of fresh milk to
drink, too, . .cooked and served
by experts at the job! Children
complain, but they never had it so
good! I’m waterin’ at the mouth
right now thinking about thatham!
I’d start in the business if they
would just tell me how to make
and smoke those sausage! NO!
You youngans know better! They
didn’t smoke sausage like a ci
gar! Shame on you! They hic
kory smoked um, hanging inlinks
in an old log smokehouse, o «
they made brown sugar, . .abar
rel full every year onour Grand
mothers plantation too, . .When
she started to the smoke house to
cut down link sausage, or a ham
« « oOr just a shoulder to boil
with green beans and things, « «
she knew I was right behind her,
She never said a word, . .she
knew what I followered her for
« « oShe would lift the lid and the
heavy white sack cover over the
Brown Sugar Barrel and let me
reach in for a lump of sugar. . .
Good old days! You Bet!
T reekon we are lonesome for
all those we miss at Christmas
time is why we are thinkin’ of
all this, , .and for the one we
lost on Christmas Day six years
ago, Isn’t it wonderful to have
all these memories to live with
tho?
You better start makin’ your
New Years resolution, . .for be
fore another paper comes out you
will have started in the New Year,
We are promisin’ you right now
to be a better boy and to pay
more attention to your needs
instead of this silly column,
Old Santa was really good to
everybody this year. ~ .and bro
ther the last paper (Covington
News) justbefore Christmas rea
11y displayed, to advantage, the
merchandise our wonderful mer
chants had in their stores, ..You
know how I know?, . .Well every
body and his brother from the
city and county was rightinthese
merchants stores and out at the
Shoppin’ Center, . .pushing their
way around trying to buy Christ=
mas presents before the stock
was depleted, , .and we right
among them doin’ the same th
ing. We never had a nicer Ch
ristmas and we practiced what
we preach: TRADE AT HOME,
WITH HOME TOWN MERC
HANTS, YOUR FRIENDS WHO
STAND BEHIND THEIR MERCH=-
ANDISE, BECAUSE THEY ARE
YOUR FRIENDS AND CARE!
They even wrap those packages
up, and if they can’t get them to
your house for you, because you
bought so much you couldn’t take
it. . owell, they just send their
darling wives to drive their car
down with it for you,
Nothing to equal the courtes=
ies extended you by your HOME
TOWN MERCHANTS, . .anddon’t
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PACKING THE BOXES of Christmas cheer for needy families of the county is an annual pleasure for
members of the Covington Rotary Club and Newton Hi-Y Club, who volunteered for the project, Left
to right at the Teen Can are: Moncey Pratt, Bud Dennison, Sammy Ozburn, John Lamar Callaway and
Dallas M, Tarkenton,
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VOLUME 102
Jaycees Plan Annual DSA Banquet
Covington Kiwanis Club To
Install 1968 Officers Today
Covington Kiwanis Club offi
cers for the year 1968 will be
installed at the club’s regular
weekly luncheon meeting today
at the Teen Can building at 1
p. m. Philip Cohen will succeed
Ben T. Banks as the president
of the local civic organization.
Other officers who will be in
ducted at the meeting today are:
Rucker Ginn and Guy Evans,
vice-presidents; Charles Strick~
land, secretary; E. E. Calla
way, treasurer; Ben T. Banks,
past president; and board of di
rectors: Terry Avery, Martin
Goode, Donald Stephenson, John
ny Maloney, Moody Summers,
Postal Rates
To Increase
On January 7
Increase rates for all clas
ses of mail except parcel post
and international mail will go
into effect January 7, Postmaster
Lamar Callaway reminded postal
customers today.
‘“Even with the new rates of
six cents for first-class mailand
10 cents for air mail, postal ser=-
vice is still a real bargain,””
Mr. Callaway declared. ‘‘For
six cents you can send a letter
to any of the 50 States, to any
United States territory or pos
session, to Canada or Mexico,
or to an American serviceman
stationed anywhere in the world,”’
Postmaster Callaway pointed
out that the new rate for post
cards will be five cents and for
air mail post cards eight cents,
He said the added cent in the
letter rate is a 20 per cent in
crease compared to a 24 per cent
boost in the rates for mailing
newspapers and magazines and a
34 per cent hike for advertising
circulars, ‘‘occupant’’ mail, and
other material in the third-class
category,
The new rate of six cents per
ounce for first-class mailapplies
up to 13 ounces and the new rate
of 10 cents per ounce for air
mail applies up to 7 ounces,
Under the new rate structure
all first-class mail over 13 oun=
ces and all air mail over 7 oun=-
ces will be merged into a single
category.
These heavier pieces of first=
class and air mail subject to the
single rate schedule will be de
livered by the fastest available
means of transportation,
A flat rate of 80 cents will be
charged for all mail in this cate
gory up to one pound, For all
mail weighing more than one
pound, the presentair parcel post
rates will continue to apply, ex=
cept that the postage on matter
weighing between one and five
pounds will change at half-pound
intervals rather than one pound
intervals,
Postmaster Callaway said that
the new rate structure will mean
a reduction of postage on some
parcels,
Another rate change that will
affect the general public is the
increase from four to six cents
for the first two ounces of indi
vidual pieces of third-class mail,
Unsealed greeting cards may be
sent at this rate, Callaway said,
He emphasized that the new
rate on unsealed greeting cards
will not go into effect until Jan=
uary 7 and until then they can be
mailed at the old rate of four
cents,
Covington Rotary Empty Stocking Program Served 150 Needy Families of Newton County At Christmas Time
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Gerald Wendel, and Norbert
Thompson.
The induction ceremony will
be handled by Ernest Cheaves
of Forest Park, Division 12 Lieu
tenant-Governor-elect.
The new head of the local
Kiwanis club is a young Cov
ington businessman, a partner
in the operation of W. Cohen
Company, along with his father
Leon Cohen, who is also a Ki
wanian.
Philip Cohen is also a member
of several civic and fraternal
organizations and is a member
of the board of directors of
the First National Bank of New
ton County.
During the past club year he
served on the board of direct
ors and has held many respon
sible committee chairmanship
posts of Kiwanis.
152 New Firms
HaveComeTo
Ga. In 1967
Julius F, Bishop, Chairman of
the Board of Commissioners of
the Department of Industry and
Trade, today released the totals
for industrial expansion in this
state for the first eleven mon
ths of 1967. Mr. Bishop said:
‘‘As of November 30, the num=~
ber of new firms locating in the
state was 152 compared to 120
at the same time in 1966. Ca
pital investment in the first ele
ven months amounted to $164,
350,176 for this new industry.
‘““Expanded firms for the first
eleven months total 250 compared
to 211 for all of 1966. Capi
tal investment for expansion has
amounted to $234,674,058. Last
year it amounted to $143,000,000
for the entire year. The total
for both new and expanded in
dustry is $399,024,234, which
is already more than twenty mil
lion ahead of the record year
of 1966.”
The investment figures for the
first eleven months do not in
clude the 100 million dollar in
vestment by Georgia Power Com
pany for the development of a
neuclear hydraulic power plant
to be located in Georgia, nor
the 75 million dollar steam plant
already announced for the Car
tersville area.
Mr. Bishop said that one of the
most significant factors repre
sented by these growth figures
is the greater increase in ‘‘ex
panded” industry over ‘‘new in
dustry.
In the early stages of industrial
development in a state, ¢new’’
industries make up, by far, the
greatest percentage of industrial
growth, As the industrial ca
pacity of the state increases, the
¢new”’ industries become ‘old’’
industries with a potential for
expansion which becomes greater
as more ‘‘mew’’ industries be
come ‘‘old’’. From 1955 through
1966, 1,829 ‘‘new’’ plants have
been opened in Georgia. For
1967, these plants are the ‘old”’
ones which are giving Georgia
its increasing ‘‘expansion’’ fig
ures. Georgia is fast becom
ing a mature, diversified, in
dustrial state.
By the end of 1967, the new
and expanded plants will have
added approximately 18,000 em
ployees to Georgia’s industrial
payroll.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1967
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NEW GEORGIA license plates will go on sale Tuesday, January 2 at the Newton County Tax Office in the
courthouse. Holding the new tag is Tax Commissioner Bonham Johnson while Mrs. E, L, Smith of the
Tax Office staff looks on, The plates this year will have white numerals on a green background,
Big 4 Meet Tonight, Friday
BY 808 GREER
(News And Sports Editor)
Four fine high school basketball teams, representing three class
ifications in Georgia high school, will engage in two nights of cage
action at the Newton County High School gymnasium on Thursday
(tonight) and Friday. Other than the host Ram team, the other
outfits will be Woodward Academy (AAA), Wills High (AA)aud
Rockdale County (A).
The pairing for the first night
of action will pit the Rockdale
Bulldogs of Coach Richard Moore
against the strong Wills clan,
The second game of the Thurs
day schedule will see our Rams
taking on the Woodward Academy
team. Woodward is coached by
Kim Barton and Bob Blankenship
is the mentor of the Wills out
fit.
Uppermost in the minds of the
NCHS team will be the preser=-
vation of the home-court winning
streak which is now 128 without
a Jloss in eight seasons. If
the Rams of Coach Ronald Brad
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EMPTY STOCKING BOXES were being assembled and packedas this
photo was taken Thursday at the Teen Canbuilding, Rotary Club Pre
sident Hugh Steele (center) was aided by Mork Winn (left) and Sammy
Ozburn (right), members of the Newton High Club, Some 150 fa
milies were served by the club’s Christmas project this year.
ley cop both games, no doubt
a celebration will be in the wings
for the local team and coach.
The University of Kentucky had
a 129-game home=-court winning
streak a few years ago and that
mark is the target for Bradley’s
Bombers.
Wills may be the best club
to perform here this season.
The team has speed, height, hus
tle and is drilled to the upper
most infundamentals of the game.
Both Newton High and Wills could
go into the Friday night game
undefeated.
The Rams now have copped
nine straight games this sea-
‘BIG 4’
SCHEDULE AT NCHS GYMNASIUM:
THURSDAY, DEC, 28:
7 p.m. Rockdale County vs Wills High
8:30 p.m, Newton County vs Woodward
Academy
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7 p. m. Rockdale County vs Woodward
Academy
8:30 p. m, Newton County vs Wills High
$2,445,000Teen-Age
Market In County
(Special to the News)
It’s not only the aault population of Newton County that has more
money to spend these days. The teen-agers in the local area
are better off, too. These young tycoons, with an impressive
amount of cash at their disposal, have become an economic force
of considerable size.
As a result, local retail mer
chants are making special efforts
to woo them by catering to their
particular tastes infood, fashions
and entertainment.
On the basis of the latest fig
ures, the teen-age market in
Newton County reached an esti
son. For the first year in many
moons, Bradley has ample re
serves to insert in the lineup
when needed. With the starting
five of Terry Schell and Tony
Moon at forwards, Thad Blank
enship at center, and guards
Richard Allen and Phil Shaw,
the NCHS head man can now
call on Jim Gainer, Bubba Hill,
Tony Harris, Luke Odum and
others.
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PACKAGES, TOYS and presents for families in the Empty Stocking Fund program are shown above at the
Teen Can Thursday. Rotarian Brown Nevels (left) and Pete Carter, Hi-Y Club member, are pictured
gathering gifts for one of the families on the list, Deliveries were made Friday and Saturday.
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Distinguished Service Awards
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Includes Three Categories
The Newton County Jaycees will hold their annual Distinguished
Service Awards Banquet on January 23, 1968, In announcing the plans,
General Chairman R, T, Smith, Jr, stated thatagain the Jaycees will
honor 1967’s outstanding young men and women in the fields of
Community Service, Education, and Agriculture,
This year’s banquet will again
be held in the E, L, Ficquett
Cafetorium and will begin at
7:30, Tickets will be available
next week from any Jaycee,
Nominations for the awards
will be received by the Jaycee
in charge of the individual fields,
Nominees must be between the
ages of 21 and 35, a citizen of
Newton County; and they cannot
be a previous winner,
Nominations for the Distin
guished Service to the Community
Award will be received by Jaycee
Randall Meadows, telephone nu=-
mber 786-8248,
Nominations for the Outstand
ing Young Educator can be sub
mitted to Ronald Carter, 786-
8539,
Outstanding Young Farmer no
minations can be submitted to
Jaycee Fred Harwell, 786-3045,
mated $2,445,000 in the past
vear,
The money went for records,
clothes, used cars, greeting
cards, movies, costume jewelry,
snacks, sportswear, cosmetics
and the thousand and one other
things that are of vital importance
to youngsters.
And it was spent quickly. There
was little or no thought given
to saving part of it. To teen
agers, money is for spending
now.
The facts and figures were de
veloped from national surveys
and studies reported by the Life
Insurance Institute of America,
the Youth Research Institute and
others.
Their figures show that teen
age spending in the United States
climbed to a record $lB billion
NUMBER 52
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Speed Is Main
Cause Wrecks
On Highways
In a recent Georgia Safety
Council survey of 1967 fatal traf
fic accidents, attention was given
to young drivers, 25 years old
and under. The survey took
60 single-car crashes at random
involving these young people, and
it showed that 72 deaths occurred
in the crashes.
In 47 of the 60 cases studied,
or more than 75 per cent, the
investigating officers logged in
their reports that speed was a
determining factor. In one case,
it was reported that the speed
was unknown. The speeds at
which most of these vehicles
crashed raaged from 50 miles
per hour in a 35-mile zone up
to more than 100 miles per hour.
Also, the records show that
15 of these young drivers defin
itely were under the influence
of aleohol.
From the standpoint of all
single car crashes in Georgia
during 1967, more than 500 per
sons have died. In the random
cases taken by the Georgia Safe
ty Council invoiving only -the
younger drivers, there is a good
case to be made for taking some
kind of steps to influence the
young drivers to slow down. Speed
may not kill, but a car out of
control due to excessive speed
is a deadly weapon.
in the past year.
Divided equally among the 24
million boys and girls between
the ages of 13 and 19, itamounted
to $750 in the year, or $14.40
apiece per week.
Applying that national average
to Newton County and tothe 3,260
teen-agers inthe local area, their
weekly total was about $46,940.
Many of the youngsters earned
part of this income by baby
sitting, delivering newspapers
and doing other work after school.
The rest of it came from their
allowances.
Os even greater importance to
storekeepers than the business
they do with the young people
are the family purchases that
they influence.
They have a strong voice in
deciding, for example, the kind
of food, the make of car and the
type of furniture that their par
ents buy. It is estimated that
they affect purchases of over
$35 billion nationally.
At that rate, approximately
$4,743,000 a year of additional
spending in the local area is
influenced by them.