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We wish you, and you, and all
of you, the Happiest New Year
ever! We trust that your home
will be filled with love, perfect
peace and understanding, not only
with each of your family and fr
iends. . .but with the Heavenly
Father who watches over us by
day and by night. He gives us
everything! It is ours for the
asking, if we do our part then
He more than does His part for
us.
May we start this New Year
with a determination to make it a
good year. Yes, a year filled
with the joys, necessities and
needs of a home. With a home
filled with perfect love and har
mony, and let’s make it a Church
going home, for it is good to be
in the house of the Lord! Here
we most always find sincere,
God fearing people. . .People who
put God first in their lives, and
serve Him to the best of their
ability. They teach their child
ren to do the same, and to honor
their parents. We can never re
pay our parents for what they have
done in rearing us in Christian
homes.
There’s that caring and sharing
to be practiced this new year. . .
“Love thy neighbor as thy self”
. . .and who is my neighbor?
Any human being I find on the
street, highway or by-way. If
we expect our Lord and Saviour
to give us a good New Year, He
is expecting us also to make all
who come within our reach happy
in some way. . .if we have nothing
to give but our love (we think)
. . .let us remember that we have
God within our hearts and we
must share Him with every per
son we meet. . .no matter how
slight that contact maybe! Can
others see Jesus in ME??? Let
us ask ourselves that question
over and over again.
How can we share HIM with
others. . .a thousand little ways
my friend. . .giving your own love
. . .to the stranger you say?
Why Alexander Stephens, over at
Crawfordville, had a beautiful
home. It is a State Shrine now!
Down stairs he had fixed up a real
nice room. He personally called
it the "Tramp Room”. He never
turned anybody away who came by
. . .not even a “dirty no good
tramp.” But I’ll bet that Tramp
went away happy, knowing that
this "neighbor” made him feel
at home. . .fed him good food,
and the warmth of that home li
ved in Ms heart always.
Do we turn people away? Beg
gars we might say? Not unless
we expect God to turn us away,
and say "I know ye not!” Some
times people will brush away a
little dirty, ragged child begging
on the street. This happens more
in cities. . .it just could not hap
pen here! But we have turned
God away if we do not share
something of what God has given
us with them. • .even a smile
means so much to that unfort
unate child, man or woman.. .but
a little money, a warm dress,
coat you do not need, or a suit!!!
■They can SEE God actingthrough
YOU.
Covington and Newton County
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Mrs. Jenkins
Mrs. Helen Wynne Jenkins has
joined the staff of The Covington
News as Classified Ad and Cir
culation Manager.
Mrs. Jenkins was formerly
managing editor of The Walton
Tribune and editor of North Ge
orgia LIFE. In 1963-64 she was
managing editor of The Oconee
Enterprise in Watkinsville. She
has done free lance writing in
trade publications and miscel
laneous advertising and news
paper features.
From 1955-60 Mrs. Jenkins
was the Women’s Editor of The
Brunswick News in Brunswick,
Georgia.
Mrs. Jenkins’ husband, John
W. Jenkins, is an engineer with
Lithonia Lighting Company in
Conyers. They have five child
ren ranging in ages from eight
to 23. The family resides in
Rutledge presently.
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J. W. Morgan Is Juvenile Court Judge
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J. W. MORGAN (left) is sworn in as Judge of the Juvenile Court of Newton County Tuesday as Stone
Mountain Circuit Judge Frank Guess (right) administers the oath. Looking on is Newton County Re
presentative W. D. Ballard (center). The Juvenile Court was recently created for the county.
H. N. Earnest Is Probation Officer Juvenile Court
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REV. H. N. EARNEST (left) of Porterdale takes the oath of office of Newton County Probation Officer
from' Judge J. W. Morgan at the Courthouse ceremony Tuesday morning. Newton County Rep. W. D.
Ballard is shown at right. This was Judge Morgan’s first official act in his new office.
Newton Jaycees Seek Honorees
For Distinguished Service Awards
The Newton County Jaycees
each January honor one of New
ton County’s most distinguished
young men as its outstanding
young man for the year just
past. The Distinguished Ser
vice Award is presented to the
man between 21 and 35 who gives
the most meritorious service to
his family, his community, his
church and his nation.
The DSA is the highest award
the Newton County Jaycees an
nually present. Our honoree is
entered into the U. S. Jaycee’s
Ten Outstanding Young Men in
hopes that his achievements may
be further recognized and ho
nored. Among past TOYM win
ners are the late John F. Ken
nedy, Richard Nixon, Dr. Tom
Dooley and Leonard Bernstein.
The DSA banquet will be held
January 23, 1968 in the Ficquett
School cafetorium. The Awards
ceremony recognizes and honors
the winner’s achievements and
provides a stage for the honoree
to challenge and inspire young
men.
Young men of all fields of
endeavor may be submitted by an
individual, organization, asso
ciation or institution. The win
ner will be selected by a group
C of C Members
To Hear Plans
For Youth Center
The regular membership mee
ting of the Covington - Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
will be held Monday, January 8,
1968, at 12:30 at the Teen Can
Building on Newton Drive, ac
cording to the president, Bill
Hoffman.
Wayne Hunt, a member of the
Newton County Jaycees, will pre
sent the program on the Jaycees
proposed youth center.
All members are urged to be
present at this meeting.
Olouingintt News
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enterprise, Established 1865 —The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
of Newton County Jaycees.
The basis for selection of a
winner is the nominee’s achieve
ment or contribution of importan
ce in his chosen field, organiza
tion, community, state, and na
tion.
Rules governing nominations
are:
1. Age limit, 21-35 years.
Not eligible if nominee becomes
36 before January 1, 1968.
2. A nominee must be a U.
S. (native born or naturalized)
citizen, or must have applied
for U. S. citizenship by January
1, 1966. Further, he must re
side within Newton County.
3. All Communists or those
Holiday Drinkers
Saw 26 Face
Judge Strozier
Imbibers of alcoholic drinks
during the Christmas holidays
(or at least 26 of them) in the
City of Covington ran afoul of
City Police and were ticketed
for trial on Wednesday, Decem
ber 27 in Judge E. W. Strozier’s
City Court session for the week.
There were 13 cases of per
sons charged with being drunk,
and another 13 charged with dri
ving under the influence (DUI)
of intoxicants. One of the latter
so charged had his case trans
ferred to the next term of the
Newton County Superior Court.
He also had the charge of driving
without a license lodged against
him, according to records at the
local police station.
Due to the regular city court
session coming on Monday, Judge
Strozier moved the cases to Wed
nesday following Christmas.
Other cases called for trial
with many forfeiting their cash
bonds Included three for reck
less driving, two for speeding,
two running a red light, and two
for disorderly conduct. One mo
torist was fined for drag racing.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURS DA Y , JANUARY 4, 1968
known to have Communistic lea
rnings will be excluded from
consideration.
4. Nominee must sign nomin
ation form personally. With his
signature, he will attest to all
facts contained on the form, give
permission for publication of the
facts and indicate willingness,
barring extreme circumstances,
to attend the DSA Banquet if he
is under final consideration for
the 1967 DSA.
5. Nomination forms are to
be mailed to: DSA, Newton
County Jaycees, Covington, Ga.
Miss Finley Has 45-Year
Record At Bibb Mfg. Co.
PORTERDALE—Being a time
keeper in 1968 will prove quite
different from the methods used
when Miss Robbie Finley began
work in Porterdale, in 1922. It
is unusual, too, that for forty
five consecutive years, Miss Fin
ley has given her dedicated and
loyal service to the same posit
ion in the Osprey Plant of the
Bibb Manufacturing Company.
Having finished the Porterdale
School, she sought employment
here along with six other mem
bers of her family, all of whom
have made notable contributions.
Through her formative years,
she was a member of the Girl
Reserves and the Business Girls’
Club of which she was a charter
member and served as President,
Vice-President, and Treasurer.
When the latter merged with the
Porterdale Woman’s Club, she
was happy to accept new respon
sibilities and challenges.
An active member of the Julia
A. Porter Memorial Methodist
Church, Miss Finley participat
es in the WSCS and the Lola
Drennon Sunday School Class.
As another year begins, friends
are congratulating her and wish
ing for her warm friendships.
Newton County Now
Has Juvenile Court
J. W. Morgan Named Judge;
Earnest Probation Officer
The Judges of the Stone Mountain Superior Court Circuit upon the
recommendation of the March and September Terms of the Grand
Jury have ordered the creation of a Juvenile Court for Newton County.
This Court is created under the powers and authority vested in the
Judges of the Superior Courts throughout the state.
The Superior Court Judges, the
Honorable H. Frank Guess, H. O.
Hubert, Jr., William T. Dean,
Clarence L. Peeler, Jr. and Hu
bert C. Morgan, all concurring,
have named the Honorable J. W.
Morgan, Covington, Attorney at
Law, as Judge of the Newton
County Juvenile Court for a term
of six years.
Mr. Morgan was sworn in as
Judge of the Juvenile Court on
Tuesday, January 2, 1968, by the
Honorable Judge Frank Guess,
Stone Mountain Superior Court
Circuit. He will hold court in
the Newton County Courthouse.
The Rev. H. N. Earnest, Por
terdale, has been named by Judge
Morgan as the Juvenile Court’s
Probation Officer. Rev. Earnest
has had several years experience
as a Juvenile Probation Officer
before coming to Covington.
Judge J. W. Morgan, a native
Georgian, is a graduate of the Wa
lter F. George School of Law,
Mercer University, Macon, and
was admitted to the practice of
law in January, 1952. He served
as a Special Agent with the FBI
in New York City and other cities
for 7 years handling criminal
type investigations. He and his
wife, Faye, and their 4 children,
have resided in Covington since
1959. He has been active in Boy
Scouts of America, having acted
as Cub Scout Master of Cub Scout
Pack 58 for 2 years and is now
a Committeeman on Boy Scout
Troop 222. He is Secretary of
the Rotary Club and Secretary
of the Masonic Ixxige, Covington.
Judge Morgan is also Past
Lutheran Services
Begin On Sunday
There will be regular services
for Lutherans in the Newton
County area beginning on January
7. They will be held each first
and third Sunday nights at 7;30
P. M. at the Church of the Good
Shepherd (Episcopal) on Monti
cello Street. The first Sunday
night of each month Holy Com
munion will be held and on the
third Sunday night regular ves
per services will be held. Pas
tor Howard Patten of Peace Lu
theran Church in Decatur will
officiate.
On the second and fourth Sun
day nights, scripture readings
and oral discussions will be held
in the Parish House, across the
street from the church, beginning
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Southern Bell
To Interview
Job Applicants
Interviews for the position of
long distance operator are now
being taken in Covington by Sou
thern Bell Telephone Company.
Successful applicants for the
job will work in Southern Bell’s
new $609,000 building at the cor
ner of Usher and Pace streets.
The dial and toll structure con
tains 30 positions for operators
who will handle long-distance
calls, according to Ray Reece,
local Southern Bell manager. A
force of about 60 will eventually
be Involved in the work of the
long - distance center here, he
said.
Interested parties may apply
on Wednesday, January 10, at
1121 Floyd Street, N. E., second
floor. Miss Carol Brown, re
cruiting supervisor, will con
duct the Interviews from 9:30
a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Master of the Covington Masonic
Lodge, having served as Master
for the year 1967. He is a mem
ber of the Elks Club, Chamber
of Commerce, Georgia Bar As
sociation and American Judica
ture Society. He and his family
are members of the First Pres
byterian Church, Covington. He
is in the general practice of law
in Covington, and a partner in the
firm of Strickland & Morgan.
The creation of the Juvenile
Court has been encouraged and
recommended by the Ministerial
Association and other agencies
of Newton County, including the
Newton County Advisory Com
mittee recently formed by Re
presentative Donald Ballard for
better government and adminis
tration.
Flu On Uprise In State
A sharp increase in the num
ber of reported cases of influ
enza has been noted by the State
Health Department.
Dr. John E. McCroan, the st
ate’s chief epidemiologist, said
today that his office had recei
ved information on flu Increases
from the northeastern Georgia
regions and around the Atlanta
metropolitan area.
Dr. McCroan indicated that a
check with health officials in the
southern regions of the state had
shown no increase in cases.
The first reported Increase of
flu in Georgia came from Frank
lin county during the week of De
cember 11 where school absen
teeism had been above normal.
He also said that flu outbreaks
had been reported In Cobb and De-
Kalb counties and in the area sur
rounding Franklin county. The
most recent oubreak was report
ed from north Fulton county.
“Earlier this year,” Dr. Mc-
Croan stated, “the U. S. Public
Health Service had predicted that
a flu Increase would hit the coun
try. As of today, 12 states — In
cluding Georgia — have reported
unusual increases.
“The virus-type of the flu In
Georgia has not been completely
isolated yet,” he said. “We are
running tests now in our labora
tories on specimens collected
from Infected people in the out
break areas. From the primary
data collected, we expect to find
that it is the A-2 type—the so
called Asian flu which has been
the common type in the U. S. in
the past few years.
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TWO MANSFIELD MASONS received 50-year awards and citations at the Mansfield lodge No. 480
meeting Wednesday evening at the Community Center. Bernard Greer (left) and Frank Greer (center)
are shown with their wives as Bro- Ralph James of the Grand Lodge of Georgia read the citation.
Shown at right is Mansfield Lodge Worshipful Master Wilson Banks.
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Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 12
Legal 16
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Rotary To Hear
Rev. Jack Ballard
The Covington Rotary Club will
have Rev. Jack H. Ballard as
speaker for the noon meeting
Tuesday, January 9th.
Mr. Ballard is an honor grad
uate of the Cincinnati Bible Se
minary and a member of Delta
Aleph Tau, the only Greek Heb
rew Honor Society in the world.
Mr. Ballard became minister
of the Mount Carmel Christian
Church in Decatur in 1950. The
congregation currently is the lar
gest Christian Church in the
Southeast and the third largest
Bible school in the United States.
Mr. Ballard was selected as
The Outstanding Civic Minded
Person in Metropolitan Atlanta
in 1965. The Jr. Chamber of
Commerce selected Mr. Bal
lard as “one of the five out
standing young men in Georgia”
in 1964. He subsequently was no
minated as one of the ten out-
The health official said that
this outbreak in Georgia was not
approaching an epidemic yet.
“There is just a sharp increase
in flu cases at this time,” Dr.
McCroan added.
He stated that in some repor
ted cases where the person had
had "flu shots,” their symptoms
were not as severe as those who
had not had the shots. “Flushots
will not make a person comple
tely Immune to the flu virus,”
he said, “but they can help to
lessen the effects of it. It is
late in the day to take the shots
now to do any good. I would sug
gest that everyone check with his
own physician about taking the
shots for future protection.
“The symptoms of this type
of flu,” Dr. McCroan continued,
“have been described usually as
a headache, fever, general body
aches and pains and a sore th
roat. The most outstanding sym
ptom is, however, a 'hacking*
cough. The average duration of
this flu would be from three to
five days and in some cases a
little longer.”
The best treatment for this
type of flu is for a person to re
main quietly In a room with as
a near constant controlled tem
perature as possible and avoid
going outdoors.
The health official recom
mended that people take a little
more care to try to avoid situa
tions which can cause a cold.
He also advised that anyone with
a very severe cold or one which
hangs on should consult with their
own private physician.
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standing young men in the United
States. He has served as Pre
sident of the Georgia Christian
Ministers Association and on the
continuation committee for the
North American Christian Con
vention as well as the Southern
Christian Convention. He re
ceived the Distinguished Service
Award from Kiwanls Internat
ional for his activities with com
munity youth and received Inter
national recognition for his work
with fellow Kiwanls Clubs in Ge
orgia.
Mr. Ballard is a native of
Ashland, Kentucky. He is mar
ried to t\e former Miss Char
lotte Wilson of Atlanta and they
have two children, Johnny and
Pam.
E. G. Lassiter, Program Ch
airman, says Rotarians are in
deed fortunate to have such a
capable and interesting speaker
on the program, the first of the
New Year.
Gospel Singing
Saturday Niaht
At Tabernacle
A gospel song festival is held
the first Saturday night of each
month at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Various quartets, church c!.<rii ‘
and individuals have participated.
This service is one of the many
minlsteries of the Baptist Tab
ernacle offered to the public.
The Tone Masters Quartet,
Social Circle and the Lawmen’s
Quartet of Atlanta, will be our
special guests.
"In addition to our special
guests, Charlotte Johnson, wife
of "Son” Johnson and mother of
four children of Monticello St
reet, Covington, will be singing
a song “My Father” which she
composed. God uses His child
ren providing they are willing
and obedient. Charlotte John
son is a good example of this
and we believe that her song
and singing will be a great bl
essing to thousands of people
as they come to know and to
hear even as she has blessed
the lives and hearts of so many
at the Baptist Tabernacle,” Rev.
Hudson Moody stated.
The pastor and members of
The Baptist Tabernacle invite
you to attend this special sing
ing this Saturday, January 6,
1968, 7:30 p. m. and enjoy an
evening in church with your fa
mily that you will all remember.