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Snow! Snow! The beautiful
snow! We’ve bragged about it so
much that we are sorry to get
so "fussy” about it. . .BUT. . .
the kind of snow we were bragg
ing about was the kind we lived
outdoors with in North Carolina
. . .at least we slept out doors
for about 2 years. . .waking up
in the morning with the covers
of our bed banked in snow. That
was not sloppy snow like we have
been having. . .it was dry snow,
if you know what we mean. . .so
frozen were the flakes that they
sifted off our bed like saw dust
. . .and how warm we were un
derneath that beautiful snow. Gu
ess snow just "ain’t uster” co
rnin’ so far South. . .we might
as well give up on having the
kind we’d love to buy sleds for.
Old Sol is out now. . .so bright
it almost hurts your eyes after
being shut in so long. . .and we
ARE glad to welcome it back!
Busy week ahead. . .among
interesting activities will be that
wonderful Awards Program at
Newton Hi-School of the 4-H
Clubs. . .and HOW proud we all
are of these young people! Re
member the date is the 22nd at
7 P. M.
Friday, 19th! What a wonder
ful day this will be! What a sac
red occasion this will be! Are
you wondering! Well it’s the day
which will go down in the History
of Emory College, at Oxford. . .
Ground will be broken for the
wonderful new Library! This is
one of the finest in the State,
and growing all the time. . .the
great new complex finished a year
or more ago is one of the finest
in the State. . .we except none!
This County is truly proud of
the progress being made here.
Other States, for many years,
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5 Find Names
(With Help)
Win $5 Each
Five Covington News readers got $5 for finding their
name last week. They received a lot of help. Friends
spotted their names and phoned and stopped by their homes
to be sure they knew.
Mrs. Howard Ewing of 4145 Floyd St. said that she had
15-20 calls before she received her paper.
Sf “I didn’t know that so many people read The Covington
w News,” she said. "If it had been a SSOO prize I couldn’t
have been more popular.”
•g Mrs. Ewing didn’t report finding her name to the News
office until Tuesday. "I haven’t had a chance to come by,”
S she said, “because I’ve been so busy answering the phone.
U? people of all ages called as well as people from all over
® the county.”
£ Aubra Sherwood of Oxford asked that his check be made
& out to White’s Department Store. Howard Brooks, White’s
manager, said later, "We’ve heard a lot of comment
about the game.” Mr. Sherwood’s name happened to appear
S; in White’s ad last week.
"I venture to say that at least 25-30 people called. The
S: phone rang all day Thursday beginning at 9 that morning,”
# reported Mrs. Sherwood.
Mrs. Edward Hawkins, of 3138 Mill St., another winner,
said: "That was my lucky day. I didn’t know I had so many
friends. I heard voices that I haven’t heard for years.”
:•$ Mrs. Hawkins asked that her check be made out to Belk
g: Gallant Store. She estimated that she received 50 phone
calls.
•g Other winners were J. Dixon Hays of RL 4, Covington
© and Mrs. Roy Huckaby. Porterdale. Mrs. Huckaby added
g: that she was told of her $5 gift before she received her
g: paper at the post office.
•g All winners reported lots of fun with the name game,
g Here is all there is to the game:
gs There are five names tucked away in Covington News
gi ads this week, set in type like this story. If one of the
gj names is yours, let us know. You can phone or write or
stop in. We’ll give you ass check made out to any bu
ig: siness that advertises with the News. Take the check to
g: that business and cash it or take it out in trade. It’s up
g; to you.
:g It is not necessary to come to the News office. We’ll
g: mail you the check if you like. All you have to do is to let
•g us know witliin one week who the check should be made out
S: to.
If you don’t find your name but find the name of some
’S one you know, it’s all right for you to let him know about
;g it. It’s ass favor he’H appreciate.
All the names are printed in the same size type as this
story. To avoid confusion the person’s address is with the
g: name.
So look through the ads this week and every week. You
g; or someone you know may be one of the lucky ones. Re
g member $25 will be given away each week. The winners
•g have one week to notify us.
$2,042,000 Contract Awarded
Low-Rent Housing Project
A Greensboro, North Carolina
firm is the low bidder for the
construction of a 180-unit low
rent housing project for the City
of Covington, according to an
announcement by Mayor Walker
Harris. The W, H. Weaver
Construction Company of
Greensboro submitted the low
bid of $2,042,000 and will be
awarded the contract today
(Thursday) as the signing of the
necessary papers will take place
in Atlanta.
Other bidders on the project
were: Lake McDonald, Inc.,
Vidalia, $2,144,000; Kirkpatrick
Associates, Greensboro, N. C.,
$2,167,700; Samford - Richards,
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Jaycees Honor 3 Newton Countians
Oxford To Break Ground
For $600,000 Library
Groundbreaking exercises for
the new $600,000 library at Ox
ford College of Emory Univer
sity will be held Friday, January
19, at 11:30 a. m. at the site
on the Oxford campus.
Emory’s President Sanford S.
Atwood will preside at the exe
rcises. Taking part will be He
nry L. Bowden, chairman of Em
ory’s board of trustees. Dr. N.
Bond Fleming, dean of Oxford
College; Mrs. Sara M. Gregory,
librarian of Oxford College; Gr
eeley Ellis, chairman of the Em
ory MERIT campaign in Newton
County, William R. Bowdoin, ch
airman of Emory’s MERIT Pro
gram; Dr. Dan F. Brewster, ex
ecutive director of the Georgia
Methodist Commission on Higher
Education, and representatives
of the architect and contractor.
There will be brief remarks
by Dr. Atwood, Mrs. Gregory,
Dr. Fleming, and Mr. Bowden.
The new library will be loca
ted slightly behind and between
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Inc., Albany, Ga., $2,192,294; and
Castle Construction Co., Selma,
Ala., $2,206,600.
City officials stated that con
struction of the housing units
is expected to start within 30
days. The location of the pro
ject includes 27 1/2 acres in
the Northeast section of the city
in the Industrial Boulevard sec
tion. The property forms a tri
angle and is bordered by New
Alcovy Road on the East, the
Georgia RR spur track leading to
Hercules plant on the North, and
Turner Street on the South.
The units in the development
will be of different designs and
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OXFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY is shown in this architect’s rendering of the $600,000 edifice to be built
on the Oxford campus. Groundbreaking for the building will be held Friday, January 19 at 11:30 a. m. at
the site between the Oxford Chapel and Phi Gamma Hall. Emory University President Sanford S. Atwood
will preside at the Friday ceremonies.
EMC’s Walter Harrison Is
Rotary Speaker On Tuesday
State and national rural elec
tric leader, Walter Harrison of
Millen, will address the Coving
ton Rotary Club at its regualr
meeting on January 23, 1968
at 12:30 p.m.
Mr. Harrison, General Man
ager of the Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation and a
native of Millen, has been asso
ciated with the rural electrifi
cation movement since 1937 when
he was elected to the board
of directors of his local rural
electric cooperative, The Plant
ers EMC. He was elected pres
ident of the board in 1939, a
capacity in which he served for
14 years and is still a member
of the board. The Georgia EMC
is the statewide service organi
zation for Georgia's forty-one
rural electric cooperatives.
He initially became connected
with the rural electrification pro
gram because of his general in
terest in rural development, see
ing it as a fine tool for the
development of the country’s ru
ral areas. Mr. Harrison still
believes in his native “rural
Georgia” and his talk to the Ro
tarians will center around the
need for dedicated civic leaders
and what they can do to help
their communities grow and
prosper.
Walter, as he is known to his
many friends, became associated
with the Georgia Electric Mem
bership Corporation in 1942 when
he was elected Vice - President.
In 1944 he was elected as Pres
ident and in 1950 he was named
General Manager, a position he
holds to this date.
Since 1947 he has served on
the Board of Directors of the
National Rural Electric Coop
erative Association. In 1959
he was elected President and held
will contain from one to four
bedrooms. The smallest units
will be duplex apartments, some
will be two story structures with
several apartments, and other
apartment buildings will have
town house design.
Upon completion of construc
tion the entire project will have
to be inspected and approved
by the Public Housing Authority
in Atlanta before occupancy can
begin.
Charles Strickland is the Ex
ecutive-Director of the Covington
Housing Authority, who will ad
minister the project.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1968
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Walter Harrison
this position for two years. He
combines his work in the rural
electric program with a keen
interest in the civic affairs of
his native Georgia.
For six years Mr. Harrison
served on the Board of Directors
of the Farm Electrification Coun
cil, has served as Vice-Chair
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4 Youths Held
In The Cousins
School Thefts
A rash of robberies and th
efts at the R, L. Cousins Sc
hool during the past two mon
ths is apparently on the way
to being solved as four Negro
youths have been apprehended
by Covington City Police and
the Newton County Sheriff’s Dept.
Lodged in the local Jail are
Garland Sidwell, 18, Daniel Gri
ffin, 19, Robert Wade, 18, and
Donald Griffin, 17. Police state
that they have signed, sworn
statements Implicating the four
in many of the thefts reported
at the local Cousins School.
Robert Wade and Daniel Gri
ffin told Police that they sent
two television sets to Atlanta,
which they had stolen at the sc
hool. Other items missing du
ring the series of robberies in
clude: hamburger patties, link
sausage, chunks of beef, and ot
her lunchroom foods.
One of the subjects, when qu
estioned about robberies at Cou
sins, toi" ^lice that “Wp broke
in so mat times, I can’t re
member the dates. ”
Their cases are expected to
be tried at the next term of New
ton County Superior Court.
Wrestling Manager,
Fan Involved In
Post-Match Fracas
A wrestling fan from Mils
tead, attending the Saturday night
matches at the Sports Palace
in Covington, received treatment
for a head injury that the man
said was inflicted by Dandy Jack
during the program Saturday
night. Treated and dismissed
at Newton County Hospital was
A. J. Glaze, 60 years old, of
243 Main Street, Milstead.
Two Covington City Policemen,
Buddy Allen and Charles Savage,
were on duty at the Sports Pa
lace when the wrestling partici
pants, Masked Dr. M and Louie
Tlllet, were grappling in the main
match of the evening. Dandy
Jack, manager of Dr. M, was
reported to have jumped into the
ring and hit Tillet with a cane.
This just about ended the match
and Dandy Jack was soon whisked
into the dressing room. The in
cident of the fan’s injury happen
ed as Dandy Jack was reputed
to have hit Mr. Glaze over the
head with a cane as they were
going to the dressing room.
Some 17 stitches were taken
in the injury on Mr. Glaze’s head
at the local hospital. The phy
sician attending the man was Dr.
Michael Pulliam.
Bloodmobile Gets
101 Pints Os Blood
Covington and Newton County
fell short of their needed 150
pints of blood, when the Red
Cross Bloodmobile visited the
city Monday afternoon. Accord
ing to Mrs. Louis Courchaine,
chairman of the Red Cross Blood
program for the Covington Ser
vice Guild, who was in charge of
publicity and setting-up for the
program, citizens donated a total
of 101 pints with 23 rejections.
Mrs. Moncey Pratt was in charge
of light refreshments for The
Guild.
Billy Smith was high donor
Monday as the pint donated by
him gave him a total of three
gallons donated to the program,
according to Mrs. Courchaine.
Leo S. Mallard, chairman of
the Red Cross Bloodmobile for
the county, believes Newton
County may have a chance of not
being dropped completely before
the next visit of the Bloodmobile
in May, due to the response of
citizens at the Monday visit and
considering the flu epidemic and
bad weather.
Property Taxes
Deductible In
Year Paid
Atlanta—Residents of Newton
County were advised today by
officials of the Internal Revenue
Service and the State Revenue
Department concerning possible
problems arising from re-eval
uation of property.
Many county residents have re
ceived 1967 property tax bills
during January, 1968. Federal
and State tax laws provide that
deductions are allowed only if
incurred and paid during the tax
year for which a return is filed.
Newton County taxpayers who
pay their 1967 property taxes
during 1968 will therefore be
unable to claim these payments
as a deduction on their 1967
Federal or State tax returns.
The tax officials further stated
that those residents who pay
both 1967 and 1968 property tax
es during 1968 will be entitled
to a deduction for both payments
on their 1968 income tax returns.
Bill Vaughn,
Businessman,
Died Thursday
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Bill Vaughn
William W. (Bill) Vaughn of
Madison Highway, Covington,
passed away at his home on Th
ursday morning, January 11, fol
lowing a short illness. A native
of Franklin County, he was born
March 30, 1917. He moved to
Covington with his wife and small
son in 1955, being in the loan
business with Liberty Finance.
Soon after coming to Covington
he and his wife went into the loan
business for themselves, owning
and operating Newton Finance
Company.
He was a faithful member of
the Covington First Baptist Ch
urch, Covington Lions Club, Elks
Lodge No. 1806 and the Georgia
Industrial Loan Association. A
past president of the Lions Club,
he was presently serving as a
member of the Board of Direc
tors. Known to his many friends
as "Bill”, his wit and humor,
as well as his friendliness and
love for his fellowman endeared
him to both young and old and
he was always ready to lend a
helping hand wherever it might
be needed.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the First Baptist Ch
urch on Friday afternoon, Jan
uary 12, with Rev. Edgar A. Cal
laway officiating. Interment was
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One-Act Play
Contest At
NCHS Today
Eddie Najjar of Newton County
High School, announces the One-
Act Play contest for Region BAA
will be held at the Newton High
auditorium today, Thursday, Jan
uary 18, starting at 6 p. m. with
Franklin County being first on the
program.
Newton High will present their
play, "Helena's Husband”, by
Phillip Moeller, at 6:30 p.m.
The Newton play is a comedy with
music and is a satire on Helen
of Troy and Paris. This play,
as others in the past that have
won state honors for the local
school, is being directed by Ed
die Najjar.
Other schools participating
will be Elbert County, Hart Coun
ty and Stephens County.
Admission for any or all of
the presentations will be 25 and
50 cents. Citizens of Covington
and Newton County are invited to
attend these plays, or if unable
to attend them all to make every
effort to attend the play pre
sented by the local group as they
try to again win the region honors.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 13-14
Lepal 20-23
Classified 21 -22-23
Distinguished Service Awards
Banquet Tuesday At 7:30 P.M.
The Newton County Jaycees will recognize the county’s outstanding
youg Farmer, Educator, and Citizen at their Third Annual Dis
tinguished Service Awards Banquet. This year’sbanquet will be held
in the E. L. Flcquett Cafetorium on January 23 at 7:30 P. M.
R. T. Smith, Jr., chairman
of the project, stated that Jay
cees have been busy for three
weeks seeking nominations for
these coveted awards. Nomina
tions are now closed and those
received are now in the hands
of the judges.
The featured speaker at the
DSA Banquet will be the Hon.
T. Malone Sharpe, Chief of Staff
of the State of Georgia.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Smith stated, “The Newton
County Jaycees are proud to have
one of Georgia’s outstanding
young leaders as their guest sp
eaker.”
Mr. Sharpe is a member of
the American and Georgia Bar
Association and a partner in a
Lyons, Ga. law firm. A grad
uate of the Walter F. George
Law School of Mercer University,
Mr. Sharpe has served as an
aide to Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd
and Lt. Gov. Peter Zack Geer;
he was one of the campaign man
agers for Gov. Marvin Griffin.
The Chief of Staff is presently
a member of the First Congre
ssional District and State De
mocratic Executive Committees.
Mr. Sharpe is active in the
Lyons Methodist Church serv
ing as a member of the Board
of Stewards and chairman of the
Square Trees Controversy
A petition to fell ancient trees
in Covington’s City Square, has
set off a controversy that has
kept telephones and nerves of city
officials jangling ever since.
The petition, quoted below, was
circulated on Tuesday, and signed
by forty - one local business
heads; voted against by six; and
four were neutral.
“A petition to the Mayor and
City Council of Covington, Geor
gia calling for action by said
body to remove the existing trees
from the City Square and land
scape the area as follows:
(a) Plant a single large ever
green tree in the center of
each quadrant of the
square:
(b) Plant grass on the remain
ing area of each quadrant:
(c) Plant a tulip bed around
the base of the Confederate
statue:
(d) Sandblast the Confederate
statue so as to make it an
attractive center feature on
the square.”
Protests loud and clear are
voiced by many landscape gar
deners, Garden Club members
and those who cherish trees as
among nature’s noblest achieve-
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WATER TOWER at Salem Camp Ground produced this scene early
Monday morning during sub-freezing temperatures in the county
over the weekend. The tower apparently burst, forming the icicle
scene above. Snow, ice and cold weather greeted local residents
from Friday evening until Tuesday morning. The season’s first
big snow fell on Saturday in Covington.
NUMBER 3
T. Malone Sharpe
Finance and Stewardship Com
mittee.
As a Jaycee, Mr. Sharpe has
served as President of his local
club and his District, a national
director, and President of the
Georgia Jaycees. In 1965, he
was selected as one of Geor
gia’s Five Outstanding Young
Men.
The D. S. A. Banquet will be
held in the E. L. Ficquett Ca
fetorium, at 7:30 P. M. Tic
kets for the banquet can be pur
chased from any Jaycee.
ments.
Merchants point q; ’be fact
that uncontrolled growth of trees
overlapping the center Confede
rate monument, walkwaysandbe
nches, have provided a starling
haven. Shoppers are wary of
cutting through the park to save
time after their first venture
through the littered walkways and
benches. They hold that a walk
through the square will convince
anyone of the undesirable con
sequences of this situation, not
only from the standpoint of un
sightliness, but of sanitation and
odor. They deem the square, in
its present condition, a detri
mental reflection of Covington’s
civic pride and prosperity.
Those opposed to felling the
trees remind proponents that At
lanta, Savannah, New Orleans,
and multiple other beautiful ci
ties protect their trees as trea
sured heritages and assets to the
beauty of their cities. And that
Covington, which claims to be
"The City Beautiful”, should be
no less alert to the value of sixty
year old holly and magnolia trees,
which stand in the square. They
point out the years which would
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