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NEWTON HIGH NEWS
YMCA Week Underway In County
The week of January 21-28 is
observed as YMCA Week by mi
llions of YMCA members th
roughout the world. Newton
County proudly takes part in
this observance with each of the
Newton County High School Y
clubs participating in the world
wide observance. NCHS Y-club
members join with the members
of clubs the world over to bring
attention to millions of people
the dynamic and varied program
of the organization.
The YMCA was organized in
1844 through the efforts of a
young dry goods clerk, George
Williams, and several of his fr
iends in London, England. Be
cause of the Industrial Revolu
tion and influx of young people
to the cities, this small group
became concerned with the low
morality sweeping England. Th
eir aim was to spiritually st
rengthen themselves through Bi
ble study and prayer. This group
first called themselves the Young
Men’s Missionary Society until
changing their name to the Young
Men’s Christian Association.
The YMCA was found only in
London until the World’s Fair of
1851. At this time an American
sea captain, Thomas Sullivan,
saw an exhibition prepared by the
YMCA. Realizing this organizat
ion was needed in the United St
ates, he returned and organized
our first Association in Boston.
Virginia Thomas Named To
‘Who’s Who In College
Seventeen top sophomores at
Abraham Baldwin have been se
lected to be submitted for Who’s
Who Among Students in American
Junior Colleges.
These students have made out
standing contributions to ABAC
through citizenship, leadership,
scholarship, and other areas.
Each one chosen has maintained
a B average while at ABAC.
The selection of these students
was made by a committee head
ed by Dean Worth Bridges. Oth
ers working on this committee
were Dr. Hugh McTeer, Mr. Ha
rvey Johnson, Miss Rosalvn Rav.
Dr. F.L. Blanton, and Mr. Vern
on Yow.
Students chosen for this honor
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INFORMA TION ABOUT
Student
Clubs, Teams, Band, And Social Activities
Since that time, the “Y” has
made many contributions to the
people of the world. Among
these are the inventions of the
games of basketball and volley
ball, operation of the first night
schools, fostering of the Boy
Scout Movement during its or
ganization in America, opening
of first gyms, development of the
U. S. 0., first water safety cam
paigns, and pioneering in the
field of camping.
The YMCA has numbered am
ong its staff such notables na mes
as Dwight L. Moody, Billy Sun
day, and John R. Mott.
Today the "Y”, with its 4,000,-
000 members, moves forward in
many programs, two of these be
ing the Hi-Y and the Tri-Hi-Y
programs for high school stu
dents. The local Y-clubs at
NCHS are the Senior Tri-Hi-Y
for senior girls, the Hi-Y for
boys, the Gamma Tri-Hi-Y for
Junior girls, and the Alpha Tri-
Hi-Y for Freshmen and Sopho
more girls. These NCHS clubs
will be observing YMCA Week
in Newton County with a series
of related projects. Devotionals
are prepared by club members
to be given at NCHSduring YMCA
Week. Posters can be seen all
over the county commemorating
the work of the “Y”. Bulletin
boards and additional posters ex
olain "Y” principles to Newton
are as follows: Daniel Avery,
Jesse Grantham, Stanley Hutch
inson, Nada Fincher, Jimmy Hill,
Bill Boone, Donnie Hand, Danny
Sparks, Earl Brantley, James
Cannon, Virginia Thomas, and
Mike Ryfus, Martha Jo Perkins,
Debbie Dukes, Bonnie Garner,
'Ann Suber, and Larry Wheeler.
The formal announcement of
their selection will be made at
the end of the spring quarter.
Their names and biographies will
be published in an annual edition
of Who’s Who in American Jun
ior Colleges, 67-68.
Miss Thomas Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Thomas,
Route 2, Covington.
County High School.
And on January 28, after weeks
of preparation, the four NCHSY
clubs will present a special ch
urch service at the Mansfield
Baptist Church. Each NCHS Y
club has worked hard to plan and
prepare an inspirational service
consisting of enlightening talks by
club officers, special music,
hymns and scripture. Mrs. L. M.
Burke, advisor of Senior Tri-Hi-
Y, served as advisor for the ch-
Col. Ren Thorne Retires At
Georgia Military College
MILLEDGEVILLE — The re
tirement of Georgia Military Col
lege president Col. Ren A. Th
orne and the appointment of Col.
William H. Rodimon of Marion
Institute in Alabama as his suc
cessor came today from GMC
Board Chairman W. E. Robinson,
Jr.
Col. Rodimon will assume his
duties at the historic institution
July 1, of this year.
Remarking on the top level
changes at GMC, Mr. Robinson
expressed deep appreciation for
Col. Thorne’s years of contin
uous and devoted service to the
school. "He has made major
contributions, both to the growth
and development of GMC in par
ticular and to educational pro
gress as a whole.”
At the same time, Mr. Robin
son expressed great pleasure in
the choice of Col. Rodimon as
successor to the GMC presiden
cy. He commented, "He is an
extremely well - qualified and
versatile educator. He brings
a wealth of background to his
new position and lam sure he will
have great success as president
of GMC."
Col. Rodimon has been asso
ciated with Marion Institute since
1942 when he joined the faculty
as an instructor in history and
Spanish. Currently, he is ser
ving as director of alumni af
fairs and development. Co-in
cidentally, he leaves an institu
tion which, like Georgia Military
College, is one of only nine es
sentially military junior colleges
in the nation.
A native of Portland, Me., Col.
Rodimon received both his A. B.
urch service.
YMCA Week gives the four
local Y-clubs an additional op
portunity to let Newton County
know about Y-work. On the week
of January 21 - 28 these local
members along with thousands of
other Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y mem
bers throughout the country will
be looking with pride at the past,
and for greater opportunities to
serve in the future.
and his M. A. degrees in history
from the University of Alabama.
After further graduate work at
Alabama, he completed the Col
lege Business Management In
stitute at the University of Ken
tucky.
He is a licensed lay reader,
vestryman and senior warden at
the Episcopal Church in Marion.
For the past ten years he has
headed the Marion March of Di
mes and is a committeeman for
the Boy Scout troop there. He
is married and the father of
three children, two teen - age
daughters and a son, Capt. Stan
ley J. Rodimon, who is serving
his second tour in Viet Nam.
Retiring president Col. Thorne
is a native of New Brunswick,
Canada. He received his A. B.
degree from Acadia University
in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and his
M. A. from Mercer University.
In addition to his work at GMC,
he has also been associated with
Plunkett School in Thomasville
and Emory-at-Oxford, Georgia.
He assumed the president’s post
District Junior High Band
Clinic Here Friday, Saturday
The annual 10th District Ju
nior High School Band Clinic
will be held in Covington at
E. L. Ficquett School, Friday
afternoon and all day Saturday,
January 26-27. Schools repre
sented in addition to the Newton
County Schools are: Green Hills,
Sego, Murphey, and Fleming from
Augusta; Evans, Thomson,
Greene County of Greensboro,
Lincolnton, Baldwin County of
Milledgeville, and Clarke Coun
ty and Patti Hilsman Schools of
Athens.
The one hundred and fifteen
students will study and rehearse
together under the direction of
Mr. John Demes of Atlanta. Mr.
Demes, a member of the Music
Department faculty at Georgia
State College, is an expert at
working with junior high sc-
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MAIN THOROUGHFARES in this city have more formal
names, but smaller alleys and lanes are more interesting. Lily in
the Valley Corner is in a built-up area now, so Howers no longer
grow there. The cemetery has been moved. but Burial Ground
Corner lives on. No one remembers the origins of Lifebuoy
Street. Dog Flea Alley, or Pigtail Alley Prison Lane once ran
by the jail, but the prison site has been transferred. Lovers Lane
is still a favorite rendezvous for honeymooning tourists and local
young people. Where? See below.
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Ficquett 4-H’ers
To Distribute
Tree Seedlings
The Ficquett School 4-H Club
"Make Georgia Beautiful Month”
Committee is distributing seed
lings of dogwood, redbud, and
pines. Further details as to the
time and place of this distri
bution will be in next week’s pap
er. Anyone interested in obtain
ing seedlings should notify the
members of the Committee.
These members are:
Jennifer Penick, Mike Haulk,
Nikki Turner, John Moody, Cindy
Klim, Laura Falkner, Ren Ander
son, Doug Connell, and Timothy
Carnes.
Please help us "Make Georgia
Beautiful”. Contact one of the
Committee members listed above
and place your order.
"Wizard Os Oz” Coming To
Covington On February 5
The Wizard Os Oz, a musical
adventure story, full of gaiety,
fast-moving action, fun and fan
tasy is coming to Covington, on
Monday, February sth, sponsored
by the Pilot Club of Covington,
and performed by the world
famous Nicolo Marionettes.
A delightful adaptation of the
American classic by Frank
Baum, the Nicolo Studios in New
York City, in producing this play
at GMC in 1950. He has worked
with and held offices in the Ge
orgia Association of Junior Col
lege, the American Association
of Military Schools and Colleges,
the Rotary Club and is an elder
in the First Presbyterian Church.
He is married to the former Ka
therine P. Lewis of Macon and
has three children.
hool age students. Students from
distant schools will be housed
Friday night in the homes of New
ton County people.
The weekend’s events will be
capped by a free concert open to
all on Saturday evening, January
27, at 7:30 P. M. in the E. L.
Ficquett Schoolcafetorium. New
ton County Cadet Band members
are passing out free tickets as
part of a contest to see which
member will have the most in at
tendance at the concert. Help out
a deserving student as well as
spend an enjoyable hour by at
tending the Saturday evening con
cert.
More than 22 million Ame
ricans suffer from some form
of heart and blood vessel di
sease.
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Mrs. Stephenson
Was Speaker At
Palmer-Stone
The eighth grade students at
Palmer-Stone School were fort
unate to have Mrs. Donald G.
Stephenson meet with them on
Monday, January 22, to bring
them a delightful account of the
life and works of Robert Frost.
Mrs. Stephenson used an ap
proach that was interesting and
entertaining for both boys and
girls of this age. During their
library period, they listened with
rapt attention as Mrs. Stephenson
accounted events in the life of
Robert Frost and read selected
poems that would appeal to this
group.
Mrs. Stephenson received her
A. B. degree from the University
of Georgia with a major in His
tory and did graduate work at
Tulane University in New
Orleans. She has been a social
worker, director of public wel
fare, teacher, and musician aside
from her home and civic duties.
Mrs. Stephenson was one in a
series of speakers invited into the
school by Mrs. John Morford, li
brarian, to meet with her library
classes.
Georgia’s wildlife resources,
according to Dave Almand, Ex
tension wildlife specialist at the
University of Georgia, provide
the base for one of the state’s
greatest industries. Wildlife re
sources are responsible for about
SSOO million being pumped into
the state’s economy each year.
for the marionette stage, have
created a threatrical gem.
All phases of this production,
including hand-carved, specially
animated marionettes, colorful
costumes, elaborate settings,
fantastic stage effects and a tu
neful musical score was coor
dinated to produce a rich and
entertaining experience for ch
ildren of all ages.
Master - Puppeteer, Nicholas
Coppola heads a staff of artisans
who carved the marionettes. Un
der his inspired supervision, no
detail was spared in bringing to
life the brightness and enduring
charm of these well-loved ch
aracters of the Baum Classic
. . .the “Silly Strawman”, the
“Cowardly Lion”, the “Heart
less Tin Man” and so many
others.
Well-known Scenic designer,
William Pitkin, fresh from a st
ring of Broadway successes has
brought his considerable talent
to this threatre medium. He ba
sed his designs for this product
ion on the illustrations in the
original OZ book, which were
done in the style of Art Nouveau.
Nicolo Marionettes is fortun
ate to have as musical director,
Bruce Haack, noted composer,
who wrote a bright and lively
musical score to accompany the
dancing marionettes. Mr. Haa
ck’s new recording, “Dance, Sing
and Listen” was chosen the “Best
Record for Children”, by one of
the leading New York magazines.
His work is highly endorsed by
the New York Board of Educat
ion.
The children of Covington and
the surrounding area will not want
to miss this fantasy filled with fun
and surprizes. Be sure to get
your tickets for The Wizard Os
Oz coming to the Newton County
High School Auditorium on Mon
day, February sth. Curtain time
is 3:45 P. M. and 7:30 P. M.
and the show will be given at
the Newton County High School.
Mrs. Jack Allen is in charge of
this theatre event for the Pilot
Club of Covington along with ot
her members of the club.
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Stan Owens, Steve Smith, Tommy Smith, David Mask, Gene Mann
and Billy Waters.
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THESE 3 NEWTON DCT students are working at Bibb Manufacturing
Co., Porterdale, on the school’s program. Charles Cole, Archie
Ballard and Wallace Sears (from left to right).
The boys in the above photo
graphs are all members of the
D. C. T. Club and are employed
by the Bibb Manufacturing Com
pany. Stan is working in the
Long Fiber Unit in the Osprey
Mill. He is working under the
supervision of James Brooks and
has been employed about a year.
3 From Newton
Named Tech s
Dean's List
ATLANTA—The Deans’ List
for the 1967 Fall Quarter at the
Georgia Institute of Technology
was recently released. In order
to be included on this list, a stu
dent must achieve an overall sc
holastic average of 3 points or
better out of a possible 4 points.
Those from Newton County on
the list are: William David Par
ker, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Parker of Route 1, Covington;
John Wayne Rooks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Rooks of 919
Newton Drive, Covington; and Ju
lius Phillip Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Julius Jones, Route 1,
Covington.
Attend Church Sunday
Thursday, January 25, 1968
Stan enjoys hunting a great deal.
Steve is running a Head Creel
er and Doffer job under the super
vision of Leon Canup. His free
time hobbies are hunting, fishing,
and swimming. He is a member
of the Youth Baptist Church.
Tommy is making stickers in
the Finish Department under the
supervision of Rufus Bonner.
Tommy is in the eleventh grade.
His hobbies are hunting, fishing,
sport cars and motorcycles.
Davis is working as a weaver
at Bibb under the supervision of
John Parham.
Gene is doffing German
quillers under the supervision of
Leon Canup. He is in the elev
enth grade. His hobbies are
hunting, fishing, cars and motor
cycles.
Billy is working as a yarn boy
in the Finishing Department
under the supervision of Rufus
Bonner, and has been employed
for five months. Billy is seven
teen years old and is a senior
at Newton.
Charles is running a yarn job
under the supervision of Rufus
Bonner. He is sixteen years
old and has been working for Bibb
for about five months.
Archie runs slubbers under the
supervision of Carl Elkins and is
going on his third year working
there. His hobby is hunting.
Wallace is a doff quiller at
the Osprey Mill and is under
the supervision of H. V. Johnson.
His hobbies are hunting and fish
ing.