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Hi Ho! EVERYBODY IN NEW
TON COUNTY! Your Hospital
Auxiliary is once more staging
a party for YOU. . .and that does
mean YOU! It is that gala event
that takes place only once each
year. . .where you can get up a
party of four, to buy a table to
play your favorite game on. . .
at the Elks club. Remember
what a wonderful time we all had
last year? Delicious refresh
ments. . .my, oh me! And ev
erybody ate and ate until we
even had some left over!
Why the party? Well, the Hos
pital desperately needs what is
called a CRASH CART! NO. . .
it will not crash! It is a huge
stainless steel affair (a Physi
cian and nurses heaven in time
of an emergency) Suppose there
was a sudden heart attack. . .
well that cart has everything
on it (in the words of an Office
Boy) to save your life if every
body knew you had to die! Every
thing needed! Now the nurses
at the hospital or Doctors can
name every need. . .but serious
ly it is needed and now. . .the
life we save by buying this cart
and all needs, may be yours or
mine. So recently our faithful
doctors (God bless each one of
them) went all out. . .we do not
know which doctor it was. . .so
don’t tell anybody I told you. . .
but WHRRRRRRR! came the
ambulance. . .all busy but they
dumped a person in that hospital
from somewhere that was all but
dead. . .they started working on
that heart. . .and it plain stop
ped. . .and do you know they got
on the inside of that person. . .
took their bare hands and mas
saged that heart (while praying
a little too) and that person is
well today! You bet your boots
it will work sometimes if you
have doctors like ours. . .but
honey. . .it don’t work every
time. . .they desperately need that
“Crash Cart!" and Now! . . .
Back to the party. . .The mem
bers of the Hospital Auxiliary are
giving of their time to set up this
party to raise the funds. . .a
Table will cost $5.00. . .that is it
will cost you and three others for
a game (of whatever you want to
play) $1.25 each. Many will buy
a table (and be giving $5.00
which is a small amount) toward
the Crash Cart. . .and invite
three guests to play with them.
I have known, last year, of two
people just buying two tables and
having eight friends playing, be
cause they did not know how to
play bridge, etc. . .Canasta? Re
member play any game. Rummy
. . .1 suppose you will want about
5 tables each???? It all goes to
pay for that Crash Cart! Pri
zes? Boy, OH Boy. . .we can’t
remember how many prizes they
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Civitan Club
Proposed Here
Plans are underway for the
founding of a Civitan Club in
Covington. An informal meet
ing will be held tonight (Thurs
day) at the Elks Club at 7:30 at
which time details of the club
will be given.
Gordon Kraft of Forest Park
Civitan Club, will be present for
the meeting and will explain the
work that Civitan does in the co
mmunity.
Alan Mitchell of Covington says
that all interested persons are
invited to the meeting tonight.
Bands To Give Pre-Festival
Concert On Tuesday Evening
Covington and Newton County’s
famous Blue Rambler Band with
the Cadet Band will present their
pre-Festlval Concert Tuesday
evening, February 13, at 8 o’clock
at the Newton County Highschool
Auditorium.
Basil Rigney, band director,
announces Johnny Demos, in
structor of music and band di
rector at Georgia State College
In Atlanta, will be the guest
band director for the Cadet Band.
Mr. Demos also serves as the
director of the half-time activi
ties for the Atlanta Falcons and
was the one who Invited the
local Blue Rambler Band to per
form at the Pittsburgh-Atlanta
game during the 1966 season.
A graduate of the University of
Georgia where he received his
BM degree, he is also a grad
uate of the University of Colo
rado, where he received his Mas-
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VOLUME I'o3
BOY SCOUT WEEK UNDERWAY IN NEWTON
Anderson Resigns Education Board
Leonard Standard Is New
Chairman Os Newton Board
J. Henry Anderson, chairman of the Newton County Board of Edu
cation, has resigned from the Board after a period of 30 years of
continuous service. He has served as chairman of the Board since
1941. On resigning Mr. Anderson stated thatthe position as member
of the Board of Education has become more and more demanding and
ill health caused him to feel that he is not physically able to continue
to serve as a member of the Board of Education.
The members of the Newton
County Board of Education ac
cepted Mr. Anderson’s resigna
tion with great reluctance and
sincere regret. L. M. Standard
was elected to succeed Mr. An
derson as chairman and Greeley
Ellis was named as Vice-chair
man.
During this long tenure of out
standing leadership and faithful
service Newton Countians have
come to associate the Board of
Education with “Mr. Henry.” He
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Henry Anderson
was first appointed to the Board
by the Grand Jury in January of
1938 to succeed Grady Benton
when Mr. Benton was elected
sheriff. In February of 1941
Mr. Anderson was unamiously
elected as chairman of the bo
ard when J. O. Porter resigned.
He has continued as chairman
since being elected in 1941.
It was during Mr. Anderson’s
tenure of office that great pro
gress was made toward consolid
ation. The approximately 40 sm
all, poorly equipped schools of
1938 have now been combined
into ten more modern and great
ly improved school plants. To
day completely new school facili
ties are provided at the R. L.
Cousins High School. R. L. Cou
sins Elementary School, East
Newton Elementary School, E. L.
Flcquett Elementary School,
Heard-Mixon Elementary School,
Livingston Elementary School,
ters. He has had wide experi
ence as an adjudicator and as a
clinician and directed the 10th
District Clinic held herein Janu
ary.
The Cadet Band, under the di
rection of James Bell, will play
"Gallant Men Concert March’’,
Cacavas; "Preludlo For Band”,
Osterling; "Kentucky 1800”,
Grundman, and a selection for
sight reading directed by Mr.
Demos.
The Blue Ramble Band, direct
ed by Basil Rigney, will pre
sent "Americans We March”,
Fillmore; "The King and I”,
Rodgers; "Overture In B Flat”,
Glovannini; "Chart and Jubllo”,
Mcßeth and a selection for sight
reading by the guest director.
Assisting Rigney in directing the
group will be Ronald Odell, a
senior music major at the Uni
versity of Georgia, who is doing
Gtouittgimt New
Mansfield Elementary School,
and the Newton County High Sc
hool. At Palmer-Stone a large
new classroom building, library,
cafetorium, and gymnasium have
been added to the older classroom
building and the Washington St
reet School has been expanded to
include additional classroom, li
brary, cafeteria, and gymnasium
facilities.
Mr. Anderson has seen the an
nual Newton County School budget
increase from SIOO,OOO to $2,-
500,000.
Airport Value
Emphasized At
C. Os C. Meeting
The February meeting of the
Covington-Newton County Cham
ber of Commerce Monday at the
Teen Can showed emphasis on a
municipal airport and in partic
ular the Covington Airport. Bill
Flanigan, manager of the local
airstrip facility, was in charge
of the program Monday. Mr.
Flanigan was introduced by May
or Walker Harris.
Mrs. Elaine Law of the Piper
Corporation gave a slide presen
tation on “General Aviation.”
Presiding at the meeting was
Bill Hoffman. Vice-President
Gerald Wendel read the minutes
of the January meeting. W. J.
Dickey introduced a guest of the
club, Bill Ballenger. Program
chairman of the C. of C. is John
Dickens.
President Hoffman read a let
ter addressed to Mayor Harris
and the Covington City Council
pertaining to the city’s newest
industry coming here: Automo
tive Molding Company, J. W.
Smith, president. The letter
stated that the firm hoped to
“be in operation in Covington
sometime this year.”
Before adjourning the Coving
ton Businessmen Assn, announ
ced that their annual stockhold
ers’ meeting would be held. The
Businessmen’s Assn, is the leg
al arm of the Chamber of Com
merce.
his student teaching at Newton
High. The Blue Rambler’s will
sight read a Class C March and
a Class C concert selection di
rected by Mr. Demos.
The concert is a preview for
local citizens of the numbers to
be presented by the bands at the
Festival on February 24, which
will be held here in Covington
this year. No advance tickets
will be sold for this concert,
however admission at the door
will be 50 cents for students and
SI.OO for adults. Anyone attend
ing the Cub Scout Blue and Gold
banquet, held this same night,
will have time to hear the Blue
Rambler Band in the second part
of the program.
Everyone is invited to attend
this band program and give these
hard-working students your sup
port as they prepare to compete
in the 1968 Festival.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1968
Covington Businessmen Elect Officers For 1968
COVINGTON BUSINESSMEN'S Association elected officers for 1968 at the annual stockholders meet
ing Monday at the Teen Can building. The entire slate of officers were re-elected for the coming year.
Shown, left to right: Walkdr Harris, Marion Piper, board of directors; Herbert Vining, secretary;
Robert Fowler, president; Frank Meadors, E. G. Lassiter and Otis Spillers, board of directors. Don
Wood and Ed King, the other board members, were not present for the photo.
Episcopalians
Sponsor Church
Dinner Feb. 26
The Episcopal Church of the
Good Shepherd has invited repre
sentatives from various churches
in this area for a dinner meeting
at 7:00 P. M. on February 26.
The purpose of this invitation and
dinner meeting is two fold:
One, to explore the possibility
of the churches of Covington wor
king together, and secondly, if
this possibility does exist, to
examine areas where the church
es together might best serve. No
one church by itself has the time
or talent to meet some of the is
sues and needs of our community.
In other cities and towns where
different parts of the church have
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Band Boosters Present Instruments
JAMES BELL, Director of the Cadet Band, and Troy Puckett,
President of the Band Boosters Club, display the two new instru
ments, the bass clarinet and French horn, presented the band by
the Band Boosters Club.
P-Y Council Names
Board Os Governors
At a recent meeting of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the New
ton County Parent-Youth Council,
the Board of Governors present
ly serving was confirmed and
made a matter of record.
Included were the following
youth representatives:
Representing Newton County
High School:
Richard Allen, President, Sen
ior Class
Fred Alexander, President,
Junior Class
Gay Bankston, President, So
phomore Class.
Bruce Lynch, President,
Freshman Class
David Henderson, President,
Student Body
Danny Harwell, Vice-Pres
ident, Student Body
Flcquett School, Mike Morgan
Porterdale School, Jane Polk
Palmer Stone School, Mary
Ellington
Livingston School, Joan Wil
liams
Heard Mixon School, Gerald
Pitts.
Name Game
Ends After
Four Weeks
Well, the Covington News’first
promotion of the Name Game is
over and a mighty popular game
it proved to be with our readers.
For the past four weeks we
have tucked away the names of
20 subscribers in 20 ads. Each
winner has found his name, with
the help of a host of friends,
and won $5 in cash or trade
with a Covington News advertis
er.
Friends have called early In
the morning and late at night
to tell the winners of their good
fortune. One winner reported
“I heard voices on the phone that
I hadn’t heard in years.”
A popular winner of last week’s
game was Mrs. Bessie Chriswell
of Porterdale who received her
first call at 7:30 a.m. last Thurs
day morning.
“When the phone rang so early
I didn’t know what in the world
was the matter,” she said. At
least 25 more persons called
later In the morning to ask “Have
you found your name?”
Other winners last week were:
Mrs. Herbert lott, Covington;
Marshall Norman, Rt. 1, Oxford;
Lindsey Shepherd, Covington; and
Ronald H. Cook, Starrsville.
The Name Game has been a
favorite topic of conversation in
the county for the past month.
Not only winners, but hundreds
or readers participated and
proved that they read The Cov
ington News from cover to cover.
Newt on-Roc kdale
Boy Scout
Weenie Beanie
Banquel
March 30, 1968
Newton-Rockdale District Has
750 Scouts, 365 Adults Enrolled
Newton-Rockdale District Boy Scouts of America are joining in the
National Observance of Boy Scout Week which covers February 7-
13, 1968. Presently there are 1,115 people engaged in Scouting in
the two-county area. There are 750 Boy Scouts and 365 adult lea
ders enrolled. men
Boy membership in the New
ton-Rockdale District Boy Scouts
of America District increased
from 691 in 1966 to 750 in 1967.
A peak membership of 788 boys
was reached in October. A total
of 50 units served the 750 boys
in 1967. Os these there were 19
Cub Packs serving 291 boys; 21
Troops serving 360 boys; and 10
Explorer Posts serving 99 boys.
There were 365 adult leaders
serving in the units.
Newton County registered 34
units and 520 boys in 1967. A
total of 242 boys advanced in rank
during the year. Eight of the
Troops attended a week of sum
mer camp at Bert Adams Scout
Reservation. These troops were
Troops 58, 207, 209, 211, 222,
276, 532, and 802.
“Emphasis in 1968 will be in
strengthening the units through
out the District. The average boy
membership of the units was 15
“100 Million
Dollars Per Day”
Topic At Rotary
This is the story of The Fe
deral Home Loan Bank System,
the reserve credit system ser
ving some five thousand Savings
and Loan Associations throughout
the United States and more than
one hundred such associations
throughout the State of Georgia,
including the Newton Federal Sa
vings and Loan Association of Co
vington.
Ed W. Hiles, Executive Vice
President of the Georgia Savings
and Loan League will bring to
the Covington Rotarians at their
luncheon meeting February 13th
the story of a successful part
nership between Public and Pri
vate Enterprise which serves to
meet the home financing needs
of homeowners throughout the
nation.
Herbert Vining, Executive Vice
President of Newton Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association will
introduce Mr. Hiles according to
Program Chairman E. G. Las
siter.
Unruly Auto
Operator Is
Fined $l5O
A Newton County man who had
three charges lodged against him
drew a $l5O fine or 80 days in
jail Monday during Judge E. W.
Strozier’s City Court Session.
The charges included driving wi
thout a license, resisting arrest
and assaulting an officer. The
subject Tuesday had not paid his
fine and was still behind bars at
the city jail.
Three other drivers without a
license also drew fines Monday at
the court session. Also, one juve
nile had his case transferred to
Judge Jim Morgan's Newton Juv
enile Court on the same charge
(DWOL).
Eight cases were called for tri
al on the charge of driving under
the influence of intoxicants (DUI).
Most of the cases saw fit to for
feit their cash bonds.
Three cases of shoplifting were
on the City Docket Monday and two
of those had their cases transfer
red to Judge Morgan’s Court due
to their ages.
Other cases heard or bond for
feit saw nine face drunk charges,
four for speeding, four for reck
less driving, three for having
expired stickers on their vehic
les, one for running a red light
and another for operating a ve
hicle with loud mufflers.
FEBRUARY
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Editor ial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 17
Legal 15-27
Classified 24-27
boys per unit in 1967. Attention
will be given to increasing the
number of men on each unit com
mittee, providing training and as
sistance for each unit, and co
ordinating the various activities
to help each unit provide an im
proved program to the boy,” st
ated Roger Zuercher, Newton -
Rockdale District Executive.
The District Committee organ
ization will be altered to provide
better service with the units.
The eight Operating Committees
will meet in joint session as a
part of the monthly District Com
mittee meeting. The District
Committee is made up of the
District Chairman, two Vice-
Chairmen, the District Commis
sioner, the Chairmen of the eight
Operating Committees, Inst.iu
tional Representatives from the
sponsoring institutions, and nu
merous members-at-large. This
group meets on the fourth Mon
day of each month to conduct
the Scouting program for the
District. Their job is to as
sist the units in having a suc
cessful program for the boys
in the units.
An increasing number of boys
of Scout age are available each
year. It is the purpose and in
tention of the Newton-Rockdale
District through its leaders to
make Scouting available to every
boy. It will endeavor to provide
a continued program of quality
Scouting to all boys through tr
ained and capable leaders in each
unit.
There are many observances
listed for Newton County and
Rockdale County during Scout
Week. Tonight (Thursday) Pack
60 will have their Blue and Gold
Banquet at the Welaunee Hotel
in Porterdale. N-R District
Executive Zuercher will be the
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Kiwanis To
Welcome Scouts
Boy Scout representatives of
the three units sponsored by the
Covington Kiwanis Club will be
guests of the club today at the
Teen Can when the regular week
ly meeting of the civic organi
zation convenes at 1 p.m.
Sam Ramsey, Newton-Rock
dale District Chairman and a Ki
wanlan, will be in charge of the
program today. Inviteri to the
meeting are Charles Robertson
of Cub Pack 222, Scoutmaster
Tom Rowland of Troop 222, and
Chris Moore of Explorer Post
222. Also, the new Boy Scout
District Executive Roger Zuer
cher will be on the program.
The two recent Eagle Scouts
of th Newton-Rockdale District
will be present. Darrell Huck
aby of Porterdale and John Greg
ory of Oxford are the honorees.
** * *
Guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis meeting Thursday was
James Bringard of Murray Hill,
N. J., manager Sales Service of
C. R. Bard, Inc. Norbert Thom
pson of the local C. R. Bard
plant was in charge of the pro
gram and he presented the speak
er.
Mr. Bringard traced the his
tory of the 62-year-old surgical
specialties firm. He displayed
samples of many of Bard’s pro
ducts, mostly of which were first
marketed by the Bard firm.
Guests at the meeting includ
ed: John Uzzell, Bard Admin
istrative Assistant; and Dan
Kelly, Bard Product Develop
ment; Bob Swenson, MacGregor’s
Divisional Manager of Manufac
turing Cost Control; Rodger
Bromley, Controller for the Cov
ington MacGregor Plant; Jimmie
Harris of the Metropolitan Insur
ance Co.; and Key Clubbers Judd
Callaway and John Mell Callaway.
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