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BROTHER! We are working
for that “CRASH CART” for
Newton County Hospital. . .It
will take many well planned ev
ents to raise something over $3,-
000.00! But, we “A’int Skeered”
. . .not one bit! Why? Just be
cause it is for such a wonder
ful cause. . .Many people die
in the emergency room, before
they get to a room. . .but with
that “Crash Cart’’ there, with
every piece of equipment needed?
Brother! That life you save may
be your own.. .or MINE! So, we
KNOW something we learned long
time ago. . .God helps those who
help themselves. . .and in plac
ing this “Crash Cart’’ you know,
ana I know, we are not working
to save our own life (for did
you ever see a person who ever
thought they’d have such an em
ergency? NO! We are working
for those patients who fall out
with an unexpected attack. . .and
you wanter know something?
Those ladies of the Newton Coun
ty Hospital Auxiliary are working
like mad. . .and with the greatest
joy. . .to accomplish their goal.
So, they are staging several
other projects, and ask every
lady in this county to be at the
Covington Woman’s Club Library
Building, DATE. . .March Ist,
1968; This comes on Friday.
WHAT IS IT? “A HAT PARTY!’’
Every girl and every woman has
to have a pretty Spring Hat!
These are lovely straws; pur
chased right with you in mind...
so that we can give you the low,
low price of WHAT? ONLY $4.98
each they tell me! Hope we have
enough for you to get one to
match at least two new suits
and dresses for Easter. . .but
you better be there early. . .they
will go like HOT CAKES, and
we only have 12 dozen of them
for you to select from. Every
lady and daughter, has to have
an EASTER BONNET. . .maybe
with “blue ribbon on it.” St
raws just right for Easter and
.. .So, you be there. . .when? On
March Ist, Friday, 9 a. m. to 9
p. m. and March 2nd, Saturday 9
a. m. ’til 6 p.m. Remember the
PLACE: Covington Woman’s
Club, College Avenue. WHY A
HAT SALE? To raise funds for
the “Crash Cart”. . .we want
to complete this fund as quick
ly as possible. . .to put that
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GOP Meeting
Saturday At
12 Noon
The Georgia Republican Party
will hold state - wide precinct
meetings Saturday, March 2.
Newton County Republican Party
will meet at twelve o’clock noon
on March 2 at the Courthouse to
elect delegates, according to
Mrs. W. W. Crowe, Chairman
of the local Republican Party.
All interested parties are ur
ged to attend.
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American Legion’s 50th Birthday
Program IS Scheduled Tuesday
Plans have been made In Covington for an elaborate celebration
of the 50th Anniversary of The American Legion. Newton County
Post 32 and the Auxiliary Unit of Covington will stage a joint ob
servance at the Ficquett School Cafetorium on Tuesday evening,
March 5 at 7 o’clock. Guest speaker for the banquet-program
will be Pete Wheeler, Director Georgia Department of Veterans
Service.
Mrs. Lewis White, President
of the Auxiliary Unit, and Charles
Smith, Commander of Post 32,
will preside jointly at the prog
ram activities.
Mr. Wheeler has established
outstanding records of success in
veterans’ affairs and govern
mental administration since he
became director of the Georgia
Department of Veterans Service
In 1954.
The department serves Georg
ia’s 480,000 veterans and their
dependents. In 1967 Georgia vet
erans and their dependents re
ceived more than $200,000,000
In benefits from the Veterans
Administration.
He led campaigns which re
sulted in (1) the establishment
of the Georgia State War Vete
rans Home in Milledgeville, (2)
construction of a new 580-bed
Veterans Administration Hos
pital in Atlanta and (3) construct
ion of one of the nation’s first
Veterans Nursing Homes, a 192-
bed facility in Aueusta.
Mr. Wheeler has energetically
taken the story of veterans’bene
fits to the people with personal
appearances and through a 15-
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AUTOMOTIVE MOLDING Company officials visited Covington Saturday in preparation to locating their
plant here on Industrial Boulevard. Shown at City Hall, are left to right: Troy Thigpen and Donald
Ballard, City Attorneys; Al Adamson, Georgia Power Company; Frank Peslar, vice-president of
Automotive Molding Co.; and Mayor Walker Harris. Seated is Jay Smith, president of the Molding
firm which makes chrome products mainly for automobiles. The new plant will be located on In
dustrial Boulevard and will initially employ some 100 people.
Grand Jurors Drawn For March Term Os Court
Grand Jurors drawn for the
March Term of the Newton Coun
ty Superior Court have been an
nounced by Clerk S. M. Hay.
These are drawn:
Aiken, Charlie; Ellis, Julian
R.; Adams, Bert; Wiley, W. Tom;
Greer, Robert C.; Jones, Ches
ter, H.; Bray, Jerry; Greer,
Fred W.; Burke, Lawrence M.;
Doster, J. B.
Jones, Wilbur; Hayes, Clar
ence F.; Piper, N. J.; Avery,
Terry H.; Cason, G. Dewey,
Campbell, S. R., Jr.; Crawford,
A. W., Sr.; Johnson, James M.;
Davis, Joe; Aiken, W. Roy, Jr.
Bush, John L.; Gardner, J. S.
Jr.; Morris, C. J.; Banks, Ben
T.; Fowler, R. R., Jr.; Chapman,
Jack L.; Neely, F. G.; Harde
man, James E.; Bledsoe, M. D.;
Hays, E. L.
Traverse Jurors
For March Court
Traverse Jurors March Term,
1968 (Week of March 18, 1968):
Gainer, Sam; Henderson,
R. M.; White, Beatie; Ewing,
William Thomas; Chancey, Ted
W.; Horne, J. W.; Woodward,
Wilbur, Turner, N. S.; Nelms,
Herman; Ellis, C. W.; Vaughn,
Glenn; Bailey, Doyle; Hegwood,
Mell; Henderson, Arthur; King,
Harold W.; Dickey, W. J.; Hen
drick, H. H.; Hudspeth, J. D.;
Holifield, H. R.; Grimes, Em
manuel; Williams, V. S.; Mose-
minute weekly radio program
broadcast, for several years, by
more than 100 Georgia radio
stations.
His administrative ability was
first recognized by former Gov
ernor Herman Talmadge who ap
pointed him department director
in 1954, five years after he join
ed the department. He has con
tinued to serve as director under
four other governors.
He is a native of Oglethorpe
County; a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia and holds
Henderson
Grocery
Robbed
Henderson’s Grocery And Ser
vice Station at High Point was
robbed sometime Sunday night
of an undetermined amount of
stock, according to a spokes
man for the firm. The GBI and
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je. Established 1865 —The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
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Newton Superior Court
To Get New Schedule
S. M. Hay, Clerk of Newton
Superior Court announces that a
new schedule for trial of crimi
nal cases has been set up by
the Judges and Solicitor of the
Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit.
The Traverse Jury drawn for
the first week will vonvene for
trial of Civil Cases on the 3rd
ley, J. P.; Aiken, W. Roy, Sr.
McGiboney, James L. (Jack);
Long, Homer; Arnold, R. O.; Ai
ken, Donald E.; Edwards, Irby
C., Jr.; Kennerly, W. R.; Garner,
Guy; House, Daniel W.; Womac,
W. T., Jr.; Strickland, H. Albert;
Hodge, Troy; Lee, Fred; Chris
tian, R. K.; Dimsdale, Jessie L.;
LeVance, Paul; Lord, Richard;
Lawson, Harold; Ledford, Doug
las; Lassiter, Tommie; Lewis,
W. H.; White, C. E.; Cline, Pi
erce; Garner, Thomas Eugene.
Stanton, Robert, Jr.; Lawson,
Jack Leon; Lazenby, Julius F.;
Laster, Jack; Clower, Daniel M.;
Henderson, Bobby Joe; Hunt, Jake
(J. G.); Taylor, Fred; Teal, Frank
E.; Stubbs, Julian; Malcom,
George Clifford; Dobbs, D. T.;
Lassiter, Luke R.; Lott, Marion
S.; Hays, A. E., Jr.: Robert
son, Carter; Jones, William R.;
Jones, J. W.; Hunt, J. O.; St-
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law degrees from John Marshall
Law School and Atlanta Law
School., He has received honor
ary doctor of laws degrees from
Atlanta Law School, Augusta Law
College and John Marshall Uni
versity.
local law enforcement officers
were still checking Wednesday
morning to determine just how
much was taken in the haul.
Entrance to the store, which
is located across the road from
Henderson’s Restaurant, was by
the front door which the thief
or thieves banged open.
It is thought that the loot will
run into the thousands of dol
lars in value. It is theorized
that a truck may have been used
in the theft.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1968
Monday in March (18th) 1968,
and the Grand Jury will also meet
at this time, the same schedule
as in the past.
However, the other Traverse
Jury drawn to serve in trials
of Criminal cases will not con
vene until the third Monday in
April fl sth) 1968.
übbs, Thomas; Thompson, John
Riley; Wilbanks, Herman; God
dard, F. A.; Stephenson, E. L.
Johnson, J. H.; Anderson, Ja
mes; Haynes, Mrs. Curry T.;
Mitcham, Barney; Williams, C.
D.; Stanton, Robert, Sr.; Steele,
Dewey; Davis, C. Gip; Austin,
John; Scarborough, Wallace A.;
Sullivan, Wm. M.; Thomas, Ju
lian J.; Hays, W. F.; Hayes,
Harold; Thompson, Wren; Tin
sley, Charles J.; Hicks, D. K.,
Sr.; Banks, Dupree; Kirkland,
Warren; Kent, Joe; Laseter, P.
M.; Lassiter, E. G., Jr.
April Traverse
Jurors Drawn
Traverse Jurors (Criminal)
Drawn for March Term (To serve
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William Burson
Is Chamber Os
Commerce Speaker
The regular luncheon meet
ing of the Covington - Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
will be held Monday, March 4,
at 12:30 P. M., at the Teen Can
on Newton Drive.
William H. Burson, Director
of the State Department of Fa
mily and Children Services, will
be the guest speaker, according
to John Dickens, program chair
man.
A native of Tliomaston, Mr.
Burson attended R. E. Lee In
stitute and the University of Ge
orgia, graduating Magna Cum
Laude in 1948 with membership
in Phi Beta Kappa, Sphinx and
other honor societies. In May
of 1967, Governor fester Mad
dox appointed him to become
State Director of Family and
Children Services and member
and chairman of the State Board
for children and youth.
Mr. Burson is married to the
former Laverne Womble of War
then, Ga. They are the parents
of three children, Forrest, Leigh
and Lu.
All members are urged to at
tend this meeting, according to
Bill Hoffman, President.
Rams Meet Russell
Wednesday In State
AA Tournament
Rams In Same Bracket As
Murray, Sandy Springs
BY 808 GREER
(News And Sports Editor)
State tournament time arrives next week for basketball play at the
Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the Georgia Tech campus and for the
seventh time in the past eight years the Newton County Rams will
be in the AA meet. The Rams turned back the challenge of Forsyth
County Saturday night at Gainesville by the score of 79-51 to take
the overall Region BAA crown. ney as he realizes the Russell
First encounter for the Rams
in Atlanta will be Wednesday
evening, March 6 at 9 o’clock and
the opponent will be Russell High,
the Number two team of Region 4.
Newton County fans will remem
ber that Russell eliminated Coach
Ronald Bradley’s team last
March in the AA tourney by a
45-42 score.
Actually the 1968 tournament
will get underway on Tuesday af
ternoon at 4:30 with four games
set for Tuesday. The other four
games of the first round will be
played on Wednesday. The sche
dule for Wednesday (with all
teams in the lower bracket):
4:30 Dublin vs Cass
6:00 Brown vs Sandy Springs
7:30 Crisp Co. vs Murray Co.
9:00 NEWTON CO. vs Russell
Coach Bradley refused to look
beyond the first game of the tour-
Dear 9/CoL Tuck
To Be Honored At
Masonic Meeting
J. W. Morgan, Worshipful Mas
ter of Golden Fleece Lodge of
Covington, announces Family
Night will be observed at the Mas
onic Hall Saturday evening,
March 2, starting with a covered
dish supper at 6:30.
Ray mon Muse of Carrollton,
Grand Master of the State of
Georgia, will be present and will
present a 50-year pin to P. M.
Dearing. During the evening
recognition will be given Col.
R. M. Tuck for his 25 years ser
vice as secretary of the Lodge.
Masons and their families and
friends of the honored members
are cordially invited to attend
and enjoy a basket supper toget
her as well as the following pro
gram.
"Beauty Contestants” At Heart Fund Basketball Game
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT these lovely “ladies” were contestants in the Heart Fund Beauty Pageant at the
NCHS gymnasium on Feb. 20. Just in case you may be able to recognize some of them, we will give
you their names (But not pictured in this order): Alan Mitchell, C. T. Bohanan, S. M. Hay, Gerry
Wendel, P. W. Pratt, Jr., Rucker Ginn, Lanier Hardman and Troy Puckett. The Master of Ceremon
ies at the microphone is Dave Thompson and the clown in the background is R. H. Patterson, Jr. Alan
Mitchell was the winner and is shown with the flowers and properly crowned.
team is tough in tournament ac
tion. “Russell is the only team
we are looking toward at the pre
sent time. We are seeking re
venge from last year, and I just
hope our boys are ready for a
good game at The Coliseum.’’
he added.
Bradley takes a phenomenal
record into the meet this year.
His teams have won 283 games
in the past 10 seasons and lost
only 30. They have been Region
champions for six years out of the
past eight. His Rams have gone
to the state tournament for seven
of the last eight years. TheNCHS
record this year is 22-3 and the
Russell slate is 20-6.
Region Boxes:
Newton 76 Franklin Co. 60
F—Hill 12 Weatherly 4
F—Schell 16 Jones 16
C—P’anken- 'in 29 Frankdm 2
G—Allen 15 Haft 19
G—Shaw 2 Howe 17
Scoring Subs. Newton: Moon
2, Franklin: Waller 2.
Score at Halftime - : Newton Co.
33-26.
Ram Rebounder: Blankenship
15, Hill 12.
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Newton 79 Forsyth Co. 51
F—Schell 21 Martin 1
F—Hill 4 Harris 4
C—Blankenship 24 Stanford 29
G—Shaw 9 Fowler 4
G—Allen 14 W. Castleberry 8
Scoring Subs: Newton: Harris
3, Gainer 2, Moon 2. Forsyth:
Grimes 2, D. Castleberry 3.
Score at Halftime: Newton
33-13.
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RAM NOTES:
Thad Blankenship was the big
gun in the two games of the Re-
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Mrs. Winn’s Brother
Killed In Vietnam
Lt. Col. J. R. Etheridge of
Milledgeville was killed in an
airplane wreck in Vietnam Fri
day, according to a telegram dis
patched to Etheridge’s family at
Milledgeville.
Col. Etheridge was a brother
of Mrs. Mork Winn of Covington.
The Government telegram
stated that the plane wrecked
“due to power failure.”
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 17-18
Legal 20
Classified 24-27
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THAD BLANKENSHIP brings down a rebound against the Franklin
County team in the semi-finals of Region BAA. Blankenship had
a total of 33 grabs from the boards in the two games at Gaines
ville. The Rams now enter the State AA Tournament in Atlanta
on March 6.
City Court
Was A Busy
Place Mon.
Covington City Police are ap
parently cracking down on wil
ful “Litter Bugs” as a man found
out last week when he was cited
to Judge Strozier’s City Court
session on “throwing litter on
the streets.” The man did not
appear for trial and therefore
forfeited a $50.00 cash bond.
City Police stated that the man
took a lot of trash and debris
out his car and threw it on the
street. He was apprehended and
made to load the litter back in
his car. Os course, he was cit
ed for Monday’s session of City
court.
Other cases called for trial In
Judge Strozier’s Court Monday
saw six cases against persons
operating vehicles with expired
stickers. Seven persons had
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NUMBER 9
Kiwanis Lt. Gov.
Speaks Here
Ernest Cheaves, 12th Division
Lieutenant-Governor of Kiwanis,
will be the guest speaker today
at the club’s regular weekly
luncheon meeting at the Teen Can
building at 1 p.m.
President Phillip Cohen is in
charge of the program today and
he will Introduce the speaker.
This will be Lt. Gov. Cheaves’
official visit to the Covington
club.
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Henry Bowden, Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of Emory
University and Attorney for The
City of Atlanta, was the guest
speaker at the Covington Kiwanis
Club Thursday. Program chair
man was Robert O. Arnold, a
long-time friend of the speaker.
Mr. Arnold introduced Mr. Bow
den.
The Atlantan gave some inter
esting background history of the
U. S. Constitution and how it
came into being through the work
of the Continental Congress In
1787.
Several guests were present
for the meeting. They included:
John Lamar Callaway and David
Henderson of the Newton High
Key Club; Rev. Edgar Callaway,
Bill Ballenger and Bill Hoffman
of Covington, and Mayor A. W.
Jackson and Dr. Dallas Tarken
ton of Oxford.
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KIWANIS “KETTLE”:
Mrs. Wayne Rumble (Julia)
has been substituting for Mrs.
Martin Goode as pianist since
Mrs. Goode’s hospitalization.
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Kiwanis President Phillip Co
hen has been sending out a Ki
wanis Newsletter each week to
all the members of the club.
Many intersting features and an
nouncements are carried in the
letter.
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Wendell Crowe was given a
royal welcome back to the Ki
wanis Club and Covington after an
extended tour of Latin America
and many of the Caribbean Is
lands.
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Emory Board of Trustee
Chairman Henry Bowden said
that his father attended Emory-
At-Oxford in the 1890’s. One
of the “vices” of the students
back in those days was gam
bling. “Some of the students
would bet whether the song se
lected by Bishop Candler would
be an even number or an odd
number,” he stated.