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What Is more pathetic than see
ing a little child that cannot walk.,
crippled limbs..with some defor
mity... Well! Hl! Ho! Everybody!
You wish you COULD personally
do something about it? You have
always wilted with grief to see
our little ones, or older ones, in
braces, on crutches, etc! But how
much worse if they did not have
them? We are glad that God made
it possible for YOU, and for ME to
GIVE to EASTER SEALS during
the month of March, each year, in
order to provide these crutches,
braces and many other forms of
help, and therapy.
Newton County is the County
with a HEART! Newton County
responds, and liberally to our
Easter Seal Fund which provides
centers over the State, the near
est to us being in Atlanta. These
funds not only help the young
sters, but older people. Yes, the
therapy at these centers helped
them to walk, to talk, in many in
stances, and to live as normal
life as can be had.
We wish to thank all Newton
County residents for having tak
en part in this program each year.
You will be fully repaid for your
gift if you will visit that center in
Atlanta, and see darling children
walking with braces, learning to
form words and speak, when be
fore this training they could not.
You will see grown-ups, white
and colored, being treated and
helped to live as normal life as
is possible.
Yes, March is the month, right
thru the better part of April, when
you can give generously, unself
ishly and somehow you can hear
the Master’s words: “Unto the
Least of these unto ME!’’ and
“Well done, thou good and faith
: fi:l servant.’’ He does expect
^us to CARE AND SHARE.
Many of you may have some
project you would like to promote
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Newton P-Y Banquet
Tickets On Sale
The annual Newton County Par
ent-Youth banquet will be held
Thursday, April 4, at E. L. Flc
quett School cafetorium. Tickets
for the banquet can be purchased
from E. G. Lassiter at White’s
Department Store; Sutton Hardy,
at Pool’s; Donald Stephenson at
the Newton County Courthouse;
Mrs. Jerry Aldridge, Newton Co
unty High School and Art Har
grove on Route 2, Covington.
Tickets will also be available
by other Newton County citizens
to be announced next week, ac
cording to Mrs. Art Hargrove.
Tickets for the banquet will be
$2.00 for adults and $1.50 for
students.
Nation’s Oldest Newspaper
Owned By Newton County Family
Mrs. Paul E. Davis and son,
Buster, of Route 1, Covington,
brought to the News office Mon
day a framed copy of what may
prove to be a copy of the first
edition of a newspaper printed in
the United States.
According to historical infor
mation of the first newspaper
recorded in "The Press and
America", by Emery and Smith,
there was printed on the morning
of April 24, 1704, the first gen
uine American newspaper, The
Boston News-Letter.
However the paper brought to
the News office this week, The
Boston News-Letter, was head
ed "Published by Authority from
Monday April 17, to Monday April
24, 1704."
Mrs. Davis said the framed
paper had been handed down
through the family of her husband.
A number of years ago it was
found in the attic of their home
and they had redone the old worn
cardboard backing, replacing it
with a sealed plywood back. The
yellowed paper was still in its
antique frame, and had been hung
in the Davis home until they de
cided this week to check on its
worth.
The editor of the first news
paper, John Campbell, was ap
pointed postmaster by the Crown
and took over the Boston post
office in 1700. From the be
ginning he made use of the post
al service to supply information
to special correspondents in oth
er colonies.
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Better Newspaper
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BEST COVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia enterprise, Established 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
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Dr. Candler Budd, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Wesley
Homes, poses with Miss Layona Glenn on her 102nd birthday.
See feature story on page 10.
Newton "Blue Vs White"
Game Friday Afternoon
The Annual Newton County High
School “Blue and White” Spring
game will be played Friday after
noon at Sharp Field. The kickoff
Is set for 3 p. m. The Annual
game was formerly played at
night.
Coach Wilbur Fisher says that
the squad will be divided into
two evenly matched teams for the
game. Assistant coaches Perry
Haymore and Tom Wortman will
help handle the two teams in the
He issued these reports in the
form of a news letter in primi
tive handwriting. Most of his
information concerned commer
cial and governmental matters
and because Boston, at that time,
was the most important city in
the colonies, his information was
highly pertinent.
His endeavors to furnish in
formation on meetings, pro
clamations, complaints, legal no
tices, actions in court, available
cargo space and arrivals of very
Important persons soon proved
too much and he secured the as
sistance of his brother Duncan.
The letters, written in long
hand and becoming longer with
each one, soon became too much
for both of them and Campbell
decided to call on Bartholomew-
Green, who was one of the few
printers in the area. Together
they published the first American
newspaper in Green’s shop on
Newbury Street in Boston. He
never succeeded in making his
paper profitable and the first
advertisement in a paper con
cerned the problem of circula
tion, which was seldom over 300,
yet the edition brought to the
News stated it could be used
as a news media and advertising.
For 15 years this was the only
newspaper in the colonies and it
is most interesting to note the
spelling in the items and sec
tions are even hard to read as
words were generally spelled
with "f" Instead of "s”, for in-
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game tomorrow.
Coach Fisher stated that the
game would be played Friday if
weather permits, but in case of
inclement weather, the game will
be re-scheduled for Saturday af
ternoon, March 16 at 3 p. m.
Newton coaches are hopeful
of a much better record for 1968
in won-loss tilts. The 1967 team
won two games and dropped eight.
stance “as soon" as affoon and The paper is being carried to on its problblllty of being even
"present war”, Present War fen- the Archives office in Atlanta older, by one week than the pre
flble. to be checked for its authenticity sent records indicate.
Copy Os 1704 Newspaper Shown Here
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Buster Davis and his mother, Mrs. Paul E. Davis of Covington are shown holding the framed copy
of The Boston News-Letter (spelled Boston at that time), dated Monday April 17 to 24, 1704. The
paper is an heirloom of the Davis family and may prove to be a copy of the first paper published in
America.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1968
Curriculum Guide Writing
Project Underway Here
A mammoth curriculum guide-writing project was launched by
Newton County teachers, principals, and members of the central
office staff on Saturday, March 2, 1968. Twelve guest curriculum
specialists, local department chairmen, and a number of class
room teachers served as leaders of large and small groups during
three structured “work sessions.”
The major purpose of this in
service education project was to
initiate development of practical,
usable grade level handbooks in
mathematics, reading, science,
and social studies for grades
1-8, and handbooks for every
subject offered in grades 9-12
by Newton County’s two high
schools. The handbooks will
help coordinate instruction
throughout the school system and
should provide invaluable assis
tance for new teachers and for
those who change teaching fields.
A second purpose of the day
long guide writing activities was
to fulfill a responsibility design
ated to all school systems by
the new Standards for Public
Schools of Georgia. Written
curriculum guides developed by
the staff of the school and/or
school system are rated as es
sential for a standard school or
school system by the 1967 Stan
dards Instrument.
The Ficquett School and the
Newton County High School were
utilized for the March 2 program
with approximately 140 educators
meeting at each school. Opening
assemblies were conducted at
each school with Superintendent
J. W. Richardson bringing greet
ings and Miss Louise Reeves,
Curriculum Director, presenting
the guest consultants. Princi
pal G. B. Hutchinson presided
at the Ficquett School and Mike (
Morgan, an eighth grader at Fic
quett, gave the devotional. The
assembly at the Newton County
High School was directed by Prin- <
cipal H. F. Sharp with Miss 1
Kathy Dennis, a NCHS senior,
presenting the devotional. |
Consultants, chairmen, re
corders, and committee mem
bers of the curriculum writing
project for the elementary
schools, grades 1-8 were;
MATHEMATICS
GUIDE COMMITTEE:
Consultant: Mr. Jack Cus
ter, Educational Consultant, Holt,
“Thank Heaven"
For Little Girl Scouts
March 10 th through 16 th
Rinehart and Winston; Chairman:
General Sessions - Mr. Henry
Baker; Recorder: General Ses
sions - Mrs. L. L. Harwell.
First Grade: Mrs. C. D.
Ramsey, Chairman; Mrs. J. K.
West, Jr., Mrs. J. A. Cearley,
Recorder; Mrs. M. S. Littleton.
Second Grade: Mrs. L. M.
Willson, Recorder; Mrs. Paul
Turner, Miss Emelyn Brand,
Mrs. J. W. Loyd, Chairman;
Mrs. R. Burdette, Mrs. F. B.
Grimes, Mrs. Barbara Weems.
Third Grade: Mrs. J. D.
Smith, Mrs. Elinor Fletcher,
Mrs. James Dobbs, Chairman;
Miss Helen B. Hardnett, Record
er.
Fourth Grade; Mrs. Russell
Dollar, Chairman; Mrs. T. C.
Berry, Recorder; Mrs. Herman
McCullough, Mrs. O. L. Hamm,
Miss J. Geiger.
Fifth Grade: Mrs. J. R. Thom
pson, Mrs. Dallas Tarkenton,
Mrs. L. L. Harwell, Miss Mary
Trippe, Chairman; Mrs. Doris
G. Wilkey, Mrs. Gloria Forston,
Recorder.
Sixth Grade; Mr. Tom Row
land, Chairman; Mrs. D. J. De-
Lancey, Recorder; Mr. Eugene
Caldwell, Miss Prince Ella
Jones.
Seventh Grade: Mr. Henry
Baker, Mrs. Eugenia Waters, Re
corder; Mr. Wayne Newton, Miss
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Oxford To Take
Spring Recess
March 15-25th
Winter Quarter Exams end and
Spring Recess begins Friday,
March 15 at Oxford College of
Emory University. Students re
turn Monday, March 25 for Spring
Quarter Registration, and class
es resume the next day.
The College Dining Hall will
be closed during the March 15-
25 period.
Girl Scout Week Being
Observed In Newton County
Girl Scouts in Newton County
which numbers some 272 scouts
and 65 adult leaders are current
ly observing Girl Scout Week
here.
Cadette Girl Scouts, winter
camping at Red Top Mountain
State Park during the past week
end officially opened Girl Scout
Week for the Northwest Georgia
Girl Scout Council at a sunrise
service Sunday commemorating
the 56 years of Girl Scouting In
the United States.
Because Girl Scouts of the
U.S.A, take an active part in
the World Association of Girl
Scouts and Girl Guides, the
Scout’s Own service will feature
flags from ten foreign lands plus
their own homeland. The World
Association flag will form the
Conyers City
Manager To
Speak Here
Guest speaker for the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club meeting today
(Thursday) at the Teen Can at
1 p. m. will be the City Manager
of Conyers, Jack Turner. Mr.
Turner will be accompanied to
the meeting by Conyers Mayor
J. T. Hicks and he will intro
duce the speker
Sam Ramsey is the Kiwanis
Program chairman for the week
and he states that Mr. Turner will
have an interesting and informa
tive message for the local civic
organization. He will discuss
the recent progress that Con
yers and Rockdale County has
made industrially.
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Dr. Robert Faulkner of Coving
ton was the guest speaker at the
Kiwanis meeting Thursday after
noon.
Among the visitors present for
the meeting were: Mork Winn
and Fred Alexander of NCHS
Key Club; Dr. Carlos Meyer,
guest of Dean Bond Fleming;
John Riley Thompson of Porter
dale, guest of Johnny Prescott;
Abe Carmichael, Hercules Tex
tile Chemist, guest of S. J. Mor
cock; Chester M. Smith, Jr. and
J. L. Brener of John J. Harte
Associates, guest of V. Y. C.
Eady, Sr.
Mrs. Sowell
Observes
96th Birthday
PORTERDALE— Three birth
day cakes were the center of at
traction of the day when Mrs.
Sallie Sowell of Porterdale cel
ebrated her ninety-sixth birth
day on March 9.
Mrs. Sowell, Mrs. Anna Nor
wood, and Mrs. Fannie Belle
Hewell, her two sisters, along
with several other family mem
bers gathered for a day of re
miniscence and pleasure. Mrs.
Sowell was the recipient of many
gifts, cards, and telephone calls.
Those attending the dinner
were: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sow
ell, Mrs. Annie Rldllng, Mrs. Joe
Burch, Mrs. Anna Norwood, Mrs.
Fannie Belle Hewell, Mrs. Ines
Buckalew, and Miss Sally Ann
Buckalew, all of Porterdale;
Mrs. Ruth Shaffer of Augusta,
and Charles Thomas of Conyers.
Those visiting with Mrs. Sow
ell during the weekend were:
Mrs. Sara Sharpton and Buddy
Mrs. Idell Rovls of Covington;
Miss Audrey Martin of Greens
boro, Mrs. Claxton Stubbs and
daughter of Covington, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Rldllng of Covington,
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Bennett
and four sons of Macon.
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backdrop at a convergence of the
hills at Red Top along the shore
line where Cadettes who have
reached First Class rank will
be introduced.
The entire weekend of camp
ing will commemorate World Girl
Scouting as troops follow a
Worldly Trail of exhibits on an
International theme. Adult con
sultants will Introduce the young
teenagers to Georgia’s heritage
through Etowah Indian legends,
native pottery and rocks and
minerals. The event has been
planned by the Cadette Corral,
an elected body representing all
Cadette troops in the Northwest
Georgia Girl Scout Council.
Since Sunday is Scout Sunday,
other troops will be attending
their churches in a group and in
uniform. Many churches will
have special recognition of Scout
ing.
Tuesday, March 12, was the
56th anniversary of the founding
of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A,
by Juliette Low of Savannah,
Georgia, who was an early as
sociate of Lord and Lady Baden-
Powell, founders of the Boy Scout
movement in England In 1910.
Troops will feature the event
at their meetings while others
do so with neighborhood exhi
bits and displays. Many will
honor Juliette Low and Girl
Scouting by taking part in an
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"Weenie Beanie" Banquet
Date Changed To March 23
Tickets are now on sale in New
ton and Rockdale county for the
Annual Boy Scout “Weenie Bean
ie” Banquet to be held Saturday
night March 23, 6:00 p. m. at
Woodruff Hall on the Bert Adams
Scout Reservation.
Edgar Chandler, All-American
football star, from the University
of Georgia will speak and show
films of the highlights of the 1967
Bulldog season.
Originally the “Weenießean
ie” Banquet had been scheduled
for March 30, but due to the an
nual Staff Planning Conference
of Scout leaders it had to be moved
back to March 23.
Tickets for the banquet hadal
ready been printed and distri
buted when the change of date was
decided upon. Tickets bear the
March 30, date but the banquet
will be held Saturday night March
23.
Tickets for the occasion are
limited and will be sold on a first
come-first serve basis. The
tickets will be 75 cents each and
they may be purchased from the
Cub Master, Scout Master, or Ex
plorer Advisor of each unit.
Scout leaders have already
been issued their tickets for the
Dr. Fred Landt Receives
NSF Grant To Study Ecology
Dr. J. Fred Landt, Associate
Professor of Biology at Oxford
College, has been awarded a grant
by the National Science Foun
dation to study ecology at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, at
Chapel Hill. Dr. Landt was se
lected, as one of 25 participants
in the program, out of more than
600 applicants.
The grant period will extend
from June 10 through July 5,
and the program will be con
cerned with recent developments
and current research in several
areas of ecology.
Some of the areas of subject
matter to be dealt with in the
program will include bioclimato
logy, population ecology, ra
diation ecology, and systems an
alysis.
NUMBER 11
Ernie Johnson
To Visit Rotary
Ernie Johnson, Associate Di
rector Broadcast operations of
The Atlanta Braves Baseball
Club, will speak to The Covington
Rotary Club Tuesday, March
19th.
Mr. Johnson has been a mem
ber of the Braves organization
for 23 years. He started his pro
fessional career with Hartford in
The Eastern League in 1942. He
was a pitcher with the Boston
Braves in 1952 and pitched for
The Milwaukee Braves from 1953
to 1958. He was a member of the
1957 World Champion Braves
team and Ditched in 3 games of
the World Series.
Ernie was named color man for
the Braves TV games in 1960 and
in 1962 became full time admin
istrative assistant to the Pres
ident. In May of 1963 he was
appointed Public Relations Di
rector of the Club.
Mr. Johnson resides with his
wife, Lois, and their 3 children
in Sandy Springs.
Rotarian E. G. Lassiter is pro
gram chairman and he will intro
duce Mr. Johnson. (See other art
icle on Sports Page today).
“Weenie Beanie” with the num
ber based on the number of boys
in their pack, troop, or post.
The leaders are requested to
report the progress of their tic
ket sales to Leo S. Mallard, ac
tivities chairman, on Friday,
March 15th and Thursday, March
21st so that a cutoff date of sales
may be established for the 650
available tickets.
Clyde Aul of Conyers is in
charge of the ticket sales for the
“Weenie Beanie” in Rockdale
County. Unit leaders in Rock
dale will report to him on their
ticket sales each Friday.
Weenies, beans, a salad and
good fellowship will supplement
Edgar Chandler’s talk. All boys
and adults in Scouting, and fri
ends are Invited to attend the
“Weenie Beanie” this year.
“We are indeed fortunate to
get Edgar Chandler, ‘everybody’s
All-American’, to speak at our
Weenie Beanie Banquet this
year,” Mr. Mallard said, “for
he is one of the finest young
men ever to attend and repre
sent the University of Georgia.
We know that he will do a good
job and we look forward to hav
ing him with us.”
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