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5 Newton High Students Named To Honors Program
Four hundred gifted students
from 89 school systems in Geor
gia will attend the sth Annual
Governor’s Honors Program at
Wesleyan College in Macon, June
11 - August 1. These finalists,
selected from 3,204 nominees
this year, are announced today
by State School Superintendent
of Schools Jack P. Nix.
The instructional program
provides opportunity for gifted
students to participate in educa
tional experiences not usually
available during the regular
school year. It also assists
students in recognizing their po
tentials and their roles in so
ciety.
The program operates under
Section 51 of the MF PE law
passed by the 1964 General As
sembly under policies subse
quently set forth by the State
Board of Education.
Some 1,600 students have par
ticipated in the summer program
in the past. Academic areas
include English, modern foreign
language, natural sciences,
mathematics and social sciences.
The visual and performing arts
include art, drama, and music.
Students who will enter the
11th and 12th grades in the fall
are nominated by their teachers
in a particular field. Nominees
must meet certain criteria, are
screened through a series of tests
and final selection is made by
statewide selection committees.
The tuition-free program is
administered by the State Depart
ment of Education’s Program for
Exceptional Children. Miss Mar
garet Bynum, consultant in the
area of the gifted, is program
director and Jack Stewart is
program consultant.
Finalists selected to partici
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NCHS Semi-Finalists In Governors’ Honors Program
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NEWTON HIGH semi-finalists for the Governors’ Honors Program are pictured above. Seated, left
to right: Emily Morgan and Susan Kirkland. Standing: Susan Chester, Jim Peay, Phyllis Ward,
Raymond Hammonds and Lee Piper.
pate in the program this sum
mer from Newton County High
School are:
Susan Virginia Chester, James
Porter Peay, Susan Leigh Kirk
land, Lee Still Piper, Phyllis
Naomi Ward.
Phil Woosnam
Oxford Lions
Club Speaker
Atlanta Chiefs General Man
ager and Coach-Player Phil
Woosnam was the guest speaker
at the Oxford Lions Club meet
ing Thursday evening at the Com
munity House. Program Chair
man of the month was Charlie
Burnett and he introduced Mr.
Woosnam.
The Chiefs head man spoke to
the club and then showed a color
film of the World Cup playoffs be
tween England and West Germany
which was won by England 2-1.
Mr. Woosnam proved to be an
interesting and entertaining
speaker on the newest game in
troduced into America. He was
the coach and player for the
Chiefs last season. The 1968 sch
edule will begin soon at Atlanta
Stadium.
Many visitors and most of the
Oxford Lions attended the meet
ing. Soccer Coach Bill Sells of
Oxford College was among the
attentive listeners to the pro
coach.
Mongol-Dr. M. Meets Lou
Thesz, Mr. Wrestling
Grappling fans in Newton and
the surrounding counties who
prefer tag wrestling are in for a
“Field Day” Saturday night at
the Sports Palace in Covington
when two fine matches will take
place.
Topping the card will be the
tag duo of Lou Thesz and Mr.
Wrestling against the team of
El Mongol and Dr. M. The lat
ter grunt-and-groaner has a
manager by the name of “Gen
tleman X.” The other tag match
will pit The Rising Sons vs Louie
Tlllet and Rubberman Walker.
Another match on the card Sat
urday will have Matt Jewel
against The Sundown Kid.
Last Thursday Tarzan Tyler
and Louie Tlllet'battled for three
falls. The fans were on their feet
most of the time. Louie was
bleeding, but he defeated Tarzan.
In the semi-final Ex-Champ
Lou Thesz defeated Dr. M two
straight falls. Lou didn’t think
that he was wrestling the same
man in the second fall. Restarted
to take the mask off when suddenly
another Dr. M jumped in the ring.
The referee disqualified them and
Mr. Wrestling came to the ring to
give Lou a hand.
In the second match Mr. Wrest
ling had a real quick victory over
the Turk. It only lasted about
thirty seconds and Mr. Wrestling
put him to sleep.
In the first match Bobby Hart,
a newcomer to the Sports Palace,
had a victory over Greg Peterson.
Mrs. Henderson
Awarded Full
Scholarship, Utah
Mrs. James S. Henderson (Pat
Cannon) formerly a teacher at
Porterdale Elementary School
has been awarded full scholar
ship to do work towards her
Master’s Degree at Utah State
University in Logan, Utah.
Mrs. Henderson will begin
school June 24, 1968. She will
begin with courses in Physics,
Mathematics, and Biology. Mrs.
Henderson is presently employed
as a Science teacher by Duval
County Schools in Jacksonville,
Florida.
Arlene Hargrove
Decatur High
Student Teacher
Miss Arlene Hargrove, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Har
grove, Brown Bridge Road, Cov
ington, is currently fulfilling her
student teaching at the Decatur
High School this quarter. Ar
lene is performing her practice
teaching requirements under the
supervision of Mr. Ellis Mills,
Band Director, Decatur High
School.
Arlene has completed her
course of studies at the Uni
versity of Georgia and this quar
ter’s student eaching will com
plete her degree requirements
for the BMUS degree with grad
uation from the University sched
uled for June 8, 1968.
Kiwanis Club
Os Covington
STAR Honored
The Covington Kiwanis Club
was one of 11 civic clubs in the
10th Congressional District of
Georgia commended and cited
for continuous sponsorship of
the State STAR Student and
Teacher program. The local
Kiwanis organization received
the recognition at the 1968 10th
District STAR banquet at Augus
ta Country Club on March 20th.
The 10th District’s STAR Stu
dent and Teacher were named at
the banquet. Robert Crane Kline
of Augusta is the student selected
for the State contest in April. His
teacher is G. langston Bolton of
Augusta’s Richmond Academy.
In citing the 10-year Sponsors
of the program it was announced:
“Special awards of appreciation
are presented by the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce to a
highly commendable number of
organizations in the Tenth Dis
trict for outstanding and dedi
cated service to quality education
in Georgia through sponsorship
of the STAR program.”
Pep Clubs Fetes
Tennis Players
The meeting of the NCHS Pep
Club was held March 21. Pres
ident Linda Moon presided as the
devotional was given bv Sally Kay
Mills.
The program included recog
nition of this year’s outstanding
tennis team as follows: girls -
Julia Adams, Martha Ellen
Banks, Ann Klimaszewski, Linda
Evans, Susan Lott, Barbara John
son and boys - Larry Pless,
Ronny Wiley, Jimmy Hutchins,
Gerry Katz, and Bobby Burnett.
The program included an out
standing performance by Billy
George, who sang “To Love
Somebody,” accompanied on the
piano by Mac McKibben.
The club is proud of this year’s
outstanding basketball teams.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Ken Johnson
On West Ga.
Dean's List
According to an announcement
by Dean George Walker, West
Georgia College, Carrollton,
Dur wood M. Johnson, Jr. has
been placed on the Dean’s List
for scholastic achievement dur
ing the past quarter.
Johnson has maintained a 3.67
average of a possible 4.00 score
for his college career. He is
president of the West Georgia
College Honor Society.
Dean's List Is
Announced At
Davidson Coll.
Mason Stephenson
DAVIDSON, N. C.—A pair of
twins who grew up in Davidson,
a Richardson Scholar from Nor
way and 116 other Davidson Col
lege students qualified academi
cally for the dean’s list for first
semester 1967-68, according to
Dr. J. H. Ostwalt, registrar.
In order to make the list,
a student must have a semester
grade average of B plus, which
is 90-94 on a 100 point scale.
The 119 students represent about
10 percent of Davidson’s enroll
ment of 1,000.
The twins are James B. and
John L. Puckett, sophomore sons
of Dr. Olin Puckett of the col
lege’s biology department. Finn
P. Skagestad of Skotsely, Norway,
was one of the few foreign stu
dents who ever qualified for the
list.
Dean’s list students from this
area include: Mason W. Step
henson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald G. Stephenson of Cov
ington.
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Preparation Os Curriculum Guides
Continued By Newton Co. Teachers
Louise Reeves
Curriculum Director
Newton County teachers and
administrators spent a second
full day in preparation of local
curriculum guides on March 23,
1968.
The elementary school comm
ittees met at the Flcquett School
to continue their work on guides
in the areas of mathematics,
reading, science, and social stud
ies. Curriculum specialist who
worked with these four groups
were Mr. Jack Custer, mathema
tics; Dr. Lavinia R. Wood, read
ing; Mr, Hal W, Clements, sci
ence; and Mr. H. Grady Starnes,
social studies.
The high school committees
convened at the Newton County
High School to resume prepara
tion of guides in each subject ar
ea taught at the high school lev
el. Department chairmen served
as leaders in their respective
subject areas. The English de
partment had as its special guest
Miss Patricia E. Gribben, State
Department of Education Consul
tant in Reading and English. Dur
ing her presentation Miss Gribb
en displayed contemporary Eng
lish textbooks, bulletins, and
charts which members of the
committee were permitted toex-
Educators Study Curriculum Guides For County
SPECIALISTS WHO provided leadership in writing the guides of curriculum for teachers in the Newton
County school system are shown above at lunch Saturday at the Crest Restaurant. Seated at the table
(left to right) are: Dr. Lavinia Wood, Jack Custer, Donald Dean, Hal Clements, Miss Louise Reeves,
Dr. Jonathon McLendon, Dr. Russell Mercer, Grady Starnes and Paul Farmer. Teachers of the county
held an all-day meeting in Covington Saturday on the curriculum guides.
amine and discuss with her.
A group of Future Teachers
from the Newton County High
School attended the in-service
program to assist with several
operations of the day. During the
opening assemblies, devotionals
were given by Melody Barker of
the Newton County High School
and Janice Tillman of the Flcquett
School. Other Future Teachers
who participated in the activities
of the day were Becky Fleming,
Beth Cooper, Patty Klnnett, and
Janet Ellis.
TEMPERATURES
Covington temperatures during
the past week, according to local
Weather man Jack Chapman,
were;
High Low
Wed., Mar. 20th 83 44
Thurs., Mar. 21st 80 48
Fri., Mar. 22nd 76 50
Sat., Mar. 23rd 52 31
Sun., Mar. 24th 55 26
Mon., Mar. 25th 65 27
Tues., Mar. 26th 73 35
Rainfall during the week to
taled .86 inch.
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NCHS Netters Tie
Gainesville In
Tennis Match
Last Thursday afternoon the
NCHS Tennis Teams journeyed
to Gainesville to play Gainesville
High School in tennis. As a result,
the match ended in a tie -4-4.
Those playing for Newton High
were:
Susan Lott, Singles, Won.
Barbara Johnson, Singles, Won.
Linda Evans-Martha Ellen
Banks, Doubles, Won.
Julia Adams-Ann Klimaszeski,
Doubles, Won.
Jimmy Hutchins, Singles, Lost.
Bobby Burnett, Singles, Lost.
Ronny Wiley-Jimmie Ivey,
Doubles, Lost.
Gerry Katz-Larry Pless, Dou
bles, Lost.
Tuesday, April 2, the Gaines
ville team will come to Covington
for a return match. The event will
be held at Fowler’s Tennis Club.
Livingston School is now re
gistering children for the 1968—
69 school term. The registr
ation ends on Friday, April 5.