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hursday, April 11, 1968
Radiological Monitoring Course Held In Covington
RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING Course was held at Covington City Hall Saturday and Sunday. A total
of 13 persons took the course and they were from Covington, Oxford and Conyers. The course was
staged by the State of Georgia Department of Civil Defense Division and the Covington-Newton County
CD Department. The group taking the course is shown in the photo above in the City Hall Courtroom.
Radio Monitoring Course
Enrolled 13 On Sat.-Sun.
Thirteen persons successfully
completed the two-day, 16-hour
course in Radiological Monitor
ing at the Covington City Hall
Courtroom during Saturday and
Sunday.
Instructors of the course were
Mrs. Rita Freeman and Howard
Thompson. The course was spon
sored and staged through the eff
orts of the State Department of
Defense, Civil Defense Division,
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and the Covington-Newton County
Civil Defense Assn.
Those enrolled were: Don
Floyd, 6121 Gordy Street; Marcus
Cook, Route 1, Covington; Shorty
Ellis, Rt. 1, Oxford; Charles
Strawn, Jr., Rt. 2, Conyers; Rob
ert Few, Rt. 6, Covington; Tyrus
Day, 6152 Hannah St., Covington;
Jack Parker, 5141 Monticello,
Covington; Edward Curtis, 10118
Washington St., Covington; Carl-
ton Wilson, 9189 West View, Cov
ington; Edward A. Manley, 5130
West Drive, Covington; Mary
Johnson, 5112 Ellis Circle, Cov
ington; Debra Floyd, 6121 Gordy,
Covington; and Allene Floyd, 6121
Gordy, Covington.
I News Notes From $
By Miss Irene Harvey x
“The son of man hath power
on earth to forgive sins.” Mark
2:10.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
May you each have a “Happy
Easter” and all be brought closer
to our Saviour this Easter. My
prayer is for all to attend ser
vices at some church this Eas
ter. You will find much happi
ness.
♦♦ * *
Mrs. R. E. Chesnut spent last
week in Atlanta with Mr. and Mrs.
Delton Caln and Susan Elizabeth.
♦♦ * ♦
Miss Martha Johnson of High
Point spent the weekend with her
grandmother, Mrs. Paul Stewart.
♦♦ ♦ *
Those from Hopewell A. R.
Presbyterian Church who attend
ed the Men’s Association in At
lanta First A. R. Presbyterian
Church Monday evening, April
1, were Rev. Wayne Dickson,
Messers J. W. and R. E. Ches
nut, J. F. Harvey and Aubrey
W. Harvey.
♦♦ * ♦
Edgar Thacker of Salem visi
ted Mrs. OlaH. Thacker and Miss
Irene Harvey Sunday afternoon.
** * *
Mrs. L. L. Anglin of Hape
ville spent Monday of last week
flotfitud
Patients admitted during the
week of April Ist thru April 7th,
1968:
Gordon G. Bellew, Bobby
Moore, Richard Hilland, George
W. Ramsey, Billy Brooks, Mrs.
Patricia Mashburn, Shirley
Moore, Monty Al. Miller, Juan
ita Mouchet, Mrs. Thelma M.
Crowell, Donna Savage, Robert
L. Digby, Mrs. Ruth Martin, Hugh
Edwards.
Joyce Caudill, Mildred C. Par
nell, Mrs. Bernice Webb, Jerry
Tomlin, Thomas E. Beall, Mrs.
Shirley Ann Moore, Ralph E-.
Sims, Mrs. Brenda Dianne Duck
ett, Mrs. Alice Woodruff, Sybil
Singley, Mrs. Mamie Hawkins,
Hubert H. Wilson, Donna Faye
Thacker, Beal Mason, Lester
Polk.
Charles Bailey, Donnie Car
nes, Mrs. Scottie Edwards, Ray
ford Hilliard, Mrs. Winona Bark
er, Mrs. Linda Rae Cronan, Betty
Ann Sullivan, Luther Owensby,
Mrs. Frances Wlke, Donna Watts,
Joan Smith, J. T. Bohannon, Kel
vin Middlebrooks.
Lillie R. Walker, Fred Darty,
Richard Hardman, Josephine
Cloud, Mattie Mae Freeman,
Adelaide Banks, Patricia Horton.
Patients remaining the week of
April 7th, 1968:
Thomas Beall, Franklin W.
Black, Bill Brooks, Gordon G.
Bellew, Mrs. Fairy Cartledge,
Paul Cowan, Grady Crowley,
Mrs. Thelma Crowell, Robert
Digby, Mrs. Brenda D. Duckett,
Fred Darty, W. J. Dickey, Mrs.
Scottie Edwards.
Richard Hilland, Mrs. Rachael
Grier, Sara Gauntt, Mrs. Mamie
Hawkins, Mrs. Florence Lee
Hays, Mrs. Mattie Head, Mrs.
Jane Lassiter, Bobby Moore,
Mrs. Patricia F. Mashburn,
Juanita Mouchett, Mrs. Ruth
Martin, Mildred C. Parnell, Aa
ron Polson.
Lester Polk, Johnny Ray,
George Ramsey, Mrs. Eddie Mae
Rosey, Ralph Sims, Sybil Singley,
Mrs. Joan Smith, Jerry Tomlin,
Mrs. Bernice Webb, Mrs. Alice
Woodruff, Hubert Wilson, Willie
White.
Mrs. Adelaide Banks, Mattle
Mae Freeman, Patricia Horton,
Lena Bell Perry, Sara H. Rob
inson.
with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Nolen.
** * *
Miss Nellie King spent Thurs
day night with Mr. and Mrs. O.
C. Tomlin.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. R. E. Thacker visited
Mrs. George Cochran Monday
morning.
** * *
Mrs. C. E. Chesnut, Messers
J. W. Chesnut, R. E. and Gary
Chesnut motored to Atlanta Tues
day evening where they visited
Mr. and Mrs. Delton Caln and
Susan Elizabeth.
*♦ ♦ *
Mr. and Mrs. Preston John
son of High Point were visitors
Sunday afternoon of Mrs. Paul
Stewart.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Stewart and
Mrs. John Weldon attended the
Dobbs reunion Sunday at the club
house In Mansfield.
*♦ ♦ ♦
R. E. Thacker, Ronnie and
Linda were visitors Sunday after
noon of Mrs. Ola H. Thacker.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Tomlin
visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fin
cher Sunday afternoon in Salem.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boozer
and children, Mr. and Mrs. David
Lee Floyd and children and Mrs.
D. L. Floyd attended the birthday
dinner Saturday of Miss Wanda
Floyd In Smyrna given by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee
Floyd.
*« * *
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Stewart
visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crum
bly Sunday evening tn Kellytown.
*♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boozer and
children and Mrs. D. L. Floyd
were recent supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Philips in At
lanta.
♦♦ * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Thacker,
Ronnie and Linda motored to
Decatur Monday evening where
they visited Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Hearn.
** * *
Mrs. R. L. Ellington and Miss
Faye Ellington spent the week
end with Mr. an d Mrs. S. L.
Moon In Atlanta.
** * ♦
Rev. Wayne Dickson, pastor
of Hopewell A. R. Presbyterian
Church attended the Second Pres
bytery Y.P.C.U. Retreat at Bon
clarken, Flat Rock, North Carol
ina over the weekend.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harvey
and Miss Ruby Warren attended
the marriage of Miss Kay Gar
dner and Ronnie Patterson at
the Presbyterian Church Sunday
afternoon.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Malcom of
Bostwick visited Mrs. R. L. Ell
ington Monday afternoon.
** * *
Rev. John Hayes of McDonough
was the guest minister Sunday
at Hopewell Presbyterian
Church.
** * *
Mrs. R. L. Ellington and Miss
Faye Ellington visited Mrs. Ola
H. Thacker and Miss Irene Har
vey Monday afternoon.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Most Goods,
Services Rise
In February
WASHINGTON—Prices rose in
February for a majority of goods
and services, the United States
Department of Labor’s Bureau
of Labor Statistics has an
nounced.
The Consumer Price Index in
creased 0.3 percent for the fifth
straight month to 119.0 (1957-
59-100), 3.7 percent higher than
a year ago.
Consumer services, partic
ularly medical care, mortgage
Interest, home maintenance,
housekeeping services, and auto
repairs led the advance. Food,
apparel, and furniture prices also
continued to climb.
The Wholesale Price Index ad
vanced 0.7 percent to 108.0 (1957-
59-100), 1.9 percent above Feb
ruary 1967. Prices of farm pro
ducts and industrial commodities
moved sharply higher, although
the Increases were moderated In
March.
Preliminary data point to a fur
ther advance of 0.3 percent in the
Wholesale Price Index for March.
Industrial commodities rose at a
more moderate rate (0.3 percent)
than during the previous two
months. Lumber, machinery,
chemicals, hides, and glass
showed the principal increases.
Substantial advances for live
stock and fresh fruits caused the
farm products Index to go up
0.9 percent. Processed foods
and feeds declined slightly.
Honey Creek
Church Lists
Its Services
Honey Creek Baptist Church,
located on Honey Creek Road
in Conyers would like to ex
tend an invitation to everyone
to attend any of their worship
services. On Sunday, Sunday
School begins at 10:00 A.M. and
the morning worship service be
gins at 11:00 A.M. TTie even
ing worship service begins at
7:00 P.M. The Wednesday night
prayer service begins at 7:00
P.M.
There is a singing the second
Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. Rev.
Harvey Singleton is the pastor
of the church, which Is located
on the Newton and Rockdale coun
ty line.
VA Seeks
Correct Address
for Mailings
About $1 million in undellver
able checks Is returned to the
Veterans Administration each
year.
This means that some 12,000
persons miss at least one pay
ment of their monthly compen
sation, pension or other VA ben
efit. In some Instances, fail
ure to receive a monthly check
results in a hardship to the fam
ily Involved.
To help solve this problem,
the VA advises all recipients to
give the VA and the Post Of
fice Department their new ad
dress, including zip code, when
they plan to move.
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Banquet by the mothers of the players on Coach Wortman’s team. Mr. and Mrs. Wortman are holding
the gift which has each of the girls’ names stitched into the squares.
Personals
Sgt. and Mrs. John G. Johnson
left Tuesday for Clarkesville,
Tennessee where they will make
their home for the next six months
while Sgt. Johnson is stationed at
Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He is
scheduled to report for duty on
April 12, after having spent a
month here with his wife and oth
er relatives following his return
from duty In Vietnam.
♦♦ » »
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Piper
and Michael with Mrs. Louise
McKibben of East Point were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore
and Charles and Mrs. R. B. Yan
cey Sunday.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. James Simons
and children, Gay, Scott and
Kim, of Greensboro, N. C. arr
ived Wednesday for the Easter
holidays with their mother, Mrs.
John King.
** ♦ *
Many local friends of Mrs.
Henry Smith, motherof Mrs. Jor
dan Callaway, are glad to learn
that she has been permitted to re
turn home from Emory Uni
versity Hospital where she was a
patient for several weeks follow
ing surgery; and are wishing her
a rapid convalescence.
♦♦ * ♦
Mrs. Donald Stephenson and
Mrs. S. J. Morcock were among
local Women of the Presbyterian
Church who attended a meeting
of that group at LaGrange Pres
byterian Church, on Wednesday,
when Mrs. Morcock presented
the program. Miss Lucy Banks
accompanied them as far as
Griffin, where she spent the day
with an aunt, Mrs. F. H. Wilson.
** * ♦
Mrs. George Home, Mrs. E. E.
Callaway and Mrs. Jordan Calla
way were joined by Mrs. Harri
ett Pollard of Atlanta, In attend
ing the Pre-Tournament Par-3
Game, preceding the annual Mas
ter’s event, in Augusta on Wed
nesday.
»♦ ♦ *
Miss Carol Callaway of Queens
College will spend the Easter
weekend with her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Jordan Callaway.
** • *
It Is learned with regret that
Mrs. R. W. Campbell was trans
ferred Sunday from Wesley
Woods Health Center to Emory
University Hospital, where she
underwent surgery on Wednes
day. Her many friends extend
good wishes for Mrs. Campbell’s
early recovery.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Pound
and Mr. and Mrs. Moody Sum
mers formed a congenial four
some spending the week in Aug
usta for the Master’s Tourna
ment. Others attending the event
will be Mr. and Mrs. Tom Free
man, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Pratt
and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Klem,
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who plan to go down on Friday
for the weekend; Carl Smith who
spent Wednesday and today there;
and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cohen
who will attend on Sunday.
♦* ♦ ♦
Mrs. R. F. Sharpe of Atlanta
was the houseguest for the week,
of Mrs. R. Pat Campbell.
** * «
Mrs. J. Rayford Winters has
returned home after an eight
weeks visit In St. Petersburg,
Fla., with relatives.
♦* ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Evans
of Macon will be Easter weekend
guests of their daughter and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bowden
and little Brent.
♦♦ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Head
spent last week In Tampa, Flor
ida with Mr. and Mrs. Benny
Batchelor and family.
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