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OBITUARIES
The NEWS extends deepest sympathy to members of the
bereaved families.
Clarence Durden
Funeral services for Clarence
Durden of Route 1, McDonough,
were held Thursday afternoon,
April 4, at Porterdale Baptist
Church with Rev. H. N. Earn
est and Rev. Elbert Moore of
ficiating. Intermentwas in Lawn
wood Memorial Park with Cald
well and Cowan Funeral Home
in charge and his nephews serv
ing as pallbearers.
Mr. Durden, a native of Wal
ton County, was 61 years old
and a retired employee of Bibb
Manufacturing Company. He pas
sed away in a private hospital
on Wednesday, April 3. He was
a member of Sharon Baptist
Church in McDonough.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Allie H. Durden, Route 1, McDon
ough; two sons, Bill Durden,
Leroy Durden, Covington; daugh
ters, Mrs. Pauline Dial, Oxford;
Mrs. Clara Roberts, McDonough;
Mrs. Frances Sockwell, Mrs.
Ann Reid, Covington; brothers,
Charlie Durden, Silver Springs;
Metz Durden, Columbus; Callie
Durden, Monroe; Edward Durden,
Atlanta; Clinton Durden, Porter
dale; sister, Mrs. Mamie Lester,
Porterdale and 11 grandchildren.
Mason (Thos.) Beal
Mason Thomas Beal, the four
months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
William L. Beal passed away
in a private hospital on Wed
nesday, April 3, where he had
been a patient for 10 hours.
He was born in Greensboro.
Graveside services were held
in Prospect Cemetery at Fair
play on Friday, April 5, at three
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• He Seeks to Rule, Reign and Fill
Your Life Today.
Sunday School 10:00 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Message by Pastor
Training Union 7:00 P.M.
Evening Worship 8:00 P.M.
Message by Pastor
Nursery Provided Every Service
Radio Program Over WGFS 9:00 A.M.
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—— • April 14th thru 21st 7:30 Each Evening
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Morning Service Evening Service
R. Hudson Moody WEDNESDAY PRAYER SERVICE - 7:30 P.M.
Pastor
10:00 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL iTp.m. training union
o’clock with the Rev. Charles
L. Moody officiating.
Surviving besides his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Beal
are one brother, Harvey L. Beal,
a sister, Patty Lynn Beal, all
of Covington; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dennis Rooks, Porter
dale; Herman Thomas Crowder,
Covington; great-grandfather,
Bonnie Beal, Appalachee and
great-grandmother, Mrs. Annie
Mae Beal, Covington.
Willie Flem Jones
Willie Flem Jones of Route
6, Covington, passed away in a
private hospital on Friday, April
5, following a short illness and
hospitalization of one week. A
native of Jasper County, he was
65 years old and a member of
Red Oak Methodist Church. He
was retired after having worked
for Bibb Manufacturing Company
for many years.
Funeral services were con
ducted on Saturday afternoon,
April 6, at Red Oak Methodist
Church with Rev. Jim Luke, pas
tor of the church, and Rev. J. F.
Bedingfield, pastor of Stewart
Baptist Church officiating at the
last rites. Interment was in
Red Oak Cemetery with J. C.
Harwell and Son Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Samuel
Pickett, Austin Pickett, Bruce
Pickett, Dan Aiken, Ralph Aiken,
Wallace Aiken, Pete Jones and
Billy Jones.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mattle Aiken Jones, three sons,
Hugh Jones, Rayford Jones, Dan
Jones, all of Covington; brothers,
Grady Jones, Covington; Ray
GOSPEL MEETING
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Jones, Decatur; sisters, Mrs.
A. L. Pickett, Mrs. O. L. Hol
mes, both of Covington and four
grandchildren.
Mrs. Ben F. Rider
Funeral services were con
ducted for Mrs. Ben F. Rider
on Friday afternoon, April 5,
at the Chapel of Harwell Funer
al Home with Rev. Hudson Moody,
pastor of The Baptist Tabernacle
officiating. Interment was in
Liberty Cemetery, near Porter
dale, with J. C. Harwell and Son
Funeral Home In charge and her
grandsons serving as pallbear
ers.
Mrs. Rider passed away in a
private hospital on Wednesday,
April 3, following a lingering
illness and hospitalization of one
week. She was a member of
the Porterdale Baptist Church
and was 82 years old.
Surviving are three sons, Au
brey Rider, Hamp Rider, both
of Covington; B. F. Rider, Jr.,
Oxford; three daughters, Mrs.
Margie L. Ball, Mrs. C. J. Leon
ard, Covington; Mrs. Frances
Dick, Porterdale; 20 grandchild
ren and nine great-grandchild
ren.
Mt. Zion Church
Revival Starts
On Sunday
Rev. Dennis Petty, the new pas
tor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
announces revival services will
be held at the church starting
Sunday morning, April 14, with
the 11 o’clock Easter service
and continuing nightly at 7:45
p. m. through Friday, April 19.
Guest speaker for the revival
services will be Rev. O. D. Mull
inax of Atlanta, former pastor of
the church.
Harold Day will serve as chor
ister and Miss Bertha Dial is pi
anist. A cordial welcome is ex
tended to everyone to attend these
services.
Church Os Christ
Meeting Set For
April 15 To 19
The Covington Church of Chr
ist, on the old Atlanta Highway,
has scheduled a Gospel Meeting
from Monday, April 15, through
Friday 19. Services will be held
each evening at 7:30.
Preaching will be Robert Jack
son of Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Jack
son Is minister of the Riverside
Church of Christ In Nashville.
The public Is cordially Invited
to the services of this five-day
meeting.
SAFETY APPROACH
Safety in the home doesn’t
just happen—accidents do. A
well organized home safety pro
gram will Include preventative
measures to avoid accidents and
unnecessary illness as well as the
positive approach of good health
practices, according to Miss An
nette Ray, Extension Service
home economist - home manage
ment.
Memorial Service Held Sunday
At Oxford For Dr. M. L. Kina
Several local ministers and
400 or more citizens assembled
at the Allen Memorial Methodist
Church in Oxford, on Sunday
afternoon at 4:00 o’clock to pay
special tributes to the late Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. John B. Tate, pastor of
Allen Memorial Church, presided
during the Memorial Ceremony.
Among the program participants
were; Rev. E. L. Mitchell,
Dr. Ted Davis; Mrs. Lavonia
Strong, soloist, Rev. Clarence
Steger, Rev. George Home, and
Mr. R. L. Clements, soloist.
The program was brief and
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Hercules Announces
4 Promotions To Foreman
Hercules Incorporated, Cov
ington, Georgia, has announced
four new promotions In the Bulk
Continuous Filament Depart
ment.
Raymond Martin, Henry Avant,
Wayne Leach and Ken Haney, ma
chine operators, were promoted
to foremen.
Mr. Martin resides in Monroe,
with his wife, Helen, and two
children, Jerry and Freddy Ray.
He graduated from Wayne County
High School in Jesup, Georgia.
Before joining Hercules he was
with J. A. Jones Construction
Company. Ray attended college
at Niagara Falls University, New
York.
Mr. Leach lives with his wife,
Marcia, and daughter, Kelly Ann,
in Oxford. Wayne graduated from
Rockdale County High School.
Before joining Hercules he was
Watkins Cites
Art Maloney
A Covington man has been nam
ed to the 1968 honor list of
independent dealers by Watkins
Products, Inc., Winona, Minn.,
one of the nation’s leading direct
selling firms.
He is Art Maloney, Route 1,
who has been named an All-Am
erican dealer on the basis of
his 1967 sales.
Maloney, who ranked eighth
among the nation’s 16,000
dealers, will receive a special
certificate for his outstanding
service.
Watkins Products, Inc., which
has branches in Canada, South
Africa and Australia, is cele
brating its 100th anniversary
during 1968.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
well attended. Every person
who truly mourns Martin Luther
King will realize it was through
love and faith and forgiveness
that he taught them how to over
come.
“It is now, then, that he must
depend on the people he loved
and died for to honor his life
by living its lesson and not for
saking him for the violent men
he fought. That is the great
memorial Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. wanted his people to
accomplish. Let him not have
lived in vain,’’ one of the min
isters stated.
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Henry Avant
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with Mangum Manufacturing
Company in Atlanta.
Mr. Haney resides at 8224
Lakeview Drive, Covington. He
has one child, Bryan Scott, and
his wife’s name Is Lynda. Ken
is a graduate of Newton County
High School. Prior to joining
Hercules he was with the Atlanta
Gas Light Company.
Mr. Avant resides in Hills
boro, with his wife, Margaret,
and one child, Henry Avant, Jr.
He is a graduate of Jones County
High School, Gray. Prior to join
ing Hercules Henry was with En
terprise Aluminum Company,
Eatonton.
The above promotions were
effective April 1, 1968. All four
men who were promoted had less
than six months service with Her
cules.
Tips On VA
Inquiries
Tips on how to get a quicker
and more satisfactory response
from the Veterans Adminis
tration were set out in a check
list released by VA for veterans
and their families.
A. W. Tate, Manager, Veter
ans Administration Regional Of
fice, Atlanta, Georgia, gave the
following advice:
* Contact your local VA office,
not the VA office in Wash
ington, D. C., for speedier
service.
* Bring a copy of your dis
charge form when you first
seek a benefit.
♦ Use you full name and add
ress In all correspondence.
* Report changes of address to
VA promptly.
* Include your “C” number or
file number when you write
about claims.
* When writing about insuran
ce, include policy number.
* Make sure your insurance
lists the right beneficiary.
(VA can pay insurance only
to beneficiaries whose
names are on record, so be
sure to update with marri
ages, death, divorces, etc.)
♦.Save time and money and
avoid lapse of insurance by
having your premiums de
ducted from your monthly
VA checks.
♦ If you do not receive mon
etary benefits from VA,pay
your insurance quarterly,
semi-annually or annually
rather than monthly - to
save money on premiums.
Mr. Tate said beneficiaries of
veterans, when writing about pen
sion or compensation, should give
the name of the deceased veteran
and his “XC” number, as well
as their own name.
Mr. Tate urged veterans and
their dependents to contact their
local VA offices for assistance
or information regarding any VA
benefit.
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Spring Evangelism Campaign At
Porterdale Has Rev. Burch As Speaker
Rev. J. B. Burch, pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Fitzger
ald will conduct the Spring Evan
gelism Campaign to be held at
the Porterdale Baptist Church
April 14-21 with services beginn
ing each night at 7:30.
Rev. Burch was born in New
ton County and is a graduate of
Newton County High School. He
was licensed to preach by the
Porterdale Baptist Church. Rev.
Burch is an alumnus of Mercer
University and The Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary, Lou
isville, Kentucky.
Rev. Burch has pastored the
Ardsley Park Baptist Church in
Savannah, First Baptist Church in
Forsyth, and is presently serving
as pastor of the Fitzgerald Bap
tist Church. He has served on
various committees of the Geor-
President Announces Projects
To Provide Older Folks Jobs
Washington-President Johnson
has declared that the Nation’s
goal is to guarantee every older
American security as well as
“the pride of being active and
productive.”
Mr. Johnson made this state
ment in announcing three projects
which will provide community
service jobs for 2,830 hard-core
jobless or retired men and women
55 years of age or over.
Jobs to be provided under the
three projects approved by the
Department of Labor include
work in schools, hospitals, pri
vate social agencies, public ser
vices and other nonprofit agen
cies.
The Federal Government is
investing $5,719,927 in the pro
jects sponsored by the National
Council on Aging, the National
Council of Senior Citizens and
the National Farmers Union.
The funds will be provided un
der the Manpower Development
and Training Act and the Nelson
amendment to the Economic Op
portunity Act.
In all three projects, the old
er workers will be paid a mini
mum of $1.60 an hour toperform
a variety of useful jobs that would
not normally be done because of
a lack of local funds.
Here is a breakdown of the
three projects:
--The National Council on the
Aging will provide 400 job oppor
tunities over a 15 month period
at a Federal cost of $1,096,011.
—The National Council of Sen
ior Citizens will provide 400 job
opportunities over a 15-month
period at a Federal cost of $1,129,
520.
—The National Farmers Union
will provide 2,030 job opportuni
ties over a 9-month period at a
Federal cost of $3,494,396.
The Farmers Union project ex-
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gia Baptist Convention.
The song leader will be Her
bert Burch, Minister of Music
pands the present “ Green
Thumb” contract with the Labor
Department which is now provid
ing jobs for 791 older men in ru
ral beautification projects.
The project will operate in
Kentucky, Nebraska, New York,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South
Dakota, Utah, Ark.insas, Indiana,
ANNOUNCEMENT —
Dr. Maurice Griffin
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My new location is the new
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Open Thursday Evening Till 8:30
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at Porterdale Baptist Church. He
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Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon,
Virginia and Wisconsin.
In announcing the three con
tracts, the President emphasized
the progress under Medicare, So
cial Security and other measures
that has been made improving
conditions of older citizens.
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