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This Is a word of heartfelt
appreciation to those young wo
men who participated in the
“BRACE A CHILD” program
of the Easter Seal Society Pro
gram, and to the many persons
who contributed toward that fund
to, not only brace a child but
grown-ups also. They did a
magnificent work, and all New
ton County is justly proud of
them. At the end of our pro
gram for Easter Seals the names
of these young women will be
given, so you may know “their
good works” for this cause, be
cause THEY CARE.
We are wondering if every
school child could bring their
teacher one dime, OH! How
many little crutches do you think
that would buy for some child
less fortunate than your child?
How many wheel chairs would
Newton County School children’s
Dimes buy for children and
grown-ups who were maimed?
How many pairs of crutches for
those who can learn to walk
with them would your dimes buy?
The time is growing late. We
do not call on the schools, but
we wonder if in this particular
instance for those in NEED, they
would participate and see which
could bring the most happiness
to a little one unable to walk
without a walker or crutches or
braces???
Band Concerts could bring in
some fine money for this cause,
pretty please? Sure your Office
Boy is begging? We wish we
could grab the heartstrings of
every Mother and Dad in this
County ...and tug at them until
they could go and SEE the lit
tle ones being taught even to
talk, and form words becasue they
were born with handicaps...lf they
could see grown-ups learning to
walk with braces or crutches and
partially use, or swing their
legs along...with the aid of crut
ches...if they could see one
maimed Negro man...roiling
around at these Easter Seal Meet
ings in an Easter Seal Wheel
Chair furnished him...and bought
with Easter Seal Dimes...He
takes great joy in attending these
Statewide Meetings in that wheel
chair to show the workers what
Easter Seals have done for him.
Our last year’s Easter Seal
Child was there with braces on
each leg and able to walk, with
the aid of crutches furnished by
Easter Seals, and trained by lov
ing Easter Seal Workers to
walk... Her little blond curls tos
sing as she smiled at every
body and if you stooped over to
whisper “I love you” to her, she
kissed you on the cheek. Happy?
Oh! the joy of seeing the good
works of our people...YOU of
Newton County helped to do this
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Vehicle Tag
Deadline Sat.
The vehicle tag deadline is
near for operators in Newton
County and Georgia. Saturday,
April 20 is the last day of the
recently-extended period by
Georgia Governor Lester Mad
dox.
Newton County Tax Commis
sioner Bonham Johnson has an
nounced that some 9,549 tags
have been sold this year as of
Saturday, April 13. Last year
there were a total of 10,004
tags sold by the tax office for
all vehicles.
Mr. Johnson said that the num
ber of tags he expects to sell
between now and Saturday night
should pass the 10,000-mark.
After Saturday the penalty for
persons purchasing tags and pay
ing ad valorem taxes will be:
10% of tax, 20% of tag cost,
plus SI.OO, Mr. Johnson stated.
Club Project Aids Hospital Nursery
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BRICK STORE Home Economics Club made 66 diaper shirts for the Newton County Hospital Nursery
as a service project. Shown, with the hospital nursery in the background, are from left to right:
Mrs. James Knight, club president; Mrs. Jack Moss, head of the hospital nurses; Mrs. James Coggin,
club service project chairman; and Mrs. Glenn Conner, vice-president.
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VOLUME
New a Bureau Gives SSOO To Youth Center
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NEWTON COUNTY FARM Bureau has donated $500.00 to the Jaycee Youth Center building fund.
Shown making the contribution is Alton Jolley (left), president of the local Farm Bureau. Wayne Himt
(center), Youth Center Building Chairman, accepts the check as Jaycee Larry Newton (right) looks
on approvingly.
"Pillow Talk” Is Senior
Class Play Tonight, Friday
“Come along and listen to the
lullaby of Broadway.” This is
just a hint of the lilting spirit
presented in "Pillow Talk,” the
Senior play to be presented
Thursday and Friday nights Ap
ril 18 and 19 at the NCHS Aud
itorium.
Maridel Meyer and Jud Calla
way are starring with many of
the seniors giving their different
talents to make this year’s Seni
or Play special.
As an added attraction and a
ißecreation Program May
§ Be Started In County
The prospects of activating
the Covington-Newton County
Recreation Commission bright
ened this week as a group of
interested citizens, city council
representatives, and members of
the Community Relations Council
met with County Commissioner
Tom Bates to discuss county
participation in funding a re
creation program.
Commissioner Bates was re
ceptive to the idea of a county
recreation program with joint
funding by the county and the
municipalities in the county.
The Covington-Newton County
Recreation Commission charter
was found to still be operative
although the terms of the ap
pointed members of the commis
sion have expired.
Mr. Bates agreed to appoint
two members as directors. The
Mayor and Council of Covington
will name two directors and one
NCHS Honor Roll Is Announced
The Newton High honor roll for
the third nine weeks consists of
the following people:
Freshmen; Dianne Garner,
Beverly George, Deleda May,
Cindy Meyer, Huanne Moore,
Deborah Patrick, Charles
Vaughn, Vanessa Robinson, Gall
Wood,
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first as far as Senior plays are
concerned at Newton County High
School, Mr. Basil Rigney, band
director, and some of the mem
bers of the school band have com
posed an orchestra and they will
furnish all the music used in the
production.
Mr. Eddie Najjar has done his
usual wonderful job of directing
the play, and we are sure every
one will enjoy the light-hearted
entertainment of these hard
working seniors.
director wiH be named by the
appointed directors. These five
men will guide the formulation
of the recreation program and
submit a request for funds to
the county and the municipali
ties.
At the request of Commission
er Bates a list of ten names
of people willing to serve if ap
pointed will be made available
to him and Mayor Walker Har
ris.
Members of the group that
met with Commissioner Bates
are contacting the ten persons
who had their names submitted
as possible appointees to see if
they will be willing to serve
if appointed.
The interested parties are
aiming at a crash recreation pro
gram for this summer and the
development of a year-round pro
gram with a paid director in
Sophomores; Joe Brown, Karen
Meadors, Phyllis Ward, Debbie
Wiley,
Juniors; Carolyn Caulkins,
Susan Kirkland, Teresa Walden,
Seniors; Jan Deas, Kathy Den
nis, Johnny Gregory, Karen Dill
ingham, Teresa Ison, Susan King.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1968
Kindergarten
Registration
Registration will be held Sat
urday, April 27, at 9 a.m. for
the Little Red School House Kin
dergarten on Newton Drive. Ser
vice Guild members may pre
register with Mrs. Money Pratt.
Monthly fees will be $12.50 pay
able at the first of each month.
The morning session is from
8:15 to 11, and the afternoon
session is from 1 to 4 p.m.
Mrs. Robert Budd is the direct
or and Mrs. Jack Christian is
the assistant director.
Jaycees Elect
R. I. Smith, Jr
New President
R. T. Smith, Jr. of Covington
was elected president of the New
ton County Jaycees for the com
ing year at a regular meeting
of the club Tuesday night.
Other officers elected are;
Jerry Aldridge, Internal vice
president; Fred Harwell, exter
nal vice-president; Larry New
ton, treasurer; Jeff Benton, sec
retary; Nelson Allen, internal di
rector; and Jack Loyd and Cliff
Rogers, external directors.
Hie new officers will be in
stalled at the annual Jaycee ban
quet in May.
the future.
Such a program can only be
possible If it is funded as a
part of the annual budget of
the county and municipalities.
Dr. Wilson Is Cancer
Crusade Speaker Tonight
Dr. John P. Wilson, Medical
Vice-President of the Georgia
Division, American Cancer So
ciety, will talk about cancer at
a very important meeting to which
the PUBLIC is invited at the
Courtroom of the Covington City
Hall on Thursday evening, April
18, at seven-thirty o’clock. He
will also be joined by John Cock
ing, member of the Atlanta Chiefs
Soccer Team, who believes in
educating his friends about can
cer.
Newton County needs 630 vol
unteers to share the facts with
their neighbors during the Edu-
Soil Bank Pines Discussion
Set Tonight At EMC Building
Newton County landowners who
have been growing soil bank pines
under contract have an oppor
tunity to participate In a dis
cussion on the future of their
planted pines operations. The
meeting will be held at 7;30
p.m., tonight, April 18th, at the
Snapping Shoals EMC Building
here in Covington, according to
Ed Hunt, County Extension Agent.
Planted pines are an Impor
tant part of the state’s agricul
tural economy and almost 700,
000 acres are planted In soil
bank pines at the present time.
Newton County has 5,084 acres
in soil bank pines, according
to Ed Hunt.
These soli bank pines will soon
be coming out from under con
tract and what to do with them
City Accepts Contract For
Newton Co. Fire Protection
Covington’s City Council accepted a joint contract between the
city and Newton County Monday night to provide county fire pro
tection.
Under the contract the county
will buy and maintain the truck
and the city will keep the truck
at the Covington Fire Depart
ment and provide the personnel
to answer fire calls out in the
county.
Bids were accepted by the
Council on four trucks to be used
by the gas, street, and sanitary
departments.
Low bidder on two, one-half
ton, pick-up trucks for the gas
and sanitary departments was
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latest equipment. The new Pirsch equipment is mounted on an 850 also said that the county fire truck has been ordered and should be de-
Ford chassis and the entire outfit costs $25,400. Covington fire- livered within four months.
men shown in the photo are Tommy King, driver; Chief R. T. Floyd,
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Final Meeting
Tonight At 7:00
PORTERDALE- Mrs. Nancy
Cearly’s First Grade and others
at the Porterdale School will pre
sent a program highlighting
Springtime at the Parent-Teach
er Association meeting on Ap
ril 18, Thursday, in the School
Auditorium. The time is seven
clock*
At this final meeting for 1968,
officers for the next year will
be chosen. It is an important
occasion and of significance for
all parents and teachers.
cation-Funds Crusade to contin
ue throughout April 1968, ac
cording to an announcement by
Mrs. Jack Jennings, Chairman.
With the Newton County death
rate from cancer far above the
state’s average, fighting cancer
is everybody’s business and re
sponsibility. Training will be
available and kits will be dis
tributed at this meeting.
The name of Albert Ozburn,
Jr. has been added to the ranks
of those willing to crusade against
cancer. Surely others will be
added dally!
will be discussed at the Thurs
day meeting. Cooperative Ex
tension Service foresters will be
on hand to answer questions and
offer advice, Mr. Hunt said.
Within the next eight to ten
years Georgia’s soil bank pine
acreage will yield more than
$l5O million worth of wood, ac
cording to Extension Service for
esters. With proper manage
ment and good growing conditions
the value of this wood could
amount to S2OO million or more,
they point out. At the meet
ing here in Newton County, the
foresters will offer Information
to assist local landowners in
making wise decisions about
management, harvesting or leas
ing of their planted pines.
Ginn Motor Company with a bid
of $1957.80 each. Other bids
were: McGuire Motor Company,
$1986.85; Covington Auto Ser
vice, $2017.03; Benton Truck and
Tractor Company, $1981.88; and
Walker Harris Autos, $2080.60.
Ginn Motor Company was also
low bidder on a one and one
half ton flat bed dump truck
for the street department with a
bid of $3658.05.
Other bids were: McGuire
Motor Company, $3768.01; Cov-
Covington Fire Department Gets New Truck
Hercules Starts Production New "G"
Process Yarn At Oxford Fiber Plant
Thursday, April 11, became
a historic landmark in the ex
istence of the Oxford Plant as
the first full package of yarn
made by Hercules’ new “G”
Process came off the line. This
single seven-pound package of
gold fiber is the forerunner of
hundreds of thousands more to
follow.
"With our unique process for
“G” yarn,” commented Henry
Caulkins, Oxford Assistant Plant
Manager, “Hercules has taken
a giant stride forward in the
production of carpet fibers. This
new yarn Is superior In many
ways to anything now on the mar-
New Yarn Process Shown At Oxford’s Hercules Plant
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HERCULES’ NEW G Process of package yarn ls being admired at the Oxford P!ant here Thursday.
Pictured are (from left to right): Maynard Kessinger, Production Superintendent- \Ulhams of
Monticello, and Lynn Davis of Monroe, production operators. The process is slated to be a forerun
ner in the efficient production of carpet fibers at Hercules’ installations.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 17
Legal 2 3
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ington Auto Service, $3719.29; ]
Benton Truck and Tractor Com- 1
pany, $3759.84; and Walker Har- 1
ris Autos, $3716.81. <
Walker Harris Autos was low <
bidder on a Dump Master truck 1
for the sanitary department with 1
a bid of $7339.95. Other bids
were: McGuire Motor Company, i
$7601.95; Covington Auto Service j
7760,82; and Benton Truck and 1
Tractor Company $8624.73,
The Council voted to buy a 23
cubic yard Truxmore Pakker at
a cost of $4475.00 to be used 1
by the sanitary department in 1
garbage pick-ups. :
A committee of six men re- s
ket. Our customers are already
placing orders for It, and even
at this early date, the sales
picture Is extremely good. A
major departure from the fibers
now familiar at Oxford, "G”
yarn will result in an even better
carpet than the “B” Process.
The finished product will not
only have a greater luster, but
will appear more luxurious and
have far greater resiliency. The
result is a product of which
all of us here at Hercules can
be proud.”
Bill Henderson, Oxford Tech
nical Supervisor, is coordinator
of “G” Process Group and is
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presenting the Covington Retail
Merchants Association came be
fore the Council to register the
dissatisfaction of the merchants
over the monthly garbage pick
up rates that was put into prac
tice last month.
No action was taken by the
Council on garbage rate com
plaints and the group was told
that consideration of their groups
views would be taken up at a
later meeting of the Council.
In other voting action a taxi
license was approved for L. C.
Maxey, and $65.15 in uncollect
able taxes for 1966-67 was char
ged off.
in charge of initial start-up.
Basically, “G” yarn is dif
ferent in that the finished yam
Is a single, solid fiber, rather
than three processed into one.
This makes possible not only
a better product, but a more
simplified production process as
well.
The entire process will be al
most fully automated. After re
moval from the spinning ma
chines, the remainder of the
process will be automatic until
the fiber is ready for packing
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