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Moss’ Honored At 50th
Anniversary Open House
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moss were
honored on their 50th Wedding
Anniversary at an Open House on
Sunday, April 7, at the home of
their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Darby on Flat Shoals Road.
Guests were received at the
door by Mr. and Mrs. Darby,
their only daughter, wore a gold
bonded wool. Mrs. Moss was
attractively attired in a yellow
dacron and cotton with a gold
carnation corsage.
Hie guest book was kept by
Mrs. Pete Campbell, wearing
yellow whipped cream dress at
a table covered with a lace cloth
decorated with a picture of the
couple on their wedding day and
a single candle.
In the adjoining room, where
the gifts were displayed, an an
tique pitcher and bowl held an
arrangement of Dutch Iris and
fern. Presiding in this room
were Mrs. George Moss wearing
blue whipped cream and Mrs. Ed
win Moss in a yellow print suit.
Flanking the fireplace was an
arrangement of gold mums and
gold carnations with fern.
The refreshment table was co
vered with an ecru lace cloth over
gold satin and was centered with
a white embossed anniversary
cake decorated with gold and
topped with a miniature bride
and groom. Flanking the cake
were single candle holders.'Nuts,
mints, cake and punch were
served by Miss Nita Darby,
granddaughter of the couple,
wearing yellow whipped cream;
Miss Eleanor Moss, wearing yel
low, and Mrs. Ray Geiger, wear-
Tonia Ann Milligan
Christened Sunday
Tonia Ann Milligan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. 11. P. Milligan of
Oxford and granddaughter of Mrs.
James Bramley and Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Milligan was christened
April 13 in the Church of the Good
Shepherd, The Rev. George Home
officiated in the Impressive ser
vice. Mr. and Mrs. Milligan
chose for the baby’s godparents, :
Mrs. Jerry Bray, Miss Jacque '
Bramley and Mr. Lee Milligan. ।
After the service friends and
family enjoyed refreshments at
the Milligan home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moss
Ing black, nieces of the couple,
to the approximately 100 friends
and relatives who called from two
until four o’clock to congratulate
the couple on their anniversary.
PORTERDALE TEA
(From Society Front)
sage presided at the intriguing
table where guests assembled
personal rice bags for the
wedding on May 18. A white
satin cloth with green net over
laid and yellow bows beautified l
this feature.
Mrs. W. R. Childers in yell
ow, accentuated by a daisy cor
sage, served punch from a sil
ver bowl flanked by silver eper
gnes with green and yellow flo
ral bouquets and burning tapers.
Wedding band designed sand
wiches, heart cookies, and pas-
Greeting the guests with their
parents and host and hostesses
were Edwin Moss of Oxford,
George Moss of McDonough, Jim
my and Joe Moss of Covington.
tel fruit treats were tasty.
-At the tea table, similar to
the rice table, Mrs. Julian Hunt
in yellow greeted guests while
pouring Russian tea. Cheese
wafers and balls completed these
appointments.
Mrs. H. V. Johnson, Jr. wore
pink with daisy corsage while
mingling with guests.
Covington Elkadettes NO. 1806
will hold their regular monthly
meeting on April 22 at 6:30 p. m.
at the Elks Lodge. All members
are urged to attend.
Personals
Mrs. Hugh Harris had as her
Easter weekend guests her chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Parks and sons, Ricky, Randy
and Kyle of Reynolds and Mrs.
Bobby Capes and daughters, Bar
bara Dru and Stephanie of Col
umbia, South Carolina.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Ike K. Hay re
turned to their home in Bethes
da, Maryland last week after
spending two weeks her with Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Cowan. The week
end prior to their departure their
son, Ike Hay, Jr., joined them
here for a holiday weekend from
the University of Georgia,
Athens, where he is a post-grad
uate student. Mr. and Mrs. Hay
are planning to return to Coving
ton following his retirement and
will make their home on Legion
Drive, where they are building
a new home for their future occ
upancy. They have many friends
here that will be glad to know
they are returning to Covington
to make their home.
BRICK STORE
(From Society Front)
diaper shirts for the hospital,
is complete and the shirts were
donated on Friday morning, Ap
ril 12. The second project, which
is cancer pads, was accepted by
the club to be a year-round pro
ject.
Mrs. Glenn Conner then gave
a few minutes talk about “Food
Preservation”. Mrs. Bill Mor
ris, project chairman and second
vice president, gave a very help
ful demonstration on “House
keeping Short-Cuts”.
Afterwards, the meeting was
adjourned and all enjoyed the so
cial hour.
Woman’s Club
Met Tuesday
The regular monthly meeting
of the Covington Woman’s Club
was held at the clubhouse on
Tuesday, April 9. The presid
ent, Mrs. W. C. Wright, presided
over the business session. Re
ports were heard from all the
officers for the year 1968-1969.
They were unanimously elected
and will be installed at the May
meeting.
Then Mrs. Wright introduced
the speaker for the afternoon,
Dr. Lewis Archer, Professor of
Humanities at Oxford College. He
gave a very informative and in
teresting talk.
The meeting adjourned, and
delicious refreshments were
served by the April committee,
Mrs. W. H. Thompson, Misses
Mary and Lurline Thompson and
Mrs. W. C. Wright.
piano Pupils
Performed Here
On Saturday
Tenth District’s cream of the
crop of young keyboard artists
converged on Flcquett School In
Covington, April 6, for their an
nual piano festival sponsored by
the Georgia Music Educator’s
Association. Elghty-one students
came from Augusta, Athens,
Washington, Crawfordville, At
lanta and Covington to have their
performances graded and rated
by adjudicators Julia Black from
Georgia State College department
of music and Troop Harris of
Washington and former State
piano chairman of GMEA.
Each student played one com
position from a required list
and one number of his choice.
Required composers for this fes
tival were writers of the Baro
que School, that Is, from the
1500’s through J. S. Back who
lived until 1750. After playing
two memorized pieces each stu
dent took a sight reading test
under Betty Bailey or Mrs. Mar
tin Goode.
Local piano students who play
ed in the festival were: Janet
Burson, Karen Meadors, Phyllis
Ward, Debra Watkins, Debra
Head and Betsy Robinson, all
pupils of Mrs. Goode; Brenda
Pullin, pupil of M rs. Bonnie Cald
well; Fred Kaempffe, Greg Jones,
Jane Hunt, Becky Hutchins, Ali
cia Grove, Kim Jones and Su
san Hunt, pupils of Mrs. Julia
Teal; Charles Moore, Leslie
Stowe, Jimmy Lynn Haulk, Lisa
Gruenhut, Cathy Williams, Mike
Mason and Angela Mitchell, pu
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Davis
and children of Perry were the
weekend guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Harlin. Their
guests for Sunday were also their
other daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Ewing.
♦♦ » *
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Madden of
Sandy Springs spent the Easter
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Ridiing.
♦* * *
Mrs. Luke Elkins of Macon
enjoyed the weekend here with
her sisters and families, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Tuck and Mrs.
Lou Daws.
»* * *
Mrs. Nat S. Turner and Mrs.
S. A. Ginn, members of the State
Board of the Garden Clubs of
Georgia, attended the annual con
vention In Augusta from Tuesday
through today (Thursday).
** * *
Mrs. R. E. King (Addie Mae)
entered Georgia Baptist Hospi
tal in Atlanta Wednesday after
noon for treatment. She is be
ing extended best wishes for a
speedy and complete recovery
and return home.
News Notes From!
Bo Jones and Mrs. Dimple
Jones Aaron were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jones in
Covington Wednesday.
** * *
The Dobbs reunion was held
Sunday of last week at Mans
field Community House. As well
as relatives from Georgia there
were some from Detroit, Mich
igan and Virginia.
♦* * *
Mrs. J. C. Pope and Miss
Anita Ernie of Atlanta spent Sun
day at Mrs. Pope’s home here.
Miss Ernie, who attends Grace
Methodist Church in Atlanta,
taught the Adult Sunday School
Class, and her lesson was great
ly enjoyed by everyone.
*♦ * *
Bill Corley spent Friday night
with Gary Steele at High Point.
*♦ ♦ *
J. B. Dobbs is at home after
having surgery at the Talmadge
Hospital in Augusta. He is wished
a speedy recovery.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. George Patton,
Eddie and Melanie were the
guests of her mother, Mrs. Ar
nold of Athens Sunday.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnston
visited their son, Donald Johns
ton, who is in the service at
Fort Benning in Columbus Sun
day. Donald could leave the base
for a short distance, so he visited
with them in Griffin with Mr. and
Mrs. Hershel Padgett.
** * *
Mrs. Mort Ewing is welcomed
home after spending a week in
Newton County Hospital. Her
many friends wish her a com
plete recovery.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Sargent
of Decatur were the spend the
day guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. Olin Pickens and family.
** * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Parr Davis
and children of Perry were guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. G. J.
Harlin.
♦* * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Aiken
spent Sunday in Atlanta with their
children, Mr. and Mrs. Fain
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Lt. and Mrs. John I. Bruno
' announce the birth of a son,
John Bradley, atMcDill AF Base,
Tampa, Florida. Mrs. Bruno is
the former Bonnie Piper, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Piper and the paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. James
L. Bowen all of Covington. The
1 baby has two brothers.
** * *
1 Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Mitch
-1 ell announce the birth of a daugh
ter on April 14 at Newton County
■ Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds,
6 1/2 ounces and has been giv
en the name, Kerri Anne. She
‘ has an older sister, Robin, who
! is twenty months old. Mrs.T. C.
Bryant is the maternal grand
' mother and Dr. and Mrs. J. B.
Mitchell of Porterdale are the
paternal grandparents.
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THE BEGINNER DEPARTMENT of the First Baptist Church enjoyed an Easter Egg hunt Saturday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Cleon Dial. Assisting in entertaining the children were Miss Mary Alice
King, Superintendent of the department; Mrs. James Callahan and Mrs. James Simons. Shown in the
yard of the home are seated left to right: Sherry Patrick, Danny Roland, Lisa Austin, Nolan Jenkins,
Richard Duran, Jeff Jones, Norman Rentz, Tommy Manley, Scott Hay, Lisa Geiger, Tommy Rape,
Fran Allen, Jim Dial. Standing left to right: Sherry Vansant, Susan Austin, Lori Laseter, Tinsley
Ginn, Andy Rape, Terisa Rutledge, Laura Bailey, Kim Simons, Bill Dial, Darrell Durand, Jim Evans,
John Hunt, Jeff Hay, Avery Dial, Terri Avery, Eric Zimmerman and Melinda Calahan. The three
larger boys in center back assisted in entertaining the children.
Barbecue Sat.
At Jersey Church
Jersey Methodist Church will
sponsor a Barbecue on Saturday,
April 20, at the Jersey Methodist
Church in Jersey. Serving will
begin at 5 o’clock with the meal
to be $1.50 for adults and SI.OO
for children. Homemade pies and
cakes will also be served.
The public is cordially invited
to remember this date and enjoy
a good barbecue supper at Jersey.
Brannon and boys.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Corley,
Sr., Mrs. L. H. Cook and Mrs.
C. W. Wright of Covington visi
ted their aunt, Mrs. F. S. Bel
cher in Monticello Wednesday af
ternoon of last week.
** * *
Fred Calvert of Virginia and
Edmund Calvert of Detroit, Mich
igan were the dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Savage one
evening last week.
♦* ♦ *
People from Newborn were
welcome visitors to the Holy
Week Services and also the Eas
ter Service Sunday.
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NOTICE!
All citizens owning dogs are advised to
have their dogs inoculated for rabies. A
concerted effort will be made to catch all
dogs that have not been inoculated this
year. On and after Mar. 1. 1968 those
dogs caught that have not been innocu
lated will be impounded for (5) days and if
not claimed during that period will be
destroyed.
We invite the cooperation of all our
citizens in carrying out this program of
protecting its citizens against rabies.
CITY OF COVINGTON
Thursday, April 18, 1968