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Dr. Bond Fleming afforded
many heads of various business
and professional men the plea
sure of visiting our beautiful
College, at Oxford, Monday, to
meet a distinguished guest from
Germany. The delicious lunch
eon was served in the private
dining room at Emory College.
Dean Bond Fleming gracious
ly presented each business man
and woman, the distinguished
guest, Dr. Herbert Kremp, and
his interpreter Mr. Harry Hirsch
from Washington, D. C.
Dr. Herbert Kremp’s talk was
most informative, about his coun
try, and at the conclusion the
group enjoyed a question and ans
wer period, with the interpreter
serving to relay the message to
the group.
We never fail to marvel at the
beauty of the service at Emory
College, the delicious food, so
well prepared, and served to
large groups, like magic. In
fact your “Office Boy” thinks,
along with many others, that it
is just about letter perfect!
Many of us go spinning out there
for our noon meal, or dinner,
very often. This is one cour
tesy the College renders that
is priceless to our entire com
munity. Right here we would
take time out to say a great
big “THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU” (In the same
meaningful way Gomer Pyle says
it to his superior officer.)
Dr. Herbert Kremp spent a
good while Monday morning in
your Covington News plant, mar
veling, in fact, at the latest type
off-set presses...the wonderful
color we produced from a three
unit Fairchild......and was very
complimentary about oursepup..
and especially did he praise our
men and women who did the work
of running these presses, setting
the paper up in record time, and
the photographers on call all the
time to serve the community.
We appreciated this very much
and know you will, for he is the
owner of the third largest paper
in Germany. He looked at our
Centennial Edition and whatter
you know? He is lugging one of
those huge, heavy papers all the
way back to Germany to show his
staff!
We’re seemingly tooting our
own horn..but you could not all
be there to hear him ta1k......
and while you have expressed
your appreciation of the work
our employees at the Covington
News produce, we thought you
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Library Week Has Theme Os
'Be All You Can Be - Read’
Each April, books and librar
ies are given recognition by the
celebration of National Library
Week. This year the dates are
April 21-27. The theme is “Be
All You Can Be —Read.” The
Citizens Committee Chairman
for the Newton County area is
Mrs. R. M. Paty. Other members
of the committee are: Mrs.
L. R. Dodson, Mrs. M. R. El
izer and Mrs. John Gregory.
National Library Week is spon
sored by the National Book Com
mittee, Inc. in cooperation with
the American Library Associa
tion. Its purpose is to encour
age good reading habits, publi
cize the functions of the library
and to attract public support
for all types of libraries.
The library means many things
to different people. To some
it is only a collection of books,
tQ others a materials center,
and to still others a vital source
for information. An effective
library should mean all of these
things and many more. Leaders
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REFERENCE BOOKS have proven to be popular at the Newton County Library on Conyers Street.
This photo was taken Tuesday as elementary and high school students were in this particular depart
ment. Mrs. Harry Dietz (center) is the librarian. National Library Week is presently underway in
Georgia and the Nation.
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VOLUME
Council Urged To Hire Manager
Daylight Saving Time Starts Sun.
Daylight saving time (DST) in
Newton County and over the State
of Georgia will go into effect Sun
day, April 28 at 2 a. m. Late
Saturday night Georgians should
set their clock up one hour.
Covington News Game
Ends Next Wednesday
The big Covington News sub
scription game will be over next
Wednesday morning when the
names of six winners are drawn
in the newspaper office.
Two new subscribers will win
checks for $25 each and four
renewals will win checks for
$12.50 as a result of the month
long game. The winning checks
will be made payable to local
advertisers of the winners
choice. They may be cashed
there or taken out in trade.
“Anyone can play this game
where everyone wins,” said Mrs.
Belmont Dennis, editor and pub
lisher. “Just send us your check
for a new or renewal subscrip
tion and we’ll add your name to
those already playing. Even if
your subscription doesn’t expire
this month you can play. Just
send us your check and we’ll
extend your present subscrip
tion.”
Rates are $5.15 in Georgia and
$7.21 outside the state. Regular
subscribers save $2.65 per year
over the newsstand price of 15
cents per issue.
Eligible are all readers in
Newton, Rockdale, Morgan, Hen
ry, Butts and Walton Counties.
“Everyone wins when he reads
his hometown paper,” Mrs. Den
nis pointed out. “Each week
the paper is filled with news
and pictures of special interest
to residents of this area. In
addition, here is the community’s
marketplace where messages ap
pear from local merchants. No
one else is as interested in the
events of this community as we
realizing this have set standards
so that individual libraries may
measure their present status and
determine the needs of the future.
School and college libraries must
not only meet basic requirements
but they must provide a dynamic
program of growth and service.
This service must offer an ade
quate supply of books and non
book materials. Also it must
encompass teaching, guidance
and advisory services.
Oxford College of Emory Uni
versity is attempting to provide
these services for its students
and faculty through an expanded
library program. Groundbreak
ing exercises for a new $600,000
library were held on Friday, Jan
uary 19, 1968. It will provide
some area for group study and
private study carrels in addition
to stack space for approximately
60,000 volumes. There is total
space of around 20,000 sq. ft.
One third of the cost of the stru
cture will come from a grant
under the Higher Education Fac-
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AA G E OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
.ablished 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
The lost hour will be regained
on October 27, when watches and
clocks will be turned back an
hour in order to get back to
Eastern standard time (EST).
are. So, when you read The
News you win with The News.
And that’s the name of the game.”
Here is the latest list of en
trants:
NEW: Mrs. George A. Mar
tin, Henry B. Adams, SN, Vadie
Parish, J. W. Morgan, Mrs.
Christine Morgan, William Larry
Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Loyd,
Willie Frank Hill, J. C. Hol
combe, Roy Tomlin, W. H. Wea
ver Construction Company, Fred
M. Rosser, Mrs. Jesse Byrd,
E. G. Trammell, Jr., K. E. Lit
tle, Brice Allen, Mrs. Raymond
Bonner, James Bone, Boyce
Hollis.
RENEWALS:
Dorothy Bostick, Mrs. Lannie
Womack, Mrs. James Coggin,
Virgil Herring, Dennis Hinton,
Mrs. Helen Popejoy, Thomas
Banks, Hershel H. Curtis, Hard
man’s Prescription Shop, Louis
A. Karman, Mrs. Bill Pratt, R.M.
Reynolds, Mrs. W. R. Chambers,
W. A. Childers, Jr., James G.
Hamby, J. B. Henderson, Mrs.
Joe Marks, W. C. Mathis, Hal
Moss, and Grady Rowell.
Mrs. Ted Bates, Dr. H. E.
Collier, Georgia Mae Pitts, Cur
tis Rowe, Billy S. Smith, U. T.
Smith, Mrs. C. A. Jolley, Capes
Beauty Shop, H. 0. Whelchel,
Jr. C. B. Brooking, Sr., Kenneth
Johnson, L. G. Carney, Mrs. Lois
B. Chandler, Ben A. Cooper,
First Citizens Bank, W. A.
O’Bryant, J. W. Phillips, Thomas
Smith, Paul Yancey, H. H. Kirk,
Luvenia Blackshear, C. M.
McCullough, S. G. Lowe, Rev.
Marshall Edwards, Mrs. Joe
Clark, Mrs. Inis Morris.
ilities Act, U. S. Office of Edu
cation. The balance will come
from Emory’s s3l million MERIT
PROGRAM.
Members of the Newton County
MERIT COMMITTEE are: Dr.
E. J. Callaway, Chairman; Dr.
Laverne Cowan, W, L. Ballenger,
Philip Cohen, Graham Davis, W.
J. Dickey, T. Rucker Ginn,
George B. Hutchinson, Charles
C. King, Jr., Dr. Johnny Maloney,
Sam Ramsey, Dean Bond Flem
ing, Dr. Carlos Meyer and Gree
ley Ellis. The Newton County
quota is $35,000. At the present
time $24,700 has been received.
The new library building is
scheduled for completion before
November 1. In commenting a
bout this new structure Dean
Fleming said, “We are thrilled
with the prospect of having a
new and adequate library where
students will have room for study.
The Library is one of the great
est institutions that man has
ever built. It is the store
house of man’s life and aspir
ations.’’
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1868
Freight Train And Car Collide At Almon Crossing
ALMON CROSSING was the scene of a car-Georgia Railroad freight train collision Monday morning
about 8 a.m. The car is shown some 84 feet beyond the crossing of the dirt road where the men are
standing at right. Hie foreign-made Volvo car was driven by Miss Judy Beck of Covington, a student
at Newton County High School. She was taken to an Atlanta hospital after treatment at Newton County
Hospital for multiple injuries.
Community Relations
Council Seeks County
Recreation Program
The Newton County Community
Relations Council voted Monday
night to recommend to the County
Commissioner and the Covington
Mayor and City Council that the
Newton County Recreation Com
mission, provided for in a 1963
charter, be immediately reacti
vated in order to provide for a
crash summer recreation pro
gram.
The City Council and the Com
missioner are urged to appoint
two members each to the re
creation commission and the ap
pointees will appoint the fifth
member as director.
The recommendation to the two
government bodies calls for the
recreation commission to seek
funds, not less than $3,000, from
Art Show Set
For May 11-12
The Annual Art Show spon
sored by the Covington Service
Guild will be held at the Lions
Pavilion on May 11 and 12. All
local artists are urged to enter.
There will be judging for all
age groups starting with the kin
dergarten group through the adult
level.
Trust Officer Atlanta Bank Is Kiwanis Speaker
Guest speaker at the regular
weekly meeting of the Kiwanis
Club of Covington today (Thurs
day) will be C. E. (Chuck) Row
land, Trust Officer of the Citi
zen & Southern National Bank,
Atlanta. The Kiwanis Club meets
at 1 p. m. at the Teen Can build
ing on Newton Drive.
Mr. Rowland’s talk today will
concern the functions and ser
vices of a modern Trust Depart
ment of a bank. Martin Goode
is in charge of the program to
day and he will Introduce the
speaker.
** * *
Oxford College’s Prof. John
Austin and students Tony Baker
and Tom Murphy were featured
on the Kiwanis Club program
Thursday at the Teen Can. They
gave a folk music program with
solo numbers by Baker and Mur
phy. Dr. Johnny Maloney was in
charge of the program Thursday.
The Newton County High School
quartet which recently won se
cond place in state AA competi
tion was present for the program
Thursday and they rendered two
selections. The quartet is com
posed of Mike Whatley, Dennis
Digby, Mack McKibben and Billy
George. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Perry Haymore, their
coach and advisor.
Prior to the musical program
the City of Covington and Newton
County for a recreation pro
gram for the coming summer.
The Community Relations
Council recommendation also
calls for a long range, year
round, permanent program to be
financed by city and county
monies on a tax supported basis;
that a permanent director be
hired for the recreation program;
and urged the city and county
to authorize and implement this
program with all haste and have
the program announced before the
close of the county schools for
the 1968 school year.
Head Start
Gets Funds
The Covington News has re
ceived a telegram from Con
gressman Robert G. Stephens of
the 10th Georgia Congressional
District stating that the Office of
Economic Opportunity has app
roved a grant of $32,000 for a
summer session In Newton Coun
ty schools.
Stephens stated that some 225
students would be enrolled in
the program here.
C. J. Tinsley is in charge of
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one new Kiwanis club member
was inducted. He is Bennet Han
cock, and the Induction ceremony
was handled by Dean Bond Flem
ing.
Visitors at the meeting Thurs
day included: Sid Shingler and Bill
Nipper of the Oxford College Cir
cle K club who are the new presi
dent and vice-president of the
Circle K at Oxford; Fred Alex
ander and Mork Winn of the New
ton High Key Club.
A former member of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club, Bill Thomp
son, was welcomed back into the
local club. Mr. Thompson re
cently returned to Oxford.
Newton-Rockdale
Scout Banquet
Tickets On Sale
Tuesday night, May 7, at 7:00
p. m. will be the District Annu
al BSA Banquet. E. L. Ficquett
Cafetorium will be the place.
E. G. Lassiter is serving as the
Ticket Chairman for this event.
Tickets can be secured from him
at White’s Department Store in
Covington at $2.25 each.
“Kll” Townsend, State Repre
sentative, will be the speaker.
New Boy Scout
Troop Organized
Tuesday Night April 30th will
mark the beginning of a brand
new troop of Boy Scouts in this
area, according to Howard
Brooks who is organization and
extension chairman of the New
ton and Rockdale District.
This new troop is sponsored
by the Parent Teachers Asso
ciation of The R. L. Cousins
School. At a recent organiza
tional meeting, more than 30
boys were registered in this
new group of scouters. All
boys who are now registered
and any boy who is 11 years
or older who would like to join
this troop should be at the first
Troop meeting on Tuesday night
at 7:30 p. m. at the new Rec
reation Center in Nelson Heights.
Nelson Kelley will head up the
troop as Scout Master and is ex
pecting a full attendance at this
meeting.
The P. T. A. of R. L. Cou
sins School is also sponsor
ing a large unit of Cub Scouts
which was recently organized.
Den meetings have been planned
beginning next week .
Areo Law Enforcement Officers Hear FBI Agent
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FBI SPECIAL AGENT Jack B. Simpson is shown conducting a class on “The National Crime Information
Center” at Covington City Hall on April 17. There were 18 area officers entered in the all-day class.
Sgt. Frank Durham of the Georgia State Patrol is shown at right and Covington Police Chief Hinton
Bailey is pictured in the center (with back to camera).
Editor ial
Obituary &
Society , q
Sports 14
Legal 8-19
Classified 16-19
There has been a resolution,
signed by 82 business and pro
fessional people in Covington,
presented to Mayor Walker Har
ris, “recommending to the Mayor
and City Council of the City of
Covington that immediate steps
be taken to hire a qualified city
manager and that the City of
Covington be operated according
to the Charter of the City of
Covington and other laws govern
ing the operation of said city.”
The resolution was drawn up
at a meeting of business and
professional people held Monday
morning at the REA Building in
Covington.
There were 25 persons present
at the meeting who signed the
resolution. A committee was
appointed to carry the resolution
around to the business establish
ments of Covington to obtain ad
ditional signatures from persons
who wished to sign.
The same resolution com
mended the Mayor and City Coun
cil for “their services rendered
and the fine job that they have
done”.
The feeling of the group was
that the “City of Covington is
experiencing a tremendous
growth” and therefore needed to
hire a qualified city manager,
as is called for in the City
Charter, to manage and plan for
the growth and expansion of the
city.
The group present at the Mon
day morning meeting also voted
to have the resolution published
in The Covington News. The re
solution can be found on the
“Legal Page” of this week’s
issue of the NEWS.
The persons who signed the
resolution are: Henson Furniture
Company, Bill McDowell; Mea
dors Laundry, Jack Meadors;
Economy Auto, Paul Fedder; J. C.
Pool Company, Sutton L. Hardy;
Skinner Motor Company, B. H.
Skinner; White’s Tire and Auto
Supply, Jack Christian; Kroger,
W. H. Milligan; People’s Drug
Store, Spence Ramsey; Allen’s
5 ai.d 10, Leroy Loyd; Coving
ton Auto Service, Wendell Crowe;
McGuire Motor Company, W. T.
McGuire; M. E. Goode; Ramsey
Furniture Company, Inc., Sam
Ramsey; Major Appliance Com
pany, T. A. Rape; Wood-Dickin
son Furniture Company, Don
Wood; Wood and Company, Edgar
Wood.
A & P, J. A. Merck; Western
Newton Cancer Workers
Heard Dr. John Wilson
“Cancer Education begins at
home”, emphasized Dr. John P.
Wilson at the Training meeting
of the Newton County Unit, Am
erican Cancer Society on Thurs
day evening, April 18, at the Cov
ington City Hall. Representatives
from throughout Newton County
also heard Dr. Wilson urge, "Be
lieve enough that you do some
thing yourself about annual phy
sical examinations.”
Dr. Wilson, who is the Medical
Vice President of the Georgia
Division ACS, is an attending sur
geon at the Sheffield Tumor Clin
ic, Georgia Baptist Hospital, and
active attending surgeon at Grady
Memorial Hospital. He also is
director of the surgical resi
dency training program at
the Emory University School of
Medicine.
He stated further,"Everypar
ticipant in a crusade against can-
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Auto, Otis Ellington; S. A. Ginn,
C. L. Vaughn, R. R. Fowler;
The Covington News, Leo S. Mal
lard; Snapping Shoals EMC, J. E.
Robinson; Strickland and Mor
gan, Charles D. Strickland; Sher
wood’s Flowers, Darwin White;
W. Cohen Company, Leon Cohen;
Covington Bargain Store, J. T.
Smith; White’s Department Store,
E. G. Lassiter; J. Z. Capes.
King-Hicks Hardware, E. W.
King; Harper’s 5 and 10C stores,
James P. Callahan; Covington
Supply Company, E. H. Pratt;
Roy E. Steadham; Church Street
Barber Shop, Alton Johnson; Hie
Fashion Corner, Macel Lindsey;
Nu Charm Beauty Salon, Sue
Rieke; Hooten Motor Sales, A. R.
Hooten; Goin’s Gulf Station, Ter
rell Goins; Churchill Motors,
Inc., J. B. Churchill, J. C. Tur
ner and Harry P. Cowan; Clay
and Freeman’s Service Station,
John L. Clay; McCullough Elec
tric Service, Jerry McCullough;
Colonial Store, Inc., C. H. Craw
ford.
Sears Roebuck and Company,
R. N. Marsh; Sockwell Grocery,
Harold Sockwell; Donald Cham
bers; R & L Shop, Ruth Stone;
Liberty Finance Company, David
M. Maddox; Johnny S. Prescott,
Adams Family Shoe Store, Bert
Adams; B. T. Bash, Jr., Butter
cup Bakery, John J. Jarvis.
Bank of Covington, J. B. Wea
ver; W. S. Cook; Public Finance
Corporation, Johnny Presley;
Mulkey’s Watch Repair, Ralph
Mulkey; Cowan-Cowan Electric
Company, Joseph Repetske; Pi
per Hardware Company, Marion
Piper; Ray’s Jewelry, Herbert
Katz; Brownie Osman; Jimmy
H. Dietz; Ideal Dairies, Inc.,
E. H. Clark; Deloria Dinner,
Deloria Johnson; Dennison’s
Laundries, G. L. Dennison; Cook
Vining Insurance, Grace Cook;
Newton Federal Savings and Loan
Assoc., Jack McGiboney; Costley
Auto Parts, J. Olin Costley; Kit
chens’ Gulf Station, Don Kitchens
and Luther Kitchens; Emory
Street Market, Perry Kirkland;
Freeman Tire and Retreading
Service, Tom Freeman and Joe
A. Heard; Pratt EXidley Building
Supply, Inc., P. W. Pratt, Jr.,
Sweat Texaco Service, O. T.
Sweat; Master Tire, Bill Ballen
ger; E & R Superette, E. D.
McCord; Texaco Dist., Camp
bell Lumber Company; Chancey’s
Shoe Shop, R. W. Chancey; WoCo
Pep Oil Company, George Elliott;
R. O. Arnold.
cer can save lives!” This he
explained by outlining briefly
many vital facts which are known
regarding cancer, its prevalence
and means of curing.
On Friday, April 26, through
Sunday, April 28, volunteers in
Newton County will call on their
neighbors with reminders of the
seven danger signals and give an
opportunity to share in research,
education, and cure through gifts.
At the meeting on April 18,
Mrs. Jack Jennings, a cured can
cer patient who knows the signi
ficance of a check-up, who is
serving as Funds-Crusade
Chairman for 1968, named group
captains, county and city cap
tains, and leaders in industry.
She challenged them to lead a
strong fight against cancer.
Alfred Blum, Field Represen
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