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Our “HAT’S OFF”, to the First
Baptist Church for the wonderful
Book being taught to all adults
of the Church. I say" all adults”
advisedly, for all adults are not
availing themselves of this great
opportunity. The book is “A
Church Organized and Function
ing.” If every Church member
(adult) would avail themselves of
this opportunity.. .what a differ
ence there would be in, not only
the Church, but in every life so
challenged! We feel the book
would be appropriate for any
church for it is Christ’s teach
ings. . .and is being taught by
the finest of teachers. If ev
ery member of this class does
not find him, or herself a bet
ter Christian, with a new deter
mination to witness for Christ,
then we will be greatly surprised.
It’s not too late for YOU to sit in
on these classes, and you are in
vited. .you’d be there at 7 p. m.
on Sunday evenings if you could
only know what you are missing!
The loss will surely be yours.
Our hearts go out, in deep
sympathy, to the members of
Mrs. R. B. Yancey and family,
in the death of Mr. Yancey. He
was a sweet and gentle person,
who loved his family and fri
ends. He had been ill for sev
eral years, and the beautiful
tributes paid him in services,
over 80 beautiful floral offer
ings and the thoughtfulness of
neighbors, and friends, at the
home showed the high esteem in
which this man, and his family,
are held in this community. His
going home, leaves a great va
cancy for his loved ones and fri
ends, however we could not look
upon his face, so serene, in death,
without feeling that perfect peace
had come to him, after much suf
fering, and He was now “At
Home” with the Heavenly Father,
where there is no more pain.
The Iris, as well as all of Cov
ington’s flowers have been espec
ially pretty this season. The
Claude Jordans Country place is
just simply “outer this world”!
The Iris is especially beautiful
right now, to say nothing of the
many other beautiful flowers and
shrubs. Mrs. Edna Miller’s
Camellias were a real “Flower
Show” as are the Iris Blossoms
at this time. We could go on and
on. . .pur Azaleas were so very
pretty, as were those all over
town. Covington only has one
Garden Club now, and even though
many of this oldest Garden Club
does many fine things, including
many fine Work Shops. . .due to
lack of labor.. .gardens and beau
tiful landscaping seems to have
dwindled in our city. The pret
tiest Iris of all was my very own
dozen pieces on the front from
Mrs. Miller’s fine collection and
in the rear from our dear friend
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Famous Artist Sends Sketch
For Art Show Saturday-Sunday
Athos Mineaboni, a very well
known artist living in the Atlan
ta area, has sent a sketch to be
displayed at the Covington Ser
vice Guild Art Show at the Lions
Pavilion Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Mineaboni’s contribution is
an indication of his keen interest
in encouraging young aspiring
artists. Mr. Mineaboni’s paint
ings and sketches of birds are
very famous and are included in
many local private collections.
The Newton County High School
Brass Band, under the direction
of Basil Rigney, will present a
concert in the park Sunday after
noon during the Art Show hours
from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
The three judges named by the
Service Guild are Mrs. Jan Pix
ley, Scott Coleman and Mrs. Le-
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dedicated and presented to her at services at the school on Monday, May 6, Students left to right are
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TWO FREIGHT cars of an eastbound Georgia RR train buckled and one overturned Tuesday morning at
the Old Covington Mill property. Ray Chamberlain (left) and C. E. Bell of the train crew are shown sur
veying the damage of the car at right which contained a load of cotton. This was somewhat of a coincid
ence that the wreck happened in front of the mill formerly operated by M. Lowenstein and Sons, a large
textile firm who closed the Covington Mill in 1963.
Community Shelter Plan
Meeting Held Here Tuesday
On May 7, 1968 heads of local
government and other disting
uished guests met with members
of the State Civil Defense Staff to
discuss the Community Shelter
Plan for Newton County. This
meeting was held in the City
Courtroom at 10:00 a.m.
Director R. T. Floyd introd
uced the speaker, Deputy Direct
or Jack Grantham. Mr. Grantham
outlined the importance of our
local Civl Defense Program, and
what Newton County will gain
from the Community Shelter Plan
Program. The main purpose of
this program is to assign the
people of Newton County to the
best available shelter in case of
an emergency.
The local Civil Defense office,
at present, is gathering all the
vital information needed for this
program, and forwarding it to the
State Civil Defense Office who are
in turn processing it, and pre
paring a plan for Newton County.
A group from the Army Corp of
Engineers have been in Newton
County conducting a survey to find
what buildings are suitable for
fallout shelters and the protection
factor of each.
vor Skinner. Mrs. Pixley is a
native of lowa and a 1963 gradu
ate of Northwestern State Univer
sity with an Art Education Major.
She studied varied areas of art
education including painting,
sculper, commercial design,
ceramics and jewelry. She was
an Art Instructor from 1963 to
1966 in Carlisle, lowa in both the
Elementary and High Schools
there. She is presently employed
in Butts County Schools here in
Georgia.
Scott Coleman from Atlanta is a
1962 graduate from the Univer
sity of Georgia with a BSA de
gree. His major was in Com
mercial Design. His work has
been exhibited in the Virginia
Beach Art Show and he has been
a teacher of art in both Jackson,
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Mr. Grantham also emphasized
the importance of Home Fallout
Shelters. This way you can always
be sure of a place of protection
for your family.
“Much was learned from this
briefing and we hope the citizens
of Newton County will benefit
from this program,” Mr. Floyd
stated.
Followings persons were in at
tendence:
Mrs. Belmont Dennis, Charles
Geiger, J. D. Smallwood, Hinton
Bailey, Walker Harris, Jack
Parker, Tommy Barker, A. W.
Jackson, Troy Thigpen, Bill Hoff
man, Mrs. Faye Huckaby, R. T.
Floyd, Jack Grantham and Phil
Westbury, Area Director.
City To Give Financial
Aid To Watershed Project
Covington’s City Council has
voted to participate financially in
the development of the Ocmulgee
Watershed project for proposed
raw water storage on Flat Creek.
Georgia and Monticello. He is
presently employed by the Geor
gia Educational Television Net
work originating from Athens.
Mrs. Levor Skinner also is
from Atlanta and is a member of
the Atlanta Art Club and Water
Color Club. She has studied with
Onida Cannaday and her paint
ings are included in many pri
vate collections. She was the
first place winner at the Geor
gia State Women’s Club Conven
tion in member art. The theme
for the member art competition
was “A Growing Georgia.”
The Art Show will be open on
Saturday from 10 until 6 and on
Sunday from 2 until 5. It will
be at the Lions Pavilion with
free admission to all.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 9. 1968
Rev. Home To
Speak Today
On Alcoholism
Guest speaker for the regular
weekly meeting of the Covington
Kiwanis Club today (Thursday)
at 1 o’clock will be the Rev.
George Home, Rector of the
Covington Church of the Good
Shepherd (Episcopal). Rev.
Home’s subject will be “Alco
holism.”
Program chairman of the week
is Ben Banks, >nd he will in
troduce the speaker. The meet
ing will be belt ,at the "een
Can building on Newton Drive.
According to engineers, it will
take several years to develop the
Ocmulgee project and it will in
volve several surrounding coun
ties and cities in this area.
The project will provide flood
control, raw water storage, rec
reation facilities, and increase
water availability for industrial
development of this area.
The council also voted to sup
port a recreation program with
city funds after it receives a re
quest from the Covington-Newton
County Recreation Commission
with plans for the summer and a
long range program.
Eleven streets were voted on to
be added to the 1968 paving sche
dule. These, not listed in the or
der that they will probably be
paved, are: Robinson, Wheat, Old
Monticello, East Floyd to Con
yers, Hudson, Corley, Kirk,
Banks, Conyers to Colored Cem
etery, Spring and Mills.
Bids were approved at the Mon
day night meeting for the pur
chase of butterfly valves, pipe
fittings, and accessories to be
used in the construction of the
raw water booster pump sta
tion on Dried Indian Creek. The
bids were approved on the rec
ommendation of Wiedeman& Sin
gleton, city engineers.
After a taxi application was ap
proved for Odessa Smith, the
Council adjourned one of its shor
test meetings in serveral years at
8:45 p. m.
Christian Church
To Be Established
In Covington
A group of local families inter
ested in establishing a Christian
Church (not Disciples) will meet
for a worship service and busi
ness meeting at the Covington
City Hall Courtroom on Tuesday,
May 14, at 8:00 p. m.
Approximately 25 adults have
indicated a desire to organize
and establish a Christian Church
in Covington. Several business
meetings have already been held
for this purpose. A steering
committee to lead in the work
has been appointed.
Following the worship service
on May 14, a business meeting
of all concerned with this effort
will be held. Recommendations
from the steering committee will
be presented. Necessary steps
in the establishing of a congre
gation will be presented.
All interested persons are cor
dially invited to attend this wor
ship service and business meet
ing on May 14, according to Rog
er Zuercher, Dr. Roy Hicks and
John Housworth of the steering
Committee.
Telephone Service Disrupted
OnWednesday By Flash Fire
An electric flash fire in the
cable system of Southern Bell
Telephone Company in Covington
disrupted telephone service in
the county Wednesday morning.
The fire was discovered about
4 a.m. at the Old Telephone
Office on Conyers Street.
Southern Bell had recently moved
into a new building on Pace Street
but much of the equipment re
mains in the old building on Floyd
Street.
T. E. Strickland, Athens Dis
trict Manager, and Ray Reece,
Covington Manager of Southern
Bell, stated that an Atlanta Op
erator about 4 a.m. was unable
to make a call to Covington.
She then called Plant Supervisor
T. J. Malcolm at Grayson, a
small town just north of Cov
ington, and told him of the dis
ruption of service. He came
by Oxford and picked up Elmer
Blankenship and when they reach
ed the office they found the char
red installation.
Telephone use in the county
involved local and long distance
service. Emergency circuits
were in use by 11 a.m. with
a line tied in to Atlanta.
Both Mr. Reece and Mr. Strick
land made trips to the essential
users of telephone service early
Wednesday morning and explain
ed the emergency situation to
them. Those places visited in
cluded the large industries of
Covington, the municipalities of
Covington, Oxford, Porterdale,
Mansfield, Newborn and Oxford
College and the Newton County
Hospital.
By early morning there were
located in the county some 10
pay stations that could be used
and the call charged to the per
son making the calls. Those
stations were: Hub Bus Station,
Highway Patrol
Cracks Down
ATLANTA (GPS)—Auto dri
vers who have been winking at
Georgia’s traffic laws would be
wise to break the habit. Reason:
The State Patrol is cracking
down harder than ever in fer
reting out traffic lawbreakers.
Evidence of this is seen in a
1968 first quarter report re
leased by Col. R. H. Burson,
director of the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Safety.
For example, state troopers
during the three-month period
arrested a total of 28,960 traffic
law violators, an increase of
5,022, or 21 per cent, over the
same period last year. At the
same time, they issued 47,951
warning tickets, an increase of
6,859, or 17 per cent.
Appointments
Made For Rec.
Commission
The Covington-Newton County
Recreation Commission has been
reorganized, with the City of
Covington appointing Lou Karman
of Hercules, and Elmer Usher, a
citizen of Covington.
The county appointed B. C.
Crowell of Porterdale and Car
los Meyer of Oxford.
Under the authority of a 1963
resolution, the above four sel
ected as the fifth member, Ted
Stroud of Bibb Manufacturing
Company. Lou Karman was el
ected as chairman of this com
mission.
The commission plans to ap
ply for funds from the city and
county for a limited recreation
program this summer and intends
to work out a long range perma
nent program for the whole coun
ty.
Educational
Training Moot
Scheduled Mon.
An educational training meet
ing will be held on Monday,
May 13th at 2:30 p.m., at the
Snapping Shoals EMC Building.
Extension home economists,
Mrs. Lottie B. Johnson and Miss
Carolyn Joyner, will hold this
educational training meeting for
all interested women’s clubs and
auxiliary clubs that feel they
could benefit from using this
information for their own pro
grams.
All women’s clubs and auxi
liaries are invited to send a
representative to receive this
educational training information.
Mimeographed outlines will be
given to these representatives
of each club so that they may
have the information at hand.
City Hall in Mansfield, Starrs
ville, Covington Bus Station, Bibb
Manufacturing Company at Por
terdale, Bank of Covington,
Evans Drug Store, North Emory
Street, Wilson Furniture Com
pany and in Oxford.
Two mobile telephone trailers
were put in use in front of the
Floyd Street office and many
townspeople were using those be
fore noon and throughout the
afternoon.
All essential lines of the local
telephone system were expected
to be back in operation by the
time The Covington News went
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Heard-Mixon Contributes 31
Majors In Vietnam Fight |
Heard-Mixon community on the
Jackson Highway has a deep, per
sonal interest in the front page
news from Vietnam. This tiny
section boasts three men—all
raised within hollerin’ distance
of each other—who are now
serving in the war zone. While
they are in different branches of
the Armed Forces, all three hold
the rank of major.
Major Billy Aiken, his cousin
Major Thomas Aiken and Major
Nathan Pulliam were playmates
and attended Heard-Mixon School
where the latter’s father, H. M.
Pulliam, was principal for 18
years. After high school days
here, they were all graduated
from the University of Georgia
and all are now career men in the
service.
While they have been too busy
to get together, they write each
other. Nathan and Billy saw each
other briefly when the latter arr
ived in Saigon in early February.
It has been several years since
they were all together at home,
their families estimate.
Thomas, 32, is the youngest.
He was graduated from Georgia
with a B. S. degree in agricul
ture. Before graduation he
planned a career in the Marines
and went to Atlanta with some
friends to enlist.
He was the only one of the
group to pass the physical. He
entered the service in July, 1958
and is now stationed atQuangTri
with the Third Engineer Division.
Before arriving there in Dec
ember he was last stationed at
Orlando, Fla. and spent several
months on Okinawa.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Aiken and his father is
a semi-retired farmer and car
penter. His wife, the former
Laverne Cooper of Tifton, and
his 3-year-old son, Thomas Mi
chael, are living in Tifton while
he is away.
Major Billy Aiken will miss
two graduations in his family this
spring because of war duty. His
son, Ronnie, 17, will graduate
from Newton County High and
Timmy, 13, will graduate from
the eighth grade. Two other
children are Susan, 10, and Mich
elle, 4.
His wife, the former Barbara
Greer of Jackson, is employed
at Newton Federal Savings and
Loan. The family lives in the
Heard-Mixon community near
Billy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Aiken. Before he went to
Vietnam his family was with him
at Ft. Dix. They returned to
Covington in December.
His Army career began when
he joined the National Guard
Burke Shows Plaque As "Industrial Arts Teacher”
Ba
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L. M. BURKE of Newton County High Schoo: received the "Georgia Industrial Arts Teacher of The
Year” plaque at Minneapolis Friday. In the photo above he displays the plaque while Homer F. !*arp
(left), NCHS principal, and Mrs. Burke admire the coveted award.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
I । Sports 17
I I Legal ‘ 2 3
Classified 20-23
Economic Opportunity Office
Receives Grant Os $138,000
The Office of Economic Op
portunity has approved a grant
of $138,000 to the Upper Ocmul
gee Economic Opportunity Com
mission which includes an office
at the Georgia RR Station in
Covington. The main office of
the EOC is located in Jackson
and serves Newton, Butts and
Monroe counties.
U. S. Senator Herman Tal-
nearly 20 years ago. A 1949
graduate of Georgia with a B. S.
in agriculture, he is now serving
as intelligence officer with the
Fourth Aviation Battalion, Fourth
Infantry.
Before entering the Army in
January, 1967 he was manager of
the ASCS office in Baldwin
County. After his Viet tour he
has been recommended for the
Commanding General Staff School
in Kansas.
Major Nathan Pulliam is on his
second tour in Vietnam. He was
there in 1965 and returned last
October. He is stationed with the
17th Air Cavalry where for the
past six months he has comm
anded Alpha Troop.
This troop has been recom
mended for the Presidential Unit
Citation, the highest award a unit
can receive. He recently left
the troop to become the squadron
operations officer.
Nathan is married to the
former Janet Smith of Newnan and
has four children: Nathan, 12;
Ben, 10; Doug, 9; Lisa, 7. They
are living in Columbus while he
is overseas.
Nathan entered the Army in
1954 after graduating from Geor
gia with a degree in ag engineer
ing. He won his ranger tab in
Maj. Nathan Pulliam
Jaycee Tennis Tourney
Starts Here On Friday
The Second Annual Newton
County Jaycee Tennis Tourna
ment will get underway Friday
afternoon. May 11 at the Fowler
Tennis Courts, according to an
announcement from the local Jay
cee organization. Miss Louise
Fowler is acting as tourney di
rector. Hie 1968 events will
run through Sunday, May 19.
The tournament is open to boys
NUMBER 19
madge, and 10th District Con
gressman Robert G. Stephens,
Jr. both notified The Covington
NEWS that the grant had been
made to the local agency. It
is for a 12-month period.
The money will provide for
food distribution, home manage
ment, family planning and pro
gram administration in the three
county area.
1955, was qualified as a para
chutist in 1956 and a senior Army
aviator in 1964.
From 1963-1965 he was with
the experimental 11th Air Assault
Division at Ft. Benning when the
air cavalry concept was tested
and proven. This success led
to formation of the now famed
First Cavalry Division, Airborne
which is now in Vietnam.
Addresses of the three men
are:
Major W. R. Aiken, Jr.
HHD 4th Avn. Bn.
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Maj. Billy Aiken
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Maj. Thomas Aiken
and girls of Newton County in
the 10-18 years of age brackets.
Contestants for the various
titles will be grouped in the ages
10-12-14-16-18. Trophies will
be awarded to the winners and
runners-up in each age division,
according to Jaycee Ronald Car
ter.
The public is Invited to at
tend all the matches.