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Thursday, May 23, 1968
Zion Baptist Church Shows Improvement Projects
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THIS PHOTOGRAPH represents all of the building efforts of Zion Baptist Church and the new building shows both the recent sanctuary and the completely new acti-
slnce May of 1868 when it moved from the original site near Peachstone Shoals, vities and educational building.
The old building shows the results of at least three major improvement projects , , rr. 77 ri •
140-Year-Old Zion Baptist Church
To Dedicate New Building, Sunday
When 140-year old Zion Bap
tist Church dedicates its new ed
ucational building Sunday after
noon, the event will mark a peak
in a long series of building im
provements that have kept the
church facilities ahead of the
growing membership and its
growing needs.
The dedication will be held at
3 p. m. at the church which is
located in western Newton Coun
ty. Rev. C. A. Smith, a popular
former pastor, will speak. Mr.
Smith is now pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church, Lilburn.
A reception and open house
will follow. Members, former
members and pastors, new and
old friends are invited to attend.
The church history dates back
to 1828 when this section was
Upper Creek Indian Territory and
a wilderness to the white settler.
A few hardly souls ventured into
the area, cleared land, built their
homes and recognized the need
for a church nearby. A crude
church was erected near the spot
where Highway 212 crosses South
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River at Peachstone Shoals. The
remains of an old cemetery is in
this area.
Like most other institutions,
Zion had its difficulties during
the Civil War. Old records show
that services were sometimes
suspended because the pastor
could not get to the church. The
records tell that during this time
the church ordained a colored
pastor who lived nearby and who
was willing and able to serve
the church.
Exactly 100 years ago, during
the difficult post-war era, Zion
made the daring decision to move
from that first church building
to an up-to-date frame sanctuary
up at the crossroads from Peach
stone Shoals. Part of this build
ing, shown in the photograph,
was torn down recently when the
new building program was com
pleted. Another part of the old
church was donated to young peo
ple in the community for club
work.
This old building showed that
at least three major improve-
ments were completed across
the years while the church con
tinued to expand to meet the needs
of the growing membership.
Os interest to modern church
goers are other records that
show the church has a history
Mrs. Leo Mallard Was Hostess
To Circle Meeting On May 16
Mrs. Leo Mallard was the
gracious hostess for the meet
ing of the Mary Mallard Miss
ionary Circle at her lovely home
on the morning of May 16.
Upon arrival guests were in
vited into the dining room where
delicious punch and cookies were
served from a beautifully appoin
ted refreshment table.
Mrs. Richard George, chair
man, called on Mrs. C. C. King
for the opening prayer. After a
short business session, Mrs.
Vernon Ison brought the program
"By Other Means” explaining
of old-fashioned stern discipline.
In many official conferences,
members were called to explain
non-attendance at services,
drinking incidences, use of strong
language and failure to support
their families.
how missions can be carried
forward when young people
choose a career of a journey
man on the foi eign field and us
on the homefiela.
Mrs. Mallard gave the closing
prayer.
Sid Yancey
Enters Hospital
For Surgery
Sid Yancey, well-known Bibb
Manufacturing Company employ
ee, is a patient at Roosevelt
Hospital in New York City. He
underwent surgery during the
past week.
Mr. Yancey, born and reared
in Porterdale, has been in Macon
for several years. Mrs. Yancey
is the former Jennie Mae Jor
dan of Columbus.
Brownie Scouts Hold "Fly-Up” Ceremony”
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BROWNIE SCOUT TROOP 823 held a "Flying-Up Ceremony” at the Girl Scout Hut Monday afternoon.
Those flying-up are shown in the photo (above), left to right: Jane Hunt, Lori Davis, Laura Wendel,
Jane McCoy, Toni Sammons, Sharon Walker and Jenny Elliott. Not present for the picture: Judy Mor
gan, Debbie Knight and Jeannie Penn. Leaders are Mrs. James Halstead (left) and Mrs. Gerry Wen
del (right) in the picture.
Methodist Annual
Conference Set
For June 3-7
ATLANTA—Bishop John Owen
Smith of Atlanta has announced
dates for the North and South
Georgia Annual Conferences of
Hie United Methodist Church.
The South Georgia Annual Con
ference will meet June 3-7 at
Mulberry Street Methodist
Church at Macon. The North
Georgia Annual Conference will
meet June 17-21 at Glenn Mem
orial Methodist Church on the
Emory university campus in At
lanta.
It will be the first time ac
tual Annual Conferences of The
United Methodist Church have
been held. The new denomin-
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Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Aiken
spent Tuesday night and Wed
nesday with Mr. an d Mrs.
Paul Parnell of Millen.
** * *
Mrs. L. H. Cook returned
home Monday of last week af
ter a ten day visit with Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Cook, Mike and
Luke in Columbus.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mann
attended revival services Sun
day morning in Newborn.
** * *
Quite a number here are sick
with the flu, virus and mea
sles, It is hoped that all will
soon be well.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Berry,
Marla, Laura and Mark of Mon
ticello visited Mr. and Mrs. W.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Mrs. Teal’s Piano
Students In
Recital Monday
On Monday, May 27, at 7:30
p.m. one group of piano students
of Mrs. Frank Teal will be pre
sented in recital at Ficquett Sch
ool. This program will be per
formed by the pupils of grades
one through six.
Appearing on this program are:
Suzy Adams, Anne Anderson,
Vicki Bowen, Mary Dickerson,
Beverly Forrester, Judy Gaither,
Beverly Hancock, Kyle Hancock,
Mike Hancock, Kathy Hudson,
Jane Hunt, Susan Hunt, Scott Jay,
Greg Jones, Fred Kaempffe, Na
talie Lunsford, Gene Maxwell,
Terri Malcom, Judy Morrell,
Terri Mote, Julianne Ozbum,
Amy Shields, Pay Shields, Lisa
Smith and Ginger Wade.
On Tuesday, May 28, at 7:30
p.m. Mrs. Teal will present
another group of students from
grades seven and eight. This
group will include: Jim An
derson, Kathy Coody, Brenda
Croom, Beverly Davis, Alicia
Grove, Terri Hubbard, Susan
Hunt, Becky Hutchins, Kim
Jones, Harriett Jordan, Sheryl
Mask, Kitty McMichael, Faith
Moody, Debbie Pickens, Janice
Rogers, Lynn Thompson and Jan
ice Tuck.
Each program will consist of a
wide assortment of periods and
styles of compositions from the
Baroque and classic to the cur
rently popular tunes. There will
be several ensemble arrange
ments, some using two pianos.
Miss Alicia Grove, talented pu
pil of Mrs. W. L. Ballenger will
ation was created when the for
mer Evangelical United Brethren
Church merged in April. Tire new
denomination has just over 11
million members with 358,000 of
these in Georgia.
Conference preacher at the
South Georgia meeting will be
Bishop Paul Galloway of Little
Rock, Ark., leader of the Little
Rock Area of The United Meth
odist Church.
Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, min
ister of First United Methodist
Church at Madison, Wise., will
be the North Georgia Annual
Conference preacher.
Bishop Smith said both confer
ences will be “truly significant”.
“In addition to looking at this
new church we have created,
Georgia Methodists will consider
their responsibilities in sharing
the gospel of Jesus Christ”,
he said.
H. Corley, Jr. and family and
other relatives here Sunday
evening.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. J. John
ston and little granddaughter
of Rome were guests Satur
day and Sunday of Mrs. A. R.
Russell.
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Mrs. J. C. Pope of Atlanta
spent Sunday at her home here.
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Misses Betty and Lilian
Benton of Athens spent the
weekend at home.
♦* ♦ ♦
Mrs. J. P. Sheffield of Ox
ford was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Cook and Ronnie
Sunday and Sunday night.
*♦ » *
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lewis and
Mrs. T. J. Oglesby of Coving
ton visited Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Ewing one afternoon last week.
♦♦ » ♦
Guests of Mr.and Mrs. Benny
Barber and Chris on Saturday
evening were Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Lemke and Ricky of Atlanta.
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Flint Hill Home
Ec Club Met
On Thursday
The Flint Hill Home Economics
Club held their meeting Thursday
morning, May 9, at the clubhouse.
The president, Mrs. Miriam Hall,
called the meeting to order and
led the pledge to the flag. Mrs.
Arlene Jordan gave the devo
tional on Psalms 34 after which
all the members repeated the
Homemaker’s Creed.
The secretary-treasurer gave
the minutes of the previous meet
ing, the treasury report and col
lected the dues. Eleven members
Mrs. Vaughn To
Head Committee
At Convention
Committee assignments and
responsibilities for the annual
convention of the Georgia Indus
trial Loan Association on June
9-10-11 have been announced to
day.
Jack Davis of Cordele, Chair
man of the Convention Commi
ttee for the state-wide trade as
sociation of small loan compan
ies, made the announcement.
Serving as vice chairman of
the committee in charge of the
program will be Ben Key of Man
chester. Leo Connors of Atlan
ta and GarySmithof Claxton were
named to assist Key.
J. W. Bozeman of Sylvester
was named as vice chairman in
charge of hospitality. He will
be aided by Roger May of Spar
ta and Max McKay of LaGrange.
Jack Jones of Cairo was named
to served as vice chairman in
charge of the guests and wel
come sub-committee. Ben Nuc
kolls of Toccoa, Jeff Bledsoe of
Waycross and Doyle Alley of
Pelham will served on that com
mittee.
George Smith of Columbus will
be the chairman of the contests
sub-committee. Serving with
smith will be L. E. Davis of
Louisville, H. T. Mead of Vi
dalia and Ray Bennett of Val
dosta.
Mrs. Lula Vaughn of Coving
ton will head the sub-committee
planning the ladies’ program.
She will be assisted by Mrs. Ha
zel Wood of Milledgeville, Mrs.
Katherine Matthews of LaGrange
and Mrs. Blanche Heayberd of
Milledgeville.
perform a ballet number at Tue
sday evening’s performance. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend these recitals.
With these programs, Mrs.
Teal will end the spring term
of her class. The summer ses
sion will begin June 17 and end
August 17. Classes will be of
fered for the study of theory
and harmony as well as private
piano lessons.
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answered roll call. Everyone
that attended Rich’s VIP luncheon
reported a delightful day with one
of our members, Mrs. Martha
Brooking, winning a door prize.
It was voted during the summer
months to move the meeting to
two o’clock. A committee was
appointed to work on outdoor
play equipment at the clubhouse.
Everyone was reminded to
start considering nominations for
Georgia Homemaker of the Year.
An Educational Training Meeting
will be held May 13 at 2:30 p. m.
at the REA Building. An Anti
quing Workshop will be taught
by Harold Sells on Tuesday, May
21, at 2:30 p. m. and 7;30 p. m.
at the REA Building.
Miss Carolyn Joyner presented
a very informative and enjoyable
demonstration on the blender.
A social hour followed with
Mrs. Nan Bohannon and Mrs.
Martha Brooking hostesses.
Severely disabled and unable to
work? Social Security disability
benefits are now payable if the
disability is expected to continue
for at least one year. Your so
cial security office will be glad
to explain.
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Short City Court
Session Monday
City Court Judge E. W. Stro
zier enjoyed one of his shortest
weekly court sessions Monday
morning at Covington City Hall
Courtroom. Only 28 cases were
on the docket for the session,
and many of those forfeited their
bonds rather than appear for
trial.
Almost half of the cases heard
(12) involved persons charged
with being drunk. Also five were
listed as disorderly cases, four
for driving vehicles without a
license (DWOL), and another four
for driving under the influence
of intoxicants (DUI).
Single cases were heard in
volving persons charged with
speeding, running a stop sign,
and one motorist for having an
expired sticker on his car’s wind
shield.
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