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Monday night was THE night!
“Graduation Night”, for Newton
County High School. . .and a
night mingled with happiness and
(you’d never believe it) regrets.
These young people, our pride
and joy, had looked forward to
this day since the day they came
in, as first graders. Oh! to
wear a cap and gown! Oh! to
be through with school! But
this schooling is only a prepar
ation for our College Days. There
is nothing more beautiful than a
“Sweet Girl Graduate”—except
that fine young man graduate.
Yes, there is gladness, and
there are a few tears. This
class, every member of it may
never meet together again. Oh,
there may be, from time to time,
a class reunion but all will not
be there. And brother, those te
achers we thought them monsters
at times, but they have become
very dear to us. . .no matter
how many times somebody has
said “I hate that teacher”, just
because they were reminded that
they had not done their best.
They did not mean it, and this
is a time of remembering just
how much they did love that
special teacher. The Janitor...
“Gosh! How we will miss him.”
and the cooks!
Many of you will enter the
college of your choice, all in
different parts of Georgia, or
other States. The separation
will be a keen disappointment,
but one to which we have to be
come accustomed, as we find
ourselves among total strangers.
There are those who will stay
at home, or go elsewhere, to
enter the business world. Col
lege is not possible for every
young person. It is sometimes
a keen disappointment, but, God
is in His Heaven and all is well
. . .so long as we remember
that, and keep Mm as our guide,
our Heavenly Father, and our
Soul Director. He realizes our
every hurt, disappointment, etc.
He can make anything right. You
can reach out for the sky and it
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Man Drowns In
Rock Quarry Lake
A 22-year-old mar. drowned in
Greer’s rock quarry lake Monday
afternoon in East Covington. His
body was recovered some seven
hours after he attempted to swim
the lake, Newton County Civil
Defense reported Tuesday.
The body of Harold Brown, a
Negro, was dragged from 40-ft.
of water by CD rescue workers
about 9:50 p. m. The rescue
workers had dragged the lake
since 2;45 p. m.
Brown’s two brothers were
fishing with him when he decided
to swim the body of water. Ap
parently he gave out and went un
der. He had swim trunks on and
that made the rescue more diffi
cult, CD Chief R. T. Floyd said.
CD worker Shorty Ellis located
the body and brought the man
to the surface.
Brown’s home was on Brown
Bridge Road, near Covington.
Girl Scout Troop On Trip
To Williamsburg, Virginia
The Cadette Girl Scout Troop
#1261 left by chartered bus last
night Wednesday, for a trip to
Colonial, Virginia. The Scouts
arrived this morning at James
town, Virginia, byway of Scot
land Neck Ferry.
Late this afternoon they will
leave for Williamsburg, where
they will be staying at the Motor
Lodge of the Williamsburg Inn.
On Friday they will tour Colonial
Williamsburg. On Saturday the
troop will travel down into near
by Newport News and visit sev
eral parks and Mariner’s Mu
seum, the only nautical museum
The 1968 Newton County High School Class At Graduation Program
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NEWTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL graduating class of 1968 is
shown on Sharp Field at the program ceremonies Monday even
ing. This is the first year that the program has been held out-
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MISS DEAS IS TOP HONOR GRADUATE
Oxford Graduation Sunday 3 P. M.
Graduation exercises at Oxford College will vary from the usual
pattern this year. On June 9at 3:00 p. m. about one hundred twen
ty five students of the college will assemble in Allen Memorial
Chapel on campus to receive deplomas amid the excitement of
speeches, separation from strong personal attachments, an the anti
cipation of activities for removed from Oxford Campus.
Dr. Bond Fleming, Dean of Ox
ford College, will preside. The
theme of talks by four students
receiving diplomas will be" What
Oxford Can Mean to its Students.”
These students are but four of
many who have played important
roles in campus life over the past
two years. They were selected
as being representative of across
section of student leadership.
Wes Duesenberg, President of
the Student Senate, lives in Sandy
Springs, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Duesenberg, Sr. Wes
came to Oxford from Dykes High
School in Atlanta. He is a mem
ber of Eta Sigma Psi, leadership
fraternity, and Circle K, service
club affiliated with Klwanis Inter
national. Wes plans to enter Em
ory University School of Business
Administration next fall.
Sharon Ann Sloan came to Ox
ford from Warner Robins, Geor
gia. Sharon has been a library
assistant for several quarters
and made such an Impression
with remarks at the ground
breaking ceremony for the new
library on January 19th, that she
Candidates Qualifying
Deadline Next Wednesday
In
Lake
The qualifying deadline for
candidates in the various Newton
County offices In the September
Democratic Primary is next
Wednesday, June 12 at 12 noon
at the law office of Col. W. J.
Dingus, Jr. on Clark Street, Cov
ington.
All Incumbents in the Newton
County Courthouse have an
nounced for re-election except
Tom Bates, Commissioner of
Roads and Revenue. Mr. Bates
states that he will not be a
candidate In the forthcoming pri
mary. He has been the sole
commissioner of Newton County
for the past 16 years. After
January of next year there will
be a chairman of the commis
sioners plus five commissioners
from districts of the county.
This was authorized by a re
ferendum election last year in
the county.
Also, the Newton County School
Board will undergo a change
after January, 1969, Seven mem
bers of the school board will
be elected and they will name
the superintendent of schools.
of its type in the world.
On Sunday they will worship
in the history Bruton Parish
Episcopal Church, which once
boasted such famous members
as George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, and Patrick Henry.
Sunday afternoon they will leave
Williamsburg for Yorktown
where they will tour the famous
battlefields on which America
won the final battle of the Re
volutionary War and its freedom
from England. The group will
return to Covington Monday
morning.
There will be 28 girls and eight
COVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
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has been asked to speak on the
commencement occasion. Sharon
will enter the School of Nursing
at Emory in September.
William R. (Bill) Horn, son of
a retired Army officer, who lives
in Auburn, Alabama, is President
of the Men’s Dormitory Council.
Bill is also a member of Circle
K, and Eta Sigma Psi. He will
continue his pre-med studies at
Emory University next fall with
a major in psychology.
Daniel L. Simpson, son of Dr.
Hazel Simpson, professor in the
Department of Education, Uni
versity of Georgia, has been ac
tive in the Drama Guild, and the
campus publications, especially
the editorial staff of the Spokes
man. Dan has played a prom
inent part in the decoration and
development of the Smudge Pot
(coffee house).
All of these students have made
an Impact on fellow students,
teachers, and administrators.
The description of the impact
made by fellow students, teach
ers, and administrators on these
students should be an interesting
hour.
J. W. Richardson has been the
Supt. of Newton Schools for the
past 12 years.
Thus far the following can
didates have qualified in the Sep
tember Primary:
ORDINARY: Donald G. Step
henson.
SHERIFF: Henry Odum, Jr.
CLERK OF SUPERIOR
COURT: S. M. Hay.
TAX COMMISSIONER: B. L.
Johnson, Mrs. Bill (Lula) Vaughn.
CORONER: Sam Cowan.
CHAIRMAN BOARD OF COM
MISSIONERS: Walker Harris,
Jack H. Morgan.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
District 1: Gene Marks, District
2: C. Alton Jolley, James L.
Hayes, Sam H. Savage. District
3: G. H. Dobbs. District 4:
Oliver J. Capes. District 5:
W. Thomas Greer, Jr.
BOARD OF EDUCATION: Dis
trict 1: Ralph Spears. District
2: J. Paul Alexander, Leonard
Standard. District 3: Marshall
R. Elizer, Wiley Allgood. District
6: H. M. Pulliam. District 7;
James E. Hardman.
adults making the trip. Adults
include Mesdames Ben Banks,
Laverne Cowan, Joe Croom, Jack
Meadors, Felton Jones, Bobby
Shepherd, Ed Robinson, and
Goodwin Tuck.
The girls have earned the
entire amount of cost for the trip
by projects during the past year.
The entire Troop wishes to ex
press Its appreciation to the
community which has supported
these projects and made it pos
sible to raise $1734. This will
enable all the Scouts and leaders
to make the trip free of any
charge.
doors. There were 183 members of the class who received their
diplomas from Principal Homer F. Sharp.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1968
Annual Dedicated To Mrs. Shannon
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MRS. GLADYS SHANNON receives The Memory, Oxford’s Year
book for 1968, from Miss Cassie Johnson, Editor of The Memory,
of West Palm Beach, Florida. The Memory was presented to Mrs.
Shannon and dedicated to her at Honor’s Day services held Mon
day, June 3, at Allen Memorial Methodist Church in Oxford. Mrs.
Shannon is the former Gladys Odum, the daughter of Mrs. Henry
Odum, Sr. and the late Mr. Odum of Covington. She has one son,
Dr. Robert Shannon, and she has served as Women’s Residence
Director at the College for 12 years. The inscription in The Memory
reads: “Dedlcation-It is with honor that we pay tribute to Mrs.
Gladys Shannon. She has given unselfishly of her time and ener
gies; in fact, her life for 12 years has been intertwined with the
joys and sorrows of students at Oxford College. A loving mother—
a dutiful daughter—an understanding friend and counselor—a len
der of .color to dark days. This ts the one to whom we can count
it a privilege to dedicate this book of memories, Memory 1968--
Mrs. Gladys Shannon”.
Vacation Reading Program Begins Today
DO YOU LIKE TO DREAM OF
BURIED TREASURE?
If you do, then join your friends
in the Vacation Reading Program
beginning today at the Newton
County Library. The theme of
the club this summer is “The
Treasure Hunters”. Wonderful
treasure may be found in books.
The poet Ogden Nash has ex
pressed it so well in the follow
ing verses:
"Take off with books, not with
the rocket’s roar
Take off in silence and infancy
soar
At rocket speed to every land
and clime
And see, spread out beneath,
past, present, future as you
higher soar
Explore those worlds the roc
ket cannot reach
Troy, Camelot and Crusoe’s
lonely beach
No paths forbid, no darkling
secret hid
Books reached the moon before
Our Apology!
Ads, we don’t usually leave out
of the NEWS, but in the rush of
coming out a day early last week
with the Graduation Edition four
ads were lost and left out of the
paper.
Our apology to the City of Cov
ington, MacGregor Brunswick
Division, The Hutch, and Cov
ington Supply Company for leav
ing out their ads last week.
The City of Covington and Mac-
Gregor Brunswick Division ads,
extending greetings to the grad
uates, appear in this weeks issue.
real rockets did.”
THINGS TO REMEMBER:
Begins Thursday June 6th
Chas. Robertson
Elected President
Band Boosters
The Newton County Band Bo
osters Club held their final meet
ing of the school year Tuesday
night May 28, at the Teen Can
Building. Outgoing president,
Troy Puckett, announced the fi
nal meeting of the year would be
election night for officers for the
coming year.
Elected to lead the Band Bo
osters for 1968-69 are: Pres
ident, Charles Robertson; Vice
president for Blue Rambler Band,
Alan Mitchell; Vice-president for
the Cadet Band, Jim Luke; Sec
retary, Mrs. John L. Jernigan
and treasurer, Nat Morgan.
A word of thanks was expres
sed by President Puckett for the
work done during this school
term and further words of thanks
and appreciation were given by
Band Directors Basil Rigney and
James Bell. A report was given
by Nat Morgan, treasurer and
Rucker Ginn, Ways and Means
Committee Chairman.
During the following social
hour the refreshment committee,
Mrs. Nat Morgan, Mrs. Curtis
Bankston and Mrs. Troy Puckett,
served light refreshments.
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R. L. COUSINS HIGH SCHOOL Graduating Class of 1968 is shown were 86 members of the class who received their diplomas,
in the photo above at the program held Tuesday evening. There
SEN. KENNEDY
SHOT IN LOS
ANGELES HOTEL
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, a
Democratic candidate for the Un
ited States presidential nomin
ation, was shot in a Los An
geles hotel corridor early this
morning (Wednesday). One of
two bullets lodged in the senator’s
brain and the other glazed his
shoulder. He underwent surgery
for some three hours early yes
terday and his condition has been
listed as “very critical.”
Law enforcement officers are
holding a curly-haired, olive
complexioned man who appar
ently refuses to give his name
or even discuss the Incident.
However, he is believed to be
of Cuban or Puerto Rican birth.
The man used a .22 caliber pis
tol in wounding the New York
Senator. Also four other per
sons were hit by stray bullets.
Sen. Kennedy had just com
pleted a victory speech at the
Ambassador Hotel and was going
through the corridor to another
room for a press conference
when the shooting started. Tu
esday was the day that the Calif
ornia Primary had been held and
Kennedy had carried the state
in the balloting.
Physicians at the Los Angeles
hospital said that the next 12
to 24 hours would be a critical
period for Sen. Kennedy.
Library hours are 9:30-12
and 3-6 every day except Wednes
day-7-9 Thursday nights.
You will be given a treasure
hunter’s reading folder to list
your books as you read. Read
ing 10 books will entitle you to a
certificate and if you read 25 or
more your certificate will carry
a gold star. When you have fin
ished your reading be sure and
bring your list in to the library
and give it to the Librarian,
Mrs. Dietz and she will make
out your certificate then. When
you start back to school In the
fall, take and show your teacher
what you have accomplished.
Dates for the story hour will
be announced later, probably the
last week In July and the first
week In August.
So let’s all join together and
have a happy reading summer.
C CMet Monday
The Covington-Newton County
Chamber of Commerce met Mon
day at the Teen Can Building
for the June meeting of the or
ganization. President Biff Hoff
man had charge of the meeting
following the buffet lunch.
Jerry Walker of the Public
Relations Department of Oxford
Industries, was in charge of the
program and he showed a film
on apparel. Covington Mfg. Com
pany is a subsidiary of the Ox
ford firm. The local plant man
ufactures shirts.
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Society 9
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Classified 20-22
Jan Deas, Newton County Mgh School senior, was awarded the
Billie Porter Memorial Scholarship Monday night at the graduation
exercises held at Sharp Field. The scholarship is valued at about
$1,000.00.
Miss Deas is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Deas of
Covington, and the young lady
has the unique distinction of at
tending two Covington high
schools—the other being Cov
ington, Virginia prior to 1967-
1968. Runner-up to the winner
was Danny Harwell of Coving
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Harwell. He received the New
ton Federal Savings and Loan
Assn. SSOO scholarship.
Diplomas were delivered to
some 183 members of the 1968
Newton Mgh graduating class
by Homer F. Sharp, Supervising
Principal. This was the second
largest class to graduate from
NCHS. The 1967 class had 190
members.
Honor graduates recognized
during the program Monday in
cluded: Donna Jean Allgood,
Mary Margaret Allgood, Melody
Beth Barker, Charles Thomas
Bohanan, Jr., John Lamar Call
away, 111, Jean Catherine Day,
Kathryn Elizabeth Dennis, Slade
Forest Exley, Rebecca Bond
Fleming, Kathryn Goddard, John
Willis Gregory, Jr., O. Daniel
Harwell, Teresa Jane Ison, Pam
ela Susan Jones, Susan King,
Mary Lavonia Lewis, B. Sue
McElreath, Carol Theresa Mc-
Kenzie, Maridel Meyer, Nancy
Carol Parker, Elizabeth Gregg
Robinson and Clara Elaine Wood.
Scholarships and awards were
made to the following seniors:
DAR Good Citizenship, Mary
Lewis.
STAR Student, Jan Deas.
Athletic: Richard Allen, Truett
McConnell College (basketball);
Terry Schell, Oglethorpe (bas
ketball); and Phil Shaw, Univer
sity of Tennessee (Golf).
Teacher’s Scholarships: Mary
Margaret Allgood, Univ, of Geor
gia; Teresa Ison, Oxford Col
lege; Sue McElreath, Georgia
College at Milledgeville; Cath
erine Cowan, Middle Georgia
College; Pam Jones, West Geor
gia College ($450); Cheryl Maxey,
Nursing Scholarship, St.
Joseph’s Infirmary; DAR Good
Citizenship, David Henderson
and Carole Hood.
Rotary Achievement, Danny
Harwell and Melody Barker; Pilot
Club of Covington, School of
Nursing, Ginger Bone; Lithonia
Lighting Company, Teresa Ison;
Newton County Hospital Auxil
iary (3 Year Full scholarship,
Grady Memorial Hospital), San
dra Halstead: Lions Club of Cov
ington (S2OO Nursing Scholarship
Now Is The Time To Enter
Recipes For NEWS Cook Book
The 1968 edition of the Annual
Cook Book to be published by
the Covington News will be in
cluded with the July 25 edition
of the NEWS. Culinary artists
are requested to have their re
cipes in by July 18 for judging
In the various categories. Now
Is the time to start sending In
your recipes as you could be one
of the four lucky people to win
a very useful prize.
Categories are the same as
previous years: Meats and Fish;
Vegetables and Salads; Baking
and Desserts. Four prizes will
be awarded to some lucky winners
for the best recipe in these cate-
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Ginger Bone; Covington service
Guild ($200) Melody Barker;
Newton-Rockdale Medical Assn.
($500), Sandra Kitchens; Coving
ton Rotary Club ($250), Sandra
Kitchens; Golden Fleece Lodge
No. 6 F&AM ($500), Melody Bark
er; Newton County Registered
Nurses Assn. ($500), Ginger
Bone.
Covington Klwanis Club scho
larships: Donna Jean Allgood,
Cynthia Brown, John Mell Calla
way, Ronald Capes, Melody Bark
er, Mary Lewis, Beverly Armis
tead, William Lee Marks, Daniel
Sammons, Nancy Parker. Tie
amount of each of these Klwanis
scholarships will be announced
later.
Oxford College Scholarships:
Nancy Parker and June Phillips,
Swann Scholarships; Baxter Pratt
and John Gregory, Courtesy
Tuition Scholarships; Jan Deas,
Nancy Parker and Teresa Ison,
Top Ten Scholarships; John Ham
monds, Oxford Scholarship;
Becky Fleming, Emory Univer
sity Scholarship; and Teresa
Ison, State Teachers Scholarship.
Perfect Attendance at NCHS
for the past four years: Nicky
Sammons, Beverly Schell, John
Gregory, Susie Knight, Terry
Schell, Julia Adams, Kathy Den
nis, Sue McElreath, Nancy Park
er, Betsie Robinson, Randy Wil
liams, John L. Callaway, Claudia
Edwards and Judy McDowell.
Covington Gets
Post Office
Building OK
A new post office building for
Covington has received a pre
liminary OK by the U. S. Post
Office Department, according to
a telegram received Tuesday
from Congressman Robert G.
Stephens, Jr. of the 10th Con
gressional District of Georgia.
Stephens said the new build
ing will have 12,649 square feet
of interior floor space, 1,260
square feet of platform area,
and 21,010 square feet parking
area.
The announcement stated that
the building will be privately
owned and leased to the PO
Department. Bids will be re
ceived later, it was understood.
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gories and as the grand prize
winner.
Prizes this year will be a Sun
beam Automatic Mixer to the
Grand Prize winner; for Meats
and Fish some lucky person will
be awarded a Sunbeam 12 cup
automatic Percolator; a Sunbeam
Steam and Dry Iron will go to
the Baking and Dessert winner
and a Sunbeam Electric Can
Opener will be awarded to the
winner of the best recipe in Ve
getables and Salads.
Start early and send your
favorite recipes to the NE WS. You
could be one of the lucky winners
for the 1968 Cook Book.