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FOUR OXFORD COLLEGE students will be the speakers at the 1968 graduation exercise Sunday
at 3 p.m. at .Allen Memorial Chapel. The students are pictured above, left to right: Wes EXjesenberg,
President of Student Body; Sharon Sloan, Library Assistant; Dan Simpson, President of "Smudge
Pot"; William Horn, President of Men’s Dormitory Council.
Miss Kemp To
Receive Degree
At LaGrange Coll.
LaGRANGE, Ga.—A Covington
student is one of 100 candidates
to receive bachelor of arts de
grees at LaGrange College’s
137th commencement exercises
here on Saturday, June 8.
The LaGrange College senior
is Dana Sue Kemp of Route Five,
Covington.
James A. Mackay of Decatur,
attorney and former United states
Congressman from the Fourth
District of Georgia, will deliver
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the commencement address at
11 a.m. in the college gymnas
ium.
The graduation speaker is a
graduate of the college and law
school of Emory University. A
Democrat, he was elected to six
terms as a DeKalb County re
presentative to Georgia’s Gen
eral Assembly, and then served
in Congress during 1965 and 1966.
His father, the late Rev. Dr.
Edward G. Mackay, was a trust
ee of LaGrange College.
At 2 p.m., Dr. Waights G.
Henry Jr., president of the four
year, coeducational, Methodist
college, will confer the under
graduate diplomas during cere-
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Miss Dana Kemp
monies which will be in the gym
nasium also.
On Friday evening before the
commencement exercises, the
graduating seniors and members
of their families will be honor
ed at a reception at the Presi
dent’s Home by Dr. and Mrs.
Henry.
Miss Kemp is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Aaron
Kemp, and is a graduate of New
ton County High School. She
will receive a degree with a
major in mathematics.
On the LaGrange College
campus, Miss Kemp served as
secretary, vice president and
president of Kappa Phi Delta
sorority, secretary of the Pan
hellenic council and was a mem
ber of the Student Government
Association’s legislative council.
Miss Kemp was also active in
Sigma, honorary science and
mathematics fraternity, Student
National Education , Association
and a staff member of the col
lege yearbook.
In September, the LC graduate
will attend Louisiana State Uni
versity where she has been
awarded a graduate fellowship.
Mrs. John Autry
Top Honor Grad
At Brewton-Parker
Rev. and Mrs. John H. Autry,
Jr. of Cochran graduated from
Brewton-Parker College Sunday
morning, June 2.
Mrs. Autry, the former Joyce
Russell of Dublin, was Top Honor
Graduate. She received the Con
rad Award for highest academic
achievements.
John, who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Autry of Mans
field, is pastor of Macedonia
। Baptist Church near Cochran.
3 Freshmen Tapped Into Society
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THREE FRESHMAN students were tapped into membership of Eta
Sigma Psi, the honorary leadership and scholarship society at
Oxford College of Emory University, during the College Assembly,
Monday, May 27. The new members tapped were (L to R): Fanita
Smithwick, Atlanta; Joseph Siry, Miami, Florida; and Carolyn
Peck, St. Petersburg, Florida. The purpose of Eta Sigma Psi
is to create within the members of the student body an interest
in extracurricular activities which are of benefit to the college,
and to recognize, encourage, and promote service, character,
and leadership among the students.
3 Area Students Receive
Degrees At Davidson College
DAVIDSON, N. C. - Davidson
College graduated about 210 sen
iors during commencement ex
ercises Sunday, June 2.
The highest honor graduate
was William Kirk Reed, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Reed of 3306
Lindsey Dr., Columbus, Ga. Se
cond highest honors went to Du
ard Francis Fleming, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Fleming
Miss Richardson
To Get Degree
At Ga. College
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.-A to
tal of 199 students are candi
dates for degrees at June 7 com
mencement exercises at Georgia
College at Milledgeville.
Tenth District Representative
Robert G. Stephens of Athens
will be the speaker at the ex
ercises, which are scheduled for
10:30 a. m. in Russell Auditor
ium.
The degree candidates In
clude: Cynthia Anne Richardson
of Covington, Bachelor of Arts.
Mrs. Cherry Gets
Master Science
Degree At GSC
Mrs. Kenneth Cherry, the for
mer Linda Hudson of Oxford,
received the Master of Science
Degree in Mathematics from Ge
orgia State College at the May
commencement in Atlanta.
Mrs. Cherry attended Newton
County High School and grad
uated from Emory University in
1964. She is presently employed
by the Dekalb County Board of
Education. Her parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Charles B. Hudson of
Oxford.
Porterdale Banquet
Fetes Church Seniors
I* PORTERDALE — Juniors and
Seniors of Newton County High
School, who are members of the
Julia A. Porter Memorial Meth
odist Church in Porterdale, were
honored at a banquet on Thurs
day evening, May 23. Rev. James
W. Thurman, pastor of the First
Methodist Church in Social Cir
cle, Georgia, was the guest
speaker with an inspiring mes
sage.
The Fellowship Hall at the
church was beautified with a wor
ship center having an open Bible
flanked by a cross on one side
and a globe on the other. The
buffet meal was served from an
attractive table where blue and
white, the school colors, were
used for a theme.
Copies of the New Testament
with names imprinted were pre
sented to the Seniors present,
who were: Donna Allgood, Linda
Clegg, Kathy Goddard, and Philip
Shaw. Junior members were
Teresa Adams, Thad Blanken
ship, and Susan Stone. Other
guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Ivey, Mr. and Mrs. Walter pope,
Rev. and Mrs. Harold Lyda, Miss
Baxter Pratt, Tony Allison, and
his guest.
Other seniors who could not
be present were; Judy Childs,
Sally Kay Mills, and Becky
Strawn.
Informal Tea
For U. Georgia
Seniors Saturday
ATHENS, Ga.-President and
Mrs. Fred C. Davidson will host
an informal coffee for University
of Georgia seniors and their
guests June 8.
Faculty has also been invited
to the event honoring the Univer
sity’s 1968 graduates. It will
be held in the lobby of the Geor
gia Center for Continuing Educa
tion from 10 a. m. until noon.
Next Saturday morning’s coffee
is in lieu of the traditional for
mal reception for seniors held in
the past In the President’s home,
because the house is being re
modeled and is not yet ready for
official function use.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
of 194 Marshdale St., Concord,
N. C. John Steven Brown, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Brown
of Box 744, Hendersonville, N. C„
was recognized as the third sum
ma cum laude graduate, and 13
other seniors graduated cum
laude.
Davidson is one of the few
remaining schools in the nation
which still give diplomas written
entirely in Latin. They were pre
sented during ceremonies on
campus by president D. Grier
Martin, who will retire June 30.
On Saturday more than 100
of the seniors were commis
sioned U. S. Army second lieu
tenants. Another 35 will receive
their commissions upon the suc
cessful completion of training at
Ft. Bragg this summer.
Davidson students from this
area who graduated Sunday are
as follows:
Mason W. Stephenson, A. B.
Cum Laude, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald G. Stephenson of Cov
ington; Michael C. Fitzpatrick,
B. S., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Fitzpatrick of Madison; and Da
vid Kendall Ginn, A. 8., son of
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ginn of
Winder.
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by the Covington Service Guild are as follows: First Place Winners:
Fourth Grade, Emmett Webb; Sixth Grade, Walter Robinson; Eighth
Grade, Calva English. Second Place: Sixth Grade, Marvin Mills,
Third Place: Seventh Grade, Cheryle Johnson. Eighth Grade,
Gregory Shy, Tbmmie Benton and Sarah Terrell. Mr. Albert Monroe
is the Chairman of the Art Department and N. H. Mitchell is the
principal. Pictured left to right front row Walter Robinson and Calva
English and back row (left to right) Cheryle Johnson, Sarah Terrell,
Gregory Shy and Marvin Mills. Not pictured are Emmett Webb
and Tommie Benton.
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THESE R. L. COUSINS HIGH School seniors shared in some $40,000 in scholarships awarded at the
1968 commencement program. Front row, left to right: Rosemary Clements, Ruthella Sawyers,
Jean Henderson, Alice Smith, Delores Stewart, Carolyn Perry and Linda Reed. Back Row; Billy
Harris, Bobby Harris, Ronald Jefferson, Almond Turner, John W. Smith, Larry White, and Principal
R. L. Stewart.
MO,OOO In Scholarships Is
Awarded Cousins High Seniors
Tliirteen graduating seniors at
the R. L. Cousins High School,
Covington, were awarded schol
arships totaling some $40,-
000.00. The commencement pro
gram was held Tuesday night at
the school.
Following is a list of the sch
olarships awarded:
Bethlehem Baptist Church,
grant to first honor graduate.
Bethlehem Baptist Church,
grant to second honor graduate.
Newton County Teachers
Ass’n., grant to third honor gr
aduate.
Lithonia Lighting Co., grant to
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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Tire
American Academy of General
Practice, national association of
family doctors, this week re
leased information from a survey
on the cigarette smoking habits
of its more than 30,000 members.
The data support mounting evi
dence that physicians are taking
their own anti-smoking advice
to heart.
The Academy is the second
largest national medical asso
ciation and the largest specialty
group in organized medicine.
An 8-item questionnaire mail
ed March 20 to 3,000 family
doctors (every 10th Academy
member) reveals that nearly 80
Ruthella Sawyers.
Alberta Award for senior girl
in home economics to Alice
Smith.
An academic scholarship to
Morris Brown College to Rose
mary Clements.
An academic scholarship to
Johnson C. Smith University of
$2400 to Delores Elaine Stewart.
An academic scholarship to
Johnson C. Smith University of
S3BOO to Rosemary Clements.
An academic scholarship to
Tuskegee Institute to Rosemary
Clements.
Kiwanis Club grant to Ruthella
percent of the respondents do not
smoke cigarettes. Os these, 40
percent are former smokers who
have quit. Thirty-nine percent
have never smoked.
The questionnaire elicited a
remarkable 70 percent response
within three weeks time, or 2,100
completed forms, stated Mac F.
Cahal, Academy executive direc
tor.
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Sawyers.
Kiwanis Club grant to Carolyn
Perry.
Kiwanis Club grant to Linda
Ann Reed.
A Scholarship from Newton
Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n.
to Rosemary Clements.
A music scholarship to Morris
Brown College to Delores Elaine
Stewart.
A music scholarship to Clark
College to Almond Turner.
A music scholarship to Mor
ris Brown College to Jean Eliz
abeth Henderson.
A music scholarship to South
Carolina State College to Almond
Turner.
A music scholarship to South
Carolina State College to George
Ronald Jefferson.
.An athletic scholarship to
Clark College to John Wesley
Smith.
An athletic scholarship to Cl
ark College to Billy Harris.
An athletic scholarship to Cl
ark College to Bobby Harris.
An athletic scholarship to Cl
ark College to Larry White.
An athletic scholarship to
Delaware State College to John
Wesley Smith.
An athletic scholarship to De
laware State College to Larry
White.
A music scholarship to Delores
Stewart from Morris Brown Col
lege.