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We salute the Atlanta Kiwanis
Club! The members celebrated
their 50th Anniversary on June
11th, Tuesday of this week. We
have visited this wonderful club
on several occasions in the past,
when the husband was President
of the Covington Club, and later,
Lieutenant Governor.
The Atlanta Kiwanis Club or
ganized with 42 members, and
received it’s Charter June 11 th,
1918. This was at the time of
World War I, so the first project
of the Club was to sell Liberty
Bonds. Atlanta has grown during
these active years of this Club,
and their achievements are too
numerous to mention. They
worked earnestly and faithfully,
during that war period, and gain
ed much recognition. They pro
moted good fellowship and de
velopment of personal leadership
and achievement, which remains
the goals of the club.
Today the club’s public ser
vice is wide-ranging. Key Clubs
in high schools, Circle K in col
leges, assistance to Scouts and
other youth organizations; help
for the mentally ill, the aged,
the maladjusted; preservation of
natural resources, voter activity,
and many other programs of so
cial involvement.
The Atlanta Kiwanis Club is
second largest in the nation and
with Atlanta bursting at the
seams, in growth; with the thou
sands of newcomers we hope we
may soon salute this wonderful
Club as the largest in the Na
tion. We know its work possi
bly exceeds the No. 1 Club as
of this date.
News has just come to us,
as we write on this Tuesday
morning, of the sudden death
of one of our very dear friends,
Mrs. Guy Jones, of Mansfield.
Our heart goes out to her be
loved husband, relatives and fri
ends. Their friends are legion,
but all we can do, or say, can
not erace the pain from the hearts
of loved ones. We pray the hea
venly Father will hover near to
bring that perfect peace and un
derstanding to their hearts, which
He alone can bring.
The Kennedy Funeral is over
for the Nation, but this act of
violence which swept from this
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Vandals Hit Palmer Stone
School Twice In 3 Days
Lightning does strike twice—
and in the case of Palmer Stone
School in Oxford, it struck twice
within three days.
Principal E. D. Whatley is bus
ily trying to unravel two acts
of vandalism that have taken
place at Palmer Stone in the
span of Friday afternoon until
early Tuesday morning. Culprits
ransacked and literally tore up
six classrooms in the East wing
of the school Monday night. The
very same thing happened over
the weekend and teachers had
cleaned up the mess Monday,
only to have it all happen again
Monday night.
Here is a partial list of the
situation Tuesday morning:
Teachers desks in the class-
Kiwanis To Award Scholarships Today
The Covington Kiwanis Club
will award its annual scholar
ships today at the club’s meet
ing at the Teen Can at 1 p.m.
Eleven seniors of Newton County
High School, Class of 1968, will
be guests of the club today.
The amount of the scholar
ship grants will be announced
today oy Kiwanis Scholarship Co
mmitteemen Edgar Wood and Guy
Evans, who will have charge of
Mike Morgan Receives Eagle Scout Badge
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MIKE MORGAN, 14-year-old son of Judge and Mrs. Jim Morgan, received his Eagle Scout citation
at the Covington Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday. Shown in the photo, following the ceremony, are
(from left to right): Kiwanis President Phillip Cohen, Judge Morgan, Mike Morgan, Mrs. Jim Mor
gan and S. J. Morcock, who made the presentation. Mike is a member of BSA Troop 222, sponsored
by the Kiwanis Club.
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HAY, ODUM, STEPHENSON ARE UNOPPOSED
Recreation Council Asks Approval Os Program
Chairman Karman Outlines
Plans For The Activities
The Newton County Recreation Council through its chairman,
Lou Karman, has made a report of proposed activities for the
summer months in the county. The report was sent to both Mayor
Walker Harris of Covington, and County Commissioner Tom Bates
of Newton County.
The report states:
A summer recreation pro
gram is being proposed by this
Council with the following ob
jectives:
To provide games and activit
ies that will involve attitudes,
appreciation, interest and skills.
To increase the children’s and
young people’s capacities for en
joying life as they broaden and
deepen their range of interests
and skills.
To guard the participants ag
ainst dull moments and to give
them an assurance that they will
not be poverty-stricken in ideas
of what to do with free time.
To give guidance and opport
unity for freedom of choice.
To help participants develop
and participate in creative and
cultural activities.
The following activities are
being planned:
Team Sports (according to age
and location): Basketball, Soft
ball, Volley ball, Relay carniv
als (track).
Games; Table tennis, Check
ers, Badminton.
Activities: Dance (weekly),
Family Night.
Recreational and Educational
Tours; Six Flags Over Georgia,
State Capitol, Grant Park, Stone
rooms were ransacked, and much
of the contents thrown over the
floor.
Knobs and tuning devices were
taken off some 10 television sets
which were lined up in the hall
way.
Vulgar words were written on
the blackboards.
Crayons strewn over the floor
of most of the classrooms.
Expensive science equipment
was damaged and disarrayed.
Mr. Whatley stated Monday
that he had offered a $25.00 re
ward for Information leading to
the arrest and conviction of those
responsible. Tuesday morning
Whatley said, “I may up that
reward to SSO or more now,
since this has happened.”
the program. Also three grants
will be made to Newton students
who are now enrolled in college.
They are Bill Everitt of Georgia
Tech, J. W. Rutledge who will
enter Valdosta State this fall,
and Richard Allgood of the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Also, a grant will be made to
Oxford College of Emory Uni
versity for the college to use
relative to a Newton County stu-
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.rprise, Established 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
Mountain, Barbecue (sponsored
by Council in one central lo
cation).
County-wide Tournaments of
Competitive Sports (according to
age levels); Basketball, Soft
ball, Volley ball, Relay carniv
als.
Awards for Top Performers
and Teams in Sports;
Basketball - trophies for first,
second and third place teams;
trophies for outstanding player
in each league.
Softball - trophies for first,
second and third place teams;
trophies for outstanding player
in each league.
Volley ball - trophies for first,
second and third place teams;
trophies for outstanding player
in each league.
Relay Carnival (track meet) -
trophies for first, second and
third place teams; Awards given
to outstanding performers in each
league.
Volunteer workers have been
secured from each community.
These are high school seniors
who will be working in their
own community. These are:
Needmore, Winston Kelly; Ox
ford, Johnny Cobb; Short Street
Area, Melvin Clark; Sandhill
Area, Nehemiah Durden; Harris
Town, Jimmy Thomas; Nelson.
Heights, Harris Barnes; spring
Hill, Wayne Vason; Mansfield,
Louie Jones.
There will be three teams
from each of these eight com
munities divided as follows:
Midget League, ages 10-12; Jun
ior League, ages 13-15; Senior
League, ages 16-19.
All schools have been con
tacted in connection with this
program and all were most en
thusiastic.
COST FOR THE PROGRAM
Salaries - Gilbert Turman,
Supervisor, $1500; Assistants:
Jimmy Wright, $800; Mrs. Agnes
Avery, $800; R. A. Smith, $800;
total, $3900. $2600 of these
salaries will be paid by the
Board of Education, leaving a
balance of SI3OO to be furnish
ed by the city and county.
The Board of Education is
buying SSOO worth of equipment,
which will be utilized in this
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dent at Oxford.
Thursday’s guest speaker at
the Covington Kiwanis Club meet
ing was Frank V. Htt, Special
Agent In Charge of the Atlanta
Office of the FBI. Mr. Hitt re
counted some interesting cases
encountered by the FBI in re
cent years.
The law enforcement official
stated that “crime is a fight
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1968
Flag Day Friday
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OLD GLORY flies proudly at Covington City Municipal building
as Flag Day 1968 will be observed Friday, June 14. Covington
Fireman Obie Parker is shown above after raising the flag.
Newton, 2 Other Counties
Receive OEO Grant Money
A federal anti-poverty grant
of slOß,lll to Butts, Monroe
and Newton counties was an
nounced today by William W.
Suttle, Acting Southeast Regional
Director of the Office of Econo
mic Opportunity in Atlanta.
Grantee for this program is
Upper Ocmulgee Economic Op
portunity, with offices in Jack
son, Georgia. Executive director
Is Ralph W. Carr.
A breakdown of the multi
purpose grant Includes the fol
lowing components;
For Conduct and Administra-
the middle class people will have
to undertake. Tills will involve
your time, your money, your ef
forts and your sacrifice.”
Guests at the meeting Included
John Alford of Atlanta, a former
president of the local Kiwanis
club; Roger Zuercher, Newton-
Rockdale Boy Scout Executive;
Sheriff Henry Odum, Jr.; Mason
Stephenson; and Judge and Mrs.
Jim Morgan. Also, an inter
club from Jackson was on hand.
Pilot Club
Urges Flag
Display, Fri.
The Pilot Club of Covington
urges the citizens of Newton
County to fly the flag of the
United States of America from
homes and business houses on
Friday, June 14, in observance
of Flag Day.
June 14th has been officially
recognized as Flag Day since
August 3, 1949.
In a 1917 Flag Day message,
President Wilson said: “This
flag, which we honor and under
which we serve, is the emblem
of our unity, our power, our
thought and purpose as a nation.
It has no other character than
that which we give it from gen
eration to generation..We cele
brate the day of its birth; and
from its birth until now it has
witnessed a great history, has
floated on high the symbol of
great events, of a great plan of
life worked out by a great peo
ple ”
tion, $18,428; This component
is to provide personnel to ad
minster the other components
in this application, provide fi
nancial management for the CAA
and develop future components
which will serve the needs of
this area. Other components
administered are Food Distri
bution, Home Management and
Family Planning.
For Food Distribution,
$42,408: This grant supplies
food to needy persons in three
counties financially unable to
carry out the program without
assistance. The food will be
distributed to persons certified
by the Department of Family and
Children’s Services.
For Home Management,
$40,433; This component is de
signed to take persons from low
income families and train and
employ them as Home Manage-
Georgia Writers Association Sets
Luncheon-Program Tues. At Oxford
Harry Monroe Meacham, au
thor of “The Caged Panther:
Ezra Pound at St. Elizabeths,”
and chairman of the Affiliated
Societies Program of the Amer
ican Academy of American Poets,
New York, will be the speaker
at the twentieth anniversary
luncheon of the Georgia Writers
Association at Oxford College of
Emory University, Tuesday, June
18. Fourteen Georgia authors
will participate on the program
with Mr. Meacham.
Twenty years ago, in June 1948,
the First Georgia Writers Con
ference was held on the historic
Oxford campus. At its close
the Georgia Writers Association
was formed. Five conferences
were held on the campus, from
1948 through 1952, Mrs. Ray
mond Massey, founder of the Con
ference and Association, has
served continously as president
and director since 1948. The
Association has returned for its
anniversary celebration at the in
vitation of Dr. Bond Fleming,
dean and division executive.
A man of strong cultural in
terests, Mr. Meacham has con
tributed poetry and criticism to
the New York Times, the Tampa
Tribune, and the Commonwealth.
Since 1956 he has been poetry
critic of the Richmond (Va.) News
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3 New Post
Offices Are
Authorized
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Con
gressman Robert G. Stephens,
Jr. announced today that the Post
Office Department has author
ized three additional new post
offices in the 10th district. The
new facilities are to be at Cov
ington, Eatonton, and Monroe.
Mr. Stephens said, “The new
buildings will provide greater in
terior space, larger platform
areas, and more parking spaces.
These three new post offices are
in addition to the seven new post
offices which were authorized In
early April for the towns of
Evans, Harlem, Lincolnton, Mit
chell, Rutledge, Social Circle
and Lexington.”
The new post offices will be
built by private capital and leas
ed to the Post Office Department
after site selection by the re
gional office In consultation with
local officials.
Vacation Bible School
Starts Friday In City
Vacation Bible School for the
First Baptist Church of Coving
ton will begin tomorrow (Friday),
with Preparation Day at the
church. This pre-Blble School
day will be held this year from
9 a.m. until 12 noon with a pic
nic climaxing the morning acti
vities following a parade through
the city.
Regular classes for the Bible
School will start on Monday
morning, June 17 and will con
tinue through Wednesday, June
26. No school will be held on
Saturday or Sunday, however the
other days classes will assem
ble at the church at 9 a.m.
and be dismissed at noon for
children three through 16. There
will be seven departments for the
various ages plus a workers
nursery.
Alan Mitchell, Minister of Mu
sic at the church will be the
principal for this year’s Bible
School with Rev. Edgar A. Cal
laway serving as Pastor of the
ment aides to work with persons
receiving USDA commodities in
planning, preparing and serving
nutritious meals.
For Family Planning, $6,842;
This component is to establish
a family planning clinic to pro
vide birth control information
and related medical services to
low-income people in Butts Coun
ty.
New Officers And Directors Os Newton Jaycees
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NEW OFFICERS and directors of the Newton County Jaycees for the coming year are: (left to right)
Joe Hughes, state director; Jack Loyd and Cliff Rogers, directors; Fred Harwell, external vice
president; Gene Bishop, installing officer; Malcolm Kessinger, president; Jerry Aldridge, internal
vice-president; Larry Newton, Treasurer; and Nelson Allen, director, (see Page 10)
Editorial
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 17-18
Legal .’ 27
Classified 24-27
Walker Harris And Jack Morgan
Seek Commission Chairmanship
The deadline for Newton County office seekers to qualify for
the September Democratic Primary was yesterday (Wednesday)
at 12 noon at the office of Col. W. J. Dingus, Jr., Secretary-Trea
surer of the local Democratic Party. Os the main courthouse of
ficers three will enter the primary unopposed.
Clerk of the Newton County
Superior Court S.M. Hay, Sher
iff Henry Odum, Jr., and Or
dinary Donald G. Stephenson will
not have an opponent in the Sep
tember balloting. All three are
Incumbents In their specific of
fice.
Other unopposed candidates in
clude Coroner Sam Cowan, and
Board of Education aspirants
Ralph Spears in District 1, and
James E. Hardman of District
7, a county-wide race. Other
offices and the candidates qual
ifying are:
Tax Commissioner: B. L.
Johnson and Mrs. Bill (Lula)
Vaughn.
Justice Os The Peace (Town):
Joe W. Laseter and E. L. (Chip)
King.
Chairman of The Board of
School. Other general officers
will be Mrs. Bobby Lee Rut
ledge as general secretary and
Mrs. B. B. Todd serving as
accompanist.
Tech Awards
Degrees To 4
Newtonians
Approximately 1,500 under
graduate and graduate degrees
were conferred by the Georgia
Institute of Technology in the
fields of engineering, science,
architecture, and management on
Saturday, June 8, at exercises
In the Fox Theatre.
The commencement address
was made by Dr. F. A. L. Holl
oway, President, Esso Research
and Engineering Co., Linden, New
Jersey.
Those receiving degrees from
Newton County are: Eugene L.
McCord, Petty St., B. S. in In
dustrial Mgm.; G. E. Home, 3193
Floyd St., B. of Mechanical
Engrg. of Covington; James P.
Benton, Jr., B. S. In Physics;
Ronald James Elliott, B. S. in
Physics, of Mansfield.
NUMBER 24
County Commissioners: Wal
ker Harris and Jack H. Morgan.
Commissioner District 1: Gene
Marks and E. M. McCart.
Commissioner of District 2:
C. Alton Jolley, James L. Hayes
and Sam H. Savage.
Commissioner of District 3:
G. H. Dobbs and C. J. Morris.
Commissioner of District 4;
Oliver J. Capes, Virgil Piper
and Claude H. Jordan.
Commissioner of District 5:
W. Thomas Greer, Jr. and C.
E. Trainer.
Board of Education:
District 1: Ralph Spears.
District 2: J. Paul Alexander
and Leonard Standard.
District 3: Marshall R. Elizer
and Wiley Allgood.
District 4; Sam B. Hay, Jr.
and Garland Hillman.
District 5; Marion Piper and
Clifford V. Rogers.
District 6: H. M. Pulliam and
Lester Smith.
District 7: James E. Hardman.
High School
Honor Roll
Nine Weeks Period:
Ninth Grade: Steve Clive,
Huanne Moore, Deborah Patrick,
Cindy Meyer, Bonnie Martin,
Susan Wills, Gail Wood.
Tenth Grade: Susan Chester,
Karen Meadors, Phyllis Ward.
Eleventh Grade; Carolyn Caul
kins, Nancy Mask, Lynn Parker,
Susan Kirkland.
Twelfth Grade; Mary Margaret
Allgood, Jan Deas, Teresa Ison,
Patsy Jenkins, Karen Dillingham,
John Gregory, Nancy Parker,
Linda Moon, Kathy Dennis.
Semester:
Ninth Grade: Huanne Moore,
Deborah Patrick, Cindy Meyer,
Bonnie Martin.
Tenth Grade; Susan Chester,
Karen Meadors, Phyllis Ward.
Eleventh Grade; Carolyn Caul
kins, Lynn Parker, Susan Kirk
land.
Twelfth Grade; Mary Margaret
Allgood, Jan Deas, Teresa Ison,
Patsy Jenkins, Susan King, Karen
Dillingham, John Gregory, Linda
Moon, Nancy Parker, Kathy Den
nis.