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This week has been one in which
some of our lovely brides were
honored, and there was one beau
tiful wedding. This wedding was
one of the prettiest ever at the
First Baptist Church. . . .and we
are sure we have had no pre
ttier bride, handsome groom and
attendants. The tiny nephew of
the bride, Carol George, just. . .
in the vernacular of your Office
Boy. . .“Stole the whole show,”
He was a darling if we ever saw
one, throughout the wedding cere
mony and at the beautiful recep
tion on the spacious lawn of the
Georges’ country estate.
This afternoon the home of the
Lanier Hardmans will be the
scene of a pretty Garden Party
honoring Miss Cindy Richardson,
bride-elect. The beautiful lunch
eon honoring Miss Carol George
at the Morcock home was a most
delightful occasion. . .especially
so, when we found the Morcock’s
younger daughter there, who with
her husband, are making their
home in Aurora, Ohio, had flown
in for the happy occasion. We are
delighted that the other daughter
Lucy will arrive Friday, (tomo
rrow), for a visit with her par
ents. She was the first person
to call the Office Boy’s “part
ner” “Aunt Mabel.” Therefore
she has been very dear to us.
We shall look forward to seeing
her. Oh! We forgot! The min
ute we sat down at the table
and saw our place cards. . .we
said; “OH! How Lovely. . .1
KNOW “Miss Priss” made these
cards, .and sure enough she did!
We know that artistic touch
wherever we see it!
Well, we’ve been in the back
yard all week helping (?????)
two men do some much needed
work. . .which made us forget
that our birthday was that same
day. . .until Mary, in the hospi
tal, sent her beloved with the
gifts, etc. WOW! That was a
cheer-up after a hard day! But
it’s not the gift, but always the
giver that means more than any
thing else could. Thank each
thoughtful friend, who remem
bered that this June 18 th, was our
birthday. . .Here we are trying to
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Atty. Marchman
Kiwanis Club
Speaker Today
Guest speaker at the Covington
Kiwanis Club today (Thursday) at
the Teen Can will be Atlanta At
torney Robert L. Marchman. The
buffet lunch will be served at 1
p. m. and the program will follow.
Klwanian Robert O. Arnold is in
charge of the program today and
he will introduce the speaker.
Bard Expansion
Plan Announced
The C. R. Bard, Incorporated,
Board of Directors have approved
an expansion building program
for the Covington plant of the
Bard firm on Industrial Boule
vard. Local Plant Manager Nor
bert Thompson announced that the
new building will have some
30,000 square feet of floor space
Scholarships Awarded At Kiwanis Club Meeting Thursday
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COVINGTON KIWANIS Club awarded a total of $7,900 In college
scholarships during the year 1968. Shown at the club meeting
Thursday at the Teen Can are some of the students who received
the grants. Seated, left to right: Edgar Wood, Kiwanis Scholar
ship Committee; J. W. Rutledge (Valdosta State College), Donna
Jean Allgood (U. of Georgia), Beverly Armistead (Academy of
Beauty Culture), Melody Barker (Middle Georgia College), Cynthia
Brown (DeKalb Tech), Mary Bruno (U. of Georgia), and Kiwanis
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REV. MR. EDGAR A. CALLAWAY, pastor of the First Baptist Church (left) watches as Bert Adams,
present chairman of the Board of Deacons, burns the note for the full payment of the remodeling of
the sanctuary of the church. Terry Avery, treasurer, is on right. The $75,000 note was paid off by
the church in less than four years.
$7,900 In Scholarships Awarded
At Covington Kiwanis Meeting
One of the major annual pro
jects of the Covington Kiwanis
Club, the scholarship awards,
were formally announced and de
livered at the club meeting
Thursday at the Teen Can. Many
of the recipients were present
for the program.
A grand total of $7,900 was
given in grants to the various
students this year. These in
cluded seniors at Newton County
High School, R. L. Cousins High
School, Oxford College, and three
students now enrolled in colleges
of the state.
Edgar Wood of the Kiwanis
Dr. Tuck Is
Hospitalized
Dr. Goodwin Tuck is a pa
tient in the Newton County Hos
pital after undergoing minor
surgery Monday.
Tuesday his condition was re
ported good.
and will cost about $750,000.00.
The new space will be utilized
for manufacture of a new type
surgical glove.
Bard is a leading manufactur
er of hospital and surgical sup
plies with main offices at Mur
ray Hill, New Jersey.
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Scholarship Committee, made the
awards. Those receiving grants
and the amount and college to
which they will report are;
Donna Jean Allgood, SSOO, un
iversity of Georgia.
Beverly Armistead, SSOO, Aca
demy of Beauty Culture.
Ronald Capes, SSOO, Georgia
State College.
Nancy Parker, SSOO, Oxford
College.
Daniel Sammons, SSOO, West
Georgia College.
Mary Bruno, S4OO, Univ, of
Georgia.
John Mell Callaway, S4OO,
Wake Forest University.
Cynthia Brown, S3OO, DeKalb
Tech.
Mary Lewis, S3OO, LaGrange
Covington-Newton County Night
At Braves-Cubs Game August 5
Covington and Newton County
baseball fans will have a night
at Atlanta Stadium on Monday,
August 5, when the Atlanta Bra
ves meet the Chicago Cubs. Ad
vanced tickets are already on
sale throughout the city and cou
nty for the game. Price of the
tickets for adults and children
are $3.50 (field level) and $2.50
for adults and $1.50 for children
In the upper level seats.
Members of the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of Com
merce have volunteered to dis
tribute the tickets, according to
C. of C. President Bill Hoffman.
Arrangements for the Newton
County Night were made at a
meeting at Commissioner Tom
president Philip Cohen. Standing: Bond Fleming of Oxford Col
lege, Richard Allgood (student at U. of Georgia), Bill Everitt (stu
dent at Georgia Tech), Ronald Capes (Georgia State College), Mary
Lewis (LaGrange College), Daniel Sammons (W. Georgia College),
William Marks (Berry College), John Mell Callaway (Wake Forest),
Nancy Parker (Oxford College), Guy Evans and James Hutchins,
Kiwanis Scholarship Committee members.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1968
College.
William Marks, S3OO, Berry
College.
Melody Barker, S2OO, Middle
Georgia College.
Three Cousins High students
whose awards were made earlier
included; Ruthella Sawyers, Car
olyn Perry and Linda Ann Reed,
SSOO each.
Three students now enrolled
in colleges each received SSOO.
They are Bill Everitt, Richard
Allgood and J. W. Rutledge.
Dean Bond Fleming of Oxford
College received a SSOO scholar
ship certificate to use at the col
lege during the coming year.
Bates office Friday morning. Ed
die Glennon of the Braves Pro
motional Dept, furnished several
dates on which the local night
could be held.
Both Mayor Walker Harris and
Commissioner Bates stated that a
Covington-Newton County Night
could benefit the baseball fans of
the county and at the same time
give some publicity to our area
of the state.
Braves officials stated that the
Newton County Blue Rambler
Band would be their guests at
the game. The visiting band
generally makes an appearance
on the field prior to the start
of the game.
/Mrs. Dickinson Resigns As
The Hospital Administrator
Robert Mitcham, Jr.
New Administrator
Mrs. Helen Dickinson, who for the past 10 years has served as
the administrator of the Newton County Hospital, has resigned that
position due to health reasons. She will be succeeded by Robert
Mitcham, Jr., who is presently the assistant administrator of
Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
Mr. Mitcham, a native of So
cial Circle, will assume his new
responsibilities on July 15.
Mrs. Dickinson was only the
second administrator of the local
hospital since it was opened in
1954. Mrs. Annie Laurie Reid
was the first head of the hospi
tal in Covington.
Mr. Mitcham received his hos
pital administration degree from
Georgia State College. He en
tered GSC after 10 years in the
armed services in the medical
corps. .After his graduation from
Georgia State he held a posi
tion as assistant administrator of
the Warner Robins Hospital. La
ter he operated a clinic at War
ner Robins for several doctors.
For the past two and one-half
years Mr. Mitcham has been as
sociated with Piedmont Hospital.
Presently the Newton County
Hospital is adding a new annex to
the facilities. This will even
tually mean that some 92-94
hospital beds will be available in
Covington. The completion date
has been set for early 1969.
The Mitchams plant to move to
Covington in the near future, hav
ing purchased the home of the
David Morrisons on Forrest
Drive.
Gerry, Herbert Katz Now On
Scout Trip To New Mexico
Gerry Katz, a member of Ex
plorer Post 211, with his father
Herbert Katz, an adult leader of
Post 211 of Oxford, will be among
the 40 Scouts, Explorers and
Leaders of the Atlanta Area Cou
ncil leaving Tuesday, June 18,
for a 21 day trip to Philmont
Scout Ranch and Explorer Base
in New Mexico.
Gerry has participated in Scout
activities since a Cub Scout and
now at the age of 15 is partic
ipating in one of Scouting’s fin
est programs in going to the
Philmont Scout Ranch and Ex
plorer Base, which is the 214-
square mile national camping
area of the Boy Scouts of Am
erica. Leading the expedition on
the trails of New Mexico’s San
gre de Cristo Mountains from
the Atlanta Area Council will be
Herbert Katz with Walter West
Newton Students
To Attend Honors
Program At Macon
Five Newton County students
will participate in the fifth annual
Governors Honors Program held
at Wesleyan College in Macon.
These students are among the
400 of Georgia’s academically
elite to attend this program. Ex
periencing a rigorous, chall
enging program of study, the
participants will enjoy weekly
book reviews, seminars amd dis
cussions on contemporary issues
and ideas, and exciting speakers
and special events.
Each student is nominated for
the program in a particular area
of study but also receives in
struction in one other major in
terest area as well as in phy
sical education. The program
participants, selected on a highly
competitive basis, represent
over ninety school systems in the
state of Georgia.
The Governors Honors Pro
gram is sponsored by the state
Department of Education under
the direction of Miss Margaret O.
Bynum.
Names of local students and
their areas of study include:
Miss Susan Kirkland, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Kirkland
of 4250 Herring St. NW, math
ematics; Mr. James Porter Peay,
son of Maj. and Mrs. Robert Peay
of 3113 Emory Street NW, music;
Miss Susan Chester, daughter of
Mrs. Virginia Chester of 404
Haygood Ave., Oxford, music;
Miss Phyllis Naomi Ward, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ward
of 2181 Church St., drama; Mr.
Lee still Piper, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Piper of 5168 Dear
ing St., SE, science.
Girl Injured
In Scooter*Car
Wreck Monday
Judy Shropshire, 13, of 4209
Elizabeth Street, Covington, suf
fered serious injuries Monday
afternoon in a motor scooter
automobile wreck at the corner
of Newton Drive and Elizabeth
Street.
Miss Shropshire was a pass
enger on the scooter, driven by
Ricky Funderburk, 14, of Cov
ington. The car was driven by
Mrs. Mary B. Thompson of Route
1, Covington, according to Cov
ington Police records.
Injuries to Miss Shropshire in
cluded a broken and crushed leg,
bruised lip, loss of two teeth and
other cuts. She remains in New
ton County Hospital where she
was taken following the mishap.
and Robert Perry, both of At
lanta.
The group will leave Atlanta
Stadium at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday by
air conditioned bus and will make
stops at New Orleans, Hemlsfair,
Astrodome, Mexico, Carlsbad
Caverns, Alamo, White Sands
Proving Grounds, Cowboy Mus
eum Oklahoma, Huntsville Rocket
Base and will arrive at Philmont
on June 23. Following their
arrival at the ranch they will
attend the opening campfire at
which the “New Mexico Story”
will be told and then with a
Philmont ranger move to their
starting camp and be led by him
for the first three days on the
trail.
Philmont Scout Ranch and Ex-
Bethany Honors Dr. Samuel B. Hay
Dr. Sam B. Hay was honored
at a special service on Sunday
evening, June 9, at the Bethany
Presbyterian Church. Dr. Hay
has been supplying Bethany
Church for a while since they
have been without a pastor. It
was at this same church 45 years
ago this month that Dr. Hay
began his ministry. At this
time, Bethany and Covington
Presbyterian Churches were
grouped together so it was in
these two churches that his first
pastorate began.
It all came as a surprise
to Dr. Hay who walked in for the
regular evening worship service
and found the church filled. Many
of Dr. and Mrs. Hay’s friends
from Covington had joined Beth
any to honor Dr. Hay.
Following the evening message
a special tribute was paid Dr.
Hay. Mrs. W. L. Mote, Jr. cov
ered the highlights of his first
pastorate at Bethany. There were
some present who had been bap
tized while Dr. Hay was pastor
and several were present who
united with the church during
his Bethany pastorate.
Mrs. L. A. Patrick from Cov
ington spoke of Dr. Hay’s a
chievements while serving the
Covington Church. It was here,
also, that he found the one who
was to become his wife, the
former Frances Dearing.
W. Leslie Mote, Jr. com
mented on Dr. Hay’s very suc
cessful twenty-three years as
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church at Auburn, Alabama. Ex
cerpts from letters received
when Dr. Hay left this church
were read by Mr. Mote. Dr. Hay
touched many a person during
these twenty-three years at Au
burn by the Christian example
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June Bride’s Tour In News Today
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JUDY LASETER and her fiance Jim Benton are featured in the
first annual June Bride’s Tour, a special supplement to this week’s
Covington News. After their marriage Saturday, the popular couple
will reside in Hickory, N. C. where he will be employed with IBM.
Jim is a recent physics graduate of Georgia Tech and Judy was a
student at Georgia Southern.
plorer Base is the world’s lar
gest boys’ camp. Located in
northeastern New Mexico, the
2 1/4-square mile ranch is near
the town of Cimarron, on the
slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Philmont had its beginning in
1938, when Oklahoma business
man Waite Phillips donated 35,-
857 acres of his ranch to the
Boy Scouts of America. After
observing the operation of the
camp, Mr. Phillips donated his
residence, ranch buildings, live
stock, operating ranch and eq
uipment, and the most scenic,
best improved portion of his es
tate to the Boy Scouts. The
camp, 127,000 acres, was named
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he always set before his people.
When the years of service for
some would be ending Dr. Hay’s
were just beginning. From his
pastorate at Auburn he went to
Stillman College in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama where he served as
president of the college for sev
enteen years. Dr. Hay’s achieve
ments at Stillman were consid
ered a miracle by many who knew
of his work there. Robert T.
King related to the congregation
Dr. Hay’s many accomplishments
while at Stillman.
Following the recap of his
forty-five years in the ministry,
Dr. and Mrs. Hay were then
Ronald Carter Promoted To
Assistant Bank Cashier
The Board of Directors of the
First National Bank of Newton
County have promoted Ronald E.
Carter to Assistant Cashier ac
cording to the announcement
made today by Executive Vice
President John Dickens.
Mr. Carter joined the staff
of First National In May 1967
, and prior to that time was asso
ciated with United States Fidelity
1 and Guaranty Insurance Com
i pany. Mr. Carter is a native of
Newton County and attended New
. ton County High graduating in
1960. He also atended West
i Georgia College at Carrollton,
j Mr. Carter is married to the
. former Libby Wright and they
I have two sons, Ron, 2 and Steve,
j 4 months.
In making this announcement
r Mr. Dickens stated that “we are
’ extremely proud to be a part
. of a growing Newton County and
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2 Charged With
Having Stolen
Auto Stickers
Two persons did not choose
to appear in Judge E. W. Str
ozier’s Covington City Court ses
sion Monday morning on charges
of “possession of stolen stick
ers” for their automobiles. As
a result, the two subjects for
feited their $25 cash bond.
The Judge’s weekly court ses
sion at City Hall had an unusually
large amount of law breakers
cited for trial. However, as in
many cases the accused does not
appear and therefore forfeits his
bond.
Topping the list Monday was
a man charged with speeding,
reckless driving, disorderly con
duct, and driving under the influ
ence of intoxicants. He had put
up a S2OO cash bond which he
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■ presented gifts from the people
' of Bethany by Mr. King. Every
one was then invited to the Fel
lowship Hall for refreshments
1 which were prepared by the Beth
any Women of the Church.
This was truly a service en
joyed by all present. Certainly
everyone who has known the Hays
has been blessed by this assoc
iation. Dr. and Mrs. Hay have
1 given unselfishly of their time
and talents in service for others.
It was indeed a pleasure for the
people of Bethany to honor such
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feel that this additional officer
is needed to help meet the needs
of our customer.”