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We know no language, or other
means of expression, with which
we might depict the magnitude,
beauty and efficiency of The Her
clues plant, Oxford. It was the
pleasure of this Office Boy to
tour the great plant on Saturday.
Truely, it is the most perfect
operation we have ever seen.
God in his wisdom has brought
to man the knowledge and in
genuity to perfect such a struc
ture.
This structure has kept me in
a daze all week! We cannot be
lieve the greatness of this struc
ture. . .press a button here; press
a button all along the line and
comes out at the other end of the
affair the most beautiful carpets
you can find anywhere. If we
remember correctly a plain white
powder, soft as flour goes in
one place. Oh well, we have the
story elsewhere in the paper,
along with a few pictures.
Your Office Boy went! We
Oooed and we Awed! We used
all the dynamic words we could
find. . .but nothing described
the intricate performance of this
plant. . .and I hope the Covington
News representatives invited to
this affair sat up and took no
tice. . .Cleanliness is next to
Godliness!.. .1 know we have too
much ink to ever be spotlessly
clean. . .we all but envied them
for the beauty and cleanliness of
that great plant. Sure! We climb
ed all the stairs right to the top,
and stood on the roof, and looked
out over the beautiful country...
pine trees and that view was a
beautiful sight! However, within
a stones throw of this building
we looked down from the roof
upon that vast acreage of new low
rent homes being constructed by
the Government, after requests
by our local officials, and Mayor.
We understand these fine homes
cost the City and County not one
cent. This is a wonderful pro
ject and we tip our hats to every
person responsible for getting
these much needed homes. . .
Back to the Hurcules plant. . .
the grounds are beautifully land
scaped. . .that beautiful stream,
pool (or whatever it was) in front
of the building. . .with an outdoor
carpet walk leading to it from the
front of the building. . .with its
seemingly blue waters and foun
tain was pretty enough to dive
right into.. .but they assured us
it was not quite deep enough. It
was truly one of the greatest
plants we have ever seen. Os
course we have not been thru one
in years. . .but to see powders
go in.. .punch a button and before
you know it there comes threads
of rose, blue, tan. . .well, they
didn’t tell us this, but me thinks
you punch a button when you want
gold, blue, rose or old gold. We
can’t even describe how those
threads, right in your face, so en
twine themselves that you do not
believe your own eyes! Yes
sire! They come out finally in
the most beautiful carpet you ever
saw! We’ve tried to tell you about
this plant elsewhere, but you know
one thing. ..it’s too much for your
Office Boy.. .When they finished
the tour they invited us into a din
ing room about the size of our City
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Covington NEWS
Total Electric
Edition Sept. 26
Ilie Covington NEWS Second
Annual "Total Electric” edition
will be published Thursday, Se
ptember 26, 1968.
Several all-electric homes in
the county will be featured in the
paper that week. This will in
clude articles and pictures of
the homes.
Advertising copy should be in
The News Office by Monday, Sept.
16. Your cooperation in meeting
this deadline will be appreciated.
David Fuller Killed In
Auto Wreck Near Almon
An automobile wreck Sunday
night on Harold Dobbs Road, near
Almon, claimed the life of David
Fuller, 19, of Pine Street, Por
terdale. He apparently died in
stantly when the car in which he
was a passenger overturned on
him after leaving the road, the
State Highway Patrol reported.
Driver of the car was Eugene
Ingram, 17, also of Porterdale.
Berman Fuller, of the Pine St
reet address in Porterdale, was a
passenger in the car. Their in
juries were not serious, the Pa
trol stated.
The car had rounded a curve
on the road and the driver app
arently lost control of the vehi
cle, according to State Highway
Patrol report.
A native of Butts County, he
was a member of union Ridge
Christian Church at Jackson.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Tuesday afternoon, Septem
ber 10, at Pepperton Baptist Chu
rch with Rev. James Brown and
Rev. Ralph Goodwin officiating.
Interment was in Pepperton Ce
metery at Jackson with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home in ch
arge of arrangements.
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BEST COVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
e Georgia Enterprise, Established 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
jLUME 103
Morgan Is County Commissioner
Hercules Open House Saturday
The Oxford Plant of Hercules,
Inc., located on Alcovy Road in
Covington, held open house Satur
day morning for 87 dignitaries
from throughout the county and
then entertained their employees
and their families with a special
tour of the plant in the after
noon.
Company officials who came to
Covington from the home office
in Wilmington, Delaware for the
occasion were: E. F. Hinner,
vice-president and chairman of
the board of directors, and Mrs.
Hinner; W. C. Brown, vice-pre
sident; Paul L. Johnstone, gene
ral manager of Fibers and Film
Department, Mrs. Johnstone and
daughter; D. L. Farrell, assis
tant general manager Fibers and
Film Department; G. H. Ripley,
director of engineering for Her
cules; L. J. Buttner, director of
engineering and planning for Fi
bers and Film Department; and
Ashworth Burslem, manager of
public relations.
Lou A. Karman, Oxford Plant
manager and master of cere
monies at the open house pro
gram, greeted the local people
and welcomed them to the Her
cules plant in Covington. All
present were greatly interested
in Hercules and responsible for
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Caulkins Named
General Manager
Hercules’ Plant
Henry B. Caulkins, Jr. suc
ceeds L. A. Karman as manager
of Hercules’ Oxford, olefin fibers
plant, it has been announced by
Paul L. Johnstone, general man
ager of the Fibers and Film De
partment of Hercules Incorpora
ted.
Mr. Caulkins, a native of Ch
attanooga, Tennessee, and a gra
duate of the Georgia Institute of
Technology, was vice president
in charge of sales for Southern
Chemical Cotton Company when
it was acquired by Hercules in
1965. He has been assistant
manager at Oxford since March,
1967.
An active member of the First
United Methodist Church in Cov
ington, Mr. Caulkins serves on
the Administrative Board. Ite is
a member of the State Chamber
of Commerce, the Elks Club,
and will serve as a director in
the Covington Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Caulkins, his wife Carolyn,
and their two daughters, reside
at Deerfield Estates, Covington.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie B. Fuller, broth
ers, Bobby Ray, Buddy, Wayne
Edward, Tommy Dennis and Rus
ty Fuller, all of Porterdale; two
sisters, Mrs. Betty F. James,
Jackson and Mrs. Rebecca F. Ja
mes, Porterdale.
Local Hospital
Administrator
Speaks Today
Guest speaker at the regular
weekly meeting of the Covington
Klwanis Club today (Thursday)
will be Robert Mitcham, Jr.,
newly-appointed administrator of
the Newton County Hospital. The
meeting will start at 1 p. m. at
the Teen Can building on Newton
Drive.
James Hutchins is in charge
of the program today.
Mr. Mitcham will tell the Kl
wanians about the operation of
the local hospital and its ser
vices to the community.
dnmngtun News
Hercules locating in Newton
County.
Paul L. Johnstone, general
manager of the Fibers and Film
Department of Hercules, was the
main speaker for the dedication
and open house.
"I have seen many fiber plants,
both in the United states and ab
road, but this one is without
equal,” Mr. Johnstone said, re
ferring to the Oxford Plant.
‘‘My pride in this plant is
shared by all in Hercules and is
perhaps best demonstrated by the
fact that Mr. Hinner, our chair
man, whom you have just met,
has scheduled the next Hercu
les board meeting to be held
here. It is a rare occasion for
Hercules to hold a board meet
ing away from its home base but
Mr. Hinner felt strongly that all
the directors should have an op
portunity to see such a fine
plant, staffed by such fine peo
ple.
From the very first we had
wonderful cooperation from the
Newton County Industrial Devel
opment Authority and by all the
people of Covington and Oxford,
including the leaders of your
churches, schools and city and
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Retail Sales In
Newton County
Up 8.8 Percent
Retails sales during the se
cond quarter of 1968 totaled
$2,217,455,000 compared to sl,
924,860,000 during the same per
iod last year, an increase of 15.2
per cent, according to a recent
survey by the Georgia Chamber
of Commerce.
Chattahoochee County led the
state with an increase of 42.8
percent. Retail sales decreased
in only four of Georgia’s 159
counties.
Newton County’s retail sales
during the past quarter showed
a gain of 8.8%. The figure for
the same period in 1967 totaled
$8,652,000, while the 1968 total
was $9,417,000.
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David W. Burson
David Burson’s
Funeral Rites
Held Wednesday
David Wood Burson of Route
1, Oxford, was killed Monday
when a pistol he was examin
ing at his home discharged and
the bullet struck him in the ch
est. He was 19 years of age.
A native of Newton County, he
was a member of Allen Memorial
Methodist Church and a part-time
employee of J. C. Pool Company.
He was a graduate of Newton
County High School in the class
of 1966-67 and was a student at
North Georgia College at Dahl
onega.
David was an Eagle Scout and
was presently serving as Assi
stant Scout Master of Troop 211
of Oxford. He was a member of
the National Rifle Association of
America and was a member of
Hall County Chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Wood Burson,
two sisters, Misses Janet and
Susan Burson, all of Oxford;
grandfather, Reuben Hull of Cov
ington and grandmother, Mrs.
Bessie Thompson of Lawrence
ville.
Funeral services were con
ducted Wednesday morning, Sept
ember 11, at Allen Memorial Me
thodist Church with Rev. John
Tate officiating.
Interment was in Oxford Cem
etery with Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home in charge of arr
angements. Serving as pallbear
ers were Allen Peters, David
Henderson, Steven Whitley, Jim
Alexander, John Mell Callaway,
and Wayne Rooks.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1968
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VISITORS ATTENDING the dedication and open house at the Oxford Plant of Hercules, Inc. Saturday
were greeted by company officials beside the recently completed color changing water castle fountains
and the reflection pond at the entrance of the building.
School Bond Issue
Election Sept. 18
Citizens of Newton County will
be asked to cast their ballot on a
$500,000 school bond issue next
Wednesday, Sept. 11. Pollsofthe
voting precincts will be open from
7 a. m. until 7 p. m.
Newton County School Supt. J.
W. (Whit) Richardson states that
some $382,000 State matching
funds will be forthcoming for an
elementary school building on
Brown Bridge Road on a 50-acre
tract of land recently donated to
Hugh Steele Elected
President C. Os C.
J. Hugh Steele was unanimously
elected president of the Cov
ington-Newton County Chamber
of Commerce Monday at the
club’s regular monthly meeting
at the Teen Can building. He suc
ceeds Bill Hoffman as president
of the organization.
Past C. of C. President Gree
ley Ellis presented the list of
officers as recommended by the
nominating committee. Others
elected to serve with Mr. Steele
are: S. J. Morcock, vice-pre
sident; Mrs. Marion Britt, sec
retary; and members of the board
of directors: Gerry Wendel, Guy
Evans, Greeley Ellis, Bill Ball
enger, Don Wood, Johnny Ma
loney, Charles Harwell and Bond
Fleming. Ex-Officio members of
the board are: Walker Harris,
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Gov. Lester Maddox
Gov. Maddox Is
Palmer-Stone
PTA Speaker
The Palmer Stone PTA, Ox
ford will hold its first meeting
of the new year Monday night,
September 16, at 7:30 P. M.
The civic club will have Gov
ernor Lester Maddox as special
guest speaker for the evening.
“We are urging every parent
and teacher to attend this meet
ing, in order to begin with good
attendance and membership and
have a progressive year for our
school and our children,” a spo
kesman for the PTA stated.
the School Board by Bibb Manu
facturing Company. The new fa
cility will take care of the Por
terdale Elementary School stu
dents, plus others who are
coming into the county.
Mr. Richardson said that Bibb
Mfg. Company owns the existing
school buildings at Porterdale
and that those buildings will be
turned back to that firm.
Enrollment this fall has in
creased some 300 students in
Mayor of Covington; Tom Bates,
Newton County Commissioner;
Donald Ballard, Newton County
Representative; and Mrs. Britt,
Secretary. Past President Bill
Hoffman is also a member of the
board.
Mr. Steele is the immediate
past president of the Covington
Rotary Club, and is Chairman
of the Board of the First Nat
ional Bank of Newton County. He
is also active in church and civic
affairs in Covington and Newton
County.
Harold Milby of the Small Bu
siness Administration was the
guest speaker at the C. of C.
meeting Monday. He outlined
the upcoming Management Se
minar to be held at Oxford Col
lege from Sept. 30 until Nov. 18.
This seminar Is sponsored by the
FLEMING TO
BE KIWANIS
PRESIDENT
Oxford College Dean Bond Fle
ming, an active Klwanian here for
the past two years, was elected
president of the club for the first
nine months of 1969. All Kl
wanis clubs will start a new club
year in October of 1969.
Dean Fleming was elected un
animously at the club meeting
Thursday at the Teen Can. Pre
sident Philip Cohen read over the
list of officers nominated at an
earlier meeting, and the entire
slate was approved by voice vote.
Serving with Dean Fleming will
be vice-presidents Ed Robinson
and Terry Avery, secretary Joh
nny Prescott, and treasurer E. E.
(Buck) Callaway. The board of
directors will be: Jordan Calla
way, Henry Caulkins, Rucker
Ginn, Sutton Hardy, Johnny Ma
loney, Spence Ramsey, Charles
Strickland, Edgar Wood and the
immediate past president Philip
Cohen.
This slate of officers will be
Installed December 29.
The new president of the club
served as chairman of the Spe
cial Projects committee during
1968. In 1967 and 1968 he was a
member of the Support of
Churches committee.
Newton County Schools. "If we
don’t do something about new
buildings we may have to go into
double sessions as many of the
other counties are doing,” Mr.
Richardson stressed Tuesday.
The local school board had or
iginally planned to have the school
bond referendum on the Septem
ber 11 ballot, but was advised by
Secretary of State Ben Fortson
that this would not be the thing to
do as Sept. 11 is a Democratic
Primary election.
If the bond issue passes, the
school board plans to start im
mediately on the project. Mr.
Richardson said that it would take
about a year to construct the
building.
Chamber of Commerce, Oxford
College of Emory University and
the Small Business Administra
tion. A session will be held each
Monday evening at the college.
Several guests were present
for the meeting Monday. Among
the visitors were: Dr. Johnny
Capes of Covington, John Mell
Callaway of Covington; Tony At
taway, co-manager of Coving
ton’s Kroger Store; Henry Caul
kins, newly-appointed manager of
the local Hercules Fiber plant;
Don Simonds and Fran Ohler of
Terre Haute, Indiana; Charlie
Grant of Wilmington, Delaware;
Travis Crouch of Atlanta; and
Prof. Ted Davis and Dr. Dallas
Tarkenton of Oxford College fa
culty.
John Dickens, program chair
man of the year for the C. of C„
read the minutes of the August
meeting. He also introduced the
guest speaker.
Noted Visitors At Rotary Meeting
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SHOWN AT THE ROTARY CLUB meeting here on September 3, are Lynn Holmes, a Rotary Found
ation Fellow, recently returned from Jerusalem following a years study there; his wife, the former
Elizabeth Nassar of Jerusalem; and J. W. Morgan, president of the local club.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 17-18
Legal 26-27
Classified .24-26
Johnson Defeats Vaughn
For Tax Commissioner
Jack H. Morgan defeated Walk
er Harris for the Chairman of the
Board of Newton County Commi
ssioners in the election held yes
terday (Wednesday) in Newton
County. The vote total was:
Morgan 3,437, Harris, 2,398.
Tax Commissioner Bonham L.
Johnson posted a victory over
Mrs. Bill (Lula) Vaughn by a vote
of 4,120 to 1,560.
In balloting for Commissioners
of the various districts, C. E.
Trainer downed W. Thomas Gr
eer by a vote of 1,241 to 1,-
191 for the Post of District No.
5.
Members of the Board of Edu
cation will be; Marion Piper who
defeated Cliff Rogers by a vote
of 1,287 to 1,029 for District
5; Sam Burney Hay won over Gar
land Hillman for District No. 4
by a vote of 1,604 to 789. In
county-wide vote for the Board
of Education H. M. Pulliam poll -
ed a vote of 3,428 to Lester
School Enrollment
Up 275 In Newton
The Newton County school en
rollment Increased at least 275
students on the first day, Friday,
August 30, according to an an
nouncement by James Bohannon,
Visiting Teacher.
The total entering the various
schools on the first day this year
totalled 5,975 against the first
day total of 5,700 a year ago.
Mr. Bohannon said,however, that
the total would be more within
the next few weeks as some stu
dents wait a week or so before
entering school. Another factor
that kept the enrollment from
being a higher figure this year
was the fact that school started
Newton County Pre-School
Association Is Organized
The first meeting of the New
ton County Pre-School Associa
tion was held on September 3rd.
at the lovely new Kiddle Corner
building with Mrs. Blake Arm
strong as hostess.
The meeting was called to or
der by Mrs. Robert Budd. She
presented Mrs. Jack Christian,
who brought a timely devotional
on “Love One Another” from
John 15:12.
Mrs. H. L. Entrekin of De
catur, now associated with Fic
quett School, and the first Pres
ident of the Georgia Pre-School
Assn., then installed officers.
She challenged each with their
responsibilities, and presented
them with a gift appropriate to
their office. The officers are;
Mrs. Robert Budd, President;
Mrs. Eula Lea DeLoach, Vice
President; Mrs. Alvin Rape, Se
cretary-Treasurer; Mrs. M. H.
Cunard, Chaplain.
The purpose of this organi
zation shall be to provide a pro
fessional organization for dir
ectors, teachers, and staff work-
NUMBER 37
Smith’s 1,678.
There will be a runover for
the Post 4 on the County Comm
ission board between Oliver
Capes and Claude Jordan. The
third man in this race was Vir
gil Piper. The vote was: Capes
1,068, Jordan, 713, and Piper
663.
In the recent race for County
Commissioner of District 1, E.
M. Me Cart defeated Gene Marks
by an unofficial vote of 571 to
438. For Commissioner of Dis
trict 2, there will be a runoff
between Alton Jolley and James
L. Hayes. In the 3-way race for
this commission post Jolley poll
ed 523 votes, Hayes 427 and Sam
Savage 351. Jolley was high man
in the race but did not poll a ma
jority of the votes cast.
For the District 3 Commiss
ioner post G. Harold Dobbs de-
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on a Friday, Mr. Bohannon stated.
First-day enrollments were:
School 1968 1967
Newton High 1,033 1,000
Cousins High 495 505
Flcquett 1,122 1,063
Cousins Elem. 770 805
Heard Mixon 140 108
Livingston 420 379
Mansfield 109 105
Palmer Stone 571 522
Porterdale 540 522
East Newton 387 385
Wash. Street 388 306
Totals 5,975 5,700
ers by the following means: pro
vide mutual help through discuss
ion of our common problems,
and through sharing Ideas; to In
sure the best care and education
for children under six in Newton
County through maintaining es
tablished standards in day care,
and to work towards establish
ing standards for kindergartens;
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MacGregor
Sets A New
Safety Record
The Covington MacGregor
Plant of Brunswick’s Consumer
Division reached a new milestone
in the area of industrial safety.
James E. Hastings, Plant Man
ager, announced that on Wednes
day, September 11, 1968, the
MacGregor Plant completed two
years of operations without a lost
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