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The School Lunch Program
has troubled us for some time,
The FREE LUNCH Program, You
know why? For the same reason
that so many Americans are
worried, or troubled about such
things., We do not understand it!
There is a program with all the
people working with County Dept.
of Family and Children Services,
being held in Atlanta, as wewrite
this column, We are intensely
interested in every phase of this
work, . .and only wish we could
have been free to attend this
meeting, There seems to be a
special course offered at this
time,
We are interested for several
reasons. We work hand in hand
with our Mrs, Nevels of this New
ton County Department to help
her work, simply because weare
interested and do care, Wework
with Mr., James Bohannon, Vi
siting Teacher, for the same
reason, It is the most rewarding
volunteer work we have done,and
our Circle of the Baptist Church
works with this group.
Our special interest right now
is wanting to know all about the
FREE LUNCH PROGRAM, Now
if you had plenty of money and
could have paid for your lunch
when you were in school. . .
could you have enjoyed it had
you really known that there were
children ‘“sorter’’ staying out of
sight because they could not af
ford to pay for their lunch?
Could the low cost lunch pu-~
pils get, not be paid by the month
by parents direct to the school,,.
then when classes were dismis
sed all children would scamper
happily into the dining hall and
eat, never knowing that it was
not possible for their parents
to pay. Nor would the other
children know,
I pray that something can be
worked out along this line! Little
fellows hiding at lunch time, and
never seen in the dining reom is
not what you want, Their little
bodies are weak by afternoon
session of school, from light
breakfasts and no mid-day meal,
Hadn’t you rather pay a little
more for yours so the Program
could work itself out that all our
children could EAT, It is not
only detrimental to the child’s
health, his pride, but to his
progress in his studies, And, of
all people, he wants an education
that his family might have food
enough at each meal, Now we may
not understand just how this can
be worked, but we know there is
enough money in every town in
the State to pay for food for
little children who have to sc
amp away out of sight at lunch
time, . .and they are hungrier
than the ones who scamper into
the dining room with money to
pay for their meal, It not only
weakends little bodies to do with
out food, but their minds, and,as
we said, their ability to learn, ..
and of all people they need to be
well educated,
What can we do about this, ..
“Jt is more blessed to give then
to receive,” and we do feel that
the City and County Officials can,
and will, come to the aid of ¢the
least of these,”” We are all out
for the Stocking Fund at Christ
mas! And so we should be, ~
We are all out for the United
Fund as we should be, We are
all out for Cancer, Heart, andall
others, That we should be is not
questioned, We have in our own
schools, littletimid children, who
slip around to be unnoticed be
cause they do not have money to
eat lunch, Could you study on
an empty stomack eachday, Your
mental attitude would be warped
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' School Os Care For Exceptional Children Opens
The School of Care for ex
ceptional children in Newton
County opened Sept, 12 at Oxford
Baptist Church with 11 students
enrolled, One of these was Ste
vie Knight, 8, who told his parents
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Newton County Fair Opens Monday
School Bonds Passed
By 1,199 To 388 Vote
The Newton County School
Bonds were passed by more than
3 to 1 vote in the special re
ferendum held on Wednesday,
Sept. 18. The official count
was 1,199 votes for the $500,-
000 bonds, and 388 against the
issuance of the bonds.
Four of the 17 voting pre
cincts cast ballots against the
bonds, which will be used to
construct a large elementary sc
hool building on Brown Bridge
Road on 50-acres of land given
by Bibb Manufacturing Company,
Mansfield, Newborn, Rocky Pl
ains and Brewers voted against
the bond issue,
The complete tabulation fol
lows:
Bloodmobile At Hercules
Plant Monday, Sept. 30
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile will be at the Cov=
ington Hercules Plant, Monday,
September 30 from 1 until 6
p.m., according to an announce=
ment this week by Jerry Fields
of Hercules.
Mr, Fields said that no quota
Conquest Os
Light' Film At
Kiwanis Toda
Local Southern Bell Office
Manager Ray Reece will have
charge of the Covington Kiwanis
Club program today (Thursday)
at the Teen Can building when
he will show an interesting film
entitled ‘‘Conquest of 'Light.’”?
Also associated with the pro
grain will be a laser beam used
in communication which Mr.
Reece will demonstrate at the
meeting, Mr. Reece is chairman
of the Special Events committee
of Kiwanis and this is one of
his programs for the year.
Prasan Wongyaiof North Thai
land was the guest speaker at
the weekly lucheon meeting of the
Covington Kiwanis Club, Thurs
day. His topic was centered
around the theme ¢‘Why Viet
Nam?”
He traced the history of Viet=
nam back to the BC era, and
he also gave some interesting
historical data onhis own country
Thailand, He stated that his
country was most grateful for
the interest shown in Thailand
by the United States, USbuisness
interests and troopsare present
ly in Thailand, he added ‘‘We
hope you will continue to help
our country, and by so doing
Communism will notgeta strang
le-hold there,”’
Among the visitorsat the meet=
ing ‘rnursday were: Mason St
ephenson of Covington, Charlie
Dekin, Joe Miller of Covington,
Va,.; Clay Summers and Fred
Alexander of the NCHS Key Club;
and an interclub from Madison:
Joe Baldwin, C, W, Rick, Jr,,
W. S, Gardner and J, D, Harris,
life. . .my first day at school.
I’m a big boy today.’’
All of the children are inca
pacitated in various ways., Some
are trainable, someare educable,
Some havebeen to school but were
unable to make the grade in a
‘‘normal’”’ situation, Some, like
Ervin Waddleton, 14, have high
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Actually Ervin’s plight was the
begiuning of the project, His
mother Mrs, Frances Waddleton,
has spent several years carrying
Ervin back and forth to the Ce
rebral Palsey School in Atlanta,
Making the long trip eachday be
came more and more difficult as
her other three childrengrew in
volved in school and community
activities, Frances decidedtodo
something for Ervin here at
home, in her own living room if
necessary, She got on the phone
and talked to other mothers of
exceptional children and the Sc
hool of Care is the result,
. Rev, Kent Anglin, pastor of
Oxford Baptist Church, entered
into the plans enthusiastically,
Before returning here to the Ox=
ford church this Newton County
native spent a year in training
at the Mental Health Institute
in Atlanta and a year in service
at Milledgeville State Hospital
working with the mentally re
tarded,
He laughs when he talks of
Frances’ determination to start
school in her living room, ‘“We
are limited here at the church in
our facilities but think how much
JEST COVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
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Precinct:
For Against
Oxford 86 22
Stansells 115 8
Porterdale 95 23
Mansfield i 35
Brick Store 32 23
Rocky Plains 30 34
Covington 538 5
Hays 26 20
Almon 61 24
Newborn 18 25
Cov, Mills 32 3
Wyatt 20 11
Downs 38 16
Leguinn 35 6
Brewers 16 44
Gaithers 5 3
Gum Creek 35 16
Totals 1199 388
has been set for the Bloodmobile
visit to the local industrial fac=-
ility, but that he has had save
orable reaction to donor
promises. This is the first trip
of the blood unit to the Hercules
plant here.
Donors are being sought plant=
wide and the unit will be set
up in the Hercules Training
Room.
The Covington Service Guild
membership will again aid in
the clerical work and serving
refreshments Monday. Mrs. J.
W. Rumble is the Service Guild
Chairman of this project.
The past several visits of the
Bloodmobile to Newton County
towns and cities has not seen
the quota met. In order for
Newton County to remain a re=-
cipient of services of the Atl
anta Blood Center a generous
response is needed during future
visits of the Bloodmobile, a local
Red Cross official stated.
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Service Guild
Saving Sfamps
The Covington Service Guild
is joining hands with the Junior
Conference of the Georgia Fed
eration of Womens Clubs in
helping to promote the ¢¢Share
Our Substance’’ project. They
are collecting cancelled comm
emorative stamps and cancelled
foreign stamps which will be sold
through the United Church Women
of Georgia to buy government
surplus food to be shared with
the needy of the world,
They are asking the readers
of The Covington News to help
them in this project by saving
such stamps and giving them
to any member of the Service
Guild, or sena tnem to Service
Guild International Affairs Cha
irman Mrs. Everett H, Pratt,
2171 Church St.,, Covington,
Please cut the stamps from the
envelope, leaving at least 1/4
inch envelope to protect the per
forated edge of the stamp -
stamps with cut edges cannot be
used, Do not include George
Washington, Lincoln, Flag, Roo
sevelt, or 10¢ Airmail stamps,
more limited we would have been
in a home,’’
Mr, Anglin says the group of
mothers and volunteers now as
sembled has two short range
goals, . .to entertain and amuse
the children and to give mothers
of these children some free time
and a chance to get out, Ses
sions are on a limited basis
with students working in small
groups according to their abilit
ies,
‘“We hope to have enough volun=
teers so that all these mothers
can have Tuesday and Thursday
mornings free, These are the
mornings the school meets,
¢“We want these children—and
mothers—to feel thatthey are not
alone but we want toinvolve them
in community experiences, They
have been isolated too long with
their problems,’’
“We also have long - range
goals of education and training,”
he added, ¢‘‘After Christmas we
hope to begin some teaching tech
niques with our students,”’
By then each child will have
been evaluated by a child psyco
logist and his ability determin
ed,
“1 have a personal goal beyond
this,”’ Mr, Anglin said, ‘‘l hope
that we can use this as the be
ginning of a full-scale project
to meet the needs of all ex~
ceptional children inthe county,”’
At present health and school
officials estimate from 18-25
Newton children qualify, School
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1968
Porterdale Preacher To Attend ‘Crusade 0f Americas’
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by the Georgia Baptist Convention to attend the Crusade of Americas at Washington, D, C,, October
10-13, Looking over an advanced copy of the program are Rev. Earnest and J, T, Elkins, Chairman
of the Board of Deacons of the Porterdale Baptist Church, World leaders will attend the 3-day meeting
at the Shoreham Hotel,
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7th Anniversary
Now Underway
Merchants of the Covington
Meadows Shopping Center are
presently staging their 7th Ann=-
iversary Sale days. All 10
merchants of the center are
joining in the celebration with
special bargains for customers
and friends in this area.
Stores in the Covington Mea
dows Center are: W, T. Grant,
The Hutch, Henson Furniture Co
mpany, Big Apple Super Market,
Tony Wilkie Insurance Agancy,
Covington Meadows Barber Shop,
Meadows Hair Stylist, Davis
Pharmacy, Ruth’s Diner and Sou~
thern Discount Company.
In an 8-page advertising sec=
tion (in color) in The Covington
News today, each merchant has
a message for our readers. We
suggest you turn to the special
section in the paper today for
more details on their 7th Anni
versary fete.
Leadership Skills To Be Taught Scouts
Boy officers from the twenty=-
one Scout Troops in the Newton=-
Rockdale District will meet Sat=-
urday morning for a day of lead
ership training. The sessions wi=
11 be held at the Troop 222 Sc~-
out Hut in Covington, beginning
at 8:30 a. m. and ending at 4:30
p. m, Boys currently serving
in leadership positions in their
troops will compose the major=-
ity of those attending. Boys who
will become officers in their
troops in the coming year will
also be present.
The Patrol method is used in
the Scout Troops. Troops are
leaders are seeking out these
other children and their mothers
to let them know someone cares,
Mothers involved in the project
have admitted that their children
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STEVIE KNIGHT says his recent first day at school was the hap
piest day of his life, Mrs, Geneva Chapman, volunteer worker,
assists,
Earnest Will Attend 3—Day
Americas Crusade Convention
Rev,. H, N, Earnest, pastor of
the Portadale Baptist Church, has
been appointed by the Georgia
Baptist Convention to attend the
Crusade of Americas convention
to be held at the Shoreham Hotel
in Washington, D, C, October 10-
13,
This convention will beattend=-
ed by Baptist leaders through
out the world, The meeting is
bei.ig held in preparation for the
' rusade o: Americas Revivals to
be held next spring, The first
meeting of the Central Comm=
ittee said: We want a deepening
of the spiritual life within chur
ches, homes, and individual Ch~-
ristians, Second, the evangel
ization of the American contin
ents and the establishmentof true
moral and spiritual bases for the
betterment of mankind’s econ
omic, social and physical wel
fare,
Rev, Earnest was selected by
divided into Patrols of six
eight boys each. Each Patrol
elects a boy to be its Patrol
leader and one to be the Ass
istant Patrol ILeader. Other
boy officers include Scribe,
Quartermaster, Bugler, Librar
ian and Insiructor. The train
ing course will emphasize the
techniques of carrying out the
respective leadership responsi=
bilities.
Instructors will include Carlos
Meyer, District Training Chair
man; Roger Zuercher, District
Scout Executive; Jerry Aldridge,
Charlie Burnett, Tom Rowland,
need help and they want to see
this help provided, They are
ready and eager to talk to other
mothers of exceptional children
and let them know that they are
the Candler School of Theology,
Emory University and the Pro
gressive Farmer Magazine as the
Minister of the year for 1960,
Rev, Earnest attended Norman
Junior College, Florida State Un
iversity and Emory University.
He is presently serving as Pre
sident of the Stone Mountain Ba
tist Pastor’s Conference and is
Vice Moderator and Training Un=-
ion Director for the Stone Moun
tain Baptist Association, He is
also chairman of the missionand
nominating committees,
Rev, Earnest is the probation
officer of the Newton County Juv
enile Court, He was pastor of
Eastern Baptist Church, Moul=-
trie and Moderator of the Col
quitt Baptist Association before
accepting the Porterdale pastor
ate, He also served as the Juv=
enile Probation Officer of Col
quitt County.
George Hutchinson, Jim Thomp
son, and Clyde Aul,
Sessions will cover the Patrol
Method, Second and First Class
skills, the Patrol Leaders Coun=
cil, Ceremonies and Awards,
Program Planning, and Camp=-
fire Programs. Theday program
will conclude with the presenta
tion of training certificates and
closing ceremony.
All boy and adult leaders att=
ending are asked to bring their
own lunch. All sessions will be
held at the Troop 222 Scout Hut
on East Conyers street in Cove
ington,
At Oxford Baptist
not alone any longer,
“We need qualified volun
teers,” leaders said last week,
“We are talking to experts in
the field of exceptional child
care but we also need untrained
volunteers, If they will give
their time we’ll train them,”
The school needs money, too,
and is talking to a local civic
club about sponsorship,
Rotary Cub Pack
58 Is Organized
Cub Scout Pack 58 sponsored
by the Covington Rotary Club
held its organizational meeting
Tuesday night September 24, at
the Teen-Can Building with Her=
bert Vining, Institutional Repre
sentative, presiding,
Jack Gibbs will serve as Cub=
master with Jack Christian, Cha=
irman of the Pack Committee,
Serving as Secretary-Treasurer
will be Mrs. Fred Kaempffe;
Advancement, Hillman Jackson;
Organization and Extension, Carl
Pickering; Special Activities,
Bob Mizelle; Health and Safety,
Dr, Jim Purcell; and Training,
E. G, Lassiter.
Three Dens were represented
Tuesday evening with 17 Cubs,
Fred Kaempffe will serve as
Leader of The Webelos Den,
Serving as Den Mothers are:
Mrs, Robert Mizelle, Mrs, James
Hardy, Mrs, J, L. Johnson, Mrs.
Brice Lunsford.
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American Legion Sponsored
Event Set Sept. 30 To Oct. 5
The 1968 Newton County Fair will get underway at Legion Field,
Covington, Monday, September 30th and will continue throughout
the week, according to a joint announcement by Net:ton County
Legtion Post 32 Commander Charles Smith and County Agent Ed
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More room is provided this
year for booths, exhibits of farm
and home and the same high
type midway shows will be pre=
sent, The James H, Drew Shows
again will be the entertainment
attraction on the grounds from
Monday through Saturday even
ing.
An added feature day this year
will be Senior Citizens Day at
the fair, The day has been de=-
signated as Tuesday, October 1,
The event is being sponsored
by the Pilot Club of Covington,
Exhibits and booths will be
ready for viewing on Monday af
ternoon, The displays of farm
and home products are expect=
ed to be numerous and of a high
quality again this year, according
to Mr, Hunt, Prize money for
first, second and third place
will be given by Post 32 Ameri
can Legion,
Booths for community clubs,
home economics clubs and civic
clubs will carry prize money in
the following amounts: Ist, $50,;
2nd, $45.; 3rd, S4O, All others
will be awarded a consolation
prize of $30.00,
Friday has been designated as
school children’s day at the fair,
Prices for rides, shows and am
usements will be reduced for
school children on this day.
The Georgia Game and Fish
Commission’s Wildlife Exhibit
will be back for the second
year in a row, The exhibit
will be setup in the livestock
shed near the entrance to the
midway.
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Miss Stephenson,
Former Newton
Tax Receiver, Dies
Funeral services for Miss Eva
Stephenson of Emory Street, Cov=
ington were held Tuesday morn=
ing, September 24, at the Chapel
of Harwell Funeral Home with
Rev. T. J. White, pastor of the
Covington Presbyterian Church,
officiating.
Miss Stephenson was a native
of Newton County and was 85
years old. She was a member
of the Covington Presbyterian
Church, where she had taken
an active part in all church
activities. For 34 years she
served as Tax Receiver for New=
ton County. During her years
in this county office she gained
many friends throughout this sec
tion, She passedaway in aprivate
hospital on Sunday, September
22, following a short illness.
She is survived by one sister,
Mrs, Lillian Weaver, with whom
she made her home, and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Interment was in Covington
City Cemetery with J, C, Harwell
and Son Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements., Serving as
pallbearers were Earnest Lee
Stephenson, Donald Stephenson,
John Bob Weaver, S. M, Hay,
Bonham Johnson, Henry Odum,
Jr.,, Tom Bates and Pat Camp
bell.
Mrs, Waddleton is chairman
of the school with Mrs. Geneva
Chapman, vice - chairman; Mr,
Anglin, treasurer; Mrs. Geneva
Knight and Mrs, Dei Anglin, ma
terial chairmen and Mrs, Becky
Mask, refreshment chairman,
Workers include Mrs, Audry
Holifield, Mrs, Mary Harman,
Mrs. Ann Mason, Mrs, Wynette
Thompson, Mrs, Gwen Jones and
Mrs, Anglin, On the advisory
committee are Mrs, Robert Fau=
lkner, Dr. Bob McConnell, Dr.
Charles Teal, Mr, Anglin and
Dr, Milton Snyder,
Volunteers may call Mrs, Wad
dleton at 786-2981 or Mrs, Chap~
man at 786-2344 for further in
formation,
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Temperatures
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Covington temperatures dur=
the past week, according to local
Weatherman Jack Chapman,
were:
High Low
Wed,, Sept. 18th 76 61
Thurs., Sept. 19th 79 67
Fri., Sept. 20th 81 67
Sat., Sept. 21st 82 62
Sun,, Sept. 22nd 81 59
Mon,, Septe 23rd 83 59
Tues., Septs 24th 87 59
Total weeks rainfall was .99
inch.
NUMBER 39
Furniture
Second Time
Covington Furniture Company,
on the Square in Covington, was
robbed again Sunday night for the
second time within two months.
The same method was used by
the thieves to enter the store,
via the back door which was
broken open, stated Covington
City Police Tuesday.
Police stated that several tele=
vision sets and stereos were
taken in the latest robbery. The
robbery was discovered by Cove
ington night policemen about 5
a.m, Monday.
In the first robbery on July
22 a stolen car was used by
the thieves to haul away seve=
eral TVs and other items.
Readers of The Covington
NEWS today will have an oppor=
tunity to see and read about se=
veral Total Electric homes in
Newton County in the paper to=-
day. There is a 24-page supple=
ment (in color) with your regular
NEWS today.
This is the second annual Total
Electric Living edition published
‘locally. It is in two sections in
order that more pages and ad
vertisments could be included in
color.
Almost all business firms con=
nected with electrical appliances,
financing, building contractors,
power distributors, and associa=-
ted industries are included inthe
special edition this year.
ATLANTA-With a strong call
to all citizens for‘‘private and
solemn’’ consideration of their
obligations in regard to highway
safety, Governor Lester Maddox
has proclaimed the week of Sept=
ember 22-28 as the eighth annual
‘‘Highway Week’’ in Georgia.
Noting the wide range of ser=
vices to every citizen by his
highways and the efforts being
made to provide more and better
highways, the Governor’s procl
amation made special reference
to his ““Action Program for High=
way Safety’’, which ‘“will involve
every agency, organization, and
individual . . to a degree unpar=
alleled by any such previous efe
fort.”
It called upon every individual
‘4o privately and solemnlv con=
sider his personal obligation to
society, his family, and himself
to do all in his power to help
reduce the horror of injury and
death which now blights the pr
oud promise of our highways,
roads, and streets,’’
The Governor’s proclamation
was read to the September meet=
ing of the State Highway Board
by Ninth District Board Member
Loyd Strickland at the request
of Board Chairman Reginald Tr=
ice,
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Capes And
Jolley Elected
Oliver Capes and C, Alton
Jolley were elected to the New=
ton County Board of Commis=
sioners in a runoff election held
yesterday (Wednesday). The spe=-
cial election was held for Dis
trict 2 and District 4 commis~
sion posts.,
The District 4 race between
Capes and Claude Jordan invol=-
ved the Covington Town district,
Capes polled 562 and Jordan 472
votes.
In District 2, Jolley had a
vote of 435 against his opponent,
James L. Hayes who polled 377.
polled votes,
The Newton Board of Com=
missioners now include:
Jack H, Morgan, chairman,
E. M. McCart, District 1.
Alton Jolley, District 2,
Harold Dobbs, District 3.
Oliver Capes.'Dlstrict 4,
C, E, Trainer, District 5,