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The REA Building rang out
with enthusiasm, happiness, ea
gerness and with dignity, as
“President Betty”, presided
over the Newton County Hospital
Auxiliary meeting Tuesday mor
ning! The huge urn of that “cer
tain brand” of hot coffee was
perking away on a freezing mor
ning, and ready to delight each
member as she arrived.
We never saw such an en
thusiastic group. . .and, without
calling names, we do have a Pro
jects Chairman, who can think
of more things to do to raise
money for the various equipment,
so urgently needed at the hospital,
than all the rest of the something
like 90 members can think of.
Frankly, and confidentially, she
can “sell ice to an Eskimo”
too. . .when we can’t even give
it away!
This group certainly will have
all this particular equipment for
the hostpial by next spring. . .
and by then it will be saving
many lives. . .the lives of your
friends, neighbors, could be one
of us, or our family members.
So, every person has pledged
her best, in Service, to this work
so sacred to our hearts.
For the men of this County
we are offering you an Honorary
Membership in the Hospital Au
xiliary. We all want to sell 25
memberships each. . .so look in
the book for our Telephone num
ber. . .or just send us a check
for $5.00 (which money will apply
on hospital equipment) and you
will be an Honorary Member for
FIVE YEARS! We want every
man in the county to be an Hono
rary Member, and KNOW that you
have had a part in saving lives
at our hospital. How about it...?
One gentleman has already pur
chased one ticket from us, by
telephone. . .so how about drop
ping in the News Office and
leaving your check, and having
your membership card mailed
to you for your bill fold, or call
any member of the Auxiliary
and purchase from her. That
five year membership means that
it has cost you only SI.OO per year
and you will not miss that.. .but
will receive a great reward, by
seeing lives saved because we
had the equipment at the Hos
pital, on hand, in TIME!
Old man frost is nipping the
pretty flowers! But turning these
clocks back is something else...
It keeps us sorter mixed up
goin’ to bed and cornin’ out of
the bed in the morning. Maybe
we all will catch up with our
selves soon, or meet oursel
ves cornin’ back. . .we are just
that mixed up, be gory if we
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THOMAS E. TREADWELL KILLED
ABOARD MEDITERRANEAN SHIP
3/C Petty Officer Thomas E.
Treadwell of Route 2, Covington,
was killed on October 26, while
serving aboard the Carrier USS
Forrestal in the Mediterranean
Sea. Ms body is being sent back
to Covington, with burial
arrangements to be announced
at that time.
Treadwell was a native of New
ton County and a graduate of
Newton County Mgh School in
the class of 1964. He entered
the US Navy in January, 1965.
A member of Salem Methodist
Church, he was 22 years old at the
time of his death.
According to the report
received here by his parents,
Treadwell was serving as Cap
tain of his crew, landing planes
on the deck of the Carrier Forr
estal when a cable broke and he
was knocked overboard into the
sea. After recovery of his body
he was taken to Naples, Italy
from which point he is being sent
home for burial, which should
be around a week.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Irman L. Treadwell,
one sister, Miss Shirley Tread
well and his grandmother, Mrs.
T. P. Treadwell, all of Coving-
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FOUR CLOSE PERSONAL friends of Covington’s Robert O. Arnold (center) came to Covington Thursday
to help Mr. Arnold celebrate his 80th birthday. They attended the regular weekly meeting of the
Covington Kiwanis Club with Mr. Arnold. Shown shaking hands with him are (from left to right):
T. M. Forbes, retired Executive Vice-President Georgia Textile Mfg. Assn.; Bill Ryan, Financial
Vice-President of Atlanta Gas Light Co.; Norman Elsas, retired President of Fulton Bag and Cotton
Mills; and George Folsom, Secretary Atlanta Gas Light Company. All are from Atlanta.
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City He*
Close All-. /
On Saturdays
City Manager Bill Mauney pre
sented an evaluation report to the
Mayor and City Council Monday
night concerning the operation of
the departments of the city. Sev
eral points of improvement were
discussed but no immediate
action was taken.
The Council voted to close the
City Hall on Saturday’s beginning
December 1. A drop-in payment
box on the drive-in window side
of the City Hall will be used to
make payments.
Bids were opened on the pur
chase of three police cars and
one 4-door sedan. A low bid
on all four vehicles by Walker
Harris Autos was accepted. The
bids were as follows; Three
police cars—Walker Harris
Autos, $4,094.58; Covington Auto
Service, $6,261.00; and Ginn
Motor Company, $6,290.55.
Four-door sedan—Walker Ha
rris Autos, $2,768.35; Ginn
Motor Company, $2,809.29; and
Covington Auto Service,
$2,887.00.
A taxi operators license was
approved for John H. Smith, and
a door-to-door clothing peddlers
license was set at SIOO per year.
Uncollectable utility bills in the
amount of sBll.lß, and city taxes
in the amount of $139.27 were
voted to be written off in other
Council action.
The Council voted to purchase
land costing $2,500 from Robert
Qualls to erect a scrubbing sta
tion for the gas system. Also
voted was a salary increase for
the Cemetery department acc
ording to the minimum wage
scale.
Atkins First
To Enter City
Council Race
One candidate has entered the
Covington Council race for the
upcoming election on December
4, 1968. L. B. (Duck) Atkins
has qualified for Post 4 in the
election.
The qualifying deadline for
candidates to enter the race is
November 19, according to an
announcement by City Clerk Mrs.
Guy Schell.
Three councilmen will be elec
ted at the forthcoming December
balloting.
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Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home of Covington,
where his body will be taken on
arrival.
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| Halloween Caution Urged
I In "Trick Or Treat” Areas
Comptroller General and Fire
Commissioner James L. Bentley
today asked for extreme caution
on Halloween night to insure the
safety ofchildren whoare “trick
or-treating.”
Mr. Bentley said that motorists
should exercise more than usual
caution, as children, in their
excitement, are likely to step
into the street in front of ve
hicles. Further, he reminded
motorists that most trick-or
treat activity occurs during the
dusk and early dark hours, when
visibility is at its worst. He
also suggested that parents
should be sure that costumes are
either light in color, or that
they should affix a piece of re
flecting tape to some easily seen
area of the costume. Os course,
he added, the best precaution,
particularly for young children,
is for some adult to accompany
them on their rounds.
The commissioner said that
Halloween costumes may frequ
ently constitute a severe fire
hazard. They are often made
of paper or some left-over mat
erial that was not originally in
tended for clothing.
Mr. Bentley offered several
suggestions that are designed to
increase the safety margin. He
said that flashlights should be
used instead of candles. He re
ported that homemade costumes
that are made of cotton can be
flame-proofed by dipping in a
solution of two quarts of warm
water, mixed with seven ounces
Booth On Square
Election Day
Next Tuesday, November 5,
between the hours of 10:00 and
7:30, as a public service to the
voters of Newton County, the
Newton County Hospital Auxiliary
will have a booth on the square
and will be selling sandwiches,
sausages and biscuits, potato
chips, cakes, candy, pies and
cookies, coffee and cokes.
Plan to have lunch here or
grab a snack to munch while
you wait in line to vote. All
proceeds will go toward the pur
chase of a heart-lung resuscita
tor for the hospital.
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The Newton County Auxiliary
will be selling honorary member
ships for $5.00 for a five year
membership. This contribution
is tax deductible.
All members who have not paid
their regular membership dues
for the coming year will please
turn them in to Mrs. Cleon Dial
as soon as possible.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1968
of borax and three ounces of
boric acid. Hie costumes should
be allowed to dry, and then ironed.
Props, such as broom handles
and swords, should be made of
cardboard.
Mr. Bentley further cautioned
that children should wear their
own shoes no matter how enticing
mother’s or father’s seem. Shoes
that are too large can cause
falls.
Mr. Bentley added another
word of caution, “Leave the dog
at home.” He reasoned that the
dog may distract the children
when they are crossing streets,
or that it might mistake the nei
ghbor’s child for a real goblin,
and cause injury. He further
said families that own cats should
keep them in that evening, as they
are sometimes taken or mis
treated by pranksters.
Finally, he said that if it is at
all possible, children should not
wear masks that can seriously
obscure vision. Painted faces,
he said, are twice as safe and
just as much fun.
Youngsters To "Trick Or Treat For UNICEF” Tonight
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“TRICK OR TREAT FOR UNICEF” will be a familiar call tonight (Halloween). This group of UNICEF
Trick or Treaters were photographed at the home of Mrs. Everett Pratt, Covington Service Guild
International Affairs Committee Chairman. From left: Mrs. Robert Mizelle, chaperone; Suzy Adams,
Lori Mizelle, Mrs. Pratt, Peter Briggs, David Mizelle, Tommy Mizelle and Bubba Mallard.
Guidance Clinic Spotlighted
Representative citizens of civ
ic organizations, government ag
encies, churches, industries, ed-
Rockdale Girl
Accident Victim
Little Mary Ellen Shepherd,
seven years of age, was hit by an
automobile early Wednesday
morning on US 278 when she ran
to board a school bus near her
home. The accidental death oc
curred at the Edwards Trailer
Court, near the Salem Road exit
of Interstate 20, adjacent to the
Rockdale-Newton county line.
Miss Shepherd, a student in
the second grade, was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Shep
herd who lives in the trailer
park. Mr. Shepherd said the
little girl was running to board
the bus at 7:30 a. m. when the
accident happened.
She is survived by her parents;
brother W. A. Shepherd, Jr.;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Clay of Monticello; Mrs. H.
H. Shepherd of Birmingham,
Ala.; and grandmother, Mrs.
Mary W. Clay of Madison.
Funeral arrangements were to
have been announced late yester
day (Wednesday) by Caldwell &
Cowan Funeral Home of Coving
ton.
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PRESIDENTIAL
Election Tuesday
NEWS Starts
104th Year Os
Publication
With this issue of The Cov
ington NEWS, the newspaper is
starting its 104th year of pub
lication. The paper was founded
here on October 28, 1865.
To mark the birthday occas
ion, Ray Reece, Covington man
ager of Southern Bell ^Telephone
and Telegraph Company, pre
sented a birthday cake to The
NEWS Office on Monday.
ucation, and the medical profess
ion heard Dr. John Griffin empha
size that the Clara Mae Hays
Guidance Clinic of Newton Coun
ty is a unique project in an in
formative experience at the
Snapping Shoals E. M. C. Build
ing on Tuesday evening, October
29, at seven-thirty.
Through a panel presentation,
the facilities and operation of this
very important clinic were dis
cussed enthusiastically.
Mrs. Robert L. Faulkner, Pr
esident of the Newton County
Mental Health Association, which
sponsors the clinic, served as
Moderator.
Panelists, each of whom made a
definite contribution in explaining
the activity involved, Included:
Mrs. John Cearly, teacher at the
Porterdale School; James Bohan
non, Visiting Teacher, Newton
County Schools; Dr. Lavinia
Wood, Education Specialist, New
ton County Schools; Dr. John
Griffin, Psychiatrist; Dr. Tom
McConnell, Clinical Psychiatr
ist; Mrs. Mort Ewing, Clinic
Staff Volunteer; Dr. James Pur
cell, Representative of the Med
ical Society; Dr. C. B. Teal,
Medical Director, Newton County
Department of Public Health;
Wayne Rumble, Chairman of the
Vestry of the Church of the Good
Shepherd; William Dickey, Rep
resentative of the Covington-
Newton County United Fund, wh-
The 1968 General Election over
Georgia and the entire United
States next Tuesday will see citi
zens trek to the polls and cast
their ballot for the next Presi
dent of the these United States.
This election ballot will carry
the electors for three major can
didates—Richard Nixon, George
Wallace and Hubert Humphrey.
The parties are (respectively)
Republican, American and De
mocratic.
Polls In the Newton County
voting places will be open from
7 a. m. until 7 p. m.
Democratic nominees for the
office of ordinary, sheriff, clerk
of Superior Court, coroner and
tax commissioner are also on the
ich supports the Mental Health
Association; Mrs. R. M. Paty,
Chairman of the Clinic Commi
ttee.
The culmination of a dream
of many people over a period of
many years, the clinic which Is
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THE COUNTY AND CITY fire truck is now available for structural fires in the county-areas. Shown
with the new truck are Fire Chief R. T. Floyd in the cab, and Covington Mayor Walker Harris and Coun
ty Commissioner Tom Bates (L to R). The truck is county-owned and maintained and operated by City
firemen.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 17-18
Legal 26-27
Classified 24-26
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GEORGE C. WALLACE
ballot, as well as senator of the
45th Senatorial District and New
ton County representatives.
Nominees for the Newton Coun
ty Board of Commissioners and
members of the Newton County
Board of Education also appear
on the ballot.
Two other races are contested
this year. For U. S. Senator,
Herman Talmadge is opposed by
Republican Earl Patton in a state
wide race. For judgeof the Stone
Educator Visits
Moscow-Siberia
A former Covington resident
has been invited to visit selected
European countries for a com
parative study of European and
American education.
Kermett Harris (known to many
as Kay), whose wife is the former
Eloise Bates, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Bates, is the
only Georgian and one of three
southern educators participating
in the study. About 100 profess
ional school men and women from
throughout the United States and
Canada will be making the trip.
Mr. Harris will be one of the
first foreign educators to visit
Novosibrisk, the academic-sci
ence center of Siberia, U. S. S. R.
His itinerary will include Oslo,
Norway; Malmo, Sweden; Copen
hagen, Denmark; Moscow,
U. S. S. R.; Novosibrisk, Siberia;
and Budapest, Hungary.
While in each of these countries
he will be visiting nursery
kindergarten schools, elemen
tary and secondary schools, voc
ational and technical schools,
teacher colleges, schools for the
handicapped, and other special
schools, both rural and urban.
Briefings by the Minister of Edu
cation In each of these countries
and meetings with teacher and
student groups are a part of the
schedule. While In Moscow he
will visit Pioneer Palace, Red
Square, The Kremlin, and Mos
cow state University, in addition
to other educational establish
ments. The Seminar is spon
sored by Kappa Delta Phi and
Kent State University. It will
continue for three weeks beginn
ing November 2.
For the past 15 years Mr.
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Mountain Judicial Circuit, Demo
crat Dennis Jones is opposed by
Republican Richard TTiibadeau.
This involves a judgeship in the
counties of Newton, Rockdale and
De Kali>.
10th District Congressman Ro
bert Stephens is unopposed for
re-election.
Locally Justices of the Peace
will be elected for the militia
districts of Newton County.
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Kermett Harris
Harris has served as Superin
tendent and Director of the
Tallulah Falls School, which is
owned by the Georgia Federation
of Women’s Clubs.
Troop 58 Has
Court Os Honor
On Monday night, October 28,
Boy Scout Troop 58 sponsored by
Covington Rotary Club held its
Court of Honor and installed its
new officers for the year.
Ricky Neely, Terry Neely, Jo
hnny Tilson, Timmy Carnes re
ceived their Tenderfoot badges;
Andy Davis received a Merit
Badge for citizenship in the home.
The new officers for the year
are: Mike Morgan, Senior Pat
rol Leader; Emory Johnson, Andy
Davis, Patrol Leaders; Johnny
Tilson, Vernon Tilson, Asst. Pat
rol Leaders.