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The hat of the Office Boy is
OFF to the members of the New
ton County Hospital Auxiliary La
dies who have worked diligently
days and nights for eight years
for Newton County Hospital.
The Auxiliary was organized
November 29th, 1960. None of
the ladies had been trained in
this work, but with their capa
ble Hospital Administrator,
Helen Dickinson working with
them, they soon fell in line.
Today we have one of the finest
group of “Pink Ladies” in “The
Land!’’ Yes, Siree, we would not
swap them for any. They know
all about serving with that very
special “Tender Loving Care.’’
They maintain the desk in the
reception room where they take
care of all visitors, advising
them which room their relative
or friend is in, and taking care
of their needs in every possible
way. They deliver the mail each
day to the entire hospital.. .and
if you every did that. . .you are
fully repaid when you walk into
a room where a person with pale
face, that shows the strain of ma
jor surgery, and hold up a letter,
or a number of pretty cards, or a
basket of flowers. . .AH. . you
could walk those halls all day
long fully repaid by the heaven
ly smile on those wan faces when
they receive their mail and gifts,
from those who love them, and
care. It makes you feel better
all week, and you just can’t wait
Until your day comes around again
to serve in this wonderful hospi
tal.
By the way! Did you realize
that on this November 29th, 1968,
our Hospital Auxiliary will be
EIGHT YEARS OLD? Time flies
so rapidly that the ladies can
hardly believe they have been
working this long. . .however the
pins, bars, etc., on their Pink
Uniforms tell the story of a
work well done.
Let’s see if we can remem
ber, just off hand, a few of the
things the Auxiliary has done
in addition to the above. They
make surgical dressings, band
ages, work in Xray room, mend
ing hospital linens etc., in sew
ing room.
One of the finest things pur
chased by the hospital since the
Auxiliary came into being was an
expensive Fracture Table; a new
Non-combustable Incubator to be
used in the Delivery Room for
the new baby, when the Mother
needs immediate attention. This
has saved lives of babies here.
Then Mrs. Dickinson and the
ladies started planning a Nurses
Training Scholarship Fund. This
materialized and we are justly
proud of the local young lady we
have in Nurses Training School
now.
Our Hospital has purchased a
Sewing Machine for the Laun-
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Girl Scouts
Craft Carnival
This Weekend
All Girl Scouts in Newton Co
unty are shouting, “Come to the
Craft Carnival at the First Ci
tizens Bank Building on Highway
278 beginning at twelve noon on
Friday, December 6.”
All troops are preparing do
dads, decorations, household
items, cookies, and candy to be
sold as a means of purchasing
Girl Scout camping equipment.
Mothers and leaders will be on
hand from 12:00 noon until 9:00
P.M. on Friday and again from
10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Sat
urday, December 7.
This is a chance of a lifetime
to do some Christmas shopping
and assist your daughters sim
ultaneously.
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GAS PUMP at the U. S. Service Station on US 278 West was knocked off its foundation Monday about 5:30
p.m. by a soft drink truck of Atlanta. The Covington Fire Dept, was called and the fire was soon ext
inguished.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1968
Better Newspaper
Contests
BEST £ EOF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia Enter' d 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 104 NO
Santa Has Visits .opping Center
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JOLLY OLE SAINT NICK was welcomed to the Mall of the Coving
ton Meadows Shopping Center on Friday night as the Christmas
season officially came to the center. These children with their
parents, found Santa in a jolly mood as he gave out candy.
Youngsters Talk With Santa Claus
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SANTA CLAUS gave out candy to children visiting the Covington
Meadows Shopping Center Friday night when the Mall Tree was
lit. This photo was taken during the evening as many youngsters
talked with Ole Santa.
Football Banquet Tonight
The Annual Newton County Ram
Football Banquet will be held to
night (Thursday) at the NCHS ca
feteria starting at 7 o’clock. Aw
ards will be made to the sup
erlatives on the 1968 team, also
“B” team football, and varsity
and “B” team cheerleaders.
Head Ram Coach Wilbur Fis
her stated that there would be
no main speaker for the event
this year. The awards, recog
nitions and short speeches by
coaches and school officials will
comprise the program tonight.
Coveted honors will be best
owed on five Ram footballers to
night. Most Outstanding Back
and Lineman, Most Improved
Back and' Lineman, and Sports
manship trophies will be given
4 In Council
Race At Oxford
Four candidates have qualified
for the three council posts at
Oxford in the coming town ele
ction, Monday, December 9, 1968.
Entered in the race are: E.
V. Moss, Fred Taylor, Henry
Lamar Weldon and Garland Wi
lliams. Moss, Taylor and Wi
lliams are the incumbents for
the two-year term again.
The polls will be open at the
Town Hall from 7 a.m. until
7 p.m., according to an ann
ouncement by Mrs. Curtis Bank
ston, Town Clerk.
rhe ffimmujtim New
during the evening.
Top honors a year ago went to
John Lamar Callaway, Most Out
standing Back, and Louis Courc
haine, Most Outstanding Line
man.
Past awards have been made
to the following Outstanding Line
men at NCHS:
1951 Bobby Capes
1952 Jim Peters
1953 Thomas Hogan
1954 Wilbur Fisher
1955 Thomas HOgan
1956 Mike Caudill
1957 Don Wood
1958 Ed Hertwig
1959 Donald Carter
1960 Charlie Childs
1961 Charlie Childs
1962 James Knight
1963 Lanier Crawley
1964 Larry King
1965 Dave Gregg
1966 Andre Bruyere
1967 Louis Courchaine
Outstanding Back awards at
NCHS have gone to:
1951 Charlie Hogan
1952 Smitty Randall
1953 Jimmy Laster
1954 Bobby Rogers
1955 • Willie Moore
1956 Willie Moore
1957 Larry Laster
1958 Larry Parnell
1959 Philip White
1960 Bob Wheeler
1961 Monty Laster
1962 Ronnie Lynch
1963 Freeman Batchelor
1964 Tim Christian
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1968
Rotary Empty Stocking
Program Starts Monday
Otis Spillers Is General
Chairman Charity Program
Committee assignments and important dates for the 1968 Coving
ton Rotary Club Empty Stocking Fund program have been announ
ced , according to Rotary President Jim Morgan. Otis Spillers
again will be the overall chairman of the program.
■ Applications for Christmas bo-
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Merchants On
Square Announce
Holiday Closings
Merchants around the City Sq
uare of Covington have announced
plans for holiday closing for
Christmas and New Years. A
meeting was held Monday after
the regular monthly meeting of
the Covington - Newton County
Chamber of Commerce at the
Teen Can building.
These stores will be closed two
days for Christmas, Wednesday
(Christmas Day) and Thursday,
the day following. They will
reopen on Friday, December 27.
The merchants around the Sq
uare also agreed to close New
Years Day (Wednesday) only.
They will reopen on Thursday,
January 2, 1969.
Announcement of the four su
permarkets of the city as to their
holiday schedules will be made
in the near future, as will the
merchants of the Covington Mea
dows Shopping Center.
1965 Billy Shepherd
1966 Steve Piper
1967 John Lamar Callaway
Sowell-Loyd
In Runoff Race
Lamar Sowell and J. E. Loyd
face a runoff City Election on
December 18 for Post 4 on the
Covington City Council. They
were the top vote-getters in a
three-man race yesterday in the
annual City Election, but neither
got a majority of the votes cast.
Sowell had 277, Loyd, the in
cumbent 256, and L. B. (Duck)
Atkins 53. There were 27 votes
thrown out during the tabulation.
The other two incumbent coun
cilmen, Luke Savage of Post 5
and Moody Summers of Post 6
were unopposed in the election
yesterday. Savage had 464 votes
and Summers 451.
Adult Basic Education Class
Applications Being Accepted
Superintendent J. W. Richard
son announced today that applica
tions for enrollment in the Adult
Basic Education Classes are now
being accepted.
Applicants may contact R. A.
Thorne, Coordinator of the New
ton County Adult Education Pro
gram, at Oxford, Georgia - Tele
phone number 786-8919.
Mr. Thorne, the coordinator of
the Adult Education Program,
has 43 years teaching experience.
He recently retired as President
of Georgia Military College, Mll-
Jaycees Seeking
DSA Nominees
The Newton County Jaycees
are beginning their search for
the nominees for Distinguished
Service Awards. These awards
will be presented at a banquet
in January.
The Outstanding Young Farmer
Award will be presented to some
young man under 35 years of age
and a resident of Newton County,
who has made great strides in
the field of agriculture.
The Distinguished Service
Award will be presented to a yo
ung man under 35 years of age
who has contributed to many
facets of community life. He
must be outstanding in his pro
fession and be a good civic
leader. He must also be a
resident of Newton County.
The field of education will not
be neglected. This award can go
to a young man or woman who
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ty will be taken at the Newton
County Courthouse, starting on
Monday, December 9 and exten
ding through Saturday, December
14. The applications committee
chairman is Sam B. Hay. He
will be aided by Rotariannes in
the club, Mrs. Bud Dennison,
general chairman.
Applications for needy famili
es will be taken at the Newton
County Courthouse again this
year. During the week of Dec.
9-14 the hours for taking the
applications will be 8 a. m. until
4 p. m. daily. Anyone who knows
of a needy and deserving family
may turn in an application during
this time.
Deliveries of the packages and
boxes to the needy will be made
on Monday and Tuesday, Decem
ber 23-24. Chairman of this
committee is Billy Smith. Com
mittee members are: E. M.
McCart, Guy Jones, Robert She
pherd, Ronald Cook, Bud Denni
son, Paul Beyer, Owen Kellum,
Hugh Steele, Mel Cagen, Bob
Mauney, Fred Kaempffe, J. W.
Richardson, Dallas Tarkenton
and Ted Stroud.
Covington Rotary Club Empty
Stocking Fund Committees for
1968:
Chairman, Otis Spillers.
Advisor To All Committees,
President: Jim Morgan.
Advance Arrangements, Ch
airman; John Dickens; BudDen
nlscn, Owen Kellum, Irving Dietz.
Rotary Information (Bulletin &
Magazine), Chairman: W. M.
Winn, Tom White.
Public Information (Radio),
Bill Hoffman.
Public Information (News
paper), Leo Mallard.
Special Collection & Schools,
Chairman: Whit Richardson, Al
vin Rape, Carlos Meyer.
Applications (Dec. 9th thru
14th, Chairman: Sam B. Hay &
Rotaryannes.
Screen Committee (as appli
cations are made), Chairman:
Howard Brooks, C. G. Hender
son, Guy Jones, E. G. Lassi
ter, Ronald Cook, Werner Gruen
hut, Bob Mauney.
Purchasing Committee (Dec.
17, 18, 19) Chairman: Jack Ch
ristian, E. G. Lassiter, Paul
Beyer, Bill Hoffman, Howard Mi
lligan, Ted Stroud, John Dickens.
Pick-up Committee (Dec. 20th
or prior) (This committee is also
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ledgeville, where he served for
the past 18 years. From 1941-
1949 he was Registrar at Emory-
At-Oxford College.
This program, which Is de
signed for adults functioning at
less than eighth grade educat
ional level, is divided into three
practical groupings:
GROUP I: Basic reading, wri
ting, arithmetic, etc. Equiva
lent: Grades 1,2, 3.
GROUP II: Basic continued.
Equivalent: Grades 4,5, 6.
GROUP III: Completion of
elementary school equivalency
program. Equivalent 7, 8.
Classes may be held at any or
all of the nine elementary sc
hools In Newton County accord
ing to need. Community group
ings will be fostered whenever
practicable. New classes will
be formed according to demand.
Most classes will meet for a
two-hour period two nights a
week. Day classes may be for-
Elks Club Meet
Tonight, 6'30
Covington Elks Lodge Number
1806 will meet tonight (Thursday)
at the Elks Home with the meal
being served at 6:30 and the mee
ting at 7:30.
Billy Smith, chairman of the
club entertainment committee,
announces that the next dance will
be held on December 14 from 9
until 12 midnight. The Swing -
ettes will furnish the music.
Santa Claus Now On Covington City Square
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SANTA CLAUS poses with four youngsters on the Covington City Square as this photo was taken Monday.
Santa’s Headquarters on the Square and the colorful decorations on the light poles around the Square
brings the spirit of Christmas to downtown Covington. Santa will be at his house on the square from
1 until 5 p. m. dally until Christmas.
Sue Kitchens Is
Injured Hanging
Christmas Bells
Christmas decorations are one
of the traditional joys of the Yule
tide Season, especially when they
share in trimming the Christ
mas Tree, and decking the home
with holly, tinsel and honeycomb
bells. But, for Sue Kitchens,
ten year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald W. Kitchens of
Rocky Plains Road, the festive
Sunday evening of Christmas de
corations ended in near tragedy.
She and the family were de
corating early for a Christmas
party of one of their church
organizations to be held at their
home, when Sue stepped up on the
back of a sofa to hang Christ
mas bells in an arch. She lost
her balance and fell upon a me
tal figurine on an end table,
sustaining painful internal inju
ries, which necessitated her ad
mittance to Newton County Hos
pital, early Monday morning.
Her condition was reported as
improving at press time Wed
nesday; and the News joins in
wishing Sue a rapid recovery,
that this may be the Merriest
of Christmases, despite her ac
cident.
med as and If needed to fit work
schedules.
Furhter information may be
obtained by telephoning the New
ton County Board of Education,
786-2685.
Croom Was Runnerup For "Georgia Teacher Os Year”
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JOSEPH A. CROOM (center)of Newton County High School was runner-up in the "Georgia Teacher of The
Year” contest held recently. He is flanked by Homer Sharp (left), Supervising Principal of NCHS, and
J. W. (Whit) Richardson, Supt. of Newton County Schools, as they look over the certificate awarded Mr.
Croom at an Atlanta Banquet on November 26. The winner of the state award was William Robert Morgan
of Druid Hills High School.
Editor ial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports ...... 17—18
Legal 23
Classified 20-22
Croom Is Runner-Up In
State ’Teacher Os Year’
Georgia’s Teacher of the Year
is a man who believes each hu
man being is what he is as the
result of those individuals who
have touched his life.
He is William Robert Morgan,
chairman of the Social Studies
Department at Druid Hills High
School in Atlanta.
In his tenth year of teaching,
Morgan has been named Georgia
Teacher of the Year and state
nominee for the National Teacher
of the Year Award. State Super
intendent of Schools Jack P.
Nix presented a certificate to him
and the two runners-up, Mrs.
Rosa Lee Childs of Columbus
and Joseph A. Croom of Cov
ington, in ceremonies Tuesday
at the Georgia Department of
Education offices In Atlanta.
Morgan teaches American his
tory to eleventh graders and Am
erican government to twelfth gra
ders at Druid Hills, In the De-
Kalb County School System where
Jim Cherry Is superintendent.
Mrs. Childs, a teacher for 21
years, currently teaches English
7 Seek Council
Office At
Mansfield, Mon.
Mansfield holds election Mon
day, December 9, 1968 for three
Councilmen who will serve for a
two-year tepm.
Those seeking Council seats
are: Leonard Davis, J. W. Ki
nard, Jr., E. L. Hays incum
bents, J. E. Thompson, R. S.
Peck, Lawrence Patrick and Tom
Dooley.
Mayor Mell T. Prather requests
that all citizens of the Town of
Mansfield be sure and vote on
Dec. 9.
Price 1 5£
IV and Drama I at Spencer High
School In Columbus. Croom,
eleventh and twelfth grade phy
sics and chemistry teacher at
Newton County High School in
Covington, has taught for 11
years.
Superintendent Nix, in present
ing th- framed certificates, said,
“We are proud of your dedi
cation and service to the boys
and girls of your school and to
the young people of Georgia. In
honoring you, we are recognizing
one who is representative of the
best in teaching over the state.
We believe also that we have in
you a very strong contender for
the National Teacher of the Year
Award. This award emphasizes
teaching excellence as both an
achievement and an Inspiration.
Congratulations. ’’
Georgia’s 31-year-old Tea
cher of the Year has taught at
Druid Hills for his entire tea
ching career. He attended ele
mentary and high schools in
LaGrange, Emory-at-Oxford and
Emory University, Atlanta,
where he received the A.B. de
gree In history and the Master
of Arts In Teaching degree In
history. He has been chairman
of the Social Studies Department
at Druid Hills for three years.
Morgan has been a senior
class sponsor for four years,
director of the senior play for
three years, annual staff spon
sor for ten years. He received
the Valley Forge Freedoms Fo
undation Classroom Teachers
Medal In 1965, and his organiz
ing and directing “A Land and
a People,” a study of America
through literature and music, won
the Freedoms Foundation Award
for the school.
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