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Jim Allen, Andy Howell Garner Top Football Awards
- Quarterback Jim Allen and
tackle - linebacker Andy Howell
took top honors at the 1968 New
ton Ram football banquet held
Thursday evening at the NCHS
Cafeteria. They were cited as the
Outstanding Back and Outstanding
lineman on the 1968 NCHS ele
ven.
; Others honored at the annual
banquet and program were: Tony
Moon, Sportsmanship trophy;
RUsty Creech, Most Improved
Lineman; and Bobby Hood, Most
Improved Back. “B” Team mem
bers also received awards as
follows: Paul Creech, Outstand
ing Lineman; and Vic Smith and
Marshall Atha, Co-Outstanding
Backs. B. C. Crowell made the
awards and presented the tro
phies on behalf of the Coving
ton Elks Lodge. The Exalted
Hiller Wendell W. Crowe was un
able to be present due to the
Elks club regular meeting night.
Some 300 persons attended the
annual event which honored the
Ram varsity, “B” team, Varsity
cheerleaders and “B” team ch
eerleaders. NCHS Principal Ho
mer F. Sharp was Master of
Ceremonies. Sammy Ozburn,
Student Body President, gave the
invocation, and Coach Perry Hay-
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more delivered the Welcome to
the assemblage.
Head Coach Wilbur Fisher was
lavish in his "Words of Appre
ciation” to many individuals and
groups who helped the team com
pile 5-3-2 season. Fisher read
off a long list of people and clubs
including the Pep Club, Blue
Rambler Band, Key Club, Coving
ton News, Radio Station WGFS,
Elks Club, parents of the players,
and many others.
In talking to the senior mem
bers of the team, Coach Fisher
said "It almost brings tears to
my eyes to see these boys grad
uate.” He added, "I wish you
success in life. Don’t ever take
second place in life, because not
hing beats first.” Seniors on
the team are: Jim Allen, Bobby
Hood, Andy Howell, Larry John
son, Tony Moon, Lee Piper, Rick
Poole, Jackie Spears and Edward
Mitchell.
Fisher also thanked the other
members of his coaching staff
and the scouts, statisticians, "for
a fine season after posting that
2-8 record a year ago.”
The three-hour program saw
letters delivered to Ram varsity
members: All eight seniors list
ed above and Bill Brooks, Scott
Coach Fisher Speaks At Football Banquet
COACH WILBUR FISHER of the Newton Rams Is shown speaking at the Annual Ram Banquet Thursday
evening at the NCHS Cafeteria. Shown at the speaker’s table (left to right): Assistant Coach Perry Hay
more, Mrs. Homer F. Sharp, and Homer F. Sharp, NCHS Principal.
Byrd, Billy Childers, Rusty
Creech, Dllmus Fuller, George
Lazenby, Johnny Moon and Danny
Dial, all Juniors; Roy Callaway,
Joe Heard, Hugh Hudson, Gerry
Katz, Ben Marks and Tony Wat
son, all sophomores; and Sidney
Norton, freshman. Managers who
received their numerals were:
Freddie Adams (3 years), Greg
Barnett, Joe Capps and Dllmus
Fuller.
“B” team letters were also
awarded by Coach Tom Wortman,
who called the team "the best
we have had here In years:”
Dacus Aaron, Marshall Atha, Do
nny Ballard, Kim Blankenship,
Charles Chapman, Steve Ches
ter, Leslie Christian, Johnny
Clay, Paul Creech, Vince Evans,
Adrian Fuller, Rick Funder
burke, Doug Gamer, Keith Gar
ner, Darrell Helm, Kevin Ho
well, Bruce Jones, Ronald Ki
nard, Jack Lunsford, David Ph
illips , Wesley Poole, Van Ra
bun, Ricky Ross, Gary Satter
field, Ricky Schell and Vic Sm
ith.
Presenting awards to the ch
eerleaders were Miss Glorlanne
Smith and Mrs. Jerry Aldridge of
the NCHS faculty. Varsity Cheer
leaders are: Janet Burson, Linda
Digby, Brenda Herring, Nancy
Hopkins, Susan Kirkland, Ka-
leaders are: Libby Callaway,
Debbie Carswell, Vicki Durden,
Jane Exley, Barbara Johnson,
Jerry Sue Johnson, Susan Lott
t, 1
and Renee Meadors.
RAM BANQUET NOTES
Stan Edwards kept the Ram
statistics for the season and is
sued a booklet at the banquet on
the players and their accomplish
ments during the campaign.
•» ♦ »
Coach Wilbur Fisher said he
had been associated with the
Rams for the past 11 years
and that “the team this year had
the best support and the most en
thusiasm of any I have ever seen
here.”
•* * *
The three speakers (all se
niors) established themselves in
the higher echelon of after -
dinner speakers. Andy Howell,
Jim Allen and Lee Piper felt at
east when they mounted the po
dium to deliver their oratorical
masterpelces on “Why I Like
Football.”
•* * *
And, by the way, Andy Ho
well looks much like a college
football player when he is dres
sed in civilian clothes. He’s
205 and stands 6 ft. tall. While
on the football field he is much
like a "Monster Man.”
•* * *
Three-year manager of the
Ram football team. Freddie Ad
ams, may be the QB on the team
next year. Bruce Lynch had been
counted on as the likely signal
caller, but he is taking up bas-
GRAY SQUIRRELS
ON THE MOVE
I have noticed various arti
cles during the past couple of
months indicating gray squirrels
are on the move in Georgia and
other Southern states. They have
been seen swimming in rivers
and reservoirs, crossing roads
and in abundance around pecan
orchards and other places where
a food supply is available.
As an example, it has been
reported that in a month’s time
more than 50 squirrels have been
resuced by concerned conserva
tionists from Lake Altoona near
Atlanta.
It appears that the migration
is from the mountains to the Pied
mont section of the State. Hun
dreds of squirrels have been kill
ed on the highways, particularly
in the mountains and upper Pied
mont area. During my travels ov
er the state, I too, have seen an
unusually high number of dead
squirrels on the highways.
The causes of squirrel migra
tion are not very well understood,
however, mass movements of
these creatures have been re
corded as far back as the early
1800’s. These movements do not
take place in mass as do the
lemmings in the artic region.
Instead, gray squirrels tend to
migrate either individually or
in small groups. And these move
ments may continue for several
months. Furthermore, squirrel
migrations are not periodic and
appear to occur randomly. All of
the squirrels in an area do not
migrate when these movements
get under way.
Since the fall of 1967 was an
unusually productive year for ac
orns, nuts, and other squirrel
foods, this understandably leads
to a high survival of squirrels
born during the late summer
months that year. This subse
quently leads to a large winter
carry-over of squirrels and a
high breeding success this year.
Studies conducted in Maryland
and other places have shown that
when wildlife populations, includ
ing squirrels, build to a certain
level, internal social stress is
exhibited on the squirrel. Thus,
fewer members of the popula
tion will move out in an attempt
to find areas where the popula-
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ketball instead.
** * *
Coaches Perry Haymore and
Tom Wortman came up with their
usual funny jokes during their sp
eeches at the banquet.
** * *
Newton’s co-captains during
1968 wore the numbers 17 and 76.
Some Newton fan up at Cumming
observed as the score mounted,
“That’s the spirit boys, same as
your co-captains, 1776.”
** * *
Coach Fisher thanked fan Al
bert Norton for arranging for the
NCHS Rams to go to Atlanta to see
the Falcon - Los Angeles Ram
game at the Stadium. Also, this
year Norton and Herb Katz lined
up two Greyhound chartered bu
ses for trips by fans, to Gaines
ville and Hartwell.
Roberta Black, who is curious
about:
‘‘What are the louesl and high
est zip code numbers?"
The lowest is 00601. assigned to
Adjuntas. San Juan. Puerto Rico.
The highest is 99950. assigned to
Ketchikan, Alaska.
** ♦ ♦
If 152-pound place kicker Bob
Etter can pick up four more points
before the season runs out — and
it’s likely be will — he’ll be the
top single-season Falcon scorer
ever. Lou Kirouac had 46 in 1966.
LOOKING AT WILDLIFE
with DAVE ALMAND
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Extension Wildlife Specialist
tion density is lower.
It is generally agreed that pro
viding additional food, if this
could be done, would not solve
the problem, and instead would
probably only serve to intensify
It. The only sound alternative
in this case is to do what our
State Game and Fish Commi
ssion has done -- liberalize
squirrel hunting regulations.
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ATHENS - Georgia’s SEC ch
ampionship football team in 1968
played before 543,892 fans in 10
games to shatter their own record
of 512,565 in 1967. That’sanav
erage crowd of 54,389. They also
broke their home attendance re
cord, drawing 288,469 in five
games -- an average of 57,693
bettering the average of 55,502
made in four games in 1967.
Brave Notes :
An expanded film library has
been established at the Braves
executive offices at Atlanta Sta
dium, and now available to civic
clubs and other organizations for
showing are the World Series
films of 1967, 1966, 1963, 1962,
1961, 1960, 1959, 1958 , 1957,
1956, 1955, 1949 and 1948. The
Braves were the National Lea
gue pennant winners in ’4B, ’57
and ’SB.
»* * *
In an event that may be unique
in sports, Braves outfielder Hank
Aaron was appointed by Mayor
Ivan Allen to the nine-member
Atlanta-Fulton County Recrea
tion Authority Nov. 19. Hie Au
thority maintains and operates
Atlanta Stadium. Aaron replac
ed R. Earl Landers, one of three
members whose four-year terms
on the board expired. Landers
is the mayor’s administrative
assistant. The Chairman of the
Authority is Arthur L. Montgom
ery of the Atlanta Coca-Cola Bot
tling Co.
*» » *
Three players on the Braves
winter roster — pitcher George
Stone, infielder Wayne Causey,
and outfielder Ralph Garr — all
hail from Ruston, La. (pop. 13,-
991), which also produced New
York Giants offensive tackle Wil
lie Young and former football gr
eats Tank Younger of the Los
Angeles Rams and Dub Jones of
the Cleveland Browns. That’s
not all. Ruston has four young
sters in minor league baseball
— Jimmy Lee Jackson (Cardi
nals \ Ben Williams (Reds), Lynn
McGlothlin (Red Sox), and Joph
rey Brown (Cubs).
** * *
Outfielder Rico Carty is in At
lanta so that doctors here can
look after his health. Carty mis
sed all of the 1968 season recov
ering from tuberculosis in a Flo
rida hospital. Other Braves win
tering in Atlanta are Hank Aaron,
Clete Boyer, Sonny Jackson, Pat
Jarvis and Phil Niekro.
♦* * *
The Braves will play 14‘home’
games in Spring Training at West
Palm Beach, Fla. next March,
one more than last Spring.
** * *
Braves who were league lea
ders in 1968: Felipe Alou tied
with batting champ Pete Rose of
Cincinnati for the lead in hits;
both had 210. Joe Torre led NL
catchers in fielding with .996.
Phil Niekro had 18 sacrifice
hits, becoming only the second
pitcher ever to lead the lea
gue in that department. The
other one was a Braves pitcher,
too — Johnny Sain in 1948, with
16. And. . .Hank Aaron led the
NL in grounding into double plays
in 1968 with 21.
- By 808 GREER
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A News and Sports Editor
Allen And Howell Had Banner Year
When the final statistics were released for the 1968 season of
the NCHS Rams, two players stood tall among all those listed in
two categories: individual tackles and tandem offense (rushing and
passing). They were Andy Howell and Jim Allen.
Allen had a total yardage of 1,109 and that is the second best in
the history of Newton High football. Jim rushed for 601 yards on
141 carries, and passed for 508 yards on 43 completions in 84
attempts. Allen thus joins a select club at Newton High, the 1,000
or more yardage organization in one season.
Howell, a fine linebacker and offensive tackle at 205 pounds, had
a grand total of 122 individual tackles. Coach Wilbur Fisher, an
All-State tackle himself at NCHS in 1954, calls HoweH “The
best we’ve ever had at NCHS.”
** * *
Tim Has Three TV Engagements
It could be possible that Covington’s Tim Christian will have to
take out a TV union card soon, since he is scheduled for three
appearances on National Television beginning on Saturday, Dec
ember 28. Tim will perform with the Auburn University football
team in the Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas against the University of
Arizona eleven on December 28.
The next Saturday, January 4, he will be playing in the Tampa,
Florida, American College All-Star Bowl with the South team to
be coached by Bear Bryant of Alabama and Ray Graves of Florida.
The following Saturday (January 11), Tim will be in the Senior
Bowl game at Mobile. This will mark his advent as a professional
since members of both teams are paid for this game.
♦ * *
A lot of people have questioned the Jets’ Joe Namath for his
nightclubbing escapades. One man said “He plays football during
the day, not the night.” Also, some of his friends point out that
Bobby Layne and Sonny Jurgeson have done well as pro quarter- •
backs and they stayed out late at night. . .If the coach jumps off the
bench at a Pennsylvania high school basketball game to protest an :
officials’ call, he is plastered with a technical foul. We wonder how
many times Coach Ronald Bradley would draw a T foul if the rule :
applied to Georgia games? . . .Coach Gene Stallings of Texas A & M
has a motto: “Make things happen.” Well, his football team failed
to do that as Arkansas and Texas won the Southwest Conference cham
pionship.
Wanna’ know what the distance field goal record is for high
schools, college and pro? The pro record is 56 yards by Bert
Rechichar of the Baltimore Colts, the college record is 61 yards
by Bill Shear of Cortland (N. Y.) State Teachers College, and the
high school record is 58 yards by Jim White of Barstow (Calif.)
High School. The latter record was set this past season.
How’s this for making money for a former Georgia football
player? Louis Wolfson, head of a multitude of business firms,
had a yearly salary of $525,000 recently. Wolfson attended the
U. of Georgia on a football scholarship. . .Cousins High football
coach Gilbert Turman has an added interest in the New York
Knicks Walt Frazier, a native of Atlanta. Frazier worked for .
Turman in the City of Atlanta recreation program a few years
back. Frazier went to Southern Illinois ona football grant but wound
up playing basketball and making All-American. . .Colleges with the
most undefeated football seasons are Oklahoma (6) and Tennessee (5).
Tim Christian, Auburn’s pass-catching split end, will turn pro
when he plays for the South in the Senior Bowl game at Mobile
on January 11. Ends and wide-receivers on the Senior South team,
other than Christian, are: Ron Sellers of FSU, Jerry Levias of
SMU and Bob Hamlett of LSU. Members of the winning team get
SI,OOO and the losers $750. . .Coach Tom Wortman tells me that
he has been reliably informed that the Atlanta Falcons chew more
than 100 packages of Beech Nut chewing tobacco a week. Yes,
Wortman, chews a little himself!
The Atlanta Falcons’ home attendance is down a little this sea
son but an average Stadium attendance of 50,000 per game is anti
cipated. . .Eatonton’s Brent Cunningham, a 167-pound back at Geor
gia Tech, may be Tech’s best running back next season as a sopho
more. In the Tech-Ga. Frosh game he had 158 yards in 38 rushes... :
John Riley Thompson and Leo S. Mallard took a lot of kidding at
the Covington Kiwanis meeting last Thursday. Thompson, a gradu
ate of Ga. Tech, had on a Red blazer (Georgia’s color), and Mal- S
lard wore a bright Gold sport coat (Tech color). Mallard is an
alumnus of Georgia.
Ray Scott, the CBS-TV announcer on the Atlanta Falcon-Chicago
Bears game Sunday inadvertently caHed Bears coach Jim Dooley,
“Vince Dooley”. . .Sign on highway near Auburn; “Watch For D°er
Crossing,” and nearby another sign; "Buck Creek.”
Thursday, December 12, 1968