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Thursday, January 9, 1969
$ News Notes From §
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$ By Mrs. T. W. Binford §
Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Burton
and son, Bobby, spent New Year’s
Holidays with friends in Ocalla,
Florida.
** * *
We extend our deepest sym
pathy to the family of Mrs. P.
Willson who passed away in a
Savannah Hospital. She had been
visiting her children Mr. and
Mrs. D. P. Blake and Willson for
a few weeks.
♦* * *
Miss Mellie Pitts was guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Davis,
Kelly, and Kent Sunday.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Barron Davis
have returned home after spend
ing the holidays with Rev. and
Mrs. John Dunham and children
of Dayton, Ohio.
♦* * *
Mrs. Paul Harwell had as her
guests The Hawkins family and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nix of Macon
recently.
♦* * *
Miss Patricia Sams visited
Mrs. Martha Merck and family
of Atlanta, Saturday.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Gay 111 and
Little Emily Carol returned to
their home at Watkinsville, Sun
day where he is attending The
University of Georgia.
♦* * *
The College girls and boys
have returned to their respective
schools. The following students
are Sandra Brown, Julia Adams,
Dianne Holmes, Ellen and Wayne
Sams.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Porter
and Mrs. Doyle Smith visited
Berta Porter of Monroe, Sun
day afternoon.
** * *
Mrs. Sue Preston spent Sunday
with her brother Hoke Cason of
Oxford.
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Newton County Gets New Governing Body
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NEWTON COUNTY transition from one commissioner to a six-man county governing body took place
on January 2 at the commissioners office in the courthouse. This photo was taken as the new comm
issioners took office. From left to right: E. M. McCart, Jack Morgan (Chairman), C. E. Trainer,
Mrs. Hoke Randall (Secretary), Tom M. Bates (retiring commissioner), Oliver Capes, Harold Dobbs
and Alton Jolley.
Double Size Os Highway
Patrol, Weaver Insists
ATLANTA (GPSpn the wake
of another record-breaking year
for killing people on Georgia
highways—l96B *s traffic death
toll reached 1,749 — Maj. Por
ter Weaver, commanding officer
of the State Patrol, has joined
Gov. Lester G. Maddox, Col.
R. H. Burson, state public safety
director, and others in calling
for more state troopers.
“Give us twice the manpower,”
declared Maj. Weaver when asked
what steps should be taken in an
effort to reverse the steady ri
sing death toll. “With our pre
sent manpower, about all we can
do is answer calls. We can’t
stop speeders and enforce tra
ffic laws the way we should with
so few men on the highways.”
The state Patrol now has a
total of 600 troopers, the com
mander pointed out. But by the
time they are divided among all
the divisions and agencies assig
ned by law, only 265 are on the
highways on any given day.
“We’re the largest state east
of the Mississippi River,” the
major said. “ Ve’ve got 90,000
miles of roads to cover with
265 men. It’s a monumental
task.
“But from year-to-year, the
percentage increase in deaths is
about the same as the increase
in licensed drivers and motor
vehicle registrations in the st
ate. At least we’re holding our
own,” he added.
To do more than hold the line,
Maj. Weaver emphasized, would
require stricter enforcement on
the roads, “but for that we’d
need at least twice our present
manpower.”
| News Notes From §
| Salem §
I Mrs. J. r Burns $
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Robert
son, Rosemary and Susan, Mr.
and Mrs. Aaron Kemp, Martha
Ann and Laura and Dana, Mrs.
George Ramsey, Miss Martha
Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Ramsey spent the weekend in
Gastonia, North Carolina to at
tend the wedding of Miss Judith
White and George William Ram
sey HI.
** * *
Mrs. Yvonne Galloway and Judy
and David visited Mr. and Mrs.
Hoyt Bailey this weekend.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Bailey
visited Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bai
ley and family Sunday afternoon.
*♦ * *
Mr. Danny Harris Standard,
Mrs. Clark Hawk, Miss Eve Mor
ris had lunch with Mrs. Manson
Miller and Miss Mary Alice Mil
ler Sunday afternoon.
*♦ * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Grier vi
sited Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miller
and Mary Alice Sunday afternoon.
** ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Yancey
visited Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Bowden Sunday afternoon.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Yan-
News Notes From
Salem
Mrs. J. F Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rals
ton adn children were New Year’s
Day dinner guests of Mr.and Mrs.
Edgar Wallace. Scott stayed with
his grandparents Monday through
Wednesday.
** * *
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Hal Moss on the birth
of their son, David Charles, Dec
ember 18th. Harriette and the
baby have just returned home af
ter staying with her motherwhen
she left the hospital.
** * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Grizzle
moved into their new home off
Brown Bridge Rd. recently.
** * *
Mrs. Hugh Harris visited the
Edgar Wallace’s Friday.
** * *
The Roy Miller grandchildren
of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Ed
wards visited them for several
days during the holidays.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Don Helm visit
ed the Avery Granger family in
Decatur Sunday.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fou
che visited relatives in Jack
son Sunday. Miss Martha Fou
che of Greensboro was a recent
guest.
** * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Phil DeMore
were Thursday evening visitors
in the Edgar Wallace home.
** ♦ ♦
Mrs. Martha Nichols has re
turned home after spending the
holidays in Macon with her sis
ter and husband.
cey visited Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Myers Thursday afternoon.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. James Adams,
Mrs. Yvonne Galloway and chil
dren and Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Casteal from Thomason visited
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Adams and
family Saturday night.
♦* * *
Mrs. James Adams, Mrs. Cl
aude Casteel, Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Casteel and Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt
Bailey visited Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Adams and family Sunday af
ternoon.
It has been said that a child
spends his first three years in
school learning to read and from
the fourth grade on, he reads in
order to learn. Therefore a vis
ual problem which goes uncor
rected during the learning-to
read years creates an additional
deterrent to the child’s learning
process or ability in the future,
advises the American Optometric
Association.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Welfare Recipients
Warned By Director
Against Imposters
Welfare clients are being
warned by state Welfare Director
Bill Burson to protect themselves
from persons posing as welfare
workers.
Notices are being mailed with
January welfare checks stating
that clients should request inden
tification of unknown persons
claiming to be from the Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services, U. S. Department of
Health, Education and Welfare or
Social security before they talk to
them or let them into their homes.
Burson said that in December
two cases were reported in which
welfare clients were robbed by
persons purporting to be from
“The Welfare Department.” He
added that two previous instances
were reported in which impost
ers disrobed and physically ab
used recipientsof public assist
ance.
“Everyone should require
identification from unknown per
sons before discussing confident
ial matters or allowing them to
come into his home,” Burson
stated. “All caseworkers em
ployed by the Department of
Family and Children Services
carry a special identification
card for this purpose.”
During December, Burson re
ports, 264,393 Georgians receiv
ed welfare checks; of whom
89,903 were aged; 3,167 were
blind; 29,879 were disabled; and
141,444 (including 32,982 adults)
were in families with dependent
children.
Foresters To
Meet At Macon
MACON — Ed Knapp, chair
man, Southeastern Section, So
ciety of American Foresters,
Macon, announces speakers for
the Section’s technical session
on Jan. 9. The Section will hold
their annual convention in the
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Sales And Employment Up
In Georgia Textile Industry
ATLANTA, GA. Jan. 5-Sales
and employment were up for the
Georgia textile industry in 1968
but profits, generally, were under
pressure, a condition industry
leaders predict could continue
into the new year,
■ Employment in textiles, Geor
gia’s largest employer, in
creased from 110,000 employees
in 1967 to 114,600 during 1968.
Capital expansion, predicted at
SIOO million in 1969, is expected
to provide jobs for an additional
2,000 Georgians.
George W. Felker, in, presi
dent of the Georgia Textile Man
ufacturers Association and Wal
ton Mill, Inc., Monroe, predicted
that 1969 will be a better year in
volume and in profits than was
1968 because of an improved de
mand at the mill level.
He said that, “The flood of
piece goods and garments for
low-wage foreign countries could
be a serious deferent to expanding
existing industry and could en
danger jobs in Georgia and
throughout the nation.”
Looking to the new year, Jo-
Dempsey Motor Hotel at Ma
con Jan. 9-10.
The speakers and their sub
jects are Robert E. Hanie, exe
cutive director, Georgia Coun
cil for the Preservation of Na
tural Areas, Decatur, “The St
ate of Nature In Georgia”; Dr.
Richard G. Clements, Institute of
Ecology, University of Georgia,
Athens, “Ecology and Forest
Uses”; R. S. Howard, Jr., Wa
ter Quality Control Board, De
partment of Public Health, At
lanta, “Water and Its Importan
ce In Today’s Environment”; and
William A. Hansell, director,
Air Quality Control Branch, De
partment of Public Health, At
lanta, “Ecology As It Relates
To Air”.
seph L. Lanier, chairman and
chief executive officer of West-
Point Pepperell, Inc., said, “In
1969, the volume of textile sales
should increase, however, pro
fits will remain under pressure.
Our ability to increase profits
will depend on the strength of
the economy and our success
in establishing a more favorable
cost/price relationship. The
year will be one of challenge and
opportunity.”
One of the plus factors noted
by Mr. Lanier and other textile
industrialists, was the decrea
sed cost of cotton from high
levels last year caused by the
short cotton crop of 1967.
A survey made by the Geor
gia Textile Manufacturers Asso
ciation with a majority of its
90 member companies reporting,
showed 1968 sales in excess of
S9OO million, up about 5% from
1967.
The reporting companies in
dicated they will spend S6O mi
llion for expansion and moder
nization during 1969, an increase
of approximately 20% over 1968
expenditures. The expansion
program of these companies
alone will provide more than
1500 new jobs in the coming
year.
The survey showed that the re
porting companies used 1.5 mil
lion bales of cotton and over
400 million pounds of other fib
ers during 1968. Expenditures
for miscellaneous operating su
pplies exceeded $l5O million for
the year.
Nationally, the textile industry
reported increases in sales and
employment. The employment
figure averaged 984,000 a gain
of 37,000 over 1967. Capital
investment declined nationwide,
from the hig 1 of sl.l billion
in 1966 to $8"0 million in 1968.
American Textile Manufactur-
ers Institute president, Harold
W. Whitcomb said that several
factors cloud the outlook for
textiles during the coming year.
“The outlook for 1969,” Mr.
Whitcomb said, “is somewhat
clouded by the question of what
the government will do to est
ablish reasonable import con
trols, uncertainty about consum
er spending, the possibility of
continuing the surtax on income
and policies designed to control
inflation.”
§ News Notes From J
I ^ic^ Point I
& By Mrs. Frank Moss §
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Darby,
Ernie and Glynn, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Moss and Pat visited with
the Edwin Moss family Sunday
afternoon.
** * *
Visitors in the Frank Moss
home last week have been Ja
mes Tuggle, Mrs. Otis Hay, Mrs.
Charlie Mills and Cindy, Mrs.
Gary Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Cadle and Joey of Augusta,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moss,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Geiger and
Lisa of Covington, George Moss
of McDonough and Mr. and Mrs.
Frankie Moss of Gum Creek.
*♦ * ♦
Mrs. Charlie Mills and Cindy
visited with relatives in Bar
nesville last week.
♦* * *
Mrs. Ernest Darby called on
Miss Grace Taylor Thursday.
** * *
Get well wishes to all the
sick and sincere sympathy to
all who are bereaved.
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