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Welcome
Neighbor!
M. S. M.
“If from cherished child
hood scenes
Fate and fortune have
brought you here,
And your heart still home
ward leans;
Remember — New friends
with time grow dear.
Your joys, your sorrows are
of ours a part,
So, help us to know you
that we may share
This experience of Life,
with open heart;
Welcome Neighbor! We’re
glad you are here.”
From Carrollton, where they
were enrolled at West Georgia
College, prior to their marriage
in the summer, came Mr. and
Mrs. William T. Scarborough,
who now reside on Loop 81,
near the Alcovy Road intersect
ion.
Mrs. Scarborough, a native
of Thomaston, combines home
making with a teaching career,
and is an instructor in Geo
metry at Newton High School.
Sewing, cooking and water spo
rts are among her most enjoy
able pastimes. Mr. Scarborough
was born in Sandersville, but
spent most of his school years
in Covington. He is also a fac
ulty member of Newton High in
the Physics department. Read
ing, spectator sports and spe
leology are his favorite hobbies.
The Scarboroughs are members
of the Oxford Baptist congreg
ation.
Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Bradford,
like the Scarboroughs, are not
altogether newcomers, for Mr.
Bradford is a native of Newton
County. Before their marriage
Mrs. Bradford, nee Ann Harper,
had lived here about a year and a
half since coming from her home
town of McDonough. They now
live at 8177 Maple Drive.
Mrs. Bradford is another of
our versatile young matrons who
combine a career with home
making - she is employed by
the State Health Dept, in Atlanta.
Reading and sewing top her list
of hobbies. Mr. Bradford is a
personnel member of Hercules;
and names fishing and hunting as
hobbies. Mrs. Bradford is a
member of the Pentacostal Ch
urch, and Mr. Bradford, of Can
aan Baptist.
Mrs. Emil Seidel, who recently
arrived from Ft. Wayne, Ind., is
at home at 1184 Monticello St.
A native of Guthrie, 111., Mrs.
Seidel is a Jehovah’s Witness
Minister. Music is one of her
favorite hobbies. She has a mar
ried son and daughter, Mrs. J.
F. Lawson, Jr., who with her
family lives at Shady Dale; and
E. M. seidel, who lives in Ca
mas, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ferry
and children, Sherryl 12, Kelly
11, Susan 9 and Darryl 6, who
come to us from Atlanta, have
moved in their home at 2145
Anderson Ave. Neither are they
altogether newcomers, for Mrs.
Ferry, nee Margaret Cason, is
a Newton native.
Among her most enjoyable ho-
Robertson-Moses Troth Told;
Wedding Planned For February
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Marion
Robertson, Jr. of Signal Moun
tain, Tennessee announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Pa
mella Robertson, to Wayne Den
nis Moses, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Woodrow Moses of
Signal Mountain. The wedding
is set for February 7, in the
Signal Mountain Presbyterian
Church.
Miss Robertson is the daughter
of the former Pamelia Harwell
of Mansfield. Her grandparents
are Mrs. Colman Lafette Sig
man of Mansfield and the late
Mr. Idus Key Harwel 1 of Mans
field and the late Mr. and Mrs.
Silas Marion Robertson of At
lanta, formerly of Rutledge.
Mr. Moses is the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Matt T. Smith,
Mrs. Daniel Edward Moses and
the late Mr. Moses of Signal
Mountain.
The bride elect holds a B. S.
degree in home economics from
the University of Chattanooga.
She was corresponding secre
tary of Alpha Delta Pl Sorority,
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Crescent Girl, sponsor for Sc
abbard and Blade, a member of
the Army Angels and treasurer
of the Home Economics Club.
She Is a member of the Signal
Mountain Presbyterian Church
and an employee of the Chattan-
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Middlebrooks
Observed Their
56th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Middle
brooks, who are now making their
home in Nursing Homes in Dal
ton, would like to hear from
their friends in Newton County.
Their addresses are J. A. Mid
dlebrooks, Wooddale Nursing
Home, Burleyson Drive, Dalton,
Ga. 30720 and Mrs. J. A.
Middlebrooks, Ridgewood Manor,
Burleyson Drive, Dalton. Any
of their friends here may write
to them at these addresses.
Mr. and Mrs. Middlebrooks
observed their 56th Wedding An
niversary on December 29.
Inauguration Ball
A t Callaway Gardens
Georgia Republicans will cel
ebrate the inauguration of
Richard M. Nixon as President
with a ball at Callaway Gardens
near Pine Mountain.
More than 500 GOP leaders
from throughout the state are
expected to attend the January
20 gala, which will coincide with
three formal inaugural balls in
Washington.
The ball is believed to be the
first such presidential inaugural
celebration in the nation.
Howard H. (Bo) Callaway, for
mer GOP representative and the
party’s 1966 gubernatorial nom
inee, will be the host. Mrs. John
Cauble, Georgia’s Republican
National Committee woman, will
be the hostess.
Mrs. Cauble said the ballgoers
may receive a personal message
from the new President during the
festivities. Invitations to the ball
were mailed several days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Lanier Hardman
and Miss Sally Hardman were
Charlotte, N. C. visitors Wednes
day through Saturday, and were
among guests at the wedding of
Miss Margaret Wallace and Wil
liam Schwabenton, in which Sally
was a bridesmaid.
♦* * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Richard George
and Dickey George were among
weekend visitors in Auburn, Ala.,
where Dickey, who recently re
turned from Brazil where he had
been stationed with the Peace
Corps, enrolled at Auburn Uni
bbies are fishing, reading and
spectator sports, when she finds
leisure from homemaking and
business schedule with Eng Ent
erprises in Atlanta. Mr, Ferry
is with General Motors In Atl
anta, where he commutes daily.
We are perhaps indebted to th
eir house for bringing them to
Covington; for it reminded Mr.
Ferry so much of his child
hood home, he could not resist
it, Mrs. Ferry confided; and they
are delighted with Covington. The
Ferrys are of the Baptist faith.
We can assure our newcomers
that our welcome is" much warmer
than the one “Old" Man Winter” is
extending them. They are being
extended a cordial welcome in
their new neighborhoods, the ch
urches of their choice, and var
ious facets of the life of the com
munity of which they are now
a part.
ooga Public Library. The fu
ture bride was presented at the
Cotton Ball in 1964.
Mr. Moses is a senior eco
nomics major at the university of
Chattanooga. He is alumni secre
tary of Lambda Chi Alpha Frat
ernity, past president of Circle K,
a member of the Raven Society
and treasurer of Scabbard and
Blade. He is a member of John
Bailey NickHn Masonic Lodge No.
712 and a member of the Hickory
Valley Baptist Church.
Personals
Troth Os Miss Fleming And
Mr. Palazzolo Is Announced
Dr. and Mrs. Neal Bond Flem
ing announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Mary Dell
Fleming of Palermo, Sicily, to
Giovanni Salvatore Palazzolo,
son of the late Signor Raffaele
and Signora Francisca Andalora
Palazzolo, of Faormina, Sicily.
The bride-elect is a magna
cum laude graduate of Millsaps
College, Jackson, Mississippi,
where she was a member of
Chi Omega Sorority, a National
Merit Scholar throughout her co
llege career; and was awarded
the College Founders’ Medal and
a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
upon graduation. After receiving
her master’s degree at Columbia
University, she entered the
Foreign Service of the State
Department; and is presently
serving as vice consul at the
American Consulate in Palermo.
Mr. Palazzolo is a graduate of
the University of Palermo and is
currently serving as' Political
Engagement Os Miss George And
Mr. White Is Announced Today
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Whitt
ington George, Sr. of Covington
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Patricia Anne George
to larry Thomas White, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William T. White
also of Covington.
The bride elect is a graduate
of Newton County High School and
<ls employed by United Service
Bureau In Atlanta. Mr. White is
a graduate of Newton County High
School, and is presently attending
versity.
♦* * *
Mrs. John Rickman returned
Monday from Rome, following a
week’s visit with her sister, and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Harris.
♦♦ * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Callaway
and daughters, Lisa and Libby
were among holiday visitors in
New York, where they enjoyed
two current plays, “Plaza Suite”
and “Jimmy Shine”; and in Port
Washington, N. Y., where they
were houseguests for several
days of their sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cosgrove.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Lou Ann Tuck, who spent
the holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Holland Tuck, re
turned to Milledgeville Sunday,
where she resumed her studies
at Georgia College,
** * *
Miss Randy Fuller returned
Sunday to Cuthbert, where she is
enrolled at Andrew College, af
ter spending the holiday season
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Fuller.
*♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Hill with
their son, Nat Hill of Atlanta,
were the Christmas Day dinner
guests of Mrs. I. H. Rainwater
in Monroe. Also joining the
group were Mr. and Mrs. B. W.
Rainwater and Julie of Augusta.
Sunday the Mil family were the
guests of the Rainwater’s in Au
gusta.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kitchens
had as their guests for the Ch
ristmas holidays their children,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kitchens,
Jr. and Stephanie of Savannah
and Dr. and Mrs. Richard N.
Godin and Deborah and Scott of
Eatonton.
♦* * *
Mrs. Lula Vaughn and Wayne
were the holiday guests of her
nephew and family, Mr. and Mrs.
John Walter White in Baton Ro
uge, Louisiana and attended the
Sugar Bowl game In New Orleans.
** * *
Mrs. L. G. Glass of Bowling
Green, Kentucky Is the house
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sk
inner.
** * *
Recent holiday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Pratt were
Michael Pratt of the Eastman
School of Music, Rochester, New
York, Capt. E. H. Pratt, Jr.,
Eglln AFB, Fla., Dr. and Mrs.
Charles Lewis and children, Ge
orgia and Charlie, of Columbus,
and Tom Hannon of Plainfield,
N. J. Georgia and Charlie will
return on Friday for a visit
with their grandparents while
their parents enjoy a weeks skiing
excursion In Colorado.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
The many frienas or Richard
George regret to learn he is a
patient at Emory University Hos
pital and are extending him good
wishes for an early recovery.
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Specialist at the American Con
sulate in Palermo, where he
received the Foreign Service
Meritorious Honor Award in
1964.
A February wedding is planned
by the young couple.
Georgia State College. He Is also
in the employ of Oxford Industries
in Atlanta.
A spring wedding is being plan
ned to take place at the First
Baptist Church of Covington.
Guests during the holidays of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moss and
Eleanor, were Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Cadle and Joey of Augusta,
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hay, Danny
and Tim, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Moss and Dianne, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Moss and Jay and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Geiger and Lisa.
** * *
Miss Pauline Hardman spent
the holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Hardman, Decatur; Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Stuckey, East
man; and Mr. and Mrs. L. O.
Reagin, Elberton.
** * *
Mrs. T. J. Blitch from Tus
caloosa, Ala. spent Friday night
with Miss Pauline Hardman.
*♦ * *
Wayne Robertson and Tommy
Castleberry returned home Sun
day from Miami, Florida where
they spent a few days with
Tommy’s uncle, Joe Castleberry
and family. Mrs. T. C. Castle
berry returned home with them
Sunday afternoon after visiting
her son and family for 5 weeks.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lacey of
Bethesda, Maryland were the Th
ursday and Friday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ike Hay enroute to
Florida.
♦* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wort
man and family have returned
home after spending the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Wortman In Newark, Ohio.
Hospital Auxiliary
Honorary Members
The Newton County Hospital
Auxiliary would like to add to
their list of honorary members
the following names: Marlon
Britt, John Bob Weaver, Al Da
vid, W. D. Hanson, Robert Pirk
le, Bud Dennison, Dr. Goodwin
Tuck, Mrs. Louis Lang, Mrs.
H. M. Pulliam, Mrs. E. M. Mc-
Cart, Dick Bellairs, Mrs. Guy
Evans, Donald G. Stephenson,
Phillip Cohen, Mrs. C. C. King,
Sr., Mrs. Ethel Henderson,
Mrs. V. L. Piper, Ray Reece,
Henry Caulkins, Mrs. E. B.
Rogers, Mrs. Florence T. Ar
nold, Gilbert Gober, Terry Av
ery, Mrs. Howard Cook, Miss
Ida Thompson, Miss C. B. Bran
ham, Olin Allen, Dr. E. J.
Callaway, S. M. Hay, W. Tom
Greer, Mrs. Gloria Parnell,
Mrs. Ruth Campbell, Mrs. W.
J. Walker, Mrs. Julia B. Mil
ler, Mrs. J. W. Purcell, Dr.
J. W. Purcell, Robert Christian,
rne Auxiliary would like to ex
press their appreciation to all
who have helped to make this
honorary membership drive so
successful.
Senior Citizens
Enjoyed Party
The Senior Citizens met at the
Woman’s Club building on Dec
ember 13, for a Christmas pa
rty. Hostesses for the occasion
were the members of the Pilot
Club of Covington.
The group was welcomed and
wished a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year by Mrs. Ce
cile Dial. Mrs. Tom Heard and
Mrs. H. A. Anderson were gi
ven a very special welcome as
it was their first meeting.
Mrs. Dial presented Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Kellum and children,
Vera Lynn, Glen and Natalie.
Mr. Kellum gave a beautiful and
most interesting devotional. Glen
sang, “Rudolph the Red Nose
Reindeer”; Natalie and Mr. Ke
llum sang, “Santa Claus is Co
ming to Town”; Vera Lynn sang
and danced to “Frosty the Snow
Man”; Mr. and Mrs. Kellum
sang a duet and the group sang
Christmas Carols.
The refreshment table was
overlaid with a beautiful red
cloth and red tapers interspersed
with holly were used as decorat
ions. A lovely Madonna arrange
ment on the speakers table fur
ther carried out the Christmas
theme. Stockings were hung at
the fireplace with a miniature
Santa Claus, his sleigh and rein
deers on the mantel.
Pilot President, Mrs. Dot Ca
son, came by to extend to every
one a cheery hello and a Merry
Christmas.
Mrs. Brownie Osman, Mrs.
lola Loudermilk and Miss Joan
Dial assisted Mrs. Dial in serv
ing delicious refreshments con
sisting of tiny green wreath coo
kies, fruit cake cookies, home
made candies, cheese straws,
crystal!zed fruit and punch.
The meeting was closed with
the friendship circle.
Music Educators To Meet In
Atlanta Thursday And Friday
Georgia Music Educators As
sociation will meet at the Amer
ican Motor Hotel Carnegie Way
at Spring street in Atlanta, Jan
uary 9-11, 1969. Plano Division
of GMEA presents the eminent
young duo-pianists, composers
and teachers, Jane Smisor Bas
tien and James W. Bastien and
the talented young Chinese Pro
fessor Yat-Lam Hong in an ex
citing two-day session Friday and
Saturday, sessions will be held
from 9;00 AM until 11:30 AM
and from 1:30 PM until 3:00
PM.
The Bastlens’ unique lecture
recital workshop will emphasize
the importance of an approach to
the art of music through the piano.
Tested teaching techniques for
both children and adults will be
demonstrated. Mr. Hong will pre
sent a much discussed and many
times misunderstood aspect of
the life of Franz Liszt. Mr.
Hong will present his session
Saturday at 1:30 PM.
Jane Smisor Bastien Is a Pro
fessor or Music and the head of
the Preparatory Piano Depart
ment at Tulane University in New
Orleans, Louisiana. She has been
a guest soloist with the New Or
leans television program “Ex
periment in Teaching Piano” sp
onsored by the Ford Foundation.
Mrs. Bastien has written fifteen
books on the teaching of piano.
James W. Bastien is a Pro
fessor of Music at Loyola Un
iversity in New Orleans. He is a
concert artist as well as a pop
ular accompanist for many of
the artists on COMMUNITY
CONCERTS AND CIVIC MUSIC
Ms
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Bastien
tfyiide Os ffluwn
The Baptist Tabernacle form
ed the appropriate setting for
the marriage of Miss Beverly
Gayle Armistead, the daughter
of Mrs. Vivian Armistead, and
Charles Samuel Bowen, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny S.
Bowen. The double ring cere
mony was performed by the pas
tor, Rev. Hudson Moody, on
December 22, before an altar
arrangement of three-seven br
anched candelabra with twin bas
kets of white chrysanthemums,
gladiolus and carnations with a
backdrop of fern and palm fronds.
Mrs. Jack Farr rendered a
program of nuptial selections
and accompanied Mrs. Gussie
Lue Payne as she sang, ‘*O Pro
mise Me”, “My Own True Love”
and “The Wedding Prayer”.
Dennis Thompson served as
best man with usher-groomsmen
being Jack Morgan, Beau Will
ingham, Ted Moody, Billy Daws
and Allen Peters.
Miss Brenda Armstrong, as
maid of honor, wore a floor len
gth gown of royal blue velvet
and carried a nosegay of yellow
and bronze mums. Misses Judy
Beck and Pat Armistead, as bri
desmaids, wore floor length
dresses of gold velvet. They also
carried nosegays of yellow and
bronze mums.
The bride, given in marriage
by her uncle, Ruben O'Kelley,
wore a traditional wedding gown
of white bridal silk with the
chapel train attached at the shoul
ders and outlined with rnce with
a center lace panel. Her el
bow length veil of illusion was
attached to a crown of pearls
and sequins and she carried a
bridal bouquet of white orchids
surrounded with yellow rosebuds
fashioned on a white Bible with
long satin streamers.
Mrs. Armistead chose for her
daughter’s wedding a sky blue
knit dress with matching access
ories and a corsage of white
carnations.
Mrs. Bowen, mother of the
groom, wore a navy blue two
piece suit with accessories in
black and winter white. A white
carnation corsage also graced
her shoulder.
The bride’s table and refresh
ment table were covered with
white lace cloths with the beau
tifully embossed wedding cake
centering the bride’s table. At
CONCERTS including John Ale
xander, Brian Sullivan, Rosalind
Elias, and Richard Tucker. Mr.
Bastien was honored as one of
the youngest artists ever invited
to serve on the faculty at Tang
lewood. He is author of nine books
on piano technique, repertory and
pedagogy.
The duo-piano team of Smisor
and Bastien has received wide ac
claim for their polished perform
ances of duo-piano literature
from the Baroque to the Cont
emporary. Their first recorded
album features a hitherto unre
corded contribution to duo-piano
repertory: Homage to Handel by
Ignaz Moscheles.
The Bastlens’ MUSIC THR
OUGH THE PIANO Atlanta work
shop will feature demonstrations
of techniques useful in contemp
orary piano teaching based on
their experiences as teachers and
concert artists. Special attention
will be given to problems of
maintaining student interest and
avoiding drop-outs.
Yat-Lam Hong came to the
United states from his native
Hong Kong, where he achieved
wide acclaim as a brilliant pia
nist. He earned his Bachelor of
Music and Master of Music de
grees from Indiana University
School of Music. Among his most
influential teachers have been the
late Joseph Battista and the virt
uoso Canadian pianist, Raymond
Dudley. At the invitation of the
American Liszt Society, he play
ed a recital at the Annual Liszt
Festival held in Provo, Utah in
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Samuel Bowen
either end were arrangements
of red and white poinsettias. The
punch bowl at one end of the re
freshment table was balanced by
an arrangement of red and white
poinsettias at the other end. Com
potes of mints and nuts with Im
printed napkins perfected the ap
pointments at this table. Presid
ing at the tables were Misses
Karen O’Kelley, Melody Barker,
Mrs. Jane Scoggins and Mrs.
Joyce Childers.
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The bride’s book was kept by
Miss Ginger Bouchillon at a ta
ble covered with white satin and
decorated on the sides with red
net and a single burning red ta
per.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowen are mak
ing their home with his parents
while he continues his school
ing at DeKalb Technical School
and she completes her school
ing at the Academy of Beauty
Culture.