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By the Office Boy
My, but the Juna A. Porter
Memorial Church, Porterdale
was a sacred place on Sunday
morning January 19th! Down the
isle came a young couple, the
Walter Popes, with that sacred
‘“voundle of happiness’, named
Sharon Elizabeth Pope. Little
“Sherry’’ was as dainty as a
little rose bud in her pretty all
white batiste christening dress.
Like the little lady she is, she
smiled sweetly at Rev. Harold
Lyda. She seemed to realize
the sacredness of the occasion
of her christening. Is there any=
thing more sacred than seeing a
young couple, with their first
born in their arms, walking into
God’s house, and down to the
altar and dedicating their lives
anew, as they present their child
to God’s tender care? Little Sh
erry’s mother is the sister of
Mrs. Charles Strickland. She is
the great niece of Mrs. Tom
Heard.
Well, which of two persons,
Retiring President Johnson, or
Incoming President Nixon are
you envying, at this moment?
Your Office Boy has his “Drut=
hers’. Believe me when we say
we envy (he’s not my neighbor
« « for I must not envy my neigh=
bor) that Texan, roaming over
his sacred acres, in a Jeep,
over hills and dale. . .with per
haps those beloved dogs follow=-
ing in leaps and bounds. . .
yelping a happy “aren’t we glad
to be home again?’? That would
be heaven to this Office BoYee.
just to live in the wide open
spaces and roam hill and dale...
and think of those barbecues!
We can smell the aroma all the
way to Covington. To breathe the
fresh, unpoluted air, to watch
the trees bud out in their new
spring frocks, some to bear fr
uits, some nuts, some flowers
. .« Jfulfilling God’s plan for
them. Yes, to be FREE again,
as He is to roam the wide open
spaces. . .and when the weat
her warms the waters of the
streams to DIVE RIGHT IN AND
SWIM AS FAR AS OUR UNUSED
(for so long) limbs would take
me. . oto hop out on the banks
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Girl Scout Leaders
Discuss '69 Program
A ¢sharing time” opened the
bi-monthly meeting of Girl Scout
leaders in the Scout Hut on New=
ton Drive on January 14, with
Mrs, J. E, Hastings, presid
ing as Neighborhood Chairman,
Reports and criticisms of the
recent Craft Carnival were en
lightening, Special appreciation
was expressed for each troop’s
cooperation with Mrs, Jean Daw=
kins having served as efficient
chairman, It was decided to
make this an annual event to be
held the first or second week
in December in 1969, With the
proceeds, camp equipment will
be purchased by a committee
headed by Mrs, Jerry Mizelle
and Mrs, Judy Lassiter,
Training catalogues brought by
Miss Nancy Allen, Field Direc~
tor for the Northwest Georgia
Girl Scout Council, were dis
tributed. Os special interest
were training session to be held
in the evenings for leaders who
work or are unable to share in
other scheduled courses,
June 23-27 were set as dates
for the Summer Day Camp. Mrs,
Jane McCoy was asked to serve
as an overall chairman, Mrs,
Joe Croom will advise her as
needed in preliminary arrange=-
ments, Other leaders will be
needed,
February 3, 1969 was designat
ed for registration of troops for
1969-70, The hours are between
one and two o’clock at the Scout
Hut,
Troop report forms for annual
reports will be completed for
the final Neighborhood meeting
of the school term,
Marvh 9-14 will be observed
as Girl Scout Week with em=
phasis on an Ingathering Cere=-
mony on March 6, Miss Mae
Hardman was named by Mrs,
Hastings to serve as overall
chairman, Girl Scout Sunday
is March 9, :
For the Annual Cookie Sale,
Mrs, James Halstead will serve
as chairman, A Neighborhoood
Cookie Tea for chairmen which
each troop will name will be on
February 18 at 1:00-2:30 at the
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Mrs. Jernigan
Joins County
Extension Staff
Mrs. Sara Jernigan of Cov
ington has joined the Newton
County Extension Staffas Secret=
ary., Mrs, Jernigan succeeds
Mrs., Helen Hargrove who has
resumed her roleas homemaker,
Mrs, Jernigan will be assist=
ing the local Extension Agents,
Miss Carolyn Joyner, Mrs, Lottie
Johnson and Ed Hunt in providing
the latest educational and re
search information from the Un=-
iversity of Georgia in Athens to
the adults and 4-H Club youth of
Newton County,
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Another Section
0f 1-20 Opens
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For Traffic
Georgia’s Interstate system
took another 12,6 mile step to
ward completion with the opening
(Thursday, Jan. 16) of a section
of 11-20 in Walton and Morgan
counties,
The newly opened section be=
gins where U, S, 278 enters Wal
ton county seven miles east of
Covington and runs to State route
83 at Madison, The opening brings
the in-use mileage on I-20 to a
total of 108,7 miles with another
29,4 miles currently under grad
ing and bridge contracts.
Tentative schedules call for
letting to paving contract this
summer of approximately 15 1/2
miles additional of I-20 in Morgan
and Greene counties,
There is also a Welcome and
Information center under con=
struction on the Georgia side of
the border with South Carolina,
Interstate 20 covers 201.3
miles in Georgia from Augusta
on the East to Tallapoosa on the
West and roughly parallels U, S,
78 west of Atlanta and U, S, 278
east of Atlanta,
Scout Hut, April 4-20 have
been scheduled for the sale,
Delegates and other represen=-
tatives planned to attend the An
nual meeting at the Memorial
Art Center, beginning at ten o’=
clock on January 29, Anyone wil=-
ling to participate is asked to
contact Mrs, Hastings.
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shown in the photo above at NCHS Tuesday when the play was pre=-
sented for the student body, Seated, first row, left to right: Lynn
Pignolet, fairy godmother; Tommy Curtis, the Prince; and Susan
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THE STEEPLE SPIRE was placed atop the new sanctuary of the
Oxford Baptist Church Friday. Pre-assémbled, the large plexi
glass unit was placed on the church by the crane shown above
The church is located on North Emory Street, Oxford.
City Council Studies
$2,768,779 Budget
In a lengthy City Council meet=
ing Tuesday night the body re
ceived the proposed city budget
of $2,768,779 from City Manager
Robert G, Nauney; talked with
Public Works Director Walter
Kimbrell and Police Chief Hin
ton Bailey about departmental
problems; and denied a request
by volunteer firemen for a pay
increase and uniforms,
The 1969 city budget was taken
home by Councilmen for study be=
fore they come together at a cal=
led meeting next week to vote
on the record appropriation,
The conversation with Works
Director Kimbrell centered aro=
und gas and sewer department
problems and personnel,
Chief Bailey spoke to the Co=
uncil about traffic problems that
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1969
are continuously growing at the
school crossings in the city,
The Council unanimously de
nied a pay increase for volun
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Trippe Refires
At Post Office
Robert Trippe, 3129 Locust
Circle, Covington, has retired
at the Covington Post Office,
Mr, Trippe retired on Janu
ary 10, 1969 due to disability.
Mr, Trippe began his postal
career as a substitute carrier
in Covington in 1956, Recently
he had been on the custodial
staff at the local post office,
Kirkland, Camilla, Back: Kim Allen, Chancellor; Phyllis Ward,
Queen; Rick Edwards, King; Sherry Thompson, Princess; and Les
lie Fuller, Prince, The ‘‘Ugly Duckling’’ won second place in the
recent BAA One-Act Play contest,
Jaycees DSA Banquet To
Honor Three Local People
The Newton County Jaycees
will hold their annual Distingui
shed Service Awards Banquet on
Thursday night (tonight), at 7
o’clock at the E, L, Ficquett
School Cafetorium,
Honored at the banquet will be
the Outstanding Young Educator,
Outstanding Young Farmer and
Outstanding Jaycee between the
ages of 2l and 35, who are resi=
dents of Newton County, Honored
will be the young men who have
made worthy contributions in
their individual fields during the
past,
Ben W, Fortson, Secretary of
State, will be the guest speaker
for the banquet, His speech, as
well as the theme for the even=-
ing will be ‘“Americanism’’,
Nominations in each field were
accepted by the Jaycees from in=-
terested citizens, forms were
completed by the persons nomi=
nated and these were submitted
to the judges with the winners
to be announced at the banquet
tonight.
Malcolm Kessinger is presi=-
dent of the Newton Jaycees.
teer firemen and tabled the ques=
tion until further study could be
made for other personnel alter
natives in that department,
Dissussed at some length was
the possibility of the city going
to a full time fire department
and using the extra firemen in
a dual role to assist police at
school crossings, The meeting
adjourned at 10:45 p, m.
Southern Bell’s Covington
Installation Near Service
Southern Bell’s new central of=-
fice in Covington isnearing com=
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Visits Kiwanis
Carl Hodges, of Jonesboro,
Lt.-Governor of Division 12 Key
Clubs, will be the guest speaker
at the Covington Kiwanis Club
meeting today (Thursday) at the
Teen Can building at 1 p., m.
Robert Fowler 111, Kiwanis
Club chairman of the Key Club
committee in 1968, will have
charge of the program today and
he will introduce the speaker.
warren Garrett of Blakely was
the guest speaker at the Coving=-
ton Kiwanis Club on Thursday,
He showed color slides of the
Great Northern Paper Mill at Ce
dar Springs, Ga. The mill man
ufactures newsprint and paper
products,
Guests at the meeting Thursday
included: Rev, E, Owen Kellum,
Jr, of Covington; and Key Club
members of NCHS, Lynn Rainey
and Bob Lunsford.
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pletion and is scheduled to go
into service in late April,
Ray Reece, Southern Bell’s
manager for Covington, pointed
out that the new office will bring
about some major changes intel
ephone service for the Covington
area,
““The new information number
will be 411, the new number for
repair service will be 611,”” V-,
Reece explained,
He also pointed out that all
pay stations will be changed from
post=pay to pre-pay stations,
This means that the customer will
insert the dime prior to making
the call, and it will be re=
funded if the dialed party is not
reached,
‘“ Another change will be Auto
matic Number Identification for
all one and two party customers,
When these persons use Direct
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Bicycle-Truck
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Accident Claims
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Man’s Life
A bicyle-truck accident at the
intersection of Bo Jones Road
and State Route 213 in the Star
rsville Community claimed the
life of Ralph Baccus, 23, last
Tuesday evening, Baccus was
riding a bicyle when he entered
the highway and the accident took
place, according to State Trooper
M. H, Hubert,
Trooper Hubert said that no
charges have been placed against
the driver of the truck, James
Barnes of Route 1, Newborn,
Baccus of Route 4, and a com=
panion, Guy Russell, also of Ro~
ute 4, Covington, were both rid=
ing bicycles when the wreck took
place, about 5:45 p, m,
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NCHS One-Act Play Was
Second In Region BAA
Newton County High School’s
one-act contest play, ‘“The Ugly
Duckling’ was presented for the
student body on Tuesday, January
21, and received an excellent
response. The play was the se=-
cond place winner in the Region
8-AA competition, which was won
by Baldwin County High School
with their production of ¢¢‘The
Diary of Adam and Eve’’, which
is the first act of ‘“The Apple
Tree'’.
The Newton High cast consis=
ted of Susan Kirkland as Camilla,
the Ugly Duckling; Tommy Curtis
as the Prince; Phyllis Ward and
Rick Edwards as the King and
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Friday Deadline
For W-2 Forms
Friday, January 31, 1969, is
the deadline for employers to
give employees their 1968 W=2
forms, showing the amount of
earnings, income tax withheld and
social security information, E,T.
Woodruff, Griffin Representative
of the Internal Revenue Service
said today.
Forms W=-2 have to be filed
with income tax returns and those
who had more than one job last
year should make sure they have
received all of them when they
file their return,
Mr, Woodruff gmphasized,
however, that regardless of the
number of jobs held and W-2’s
received, only one return should
be filed.
Distance Dialing, their numbers
will be identified automatically
for billing purposes. No opera=-
tor will come on the line,” he
explained,
Mr, Reece said that about 75
telephone numbers will be chang=
ed to make room for additional
pay stations in Covington, He
pointed out that this is a very
sm~ .. percentage of the approxi=
mar=ly 20,000 numbers inthe Co=
vington exchange.
“In making these changes, Sou=
thern Bell is increasing the em=
ployment in Covington by about
110 people by August, This means
an addition of almost $390,000
to our payroll for the Covington
area,”” Mr, Reece said.
March Os Dimes Mothers
March Chairmen Are Named
Mrs. P, W, Pratt, Jr,and Mrs.
Warren F, Kirkland have been
named co-chairmen of the 1969
Covington Mother’s fund-rising
campaign of the March of Dimes
to fight—and prevent —birth de
fects.
The Chairman of the Oxford
Mothers March for this year is
Mrs, Bette Robinson of 1005 As=
bury Street in Oxford.
The annnual doorbell-ringing
campaign by women volunteers to
raise money for the March of
Dimes will take place this year
on Sunday, January 26, 1969.
In both Covington and Oxford
the need for volunteers is ur
gent if Newton County is to match
the goals achieved inother years.
Since 1958, the March of Dimes
has led the way in overcoming an
age-old fear of every mother.
During those years it has est
ablished more than 100 Birth
Price 15¢
Queen; Sherry Thompson and Le=-
slie Fuller as the make-believe
princess and prince; Kim Allen
as the Chancellor. Lynn Pignolet
as the fairy - godmother mani
pulated the lives of all of them,
Music was written by Basil
Rigney and performed by Jim
Peay, Janice Tuck, Robbie Rape,
Jerry Mclntosh, Donna Morgan,
Mary Thigpen, Beverly George
and Kathy Klem, Other backstage
assistants were Sharon Pigno
let, and Rick Pratt,
The entire production was un=-
der the direction of Eddie Najjar
and Mrs. Bob Wheeler.
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Baptist District
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Music Festival
Here Saturday
Covington First Baptist Church
will be host for the District Mu=-
sic Festival for Baptist Churches
in this District on Saturday, Jan
uary 25, The Covington churchis
one of 24 churches in the state
hosting the festival for this year,
The Children’s Choirs will
start their portion of the program
sing at 7 o’clock, There are ap=
proximately 100 childrenand you=
th in the three local groups which
are directed by Alan Mitchell,
Music Director of First Baptist
Church,
The public is cordially invited
to attend this musical program,
Scout Leaders
Were Guests Os
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Pilot Club
The Pilot Club of Covington
held their second meeting of the
month on January 16th atthe Wo
man’s Club building. Special
guests for the evening were Scout
Leaders Mesdames Jean Daw=
kins, Pattie McGiboney, Florine
Halstead, Jean Croome, Lea De=-
“lock, Jerry Mizelle, Nancy Br
own, Ann Bailey, Marie Hastings,
and Jane Stinchcomb, guest of
the club,
Following the delicious cover=
ed dish supper the Scout Leaders
were welcomed by Pilot Presi
*dent Dot Cason. Mrs. Ann Brooks
then read the Pilot Code of Et
hics and the meeting was turned
over to Mrs. Cecile Dial, chair=-
man of the Community Service
Committee. Mrs. Dialcommend
ed the Scout leaders on the won
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Defeats Centers, including the
one at Emory University in At
lant which offers help to resid
ents of Newton County who are
present victims of birth defeats,
and hope, through research, to
unborn generations. Through its
nationwide public health educat
ion programs, the March of
Dimes carries onyear round act=
ivities designed to inform the nat
ion of the severity of the birth
defects problems.
All of this needs grass=-roots
support, however, and that can
only come if enough women real
ize that the fight against birth
defeats is their fight, too.
Mothers who will be willing to
spend a rewarding hour or two
this Sunday afternoon in support
cf this vital work are urged to
contact Mrs, Pratt at 786-2389
or Mrs. Robinson at 786-9595,