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Just a word from an Atlanta
Hospital incubator: «He 11 o
everybody down in Newton Coun
ty, which I do expect to make my
home, in the very near future.
Guess I’d better’ tell you who I
am. My name is Howard Keith
Aldridge. I arrived straight from
Heaven weighing 3 pounds and
one ounce, for good measure.
My pretty Mommy is Mrs. Jerry
Aldridge who went home, and left
me here because she could not
get me out of the Isolet. They
wouldn’t even give me a bottle,
and I was so hungry.. .but they
did give me feedings in my little
bitsy veins. You know what? Don’t
let them feed you thru your veins,
when you come up here, for you
will gain weight every feeding!
I’ll be a big man soon, they
even had to take me out of the
Isolet, and put me into a cute
little thing called an “Inkerbat
er.”
Everybody comes by and grins
at me. . .they smile like I was
really “Sumpin”. . .but I don’t
let it go to my head. The thing
that really went to my head
was when I saw my Mothers own
picture in the Covington News.
She’s a bit smarter than I am,
for you know what? SHE was made
“TEACHER of the Year” (What
ever that is.) Yes, siree, this
is a funny world, what they do to
you, I mean. . .and My mother
too.. .1 hope whatever they made
her won’t hurt much. These nur
ses are gettin’ right silly about
me. . .but shux! You just have to
love ’urn, thats all. You know,
“when grown up ladies act like
babies, you just have to love
*um.” I was born at 12:38. ..
and time’s on my hands ever
since! Round and round the hands
go! A few more pounds and I’ll
be seeing all of you! Please
don’t let my Mommy get lost be
fore I get there! Won’t be long
for I’m gettin* fatter by the
minute!
Easter Seal workers are get
ting all primed for their work to
raise monies for little ones, who
have come into the world with
some defect, like limbs that do not
function as they should, and other
defects. The fund will furnish
crutches, wheel chairs, and other
things like braces, etc.. .for old
er people, and children, who need
them. These, without cost to you,
for your monies given during the
Easter Seal Drive will pay for the
equipment which will serve many,
many, people with defects. We
are so fortunate! We who can go
about our dally lives without
some handicap. . .so lets get
ready to GIVE, and GIVE gene
rously, when that call comes.
How we all love and appreciate
the fine work of Mr. Basil Rigney
with our Band. Mr. Rigney, along
with the Band and Cheer Leaders,
will be up town with Coin Cards!
Be ready to fill them with checks,
monies and a prayer for suffi
cient funds to do a great work.
He is Chairman ofthe Coin Cards.
Dates will be given you later:
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Boy Scout Personnel Presented Kiwanis Program
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SCOUTERS HAD the program at the Covington Kiwanis Club Thursday at the Teen Can. Appearing on
the program were (left to right): Mrs. Bill Laseter, Den Mother; Timmy Laseter, Cub Scout; John
Eller Explorer; Kiwanis President Bond Fleming; Sam Ramsey, program chairman and Newton-Rock
dale ’District Chairman; Richard Moore, Boy Scout; Tom Rowland; Scoutmaster; S. J. Morcock, At
lanta Area Council Board at Director member; Roger Zuercher, Newton-Rockdale District Executive.
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The Georgia Enterprise, Established 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 104 NO. 16
BOY SCOUT WEEK SPOTLIGHTED HERE
Rotary Club Program
Conducted By Boy Scouts
The Covington Rotary Club
honored Boy Scouts of Covington
and Newton County at their reg
ular meeting on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 11, in observance of Boy
Scout Week. J. W. Morgan,
President of the club, caUed the
meeting to order and presented
Roger Zuercher, District Execu
tive of Newton-Rockdale District.
Zuercher gave a brief talk on
Scouting and introduced J. D.
Davis, Scout Leader of Troop
58, which Is sponsored by the
Rotary Club. Davis presented
three Scouts, Timmy Carnes,
Vernon Tilson and Andy Davis,
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Wall Joins
Conservation
Office Here
Jerry Wall reported to work
February 10, 1969 as District
Conservationist for the Soil Con
servation Service, Newton-Rock
dale Work Unit. He succeeds
Brown Nevels, who has taken
another position in conservation
in South Georgia.
Mr. Wall is a native of Jackson
County and attended the public
schools In that county. He gra
duated from the University of
Georgia with a B.S. in Agricul
ture.
He has been employed by the
Soil Conservation Service for four
years. He comes to the Newton-
Rockdale Work Unit from Gwin
nett County where he served as
Conservation Planner on the
Gwinnett Resource Conservation
and Development project.
Mr. Wall, along with his wife
Pearl and young sons Andy and
Eddie, plan to move to Coving
ton as soon as housing is avail
able.
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who gave short talks on “What
Scouting Means to Me”.
Zuercher then presented the
Charter to Pack 58 for the new
year. The Rotary Club has spon
sored the Cubs of Pack 58 for
the past 25 years, this having
been one of their main projects
during these years to provide
the Scouting program for boys
of Covington.
Prior to the dismissal of the
meeting a report was given by
various committee chairmen on
the Empty Stocking Fund held
annually at Christmas.
Final Tribute
To E.B. Rogers
Today At 11:00
Funeral services for Emmett
Butler (G. W.) Rogers 77, who
died Tuesday evening about 6:45
at Newton County Hospital fol
lowing a brief illness, will be
held this (Thursday) morning at
11:00 a. m. at J. C. Harwell
and Son’s Chapel. The Rev. Ed
gar A. Callway will officiate
in the last rites, which will be
concluded at the City Cemetery
where Interment will take place.
Mr. Rogers, a native of Coving
ton, was the son of the late Haley
Butler Rogers and Mrs. Emma
Lightfoot Rogers. He was a
graduate of Covington High School
and Old Emory College. For a
brief period following his grad
uation he was a personnel mem
ber ofthe Atlata Clearing House,
prior to coming with the First
National Bank of Covington with
which he was affiliated until the
early 1930’5. Throughout the re
mainder of his career he served
as paymaster of The Covington
Mills, until his retirement from
active business in recent years.
He was a member of Covington
First Baptist Church, where he
served as a deacon and as church
clerk for many years. Aveteran
of World War I, he was a mem
ber of the American Legion Post
No. 32, a Mason and Shriner, and
member of Covington Kiwanis
Club.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Miss Natalie Turner;
one daughter, Mrs. Robert W.
Hamilton, a sister, Mrs. J. C.
Turner, two brothers, Guy Rog
ers, Ernest Rogers of Port Char
lotte, Fla.; two grandchildren,
Jane and Emma Hamilton; and
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1969
Scout Troop 222 Has Campsite On Square
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SCOUTS OF TROOP 222 are shown at their campsite on the City Square Saturday morning prior to their
leaving to pick'up trash on city streets. First row left to right are Mark Rainey, Mike Pinson, Scott
Jay, Terry Goodman and Gregg McCord. Back row left to right are Tom Rowland, Scout Master; Clay
Bailey, Doug Ivey, Biff Hutchinson, Billy Henderson, Tommy Rowland, Huey Moore, Assistant Scout
Master; Tom Harrington, Junior Assistant Scout Master.
United Fund Trustees Met On Tuesday
The new president of the Cov
ington-Newton County United
Fund, Gerald Wendel of Hercules,
Inc., presided at the first quarter
ly meeting held Tuesday at the
Maj. Aiken To
Speak At Kiwanis
Major Billy Aiken of Newton
County, who recently returned
to the States from a tour of duty
In Vietnam, will be the guest
speaker at the Covington Kiwanis
Club meeting today (Thursday)
at the Teen Can at 1 p.m.
Klwanian Rucker Ginn Is In
charge of the program today and
he will Introduce Maj. Aiken.
The speech today will deal with
the war In Vietnam and the many
problems confronting Americans
to the conflict’s future.
Boy Scout personnel, youth and
adults, were on the weekly pro
gram at the Thursday meeting
of the Covington Kiwanis Club.
Klwanian and Newton-Rockdale
District Chairman Sam Ramsey
was In charge of the program
and he made the introductions.
The Kiwanis Club is a sponsor
of three units of the local N-R
District, Cub Pack 222, Boy Scout
Troop 222, and Explorer Post
222. Representatives of those
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Mayor Harris Proclaims
February As Heart Month
In a brief ceremony yester
day, Covington Mayor Walker
Harris designated February as
"Heart Month" and called on
all citizens to support the 1969
Heart Fund with gifts and volun
tary services.
The proclamation was signed
in the presence of several New
ton County Heart Fund officials.
Full text ran as follows:
Whereas, diseases of the heart
and blood vessels are responsi
ble for more deaths than all
other causes combined, causing
widespread suffering, and often
creating serious economic hard-
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office of the Fund.
Named to serve with Wendel
include Ted Stroud, General
Superintendent of Bibb Manufac
turing Company, who was named
First Vice-President and Chair
man of the Campaign Section;
Chuck Murphy, Manager of the
Foams Plant of Mobil Chemical,
Second Vice-President and chair
man of the Social Planning Sec
tion; Bill Riley, Personnel Mana
ger of MacGregor-Brunswick
Corporation was named third
Vice-President and chairman of
the Budget Section. Jack Chris
tian, Manager of White’s Fire
stone Store, was named Fourth
President and chairman of the
Public Relations Committee.
Other officers are R. O. Ar
nold, Treasurer and Patsy Britt,
Secretary. President Wendel ap
pointed the following to serve
during 1969 on these major com
mittees:
CAMPAIGN SECTION: Chuck
Murphy, Bill Riley, Jack Chris
tian, Patsy Britt, R. O. Arnold,
Ed Robinson, Philip Cohen, Henry
Caulkins, Donald Stephenson and
S. J. Morcock.
SOCIAL PLANNING SECTION:
Ted Stroud, Bill Riley, R. O. Ar
nold, Patsy Britt, Dallas Tarken
ton. Rev. Tom White, Jim Pur
cell, Bob Mitcham and Norbert
Thompson.
BUDGET SECTION: E. G. Las
siter, Miss Annie C. Hays, Patsy
ship in our home and businesses;
And whereas, your Heart As
sociation carries forward a re
lentless fight against these di
seases through its programs of
research, education and com
munity services, as made possi
ble by public contributions to the
Heart Fund;
Therefore, I proclaim Feb
ruary to be Heart Month within
the jurisdiction of my office, and
call upon all our citizens to sup
port the important drive with
their gifts and voluntary serv
ices.
E. G. Lassiter
Britt, R. O. Arnoia, Sam B. Hay
Sr., Rev. Tom White.
PUBLIC RELATIONS COM
MITTEE: Patsy Britt, Philip Co
hen, Dr. Dallas Tarkenton and
Henry Caulkins.
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HEART MONTH was proclaimed in Covington by Mayor Walker Harris as he signed me document at
City Hall. Looking on are (from left): R. H. Patterson, Jr., Special Events Chairman; Kenneth Davis,
Newton County Heart Chairman; and Mrs. Jack Harwell, Heart Fund Publicity Chairman.
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For Newton Countians I
During the past 20 years New
ton County has had 12 Boy Scout
leaders who have been awarded
the Silver Beaver Citation by the
Atlanta Area Boy Scouts of Am
erica.
John I. Alford, who now resides
in Atlanta, was the first recipient
of the honor. Dr. Carlos B.
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1,150 Scouts And Leaders In
Newton-Rockdale District Work
Newton-Rockdale District, one of the ten Districts comprising
the Atlanta Area Council, Inc., closed 1968 with a renewed emphasis
on providing a quality program for boys enrolled in Scouting. Lead
ing in the effort to accomplish this was the District Comittee.
These volunteers and their
positions were Sam Ramsey, Dis
trict Chairman; Ted Stroud, Dis
trict Vice-Chairman; Walter B.
“Bud” Autry, District Vice-
Chairman; Bill Hanson, Jr., Dis
trict Organization and Extension
Commltte Charlman; Dr. Carlos
Meyer, District Training Comml
tte Chairman; Bill Creetch, Dis
trict Advancement Com mittee
Chairman; Bob Caslllo, District
Camping Committee Chairman;
John Burson, District Camp Pro
motion ChairmanjCharlesMil
ler, District Publicity Committee
Chairman; Leo S. Mallard, Dis
trict Activities Committee Chair
man; Robert Fowler in, District
Finance Committee Chairman.
In addition to these volunteers,
a Commissioner staff unde r the
leadership of District Com
missioner Clyde Aul provided
valuable service through visit
ation to units. Perry Haymore
headed the Newton County Com
missioners consisting of J. D.
Davis, Melvin Allen, Hillman
Jackson, and “Dud” Childers.
Rockdale County Commissioners,
under the leadership of Robert
Buhler, were Frank Bost, C. R.
Tolbert and “Dee” Petty. This
group of men was responsible
for the reregistration of Scout
units during October 1968. Many
volunteers In the Scout units also
Heart Month Proclaimed In Covington
Meyer of Oxford Is the latest
honoree, having been chosen at
the Atlanta Area Banquet two
weeks ago. Silver Beaver is the
highest honor a Boy Scout Coun
cil can bestow on an adult lead
er.
Other Newton Countians who
have received the Silver Beaver
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contributed to the success of
Scouting in the District.
Because of a change in there
registering procedures used by
the Council, nineteen Scout units
and one hundred fifty-five boys
were dropped from the Scouts
on Feb. 1, 1968. Previously,
un-reregistered units were car
ried for four months following
their charter month.
The actual membership In the
Newton-Rockdale District on Feb.
1 was 31 Scout units and 590 boys.
By the close of the year the num
ber of units was Increased to 46
and boy membership was increas
ed to 698. Included in this
growth was thirteen new Scout
units and two reorganized units.
At the end of 1968 the District
had nineteen Cub Packs with a
total membership of 276 boys,
twenty-one Troops with 321 boys,
and nine Explorer Posts with 99
boys. Newton County had thirteen
Cub Packs, fifteen Scout Troops
and seven Explorer Posts. The
highest membership was in Octo
ber just before the nonth ended
when 95.7 boys were registered.
Os the thirty-eight units sche
duled to reregister in October
thirty-two, or 84.2%, registered
on time. In addition, three more
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are:
Billy Crowell, Howard Brooks,
Homer Sharp, E. G. Lassiter,
S. J. Morcock, H. F. Meadors,
C. D. Ramsey, M. B. Shaw, Geor
ge Hutchinson and B. B. Snow.
Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. Snow
are deceased.
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