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Thursday, February 20, 1969
The annual Pre-Festival con
cert by the Newton Junior Sym
phonic and Blue Rambler Bands
is scheduled for Thursday, Feb
ruary 20, 8:00 p.m., in the New
ton High School auditorium. Both
bands will be entering the Tenth
District Festival in higher classi
fications this year than In pre
vious years. Both directors felt
that the two groups were ready
to attempt more difficult music
due to the outstanding ratings
achieved in previous years.
The Junior Symphonic Band,
under the' direction of James Bell,
will lead off the program with
“Torch of Liberty” march by
K. L. King. Mr. King, a very
prolific composer of marches,
writes in the traditional march
style of Sousa and Goldman.
Frank Erickson’s "Fantasy For
Band”, a standard liberty num
ber for the vast majority of high
school bands across our country,
will be the second selection on
the program. This musical num
ber which alternates technically
difficult theme passages with full
ballad style melodies was used
some thirteen years ago as a fes
tival selection by the Newton
County High School Band of that
year.
The Junior Symphonic Band’s
final selection for the evening
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Newton Bands In Pre-Festival Concert Tonight
will be "Somerset Sketches” by
Hugh Stuart. “Somerset Sket
ches” is divided into three move
ments: (l)Alively Morris Dance,
(2) a slow beautiful Lullaby, and
(3) a Rollicking Country Holiday
each based on Folk Music from
the Somerset Area of England.
These three pieces will be per
formed in the District Festival
under the classification EC mean
ing: an Elementary Band (grades
6-8) playing Class C high school
music.
The Blue Rambler Band has
chosen to play Class A high
school music, the most difficult
classification possible for a high
school band. Under the direction
of Basil Rigney, they will open
their portion of the program with
“Coat of Arms” march by George
Kenny. Although Mr. Kenny is
an American, he has written this
fine march in the style of an
English Military March.
Gordon Jacobs has composed
some of the most difficult music
for band ever written. One of
these "An Original Suite for Mil
itary Band” will be the Blue
Rambler Band’s second program
selection. The three movement,
original band composition poses
every conceivable problem to high
school musicians.
“Emperata Overture”, ahighly
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THIS CAR, BELONGING TO A resident on Monticello Stwas completely crushed when this ice laden
oak limb fell Saturday night. One other car in the same yard was slightly damaged and the house
received minor damage.
Dedication Service At
Oxford Church On Sunday
The Oxford Baptist Church will
hold a special service of dedicat
ion for the new church building on
Sunday, February 23 at 3 p.m.
Rev. Roy L. Head, the first
pastor of the church and present
ly pastor of the Glover Baptist
Church, Norcross, will deliver
the dedicatory address. The
musical program will be pro
vided by the choir of the church
under the direction of Mr. Alan
Mitchell, Minister of Music of
the First Baptist Church of Cov
ington. Mrs. Stanley Edwards will
be the featured soloist. Ministers
of various denominations will
serve as leaders of worship.
Organized in 1960, the church
has been under the leadership of
four ministers: J. P. Sheffield,
the first interim pastor and for
whom the new church library
will be named; Roy L. Head,
Lavay McCullough and Kent An-
entertaining number by Claude
T. Smith will close the prepared
music portion of the concert. Mr.
Smith, a well-known figure in
school music circles as a teacher,
ventured into the rank of com
posers for the first time with
“Emperata Overture.”
There will be a brief demon
stration of sight reading proced
ure by the Blue Rambler Band
as the closing portion of the con
certs. Admission prices are
SI.OO for adults and .50 cents
for students.
The public is cordially invited
to attend and hear these bands
at their best!
glin. The first services were
held in a rented house then mov
ing into a rented store and
finally moving to its present lo
cation on Emory Street.
The present facilities Include
Revenue Needed
(From Front Page)
perty owner gets some relief,
and the state could lighten this
load by providing state revenue
for our municipalities.
The above urgent plea from
Mayor Harris is in response to
our efforts and the efforts of all
other Georgia cities to obtain
financial assistance from the
State. The monies are needed to
meet some of the challenges fac
ing Covington. For example, the
1969 Street Paving Program is
based upon obtaining aid from
the State. Without this aid, the
number of streets to be paved
will be reduced.
It seems reasonable to expect
the State government to help
Covington. A large majority of
our tax revenues go to the Sate
government.
This Wednesday, most of your
City officials will leave for At
lanta to attend a meeting of the
Georgia Municipal Association.
This meeting will concern Itself
with the financial needs of your
City.
“We need your support as we
work toward the goal of making
Covington a better City for you
and your children,” Mayor Har
ris added.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Several Trees Fall During Weekend Ice Storm
educational space, a fellowship
hall and sanctuary that will seat
approximately 400 people. Char
lie Head, has served as chair
man of the church planning and
building committee.
The fellowship of the Oxford
Baptist Church wishes to thank
the people of this area for their
support in this endeavor
and cordially invites everyone to
attend this special hour of wor
ship.
Bulldog Club
(From Front Page)
man Walter Pope read a list
of proposed members of the
club’s executive committee. They
are Jerry Bray, chairman; Wal
ter Partee, James Hutchins, Wil
liam Bowden and Hoke Randall.
Magill and Mr. Peacock and
Dr. Louvenla Wood showed color
films of the highlights of the
1968 season of the SEC Champ
ions. Magill narrated the pic
tures.
Attend Church
Sunday
THE
CHATTER
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we’d just love having, .with their
huge dens, sun rooms and out
door patios.. .just everything the
heart could wish for. .and you
will find a few swimming pools.
All this new territory, as the
homes are finished, has been
beautifully paved. . . the highway
and roads through all the new
divisions. . .out at Jackson Lake
you will find beautiful Summer
Homes, and a few have chosen
this wonderful fishing and boating
lake the very spot for magnificent
permanent homes. Newton
County, and Covington, is the
coming section of Georgia, .it’s
just coming so fast it makes one
Office Boy think he’s dreaming,
if he skips one week of travel
thru the new divisions!
The Georgia Press Institute
is something we never miss. It
is held at this time of year, each
year at the Continuing Education
Building of the University and this
building is one of the show places
of Georgia. On opening evening
Ye Editors of the State of Georgia
are the guests of the Athens Ro
tary Club at a beautiful Banquet.
Then follows a wonderful pro
gram. We hate to miss it this
year on account of this snow and
sleet. It is the highlight of the
year to meet with Editors and
their wives, with whom we, per
sonally, have met for some 37
years! Needless to say during
this time many beloved Editors
have passed away. The
memory of them is always in their
families who attend.
We are writing this with this
entire county covered in sleet
and snow. . . and as we see the
beautiful red nandlnas encased in
a glass looking Ice shell, tossing
to and fro upon my window. .
I just wonder if the roads on
that opening day will permit our
traveling to the beloved city of
Athens!
We will leave two of our friends
sick. Mrs. Cannon is real sick
at Newton County Hospital, and
while she will not miss me. .we
shall grieve each day because we
can’t peek in and see how she is.
We have been sorter handicapped
in that after our Illness we cannot
get around in this cold weather
so well, .and we hoped to see Miss
C. B. Branham again before leav
ing. She is now resting at home,
after hospitalization. She is one
of our great loves also. But we
know we don’t stand a chance
with hundreds and hundreds of
girls she has helped make and
mold into beautiful characters, at
Brenau Academy school, where
she lived for many years, and
worked with them as Dean of the
school. The beauty of her own
wonderful Character radiates in
the beauty of each of them. They
love her, and you should have seen
them rushing down here each time
they heard she was not too well!
They simply adore her, as every
body who has had the joy of coming
in contact with her does. God
gave Newton County a wonderful
gift when He gave her all those
Branham girls, .and that does
mean you Miss Martha and Miss
Elizabeth, .better known as "Bil
lie” by her close friends.
Opps! Here comes that broom.
I’d better get busy-jest
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NO ONE WAS INJURED when this mighty oak fell Saturday night across one of the drives through the
Oxford College eampus. This was quite an attraction for Oxford residents and students during the day
Sunday.
Newton MH
Assn. Gets
$9707 Grant
Newton Countlans are excited
that a research grant of $9,707.-
45 has been awarded to the New
ton County Mental Health As
sociation, an agency of the Cov
ington-N ewt o n County United
Funds, Inc., by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation, State
Department of Education.
The research study Is being
conducted In cooperation with
the Rehabilitation Counseling
Training Program at the Univer
sity of Georgia and the Georgia
Rehabilitation Center at Warm
Springs.
Directing the research at
Warm Springs is Jack R. Crls
ler, former Rehabilitation Coun
selor for Newton County.
Mr. W. J. Dickey Is the Presi
dent of the Newton County MHA.
Mr. Jerry Bray Is Treasurer
and Is serving as finance direc
tor of the project.
For the benefit of all members
of the Board of Directors of the
MHA and for all Interested citi
zens in Newton County, Mr,
Crisler will speak on Thursday
evening, February 27, at seven
thirty o’clock at the Assembly
Room of the Health Building in
Covington.
Kiwanis Members
(From Front Page)
in charge of the program and he
introduced the speaker.
Aiken told the Kiwanians about
the many obstacles facing U. S.
forces fighting In Viet Nam. He
answered questions from the au
dience at the end of his talk.
Among the visitors present
for the program were: Rev. Ed
gar A. Callaway, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Coving
ton, guest of Dr. J. R. Sams;
Hugh Steele, guest of Johnny
Prescott; Ivey H. Smith of Jack
sonville, Fla., guest of Robert
O. Arnold; Stewart McCanless,
Plant Engineer of Mobil Foams
Plant, guest of Chuck Murphy;
and Key Clubbers Roy Callaway
and Bobby Burnett. Mrs. Billy
Aiken, wife of the speaker, was
a guest at the meelng.
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February 23rd, marks the cli
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of varying ages and Interests,
from high school students to
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neighbors to obtain support for
the varied programs of the Geor
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February, officially declared
"Georgia Heart Month” by Go-
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home at the time of the call.
Mrs. Neal Banks is chairman
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