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By the Office Boy
We have just returned from our
37th Annual Georgia Press As
sociation, held at the University
of Georgia Continuing Education
Building. This is a one of the
finest, and most convenient plac
es to meet In Georgia. Truly
it it a show place, and the food
is unexcelled anywhere!
We are, perhaps, a little worse
for wear, from the late hours
we kept, and the early hours
we tossed and could not sleep...
yes, you do remember the yes
ter years...when the Office Boy’s
"Boss” was along. Indeed, there
were many faces of beloved fri
ends, among Editors, missing
this year. There were some who
were unable to come on account
of illness, and some who had
signed that last Copy with "30”.
That is the sad part of going
back each year.
We had one person at our Press
Conference, this year, who dwells
within the hearts of young and
old alike, in Georgia, and other
States. Sure, he is none other
than our beloved Mr. Ben Fort
son, who spoke so recently on
Awards Night, to our young citi
zens. Wherever he goes, he wins
the hearts of our youth and old
er citizens alike. He plants the
richest seed within the hearts
of all with whom he comes in
contact, however slight that con
tact may be. Yes, Mr. Ben is
in a wheel chair and has been
for the better part of his years.,
and he could have been rebell
ious, to have been injured in the
prime of his life. But not Mr.
Ben! God dwells within that
broad breast of his! He dwells
within many of our hearts...but
keeping Him closely enclosed
within our hearts and lives is not
serving the Master! Mr. Ben
opens his heart...yes, it’s wide
open to all people alike...shar
ing the Christ and the wonders
He has brought within his life.
Handicapped? Sure! But what of
It? No matter what your handi
cap is, Mr. Ben let’s you know
that with God closely embedded
within your heart and soul, He
will guide you to great heights,
and your life win be far richer
than it could have been...or might
have been.
What a blessing to the future
Editors and newspaper people of
this state, to have heard Mr.
Ben’s golden message, and chal
lenge! We are so thankful for him.
A Georgia Press Institute, or
Convention, is like “old home
coming week.” Here we meet
with those we have known and
worked with all these years.
Some new young Editors enter our
group each year..but in most cas
es it’s Son following in the foot
steps of Dad! Our Daughter stepp
ing into the ink pot because once
you get ink on your fingers, it’s
always there. Sometimes we
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STAR Honorees Were Guests At Kiwanis Meeting
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STUDENT-TEACHER Achievement Recognition (STAR) honorees received special treatment at the
Covington Kiwanis Club program Thursday. Pictured above at the Teen Can are (from left to right):
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Piper and their son Lee Piper, STAR student, Kiwanis President Bond Fleming,
Mrs. Jerry Aldridge (STAR teacher) and Jerry Aldridge, her husband.
STAR Student And Teacher Named At Cousins School
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COUSINS HIGH School STAR Student and Teacher are shown in the photo above receiving their certi
ficates from Covington Kiwanis Club President Bond Fleming. From left to right: Homer F. Siarp,
Kiwanis Boys and Girls Committee Chairman; R. L. Stewart, Cousins Principal; Mrs. F. L. Beale,
STAR teacher; Annthonese Bentley, STAR Student; and Mr. Fleming. The student selects the teacher
who has meant most to them in elementary or high school.
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B .RAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia F blissed 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 104
Band, Choral Festival Saturday
Board Os Education Sells
$500,000 School Bonds
At a meeting of the Newton
County Board of Education last
week, bids were received for
the second time on the sale of
a $500,000 bond issue that was
voted on last year. Blds were
originally held for the sale
of these bonds during the first
of December but at that time no
bids were received because of the
poor bond market. The Board de
cided that it would be better to
"Christ’s Life Before The
Crucifixion" Articles In NEWS
A special seven-part series of
articles on the life, ministry and
final days before the Crucifixion
of Jesus Christ will be published
during the coming weeks until
Easter.
Designed to focus attention on
various aspects of this widely
recognized religious and his
toric figure, the Lenten articles
have been written especially for
Newton Countians by the Rev.
Dr. David I. Naglee, a Bible scho
lar and associate professor of
religion at LaGrange College, La-
Grange, Ga.
The Lenten series is a part
of a larger series entitled, "La-
Grange College Perspectives,”
which is prepared for The Cov
ington News by the faculty of
the coeducational, senior col
lege of Tbe United Methodist
Industry-Trade
Official To Speak
At C-C Meeting
Col. Harold Dye of the Geor
gia Department of Industry
& Trade, Atlanta, will be the guest
speaker at the Covington Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
meeting Monday at the Teen Can
building on Newton Drive. The
monthly meeting will get under
way at 12;30 with the buffet lunch
eon.
Chamber Program Chairman
Tom Bailey will be in charge
of the program and he will in
troduce the speaker. Hugh Steele,
President of the civic organiza
tion, will preside during the busi
ness portion of the meeting.
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take a reasonable discount and go
ahead and sell the bonds because
of the immediate need of more
classrooms and the increasing
cost of construction.
Five brokers presented bids.
The bonds were sold to Merrill,
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and
Smith, who were the low bid
ders, at a discount of $13,984.50.
The bonds carried an interest
rate of 5%.
Church.
Dr. Waights G. Henry, presi
dent of the college, said the weekly
series of informative and inter
pretative articles on current af
fairs and problems is published
or broadcast regularly through
more than 75 peridocals and
radio-television stations.
The author of the special Per
spectives for Lent is a versatile
individual who performs on the
cello and musical saw, repairs
automobiles, tunes pianos, fixes
television sets, composes hymns
and poetry, and enjoys camping.
Dr. Naglee, a native of New
Jersey where his late father was
a minister, is also a minister
ial member of the Southern New
Jersey Conference of The Uni
ted Methodist Church. After
serving churches in New York
and New Jersey for 17 years, he
joined the LaGrange College fac
ulty in 1966.
Educated in Hughton College
in New York, Dr. Naglee earned
a bachelor of divinity degree at
Crozer Theological Seminary and
both master’s and doctor of phil
osophy degrees at Temple Uhl
versity.
Dates and titles of Dr. Naglee’s
“LC Perspectives” for Lent are:
Feb. 26—" The Disciples of
Jesus.”
March s—" What Does ‘Christ*
mean?”
March 12—" Jesus as the Son
of Man.”
March 19—" Who Was Pontius
Pilate?”
March 26—" Roman Cruci
fixion.”
April 2—" Father, Into Thy
Hands.”
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Z7, 1969
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THIS RAM DRESSING room scene tells the story after the Newton Rams downed Stephens County 51-
34 Saturday night at Elberton. "We’re Number One” was the chant.
Rams Are Region Champs
BY 808 GREER
(News And sports Editor)
Sherman marched through Covington unscathed in The War Between
The States, but the sports story of the weekend was how the Newton
County Rams setup their battlefield at Elberton Friday and Saturday
and threw back the challenge of two fine high school basketball
teams. The NCHS five won the title of Region BAA with a Saturday
evening victory over Stephens County 51-34. Friday night the Rams
beat Hart County 77-51.
Just as Sherman showed a po
tent offense in 1864, the Newton
team came up with a great de
fense to take the Region diadem
and continue into the State AA
playoffs. Coach Ronald Brad
ley’s team will engage the East
Rome team of Region 7AA on
March 8 on a neutral court, in
the immediate area.
The Newton zone defense sti
fled the Hart Countians and Ste
phens teams to the point that they
had to shoot from far out. When
they missed, one of the Ram
starters came down with the ball.
Thad Blankenship and Tony Ha
rris garnered most of the points
in the tilt against the North Geor
gia Indians on Saturday. Blanken
ship had 21 and Harris 19. In
rebounding it was Harris, Blan
kenship and Luke Odum who dom
inated the boards. Their re
bounds numbered 11, 8 and 7.
One should not overlook the fine
all-around play of the other two
starters for Bradley’s clan: Bub
ba Hill and Jim Gainer.
The 26 and 17-point margins
by which the NCHS team took the
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I Newton Is Part Regional |
Planning Unit In Area
The Upper Piedmont Area
Planning and Development Com
mission, with headquarters in
Griffin, has been formed as Geor
gia’s eighteenth regional planning
unit, according to State Planning
Officer H. Oliver Welch.
Welch said, "Thenewlyformed
commission will consist of Butts,
Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Newton,
and Spalding counties.”
The first organization meet
ing was held in Griffin during
the last of January. Walker
Cancer Society
Officials To
Meet March 4
Board of Directors of the New
ton County Unit of the American
Cancer Society are urged to attend
a meeting in the Covington City
Hall on Tuesday evening, March
4, at seven-thirty o’clock. Among
other matters of particular Int
erest will be plans for the up
coming Education-Funds Cru
sade to be directed by Mrs.
Jack Jennings, who did a fab
ulous job last year.
With the prevalence of cancer
so frightening, it is imperative
that research and education ad
vance as rapidly as possible.
With the prevalence of cured
patients right in Newton County,
just because they acted “in
time,” it is exciting to know that
everyone can share in such a
worthwhile venture.
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Semi-Final Game;
Newton 77 Hart Co. 51
F—Harris 16 Verdery 10
F—Odum 9 Sorrells 0
C—Blankenship 24 Childs 13
G—Hill 12 Burdette 10
G—Gainer 12 Rooks 6
Scoring Subs. Newton; Clive
4. Hart County: Key 4, Wool
bridge 7 Stone 1,
Score at Halftime: Newton 34-
14.
NCHS Rebounding: Blankenship
20, Harris 10, Odum 9.
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CHAMPIONSHIP:
Newton 51 Stephens Co. 34
F—Odum 5 Martin 2
F—Harris 19 Ivetsrer 10
C—Blankenship 21 Simmons 17
G—Hill 4 Adams 0
G—Gainer 2 McFarlin 5
Score at Halftime: Newton 23-
17.
NCHS Rebounding: Harris 11,
Blankenship 8, Odum 7.
** * *
McGurity of Henry County was
elected as temporary chairman,”
Welch said.
Welch said the newly formed
commission will consist of men
from the following counties:
Harold Martin and C. M. Daniel,
Butts County; Jim Arp and Horace
Rowan, Fayette County; Herbert
Jones and Walker McGurity,
MH Official
To Speak Here
Tuesday 7:30
Jack Crisler, former Vocat
ional Rehabilitation counselor for
Newton County who is currently
working toward a doctorate in
Vocational Counseling at the Uni
versity of Georgia, will share
with local members of the Men
tal Health Association informat
ion regarding the pro ject in which
he is participating and they are
sharing at Warm Springs. This
meeting Is scheduled for Thurs
day evening, February 27, at the
Newton County Health Building
at 7:30 P.M.
Through a grant of $9,707.45,
Newton County Is sponsoring his
activities to train non-profes
sional people to be of most serv
ice and efficiency in dealing with
the rehabilitation of handicapped
persons.
Any citizen of Newton County
who Is interested in the potentia
lities of such a study is invited
to attend the meeting.
Girls Region BAA Finals
Friday And Saturday
Region BAA finals in the girls’
basketball will be played on the
NCHS gym floor starting Friday
night at 7 o’clock. Teams reach
ing the finals are host Newton
County and Forsyth County, the
Number 1 and Number 2 teams
of Region BAA West, and Frank
lin County and Hart County, the
No. 1 and No. 2 clubs of Reg
ion BAA East.
Putting the round ball in motion
at 7 p.m. Friday evening will be
the Franklin County team and
Forsyth County. The 8:30 clash
will be between Newton County
Mrs. Dennis, Mr. Henderson
Will Heed Easter Seal Drive
Mrs. Belmont Dennis of the
Covington News and C. G. Hen
derson, Jr., Covington banker,
have again accepted leadership
posts for the 1969 Easter Seal
Henry County; Emmitte L. Cole
man and John Hewett, Lamar
County; Walker Harris and E.
M. McCart, Newton County;
Homer Davis and Thomas Lane,
Spalding County.
"With the addition of the Upper
Piedmont Area Planning and
Development Commission, all but
five of Georgia’s 159 counties
will be represented by one of
the 18 area commissions,” Welch
added.
The five unrepresented coun
ties were identified as Gilmer,
Rockdale, Cherokee, Hart and
Elbert.
227 Businesses
Contacted By
Dun & Bradstreet
According to George F. Hur
ayt, Southeastern Regional Man
ager for Dun and Bradstreet, Inc.,
requests for financial statements
have been mailed to over 50,000
businesses in their Atlanta Office
territory. The total area reported
by the Atlanta Office Includes 142
Georgia Counties, 4 Counties In
Alabama, and 1 County in South
Carolina.
A total of 227 businesses in
Newton County have been mailed
the request. This Involves firms
In six towns.
Mr. Hurayt noted that this
month Dun and Bradstreet, Inc.
is sending requests for financial
staments to almost three mll
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Society 13
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Classified 21-23
Newton County High School will
be host Saturday, Marchi, for the
Georgia Music Educators Band
and Choral Festival.
The choral festival will be held
at the First Methodist Church.
Participating in this portion of
the festival will be 15 choral
groups, both high school and
junior high groups. Each group
will perform three prepared se
lections and be rated by three
adjudicators. The combined rat
ings will then determine the final
rating of each group.
For the sight reading portion
of the festival only one adjudica
tor and one rating is used. Cho
ral adjudicators will be Miss
Joanna Rainey, Fulton County
Schools; Dr. Irvin Wolfe and
Ray Leonard, both of the Uni
versity of Georgia and Mrs.
Owen Kellum, Jr. will serve
as the sight reading adjudicator.
For the Band Festival 18 bands
will participate in the highschool
and junior high groups, with these
groups gathering at Newton High
School.
The procedure for the bands
will be the same as for the choral
groups. Adjudicators for the per
formance portion of the bands
will be Dr. Olin Parker, Univer
sity of Georgia; James Prit
chard, University of South Caro-
and Hart County. Saturday night
the championship game will be at
8:30 with the consolation tilt at
7 o’clock.
It was ironical that both sub
region titles were settled in over
time games. NCHS edged For
syth at Gainesville 33-31, and
Franklin County took a double
overtime game from Hart County
37-35.
The finals here marks the first
for Covington in many years. The
four top teams of the region are
expertly coached by Franklin Co
unty’s J. B. Bearden, Hart Co-
Campaign activities In Newton
County, according to Easter Seal
state Chairman, Vince Dooley.
Mrs. Dennis will head up the
county as Easter Seal chairman,
and Mr. Henderson will serve
as treasurer for the annual Easter
Seal Appeal which runs from
March 3 through Easter Sunday,
April 6. Both Mrs. Dennis and
Mr. Henderson have been Easter
Seal volunteer leaders for the
drive for several years.
The Easter Seal Society pro
vides a multitude of services and
programs for crippled children
"We're Going To Win!"
When you meet a fine boy like my friend Troy Cochran, and
realize he symbolizes youngsters your Easter Seal gifts help -
then you care more than just a little and want to help a lot.
Vince Dooley
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lina and Lloyd Tarpley, director
of Forest Park High School Band.
Marvin King, director of the
Jonesboro High School Band,
will serve as the sight reading
judge.
Judges, pages, guides, etc. will
be provided by the local high
school band and choral group.
The public is cordially invited
to attend any portion of these pro
grams and there is no admission
charge. Newton County High
School Band is entering this year
in Class A band, moving up from
Class B to the higher rank with
much larger bands than ours.
They will have their warm-up
session at 8 a. m. and perform
at 8:30 with sight-reading per
formance at 9 a. m.
Newton County Elementary
School band will enter in Elemen
tary Class C this year and will
perform at 3:30 p. m. with their
warm-up session at 3. Their
sight-reading portion will be at
4 p. m.
R. L. Cousins Band will enter
in Class B and play at 10 a. m.
with the Mixed Chorus of Cou
sins School performing at 9 a.m.
Both the Blue Rambler Band
and the Newton Elementary Band
presented a pre-festival concert
last Thursday evening at Newton
High Auditorium with a splendid
performance by both groups. Both
Basil Rigney and James Bell,
directors of the groups, are anti
cipating good reports of the per
formance of the bands in the fes
tival and hope for Superior rat
ings, even though the high school
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unty’s Bill Ensley, NCHS’ Tom
Wortman and Forsyth’s Harold
Hammontree. Franklin is the de
fending champ and has been to
the State AA meet for the past
three years.
The champion and runner-up
of Region BAA will make the trip
to the State tournament. The
first-round game of the State
this year will be player at a
neutral site on Saturday, March
15. TTie opponents will be the
two top clubs of Region 7AA.
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and adults throughout the state of
Georgia. Some of the programs
and services include rehabilitat
ion out-patient facilities; a re
habilitation workshop, therapy
programs in special education
schools; equipment loan services,
swimming programs, and bi
annual Family Camp weekends for
families with physically hand
capped youngsters.
"If anyone knows of a crippled
child or adult who needs help,”
Mrs. Dennis said, "contact me
and the Easter Seal Society will
do everything they can to help
that individual.”
The 1969 Easter Seal Cam
paign slogan is - ‘if you care
just a little, it’ll help a lot -a
lot of crippled children and ad
ults.’