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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 Phoenix City, Ala. come
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey M. Beavers
and son Kenny who is a junior
at Columbus College, to make
their home at 19 Jackson Road,
near Porterdale.
Mrs. Beavers, a native of Dal
las, Ga., enjoys sewing, reading,
and participation in church acti
vities. Mr. Beavers, whose home
town was Canyon City, Texas, is
an overseer at The Bibb’s Os
prey Mill. Music and gardening
are his chief interests in lei
sure time. The Beavers have one
other son, Capt. Ray Beavers,
who with his family, is current
ly stationed in Brussels, Belgium
with the U. S. Armed Services.
Baptists will be glad to learn
the Beavers are of their deno
mination.
The Charles W. Bones and little
son Eddie 3, are more "home
comers” than newcomers, for
Mr. Bone is a native Newton
Countian. They come to us from
Conyers, and are now at home
on Oakhill Road.
Mrs. Bone is a native of States
boro. She is the former Miss
Becky Barr, and with her parents,
was a resident of Covington for
a short while prior to her marri
age. Cooking, skating and bowl
ing are among her most enjoy
able hobbies. Mr. Bone is with
the Red Air Conditioning Com
pany, in Magnet; and names hunt
ing and fishing as favorite pas
times. The Bones are mem
bers of Prospect Methodist
Church congregation.
Our community is enriched
with the coming of each new
family; for their interests, ideals
and efforts are an inspiration
toward the progress and develop
ment of the rich resources with
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Mrs. Robert Littleton Phillips
Miss Graham Is Married To
Lt. Robert L. Phillips
Jane Adele Graham, daughter
of Mrs. Wheeler C. Graham of
Eastman and the late Mr. Gra
ham, recently became the bride
of Lt. Robert Littleton Phillips,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude R.
Phillips of Oxford. The wedding
service was performed at the
home of the bride’s mother with
Elder J. F. Little officiating.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her mother. The bride’s
cousin, Miss Cathy Holland of
Eastman, was the maid of honor.
John R. Williams of Morgan
Miss Mary Beth Hill, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mil of
Decatur, and Glenn David
Williams, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. H. Williams of Atlanta, were
united in marriage at the Valley
View Baptist Church in Atlanta
on January 25.
The Rev. Russell Case per
formed the double ring candle
light service before an altar
arrangement of white gladiolus
and chrysanthemums and spiral
candelabra.
Mrs. Russell Case, organist,
rendered a program of nuptial
selections and also sang "Whither
Thou Goest”.
Serving as usher grooms
men were Wayne Mullins and
Billy Mullins of Decatur.
Little Miss Lisa White served
as flower girl and wore a yellow
dress and carried a basket of
yellow and white carnations.
Master Mike Mil, a cousin of
the bride, served as ring bearer.
Miss Pat Mil, sister of the
bride as maid of honor, wore a
yellow empire gown with match
ing yellow veil and shoes. She
carried a bouquet of yellow car
nations accented with seed pearls
and long yellow streamers.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a wedding
gown of white lace peau de soie,
with matching chapel train. Her
shoulder length veil of illusion
was attached to a crown of seed
pearls and sequins. She car
ried a cascade bouquet of white
stephanotis and white orchids de
corated with seed pearls, satin
leaves and long satin streamers.
As her something borrowed the
bride carried a white lace hand
kerchief that belonged to her
grandmother, Mrs. John Camp
bell, and her good luck piece
belonged to the groom’s grand
mother, Mrs. D. E. Williams.
Mrs. Mil chose for her dau
ghter’s wedding a blue brocade
dress with matching coat and
accessories and a corsage of
white carnations perfecting her
attire.
Mrs. Williams, mother of the
groom, selected a mint green
chiffon dress with which she
wore green accessories and a
which Newton County is blessed.
We count it a privilege to add
our cordial welcome to that which
they will find in their new neigh
borhoods, churches of their
choice, clubs, organizations, and
social activities of which they
will become an important part.
served as the best man and only
attendant for the groom.
Mrs. Graham entertained with
a reception at the Carriage Inn
Restaurant. Miss Mary Alice
Moore kept the bride’s book.
Serving were Miss Dorothy Rad
ford, Mrs. Joe Grubbs, Mrs.
Clayton Parkerson, all of East
man, and Miss June Phillips, sis
ter of the groom.
Following a wedding trip to
Florida, Lt. and Mrs. Phillips
are presently residing at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina.
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Mr. and Mrs. Glenn David Williams
white carnation corsage.
At the following reception the
bride’s table was covered with
white satin and overlaid with yel
low net. Centering the table was
a four tiered beautifully embossed
wedding cake decorated with yel
low roses and lily of the valley.
Topping the cake was a miniature
bride and groom.
The refreshment table was
decorated similar to the bride’s
table and centered with a silver
punch bowl. Presiding at the
tables were Miss Judy Landers,
Miss Carol Elliott, Mrs. Wayne
Parham-Starkey Engagement
Announced; Vows In Covington
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Parham,
Jr., of Covington, formerly of
Macon, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Dorothy Kay
Parham, to Mr. James Harlan
Starkey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard D. Starkey of Smyrna.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh LeFevre and the late Mr.
and Mrs. T. H. Parham, Sr., all
of Macon.
Hie groom-to-be is the grand
son of Mrs. Florence Starkey of
St. Cloud, Florida, and the late
Mr. Ashley G. Starkey, and Mrs.
Amanda Hurst of Middletown,
Ohio, and the late Mr. Richard
A. Hurst.
Miss Parham was graduated
from Newton County High School
and graduated from Mercer uni
versity in 1968. She is now em
ployed as a buyer with J. C.
Penny Company in Macon.
Mr. Starkey graduated from
Lee Edwards High School in
Asheville, North Carolina. He
Miss Shirley Smith Trothed
To Mr. Bruce McCullough
Mrs. Frances Smith announces
the engagement of her daughter,
Shirley Smith, to Bruce Mc-
Cullough, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry McCullough.
Miss Smith is a junior at New
ton County High School and is
employed by Harper’s 5 and 10
cent Store. Mr. McCullough is
a senior at Newton High and is
employed by Bibb Manufacturing
Company.
Wedding plans will be an
nounced at a later date.
Ice Skating Party
Marks Miss Aylor’s
16 th Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Aylor
entertained Friday night, Feb
ruary 21, with a spaghetti supper
and ice skating party In honor
of their daughter’s 16th birthday.
Janice’s guests for this special
occasion were friends from the
sophomore class.
After supper the party of ele
ven girls went ice skating at
Belvedere, then returned to Jan
ie’s home for birthday cake and
Mullins and Mrs. Ronnie Denny.
Mrs. Danny Toland presided at
the bride’s book table.
For their wedding trip the bride
changed to a beige suit with which
she wore matching accessories
and the orchid corsage lifted
from her bridal bouquet.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams will
make their home in Atlanta.
Attending the wedding from
Covington were Mrs. Moody Yar
brough, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mil
ler and Mrs. Luke Hill. The
bride is the granddaughter of Mr.
F. B. Hill.
served three years with the U. S.
Navy. Ite is now in his senior
year at Western Carolina Univer
sity.
Hie wedding will be held in
Covington on March 16 at First
Methodist Church at 3:00o’lcock.
soft drinks. Birthday motif plat
es and napkins accentuated the
party’s theme.
Those attending the gala af
fair were Cindy Meyer, Debbie
Carswell, Michelle Thompson,
Becky Smith, Dionne Wyatt, Tri
sha Allen, Claudine Stowe, Lau
ra Kemp, Teresa Ellis and Kay
Dobbs.
Miss Laseter’s
Birthday Was
Happy Occasion
Miss Bonnie Laster was honor
ed Tuesday evening from 6-9
o’clock with a birthday party in
observance of her 13th birthday,
which was on Monday, February
17. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lase
ter entertained for their daugh
ter with a skating party at Bai
ley’s Skating Rink.
During the party hours the 28
friends of the honoree present
to help her enjoy this special
occasion were served hot dogs,
cold drinks, chips, candy and de
corated cup cakes.
Mrs. Penn Was
Hostess To
Porter WSCS
PORTERDALE - Mrs. Andrew
Penn was nostess to the Ethel
Belcher Circle of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service of
the Julia A. Porter Memorial
United Methodist Church on Mon
day, February 10, at 7 ;30 at the
church.
Mrs. Vivian Nail led in prayer
to open the meeting with Mrs.
Jake Hunt presiding. Cards to
remember sick or bereaved were
listed.
Mrs. Penn and Mrs. Tillman
Allums, speakers for the oc
casion, gave an inspiring dis
cussion on the subject: "Two
In A Tussel”. Mrs. Penn clo
sed the discussion with prayer.
The hostess served delicious
refreshments in colorful Valen
tine motif.
Suburban Club
Offers Hints
On Stitching
The Suburban Homemakers
Club met Wednesday, February
19, at the REA Building with
Mrs. Wilton Cheek, president,
presiding.
An inspiring devotional on
"Wise Use of Time” was pre
sented by Mrs. Clint Healan.
Following the business meet
ing Mrs. Robert Dean demon
strated the afghan stitch to mem
bers and several partially com
pleted afghans were shown.
Ladies interested in homemak
ing are Invited to attend the next
meeting to be held March 19, at
10 a. m. in the REA Building.
Brickstore Home
Ec Club Met
On Wednesday
The Brickstore Home Econo
mics Club met Wednesday, Feb
ruary 19, at 1:30 P.M. at the
Brickstore Community Club
house.
Ten members and four visitors
were in attendance. The meeting
was called to order by president,
Helen Coggins. Roll call was held
with each member paying their
dues as their names were called.
Mrs. Nancy Morris led the club
in the devotional.
Members of the club voted on a
clean-up day at the club house on
March 12th, weather permitting.
Mrs. Nelle Coggins demonstra
ted to the club on how to make a
woven Afghan.
The meeting was closed with
refreshments served by Mrs.
Nancy Morris and Mrs. Helen
Coggins. Co-hostesses for March
are Mrs. Betty Mac Mahan and
Mrs. Nelle Coggins.
Brownie Troop 823
Valentine Party
Held Wednesday
Mrs. James Wellman and Mrs.
Larry Pearson gave Brownie
Troop 823 a Valentine party on
Wednesday Feb. 12, 1969, They
started the party by playing gam
es. We played three games which
Mrs. Wellman was in charge of.
After we played the games we
went into the scout hut and each
girl exchanged valentine’s.
We then went into another room
which had closed off so the de
corations could not be seen. Mrs.
Pearson and Mrs. Wellman had
the tables decorated with white
linen tablecloths with little red
valentines all around the edge.
They had the refreshments candy,
cupcakes, and punch all ready to
serve.. The two leaders were pre
sented a beautiful red corsage.
Those attending the party
were: Barbara Jo Anglin, Kathy
Ballard, Stephanie Cargile,
Sheryl Capes, Sara Jean Dawkins,
Marie Frix, Nancy Halstead, Cin
dy Harris, Susan Harris, Ellen
Jones, Eileen Marsh, Tammy
Pearson. Judy Penn, Dianne
Sullivan, Chris Wellman, Evelyn
Wiggens, Lisa Wellman, Dave
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Swags of smilax across the
choir rail, interspersed with
white mums and a large central
arrangement of white galdioll and
chrysanthemum s formed the
background for the marriage of
Miss Thersa Jean Edge, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edge,
Jr. of Montezuma, to George Ken
neth Vaughn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Carroll Vaughn of Covington,
on Saturday evening February 8,
at the First Baptist Church in
Montezuma. The impressive
double ring ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Clarence C.
Tritt, of Suches, an uncle of the
bride.
Miss Estelle Walker, organist,
rendered a program of nuptial
music, and accompanied Reese
Nelson, soloist, as he sang “I
Love Thee” , and "The Lord’s
Prayer”.
Attending the groom were his
best man, Lt. Larry Ellis of
Canton, and usher groomsmen,
Lt. Robert Page of Dahlonega,
and Glenn Vaughn, a brother of
the groom, of Covington.
Miss Alice Faye Barton of
Suches served as her cousin’s
maid of honor. She wore a long
dress made of pastel pink bond
ed crepe, fashioned with a lace
and ribbon inset at the empire
waistline, a matching veiled
headpiece and she carried a nose
gay of variegated pink and white
carnations. The bridesmaids
were Miss Susan Hagen of Monte
zuma, and Miss Deborah Sim
mons of Doraville. They wore
dresses fashioned identical to
that of the maid of honor, and
carried identical nosegays of pink
and white variegated carnations.
The blonde bride, given in
marriage by her father, wore a
traditional wedding gown of white
silk organza, fitted at the waist,
with a long full skirt extending
into a chapel train. The bodice
and long sleeves as well as the
skirt and train were appliqued
with lace motifs embroidered
with seed pearls and iridescent
sequins. Her brief illusion veil
fell from a petal cap of satin
trimmed with pearls and sequins,
and she carried a bridal bou
quet of stephanotis centered with
a white orchid, which was posed
on a white Bible.
Mrs. Edge chose for her daugh
ter’s wedding a pastel blue crepe
with matching accessories. She
wore an orchid corsage. The
groom’s mother wore pastel pink
faille with matching accessories
and an orchid corsage.
Following the ceremony, a
Mrs. Clark Feted
At Stork Shower
Mrs. Steve Polk entertained on
Wednesday evening, February 19,
with a stork shower honoring
Mrs. Julian K. Clark.
Several Interesting contests
appropriate for the occasion were
enjoyed by those present, with
prizes presented to the honoree.
A highlight of the evening was
the presentation and opening of
the many beautiful and useful
gifts presented Mrs. Clark.
Refreshments of decorated pe
tits fours, cheese straws, mints
and nuts with punch were serv
ed by the hostess from a beauti
fully appointed dining room table.
Mrs. Rotter Was Speaker At
Service Guild Meeting, Monday
Mrs. Allan Rotter, of Milled
geville, 10th District President
of the Georgia Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs, was guest speaker
at the February meeting of the
Covington Service Guild, Monday
afternoon, in the auditorium of
the Snapping Shoals R. E. A.
Building.
Mrs. Rotter’s timely topic, in
keeping with the month’s theme
of Home Life, was a book review
of "TOO BUSY NOT TO PRAY”
by Jo Carr and Imogene Sorley.
The book is a personal account
of a homemaker’s everyday mo
ments with God. Mrs. Sam Hay
introduced the speaker.
Mrs. Rotter was accompanied
to Covington by Mrs. Mary Luclk
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HOSTESSES AND GUESTS at the Covington Service Guild meeting Monday afternoon at the REA build
ing are left to right: Mrs. Jerry Bray, President; Mrs. Allan Rotter, 10th District President of GFWC;
Mrs. Thomas Lucik, 10th District Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Bill Briggs, Mrs. David Dodd, hostess
es; back row, Mr. Roger Bromley and Mrs. J. D. Harper, hostesses.
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Mr. ^nd Mrs. George Kenneth Vaughn
reception was given in the church
social room by the bride’s par
ents. The bride’s table was
covered with a white satin cloth
and overlaid with pink lace. The
three open-tiered wedding cake
embossed with white and decorat
ed with pink and green was cut
by Miss Margaret Edge of At
lanta, and was served by Mrs.
Larry Smith of Flovilla, sister
of the groom. Serving punch were
Miss Joy Blakeney of Griffin and
Miss Alice Frye of Demorest.
Miss Gall Barton of Suches, a
Covington Woman’s Club
Sponsors Conservation Program
The Covington Woman’s Club
is sponsoring a program which
will benefit our entire city, as
well as cooperating in a State
wide Project. This is a "BEAUTY
FOR BUSINESS” Program. Our
Club ’ could win a grant from
$500.00 to $1,000.00 if we only
had the cooperation of every
merchant, and business house in
town, as well as our City Man
ager, Mayor and all City offi
cials.
We are challenged to plant the
Georgia State Rose, which is Hie
Cherokee Rose, and plants may
be ordered from The Thomas
ville Nursery, Thomasville,
Georgia.
We have already started the
program of placing concrete urns
on either side of entrances to
business houses, banks, etc.
These can be planted to blossom
and add much beauty to our city
this summer and fall.
We contacted two Nursery Men
who gave us prices on some land
scaping, and plantings of box-
of the Milledgeville junior Wo
man’s Club.
Members of the Covington Wo
man’s Club were special guests
of the Service Guild for this
meeting.
Another highlight of the after
noon was the announcement by
Mrs. David Dodd, Home Life
Chairman, of the winners in the
creative sewing contest. Mrs.
Phillip Milligan won first prize,
a generous gift certificate from
808-E-LLENE FABRIC CEN
TER on Highway 278 for all the
materials necessary to make a
complet outfit. Mrs. Paul Ad
ams won second place. Mrs.
Walter Pope, Mrs. Jerry Sess
ions, and Miss Carolyn Joyner
served as judges.
cousin of the bride, kept the
bride’s book.
For their wedding trip, the
bride wore a three piece navy
and red suit with matching ac
cessories. The white orchid cor
sage, lifted from her bridal bou
quet, perfected her outfit.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn will make
their home in Texas. Mr. Vaughn
will be stationed at The U, S.
Medical Training Center, Fort
Sam Houston. Attending the wedd
ing from Covington were also
Alicia and Bryan Vaughn.
woods etc., around our beautiful
Club House, and also the planting
of dogwood trees in front of the
Club house and down the side
street. Other plans have held
this project up, in as much as
the fi. st part of the Clubs pro
gram was to renovate the Club
house; purchase new curtains,
chair covers, and mounted pic
tures etc. We have bought gas
logs for the huge fire place,
which not only adds beauty but
comfort.
We challenge our merchants
to stage a Spring Renovation!
Let’s make the front entrance to
our stores beautiful; paint the
buildings, add wrought iron grill
work around the entrance. Ram
sey Furniture enhanced the beau
ty of their entrance in this way,
and by placing a large urn on
both sides of the entrance, with
tall green plants in them. Co
hen’s has made an entirely new
front on their Store and enlarged
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Mrs. Milligan will represent
the Service Guild at the Spring
District Meeting in March.
Mrs. Everett Partt was nomi
nated to represent the club In
the state Mother-of-t he- Year
contest.
President Mrs. Jerry Bray
appointed Mrs. Malcolm Kessin
ger and Mrs. Everett Pratt
to serve on the nominating com
mittee for new officers with the
elected chairman, Mrs. Tom
Crenshaw.
Hostesses Mrs. David Dodd,
Mrs. Roger Bromley, Mrs. J.
D. Harper, and Mrs. Bill Briggs
served delicious refreshments
from a beautifully appointment
table as the guests arrived.