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Local-County-State
By the Office Boy
Ah! What a wonderful world!
Right before our eyes we have
seen the results of a month of
Easter Seals planning unfold! A
little six year old child, within
our County, whose limbs are
not usable right now, since birth,
was taken to Easter Seals Cen
ter in Atlanta. He was measured,
and measurements sent to a
manufacturer of Wheel Chairs.
To make a long story short, the
Mother of this fine young man,
can now go about her daily chor
es without carrying him in her
arms. He can sit in the yard,
where little children, with per
fect limbs romp and play, but he
is the very happiest among them,
for he knows what it means not
not to be able to get out with
them. He rolls himself about in
his Chair, and I know that little
Mother must whisper within his
ear, that God has made this pos
sible for him. She must be teach
ing him that all things are pos
sible through prayer.
You, of Newton County, with
your dimes and dollars, your
nickles and pennies made this
chair and many other braces,
and needed equipment possible.
God will surely bless you for
this. Your money is helping main
tain that Great Center in Atlanta
where treatments of various
kinds are being administered.
We had a wonderful month of
work in collecting your donat
ions.
This is a "Thank YOU!” Yes,
you, and you, and you for your
contributions in cans, in the pur
chase of Easter Lily pins to be
worn on Easter Sunday and Sun
rise services. For your purchase
of B.A.C. "Brace-A-Child” But
tons for free coffee on Good Fri
day. We wish to thank with all
our hearts Teachers, Young Mat
rons, Football teams, Cheer Lea
ders, Coaches, Band Members,
and all who worked on this won
derful project, that God’s crip
pled children and adults can be
served. We especially extend
the thanks of the E. S. Society
to the leaders of each group;
to the Treasurer handling all
those Cans and cash, Mr. C. G.
Henderson, of Covington Bank.
He has served for many years
in this capacity, but thinks you
have "Snowed Ifim Under” this
year! However, too, is happy!
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Thank You
for sharing
Alcoholics Clinic
Tuesday-Thursday
In Covington
A clinic for the treatment of
alcoholics will be opened to the
public on April 16th at the New
ton County Health Department on
Tuesdays and Fridays from
10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and from 7
p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday eve
nings for family group dis
cussions.
The clinic is to be financed
by county funds with matching
state funds. It will be staffed
by Newton County personnel.
Referrals may be made to the
clinic by local doctors, ministers,
plant personnel managers, and
law enforcement agencies. The
clinic is open to anyone with the
problem of alcoholism.
The local staff wiU be made
up of the following: Dr. Mike
Pulliam, Medical Director; Mrs.
Tom Treadway, Nurse; Mrs. Ann
Thuman and Mrs. Carol Doster,
Social Worker; Rev. Harold Lyda
and Rev. Fred Boozer, Counsel
lors; Rev. Kent Anglin and Rev.
George Home, Clinic Chaplains,
Mrs. Fred Penick and Mrs. Ge
orge Home, Clerks.
Alcoholism Seminar Held In Covington
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ALCOHOLISM SEMINAR was held Friday in Covington at the Newton County Health Center. Some of
the participating members of the seminar are pictured above during the meeting. A clinic for alcoho
lics Is scheduled twice weekly in Covington. (See accompanying article).
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RESIDENTS OF JACKSON Lake are shown at the Game and Fish Commission meeting Friday. Most
opposed the project in its present form because of the silt that it would cause and the damage to fishing
on the lake.
Dr. Crudup Is Kiwanis Speaker
Dr. Josiah Crudup, retired
president of Brenau College, Ga
inesville, will be the guest speak
er at the Covington Kiwanis Club
meeting today (Thursday) at the
Teen Can at 1 p.m.
Atty. Ed Crudup, nephew, of,
Dr. Crudup, is the Kiwanis pro
gram chairman for the week, and
he will introduce the speaker.
Rev. Kent Anglin, pastor of
the Oxford Baptist Church, was
the guest speaker at the Coving
ton Kiwanis Club Thursday. Rev.
Anglin was introduced by the Ki
wanis program chairman of the
week, Dr. Laverne Cowan. Ms
subject concerned young people
and their outlook on life as re
vealed by Mr. Anglin.
Guests at the meeting Thurs-
4-H Summer Camp
Deadline Date
Is April 25 th
April 25th is the deadline for
Newton County 4-H’ers to com -
plete application to all en d sum
mer camp by making a $5.00
deposit at the Newton County Ex
tension Office located downstairs
on the west side of the Court
house in Covington. Applications
are available to be picked up or
they can be mailed to interest
ed 4-H’ers for completion. Just
call 786-2574 between the hours
of 8 a, m. and 5 p. m. Mon
day through Friday. Only 60
campers can be taken from New
ton County.
Newton County 4-H’ers will
attend Camp Chatham at Savannah
Beach again this August 4-Bth a
long with 4-H boys and girls from
Polk and Monroe Counties. The
camp will house about 140 camp
ers. Newton County has reserva
tions for sixty only of this num
ber. Reservations are being
made on a first come basis and
the space is filling rapidly at
this time. A waiting list will
be maintained when the quota is
reached. The camp fee is $25.00
of which the deposit fee is a
part. Meals, lodging, insurance,
trasnsportation, some sight-see
ing of Savannah, and a possible
boat trip on the Savannah River
are Included In the fee.
Make your reservations imme
diately to be sure you are in
cluded.
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ckson Lake Residents At Hearing
day included: Dave Smith of Cov
ington; Lee Crippen of Athens;
Bob Mauney Covington City ma
nager who is taking a position as
City Manager of Decatur; Bill
Coker, Business Manager of The
Xov4ngteMU#«#s| Walt Wilson,
Extension Industrial Engineer, of
Athens; and Key Clubbers Jim
Gainer and Sammy Ozburn.
Tutoring Classes
To Begin Here
On April 3rd
The Adult Education Section of
the State Department of Education
will begin next week a series of
classes for persons in Newton
County who are Interested in lear
ning how to tutor on a one to one
basis.
The first session will be held
at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, April
3rd, in the Snapping Shoals Aud
itorium. Plans for the following
sessions will be made at the first
meeting.
Persons interested in volunteer
tutoring of students who need
special help will make up the
class. Instruction will emphasize
new approaches in coaching. Spe
cial materials, slides and other
audio-visual aids will be shown
and explained. There is no
charge.
The project is sponsored by
The Upper Ocmulgee Economic
Opportunity Commission. Any
one wishing more information
please call Mrs. Graham Davis,
Oxford, 786-7545.
Temperatures
Covington temperatures during
the past week, according to lo
cal weatherman Jack Chapman,
were:
High Low
Wed., March 19th 71 42
Thur., March 20th 78 39
Fri., March 21st 68 53
Sat., March 22nd 66 33
Sun., March 23rd 62 43
Mon., March 24th 79 49
Tues., March 25th 75 46
Total rainfall for the week
was 1.69 inches.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1969
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REPRESENTATIVE W. D. Bal
lard speaks for the Alcovy Water
shed Project at the Game and
Fish Commission meeting Fri
day, but against the channelizat
ion of the Alcovy River and wants
to see present plans altered.
Talmadge Voices
Optimism About
Senior Senator
ATLANTA (GPS)-U. S. Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge, who for
more than 12 years has worked
side by side in Washington with
his close friend, Sen. Richard
B. Russell, expressed confidence
that the Georgia senior senator’s
“great personal strength and the
best available medical attention”
will see him through his bout with
a lung tumor.
In a statement issued from his
capitol office, Sen. Talmadge said
that Georgia and the nation “are
stronger and more prosperous
today because of the long and
distinguished service of Dick
Russell, and I wish for him many
more years in his position of
leadership in the United States
Senate.”
The Georgia junior senator,
whom Russell advised of his con
dition in a phone call shortly
after the diagnosis was made at
Walter Reed Army Hospital, said
he shares the optimism of Sen.
Russell and his physicians.
Sen. Russell is now undergoing
cobalt radiation treatment for the
tumor which he said “I think it
is fair to assume it is malignant.”
Meanwhile, the 71-year-old
senator now in his 36th year in
the Senate, and currently pres
ident pro tempore of the senate,
is carrying on his duties as usual.
Home Improvement
Edition
April 3, 1969
Alcovy Watershed Project
Approved By Soil Service
The Alcovy River and Cornish Creek-Flat Creek Watershed,
commonly referred to as the Alcovy Watershed Project, has
been approved by the Upper Ocmulgee Soil Conservation Dis
trict of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service and the plan is now
awaiting the approval of funds by Congress in order to begin
work on the proposed project.
The Georgia Game and Fish
Commission, in an informal Field
Review at Monroe on February
27, was represented by Jim Mor
rison, Coordinator of Informa
tion, who made the following
statements:
“We are in complete agree
ment with the stated purposes of
the planned works of improve
ment regarding land treatment
to control erosion and provide
wildlife habitat, to provide pub
lic recreational opportunities in
Gwinnett and Walton Counties,
and to furnish an additional raw
water supply source for the fu
ture growth and development of
the cities of Monroe and Cov
ington.
We are pleased to note that
the two plans call for the im
provement of 2,600 acres of land
for wildlife habitat, along with
the preservation of 8,500 acres
of land for wildlife habitat pre
servation, a total of 11,100 acr
es. The State Game and Fish
Commission will gladly coope
rate in any such efforts to pre
serve or improve game habitat
in the watershed by providing
technical assistance to land
owners by our game biologists.
In addition, fishery biologists
of the Game and Fish Commis
sion will provide technical as
sistance to any landowner de
siring help in managing fishing
in the many new farm ponds
anticipated In the two watershed
areas, along with the four mul-
$350,000 Suit
Filed In Drag
Race Tragedy
Hie Associated Press report
ed Friday that the Yellow River
Drag Strip tragedy which brought
death to 12 persons has result
ed in a $350,000 damage suit
by the widow of a North Caro
lina spectator killed by the drag
ster at the track near Coving
ton.
Mrs. Edgar Loftis of Marion
filed the suit in federal court
here, charging that the car that
plowed into the spectators March
2 was designed Improperly and
was "dangerous” and that the
drag strip was unsafe for specta
tors.
Named defendants were Yellow
River Drag Strip Bic. at Coving
ton; Gold Agency Inc.; Houston
Platt, driver of the car; General
Motors Corp., and S. R. Camp
bell, owner of the drag strip.
The suit seeks $250,000 in gen
eral damages and SIOO,OOO in
punitive damages.
Fans Basketball Appreciation
Banquet Friday At 7 O’Clock
The Annual Newton County
Fans Appreciation Basketball
Banquet will be held at the NCHS
Cafeteria tomorrow (Friday)
night at 7 o’clock. The event is
sponsored by the Newton County
Tipoff Club.
Awards for outstanding perfor
mances will be given during the
program to girls and boys of
the two NCHS teams. The top
award is the Most Valuable Play
er (MVP). Other trophies will be
given for ; Most Improved, Most
Effort, Sportsmanship, and Best
Defensive Player. Another tro
phy will be given this year for
the first time by the Covington
Lions Club for Most Valuable
Substitute player on the boys and
girls team. Sponsors of the annual
trophies heretofore have been the
Covington Elks Lodge and Key
Club of Newton High.
Ben T. Banks, President of the
Newton Tipoff Club, will be mas
ter of ceremonies at the ban
quet. Jim Gainer, president of
the NCHS Key Club, will render
the Invocation. Words of wel
come will be given by Homer
F. Sharp, principal of Newton
High.
Coaches Ronald Bradley, Tom
Wortman and Benny Rogers, and
cheerleader sponsors Mrs. Jerry
Aldridge and Miss Gloria Ann
Smith will make awards during
the program.
Joseph H. Croom, faculty advi
sor of the Key Club, Herbert
Vining, and David Dodd of the
tiple purpose reservoirs and ot
her flood control structures.
The comments In the Alcovy
Report concerning present and
future recreational needs In the
watershed area for fishing and
boating are well taken, since
this area is immediately adja
cent to metropolitan Atlanta,
where one fourth of Georgia’s
population lives. In coming years,
future expansion of the populated
area, increased leisure time, and
more uncommitted funds avail
able for recreation will vastly
increase the demand in the area
for hunting, fishing, and boating.
It should also be clearly under
stood that the State Game and
Fish Commission is in full ag
reement with the principles of
watershed management and flood
control. However, In the case
of the two watersheds In ques
tion, we are not satisfied with
provisions of the plans for al
teration of the flood plain lands
for agricultural production. It is
our understanding of Public Law
566 and regulations established
for its administration that drain
age ditches and channelization
will not be carried out for the
purpose of creating additional
farmland.
However, figures in the two
work plans indicate that 4,327
acres of swamp land areas will
be drained, apparently for this
purpose. In addition, the re
ports Indicate that 8,652 acres
of forest land will be cleared,
primarily to create pastureland,
which could easily be converted
to crop land. These plans s a y
the annual benefits of this will
be worth $105,000 a year. Chan
nelization costs listed in the
reports to accomplish this would
cost almost three million dol
lars, which could mean that It
would take almost 30 years for
the benefits of drainage to match
the cost. By that time, the fu
ture recreational or educational
uses of the swamp lands might
exceed their value to the public
as drained land, either agricul
tural or as a subdivision.
We wish to make it clear
that we are not opposing the
philosophy of federal help to pri
vate landowners. We are not op
posing the right of the landowner
to manage his land as he sees fit,
as long as he is spending his own
money to do it. We are opposing
the destruction of publicly-owned
natural resources through the
expenditure of public funds. Since
the wildlife found on these lands
is the property of the State of
Georgia, we are very much con
cerned with any publlcly-flnanc-
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Covington Lions, will also award
trophies to team personnel.
Wendell W. Crowe, Exalted Ru
ler of Covington Elks Lodge No.
1806 will award the MVP troph-
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Director Os G&F Commission
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GEORGE T. BAGBY, Director of the Georgia Game and Fish Com
mission, speaks out against the Alcovy Watershed Project In its
present form because of the damage the Commission feels it would
do to the wildlife habitat, and fishing in the Alcovy River and
Jackson Lake,
Miss Callaway Is Rotary
Club Speaker On Tuesday
Miss Cathy Callaway, senior
at the University of Georgia,
ami daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Lamar Callaway of Covington,
will be the guest speaker at
the Covington Rotary Club meet
ing Tuesday at 12:30 at the Teen
Can building.
J. W. Richardson is the Ro
tary program chairman of the
week. Ray Reece of Southern
Bell Telephone & Telegraph
Company, will introduce Miss
Callaway.
Miss Callaway’s major at the
University is Dietetics. In Sep
tember of 1969 she will enter a
dietetic internship at Massach
usetts General Hospital at Bos
ton or the University of Oklaho
ma Medical Center at Oklahoma
City.
She has had many honors be
stowed on her during her four
years at the University of Geor
gia.
These Include:
Alpha Lambda Delta-Vice-
President (freshman women’s
scholastic honorary).
Phi Upsllon Omlcron-Vice-
President, 1968-69(national home
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gram. The Elks Club hasannual
■ ly sponsored and presented tro
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• many years.
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I TUESDAY I
Tuesday, April 1, will be the
last day motorists may purchase
their vehicle tags without a pen
alty, according to an announce
ment by Newton County Tax Com
missioner Bonham Johnson.
Mr. Johnson said Tuesday-that
his office has sold some 8,800
tags this year. He estimates that
about 11,000 tags will be sold
within the next week or 10 days.
Last year 10,500 vehicle tags
were sold In Newton County.
The penalty for tag buyers
after April 1 will be 20% of the
tag costs, plus SI.OO, Mr. John
son stated.